اَلْجَامِعَةِ 1
| كَلَامُ ٱلْجَامِعَةِ ٱبْنِ دَاوُدَ ٱلْمَلِكِ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ: | ١ 1 |
The words of Ecclesiastes, the son of David, the king of Jerusalem.
| بَاطِلُ ٱلْأَبَاطِيلِ، قَالَ ٱلْجَامِعَةُ: بَاطِلُ ٱلْأَبَاطِيلِ، ٱلْكُلُّ بَاطِلٌ. | ٢ 2 |
Ecclesiastes said: Vanity of vanities! Vanity of vanities, and all is vanity!
| مَا ٱلْفَائِدَةُ لِلْإِنْسَانِ مِنْ كُلِّ تَعَبِهِ ٱلَّذِي يَتْعَبُهُ تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ؟ | ٣ 3 |
What more does a man have from all his labor, as he labors under the sun?
| دَوْرٌ يَمْضِي وَدَوْرٌ يَجِيءُ، وَٱلْأَرْضُ قَائِمَةٌ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ. | ٤ 4 |
A generation passes away, and a generation arrives. But the earth stands forever.
| وَٱلشَّمْسُ تُشْرِقُ، وَٱلشَّمْسُ تَغْرُبُ، وَتُسْرِعُ إِلَى مَوْضِعِهَا حَيْثُ تُشْرِقُ. | ٥ 5 |
The sun rises and sets; it returns to its place, and from there, being born again,
| اَلرِّيحُ تَذْهَبُ إِلَى ٱلْجَنُوبِ، وَتَدُورُ إِلَى ٱلشَّمَالِ. تَذْهَبُ دَائِرَةً دَوَرَانًا، وَإِلَى مَدَارَاتِهَا تَرْجِعُ ٱلرِّيحُ. | ٦ 6 |
it circles through the south, and arcs toward the north. The spirit continues on, illuminating everything in its circuit, and turning again in its cycle.
| كُلُّ ٱلْأَنْهَارِ تَجْرِي إِلَى ٱلْبَحْرِ، وَٱلْبَحْرُ لَيْسَ بِمَلآنَ. إِلَى ٱلْمَكَانِ ٱلَّذِي جَرَتْ مِنْهُ ٱلْأَنْهَارُ إِلَى هُنَاكَ تَذْهَبُ رَاجِعَةً. | ٧ 7 |
All rivers enter into the sea, and the sea does not overflow. To the place from which the rivers go out, they return, so that they may flow again.
| كُلُّ ٱلْكَلَامِ يَقْصُرُ. لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ أَنْ يُخْبِرَ بِٱلْكُلِّ. ٱلْعَيْنُ لَا تَشْبَعُ مِنَ ٱلنَّظَرِ، وَٱلْأُذُنُ لَا تَمْتَلِئُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمْعِ. | ٨ 8 |
Such things are difficult; man is not able to explain them with words. The eye is not satisfied by seeing, nor is the ear fulfilled by hearing.
| مَا كَانَ فَهُوَ مَا يَكُونُ، وَٱلَّذِي صُنِعَ فَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي يُصْنَعُ، فَلَيْسَ تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ جَدِيدٌ. | ٩ 9 |
What is it that has existed? The same shall exist in the future. What is it that has been done? The same shall continue to be done.
| إِنْ وُجِدَ شَيْءٌ يُقَالُ عَنْهُ: «ٱنْظُرْ. هَذَا جَدِيدٌ!» فَهُوَ مُنْذُ زَمَانٍ كَانَ فِي ٱلدُّهُورِ ٱلَّتِي كَانَتْ قَبْلَنَا. | ١٠ 10 |
There is nothing new under the sun. Neither is anyone able to say: “Behold, this is new!” For it has already been brought forth in the ages that were before us.
| لَيْسَ ذِكْرٌ لِلْأَوَّلِينَ. وَٱلْآخِرُونَ أَيْضًا ٱلَّذِينَ سَيَكُونُونَ، لَا يَكُونُ لَهُمْ ذِكْرٌ عِنْدَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَكُونُونَ بَعْدَهُمْ. | ١١ 11 |
There is no remembrance of the former things. Indeed, neither shall there be any record of past things in the future, for those who will exist at the very end.
| أَنَا ٱلْجَامِعَةُ كُنْتُ مَلِكًا عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ١٢ 12 |
I, Ecclesiastes, was king of Israel at Jerusalem.
| وَوَجَّهْتُ قَلْبِي لِلسُّؤَالِ وَٱلتَّفْتِيشِ بِٱلْحِكْمَةِ عَنْ كُلِّ مَا عُمِلَ تَحْتَ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ. هُوَ عَنَاءٌ رَدِيءٌ جَعَلَهَا ٱللهُ لِبَنِي ٱلْبَشَرِ لِيَعْنُوا فِيهِ. | ١٣ 13 |
And I was determined in my mind to seek and to investigate wisely, concerning all that is done under the sun. God has given this very difficult task to the sons of men, so that they may be occupied by it.
| رَأَيْتُ كُلَّ ٱلْأَعْمَالِ ٱلَّتِي عُمِلَتْ تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ فَإِذَا ٱلْكُلُّ بَاطِلٌ وَقَبْضُ ٱلرِّيحِ. | ١٤ 14 |
I have seen all that is done under the sun, and behold: all is emptiness and an affliction of the spirit.
| اَلْأَعْوَجُ لَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يُقَوَّمَ، وَٱلنَّقْصُ لَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يُجْبَرَ. | ١٥ 15 |
The perverse are unwilling to be corrected, and the number of the foolish is boundless.
| أَنَا نَاجَيْتُ قَلْبِي قَائِلًا: «هَا أَنَا قَدْ عَظُمْتُ وَٱزْدَدْتُ حِكْمَةً أَكْثَرَ مِنْ كُلِّ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلِي عَلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَقَدْ رَأَى قَلْبِي كَثِيرًا مِنَ ٱلْحِكْمَةِ وَٱلْمَعْرِفَةِ». | ١٦ 16 |
I have spoken in my heart, saying: “Behold, I have achieved greatness, and I have surpassed all the wise who were before me in Jerusalem.” And my mind has contemplated many things wisely, and I have learned.
| وَوَجَّهْتُ قَلْبِي لِمَعْرِفَةِ ٱلْحِكْمَةِ وَلِمَعْرِفَةِ ٱلْحَمَاقَةِ وَٱلْجَهْلِ، فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّ هَذَا أَيْضًا قَبْضُ ٱلرِّيحِ. | ١٧ 17 |
And I have dedicated my heart, so that I may know prudence and doctrine, and also error and foolishness. Yet I recognize that, in these things also, there is hardship, and affliction of the spirit.
| لِأَنَّ فِي كَثْرَةِ ٱلْحِكْمَةِ كَثْرَةُ ٱلْغَمِّ، وَٱلَّذِي يَزِيدُ عِلْمًا يَزِيدُ حُزْنًا. | ١٨ 18 |
Because of this, with much wisdom there is also much anger. And whoever adds knowledge, also adds hardship.
