اَلْجَامِعَةِ 5

١ 1 اِحْفَظْ قَدَمَكَ حِينَ تَذْهَبُ إِلَى بَيْتِ ٱللهِ، فَٱلِٱسْتِمَاعُ أَقْرَبُ مِنْ تَقْدِيمِ ذَبِيحَةِ ٱلْجُهَّالِ، لِأَنَّهُمْ لَا يُبَالُونَ بِفَعْلِ ٱلشَّرِّ.

Look well to thy feet, when thou goest to the house of God, and draw nigh to hear, rather than to offer sacrifice as fools. For they consider not that they do evil.

٢ 2 لَا تَسْتَعْجِلْ فَمَكَ وَلَا يُسْرِعْ قَلْبُكَ إِلَى نُطْقِ كَلَامٍ قُدَّامَ ٱللهِ، لِأَنَّ ٱللهَ فِي ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَأَنْتَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، فَلِذَلِكَ لِتَكُنْ كَلِمَاتُكَ قَلِيلَةً.

Be not hasty with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be swift to utter any thing before God. For God is in heaven, and thou upon earth. Therefore let thy words be few.

٣ 3 لِأَنَّ ٱلْحُلْمَ يَأْتِي مِنْ كَثْرَةِ ٱلشُّغْلِ، وَقَوْلَ ٱلْجَهْلِ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ ٱلْكَلَامِ.

For a dream cometh with much bustle, and a fool's voice with a multitude of words.

٤ 4 إِذَا نَذَرْتَ نَذْرًا لِلهِ فَلَا تَتَأَخَّرْ عَنِ ٱلْوَفَاءِ بِهِ، لِأَنَّهُ لَا يُسَرُّ بِٱلْجُهَّالِ. فَأَوْفِ بِمَا نَذَرْتَهُ.

When thou vowest a vow to God, delay not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools. Pay that which thou hast vowed.

٥ 5 أَنْ لَا تَنْذُرُ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ تَنْذُرَ وَلَا تَفِيَ.

Better is it that thou shouldst not vow than that thou shouldst vow and not pay.

٦ 6 لَا تَدَعْ فَمَكَ يَجْعَلُ جَسَدَكَ يُخْطِئُ، وَلَا تَقُلْ قُدَّامَ ٱلْمَلَاكِ: «إِنَّهُ سَهْوٌ». لِمَاذَا يَغْضَبُ ٱللهُ عَلَى قَوْلِكَ، وَيُفْسِدُ عَمَلَ يَدَيْكَ؟

Suffer not thy mouth to bring punishment on thy flesh, and say not before the angel, “It was a mistake.” Wherefore should God be angry on account of thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?

٧ 7 لِأَنَّ ذَلِكَ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ ٱلْأَحْلَامِ وَٱلْأَبَاطِيلِ وَكَثْرَةِ ٱلْكَلَامِ. وَلَكِنِ ٱخْشَ ٱللهَ.

For in a multitude of dreams is a multitude of vanities; so also in a multitude of words; but fear thou God!

٨ 8 إِنْ رَأَيْتَ ظُلْمَ ٱلْفَقِيرِ وَنَزْعَ ٱلْحَقِّ وَٱلْعَدْلِ فِي ٱلْبِلَادِ، فَلَا تَرْتَعْ مِنَ ٱلْأَمْرِ، لِأَنَّ فَوْقَ ٱلْعَالِي عَالِيًا يُلَاحِظُ، وَٱلْأَعْلَى فَوْقَهُمَا.

If thou seest oppression of the poor, and justice and equity perverted in a province, be not alarmed at the matter. For over the high there is a higher, who watcheth, and there is one higher than they all.

٩ 9 وَمَنْفَعَةُ ٱلْأَرْضِ لِلْكُلِّ. ٱلْمَلِكُ مَخْدُومٌ مِنَ ٱلْحَقْلِ.

An advantage to a land in all respects is a king over cultivated ground.

