Ecclesiastes 11
1 Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.
| اِرْمِ خُبْزَكَ عَلَى وَجْهِ ٱلْمِيَاهِ فَإِنَّكَ تَجِدُهُ بَعْدَ أَيَّامٍ كَثِيرَةٍ. | ١ |
2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
| أَعْطِ نَصِيبًا لِسَبْعَةٍ، وَلِثَمَانِيَةٍ أَيْضًا، لِأَنَّكَ لَسْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَيَّ شَرٍّ يَكُونُ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ. | ٢ |
3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if a tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
| إِذَا ٱمْتَلَأَتِ ٱلسُّحُبُ مَطَرًا تُرِيقُهُ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ. وَإِذَا وَقَعَتِ ٱلشَّجَرَةُ نَحْوَ ٱلْجَنُوبِ أَوْ نَحْوَ ٱلشَّمَالِ، فَفِي ٱلْمَوْضِعِ حَيْثُ تَقَعُ ٱلشَّجَرَةُ هُنَاكَ تَكُونُ. | ٣ |
4 He that observeth the wind will not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds will not reap.
| مَنْ يَرْصُدِ ٱلرِّيحَ لَا يَزْرَعْ، وَمَنْ يُرَاقِبِ ٱلسُّحُبَ لَا يَحْصُدْ. | ٤ |
5 As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, how the bones [grow] in the womb of her that is with child, even so thou knowest not the work of God who maketh all.
| كَمَا أَنَّكَ لَسْتَ تَعْلَمُ مَا هِيَ طَرِيقُ ٱلرِّيحِ، وَلَا كَيْفَ ٱلْعِظَامُ فِي بَطْنِ ٱلْحُبْلَى، كَذَلِكَ لَا تَعْلَمُ أَعْمَالَ ٱللهِ ٱلَّذِي يَصْنَعُ ٱلْجَمِيعَ. | ٥ |
6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
| فِي ٱلصَّبَاحِ ٱزْرَعْ زَرْعَكَ، وَفِي ٱلْمَسَاءِ لَا تَرْخِ يَدَكَ، لِأَنَّكَ لَا تَعْلَمُ أَيُّهُمَا يَنْمُو: هَذَا أَوْ ذَاكَ، أَوْ أَنْ يَكُونَ كِلَاهُمَا جَيِّدَيْنِ سَوَاءً. | ٦ |
7 Now the light is sweet, and pleasant is it to the eyes to see the sun;
| اَلنُّورُ حُلْوٌ، وَخَيْرٌ لِلْعَيْنَيْنِ أَنْ تَنْظُرَا ٱلشَّمْسَ. | ٧ |
8 but if a man live many years, [and] rejoice in them all, yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many: all that cometh is vanity.
| لِأَنَّهُ إِنْ عَاشَ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ سِنِينَ كَثِيرَةً فَلْيَفْرَحْ فِيهَا كُلِّهَا، وَلْيَتَذَكَّرْ أَيَّامَ ٱلظُّلْمَةِ لِأَنَّهَا تَكُونُ كَثِيرَةً. كُلُّ مَا يَأْتِي بَاطِلٌ. | ٨ |
9 Rejoice, young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know that for all these [things] God will bring thee into judgment.
| اِفْرَحْ أَيُّهَا ٱلشَّابُّ في حَدَاثَتِكَ، وَلْيَسُرَّكَ قَلْبُكَ فِي أَيَّامِ شَبَابِكَ، وَٱسْلُكْ فِي طُرُقِ قَلْبِكَ وَبِمَرْأَى عَيْنَيْكَ، وَٱعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ عَلَى هَذِهِ ٱلْأُمُورِ كُلِّهَا يَأْتِي بِكَ ٱللهُ إِلَى ٱلدَّيْنُونَةِ. | ٩ |
10 Then remove discontent from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh; for childhood and youth are vanity.
| فَٱنْزِعِ ٱلْغَمَّ مِنْ قَلْبِكَ، وَأَبْعِدِ ٱلشَّرَّ عَنْ لَحْمِكَ، لِأَنَّ ٱلْحَدَاثَةَ وَٱلشَّبَابَ بَاطِلَانِ. | ١٠ |
