1قلت انا في قلبي هلم امتحنك بالفرح فترى خيرا. واذا هذا ايضا باطل.
1I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity.
2للضحك قلت مجنون وللفرح ماذا يفعل.
2I said of laughter, It is mad; and of mirth, What doeth it?
3افتكرت 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.
3I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding [me] with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their life.
4فعظمت عملي. بنيت لنفسي بيوتا غرست لنفسي كروما.
4I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;
5عملت لنفسي جنات وفراديس وغرست فيها اشجارا من كل نوع ثمر.
5I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit;
6عملت لنفسي برك مياه لتسقى بها المغارس المنبتة الشجر.
6I made me pools of water, to water therefrom the forest where trees were reared;
7قنيت عبيدا وجواري وكان لي ولدان البيت. وكانت لي ايضا قنية بقر وغنم اكثر من جميع الذين كانوا في اورشليم قبلي.
7I bought men-servants and maid-servants, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that were before me in Jerusalem;
8جمعت لنفسي ايضا فضة وذهبا وخصوصيات الملوك والبلدان. اتخذت لنفسي مغنين ومغنيات وتنعمات بني البشر سيدة وسيدات.
8I gathered me also silver and gold, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces; I gat me men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the sons of men, musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
9فعظمت وازددت اكثر من جميع الذين كانوا قبلي في اورشليم وبقيت ايضا حكمتي معي.
9So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
10ومهما اشتهته عيناي لم امسكه عنهما. لم امنع قلبي من كل فرح. لان قلبي فرح بكل تعبي وهذا كان نصيبي من كل تعبي.
10And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor; and this was my portion from all my labor.
11ثم التفت انا الى كل اعمالي التي عملتها يداي والى التعب الذي تعبته في عمله فاذا الكل باطل وقبض الريح ولا منفعة تحت الشمس
11Then 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 a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
12ثم التفت لانظر الحكمة والحماقة والجهل. فما الانسان الذي يأتي وراء الملك الذي نصبوه منذ زمان.
12And 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 done long ago.
13فرأيت ان للحكمة منفعة اكثر من الجهل كما ان للنور منفعة اكثر من الظلمة.
13Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
14الحكيم عيناه في راسه. اما الجاهل فيسلك في الظلام. وعرفت انا ايضا ان حادثة واحدة تحدث لكليهما.
14The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness: and yet I perceived that one event happeneth to them all.
15فقلت في قلبي كما يحدث للجاهل كذلك يحدث ايضا لي انا. واذ ذاك فلماذا انا اوفر حكمة. فقلت في قلبي هذا ايضا باطل.
15Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then said I in my heart, that this also is vanity.
16لانه ليس ذكر للحكيم ولا للجاهل الى الابد. كما منذ زمان كذا الايام الآتية الكل ينسى. وكيف يموت الحكيم. كالجاهل.
16For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool!
17فكرهت الحياة. لانه رديء عندي العمل الذي عمل تحت الشمس لان الكل باطل وقبض الريح.
17So I hated life, because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and a striving after wind.
18فكرهت كل تعبي الذي تعبت فيه تحت الشمس حيث اتركه للانسان الذي يكون بعدي.
18And I hated all my labor wherein I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
19ومن يعلم هل يكون حكيما او جاهلا. ويستولي على كل تعبي الذي تعبت فيه واظهرت فيه حكمتي تحت الشمس. هذا ايضا باطل
19And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet will he have rule over all my labor wherein I have labored, and wherein I have showed myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
20فتحولت لكي اجعل قلبي ييئس من كل التعب الذي تعبت فيه تحت الشمس.
20Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor wherein I had labored under the sun.
21لانه قد يكون انسان تعبه بالحكمة والمعرفة وبالفلاح فيتركه نصيبا لانسان لم يتعب فيه. هذا ايضا باطل وشر عظيم.
21For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skilfulness; yet to a man that hath not labored therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
22لانه ماذا للانسان من كل تعبه ومن اجتهاد قلبه الذي تعب فيه تحت الشمس.
22For what hath a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboreth under the sun?
23لان كل ايامه احزان وعمله غم. ايضا بالليل لا يستريح قلبه. هذا ايضا باطل هو
23For all his days are [but] sorrows, and his travail is grief; yea, even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity.
24ليس للانسان خير من ان يأكل ويشرب ويري نفسه خيرا في تعبه. رأيت هذا ايضا انه من يد الله.
24There is nothing better for a man [than] that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
25لانه من يأكل ومن يلتذ غيري.
25For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?
26لانه يؤتي الانسان الصالح قدامه حكمة ومعرفة وفرحا. اما الخاطئ فيعطيه شغل الجمع والتكويم ليعطي للصالح قدام الله. هذا ايضا باطل وقبض الريح
26For to the man that pleaseth him [God] giveth 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 pleaseth God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.