Ecclesiastes 2
1 I said in my heart, “Pray, come, I try you with mirth, and look on gladness”; and behold, even it [is] vanity.
| قُلْتُ أَنَا فِي قَلْبِي: «هَلُمَّ أَمْتَحِنُكَ بِٱلْفَرَحِ فَتَرَى خَيْرًا». وَإِذَا هَذَا أَيْضًا بَاطِلٌ. | ١ |
2 Of laughter I said, “Foolish!” And of mirth, “What [is] this it is doing?”
| لِلضَّحْكِ قُلْتُ: «مَجْنُونٌ» وَلِلْفَرَحِ: «مَاذَا يَفْعَلُ؟». | ٢ |
3 I have sought in my heart to draw out with wine my appetite (and my heart leading in wisdom), and to take hold on folly until I see where this [is]—the good to the sons of man of that which they do under the heavens, the number of the days of their lives.
| اِفْتَكَرْتُ فِي قَلْبِي أَنْ أُعَلِّلَ جَسَدِي بِٱلْخَمْرِ، وَقَلْبِي يَلْهَجُ بِٱلْحِكْمَةِ، وَأَنْ آخُذَ بِٱلْحَمَاقَةِ، حَتَّى أَرَى مَا هُوَ ٱلْخَيْرُ لِبَنِي ٱلْبَشَرِ حَتَّى يَفْعَلُوهُ تَحْتَ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ مُدَّةَ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِهِمْ. | ٣ |
4 I made great my works, I built for myself houses, I planted for myself vineyards.
| فَعَظَّمْتُ عَمَلِي: بَنَيْتُ لِنَفْسِي بُيُوتًا، غَرَسْتُ لِنَفْسِي كُرُومًا. | ٤ |
5 I made for myself gardens and paradises, and I planted in them trees of every fruit.
| عَمِلْتُ لِنَفْسِي جَنَّاتٍ وَفَرَادِيسَ، وَغَرَسْتُ فِيهَا أَشْجَارًا مِنْ كُلِّ نَوْعِ ثَمَرٍ. | ٥ |
6 I made for myself pools of water, to water from them a forest shooting forth trees.
| عَمِلْتُ لِنَفْسِي بِرَكَ مِيَاهٍ لِتُسْقَى بِهَا ٱلْمَغَارِسُ ٱلْمُنْبِتَةُ ٱلشَّجَرَ. | ٦ |
7 I acquired menservants, and maidservants, and sons of the house were to me; also, I had much substance—herd and flock—above all who had been before me in Jerusalem.
| قَنَيْتُ عَبِيدًا وَجَوَارِيَ، وَكَانَ لِي وُلْدَانُ ٱلْبَيْتِ. وَكَانَتْ لِي أَيْضًا قِنْيَةُ بَقَرٍ وَغَنَمٍ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ قَبْلِي. | ٧ |
8 I also gathered for myself silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces. I prepared for myself men-singers and women-singers, and the luxuries of the sons of man—a wife and wives.
| جَمَعْتُ لِنَفْسِي أَيْضًا فِضَّةً وَذَهَبًا وَخُصُوصِيَّاتِ ٱلْمُلُوكِ وَٱلْبُلْدَانِ. ٱتَّخَذْتُ لِنَفْسِي مُغَنِّينَ وَمُغَنِّيَاتٍ وَتَنَعُّمَاتِ بَنِي ٱلْبَشَرِ، سَيِّدَةً وَسَيِّدَاتٍ. | ٨ |
9 And I became great, and increased above everyone who had been before me in Jerusalem; also, my wisdom stood with me.
| فَعَظُمْتُ وَٱزْدَدْتُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا قَبْلِي فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَبَقِيَتْ أَيْضًا حِكْمَتِي مَعِي. | ٩ |
10 And all that my eyes asked I did not keep back from them; I did not withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this has been my portion, from all my labor,
| وَمَهْمَا ٱشْتَهَتْهُ عَيْنَايَ لَمْ أُمْسِكْهُ عَنْهُمَا. لَمْ أَمْنَعْ قَلْبِي مِنْ كُلِّ فَرَحٍ، لِأَنَّ قَلْبِي فَرِحَ بِكُلِّ تَعَبِي. وَهَذَا كَانَ نَصِيبِي مِنْ كُلِّ تَعَبِي. | ١٠ |
11 and I have looked on all my works that my hands have done, and on the labor that I have labored to do, and behold, the whole [is] vanity and distress of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun!
