< الجامِعَة 4 >

ثُمَّ تَأَمَّلْتُ حَوْلِي فَرَأَيْتُ جَمِيعَ الْمَظَالِمِ الَّتِي تُرْتَكَبُ تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ. شَهِدْتُ دُمُوعَ الْمَظْلُومِينَ الَّذِينَ لَا مُعَزِّيَ لَهُمْ، أَمَّا ظَالِمُوهُمْ فَيَتَمَتَّعُونَ بِالْقُوَّةِ، غَيْرَ أَنَّ الْمَظْلُومِينَ لَا مُعَزِّيَ لَهُمْ. ١ 1
and to return: again I and to see: see [obj] all [the] oppression which to make: do underneath: under [the] sun and behold tears [the] oppression and nothing to/for them to be sorry: comfort and from hand: themselves to oppress them strength and nothing to/for them to be sorry: comfort
فَغَبَطْتُ الأَمْوَاتَ الَّذِينَ قَضَوْا مُنْذُ زَمَانٍ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ الأَحْيَاءِ الَّذِينَ مَا بَرِحُوا عَلَى قَيْدِ الْحَيَاةِ. ٢ 2
and to praise I [obj] [the] to die which/that already to die from [the] alive which they(masc.) alive still [to]
وَأَفْضَلُ مِنْ كِلَيْهِمَا مَنْ لَمْ يُوْلَدْ بَعْدُ، الَّذِي لَمْ يَرَ الشَّرَّ الْمُرْتَكَبَ تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ. ٣ 3
and pleasant from two their [obj] which still not to be which not to see: see [obj] [the] deed [the] bad: evil which to make: do underneath: under [the] sun
وَأَدْرَكْتُ أَيْضاً أَنَّ كُلَّ تَعَبِ الإِنْسَانِ وَمُنْجَزَاتِهِ، نَاتِجَةٌ عَنْ حَسَدِهِ لِقَرِيبِهِ. هَذَا أَيْضاً بَاطِلٌ كَمُلاحَقَةِ الرِّيحِ. ٤ 4
and to see: see I [obj] all trouble and [obj] all skill [the] deed: work for he/she/it jealousy man: anyone from neighbor his also this vanity and longing spirit: breath
يَطْوِي الْجَاهِلُ يَدَيْهِ وَيَأْكُلُ لَحْمَهُ. ٥ 5
[the] fool to embrace [obj] hand his and to eat [obj] flesh his
حُفْنَةُ رَاحَةٍ خَيْرٌ مِنْ حُفْنَتَيْ تَعَبٍ وَمُلاحَقَةِ الرِّيحِ. ٦ 6
pleasant fullness palm quietness from fullness palm trouble and longing spirit: breath
وَعُدْتُ أَتَأَمَّلُ فَرَأَيْتُ بَاطِلاً آخَرَ تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ: ٧ 7
and to return: again I and to see: see vanity underneath: under [the] sun
وَاحِدٌ وَحِيدٌ، لَا ثَانِيَ لَهُ. لَا ابْنَ وَلا أَخَ. وَلا نِهَايَةَ لِتَعَبِهِ. عَيْنُهُ لَا تَشْبَعُ مِنَ الْغِنَى، وَلا يَقُولُ: لِمَنْ أَكْدَحُ وَأَحْرِمُ نَفْسِي مِنَ الْمَسَرَّاتِ؟ هَذَا أَيْضاً بَاطِلٌ وَعَنَاءٌ شَاقٌّ! ٨ 8
there one and nothing second also son: child and brother: male-sibling nothing to/for him and nothing end to/for all trouble his also (eye his *Q(K)*) not to satisfy riches and to/for who? I laborious and to lack [obj] soul: myself my from welfare also this vanity and task bad: harmful he/she/it
اثْنَانِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ وَاحِدٍ، لأَنَّ لَهُمَا حُسْنَ الثَّوَابِ عَلَى كَدِّهِمَا. ٩ 9
pleasant [the] two from [the] one which there to/for them wages pleasant in/on/with trouble their
لأَنَّهُ إِذَا سَقَطَ أَحَدُهُمَا يُنْهِضُهُ الآخَرُ. وَلَكِنْ وَيْلٌ لِمَنْ هُوَ وَحِيدٌ، لأَنَّهُ إِنْ سَقَطَ فَلا مُسْعِفَ لَهُ عَلَى النُّهُوضِ. ١٠ 10
that if: except if: except to fall: fall [the] one to arise: raise [obj] companion his and to/for woe! him [the] one which/that to fall: fall and nothing second to/for to arise: raise him
كَذَلِكَ إِنْ رَقَدَ اثْنَانِ مَعاً يَدْفَآنِ، أَمَّا الرَّاقِدُ وَحْدَهُ فَكَيْفَ يَدْفَأُ؟ ١١ 11
also if to lie down: lay down two and to warm to/for them and to/for one how? to warm
وَإِنْ كَانَ الْوَاحِدُ الْقَوِيُّ يَغْلِبُ وَاحِداً أَضْعَفَ مِنْهُ، فَإِنَّ اثْنَيْنِ قَادِرَانِ عَلَى مُقَاوَمَتِهِ. فَالْخَيْطُ الْمُثَلَّثُ يَتَعَذَّرُ قَطْعُهُ سَرِيعاً. ١٢ 12
and if to prevail him [the] one [the] two to stand: stand before him and [the] thread [the] to do three not in/on/with haste to tear
شَابٌّ فَقِيرٌ حَكِيمٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ مَلِكٍ شَيْخٍ جَاهِلٍ كَفَّ عَنْ قُبُولِ النَّصِيحَةِ، ١٣ 13
pleasant youth poor and wise from king old and fool which not to know to/for to warn still
لأَنَّهُ قَدْ يَخْرُجُ مِنَ السِّجْنِ لِيَتَبَوَّأَ عَرْشَ الْمُلْكِ، وَإِنْ كَانَ مَوْلُوداً فِي عَائِلَةٍ فَقِيرَةٍ مِنْ عَائِلاتِ الْمَمْلَكَةِ. ١٤ 14
for from house: home [the] to bind to come out: come to/for to reign for also in/on/with royalty his to beget be poor
وَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ جَمِيعَ الأَحْيَاءِ السَّائِرِينَ تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ يَلْتَفُّونَ حَوْلَ الشَّابِّ الَّذِي يَخْلُفُ الْمَلِكَ الشَّيْخَ. ١٥ 15
to see: see [obj] all [the] alive [the] to go: walk underneath: under [the] sun with [the] youth [the] second which to stand: stand underneath: instead him
وَلَمْ يَكُنْ نِهَايَةٌ لِلْجَمَاهِيرِ الَّذِينَ سَارَ فِي طَلِيعَتِهِمْ، غَيْرَ أَنَّ الأَجْيَالَ اللّاحِقَةَ لَا تُسَرُّ بِهِ، فَهَذَا أَيْضاً بَاطِلٌ وَكَمُلاحَقَةِ الرِّيحِ. ١٦ 16
nothing end to/for all [the] people to/for all which to be to/for face: before their also [the] last not to rejoice in/on/with him for also this vanity and striving spirit: breath

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