ECCLESIASTES 9	الجامعة 9
1 For I considered all this in my heart, so that I could declare it all: that the righteous and the wise and their works are in the hand of God. People know neither love nor hatred by anything they see before them.	1 لأَنَّ هَذَا كُلَّهُ جَعَلْتُهُ فِي قَلْبِي وَامْتَحَنْتُ هَذَا كُلَّهُ: أَنَّ الصِّدِّيقِينَ وَالْحُكَمَاءَ وَأَعْمَالَهُمْ فِي يَدِ اللَّهِ. الإِنْسَانُ لاَ يَعْلَمُ حُبّاً وَلاَ بُغْضاً. الْكُلُّ أَمَامَهُمُ.
2 All things come alike to all: One event happens to the righteous and the wicked; To the good, the clean, and the unclean; To him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner; He who takes an oath as he who fears an oath.	2 الْكُلُّ عَلَى مَا لِلْكُلِّ. حَادِثَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ لِلصِّدِّيقِ وَلِلشِّرِّيرِ لِلصَّالِحِ وَلِلطَّاهِرِ وَلِلنَّجِسِ. لِلذَّابِحِ وَلِلَّذِي لاَ يَذْبَحُ. كَالصَّالِحِ الْخَاطِئُ. الْحَالِفُ كَالَّذِي يَخَافُ الْحَلْفَ.
3 This is an evil in all that is done under the sun: that one thing happens to all. Truly the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead.	3 هَذَا أَشَرُّ كُلِّ مَا عُمِلَ تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ: أَنَّ حَادِثَةً وَاحِدَةً لِلْجَمِيعِ. وَأَيْضاً قَلْبُ بَنِي الْبَشَرِ مَلآنُ مِنَ الشَّرِّ وَالْحَمَاقَةُ فِي قَلْبِهِمْ وَهُمْ أَحْيَاءٌ وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ يَذْهَبُونَ إِلَى الأَمْوَاتِ.
4 But for him who is joined to all the living there is hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion.	4 لأَنَّهُ مَنْ يُسْتَثْنَى؟ لِكُلِّ الأَحْيَاءِ يُوجَدُ رَجَاءٌ فَإِنَّ الْكَلْبَ الْحَيَّ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الأَسَدِ الْمَيِّتِ.
5 For the living know that they will die; But the dead know nothing, And they have no more reward, For the memory of them is forgotten.	5 لأَنَّ الأَحْيَاءَ يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُمْ سَيَمُوتُونَ أَمَّا الْمَوْتَى فَلاَ يَعْلَمُونَ شَيْئاً وَلَيْسَ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ بَعْدُ لأَنَّ ذِكْرَهُمْ نُسِيَ.
6 Also their love, their hatred, and their envy have now perished; Nevermore will they have a share In anything done under the sun.	6 وَمَحَبَّتُهُمْ وَبُغْضَتُهُمْ وَحَسَدُهُمْ هَلَكَتْ مُنْذُ زَمَانٍ وَلاَ نَصِيبَ لَهُمْ بَعْدُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ فِي كُلِّ مَا عُمِلَ تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ.
7 Go, eat your bread with joy, And drink your wine with a merry heart; For God has already accepted your works.	7 اِذْهَبْ كُلْ خُبْزَكَ بِفَرَحٍ وَاشْرَبْ خَمْرَكَ بِقَلْبٍ طَيِّبٍ لأَنَّ اللَّهَ مُنْذُ زَمَانٍ قَدْ رَضِيَ عَمَلَكَ.
8 Let your garments always be white, And let your head lack no oil.	8 لِتَكُنْ ثِيَابُكَ فِي كُلِّ حِينٍ بَيْضَاءَ وَلاَ يُعْوِزْ رَأْسَكَ الدُّهْنُ.
9 Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life which He has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity; for that is your portion in life, and in the labor which you perform under the sun.	9 اِلْتَذَّ عَيْشاً مَعَ الْمَرْأَةِ الَّتِي أَحْبَبْتَهَا كُلَّ أَيَّامِ حَيَاةِ بَاطِلِكَ الَّتِي أَعْطَاكَ إِيَّاهَا تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ كُلَّ أَيَّامِ بَاطِلِكَ لأَنَّ ذَلِكَ نَصِيبُكَ فِي الْحَيَاةِ وَفِي تَعَبِكَ الَّذِي تَتْعَبُهُ تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ.
