Ecclesiastes 5
1 Keep your foot, whenever you go to the house of God; and [when you are] near to hear, let your sacrifice [be] better than the gift of fools: for they know not that they are doing evil.
| احْرِصْ أَنْ تَكُونَ قَدَمُكَ طَاهِرَةً عِنْدَمَا تَذْهَبُ إِلَى بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ، فَإِنَّ الدُّنُوَّ لِلاسْتِمَاعِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ تَقْرِيبِ ذَبِيحَةِ الْجُهَّالِ الَّذِينَ لَا يُدْرِكُونَ أَنَّهُمْ يَرْتَكِبُونَ شَراً. | ١ |
2 Be not hasty with your mouth, and let not your heart be swift to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven above, and you upon earth: therefore let your words be few.
| لَا تَتَسَرَّعْ فِي أَقْوَالِ فَمِكَ، وَلا يَتَهَوَّرْ قَلْبُكَ فِي نُطْقِ كَلامِ لَغْوٍ أَمَامَ اللهِ، فَاللهُ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَأَنْتَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ، فَلْتَكُنْ كَلِمَاتُكَ قَلِيلَةً. | ٢ |
3 For through the multitude of trial a dream comes; and a fool's voice is with a multitude of words.
| فَكَمَا تُرَاوِدُ الأَحْلامُ النَّائِمَ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ الْعَنَاءِ، كَذَلِكَ أَقْوَالُ الْجَهْلِ تَصْدُرُ عَنِ الإِفْرَاطِ فِي الْكَلامِ. | ٣ |
4 Whenever you shall vow a vow to God, defer not to pay it; for [he has] no pleasure in fools: pay you therefore whatever you shall have vowed.
| عِنْدَمَا تَنْذِرُ نَذْراً لِلهِ لَا تُمَاطِلْ فِي الْوَفَاءِ بِهِ، لأَنَّهُ لَا يَرْضَى عَنِ الْجُهَّالِ، لِذَلِكَ أَوْفِ نُذُورَكَ، | ٤ |
5 [It is] better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.
| لأَنَّهُ خَيْرٌ أَنْ لَا تَنْذِرَ مِنْ أَنْ تَنْذِرَ وَلا تَفِيَ. | ٥ |
6 Suffer not your mouth to lead your flesh to sin; and say not in the presence of God, It was an error: lest God be angry at your voice, and destroy the works of your hands.
| لَا تَدَعْ فَمَكَ يَجْعَلُ جَسَدَكَ يُخْطِئُ، وَلا تَقُلْ فِي حَضْرَةِ الْمُرْسَلِ مِنَ اللهِ إِنَّهُ سَهْوٌ، إِذْ لِمَاذَا يَغْضَبُ اللهُ عَلَى كَلامِكَ فَيُبِيدَ كُلَّ عَمَلِ يَدَيْكَ؟ | ٦ |
7 For [there is evil] in a multitude of dreams and vanities and many words: but fear you God.
| لأَنَّ فِي كَثْرَةِ الأَحْلامِ أَبَاطِيلَ، وَكَذَلِكَ فِي اللَّغْوِ الْمُفْرِطِ؛ فَاتَّقِ اللهَ. | ٧ |
8 If you should see the oppression of the poor, and the wresting of judgment and of justice in the land, wonder not at the matter: for [there is] a high one to watch over him that is high, and high ones over them.
| إِنْ شَهِدْتَ فِي الْبِلادِ الْفَقِيرَ مَظْلُوماً، وَالْحَقَّ وَالْعَدْلَ مَزْهُوقَيْنِ فَلا تَعْجَبْ مِنَ الأَمْرِ، فَإِنَّ فَوْقَ الْمَسْؤولِ الْكَبِيرِ مَسْؤُولاً أَعْلَى مِنْهُ رُتْبَةً يُرَاقِبُهُ وَفَوْقَهُمَا مَنْ هُوَ أَعْظَمُ مَقَاماً مِنْهُمَا. | ٨ |
9 Also the abundance of the earth is for every one: the king [is dependent on] the tilled field.
| وَغَلَّةُ الأَرْضِ يَسْتَفِيدُ مِنْهَا الْكُلُّ، وَالأَرْضُ الْمَفْلُوحَةُ ذَاتُ جَدْوَى لِلْمَلِكِ. | ٩ |
10 He that loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver: and who has loved gain, in the abundance thereof? this is also vanity.
| مَنْ يُحِبُّ الْفِضَّةَ لَا يَشْبَعُ مِنْهَا، والمُوْلَعُ بِالْغِنَى لَا يَشْبَعُ مِنْ رِبْحٍ. وَهَذَا أَيْضاً بَاطِلٌ. | ١٠ |
11 In the multitude of good they are increased that eat it: and what virtue has the owner, but the right of beholding [it] with his eyes?