| ثُمَّ ٱلْتَفَتُّ أَنَا إِلَى كُلِّ أَعْمَالِي ٱلَّتِي عَمِلَتْهَا يَدَايَ، وَإِلَى ٱلتَّعَبِ ٱلَّذِي تَعِبْتُهُ فِي عَمَلِهِ، فَإِذَا ٱلْكُلُّ بَاطِلٌ وَقَبْضُ ٱلرِّيحِ، وَلَا مَنْفَعَةَ تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ. | ١١ |
12 And I turned to see wisdom, and madness, and folly, but what [is] the man who comes after the king? That which [is] already—they have done it!
| ثُمَّ ٱلْتَفَتُّ لِأَنْظُرَ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَٱلْحَمَاقَةَ وَٱلْجَهْلَ. فَمَا ٱلْإِنْسَانُ ٱلَّذِي يَأْتِي وَرَاءَ ٱلْمَلِكِ ٱلَّذِي قَدْ نَصَبُوهُ مُنْذُ زَمَانٍ؟ | ١٢ |
13 And I saw that there is an advantage to wisdom above folly, like the advantage of the light above the darkness.
| فَرَأَيْتُ أَنَّ لِلْحِكْمَةِ مَنْفَعَةً أَكْثَرَ مِنَ ٱلْجَهْلِ، كَمَا أَنَّ لِلنُّورِ مَنْفَعَةً أَكْثَرَ مِنَ ٱلظُّلْمَةِ. | ١٣ |
14 The wise—his eyes [are] in his head, and the fool is walking in darkness, and I also knew that one event happens with them all;
| اَلْحَكِيمُ عَيْنَاهُ فِي رَأْسِهِ، أَمَّا ٱلْجَاهِلُ فَيَسْلُكُ فِي ٱلظَّلَامِ. وَعَرَفْتُ أَنَا أَيْضًا أَنَّ حَادِثَةً وَاحِدَةً تَحْدُثُ لِكِلَيْهِمَا. | ١٤ |
15 and I said in my heart, “As it happens with the fool, it happens also with me, and why am I then more wise?” And I spoke in my heart, that also this [is] vanity:
| فَقُلْتُ فِي قَلْبِي: «كَمَا يَحْدُثُ لِلْجَاهِلِ كَذَلِكَ يَحْدُثُ أَيْضًا لِي أَنَا. وَإِذْ ذَاكَ، فَلِمَاذَا أَنَا أَوْفَرُ حِكْمَةً؟» فَقُلْتُ فِي قَلْبِي: «هَذَا أَيْضًا بَاطِلٌ». | ١٥ |
16 That there is no remembrance to the wise—with the fool—for all time, for that which [is] already, [in] the days that are coming is all forgotten, and how dies the wise? With the fool!
| لِأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ ذِكْرٌ لِلْحَكِيمِ وَلَا لِلْجَاهِلِ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ. كَمَا مُنْذُ زَمَانٍ كَذَا ٱلْأَيَّامُ ٱلْآتِيَةُ: ٱلْكُلُّ يُنْسَى. وَكَيْفَ يَمُوتُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ كَٱلْجَاهِلِ! | ١٦ |
17 And I have hated life, for sad to me [is] the work that has been done under the sun, for the whole [is] vanity and distress of spirit.
