الجامِعَة 7

١ 1 الصِّيتُ الْحَسَنُ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الطِّيبِ، وَيَوْمُ الْوَفَاةِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ يَوْمِ الْوِلادَةِ.

pleasant name from oil pleasant and day [the] death from day to beget he

٢ 2 الذَّهَابُ إِلَى بَيْتِ النَّوْحِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْحُضُورِ إِلَى بَيْتِ الْوَلِيمَةِ، لأَنَّ الْمَوْتَ هُوَ مَصِيرُ كُلِّ إِنْسَانٍ. وَهَذَا مَا يَحْتَفِظُ بِهِ الْحَيُّ فِي قَلْبِهِ.

pleasant to/for to go: went to(wards) house: home mourning from to go: went to(wards) house: home feast in/on/with in which he/she/it end all [the] man and [the] alive to give: put to(wards) heart his

٣ 3 الْحُزْنُ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الضَّحِكِ، لأَنَّهُ بِكَآبَةِ الْوَجْهِ يُصْلَحُ الْقَلْبُ.

pleasant vexation from laughter for in/on/with evil face be good heart

٤ 4 قَلْبُ الْحُكَمَاءِ فِي بَيْتِ النَّوْحِ، أَمَّا قُلُوبُ الْجُهَّالِ فَفِي بَيْتِ اللَّذَّةِ.

heart wise in/on/with house: home mourning and heart fool in/on/with house: home joy

٥ 5 الاسْتِمَاعُ إِلَى زَجْرِ الْحَكِيمِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الإِصْغَاءِ إِلَى غِنَاءِ الْجُهَّالِ.

pleasant to/for to hear: hear rebuke wise from man: anyone to hear: hear song fool

٦ 6 لأَنَّ ضَحِكَ الْجُهَّالِ كَقَرْقَعَةِ الشَّوْكِ تَحْتَ الْقِدْرِ، وَهَذَا أَيْضاً بَاطِلٌ.

for like/as voice: sound [the] thorn underneath: under [the] pot so laughter [the] fool and also this vanity

٧ 7 الظُّلْمُ يَجْعَلُ الْحَكِيمَ أَحْمَقَ، وَالرِّشْوَةُ تُفْسِدُ الْقَلْبَ.

for [the] oppression to boast: rave madly wise and to perish [obj] heart gift

٨ 8 نِهَايَةُ أَمْرٍ خَيْرٌ مِنْ بِدَايَتِهِ، وَالصَّبْرُ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْعَجْرَفَةِ.

pleasant end word: thing from first: beginning his pleasant slow spirit from high spirit

٩ 9 لَا يَسْتَسْلِمْ قَلْبُكَ سَرِيعاً لِلْغَضَبِ، لأَنَّ الْغَضَبَ يَسْتَقِرُّ فِي صُدُورِ الْجُهَّالِ.

not to dismay in/on/with spirit: temper your to/for to provoke for vexation in/on/with bosom: embrace fool to rest

١٠ 10 لَا تَقُلْ: كَيْفَ حَدَثَ أَنَّ الأَيَّامَ الْمَاضِيَةَ كَانَتْ خَيْراً مِنْ هَذِهِ الأَيَّامِ؟ لأَنَّ سُؤَالَكَ هَذَا لَا يَنِمُّ عَنْ حِكْمَةٍ.

not to say what? to be which/that [the] day [the] first: previous to be pleasant from these for not from wisdom to ask upon this

١١ 11 الْحِكْمَةُ مَعَ الْمِيرَاثِ صَالِحَةٌ وَذَاتُ مَنْفَعَةٍ لِلأَحْيَاءِ.

pleasant wisdom with inheritance and advantage to/for to see: see [the] sun

١٢ 12 الَّذِي يَسْتَظِلُّ بِالْحِكْمَةِ كَمَنْ يَسْتَظِلُّ بِالْفِضَّةِ، إِلّا أَنَّ لِمَعْرِفَةِ الْحِكْمَةِ فَضْلاً، وَهُوَ أَنَّهَا تَحْفَظُ حَيَاةَ أَصْحَابِهَا.

for in/on/with shadow [the] wisdom in/on/with shadow [the] silver: money and advantage knowledge [the] wisdom to live master: owning her

١٣ 13 تَأَمَّلْ فِي عَمَلِ اللهِ، مَنْ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يُقَوِّمَ مَا يُعَوِّجُهُ؟

to see: examine [obj] deed: work [the] God for who? be able to/for be straight [obj] which to pervert him

١٤ 14 افْرَحْ فِي يَوْمِ السَّرَّاءِ، وَاعْتَبِرْ فِي يَوْمِ الضَّرَّاءِ. إِنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ جَعَلَ السَّرَّاءَ مَعَ الضَّرَّاءِ، لِئَلّا يَكْتَشِفَ الإِنْسَانُ شَيْئاً مِمَّا يَحْدُثُ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِ.

in/on/with day welfare to be in/on/with good and in/on/with day distress: harm to see: examine also [obj] this to/for close this to make [the] God upon cause which/that not to find [the] man after him anything

١٥ 15 لَقَدْ شَاهَدْتُ هَذِهِ جَمِيعَهَا فِي أَيَّامِ أَبَاطِيلِي: رُبَّ صِدِّيقٍ يَهْلِكُ فِي بِرِّهِ، وَمُنَافِقٍ تَطُولُ أَيَّامُهُ فِي شَرِّهِ.

