Ecclesiastes 3

1 For everything there is a fixed time, and a time for every business under the sun.

١ لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ زَمَانٌ، وَلِكُلِّ أَمْرٍ تَحْتَ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَقْتٌ:

2 A time for birth and a time for death; a time for planting and a time for uprooting;

٢ لِلْوِلَادَةِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلْمَوْتِ وَقْتٌ. لِلْغَرْسِ وَقْتٌ وَلِقَلْعِ ٱلْمَغْرُوسِ وَقْتٌ.

3 A time to put to death and a time to make well; a time for pulling down and a time for building up;

٣ لِلْقَتْلِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلشِّفَاءِ وَقْتٌ. لِلْهَدْمِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلْبِنَاءِ وَقْتٌ.

4 A time for weeping and a time for laughing; a time for sorrow and a time for dancing;

٤ لِلْبُكَاءِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلضَّحْكِ وَقْتٌ. لِلنَّوْحِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلرَّقْصِ وَقْتٌ.

5 A time to take stones away and a time to get stones together; a time for kissing and a time to keep from kissing;

٥ لِتَفْرِيقِ ٱلْحِجَارَةِ وَقْتٌ وَلِجَمْعِ ٱلْحِجَارَةِ وَقْتٌ. لِلْمُعَانَقَةِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلِٱنْفِصَالِ عَنِ ٱلْمُعَانَقَةِ وَقْتٌ.

6 A time for search and a time for loss; a time to keep and a time to give away;

٦ لِلْكَسْبِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلْخَسَارَةِ وَقْتٌ. لِلصِّيَانَةِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلطَّرْحِ وَقْتٌ.

7 A time for undoing and a time for stitching; a time for keeping quiet and a time for talk;

٧ لِلتَّمْزِيقِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلتَّخْيِيطِ وَقْتٌ. لِلسُّكُوتِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلتَّكَلُّمِ وَقْتٌ.

8 A time for love and a time for hate; a time for war and a time for peace.

٨ لِلْحُبِّ وَقْتٌ وَلِلْبُغْضَةِ وَقْتٌ. لِلْحَرْبِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلصُّلْحِ وَقْتٌ.

9 What profit has the worker in the work which he does?

٩ فَأَيُّ مَنْفَعَةٍ لِمَنْ يَتْعَبُ مِمَّا يَتْعَبُ بِهِ؟

10 I saw the work which God has put on the sons of man.

١٠ قَدْ رَأَيْتُ ٱلشُّغْلَ ٱلَّذِي أَعْطَاهُ ٱللهُ بَنِي ٱلْبَشَرِ لِيَشْتَغِلُوا بِهِ.

11 He has made everything right in its time; but he has made their hearts without knowledge, so that man is unable to see the works of God, from the first to the last.

١١ صَنَعَ ٱلْكُلَّ حَسَنًا فِي وَقْتِهِ، وَأَيْضًا جَعَلَ ٱلْأَبَدِيَّةَ فِي قَلْبِهِمِ، ٱلَّتِي بِلَاهَا لَا يُدْرِكُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ ٱلْعَمَلَ ٱلَّذِي يَعْمَلُهُ ٱللهُ مِنَ ٱلْبِدَايَةِ إِلَى ٱلنِّهَايَةِ.

12 I am certain that there is nothing better for a man than to be glad, and to do good while life is in him.

١٢ عَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ خَيْرٌ، إِلَّا أَنْ يَفْرَحُوا وَيَفْعَلُوا خَيْرًا فِي حَيَاتِهِمْ.

13 And for every man to take food and drink, and have joy in all his work, is a reward from God.

١٣ وَأَيْضًا أَنْ يَأْكُلَ كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ وَيَشْرَبَ وَيَرَى خَيْرًا مِنْ كُلِّ تَعَبِهِ، فَهُوَ عَطِيَّةُ ٱللهِ.

14 I am certain that whatever God does will be for ever. No addition may be made to it, nothing may be taken from it; and God has done it so that man may be in fear before him.

