1I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth: therefore enjoy pleasure”; and behold, this also was vanity.
1قلت انا في قلبي هلم امتحنك بالفرح فترى خيرا. واذا هذا ايضا باطل.
2I said of laughter, “It is foolishness”; and of mirth, “What does it accomplish?”
2للضحك قلت مجنون وللفرح ماذا يفعل.
3I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold of folly, until I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their lives.
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.
4I made myself great works. I built myself houses. I planted myself vineyards.
4فعظمت عملي. بنيت لنفسي بيوتا غرست لنفسي كروما.
5I made myself gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit.
5عملت لنفسي جنات وفراديس وغرست فيها اشجارا من كل نوع ثمر.
6I made myself pools of water, to water from it the forest where trees were reared.
6عملت لنفسي برك مياه لتسقى بها المغارس المنبتة الشجر.
7I bought male servants and female servants, and had servants born in my house. I also had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all who were before me in Jerusalem;
7قنيت عبيدا وجواري وكان لي ولدان البيت. وكانت لي ايضا قنية بقر وغنم اكثر من جميع الذين كانوا في اورشليم قبلي.
8I also gathered silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
8جمعت لنفسي ايضا فضة وذهبا وخصوصيات الملوك والبلدان. اتخذت لنفسي مغنين ومغنيات وتنعمات بني البشر سيدة وسيدات.
9So I was great, and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also remained with me.
9فعظمت وازددت اكثر من جميع الذين كانوا قبلي في اورشليم وبقيت ايضا حكمتي معي.
10Whatever my eyes desired, I didn’t keep from them. I didn’t withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor.
10ومهما اشتهته عيناي لم امسكه عنهما. لم امنع قلبي من كل فرح. لان قلبي فرح بكل تعبي وهذا كان نصيبي من كل تعبي.
11Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
11ثم التفت انا الى كل اعمالي التي عملتها يداي والى التعب الذي تعبته في عمله فاذا الكل باطل وقبض الريح ولا منفعة تحت الشمس
12I turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and folly: for what can the king’s successor do? Just that which has been done long ago.
12ثم التفت لانظر الحكمة والحماقة والجهل. فما الانسان الذي يأتي وراء الملك الذي نصبوه منذ زمان.
13Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.
13فرأيت ان للحكمة منفعة اكثر من الجهل كما ان للنور منفعة اكثر من الظلمة.
14The wise man’s eyes are in his head, and the fool walks in darkness—and yet I perceived that one event happens to them all.
14الحكيم عيناه في راسه. اما الجاهل فيسلك في الظلام. وعرفت انا ايضا ان حادثة واحدة تحدث لكليهما.
15Then I said in my heart, “As it happens to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?” Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.
15فقلت في قلبي كما يحدث للجاهل كذلك يحدث ايضا لي انا. واذ ذاك فلماذا انا اوفر حكمة. فقلت في قلبي هذا ايضا باطل.
16For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory for ever, since in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!
16لانه ليس ذكر للحكيم ولا للجاهل الى الابد. كما منذ زمان كذا الايام الآتية الكل ينسى. وكيف يموت الحكيم. كالجاهل.
17So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.
17فكرهت الحياة. لانه رديء عندي العمل الذي عمل تحت الشمس لان الكل باطل وقبض الريح.
18I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
18فكرهت كل تعبي الذي تعبت فيه تحت الشمس حيث اتركه للانسان الذي يكون بعدي.
19Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
19ومن يعلم هل يكون حكيما او جاهلا. ويستولي على كل تعبي الذي تعبت فيه واظهرت فيه حكمتي تحت الشمس. هذا ايضا باطل
20Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.
20فتحولت لكي اجعل قلبي ييئس من كل التعب الذي تعبت فيه تحت الشمس.
21For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.
21لانه قد يكون انسان تعبه بالحكمة والمعرفة وبالفلاح فيتركه نصيبا لانسان لم يتعب فيه. هذا ايضا باطل وشر عظيم.
22For what has a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?
22لانه ماذا للانسان من كل تعبه ومن اجتهاد قلبه الذي تعب فيه تحت الشمس.
23For all his days are sorrows, and his travail is grief; yes, even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.
23لان كل ايامه احزان وعمله غم. ايضا بالليل لا يستريح قلبه. هذا ايضا باطل هو
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.
24ليس للانسان خير من ان يأكل ويشرب ويري نفسه خيرا في تعبه. رأيت هذا ايضا انه من يد الله.
25For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?
25لانه من يأكل ومن يلتذ غيري.
26For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
26لانه يؤتي الانسان الصالح قدامه حكمة ومعرفة وفرحا. اما الخاطئ فيعطيه شغل الجمع والتكويم ليعطي للصالح قدام الله. هذا ايضا باطل وقبض الريح