< Ecclesiastes 8 >

1 Who [is] as the wise? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? The wisdom of man causeth his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.
مَنْ هُوَ نَظِيرُ الْحَكِيمِ؟ وَمَنْ يَعْرِفُ تَعْلِيلَ الأُمُورِ؟ حِكْمَةُ الإِنْسَانِ تُضِيءُ وَجْهَهُ وَتُلَطِّفُ مِنْ صَلابَةِ مَلامِحِهِ.١
2 I pray thee, the commandment of a king keep, even for the sake of the oath of God.
أَقُولُ لَكَ: أَطِعْ كَلامَ الْمَلِكِ، وَلاسِيَّمَا مِنْ أَجْلِ يَمِينِ اللهِ الَّذِي أَقْسَمْتَ بِهِ.٢
3 Be not troubled at his presence, thou mayest go, stand not in an evil thing, for all that he pleaseth he doth.
لَا تُسْرِعْ فِي الاخْتِفَاءِ مِنْ حَضْرَتِهِ، وَلا تَتَشَبَّثْ بِقَضِيَّةٍ سَيِّئَةٍ لأَنَّهُ يَصْنَعُ مَا يَشَاءُ،٣
4 Where the word of a king [is] power [is], and who saith to him, 'What dost thou?'
إِذْ تَنْطَوِي كَلِمَةُ الْمَلِكِ عَلَى سُلْطَانٍ. وَمَنْ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يَقُولَ لَهُ: مَاذَا تَفْعَلُ؟٤
5 Whoso is keeping a command knoweth no evil thing, and time and judgment the heart of the wise knoweth.
مَنْ يُطِعِ الأَمْرَ لَا يَلْقَ أَذىً، وَقَلْبُ الْحَكِيمِ يُدْرِكُ الْوَقْتَ الْمُنَاسِبَ وَأُسْلُوبَ الْقَضَاءِ.٥
6 For to every delight there is a time and a judgment, for the misfortune of man is great upon him.
فَهُنَاكَ وَقْتٌ وَأُسْلُوبٌ لِكُلِّ أَمْرٍ مَعَ أَنَّ كَاهِلَ الإِنْسَانِ يَنُوءُ بِثِقْلِ مَتَاعِبِهِ.٦
7 For he knoweth not that which shall be, for when it shall be who declareth to him?
لأَنَّهُ لَا يَعْرِفُ مَا يُضْمِرُهُ الْغَدُ، إِذْ مَنْ يُخْبِرُهُ عَمَّا تَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ الأَحْدَاثُ؟٧
8 There is no man ruling over the spirit to restrain the spirit, and there is no authority over the day of death, and there is no discharge in battle, and wickedness delivereth not its possessors.
لَيْسَ لأَحَدٍ سُلْطَانٌ عَلَى الرُّوحِ لِيُمْسِكَ بِها، أَوْ سُلْطَانٌ عَلَى يَوْمِ الْمَوْتِ. وَكَمَا لَا يُسَرَّحُ أَحَدٌ فِي وَقْتِ الْحَرْبِ كَذَلِكَ لَا يُطْلِقُ الشَّرُّ سَرَاحَ مَنْ يُمَارِسُونَهُ.٨
9 All this I have seen so as to give my heart to every work that hath been done under the sun; a time that man hath ruled over man to his own evil.
هَذَا كُلُّهُ رَأَيْتُهُ عِنْدَمَا تَأَمَّلَ قَلْبِي فِي كُلِّ عَمَلٍ يُعْمَلُ تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ، وَقْتَمَا يَتَسَلَّطُ إِنْسَانٌ عَلَى إِنْسَانٍ لِيُؤْذِيَهُ.٩
10 And so I have seen the wicked buried, and they went in, even from the Holy Place they go, and they are forgotten in the city whether they had so done. This also [is] vanity.
ثُمَّ رَأَيْتُ الأَشْرَارَ مِمَّنْ كَانُوا يَرُوحُونَ وَيَجِيئُونَ إِلَى الْمَكَانِ الْمُقَدَّسِ، يُدْفَنُونَ وَقَدْ كِيلَتْ لَهُمْ هَالاتُ الْمَديِحِ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ الَّتِي ارْتَكَبُوا فِيهَا هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ. وَهَذَا أَيْضاً بَاطِلٌ.١٠
11 Because sentence hath not been done [on] an evil work speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of man is full within them to do evil.