| إِنْ كَثُرَتِ الْخَيْرَاتُ كَثُرَ آكِلُوهَا أَيْضاً، وَأَيُّ جَدْوَى لِمَالِكِهَا إِلّا أَنْ تَكْتَحِلَ عَيْنَاهُ بِرُؤْيَتِهَا. | ١١ |
12 The sleep of a servant is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but to one who is satiated with wealth, there is none that suffers him to sleep.
| نَوْمُ الْعَامِلِ هَنِيءٌ سَوَاءٌ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ أَمْ أَقَلَّ، أَمَّا الْغَنِيُّ فَوَفْرَةُ غِنَاهُ تَجْعَلُهُ قَلِقاً أَرِقاً! | ١٢ |
13 There is an infirmity which I have seen under the sun, [namely], wealth kept for its owner to his hurt.
| قَدْ رَأَيْتُ شَرّاً مَقِيتاً تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ: ثَرْوَةٌ مُدَّخَرَةٌ لِغَيْرِ صَاحِبِهَا. | ١٣ |
14 And that wealth shall perish in an evil trouble: and [the man] begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
| أَوْ ثَرْوَةٌ تَلِفَتْ فِي مَشْرُوعٍ خَاسِرٍ، وَلَمْ يُبْقِ (صَاحِبُهَا) لابْنِهِ الَّذِي أَنْجَبَهُ شَيْئاً. | ١٤ |
15 As he came forth naked from his mother's womb, he shall return back as he came, and he shall receive nothing for his labor, that it should go [with him] in his hand.
| عُرْيَاناً يَخْرُجُ الْمَرْءُ مِنْ رَحِمِ أُمِّهِ، وَعُرْيَاناً يُفَارِقُ الدُّنْيَا كَمَا جَاءَ. لَا يَأْخُذُ شَيْئاً مِنْ تَعَبِهِ يَحْمِلُهُ مَعَهُ فِيِ يَدِهِ. | ١٥ |
16 And this is also an evil infirmity: for as he came, so also shall he return: and what is his gain, for which he vainly labors?
| وَهَذَا أَيْضاً شَرٌّ أَلِيمٌ، إِذْ إِنَّهُ يُفَارِقُ الدُّنْيَا كَمَا جَاءَ فَأَيُّ مَنْفَعَةٍ لَهُ، إِذْ إِنَّ تَعَبَهُ يَذْهَبُ أَدْرَاجَ الرِّيَاحِ؟ | ١٦ |
17 Yes, all his days are in darkness, and in mourning, and much sorrow, and infirmity, and wrath.
| وَيُنْفِقُ أَيْضاً كُلَّ حَيَاتِهِ فِي الظُّلُمَاتِ يُقَاسِي مِنَ الأَسَى وَالْغَمِّ وَالْمَرَضِ وَالسُّخْطِ. | ١٧ |
18 Behold, I have seen good, that it is a fine thing [for a man] to eat and to drink, and to see good in all his labor in which he may labor under the sun, [all] the number of the days of his life which God has given to him: for it is his portion.
| فَتَأَمَّلْ مَا وَجَدْتُ: مِنَ الأَفْضَلِ وَالأَلْيَقِ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ الإِنْسَانُ وَيَشْرَبَ وَيَسْتَمْتِعَ بِمَا تَكَبَّدَهُ مِنْ عَنَاءٍ تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ طَوَالَ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِهِ الْقَلِيلَةِ الَّتِي وَهَبَهَا اللهُ لَهُ، لأَنَّ هَذَا هُوَ حَظُّهُ. | ١٨ |
19 Yes, and [as for] every man to whom God has given wealth and possessions, and has given him power to eat thereof, and to receive his portion, and to rejoice in his labor; this is the gift of God.
| وَكُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ حَبَاهُ اللهُ بِالثَّرْوَةِ، جَعَلَهُ يَسْتَمْتِعُ بِها، وَيَتَنَعَّمُ بِنَصِيبِهِ مِنْهَا لِيَفْرَحَ بِتَعَبِهِ. فَهَذَا أَيْضاً عَطِيَّةُ اللهِ لَهُ. | ١٩ |
20 For he shall not much remember the days of his life; for God troubles him in the mirth of his heart.
| عِنْدَئِذٍ لَا يُكْثِرُ مِنْ ذِكْرِ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِهِ الْبَاطِلَةِ لأَنَّ اللهَ يُلْهِيهِ بِفَرَحِ قَلْبِهِ. | ٢٠ |
