伝道者の書 2章
Ecclesiastes 2-
1
قلت انا في قلبي هلم امتحنك بالفرح فترى خيرا. واذا هذا ايضا باطل.
I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.
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2
للضحك قلت مجنون وللفرح ماذا يفعل.
I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
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3
افتكرت في قلبي ان اعلل جسدي بالخمر وقلبي يلهج بالحكمة وان آخذ بالحماقة حتى ارى ما هو الخير لبني البشر حتى يفعلوه تحت السموات مدة ايام حياتهم.
I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine 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.
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4
فعظمت عملي. بنيت لنفسي بيوتا غرست لنفسي كروما.
I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
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5
عملت لنفسي جنات وفراديس وغرست فيها اشجارا من كل نوع ثمر.
I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:
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6
عملت لنفسي برك مياه لتسقى بها المغارس المنبتة الشجر.
I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
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7
قنيت عبيدا وجواري وكان لي ولدان البيت. وكانت لي ايضا قنية بقر وغنم اكثر من جميع الذين كانوا في اورشليم قبلي.
I got 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:
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8
جمعت لنفسي ايضا فضة وذهبا وخصوصيات الملوك والبلدان. اتخذت لنفسي مغنين ومغنيات وتنعمات بني البشر سيدة وسيدات.
I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
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9
فعظمت وازددت اكثر من جميع الذين كانوا قبلي في اورشليم وبقيت ايضا حكمتي معي.
So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
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10
ومهما اشتهته عيناي لم امسكه عنهما. لم امنع قلبي من كل فرح. لان قلبي فرح بكل تعبي وهذا كان نصيبي من كل تعبي.
And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
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11
ثم التفت انا الى كل اعمالي التي عملتها يداي والى التعب الذي تعبته في عمله فاذا الكل باطل وقبض الريح ولا منفعة تحت الشمس
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
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12
ثم التفت لانظر الحكمة والحماقة والجهل. فما الانسان الذي يأتي وراء الملك الذي نصبوه منذ زمان.
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.
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13
فرأيت ان للحكمة منفعة اكثر من الجهل كما ان للنور منفعة اكثر من الظلمة.
Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
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14
الحكيم عيناه في راسه. اما الجاهل فيسلك في الظلام. وعرفت انا ايضا ان حادثة واحدة تحدث لكليهما.
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.
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15
فقلت في قلبي كما يحدث للجاهل كذلك يحدث ايضا لي انا. واذ ذاك فلماذا انا اوفر حكمة. فقلت في قلبي هذا ايضا باطل.
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.
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16
لانه ليس ذكر للحكيم ولا للجاهل الى الابد. كما منذ زمان كذا الايام الآتية الكل ينسى. وكيف يموت الحكيم. كالجاهل.
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.
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17
فكرهت الحياة. لانه رديء عندي العمل الذي عمل تحت الشمس لان الكل باطل وقبض الريح.
Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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18
فكرهت كل تعبي الذي تعبت فيه تحت الشمس حيث اتركه للانسان الذي يكون بعدي.
Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
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19
ومن يعلم هل يكون حكيما او جاهلا. ويستولي على كل تعبي الذي تعبت فيه واظهرت فيه حكمتي تحت الشمس. هذا ايضا باطل
And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
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20
فتحولت لكي اجعل قلبي ييئس من كل التعب الذي تعبت فيه تحت الشمس.
Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
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21
لانه قد يكون انسان تعبه بالحكمة والمعرفة وبالفلاح فيتركه نصيبا لانسان لم يتعب فيه. هذا ايضا باطل وشر عظيم.
For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
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22
لانه ماذا للانسان من كل تعبه ومن اجتهاد قلبه الذي تعب فيه تحت الشمس.
For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
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23
لان كل ايامه احزان وعمله غم. ايضا بالليل لا يستريح قلبه. هذا ايضا باطل هو
For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
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24
ليس للانسان خير من ان يأكل ويشرب ويري نفسه خيرا في تعبه. رأيت هذا ايضا انه من يد الله.
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 labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.
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25
لانه من يأكل ومن يلتذ غيري.
For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?
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26
لانه يؤتي الانسان الصالح قدامه حكمة ومعرفة وفرحا. اما الخاطئ فيعطيه شغل الجمع والتكويم ليعطي للصالح قدام الله. هذا ايضا باطل وقبض الريح
For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.