١٤ قَدْ عَرَفْتُ أَنَّ كُلَّ مَا يَعْمَلُهُ ٱللهُ أَنَّهُ يَكُونُ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ. لَا شَيْءَ يُزَادُ عَلَيْهِ، وَلَا شَيْءَ يُنْقَصُ مِنْهُ، وَأَنَّ ٱللهَ عَمِلَهُ حَتَّى يَخَافُوا أَمَامَهُ.

15 Whatever is has been before, and what is to be is now; because God makes search for the things which are past.

١٥ مَا كَانَ فَمِنَ ٱلْقِدَمِ هُوَ، وَمَا يَكُونُ فَمِنَ ٱلْقِدَمِ قَدْ كَانَ. وَٱللهُ يَطْلُبُ مَا قَدْ مَضَى.

16 And again, I saw under the sun, in the place of the judges, that evil was there; and in the place of righteousness, that evil was there.

١٦ وَأَيْضًا رَأَيْتُ تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ: مَوْضِعَ ٱلْحَقِّ هُنَاكَ ٱلظُّلْمُ، وَمَوْضِعَ ٱلْعَدْلِ هُنَاكَ ٱلْجَوْرُ!

17 I said in my heart, God will be judge of the good and of the bad; because a time for every purpose and for every work has been fixed by him.

١٧ فَقُلْتُ فِي قَلْبِي: «ٱللهُ يَدِينُ ٱلصِّدِّيقَ وَٱلشِّرِّيرَ، لِأَنَّ لِكُلِّ أَمْرٍ وَلِكُلِّ عَمَلٍ وَقْتًا هُنَاكَ».

18 I said in my heart, It is because of the sons of men, so that God may put them to the test and that they may see themselves as beasts.

١٨ قُلْتُ فِي قَلْبِي: «مِنْ جِهَةِ أُمُورِ بَنِي ٱلْبَشَرِ، إِنَّ ٱللهَ يَمْتَحِنُهُمْ لِيُرِيَهُمْ أَنَّهُ كَمَا ٱلْبَهِيمَةِ هَكَذَا هُمْ».

19 Because the fate of the sons of men and the fate of the beasts is the same. As is the death of one so is the death of the other, and all have one spirit. Man is not higher than the beasts; because all is to no purpose.

١٩ لِأَنَّ مَا يَحْدُثُ لِبَنِي ٱلْبَشَرِ يَحْدُثُ لِلْبَهِيمَةِ، وَحَادِثَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ لَهُمْ. مَوْتُ هَذَا كَمَوْتِ ذَاكَ، وَنَسَمَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ لِلْكُلِّ. فَلَيْسَ لِلْإِنْسَانِ مَزِيَّةٌ عَلَى ٱلْبَهِيمَةِ، لِأَنَّ كِلَيْهِمَا بَاطِلٌ.

20 All go to one place, all are of the dust, and all will be turned to dust again.

٢٠ يَذْهَبُ كِلَاهُمَا إِلَى مَكَانٍ وَاحِدٍ. كَانَ كِلَاهُمَا مِنَ ٱلتُّرَابِ، وَإِلَى ٱلتُّرَابِ يَعُودُ كِلَاهُمَا.

21 Who is certain that the spirit of the sons of men goes up to heaven, or that the spirit of the beasts goes down to the earth?

٢١ مَنْ يَعْلَمُ رُوحَ بَنِي ٱلْبَشَرِ هَلْ هِيَ تَصْعَدُ إِلَى فَوْقٍ؟ وَرُوحَ ٱلْبَهِيمَةِ هَلْ هِيَ تَنْزِلُ إِلَى أَسْفَلَ، إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ؟

22 So I saw that there is nothing better than for a man to have joy in his work — because that is his reward. Who will make him see what will come after him?

٢٢ فَرَأَيْتُ أَنَّهُ لَا شَيْءَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ يَفْرَحَ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ بِأَعْمَالِهِ، لِأَنَّ ذَلِكَ نَصِيبَهُ. لِأَنَّهُ مَنْ يَأْتِي بِهِ لِيَرَى مَا سَيَكُونُ بَعْدَهُ؟