اَلْجَامِعَةِ 3

١ 1 لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ زَمَانٌ، وَلِكُلِّ أَمْرٍ تَحْتَ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَقْتٌ:

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

٢ 2 لِلْوِلَادَةِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلْمَوْتِ وَقْتٌ. لِلْغَرْسِ وَقْتٌ وَلِقَلْعِ ٱلْمَغْرُوسِ وَقْتٌ.

A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

٣ 3 لِلْقَتْلِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلشِّفَاءِ وَقْتٌ. لِلْهَدْمِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلْبِنَاءِ وَقْتٌ.

A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

٤ 4 لِلْبُكَاءِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلضَّحْكِ وَقْتٌ. لِلنَّوْحِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلرَّقْصِ وَقْتٌ.

A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

٥ 5 لِتَفْرِيقِ ٱلْحِجَارَةِ وَقْتٌ وَلِجَمْعِ ٱلْحِجَارَةِ وَقْتٌ. لِلْمُعَانَقَةِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلِٱنْفِصَالِ عَنِ ٱلْمُعَانَقَةِ وَقْتٌ.

A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

٦ 6 لِلْكَسْبِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلْخَسَارَةِ وَقْتٌ. لِلصِّيَانَةِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلطَّرْحِ وَقْتٌ.

A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

٧ 7 لِلتَّمْزِيقِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلتَّخْيِيطِ وَقْتٌ. لِلسُّكُوتِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلتَّكَلُّمِ وَقْتٌ.

A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

٨ 8 لِلْحُبِّ وَقْتٌ وَلِلْبُغْضَةِ وَقْتٌ. لِلْحَرْبِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلصُّلْحِ وَقْتٌ.

A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

٩ 9 فَأَيُّ مَنْفَعَةٍ لِمَنْ يَتْعَبُ مِمَّا يَتْعَبُ بِهِ؟

What profit has he that works in that wherein he labors?

١٠ 10 قَدْ رَأَيْتُ ٱلشُّغْلَ ٱلَّذِي أَعْطَاهُ ٱللهُ بَنِي ٱلْبَشَرِ لِيَشْتَغِلُوا بِهِ.

I have seen the travail, which God has given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.

١١ 11 صَنَعَ ٱلْكُلَّ حَسَنًا فِي وَقْتِهِ، وَأَيْضًا جَعَلَ ٱلْأَبَدِيَّةَ فِي قَلْبِهِمِ، ٱلَّتِي بِلَاهَا لَا يُدْرِكُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ ٱلْعَمَلَ ٱلَّذِي يَعْمَلُهُ ٱللهُ مِنَ ٱلْبِدَايَةِ إِلَى ٱلنِّهَايَةِ.

He has made every thing beautiful in his time: also he has set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God makes from the beginning to the end.

١٢ 12 عَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ خَيْرٌ، إِلَّا أَنْ يَفْرَحُوا وَيَفْعَلُوا خَيْرًا فِي حَيَاتِهِمْ.

I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

١٣ 13 وَأَيْضًا أَنْ يَأْكُلَ كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ وَيَشْرَبَ وَيَرَى خَيْرًا مِنْ كُلِّ تَعَبِهِ، فَهُوَ عَطِيَّةُ ٱللهِ.

And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labor, it is the gift of God.

١٤ 14 قَدْ عَرَفْتُ أَنَّ كُلَّ مَا يَعْمَلُهُ ٱللهُ أَنَّهُ يَكُونُ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ. لَا شَيْءَ يُزَادُ عَلَيْهِ، وَلَا شَيْءَ يُنْقَصُ مِنْهُ، وَأَنَّ ٱللهَ عَمِلَهُ حَتَّى يَخَافُوا أَمَامَهُ.

I know that, whatever God does, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God does it, that men should fear before him.

١٥ 15 مَا كَانَ فَمِنَ ٱلْقِدَمِ هُوَ، وَمَا يَكُونُ فَمِنَ ٱلْقِدَمِ قَدْ كَانَ. وَٱللهُ يَطْلُبُ مَا قَدْ مَضَى.

That which has been is now; and that which is to be has already been; and God requires that which is past.

١٦ 16 وَأَيْضًا رَأَيْتُ تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ: مَوْضِعَ ٱلْحَقِّ هُنَاكَ ٱلظُّلْمُ، وَمَوْضِعَ ٱلْعَدْلِ هُنَاكَ ٱلْجَوْرُ!

And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.

١٧ 17 فَقُلْتُ فِي قَلْبِي: «ٱللهُ يَدِينُ ٱلصِّدِّيقَ وَٱلشِّرِّيرَ، لِأَنَّ لِكُلِّ أَمْرٍ وَلِكُلِّ عَمَلٍ وَقْتًا هُنَاكَ».

I said in my heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

١٨ 18 قُلْتُ فِي قَلْبِي: «مِنْ جِهَةِ أُمُورِ بَنِي ٱلْبَشَرِ، إِنَّ ٱللهَ يَمْتَحِنُهُمْ لِيُرِيَهُمْ أَنَّهُ كَمَا ٱلْبَهِيمَةِ هَكَذَا هُمْ».

I said in my heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.

١٩ 19 لِأَنَّ مَا يَحْدُثُ لِبَنِي ٱلْبَشَرِ يَحْدُثُ لِلْبَهِيمَةِ، وَحَادِثَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ لَهُمْ. مَوْتُ هَذَا كَمَوْتِ ذَاكَ، وَنَسَمَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ لِلْكُلِّ. فَلَيْسَ لِلْإِنْسَانِ مَزِيَّةٌ عَلَى ٱلْبَهِيمَةِ، لِأَنَّ كِلَيْهِمَا بَاطِلٌ.

For that which befalls the sons of men befalls beasts; even one thing befalls them: as the one dies, so dies the other; yes, they have all one breath; so that a man has no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.

٢٠ 20 يَذْهَبُ كِلَاهُمَا إِلَى مَكَانٍ وَاحِدٍ. كَانَ كِلَاهُمَا مِنَ ٱلتُّرَابِ، وَإِلَى ٱلتُّرَابِ يَعُودُ كِلَاهُمَا.

All go to one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

٢١ 21 مَنْ يَعْلَمُ رُوحَ بَنِي ٱلْبَشَرِ هَلْ هِيَ تَصْعَدُ إِلَى فَوْقٍ؟ وَرُوحَ ٱلْبَهِيمَةِ هَلْ هِيَ تَنْزِلُ إِلَى أَسْفَلَ، إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ؟

Who knows the spirit of man that goes upward, and the spirit of the beast that goes downward to the earth?

٢٢ 22 فَرَأَيْتُ أَنَّهُ لَا شَيْءَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ يَفْرَحَ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ بِأَعْمَالِهِ، لِأَنَّ ذَلِكَ نَصِيبَهُ. لِأَنَّهُ مَنْ يَأْتِي بِهِ لِيَرَى مَا سَيَكُونُ بَعْدَهُ؟

Why I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?