< اَلْجَامِعَةِ 5 >
اِحْفَظْ قَدَمَكَ حِينَ تَذْهَبُ إِلَى بَيْتِ ٱللهِ، فَٱلِٱسْتِمَاعُ أَقْرَبُ مِنْ تَقْدِيمِ ذَبِيحَةِ ٱلْجُهَّالِ، لِأَنَّهُمْ لَا يُبَالُونَ بِفَعْلِ ٱلشَّرِّ. | ١ 1 |
Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.
لَا تَسْتَعْجِلْ فَمَكَ وَلَا يُسْرِعْ قَلْبُكَ إِلَى نُطْقِ كَلَامٍ قُدَّامَ ٱللهِ، لِأَنَّ ٱللهَ فِي ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَأَنْتَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، فَلِذَلِكَ لِتَكُنْ كَلِمَاتُكَ قَلِيلَةً. | ٢ 2 |
Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. After all, God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.
لِأَنَّ ٱلْحُلْمَ يَأْتِي مِنْ كَثْرَةِ ٱلشُّغْلِ، وَقَوْلَ ٱلْجَهْلِ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ ٱلْكَلَامِ. | ٣ 3 |
As a dream comes through many cares, so the speech of a fool comes with many words.
إِذَا نَذَرْتَ نَذْرًا لِلهِ فَلَا تَتَأَخَّرْ عَنِ ٱلْوَفَاءِ بِهِ، لِأَنَّهُ لَا يُسَرُّ بِٱلْجُهَّالِ. فَأَوْفِ بِمَا نَذَرْتَهُ. | ٤ 4 |
When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill your vow.
أَنْ لَا تَنْذُرُ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ تَنْذُرَ وَلَا تَفِيَ. | ٥ 5 |
It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it.
لَا تَدَعْ فَمَكَ يَجْعَلُ جَسَدَكَ يُخْطِئُ، وَلَا تَقُلْ قُدَّامَ ٱلْمَلَاكِ: «إِنَّهُ سَهْوٌ». لِمَاذَا يَغْضَبُ ٱللهُ عَلَى قَوْلِكَ، وَيُفْسِدُ عَمَلَ يَدَيْكَ؟ | ٦ 6 |
Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not tell the messenger that your vow was a mistake. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands?
لِأَنَّ ذَلِكَ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ ٱلْأَحْلَامِ وَٱلْأَبَاطِيلِ وَكَثْرَةِ ٱلْكَلَامِ. وَلَكِنِ ٱخْشَ ٱللهَ. | ٧ 7 |
For as many dreams bring futility, so do many words. Therefore, fear God.
إِنْ رَأَيْتَ ظُلْمَ ٱلْفَقِيرِ وَنَزْعَ ٱلْحَقِّ وَٱلْعَدْلِ فِي ٱلْبِلَادِ، فَلَا تَرْتَعْ مِنَ ٱلْأَمْرِ، لِأَنَّ فَوْقَ ٱلْعَالِي عَالِيًا يُلَاحِظُ، وَٱلْأَعْلَى فَوْقَهُمَا. | ٨ 8 |
If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.
وَمَنْفَعَةُ ٱلْأَرْضِ لِلْكُلِّ. ٱلْمَلِكُ مَخْدُومٌ مِنَ ٱلْحَقْلِ. | ٩ 9 |
The produce of the earth is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.
مَنْ يُحِبُّ ٱلْفِضَّةَ لَا يَشْبَعُ مِنَ ٱلْفِضَّةِ، وَمَنْ يُحِبُّ ٱلثَّرْوَةَ لَا يَشْبَعُ مِنْ دَخْلٍ. هَذَا أَيْضًا بَاطِلٌ. | ١٠ 10 |
He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.
إِذَا كَثُرَتِ ٱلْخَيْرَاتُ كَثُرَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَأْكُلُونَهَا، وَأَيُّ مَنْفَعَةٍ لِصَاحِبِهَا إِلَّا رُؤْيَتَهَا بِعَيْنَيْهِ؟ | ١١ 11 |
When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to behold them with his eyes?
نَوْمُ ٱلْمُشْتَغِلِ حُلْوٌ، إِنْ أَكَلَ قَلِيلًا أَوْ كَثِيرًا، وَوَفْرُ ٱلْغَنِيِّ لَا يُرِيحُهُ حَتَّى يَنَامَ. | ١٢ 12 |
The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.
يُوجَدُ شَرٌّ خَبِيثٌ رَأَيْتُهُ تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ: ثَرْوَةٌ مَصُونَةٌ لِصَاحِبِهَا لِضَرَرِهِ. | ١٣ 13 |
There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,
فَهَلَكَتْ تِلْكَ ٱلثَّرْوَةُ بِأَمْرٍ سَيِّئٍ، ثُمَّ وَلَدَ ٱبْنًا وَمَا بِيَدِهِ شَيْءٌ. | ١٤ 14 |
or wealth lost in a failed venture, so when that man has a son there is nothing to pass on.
كَمَا خَرَجَ مِنْ بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ عُرْيَانًا يَرْجِعُ ذَاهِبًا كَمَا جَاءَ، وَلَا يَأْخُذُ شَيْئًا مِنْ تَعَبِهِ فَيَذْهَبُ بِهِ فِي يَدِهِ. | ١٥ 15 |
As a man came from his mother’s womb, so he will depart again, naked as he arrived. He takes nothing for his labor to carry in his hands.
وَهَذَا أَيْضًا مَصِيبَةٌ رَدِيئَةٌ، فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ كَمَا جَاءَ هَكَذَا يَذْهَبُ، فَأَيَّةُ مَنْفَعَةٍ لَهُ، لِلَّذِي تَعِبَ لِلرِّيحِ؟ | ١٦ 16 |
This too is a grievous evil: Exactly as a man is born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he toils for the wind?
أَيْضًا يَأْكُلُ كُلَّ أَيَّامِهِ فِي ٱلظَّلَامِ، وَيَغْتَمُّ كَثِيرًا مَعَ حُزْنٍ وَغَيْظٍ. | ١٧ 17 |
Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness, with much sorrow, sickness, and anger.
هُوَذَا ٱلَّذِي رَأَيْتُهُ أَنَا خَيْرًا، ٱلَّذِي هُوَ حَسَنٌ: أَنْ يَأْكُلَ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ وَيَشْرَبَ وَيَرَى خَيْرًا مِنْ كُلِّ تَعَبِهِ ٱلَّذِي يَتْعَبُ فِيهِ تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ مُدَّةَ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِهِ ٱلَّتِي أَعْطَاهُ ٱللهُ إِيَّاهَا، لِأَنَّهُ نَصِيبُهُ. | ١٨ 18 |
Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.
أَيْضًا كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ أَعْطَاهُ ٱللهُ غِنًى وَمَالًا وَسَلَّطَهُ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى يَأْكُلَ مِنْهُ، وَيَأْخُذَ نَصِيبَهُ، وَيَفْرَحَ بِتَعَبِهِ، فَهَذَا هُوَ عَطِيَّةُ ٱللهِ. | ١٩ 19 |
Furthermore, God has given riches and wealth to every man, and He has enabled him to enjoy them, to accept his lot, and to rejoice in his labor. This is a gift from God.
لِأَنَّهُ لَا يَذْكُرُ أَيَّامَ حَيَاتِهِ كَثِيرًا، لِأَنَّ ٱللهَ مُلْهِيهِ بِفَرَحِ قَلْبِهِ. | ٢٠ 20 |
For a man seldom considers the days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.