الجامِعَة 2
| فَنَاجَيْتُ نَفْسِي: تَعَالَيِ الآنَ أَمْتَحِنُكِ بِالْفَرَحِ، فَأَسْتَمْتِعَ بِاللَّذَّةِ! وَإذَا هَذَا أَيْضاً بَاطِلٌ. | ١ 1 |
I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!” But it proved to be futile.
| قُلْتُ عَنِ الضَّحِكِ: هَذَا جُنُونٌ، وَعَنِ اللَّذَّةِ مَا جَدْوَاهَا. | ٢ 2 |
I said of laughter, “It is folly,” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?”
| وَبَعْدَ أَنْ فَحَصْتُ قَلْبِي، حَاوَلْتُ أَنْ أَشْرَحَ صَدْرِي بِالْخَمْرِ، مَعَ أَنَّ عَقْلِي مَازَالَ يُرْشِدُنِي بِالْحِكْمَةِ، وَأَنْ أَخْتَبِرَ الْحَمَاقَةَ حَتَّى أَرَى مَا هُوَ صَالِحٌ لأَبْنَاءِ الْبَشَرِ فَيَصْنَعُوهُ تَحْتَ السَّمَاءِ طَوَالَ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِهِمْ. | ٣ 3 |
I sought to cheer my body with wine and to embrace folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.
| فَأَنْجَزْتُ أَعْمَالاً عَظِيمَةً، وَشَيَّدْتُ لِي بُيُوتاً وَغَرَسْتُ كُرُوماً. | ٤ 4 |
I expanded my pursuits. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself.
| وَأَنْشَأْتُ لِنَفْسِي جَنَّاتٍ وَبَسَاتِينَ غَرَسْتُهَا أَشْجَاراً مِنْ جَمِيعِ الأَصْنَافِ، | ٥ 5 |
I made gardens and parks for myself, where I planted all kinds of fruit trees.
| وَحَفَرْتُ بِرَكَ مِيَاهٍ لأَرْوِيَ الأَشْجَارَ النَّامِيَةَ، | ٦ 6 |
I built reservoirs to water my groves of flourishing trees.
| وَاشْتَرَيْتُ عَبِيداً وَإِمَاءً، وَكَانَ لِي عَبِيدٌ مِمَّنْ وُلِدُوا فِي دَارِي، وَاقْتَنَيْتُ أَيْضاً قُطْعَانَ بَقَرٍ وَمَوَاشِي غَنَمٍ، حَتَّى فُقْتُ جَمِيعَ أَسْلافِي مِمَّنْ كَانُوا قَبْلِي فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ٧ 7 |
I acquired menservants and maidservants, and servants were born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before me,
| وَاكْتَنَزْتُ لِنَفْسِي فِضَّةً وَذَهَباً، وَكُنُوزَ الْمُلُوكِ وَالأَقَالِيمِ، وَاتَّخَذْتُ لِنَفْسِي مُغَنِّينَ وَمُغَنِّيَاتٍ وَزَوْجَاتٍ وَسَرَارِي، وَكُلَّ مَا هُوَ مُتْعَةٌ لِقَلْبِ أَبْنَاءِ الْبَشَرِ. | ٨ 8 |
and I accumulated for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—many concubines.
| وَازْدَدْتُ عَظَمَةً حَتَّى فُقْتُ جَمِيعَ أَسْلافِي فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، دُونَ أَنْ تُبَارِحَنِي الْحِكْمَةُ. | ٩ 9 |
So I became great and surpassed all in Jerusalem who had preceded me; and my wisdom remained with me.
| وَلَمْ أَحْرِمْ عَيْنَيَّ مِمَّا اشْتَهَتَاهُ، وَلَمْ أَصُدَّ قَلْبِي عَنْ أَيَّةِ مُتْعَةٍ، فَابْتَهَجَ قَلْبِي لِكُلِّ تَعَبِي، وَكَانَ هَذَا ثَوَابِي عَنْ كُلِّ مَشَقَّتِي. | ١٠ 10 |
Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.
| ثُمَّ تَأَمَّلْتُ كُلَّ مَا صَنَعَتْهُ يَدَايَ وَمَا كَابَدْتُهُ مِنْ تَعَبٍ فِي عَمَلِهِ، فَإِذَا الْجَمِيعُ بَاطِلٌ، وَكَمُلاحَقَةِ الرِّيحِ، وَلا جَدْوَى مِنْ شَيْءٍ تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ. | ١١ 11 |
Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.
| وَرَجَعْتُ أُمْعِنُ التَّفْكِيرَ فِي الْحِكْمَةِ وَالْجُنُونِ وَالْحَمَاقَةِ، إِذْ مَاذَا فِي وُسْعِ مَنْ يَخْلُفُ الْمَلِكَ أَنْ يَفْعَلَ أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا تَمَّ فَعْلُهُ؟ | ١٢ 12 |
Then I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the king’s successor do than what has already been accomplished?
