< 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