Ecclesiastes 2
1 I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and behold, this also [is] vanity.
| قُلْتُ أَنَا فِي قَلْبِي: «هَلُمَّ أَمْتَحِنُكَ بِٱلْفَرَحِ فَتَرَى خَيْرًا». وَإِذَا هَذَا أَيْضًا بَاطِلٌ. | ١ |
2 I said of laughter, [It is] mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
| لِلضَّحْكِ قُلْتُ: «مَجْنُونٌ» وَلِلْفَرَحِ: «مَاذَا يَفْعَلُ؟». | ٢ |
3 I sought in my heart, to give myself to wine, yet acquainting my heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what [was] that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
| 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 me great works; I built me houses; I planted me vineyards:
| فَعَظَّمْتُ عَمَلِي: بَنَيْتُ لِنَفْسِي بُيُوتًا، غَرَسْتُ لِنَفْسِي كُرُومًا. | ٤ |
5 I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all [kind of] fruits:
| عَمِلْتُ لِنَفْسِي جَنَّاتٍ وَفَرَادِيسَ، وَغَرَسْتُ فِيهَا أَشْجَارًا مِنْ كُلِّ نَوْعِ ثَمَرٍ. | ٥ |
6 I made me pools of water, to water with them the wood that bringeth forth trees:
| عَمِلْتُ لِنَفْسِي بِرَكَ مِيَاهٍ لِتُسْقَى بِهَا ٱلْمَغَارِسُ ٱلْمُنْبِتَةُ ٱلشَّجَرَ. | ٦ |
7 I procured [me] servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:
| قَنَيْتُ عَبِيدًا وَجَوَارِيَ، وَكَانَ لِي وُلْدَانُ ٱلْبَيْتِ. وَكَانَتْ لِي أَيْضًا قِنْيَةُ بَقَرٍ وَغَنَمٍ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ قَبْلِي. | ٧ |
8 I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings, and of the provinces: I procured me men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the sons of men, [as] musical instruments, and of all sorts.
| جَمَعْتُ لِنَفْسِي أَيْضًا فِضَّةً وَذَهَبًا وَخُصُوصِيَّاتِ ٱلْمُلُوكِ وَٱلْبُلْدَانِ. ٱتَّخَذْتُ لِنَفْسِي مُغَنِّينَ وَمُغَنِّيَاتٍ وَتَنَعُّمَاتِ بَنِي ٱلْبَشَرِ، سَيِّدَةً وَسَيِّدَاتٍ. | ٨ |
9 So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
| فَعَظُمْتُ وَٱزْدَدْتُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا قَبْلِي فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَبَقِيَتْ أَيْضًا حِكْمَتِي مَعِي. | ٩ |
10 And whatever my eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labor: and this was my portion of 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 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do: and behold, all [was] vanity and vexation of spirit, and [there was] no profit 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 myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what [can] the man [do] that cometh after the king? [even] that which hath been already done.
| ثُمَّ ٱلْتَفَتُّ لِأَنْظُرَ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَٱلْحَمَاقَةَ وَٱلْجَهْلَ. فَمَا ٱلْإِنْسَانُ ٱلَّذِي يَأْتِي وَرَاءَ ٱلْمَلِكِ ٱلَّذِي قَدْ نَصَبُوهُ مُنْذُ زَمَانٍ؟ | ١٢ |
13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
| فَرَأَيْتُ أَنَّ لِلْحِكْمَةِ مَنْفَعَةً أَكْثَرَ مِنَ ٱلْجَهْلِ، كَمَا أَنَّ لِلنُّورِ مَنْفَعَةً أَكْثَرَ مِنَ ٱلظُّلْمَةِ. | ١٣ |
14 The wise man's eyes [are] in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
| اَلْحَكِيمُ عَيْنَاهُ فِي رَأْسِهِ، أَمَّا ٱلْجَاهِلُ فَيَسْلُكُ فِي ٱلظَّلَامِ. وَعَرَفْتُ أَنَا أَيْضًا أَنَّ حَادِثَةً وَاحِدَةً تَحْدُثُ لِكِلَيْهِمَا. | ١٤ |
15 Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also [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 For [there is] no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now [is] in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise [man]? as the fool.
| لِأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ ذِكْرٌ لِلْحَكِيمِ وَلَا لِلْجَاهِلِ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ. كَمَا مُنْذُ زَمَانٍ كَذَا ٱلْأَيَّامُ ٱلْآتِيَةُ: ٱلْكُلُّ يُنْسَى. وَكَيْفَ يَمُوتُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ كَٱلْجَاهِلِ! | ١٦ |
17 Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun [is] grievous to me: for all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
| فَكَرِهْتُ ٱلْحَيَاةَ، لِأَنَّهُ رَدِيءٌ عِنْدِي، ٱلْعَمَلُ ٱلَّذِي عُمِلَ تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ، لِأَنَّ ٱلْكُلَّ بَاطِلٌ وَقَبْضُ ٱلرِّيحِ. | ١٧ |
18 Yes, I hated all my labor which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it to the man that shall be after me.
| فَكَرِهْتُ كُلَّ تَعَبِي ٱلَّذِي تَعِبْتُ فِيهِ تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ حَيْثُ أَتْرُكُهُ لِلْإِنْسَانِ ٱلَّذِي يَكُونُ بَعْدِي. | ١٨ |
19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise [man] or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have showed myself wise 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 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labor which I took 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; yet to a man that hath not labored in it, shall he leave it [for] his portion. This also [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 hath man of all his labor, and of the vexation of his heart, in which he hath labored 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 labor grief; yes, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
| لِأَنَّ كُلَّ أَيَّامِهِ أَحْزَانٌ، وَعَمَلَهُ غَمٌّ. أَيْضًا بِٱللَّيْلِ لَا يَسْتَرِيحُ قَلْبُهُ. هَذَا أَيْضًا بَاطِلٌ هُوَ. | ٢٣ |
24 [There is] nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and [that] he should make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it [was] 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 can eat, or who else can hasten [to it] more than I?
| لِأَنَّهُ مَنْ يَأْكُلُ وَمَنْ يَلْتَذُّ غَيْرِي؟ | ٢٥ |
26 For [God] giveth to a man who [is] good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth toil, to gather, and to amass, that he may give to [him that is] good before God. This also [is] vanity and vexation 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 |