وَلأَنَّ الْقَضَاءَ لَا يُنَفَّذُ بِسُرْعَةٍ عَلَى الشَّرِّ الْمُرْتَكَبِ، فَإِنَّ قُلُوبَ الْبَشَرِ تَمْتَلِئُ بِالْعَزْمِ عَلَى فِعْلِ الشَّرِّ.١١
12 Though a sinner is doing evil a hundred [times], and prolonging [himself] for it, surely also I know that there is good to those fearing God, who fear before Him.
وَمَعَ أَنَّ الْخَاطِئَ يَرْتَكِبُ الشَّرَّ مِئَةَ مَرَّةٍ وَتَطُولُ أَيَّامُهُ، إِلّا أَنَّنِي أَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ يَكُونُ خَيْرٌ لِمُتَّقِيِ اللهِ الَّذِينَ يَخْشَعُونَ فِي حَضْرَتِهِ.١٢
13 And good is not to the wicked, and he doth not prolong days as a shadow, because he is not fearing before God.
أَمَّا الأَشْرَارُ الَّذِينَ لَا يَتَّقُونَ اللهَ فَلَنْ يَنَالُوا خَيْراً، وَلَنْ تَطُولَ أَيَّامُهُمُ الَّتِي تُشْبِهُ الظِّلَّ، لأَنَّهُمْ لَا يَخْشَوْنَ اللهَ.١٣
14 There is a vanity that hath been done upon the earth, that there are righteous ones unto whom it is coming according to the work of the wicked, and there are wicked ones unto whom it is coming according to the work of the righteous. I have said that this also [is] vanity.
فِي الأَرْضِ يَسُودُ بَاطِلٌ: هُنَاكَ صِدِّيقُونَ يَنَالُهُمْ جَزَاءُ أَعْمَالِ الأَشْرَارِ، وَأَشْرَارٌ يَحْظَوْنَ بِثَوَابِ أَعْمَالِ الأَبْرَارِ، فَقُلْتُ: هَذَا أَيْضاً بَاطِلٌ.١٤
15 And I have praised mirth because there is no good to man under the sun except to eat and to drink, and to rejoice, and it remaineth with him of his labour the days of his life that God hath given to him under the sun.
فَأَطْرَيْتُ الْمَسَرَّةَ لأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ لِلْمَرْءِ خَيْرٌ تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ وَيَشْرَبَ وَيُمَتِّعَ نَفْسَهُ، فَهَذَا مَا يَبْقَى لَهُ مِنْ عَنَائِهِ مُدَّةَ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِهِ الَّتِي أَنْعَمَ بِها اللهُ عَلَيْهِ تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ.١٥
16 When I gave my heart to know wisdom and to see the business that hath been done on the earth, (for there is also a spectator in whose eyes sleep is not by day and by night),
وَعِنْدَمَا جَعَلْتُ قَلْبِي يَعْزِمُ عَلَى مَعْرِفَةِ الْحِكْمَةِ، وَالتَّأَمُّلِ فِي مُعَانَاةِ الإِنْسَانِ الَّتِي يُقَاسِيهَا عَلَى الأَرْضِ، وَكَيْفَ لَا تَذُوقُ عَيْنَاهُ النَّوْمَ لَيْلاً وَنَهَاراً،١٦
17 then I considered all the work of God, that man is not able to find out the work that hath been done under the sun, because though man labour to seek, yet he doth not find; and even though the wise man speak of knowing he is not able to find.
رَأَيْتُ أَعْمَالَ اللهِ كُلَّهَا، وَعَجْزَ الإِنْسَانِ عَنْ إِدْرَاكِ الأَعْمَالِ الَّتِي تَمَّ إِنْجَازُهَا تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ. وَمَهْمَا جَدَّ فِي سَعْيِهِ لِمَعْرِفَتِهَا فَلَنْ يُدْرِكَهَا. وَحَتَّى إِنِ ادَّعَى الْحَكِيمُ مَعْرِفَتَهَا فَإِنَّهُ حَقّاً لَنْ يَسْتَطِيعَ أَنْ يَجِدَهَا.١٧

< Ecclesiastes 8 >