Ecclesiastes 3

1 To every [thing there is] a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

١ لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ أَوَانٌ، وَلِكُلِّ أَمْرٍ تَحْتَ السَّمَاءِ زَمَانٌ.

2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up [that which is] planted;

٢ لِلْوِلادَةِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلْمَوْتِ وَقْتٌ. لِلْغَرْسِ وَقْتٌ ولاِسْتِئْصَالِ الْمَغْرُوسِ وَقْتٌ.

3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

٣ لِلْقَتْلِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلْعِلاجِ وَقْتٌ. لِلْهَدْمِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلْبِنَاءِ وَقْتٌ.

4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

٤ لِلْبُكَاءِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلضَّحِكِ وَقْتٌ. لِلنَّوْحِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلرَّقْصِ وَقْتٌ.

5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

٥ لِبَعْثَرَةِ الْحِجَارَةِ وَقْتٌ وَلِتَكْوِيمِهَا وَقْتٌ. لِلْمُعَانَقَةِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلْكَفِّ عَنْهَا وَقْتٌ.

6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

٦ لِلسَّعْيِ وَقْتٌ، وَلِلْخَسَارَةِ وَقْتٌ. لِلصِّيَانَةِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلْبَعْثَرَةِ وَقْتٌ.

7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

٧ لِلتَّمْزِيقِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلْخِيَاطَةِ وَقْتٌ. لِلصَّمْتِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلإِفْصَاحِ وَقْتٌ.

8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

٨ لِلْحُبِّ وَقْتٌ وَلِلْبَغْضَاءِ وَقْتٌ. لِلْحَرْبِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلسَّلامِ وَقْتٌ.

9 What profit hath he that worketh in that in which he laboreth?

٩ فَأَيُّ نَفْعٍ يَجْنِيهِ الْعَامِلُ مِنْ كَدِّهِ؟

10 I have seen the labor, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.

١٠ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ الْمَشَقَّةَ الَّتِي حَمَّلَهَا اللهُ لأَبْنَاءِ النَّاسِ لِيَقُومُوا بِها.

11 He hath made every [thing] beautiful in its time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

١١ إِذْ صَنَعَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ حَسَناً فِي حِينِهِ وَغَرَسَ الأَبَدِيَّةَ فِي قُلُوبِ الْبَشَرِ، وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ لَمْ يُدْرِكُوا أَعْمَالَ اللهِ مِنَ الْبَدَايَةِ إِلَى النِّهَايَةِ.

12 I know that [there is] no good in them, but for [a man] to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

١٢ فَأَيْقَنْتُ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ أَفْضَلَ لَهُمْ مِنْ أَنْ يَفْرَحُوا وَيُمَتِّعُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ وَهُمْ مَازَالُوا عَلَى قَيْدِ الْحَيَاةِ.

13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labor, it [is] the gift of God.

١٣ إِنَّ مِنْ نِعَمِ اللهِ عَلَى الإِنْسَانِ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ وَيَشْرَبَ وَيَسْتَمْتِعَ بِمَا يَجْنِيهِ مِنْ كَدِّهِ.

14 I know that, whatever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be added to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth [it], that [men] should fear before him.

١٤ وَعَلِمْتُ أَنَّ كُلَّ مَا يَفْعَلُهُ اللهُ يَخْلُدُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ، لَا يُضَافُ عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ أَوْ يُنْقَصُ مِنْهُ. وَقَدْ أَجْرَاهُ اللهُ لِيَتَّقِيَهُ النَّاسُ.

15 That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.

١٥ فَمَا كَانَ قَبْلاً هُوَ كَائِنٌ الآنَ، وَمَا سَيَكُونُ هُوَ كَائِنٌ مِنْ قَبْلُ. وَاللهُ يُطَالِبُ بِمَا قَدْ مَضَى.

16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, [that] wickedness [was] there; and the place of righteousness, [that] iniquity [was] there.

١٦ وَرَأَيْتُ أَيْضاً تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ: الْجَوْرَ فِي مَوْضِعِ الْعَدْلِ، وَالظُّلْمَ فِي مَوْضِعِ الْحَقِّ.

17 I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked: for [there is] a time there for every purpose and for every work.

١٧ فَقُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي: إِنَّ اللهَ سَيَحْكُمُ عَلَى الصِّدِّيقِ وَعَلَى الشِّرِّيرِ، لأَنَّ لِكُلِّ عَمَلٍ وَلِكُلِّ أَمْرٍ وَقْتاً هُنَاكَ.

18 I said in my heart concerning the state of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.

١٨ وَنَاجَيْتُ قَلْبِي أَيْضاً بِشَأْنِ أَبْنَاءِ الْبَشَرِ قَائِلاً: إِنَّمَا اللهُ يَمْتَحِنُهُمْ، لِيُبَيِّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ لَيْسُوا أَفْضَلَ مِنَ الْبَهَائِمِ،

19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yes, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no pre-eminence above a beast: for all [is] vanity.

١٩ لأَنَّ مَا يَحُلُّ بِأَبْنَاءِ الْبَشَرِ يَحُلُّ بِالْبَهَائِمِ. فَكَمَا يَمُوتُ الْوَاحِدُ مِنَ النَّاسِ يَمُوتُ الآخَرُ مِنَ الْبَهَائِمِ، فَلِكِلَيْهِمَا نَسَمَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ، وَلَيْسَ لِلإِنْسَانِ فَضْلٌ عَلَى الْبَهِيمَةِ، فَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ بَاطِلٌ.

20 All go to one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

٢٠ كِلاهُمَا يَذْهَبُ إِلَى مَوْضِعٍ وَاحِدٍ. كِلاهُمَا مِنَ التُّرَابِ، وَإِلَيْهِ يَعُودَانِ.

21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?

٢١ فَمَنْ يَعْرِفُ أَنَّ رُوحَ الإِنْسَانِ تَصْعَدُ إِلَى الْعَلاءِ، وَرُوحَ الْحَيَوَانِ تَهْبِطُ إِلَى أَسْفَلِ الأَرْضِ؟

22 Wherefore I perceive that [there is] nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that [is] his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

٢٢ فَرَأَيْتُ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ أَنْ يَسْتَمْتِعَ الإِنْسَانُ بِكَدِّهِ، لأَنَّ هَذَا نَصِيبُهُ، لأَنَّهُ مَنْ يُرْجِعُهُ لِيَرَى مَا سَيَجْرِي مِنْ بَعْدِهِ؟