1قلت انا في قلبي هلم امتحنك بالفرح فترى خيرا. واذا هذا ايضا باطل.
1I said in my heart, Come now, I will try thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure. But behold, this also is vanity.
2للضحك قلت مجنون وللفرح ماذا يفعل.
2I said of laughter, Madness! and of mirth, What availeth 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 cherish my flesh with wine, while practising my heart with wisdom; and how to lay hold on folly, till I should see what was that good for the children of men which they should do under the heavens 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 every kind of fruit;
6عملت لنفسي برك مياه لتسقى بها المغارس المنبتة الشجر.
6I made me ponds of water, to water therewith the wood, where the trees are reared.
7قنيت عبيدا وجواري وكان لي ولدان البيت. وكانت لي ايضا قنية بقر وغنم اكثر من جميع الذين كانوا في اورشليم قبلي.
7I acquired servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that had been in Jerusalem before me.
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 peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces; I got me men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the children of men, a wife and concubines.
9فعظمت وازددت اكثر من جميع الذين كانوا قبلي في اورشليم وبقيت ايضا حكمتي معي.
9And I became great, and increased more than all that had been 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 in all my labour, and this was my portion from all my labour.
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 labour that it had cost me to do [them]; and behold, all was vanity and pursuit of the 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 shall the man [do] that cometh after the king? -- that which hath already been done.
13فرأيت ان للحكمة منفعة اكثر من الجهل كما ان للنور منفعة اكثر من الظلمة.
13And I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, 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; but I myself also 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.
15And I said in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool so will it happen even to me; and why was I then so wise? Then I said 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 there shall be no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; because everything is already forgotten in the days which come. And how dieth the wise even as the fool?
17فكرهت الحياة. لانه رديء عندي العمل الذي عمل تحت الشمس لان الكل باطل وقبض الريح.
17And I hated life; for the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and pursuit of the wind.
18فكرهت كل تعبي الذي تعبت فيه تحت الشمس حيث اتركه للانسان الذي يكون بعدي.
18And I hated all my labour wherewith I had been toiling under the sun, because I should 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 shall he have rule over all my labour at which I have laboured, and wherein I have been wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
20فتحولت لكي اجعل قلبي ييئس من كل التعب الذي تعبت فيه تحت الشمس.
20Then I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour wherewith I had laboured 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 labour hath been with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skill, and who leaveth it to a man that hath not laboured therein, to be 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 will man have of all his labour and of the striving of his heart, wherewith he hath wearied himself under the sun?
23لان كل ايامه احزان وعمله غم. ايضا بالليل لا يستريح قلبه. هذا ايضا باطل هو
23For all his days are sorrows, and his travail vexation: 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 good for man, but 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.
25لانه من يأكل ومن يلتذ غيري.
25For who can eat, or who be eager, 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 he 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 in God's sight. This also is vanity and pursuit of the wind.