الجامِعَة 1
| هَذِهِ أَقْوَالُ الْجَامِعَةِ ابْنِ دَاوُدَ مَلِكِ أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ١ 1 |
The words of Ecclesiastes, the son of David, king of Jerusalem.
| يَقُولُ الْجَامِعَةُ: بَاطِلُ الأَبَاطِيلِ، بَاطِلُ الأَبَاطِيلِ، كُلُّ شَيْءٍ بَاطِلٌ. | ٢ 2 |
Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes vanity of vanities, and all is vanity.
| مَا الْفَائِدَةُ مِنْ كُلِّ تَعَبِ الإِنْسَانِ الَّذِي يَتْعَبُهُ تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ. | ٣ 3 |
What hath a man more of all his labour, that he taketh under the sun?
| جِيلٌ يَمْضِي وَجِيلٌ يُقْبِلُ وَالأَرْضُ قَائِمَةٌ إِلَى الأَبَدِ. | ٤ 4 |
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth standeth for ever.
| الشَّمْسُ تُشْرِقُ ثُمَّ تَغْرُبُ، مُسْرِعَةً إِلَى مَوْضِعِهَا الَّذِي مِنْهُ طَلَعَتْ. | ٥ 5 |
The sun riseth, and goeth down, and returneth to his place: and there rising again,
| الرِّيحُ تَهُبُّ نَحْوَ الْجَنُوبِ، ثُمَّ تَلْتَفُّ صَوْبَ الشِّمَالِ. تَدُورُ حَوْلَ نَفْسِهَا وَلا تَلْبَثُ أَنْ تَرْجِعَ إِلَى مَسَارِهَا. | ٦ 6 |
Maketh his round by the south, and turneth again to the north: the spirit goeth forward surveying all places round about, and returneth to his circuits.
| جَمِيعُ الأَنْهَارِ تَصُبُّ فِي الْبَحْرِ، وَلَكِنَّ الْبَحْرَ لَا يَمْتَلِئُ، ثُمَّ تَرْجِعُ الْمِيَاهُ إِلَى الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي جَرَتْ مِنْهُ الأَنْهَارُ. | ٧ 7 |
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea doth not overflow: unto the place from whence the rivers come, they return, to flow again.
| جَمِيعُ الأَشْيَاءِ مُرْهِقَةٌ، وَلَيْسَ فِي وُسْعِ الْمَرْءِ أَنْ يُعَبِّرَ عَنْهَا، فَلا الْعَيْنُ تَشْبَعُ مِنَ النَّظَرِ، وَلا الأُذُنُ تَمْتَلِئُ مِنَ السَّمْعِ. | ٨ 8 |
All things are hard: man cannot explain them by word. The eye is not filled with seeing, neither is the ear filled with hearing.
| مَا هُوَ كَائِنٌ هُوَ الَّذِي سَيَظَلُّ كَائِناً، وَمَا صُنِعَ هُوَ الَّذِي يَظَلُّ يُصْنَعُ، وَلا شَيْءَ جَدِيدٌ تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ. | ٩ 9 |
What is it that hath been? the same thing that shall be. What is it that hath been done? the same that shall be done.
| أَهُنَاكَ شَيْءٌ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يُقَالَ عَنْهُ: انْظُرْ، هَذَا جَدِيدٌ؟ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ كَانَ مَوْجُوداً مُنْذُ الْعُصُورِ الَّتِي خَلَتْ قَبْلَنَا! | ١٠ 10 |
Nothing under the sun is new, neither is any man able to say: Behold this is new: for it hath already gone before in the ages that were before us.
| لَيْسَ مِنْ ذِكْرٍ لِلأُمُورِ السَّالِفَةِ، وَلَنْ يَكُونَ ذِكْرٌ للأَشْيَاءِ الآتِيَةِ بَيْنَ الَّذِينَ يَأْتُونَ مِنْ بَعْدِنَا. | ١١ 11 |
There is no remembrance of former things: nor indeed of those things which hereafter are to come, shall there be any remembrance with them that shall be in the latter end.
| أَنَا الْجَامِعَةُ، كُنْتُ مَلِكاً عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ١٢ 12 |
I Ecclesiastes was king over Israel in Jerusalem,
| فَوَجَّهْتُ قَلْبِي لِيَلْتَمِسَ وَيَبْحَثَ بِالْحِكْمَةِ عَنْ كُلِّ مَا صُنِعَ تَحْتَ السَّمَاءِ، وَإذَا بِهِ مَشَقَّةٌ مُنْهِكَةٌ كَبَّدَهَا الرَّبُّ لأَبْنَاءِ النَّاسِ لِيُعَانُوا فِيهَا. | ١٣ 13 |
And I proposed in my mind to seek and search out wisely concerning all things that are done under the sun. This painful occupation hath God given to the children of men, to be exercised therein.
| لَقَدْ شَاهَدْتُ كُلَّ الأَشْيَاءِ الَّتِي تَمَّ صُنْعُهَا تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ فَإِذَا الْجَمِيعُ بَاطِلٌ كَمُلاحَقَةِ الرِّيحِ. | ١٤ 14 |
I have seen all things that are done under the sun, and behold all is vanity, and vexation of spirit.
| فَالْمُعَوَّجُ لَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يُقَوَّمَ، وَالنَّقْصُ لَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يُكْمَلَ. | ١٥ 15 |
The perverse are hard to be corrected, and the number of fools is infinite.
| فَقُلْتُ لِنَفْسِي: قَدْ عَظُمْتُ وَنَمَوْتُ فِي الْحِكْمَةِ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ كُلِّ أَسْلافِي الَّذِينَ حَكَمُوا أُورُشَلِيمَ مِنْ قَبْلِي، وَقَدْ عَرَفَ قَلْبِي كَثِيراً مِنَ الْحِكْمَةِ وَالْعِلْمِ. | ١٦ 16 |
I have spoken in my heart, saying: Behold I am become great, and have gone beyond all in wisdom, that were before me in Jerusalem: and my mind hath contemplated many things wisely, and I have learned.
| ثُمَّ وَجَّهْتُ فِكْرِي نَحْوَ مَعْرِفَةِ الْحِكْمَةِ وَالْجُنُونِ وَالْحَمَاقَةِ، فَأَدْرَكْتُ أَنَّ هَذَا لَيْسَ سِوَى مُلاحَقَةِ الرِّيحِ أَيْضاً. | ١٧ 17 |
And I have given my heart to know prudence, and learning, and errors, and folly: and I have perceived that in these also there was labour, and vexation of spirit,
| لأَنَّ كَثْرَةَ الْحِكْمَةِ تَقْتَرِنُ بِكَثْرَةِ الْغَمِّ، وَمَنْ يَزْدَادُ عِلْماً يَزْدَادُ حُزْناً! | ١٨ 18 |
Because In much wisdom there is much indignation: and he that addeth knowledge, addeth also labour.