10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going.	10 كُلُّ مَا تَجِدُهُ يَدُكَ لِتَفْعَلَهُ فَافْعَلْهُ بِقُوَّتِكَ لأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْ عَمَلٍ وَلاَ اخْتِرَاعٍ وَلاَ مَعْرِفَةٍ وَلاَ حِكْمَةٍ فِي الْهَاوِيَةِ الَّتِي أَنْتَ ذَاهِبٌ إِلَيْهَا.
11 I returned and saw under the sun that-- The race is not to the swift, Nor the battle to the strong, Nor bread to the wise, Nor riches to men of understanding, Nor favor to men of skill; But time and chance happen to them all.	11 فَعُدْتُ وَرَأَيْتُ تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ أَنَّ السَّعْيَ لَيْسَ لِلْخَفِيفِ وَلاَ الْحَرْبَ لِلأَقْوِيَاءِ وَلاَ الْخُبْزَ لِلْحُكَمَاءِ وَلاَ الْغِنَى لِلْفُهَمَاءِ وَلاَ النِّعْمَةَ لِذَوِي الْمَعْرِفَةِ لأَنَّهُ الْوَقْتُ وَالْعَرَضُ يُلاَقِيَانِهِمْ كَافَّةً.
12 For man also does not know his time: Like fish taken in a cruel net, Like birds caught in a snare, So the sons of men are snared in an evil time, When it falls suddenly upon them.	12 لأَنَّ الإِنْسَانَ أَيْضاً لاَ يَعْرِفُ وَقْتَهُ. كَالأَسْمَاكِ الَّتِي تُؤْخَذُ بِشَبَكَةٍ مُهْلِكَةٍ وَكَالْعَصَافِيرِ الَّتِي تُؤْخَذُ بِالشَّرَكِ كَذَلِكَ تُقْتَنَصُ بَنُو الْبَشَرِ فِي وَقْتِ شَرٍّ إِذْ يَقَعُ عَلَيْهِمْ بَغْتَةً.
13 This wisdom I have also seen under the sun, and it seemed great to me:	13 هَذِهِ الْحِكْمَةُ رَأَيْتُهَا أَيْضاً تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ وَهِيَ عَظِيمَةٌ عِنْدِي.
14 There was a little city with few men in it; and a great king came against it, besieged it, and built great snares around it.	14 مَدِينَةٌ صَغِيرَةٌ فِيهَا أُنَاسٌ قَلِيلُونَ. فَجَاءَ عَلَيْهَا مَلِكٌ عَظِيمٌ وَحَاصَرَهَا وَبَنَى عَلَيْهَا أَبْرَاجاً عَظِيمَةً.
15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that same poor man.	15 وَوُجِدَ فِيهَا رَجُلٌ مِسْكِينٌ حَكِيمٌ فَنَجَّى هُوَ الْمَدِينَةَ بِحِكْمَتِهِ. وَمَا أَحَدٌ ذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلَ الْمِسْكِينَ!
16 Then I said: "Wisdom is better than strength. Nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, And his words are not heard.	16 فَقُلْتُ: «الْحِكْمَةُ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْقُوَّةِ». أَمَّا حِكْمَةُ الْمِسْكِينِ فَمُحْتَقَرَةٌ وَكَلاَمُهُ لاَ يُسْمَعُ.
17 Words of the wise, spoken quietly, should be heard Rather than the shout of a ruler of fools.	17 كَلِمَاتُ الْحُكَمَاءِ تُسْمَعُ فِي الْهُدُوءِ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ صُرَاخِ الْمُتَسَلِّطِ بَيْنَ الْجُهَّالِ.
18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war; But one sinner destroys much good."	18 اَلْحِكْمَةُ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَدَوَاتِ الْحَرْبِ. أَمَّا خَاطِئٌ وَاحِدٌ فَيُفْسِدُ خَيْراً جَزِيلاً.