الجامِعَة 1
| هَذِهِ أَقْوَالُ الْجَامِعَةِ ابْنِ دَاوُدَ مَلِكِ أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ١ 1 |
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
| يَقُولُ الْجَامِعَةُ: بَاطِلُ الأَبَاطِيلِ، بَاطِلُ الأَبَاطِيلِ، كُلُّ شَيْءٍ بَاطِلٌ. | ٢ 2 |
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
| مَا الْفَائِدَةُ مِنْ كُلِّ تَعَبِ الإِنْسَانِ الَّذِي يَتْعَبُهُ تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ. | ٣ 3 |
What profit hath a man by all his labor with which he wearieth himself under the sun?
| جِيلٌ يَمْضِي وَجِيلٌ يُقْبِلُ وَالأَرْضُ قَائِمَةٌ إِلَى الأَبَدِ. | ٤ 4 |
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh; while the earth abideth for ever.
| الشَّمْسُ تُشْرِقُ ثُمَّ تَغْرُبُ، مُسْرِعَةً إِلَى مَوْضِعِهَا الَّذِي مِنْهُ طَلَعَتْ. | ٥ 5 |
The sun riseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteneth to the place whence it arose.
| الرِّيحُ تَهُبُّ نَحْوَ الْجَنُوبِ، ثُمَّ تَلْتَفُّ صَوْبَ الشِّمَالِ. تَدُورُ حَوْلَ نَفْسِهَا وَلا تَلْبَثُ أَنْ تَرْجِعَ إِلَى مَسَارِهَا. | ٦ 6 |
The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about to the north; round and round goeth the wind, and returneth to its circuits.
| جَمِيعُ الأَنْهَارِ تَصُبُّ فِي الْبَحْرِ، وَلَكِنَّ الْبَحْرَ لَا يَمْتَلِئُ، ثُمَّ تَرْجِعُ الْمِيَاهُ إِلَى الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي جَرَتْ مِنْهُ الأَنْهَارُ. | ٧ 7 |
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; to the place whence the rivers come, thither they return.
| جَمِيعُ الأَشْيَاءِ مُرْهِقَةٌ، وَلَيْسَ فِي وُسْعِ الْمَرْءِ أَنْ يُعَبِّرَ عَنْهَا، فَلا الْعَيْنُ تَشْبَعُ مِنَ النَّظَرِ، وَلا الأُذُنُ تَمْتَلِئُ مِنَ السَّمْعِ. | ٨ 8 |
All words become weary; man cannot express it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
| مَا هُوَ كَائِنٌ هُوَ الَّذِي سَيَظَلُّ كَائِناً، وَمَا صُنِعَ هُوَ الَّذِي يَظَلُّ يُصْنَعُ، وَلا شَيْءَ جَدِيدٌ تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ. | ٩ 9 |
The thing that hath been is that which shall be, and that which hath been done is that which shall be done; and there is no new thing under the sun.
| أَهُنَاكَ شَيْءٌ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يُقَالَ عَنْهُ: انْظُرْ، هَذَا جَدِيدٌ؟ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ كَانَ مَوْجُوداً مُنْذُ الْعُصُورِ الَّتِي خَلَتْ قَبْلَنَا! | ١٠ 10 |
Is there any thing of which one may say, “Behold, this is new”? It was long ago, in the times which were before us.
| لَيْسَ مِنْ ذِكْرٍ لِلأُمُورِ السَّالِفَةِ، وَلَنْ يَكُونَ ذِكْرٌ للأَشْيَاءِ الآتِيَةِ بَيْنَ الَّذِينَ يَأْتُونَ مِنْ بَعْدِنَا. | ١١ 11 |
There is no remembrance of former things, and of things that are to come there shall be no remembrance to those who live afterwards.
| أَنَا الْجَامِعَةُ، كُنْتُ مَلِكاً عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ١٢ 12 |
I, the Preacher, was king over Israel at Jerusalem.
| فَوَجَّهْتُ قَلْبِي لِيَلْتَمِسَ وَيَبْحَثَ بِالْحِكْمَةِ عَنْ كُلِّ مَا صُنِعَ تَحْتَ السَّمَاءِ، وَإذَا بِهِ مَشَقَّةٌ مُنْهِكَةٌ كَبَّدَهَا الرَّبُّ لأَبْنَاءِ النَّاسِ لِيُعَانُوا فِيهَا. | ١٣ 13 |
And I gave my mind to seek and to search out with wisdom concerning all things which are done under heaven; an evil business, which God hath given to the sons of men, in which to employ themselves.
| لَقَدْ شَاهَدْتُ كُلَّ الأَشْيَاءِ الَّتِي تَمَّ صُنْعُهَا تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ فَإِذَا الْجَمِيعُ بَاطِلٌ كَمُلاحَقَةِ الرِّيحِ. | ١٤ 14 |
I saw all the things which are done under the sun; and, behold, it was all vanity, and striving after wind.
| فَالْمُعَوَّجُ لَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يُقَوَّمَ، وَالنَّقْصُ لَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يُكْمَلَ. | ١٥ 15 |
That which is crooked cannot be made straight, and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
| فَقُلْتُ لِنَفْسِي: قَدْ عَظُمْتُ وَنَمَوْتُ فِي الْحِكْمَةِ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ كُلِّ أَسْلافِي الَّذِينَ حَكَمُوا أُورُشَلِيمَ مِنْ قَبْلِي، وَقَدْ عَرَفَ قَلْبِي كَثِيراً مِنَ الْحِكْمَةِ وَالْعِلْمِ. | ١٦ 16 |
I communed with my heart, saying, “Behold, I have gained more and greater wisdom than all who have been before me at Jerusalem; yea, my mind hath seen much wisdom and knowledge.”
| ثُمَّ وَجَّهْتُ فِكْرِي نَحْوَ مَعْرِفَةِ الْحِكْمَةِ وَالْجُنُونِ وَالْحَمَاقَةِ، فَأَدْرَكْتُ أَنَّ هَذَا لَيْسَ سِوَى مُلاحَقَةِ الرِّيحِ أَيْضاً. | ١٧ 17 |
And I gave my mind to know wisdom, and to know senselessness and folly; I perceived that this also is striving after wind.
| لأَنَّ كَثْرَةَ الْحِكْمَةِ تَقْتَرِنُ بِكَثْرَةِ الْغَمِّ، وَمَنْ يَزْدَادُ عِلْماً يَزْدَادُ حُزْناً! | ١٨ 18 |
For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
