Ecclesiastes 1
1 The words of Ecclesiastes, the son of David, the king of Jerusalem.
| هَذِهِ أَقْوَالُ الْجَامِعَةِ ابْنِ دَاوُدَ مَلِكِ أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ١ |
2 Ecclesiastes said: Vanity of vanities! Vanity of vanities, and all is vanity!
| يَقُولُ الْجَامِعَةُ: بَاطِلُ الأَبَاطِيلِ، بَاطِلُ الأَبَاطِيلِ، كُلُّ شَيْءٍ بَاطِلٌ. | ٢ |
3 What more does a man have from all his labor, as he labors under the sun?
| مَا الْفَائِدَةُ مِنْ كُلِّ تَعَبِ الإِنْسَانِ الَّذِي يَتْعَبُهُ تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ. | ٣ |
4 A generation passes away, and a generation arrives. But the earth stands forever.
| جِيلٌ يَمْضِي وَجِيلٌ يُقْبِلُ وَالأَرْضُ قَائِمَةٌ إِلَى الأَبَدِ. | ٤ |
5 The sun rises and sets; it returns to its place, and from there, being born again,
| الشَّمْسُ تُشْرِقُ ثُمَّ تَغْرُبُ، مُسْرِعَةً إِلَى مَوْضِعِهَا الَّذِي مِنْهُ طَلَعَتْ. | ٥ |
6 it circles through the south, and arcs toward the north. The spirit continues on, illuminating everything in its circuit, and turning again in its cycle.
| الرِّيحُ تَهُبُّ نَحْوَ الْجَنُوبِ، ثُمَّ تَلْتَفُّ صَوْبَ الشِّمَالِ. تَدُورُ حَوْلَ نَفْسِهَا وَلا تَلْبَثُ أَنْ تَرْجِعَ إِلَى مَسَارِهَا. | ٦ |
7 All rivers enter into the sea, and the sea does not overflow. To the place from which the rivers go out, they return, so that they may flow again.
| جَمِيعُ الأَنْهَارِ تَصُبُّ فِي الْبَحْرِ، وَلَكِنَّ الْبَحْرَ لَا يَمْتَلِئُ، ثُمَّ تَرْجِعُ الْمِيَاهُ إِلَى الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي جَرَتْ مِنْهُ الأَنْهَارُ. | ٧ |
8 Such things are difficult; man is not able to explain them with words. The eye is not satisfied by seeing, nor is the ear fulfilled by hearing.
| جَمِيعُ الأَشْيَاءِ مُرْهِقَةٌ، وَلَيْسَ فِي وُسْعِ الْمَرْءِ أَنْ يُعَبِّرَ عَنْهَا، فَلا الْعَيْنُ تَشْبَعُ مِنَ النَّظَرِ، وَلا الأُذُنُ تَمْتَلِئُ مِنَ السَّمْعِ. | ٨ |
9 What is it that has existed? The same shall exist in the future. What is it that has been done? The same shall continue to be done.
| مَا هُوَ كَائِنٌ هُوَ الَّذِي سَيَظَلُّ كَائِناً، وَمَا صُنِعَ هُوَ الَّذِي يَظَلُّ يُصْنَعُ، وَلا شَيْءَ جَدِيدٌ تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ. | ٩ |
10 There is nothing new under the sun. Neither is anyone able to say: “Behold, this is new!” For it has already been brought forth in the ages that were before us.
| أَهُنَاكَ شَيْءٌ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يُقَالَ عَنْهُ: انْظُرْ، هَذَا جَدِيدٌ؟ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ كَانَ مَوْجُوداً مُنْذُ الْعُصُورِ الَّتِي خَلَتْ قَبْلَنَا! | ١٠ |
11 There is no remembrance of the former things. Indeed, neither shall there be any record of past things in the future, for those who will exist at the very end.
| لَيْسَ مِنْ ذِكْرٍ لِلأُمُورِ السَّالِفَةِ، وَلَنْ يَكُونَ ذِكْرٌ للأَشْيَاءِ الآتِيَةِ بَيْنَ الَّذِينَ يَأْتُونَ مِنْ بَعْدِنَا. | ١١ |
12 I, Ecclesiastes, was king of Israel at Jerusalem.
| أَنَا الْجَامِعَةُ، كُنْتُ مَلِكاً عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ١٢ |
13 And I was determined in my mind to seek and to investigate wisely, concerning all that is done under the sun. God has given this very difficult task to the sons of men, so that they may be occupied by it.
| فَوَجَّهْتُ قَلْبِي لِيَلْتَمِسَ وَيَبْحَثَ بِالْحِكْمَةِ عَنْ كُلِّ مَا صُنِعَ تَحْتَ السَّمَاءِ، وَإذَا بِهِ مَشَقَّةٌ مُنْهِكَةٌ كَبَّدَهَا الرَّبُّ لأَبْنَاءِ النَّاسِ لِيُعَانُوا فِيهَا. | ١٣ |
14 I have seen all that is done under the sun, and behold: all is emptiness and an affliction of the spirit.
| لَقَدْ شَاهَدْتُ كُلَّ الأَشْيَاءِ الَّتِي تَمَّ صُنْعُهَا تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ فَإِذَا الْجَمِيعُ بَاطِلٌ كَمُلاحَقَةِ الرِّيحِ. | ١٤ |
15 The perverse are unwilling to be corrected, and the number of the foolish is boundless.
| فَالْمُعَوَّجُ لَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يُقَوَّمَ، وَالنَّقْصُ لَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يُكْمَلَ. | ١٥ |
16 I have spoken in my heart, saying: “Behold, I have achieved greatness, and I have surpassed all the wise who were before me in Jerusalem.” And my mind has contemplated many things wisely, and I have learned.
| فَقُلْتُ لِنَفْسِي: قَدْ عَظُمْتُ وَنَمَوْتُ فِي الْحِكْمَةِ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ كُلِّ أَسْلافِي الَّذِينَ حَكَمُوا أُورُشَلِيمَ مِنْ قَبْلِي، وَقَدْ عَرَفَ قَلْبِي كَثِيراً مِنَ الْحِكْمَةِ وَالْعِلْمِ. | ١٦ |
17 And I have dedicated my heart, so that I may know prudence and doctrine, and also error and foolishness. Yet I recognize that, in these things also, there is hardship, and affliction of the spirit.
| ثُمَّ وَجَّهْتُ فِكْرِي نَحْوَ مَعْرِفَةِ الْحِكْمَةِ وَالْجُنُونِ وَالْحَمَاقَةِ، فَأَدْرَكْتُ أَنَّ هَذَا لَيْسَ سِوَى مُلاحَقَةِ الرِّيحِ أَيْضاً. | ١٧ |
18 Because of this, with much wisdom there is also much anger. And whoever adds knowledge, also adds hardship.
| لأَنَّ كَثْرَةَ الْحِكْمَةِ تَقْتَرِنُ بِكَثْرَةِ الْغَمِّ، وَمَنْ يَزْدَادُ عِلْماً يَزْدَادُ حُزْناً! | ١٨ |
