الجامِعَة 6
| رَأَيْتُ شَرّاً تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ خَيَّمَ بِثِقْلِهِ عَلَى النَّاسِ: | ١ 1 |
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy on men:
| إِنْسَانٌ رَزَقَهُ اللهُ غِنىً وَمُمْتَلَكَاتٍ وَكَرَامَةً، فَلَمْ تَفْتَقِرْ نَفْسُهُ إِلَى شَيْءٍ رَغِبَتْ فِيهِ. وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يُنْعِمْ عَلَيْهِ بِالْقُدْرَةِ عَلَى التَّمَتُّعِ بِها، وَإِنَّمَا تَكُونُ مِنْ حَظِّ الْغَرِيبِ. هَذَا بَاطِلٌ، وَدَاءٌ خَبِيثٌ. | ٢ 2 |
a man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives him no power to eat of it, but a foreigner eats it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
| رُبَّ رَجُلٍ يُنْجِبُ مِئَةَ وَلَدٍ وَيَعِيشُ عُمْراً طَوِيلاً حَتَّى تَكْثُرَ سِنُو حَيَاتِهِ، لَكِنَّهُ لَا يَتَمَتَّعُ بِخَيْرَاتِ الْحَيَاةِ وَلا يَثْوِي فِي قَبْرٍ. أَقُولُ إِنَّ السِّقْطَ خَيْرٌ مِنْهُ! | ٣ 3 |
If a man fathers a hundred children, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not filled with good, and moreover he has no burial; I say, that a stillborn child is better than he:
| لأَنَّهُ يُقْبِلُ إِلَى الدُّنْيَا بِالْبَاطِلِ، وَيُفَارِقُ فِي الظَّلامِ وَيحْتَجِبُ اسْمُهُ بِالظُّلْمَةِ. | ٤ 4 |
for it comes in vanity, and departs in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness.
| وَمَعَ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَرَ الدُّنْيَا وَلا عَرَفَ شَيْئاً، فَإِنَّهُ يَنَالُ رَاحَةً أَكْثَرَ | ٥ 5 |
Moreover it has not seen the sun nor known it. This has rest rather than the other.
| مِنَ الَّذِي يَعِيشُ أَلْفَيْ سَنَةٍ، وَلَكِنَّهُ يُخْفِقُ فِي الاسْتِمْتَاعِ بِالْخَيْرَاتِ. أَلّا يَذْهَبُ كِلاهُمَا، فِي نِهَايَةِ الْمُطَافِ، إِلَى مَوْضِعٍ وَاحِدٍ؟ | ٦ 6 |
Yes, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet fails to enjoy good, do not all go to one place?
| إِنَّ كُلَّ جَهْدِ الإِنْسَانِ يَلْتَهِمُهُ فَمُهُ، أَمَّا شَهِيَّتُهُ فَلا تَشْبَعُ. | ٧ 7 |
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
| لأَنَّهُ مَا فَضْلُ الْحَكِيمِ عَلَى الْجَاهِلِ؟ وَأَيُّ شَيْءٍ لِلْفَقِيرِ الَّذِي يُحْسِنُ التَّصَرُّفَ أَمَامَ الأَحْيَاءِ؟ | ٨ 8 |
For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?
| إِنَّ مَا تَرَاهُ الْعَيْنُ خَيْرٌ مِمَّا تَشْتَهِيهِ النَّفْسُ. وَهَذَا أَيْضاً بَاطِلٌ كَمُلاحَقَةِ الرِّيحِ. | ٩ 9 |
Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
| كُلُّ مَا هُوَ كَائِنٌ أَمْرٌ مُقَرَّرٌ مُنْذُ زَمَنٍ قَدِيمٍ وَمَا جُبِلَ عَلَيْهِ الإِنْسَانُ مِنْ طَبْعٍ مَعْرُوفٌ يَتَعَذَّرُ تَغْيِيرُهُ لأَنَّهُ لَا يَقْدِرُ عَلَى مُخَاصَمَةِ مَنْ هُوَ أَقْوَى مِنْهُ (أَيْ صَانِعِهِ). | ١٠ 10 |
Whatever has been, its name was given long ago; and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him who is mightier than he.
| فِي كَثْرَةِ الْكَلامِ كَثْرَةُ الْبَاطِلِ، فَأَيُّ جَدْوَى مِنْهُ لِلإِنْسَانِ؟ | ١١ 11 |
For there are many words that create vanity. What does that profit man?
| إِذْ مَنْ يَدْرِي مَا هُوَ خَيْرٌ لِلإِنْسَانِ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الَّتِي يَقْضِي فِيهَا أَيَّاماً قَلِيلَةً بَاطِلَةً كَالظِّلِّ؟ وَمَنْ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يُطْلِعَ الإِنْسَانَ عَلَى مَا سَيَحْدُثُ تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ؟ | ١٢ 12 |
For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?
