الجامِعَة 1
| هَذِهِ أَقْوَالُ الْجَامِعَةِ ابْنِ دَاوُدَ مَلِكِ أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ١ 1 |
These are the words of the Teacher, the descendant of David and king in Jerusalem.
| يَقُولُ الْجَامِعَةُ: بَاطِلُ الأَبَاطِيلِ، بَاطِلُ الأَبَاطِيلِ، كُلُّ شَيْءٍ بَاطِلٌ. | ٢ 2 |
The Teacher says this. “Like a vapor of mist, like a breeze in the wind, everything vanishes, leaving many questions.
| مَا الْفَائِدَةُ مِنْ كُلِّ تَعَبِ الإِنْسَانِ الَّذِي يَتْعَبُهُ تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ. | ٣ 3 |
What profit does mankind gain from all the work that they labor at under the sun?
| جِيلٌ يَمْضِي وَجِيلٌ يُقْبِلُ وَالأَرْضُ قَائِمَةٌ إِلَى الأَبَدِ. | ٤ 4 |
One generation goes, and another generation comes, but the earth remains forever.
| الشَّمْسُ تُشْرِقُ ثُمَّ تَغْرُبُ، مُسْرِعَةً إِلَى مَوْضِعِهَا الَّذِي مِنْهُ طَلَعَتْ. | ٥ 5 |
The sun rises, and it goes down and hurries back to the place where it rises again.
| الرِّيحُ تَهُبُّ نَحْوَ الْجَنُوبِ، ثُمَّ تَلْتَفُّ صَوْبَ الشِّمَالِ. تَدُورُ حَوْلَ نَفْسِهَا وَلا تَلْبَثُ أَنْ تَرْجِعَ إِلَى مَسَارِهَا. | ٦ 6 |
The wind blows south and circles around to the north, always going around along its pathway and coming back again.
| جَمِيعُ الأَنْهَارِ تَصُبُّ فِي الْبَحْرِ، وَلَكِنَّ الْبَحْرَ لَا يَمْتَلِئُ، ثُمَّ تَرْجِعُ الْمِيَاهُ إِلَى الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي جَرَتْ مِنْهُ الأَنْهَارُ. | ٧ 7 |
All the rivers flow into the sea, but the sea is never full. To the place where the rivers go, there they go again.
| جَمِيعُ الأَشْيَاءِ مُرْهِقَةٌ، وَلَيْسَ فِي وُسْعِ الْمَرْءِ أَنْ يُعَبِّرَ عَنْهَا، فَلا الْعَيْنُ تَشْبَعُ مِنَ النَّظَرِ، وَلا الأُذُنُ تَمْتَلِئُ مِنَ السَّمْعِ. | ٨ 8 |
Everything becomes wearisome, and no one can explain it. The eye is not satisfied by what it sees, nor is the ear fulfilled by what it hears.
| مَا هُوَ كَائِنٌ هُوَ الَّذِي سَيَظَلُّ كَائِناً، وَمَا صُنِعَ هُوَ الَّذِي يَظَلُّ يُصْنَعُ، وَلا شَيْءَ جَدِيدٌ تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ. | ٩ 9 |
Whatever has been is what will be, and whatever has been done is what will be done. There is nothing new under the sun.
| أَهُنَاكَ شَيْءٌ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يُقَالَ عَنْهُ: انْظُرْ، هَذَا جَدِيدٌ؟ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ كَانَ مَوْجُوداً مُنْذُ الْعُصُورِ الَّتِي خَلَتْ قَبْلَنَا! | ١٠ 10 |
Is there anything about which it may be said, 'Look, this is new'? Whatever exists has already existed for a long time, during ages which came long before us.
| لَيْسَ مِنْ ذِكْرٍ لِلأُمُورِ السَّالِفَةِ، وَلَنْ يَكُونَ ذِكْرٌ للأَشْيَاءِ الآتِيَةِ بَيْنَ الَّذِينَ يَأْتُونَ مِنْ بَعْدِنَا. | ١١ 11 |
No one seems to remember the things that happened in ancient times, and the things that happened much later and that will happen in the future will not likely be remembered either.”
| أَنَا الْجَامِعَةُ، كُنْتُ مَلِكاً عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ١٢ 12 |
I am the Teacher, and I have been 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 |
I applied my mind to study and to search out by wisdom everything that is done under heaven. That search is a burdensome task that God has given to the children of mankind to be busy with.
| لَقَدْ شَاهَدْتُ كُلَّ الأَشْيَاءِ الَّتِي تَمَّ صُنْعُهَا تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ فَإِذَا الْجَمِيعُ بَاطِلٌ كَمُلاحَقَةِ الرِّيحِ. | ١٤ 14 |
I have seen all the deeds that are done under the sun, and look, they all amount to vapor and chasing the wind.
| فَالْمُعَوَّجُ لَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يُقَوَّمَ، وَالنَّقْصُ لَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يُكْمَلَ. | ١٥ 15 |
The twisted cannot be straightened! The missing cannot be counted!
| 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 to my heart saying, “Look, I have acquired greater wisdom than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My mind has seen great wisdom and knowledge.”
| ثُمَّ وَجَّهْتُ فِكْرِي نَحْوَ مَعْرِفَةِ الْحِكْمَةِ وَالْجُنُونِ وَالْحَمَاقَةِ، فَأَدْرَكْتُ أَنَّ هَذَا لَيْسَ سِوَى مُلاحَقَةِ الرِّيحِ أَيْضاً. | ١٧ 17 |
So I applied my heart to know wisdom and also madness and folly. I came to understand that this also was an attempt to shepherd the wind.
| لأَنَّ كَثْرَةَ الْحِكْمَةِ تَقْتَرِنُ بِكَثْرَةِ الْغَمِّ، وَمَنْ يَزْدَادُ عِلْماً يَزْدَادُ حُزْناً! | ١٨ 18 |
For in the abundance of wisdom there is much frustration, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.
