Ecclesiastes 6
1 I have observed another evil here on earth, and it has a great impact on humanity.
| رَأَيْتُ شَرّاً تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ خَيَّمَ بِثِقْلِهِ عَلَى النَّاسِ: | ١ |
2 God gives wealth, possessions, and honor to someone. They have everything they want. But God doesn't let them enjoy what they have. Instead somebody else does! This is hard to fathom, and is truly evil.
| إِنْسَانٌ رَزَقَهُ اللهُ غِنىً وَمُمْتَلَكَاتٍ وَكَرَامَةً، فَلَمْ تَفْتَقِرْ نَفْسُهُ إِلَى شَيْءٍ رَغِبَتْ فِيهِ. وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يُنْعِمْ عَلَيْهِ بِالْقُدْرَةِ عَلَى التَّمَتُّعِ بِها، وَإِنَّمَا تَكُونُ مِنْ حَظِّ الْغَرِيبِ. هَذَا بَاطِلٌ، وَدَاءٌ خَبِيثٌ. | ٢ |
3 A man could have one hundred children, and grow old, but it wouldn't matter how long his life was if he couldn't enjoy it and at the end receive a decent burial. I would say that a stillborn child would be better off than him.
| رُبَّ رَجُلٍ يُنْجِبُ مِئَةَ وَلَدٍ وَيَعِيشُ عُمْراً طَوِيلاً حَتَّى تَكْثُرَ سِنُو حَيَاتِهِ، لَكِنَّهُ لَا يَتَمَتَّعُ بِخَيْرَاتِ الْحَيَاةِ وَلا يَثْوِي فِي قَبْرٍ. أَقُولُ إِنَّ السِّقْطَ خَيْرٌ مِنْهُ! | ٣ |
4 The way a stillborn child comes into the world and then leaves is painfully hard to understand—arriving and departing in darkness—and who he would have been is never known.
| لأَنَّهُ يُقْبِلُ إِلَى الدُّنْيَا بِالْبَاطِلِ، وَيُفَارِقُ فِي الظَّلامِ وَيحْتَجِبُ اسْمُهُ بِالظُّلْمَةِ. | ٤ |
5 He never saw the light of day or knew what it was like to live. Yet the child finds rest, and not this man.
| وَمَعَ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَرَ الدُّنْيَا وَلا عَرَفَ شَيْئاً، فَإِنَّهُ يَنَالُ رَاحَةً أَكْثَرَ | ٥ |
6 Even if this man were to live a thousand years twice over he still wouldn't be happy. Don't we all end up in the same place—the grave?
| مِنَ الَّذِي يَعِيشُ أَلْفَيْ سَنَةٍ، وَلَكِنَّهُ يُخْفِقُ فِي الاسْتِمْتَاعِ بِالْخَيْرَاتِ. أَلّا يَذْهَبُ كِلاهُمَا، فِي نِهَايَةِ الْمُطَافِ، إِلَى مَوْضِعٍ وَاحِدٍ؟ | ٦ |
7 Everyone works so they can live, but they're never satisfied.
| إِنَّ كُلَّ جَهْدِ الإِنْسَانِ يَلْتَهِمُهُ فَمُهُ، أَمَّا شَهِيَّتُهُ فَلا تَشْبَعُ. | ٧ |
8 So then, what real advantage do wise people have over those who are fools? And do poor people really gain anything in knowing how to behave in front of others?
| لأَنَّهُ مَا فَضْلُ الْحَكِيمِ عَلَى الْجَاهِلِ؟ وَأَيُّ شَيْءٍ لِلْفَقِيرِ الَّذِي يُحْسِنُ التَّصَرُّفَ أَمَامَ الأَحْيَاءِ؟ | ٨ |
9 Be happy with what you have instead of running after what you don't! But this is also hard to do, like running after the wind.
| إِنَّ مَا تَرَاهُ الْعَيْنُ خَيْرٌ مِمَّا تَشْتَهِيهِ النَّفْسُ. وَهَذَا أَيْضاً بَاطِلٌ كَمُلاحَقَةِ الرِّيحِ. | ٩ |
10 Everything that exists has already been described. Everyone knows what people are like, and that you can't win an argument with a superior.
| كُلُّ مَا هُوَ كَائِنٌ أَمْرٌ مُقَرَّرٌ مُنْذُ زَمَنٍ قَدِيمٍ وَمَا جُبِلَ عَلَيْهِ الإِنْسَانُ مِنْ طَبْعٍ مَعْرُوفٌ يَتَعَذَّرُ تَغْيِيرُهُ لأَنَّهُ لَا يَقْدِرُ عَلَى مُخَاصَمَةِ مَنْ هُوَ أَقْوَى مِنْهُ (أَيْ صَانِعِهِ). | ١٠ |
11 For the more words you use, the harder it is to make sense. So what's the point?
| فِي كَثْرَةِ الْكَلامِ كَثْرَةُ الْبَاطِلِ، فَأَيُّ جَدْوَى مِنْهُ لِلإِنْسَانِ؟ | ١١ |
12 Who knows what's best for us and our lives? During our short lives that pass like shadows we have many unanswered questions. And who can tell us what will happen when we're gone?
| إِذْ مَنْ يَدْرِي مَا هُوَ خَيْرٌ لِلإِنْسَانِ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الَّتِي يَقْضِي فِيهَا أَيَّاماً قَلِيلَةً بَاطِلَةً كَالظِّلِّ؟ وَمَنْ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يُطْلِعَ الإِنْسَانَ عَلَى مَا سَيَحْدُثُ تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ؟ | ١٢ |