١٠ 10 مَنْ يُحِبُّ ٱلْفِضَّةَ لَا يَشْبَعُ مِنَ ٱلْفِضَّةِ، وَمَنْ يُحِبُّ ٱلثَّرْوَةَ لَا يَشْبَعُ مِنْ دَخْلٍ. هَذَا أَيْضًا بَاطِلٌ.

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; and he that loveth riches shall have no profit from them. This also is vanity.

١١ 11 إِذَا كَثُرَتِ ٱلْخَيْرَاتُ كَثُرَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَأْكُلُونَهَا، وَأَيُّ مَنْفَعَةٍ لِصَاحِبِهَا إِلَّا رُؤْيَتَهَا بِعَيْنَيْهِ؟

When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what advantage hath the owner thereof, save the beholding of them with his eyes?

١٢ 12 نَوْمُ ٱلْمُشْتَغِلِ حُلْوٌ، إِنْ أَكَلَ قَلِيلًا أَوْ كَثِيرًا، وَوَفْرُ ٱلْغَنِيِّ لَا يُرِيحُهُ حَتَّى يَنَامَ.

Sweet is the sleep of a laboring man, whether he have eaten little or much; but the repletion of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

١٣ 13 يُوجَدُ شَرٌّ خَبِيثٌ رَأَيْتُهُ تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ: ثَرْوَةٌ مَصُونَةٌ لِصَاحِبِهَا لِضَرَرِهِ.

There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, — riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt.

١٤ 14 فَهَلَكَتْ تِلْكَ ٱلثَّرْوَةُ بِأَمْرٍ سَيِّئٍ، ثُمَّ وَلَدَ ٱبْنًا وَمَا بِيَدِهِ شَيْءٌ.

For those riches perish by some calamity, and, if he have a son, there is nothing in his hand.

١٥ 15 كَمَا خَرَجَ مِنْ بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ عُرْيَانًا يَرْجِعُ ذَاهِبًا كَمَا جَاءَ، وَلَا يَأْخُذُ شَيْئًا مِنْ تَعَبِهِ فَيَذْهَبُ بِهِ فِي يَدِهِ.

As he came forth from his mother's womb naked, so shall he go away again, as he came, and shall take away nothing of his labor which he may carry in his hand.

١٦ 16 وَهَذَا أَيْضًا مَصِيبَةٌ رَدِيئَةٌ، فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ كَمَا جَاءَ هَكَذَا يَذْهَبُ، فَأَيَّةُ مَنْفَعَةٍ لَهُ، لِلَّذِي تَعِبَ لِلرِّيحِ؟

This is also a sore evil, that, in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit is there to him who toileth for wind?

١٧ 17 أَيْضًا يَأْكُلُ كُلَّ أَيَّامِهِ فِي ٱلظَّلَامِ، وَيَغْتَمُّ كَثِيرًا مَعَ حُزْنٍ وَغَيْظٍ.

Also all his days he ate in darkness, and had much grief and anxiety and vexation.

١٨ 18 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.

Behold, what I have seen is, that it is good and proper for one to eat and drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labor which he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him; for it is his portion.

١٩ 19 أَيْضًا كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ أَعْطَاهُ ٱللهُ غِنًى وَمَالًا وَسَلَّطَهُ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى يَأْكُلَ مِنْهُ، وَيَأْخُذَ نَصِيبَهُ، وَيَفْرَحَ بِتَعَبِهِ، فَهَذَا هُوَ عَطِيَّةُ ٱللهِ.

To whatever man also God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him to enjoy them, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor; this is the gift of God.

٢٠ 20 لِأَنَّهُ لَا يَذْكُرُ أَيَّامَ حَيَاتِهِ كَثِيرًا، لِأَنَّ ٱللهَ مُلْهِيهِ بِفَرَحِ قَلْبِهِ.

For he will not much remember the days of his life; for God answereth him with the joy of his heart.