| فَوَجَدْتُ أَنَّ الْحِكْمَةَ أَفْضَلُ مِنَ الْحَمَاقَةِ، تَمَاماً كَمَا أَنَّ النُّورَ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الظُّلْمَةِ، | ١٣ 13 |
And I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just as light exceeds darkness:
| لأَنَّ عَيْنَيِ الْحَكِيمِ فِي رَأْسِهِ، أَمَّا الْجَاهِلُ فَيَمْشِي فِي الظُّلْمَةِ. لَكِنَّنِي أَدْرَكْتُ أَنَّهُمَا يُلاقِيَانِ مَصِيراً وَاحِداً. | ١٤ 14 |
The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both.
| ثُمَّ حَدَّثْتُ نَفْسِي: إِنَّ مَا يَحْدُثُ لِلْجَاهِلِ يَحْدُثُ لِي أَيْضاً، فَلِمَاذَا أَنَا أَوْفَرُ حِكْمَةً؟ فَنَاجَيْتُ قَلْبِي: وَهَذَا أَيْضاً بَاطِلٌ، | ١٥ 15 |
So I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will also befall me. What then have I gained by being wise?” And I said to myself that this too is futile.
| فَإِنَّ الْحَكِيمَ كَالْجَاهِلِ، لَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُمَا ذِكْرٌ إِلَى الأَبَدِ، فَفِي الأَيَّامِ الْمُقْبِلَةِ سَيُصْبِحَانِ كِلاهُمَا نَسْياً مَنْسِيًّا، إِذْ يَمُوتُ الْجَاهِلُ كَالْحَكِيمِ. | ١٦ 16 |
For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!
| فَكَرِهْتُ الْحَيَاةَ، لأَنَّ مَا تَمَّ صُنْعُهُ تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ كَانَ مَثَارَ أَسىً لِي، فَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ بَاطِلٌ كَمُلاحَقَةِ الرِّيحِ. | ١٧ 17 |
So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
| وَكَرِهْتُ كُلَّ مَا سَعَيْتُ مِنْ أَجْلِهِ تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ، لأَنِّي سَأَتْرُكُهُ لِمَنْ يَخْلُفُنِي. | ١٨ 18 |
I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
| وَمَنْ يَدْرِي: أَيَكُونُ حَكِيماً أَمْ جَاهِلاً؟ وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّهُ سَيَتَوَلَّى كُلَّ عَمَلِي الَّذِي بَذَلْتُ فِيهِ كُلَّ جَهْدِي وَحِكْمَتِي تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ. وَهَذَا أَيْضاً بَاطِلٌ. | ١٩ 19 |
And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.
| فَتَحَوَّلْتُ وَأَسْلَمْتُ قَلْبِي لِلْيَأْسِ مِنْ كُلِّ مَا بَذَلْتُهُ مِنْ جَهْدٍ تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ. | ٢٠ 20 |
So my heart began to despair over all the labor that I had done under the sun.
| إِذْ قَدْ يَتْرُكُ الإِنْسَانُ كُلَّ مَا تَعِبَ فِيهِ بِحِكْمَةٍ وَمَعْرِفَةٍ وَحَذَاقَةٍ لِرَجُلٍ آخَرَ يَتَمَتَّعُ بِمَا لَمْ يَشْقَ بِهِ. هَذَا أَيْضاً بَاطِلٌ وَشَرٌّ عَظِيمٌ. | ٢١ 21 |
When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great evil.
| فَأَيُّ نَفْعٍ لِلإِنْسَانِ مِنْ جَمِيعِ تَعَبِهِ وَمُكَابَدَتِهِ الْعَنَاءَ الَّذِي قَاسَى مِنْهُ تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ؟ | ٢٢ 22 |
For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?
| كُلُّ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِهِ مُفْعَمَةٌ بِالْمَشَقَّةِ، وَعَمَلُهُ عَنَاءٌ. حَتَّى فِي اللَّيْلِ لَا يَسْتَرِيحُ قَلْبُهُ. وَهَذَا أَيْضاً بَاطِلٌ. | ٢٣ 23 |
Indeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.
| فَلَيْسَ أَفْضَلُ لِلإِنْسَانِ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ وَيَشْرَبَ وَيَتَمَتَّعَ بِتَعَبِ يَدَيْهِ. وَهَذَا أَيْضاً، كَمَا أَرَى، هُوَ مِنْ يَدِ اللهِ. | ٢٤ 24 |
Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God.
| إِذْ بِمَعْزِلٍ عَنْهُ مَنْ يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ وَيَسْتَمْتِعَ؟ | ٢٥ 25 |
For apart from Him, who can eat and who can find enjoyment?
| لأَنَّ الْمَرْءَ الَّذِي يَحْظَى بِرِضَى اللهِ يُنْعِمُ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَالْمَعْرِفَةِ وَالْفَرَحِ. أَمَّا الْخَاطِئُ فَيَفْرِضُ عَلَيْهِ عَنَاءَ الْجَمْعِ وَالادِّخَارِ، لِيَكُونَ ذَلِكَ مِنْ نَصِيبِ مَنْ يُرْضِي اللهَ. وَهَذَا أَيْضاً بَاطِلٌ كَمُلاحَقَةِ الرِّيحِ. | ٢٦ 26 |
To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
