Ecclesiastes 6
1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
| رَأَيْتُ شَرّاً تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ خَيَّمَ بِثِقْلِهِ عَلَى النَّاسِ: | ١ |
2 A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he lacketh nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat of it, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
| 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 If a man begetteth an hundred children, and liveth many years, so that the days of his years are many, and his soul is not filled with good, and also that he hath no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.
| 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 For he cometh with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.
| لأَنَّهُ يُقْبِلُ إِلَى الدُّنْيَا بِالْبَاطِلِ، وَيُفَارِقُ فِي الظَّلامِ وَيحْتَجِبُ اسْمُهُ بِالظُّلْمَةِ. | ٤ |
5 Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.
| وَمَعَ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَرَ الدُّنْيَا وَلا عَرَفَ شَيْئاً، فَإِنَّهُ يَنَالُ رَاحَةً أَكْثَرَ | ٥ |
6 Yea, though he liveth a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
| مِنَ الَّذِي يَعِيشُ أَلْفَيْ سَنَةٍ، وَلَكِنَّهُ يُخْفِقُ فِي الاسْتِمْتَاعِ بِالْخَيْرَاتِ. أَلّا يَذْهَبُ كِلاهُمَا، فِي نِهَايَةِ الْمُطَافِ، إِلَى مَوْضِعٍ وَاحِدٍ؟ | ٦ |
7 All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
| إِنَّ كُلَّ جَهْدِ الإِنْسَانِ يَلْتَهِمُهُ فَمُهُ، أَمَّا شَهِيَّتُهُ فَلا تَشْبَعُ. | ٧ |
8 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
| لأَنَّهُ مَا فَضْلُ الْحَكِيمِ عَلَى الْجَاهِلِ؟ وَأَيُّ شَيْءٍ لِلْفَقِيرِ الَّذِي يُحْسِنُ التَّصَرُّفَ أَمَامَ الأَحْيَاءِ؟ | ٨ |
9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
| إِنَّ مَا تَرَاهُ الْعَيْنُ خَيْرٌ مِمَّا تَشْتَهِيهِ النَّفْسُ. وَهَذَا أَيْضاً بَاطِلٌ كَمُلاحَقَةِ الرِّيحِ. | ٩ |
10 That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
| 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 Seeing there are many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
| فِي كَثْرَةِ الْكَلامِ كَثْرَةُ الْبَاطِلِ، فَأَيُّ جَدْوَى مِنْهُ لِلإِنْسَانِ؟ | ١١ |
12 For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
| 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 |
