Ecclesiastes 11
1 Send forth your bread on the face of the waters, For in the multitude of the days you find it.
| اِرْمِ خُبْزَكَ عَلَى وَجْهِ ٱلْمِيَاهِ فَإِنَّكَ تَجِدُهُ بَعْدَ أَيَّامٍ كَثِيرَةٍ. | ١ |
2 Give a portion to seven, and even to eight, For you do not know what evil is on the earth.
| أَعْطِ نَصِيبًا لِسَبْعَةٍ، وَلِثَمَانِيَةٍ أَيْضًا، لِأَنَّكَ لَسْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَيَّ شَرٍّ يَكُونُ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ. | ٢ |
3 If the thick clouds are full of rain, On the earth they empty [themselves]; And if a tree falls in the south or to the north, The place where the tree falls, there it is.
| إِذَا ٱمْتَلَأَتِ ٱلسُّحُبُ مَطَرًا تُرِيقُهُ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ. وَإِذَا وَقَعَتِ ٱلشَّجَرَةُ نَحْوَ ٱلْجَنُوبِ أَوْ نَحْوَ ٱلشَّمَالِ، فَفِي ٱلْمَوْضِعِ حَيْثُ تَقَعُ ٱلشَّجَرَةُ هُنَاكَ تَكُونُ. | ٣ |
4 Whoever is observing the wind does not sow, And whoever is looking on the thick clouds does not reap.
| مَنْ يَرْصُدِ ٱلرِّيحَ لَا يَزْرَعْ، وَمَنْ يُرَاقِبِ ٱلسُّحُبَ لَا يَحْصُدْ. | ٤ |
5 As you do not know what [is] the way of the spirit, How—bones in the womb of the full one, So you do not know the work of God who makes the whole.
| 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 your seed, And at evening do not withdraw your hand, For you do not know which is right, this or that, Or whether both of them alike [are] 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 Sweet also [is] the light, And good for the eyes to see the sun.
| اَلنُّورُ حُلْوٌ، وَخَيْرٌ لِلْعَيْنَيْنِ أَنْ تَنْظُرَا ٱلشَّمْسَ. | ٧ |
8 But if man lives many years, In all of them let him rejoice, And remember the days of darkness, For they are many! All that is coming [is] vanity.
| لِأَنَّهُ إِنْ عَاشَ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ سِنِينَ كَثِيرَةً فَلْيَفْرَحْ فِيهَا كُلِّهَا، وَلْيَتَذَكَّرْ أَيَّامَ ٱلظُّلْمَةِ لِأَنَّهَا تَكُونُ كَثِيرَةً. كُلُّ مَا يَأْتِي بَاطِلٌ. | ٨ |
9 Rejoice, O young man, in your childhood, And let your heart gladden you in days of your youth, And walk in the ways of your heart, And in the sight of your eyes, And know that for all these, God brings you 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 And turn aside anger from your heart, And cause evil to pass from your flesh, For the childhood and the age [are] vanity!
| فَٱنْزِعِ ٱلْغَمَّ مِنْ قَلْبِكَ، وَأَبْعِدِ ٱلشَّرَّ عَنْ لَحْمِكَ، لِأَنَّ ٱلْحَدَاثَةَ وَٱلشَّبَابَ بَاطِلَانِ. | ١٠ |
