اَلْجَامِعَةِ 1
| كَلَامُ ٱلْجَامِعَةِ ٱبْنِ دَاوُدَ ٱلْمَلِكِ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ: | ١ 1 |
The words of the preacher, the son of David, king of Jerusalem.
| بَاطِلُ ٱلْأَبَاطِيلِ، قَالَ ٱلْجَامِعَةُ: بَاطِلُ ٱلْأَبَاطِيلِ، ٱلْكُلُّ بَاطِلٌ. | ٢ 2 |
Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities; all [is] vanity.
| مَا ٱلْفَائِدَةُ لِلْإِنْسَانِ مِنْ كُلِّ تَعَبِهِ ٱلَّذِي يَتْعَبُهُ تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ؟ | ٣ 3 |
What profit hath a man of all his labor, which he taketh under the sun?
| دَوْرٌ يَمْضِي وَدَوْرٌ يَجِيءُ، وَٱلْأَرْضُ قَائِمَةٌ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ. | ٤ 4 |
[One] generation passeth away, and [another] generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
| وَٱلشَّمْسُ تُشْرِقُ، وَٱلشَّمْسُ تَغْرُبُ، وَتُسْرِعُ إِلَى مَوْضِعِهَا حَيْثُ تُشْرِقُ. | ٥ 5 |
The sun also riseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
| اَلرِّيحُ تَذْهَبُ إِلَى ٱلْجَنُوبِ، وَتَدُورُ إِلَى ٱلشَّمَالِ. تَذْهَبُ دَائِرَةً دَوَرَانًا، وَإِلَى مَدَارَاتِهَا تَرْجِعُ ٱلرِّيحُ. | ٦ 6 |
The wind goeth towards the south, and turneth about to the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to its circuits.
| كُلُّ ٱلْأَنْهَارِ تَجْرِي إِلَى ٱلْبَحْرِ، وَٱلْبَحْرُ لَيْسَ بِمَلآنَ. إِلَى ٱلْمَكَانِ ٱلَّذِي جَرَتْ مِنْهُ ٱلْأَنْهَارُ إِلَى هُنَاكَ تَذْهَبُ رَاجِعَةً. | ٧ 7 |
All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea [is] not full; to the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
| كُلُّ ٱلْكَلَامِ يَقْصُرُ. لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ أَنْ يُخْبِرَ بِٱلْكُلِّ. ٱلْعَيْنُ لَا تَشْبَعُ مِنَ ٱلنَّظَرِ، وَٱلْأُذُنُ لَا تَمْتَلِئُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمْعِ. | ٨ 8 |
All things [are] full of labor; man cannot utter [it]: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
| مَا كَانَ فَهُوَ مَا يَكُونُ، وَٱلَّذِي صُنِعَ فَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي يُصْنَعُ، فَلَيْسَ تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ جَدِيدٌ. | ٩ 9 |
The thing that hath been, it [is that] which shall be; and that which is done [is] that which shall be done: and [there is] no new [thing] under the sun.
| إِنْ وُجِدَ شَيْءٌ يُقَالُ عَنْهُ: «ٱنْظُرْ. هَذَا جَدِيدٌ!» فَهُوَ مُنْذُ زَمَانٍ كَانَ فِي ٱلدُّهُورِ ٱلَّتِي كَانَتْ قَبْلَنَا. | ١٠ 10 |
Is there [any] thing of which it may be said, See, this [is] new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
| لَيْسَ ذِكْرٌ لِلْأَوَّلِينَ. وَٱلْآخِرُونَ أَيْضًا ٱلَّذِينَ سَيَكُونُونَ، لَا يَكُونُ لَهُمْ ذِكْرٌ عِنْدَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَكُونُونَ بَعْدَهُمْ. | ١١ 11 |
[There is] no remembrance of former [things]; neither shall there be [any] remembrance of [things] that are to come with [those] that shall come after.
| أَنَا ٱلْجَامِعَةُ كُنْتُ مَلِكًا عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ١٢ 12 |
I the preacher was king over Israel in 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 gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all [things] that are done under heaven: this grievous labor hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised with it.
| رَأَيْتُ كُلَّ ٱلْأَعْمَالِ ٱلَّتِي عُمِلَتْ تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ فَإِذَا ٱلْكُلُّ بَاطِلٌ وَقَبْضُ ٱلرِّيحِ. | ١٤ 14 |
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
| اَلْأَعْوَجُ لَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يُقَوَّمَ، وَٱلنَّقْصُ لَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يُجْبَرَ. | ١٥ 15 |
[That which is] crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
| 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 communed with my own heart, saying, Lo, I have come to great estate, and have gained more wisdom than all [they] that have been before me in Jerusalem: and my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
| وَوَجَّهْتُ قَلْبِي لِمَعْرِفَةِ ٱلْحِكْمَةِ وَلِمَعْرِفَةِ ٱلْحَمَاقَةِ وَٱلْجَهْلِ، فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّ هَذَا أَيْضًا قَبْضُ ٱلرِّيحِ. | ١٧ 17 |
And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
| لِأَنَّ فِي كَثْرَةِ ٱلْحِكْمَةِ كَثْرَةُ ٱلْغَمِّ، وَٱلَّذِي يَزِيدُ عِلْمًا يَزِيدُ حُزْنًا. | ١٨ 18 |
For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
