الجامِعَة 3

١ 1 لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ أَوَانٌ، وَلِكُلِّ أَمْرٍ تَحْتَ السَّمَاءِ زَمَانٌ.

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

٢ 2 لِلْوِلادَةِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلْمَوْتِ وَقْتٌ. لِلْغَرْسِ وَقْتٌ ولاِسْتِئْصَالِ الْمَغْرُوسِ وَقْتٌ.

A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

٣ 3 لِلْقَتْلِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلْعِلاجِ وَقْتٌ. لِلْهَدْمِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلْبِنَاءِ وَقْتٌ.

A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

٤ 4 لِلْبُكَاءِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلضَّحِكِ وَقْتٌ. لِلنَّوْحِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلرَّقْصِ وَقْتٌ.

A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

٥ 5 لِبَعْثَرَةِ الْحِجَارَةِ وَقْتٌ وَلِتَكْوِيمِهَا وَقْتٌ. لِلْمُعَانَقَةِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلْكَفِّ عَنْهَا وَقْتٌ.

A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

٦ 6 لِلسَّعْيِ وَقْتٌ، وَلِلْخَسَارَةِ وَقْتٌ. لِلصِّيَانَةِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلْبَعْثَرَةِ وَقْتٌ.

A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

٧ 7 لِلتَّمْزِيقِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلْخِيَاطَةِ وَقْتٌ. لِلصَّمْتِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلإِفْصَاحِ وَقْتٌ.

A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

٨ 8 لِلْحُبِّ وَقْتٌ وَلِلْبَغْضَاءِ وَقْتٌ. لِلْحَرْبِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلسَّلامِ وَقْتٌ.

A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

٩ 9 فَأَيُّ نَفْعٍ يَجْنِيهِ الْعَامِلُ مِنْ كَدِّهِ؟

What profit has he that works in that wherein he labours?

١٠ 10 لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ الْمَشَقَّةَ الَّتِي حَمَّلَهَا اللهُ لأَبْنَاءِ النَّاسِ لِيَقُومُوا بِها.

I have seen the travail, which God has given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.

١١ 11 إِذْ صَنَعَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ حَسَناً فِي حِينِهِ وَغَرَسَ الأَبَدِيَّةَ فِي قُلُوبِ الْبَشَرِ، وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ لَمْ يُدْرِكُوا أَعْمَالَ اللهِ مِنَ الْبَدَايَةِ إِلَى النِّهَايَةِ.

He has made every thing beautiful in his time: also he has set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God makes from the beginning to the end.

١٢ 12 فَأَيْقَنْتُ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ أَفْضَلَ لَهُمْ مِنْ أَنْ يَفْرَحُوا وَيُمَتِّعُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ وَهُمْ مَازَالُوا عَلَى قَيْدِ الْحَيَاةِ.

I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

١٣ 13 إِنَّ مِنْ نِعَمِ اللهِ عَلَى الإِنْسَانِ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ وَيَشْرَبَ وَيَسْتَمْتِعَ بِمَا يَجْنِيهِ مِنْ كَدِّهِ.

And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.

١٤ 14 وَعَلِمْتُ أَنَّ كُلَّ مَا يَفْعَلُهُ اللهُ يَخْلُدُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ، لَا يُضَافُ عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ أَوْ يُنْقَصُ مِنْهُ. وَقَدْ أَجْرَاهُ اللهُ لِيَتَّقِيَهُ النَّاسُ.

I know that, whatsoever God does, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God does it, that men should fear before him.

١٥ 15 فَمَا كَانَ قَبْلاً هُوَ كَائِنٌ الآنَ، وَمَا سَيَكُونُ هُوَ كَائِنٌ مِنْ قَبْلُ. وَاللهُ يُطَالِبُ بِمَا قَدْ مَضَى.

That which has been is now; and that which is to be has already been; and God requires that which is past.

١٦ 16 وَرَأَيْتُ أَيْضاً تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ: الْجَوْرَ فِي مَوْضِعِ الْعَدْلِ، وَالظُّلْمَ فِي مَوْضِعِ الْحَقِّ.

And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.

١٧ 17 فَقُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي: إِنَّ اللهَ سَيَحْكُمُ عَلَى الصِّدِّيقِ وَعَلَى الشِّرِّيرِ، لأَنَّ لِكُلِّ عَمَلٍ وَلِكُلِّ أَمْرٍ وَقْتاً هُنَاكَ.

I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

١٨ 18 وَنَاجَيْتُ قَلْبِي أَيْضاً بِشَأْنِ أَبْنَاءِ الْبَشَرِ قَائِلاً: إِنَّمَا اللهُ يَمْتَحِنُهُمْ، لِيُبَيِّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ لَيْسُوا أَفْضَلَ مِنَ الْبَهَائِمِ،

I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.

١٩ 19 لأَنَّ مَا يَحُلُّ بِأَبْنَاءِ الْبَشَرِ يَحُلُّ بِالْبَهَائِمِ. فَكَمَا يَمُوتُ الْوَاحِدُ مِنَ النَّاسِ يَمُوتُ الآخَرُ مِنَ الْبَهَائِمِ، فَلِكِلَيْهِمَا نَسَمَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ، وَلَيْسَ لِلإِنْسَانِ فَضْلٌ عَلَى الْبَهِيمَةِ، فَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ بَاطِلٌ.

For that which befalls the sons of men befalls beasts; even one thing befalls them: as the one dies, so dies the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man has no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.

٢٠ 20 كِلاهُمَا يَذْهَبُ إِلَى مَوْضِعٍ وَاحِدٍ. كِلاهُمَا مِنَ التُّرَابِ، وَإِلَيْهِ يَعُودَانِ.

All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

٢١ 21 فَمَنْ يَعْرِفُ أَنَّ رُوحَ الإِنْسَانِ تَصْعَدُ إِلَى الْعَلاءِ، وَرُوحَ الْحَيَوَانِ تَهْبِطُ إِلَى أَسْفَلِ الأَرْضِ؟

Who knows the spirit of man that goes upward, and the spirit of the beast that goes downward to the earth?

٢٢ 22 فَرَأَيْتُ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ أَنْ يَسْتَمْتِعَ الإِنْسَانُ بِكَدِّهِ، لأَنَّ هَذَا نَصِيبُهُ، لأَنَّهُ مَنْ يُرْجِعُهُ لِيَرَى مَا سَيَجْرِي مِنْ بَعْدِهِ؟

Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?