| فَكَرِهْتُ ٱلْحَيَاةَ، لِأَنَّهُ رَدِيءٌ عِنْدِي، ٱلْعَمَلُ ٱلَّذِي عُمِلَ تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ، لِأَنَّ ٱلْكُلَّ بَاطِلٌ وَقَبْضُ ٱلرِّيحِ. | ١٧ |
18 And I have hated all my labor that I labor at under the sun, because I leave it to a man who is after me.
| فَكَرِهْتُ كُلَّ تَعَبِي ٱلَّذِي تَعِبْتُ فِيهِ تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ حَيْثُ أَتْرُكُهُ لِلْإِنْسَانِ ٱلَّذِي يَكُونُ بَعْدِي. | ١٨ |
19 And who knows whether he is wise or foolish? Yet he rules over all my labor that I have labored at, and that I have done wisely under the sun! This [is] also vanity.
| وَمَنْ يَعْلَمُ، هَلْ يَكُونُ حَكِيمًا أَوْ جَاهِلًا، وَيَسْتَوْلِي عَلَى كُلِّ تَعَبِي ٱلَّذِي تَعِبْتُ فِيهِ وَأَظْهَرْتُ فِيهِ حِكْمَتِي تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ؟ هَذَا أَيْضًا بَاطِلٌ. | ١٩ |
20 And I turned around to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor that I labored at under the sun.
| فَتَحَوَّلْتُ لِكَيْ أَجْعَلَ قَلْبِي يَيْئَسُ مِنْ كُلِّ ٱلتَّعَبِ ٱلَّذِي تَعِبْتُ فِيهِ تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ. | ٢٠ |
21 For there is a man whose labor [is] in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity, and to a man who has not labored therein he gives it—his portion! Even this [is] vanity and a great evil.
| لِأَنَّهُ قَدْ يَكُونُ إِنْسَانٌ تَعَبُهُ بِٱلْحِكْمَةِ وَٱلْمَعْرِفَةِ وَبِٱلْفَلَاحِ، فَيَتْرُكُهُ نَصِيبًا لِإِنْسَانٍ لَمْ يَتْعَبْ فِيهِ. هَذَا أَيْضًا بَاطِلٌ وَشَرٌّ عَظِيمٌ. | ٢١ |
22 For what has been to a man by all his labor, and by the thought of his heart that he labored at under the sun?
| لِأَنَّهُ مَاذَا لِلْإِنْسَانِ مِنْ كُلِّ تَعَبِهِ، وَمِنِ ٱجْتِهَادِ قَلْبِهِ ٱلَّذِي تَعِبَ فِيهِ تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ؟ | ٢٢ |
23 For all his days are sorrows, and his travail sadness; even at night his heart has not lain down; this [is] also vanity.
| لِأَنَّ كُلَّ أَيَّامِهِ أَحْزَانٌ، وَعَمَلَهُ غَمٌّ. أَيْضًا بِٱللَّيْلِ لَا يَسْتَرِيحُ قَلْبُهُ. هَذَا أَيْضًا بَاطِلٌ هُوَ. | ٢٣ |
24 There is nothing good in a man who eats, and has drunk, and has shown his soul good in his labor. This also I have seen that it [is] from the hand of God.
| لَيْسَ لِلْإِنْسَانِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ وَيَشْرَبَ وَيُرِيَ نَفْسَهُ خَيْرًا فِي تَعَبِهِ. رَأَيْتُ هَذَا أَيْضًا أَنَّهُ مِنْ يَدِ ٱللهِ. | ٢٤ |
25 For who eats and who hurries out more than I?
| لِأَنَّهُ مَنْ يَأْكُلُ وَمَنْ يَلْتَذُّ غَيْرِي؟ | ٢٥ |
26 For to a man who [is] good before Him, He has given wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; and to a sinner He has given travail, to gather and to heap up, to give to the good before God. Even this [is] vanity and distress of spirit.
| لِأَنَّهُ يُؤْتِي ٱلْإِنْسَانَ ٱلصَّالِحَ قُدَّامَهُ حِكْمَةً وَمَعْرِفَةً وَفَرَحًا، أَمَّا ٱلْخَاطِئُ فَيُعْطِيهِ شُغْلَ ٱلْجَمْعِ وَٱلتَّكْوِيمِ، لِيُعْطِيَ لِلصَّالِحِ قُدَّامَ ٱللهِ. هَذَا أَيْضًا بَاطِلٌ وَقَبْضُ ٱلرِّيحِ. | ٢٦ |