[obj] [the] all to see: see in/on/with day vanity my there righteous to perish in/on/with righteousness his and there wicked to prolong in/on/with distress: evil his

١٦ 16 لَا تُغَالِ فِي بِرِّكَ وَلا تُبَالِغْ فِي حِكْمَتِكَ، إِذْ لِمَاذَا تُهْلِكُ نَفْسَكَ؟

not to be righteous to multiply and not be wise advantage to/for what? be desolate: destroyed

١٧ 17 لَا تُفْرِطْ فِي شَرِّكَ وَلا تَكُنْ أَحْمَقَ. لِمَاذَا تَمُوتُ قَبْلَ أَوَانِكَ؟

not be wicked to multiply and not to be fool to/for what? to die in/on/with not time your

١٨ 18 حَسَنٌ أَنْ تَتَشَبَّثَ بِهَذَا وَأَنْ لَا تُفَرِّطَ فِي ذَاكَ، لأَنَّ مُتَّقِيَ اللهِ يَتَفَادَى التَّطَرُّفَ فِي كِلَيْهِمَا.

pleasant which to grasp in/on/with this and also from this not to rest [obj] hand your for afraid God to come out: come [obj] all their

١٩ 19 تَدْعَمُ الْحِكْمَةُ الْحَكِيمَ بِالْقُوَّةِ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ عَشَرَةِ مُتَسَلِّطِينَ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ.

[the] wisdom be strong to/for wise from ten domineering which to be in/on/with city

٢٠ 20 لَيْسَ مِنْ صِدِّيقٍ عَلَى وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ يَصْنَعُ خَيْراً وَلا يُخْطِئُ.

for man nothing righteous in/on/with land: country/planet which to make: do good and not to sin

٢١ 21 لَا تَكْتَرِثْ لِكُلِّ كَلامٍ يُقَالُ لِئَلّا تَسْمَعَ عَبْدَكَ يَشْتِمُكَ.

also to/for all [the] word: thing which to speak: speak not to give: put heart your which not to hear: hear [obj] servant/slave your to lighten you

٢٢ 22 لأَنَّكَ تُدْرِكُ فِي قَرَارَةِ نَفْسِكَ أَنَّكَ كَثِيراً مَا لَعَنْتَ غَيْرَكَ.

for also beat many to know heart your which also (you(m. s.) *Q(K)*) to lighten another

٢٣ 23 كُلُّ ذَلِكَ اخْتَبَرْتُهُ بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَقُلْتُ: سَأَكُونُ حَكِيماً، وَلَكِنَّهَا كَانَتْ بَعِيدَةً عَنِّي.

all this to test in/on/with wisdom to say be wise and he/she/it distant from me

٢٤ 24 مَا هُوَ بَعِيدٌ، بَعِيدٌ جِدّاً، وَمَا هُوَ عَمِيقٌ، عَمِيقٌ جِدّاً. وَمَنْ لِي بِمَنْ يَكْتَشِفُهُ؟

distant what? which/that to be and deep deep who? to find him

٢٥ 25 فَتَفَحَّصْتُ قَلْبِي لأَعْلَمَ وَأَبْحَثَ وَأَنْشُدَ الْحِكْمَةَ وَأَلْتَمِسَ جَوَاهِرَ الأَشْيَاءِ وَأَعْرِفَ جَهَالَةَ الشَّرِّ، وَحَمَاقَةَ الْجُنُونِ.

to turn: turn I and heart my to/for to know and to/for to spy and to seek wisdom and explanation and to/for to know wickedness loin and [the] folly madness

٢٦ 26 فَوَجَدْتُ أَنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ الَّتِي قَلْبُهَا أَشْرَاكٌ وَشِبَاكٌ، وَيَدَاهَا قُيُودٌ، هِيَ أَمَرُّ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ، وَمَنْ يُرْضِي اللهَ يَهْرُبُ مِنْهَا، أَمَّا الْخَاطِئُ فَيَقَعُ فِي أَشْرَاكِهَا.

and to find I bitter from death [obj] [the] woman which he/she/it net and net heart her bond hand her pleasant to/for face: before [the] God to escape from her and to sin to capture in/on/with her

٢٧ 27 وَيَقُولُ الْجَامِعَةُ: إِلَيْكَ مَا وَجَدْتُهُ: أَضِفْ وَاحِداً إِلَى وَاحِدٍ لِتَكْتَشِفَ حَاصِلَ الأَشْيَاءِ

to see: behold! this to find to say preacher one to/for one to/for to find explanation

٢٨ 28 الَّتِي مَا بَرِحَتْ نَفْسِي تَبْحَثُ عَنْهَا مِنْ غَيْرِ جَدْوَى: وَجَدْتُ صِدِّيقاً وَاحِداً بَيْنَ أَلْفِ رَجُلٍ، وَعَلَى امْرَأَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ (صِدِّيقَةٍ) بَيْنَ الأَلْفِ لَمْ أَعْثُرْ.

which still to seek soul my and not to find man one from thousand to find and woman in/on/with all these not to find

٢٩ 29 بَلْ هَذَا مَا وَجَدْتُهُ: إِنَّ اللهَ قَدْ صَنَعَ الْبَشَرَ مُسْتَقِيمِينَ، أَمَّا هُمْ فَانْطَلَقُوا بَاحِثِينَ عَنْ مُسْتَحْدَثَاتٍ كَثِيرَةٍ!

to/for alone to see: behold! this to find which to make [the] God [obj] [the] man upright and they(masc.) to seek invention many