| 1 «اَلإِنْسَانُ مَوْلُودُ الْمَرْأَةِ، قَلِيلُ الأَيَّامِ وَشَبْعَانُ تَعَبًا. | 1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble. |
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2 يَخْرُجُ كَالزَّهْرِ ثُمَّ يَنْحَسِمُ وَيَبْرَحُ كَالظِّلِّ وَلاَ يَقِفُ.  | 2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. |
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| 3 فَعَلَى مِثْلِ هذَا حَدَّقْتَ عَيْنَيْكَ، وَإِيَّايَ أَحْضَرْتَ إِلَى الْمُحَاكَمَةِ مَعَكَ. | 3 And doth thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee? |
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| 4 مَنْ يُخْرِجُ الطَّاهِرَ مِنَ النَّجِسِ؟ لاَ أَحَدٌ! | 4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. |
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| 5 إِنْ كَانَتْ أَيَّامُهُ مَحْدُودَةً، وَعَدَدُ أَشْهُرِهِ عِنْدَكَ، وَقَدْ عَيَّنْتَ أَجَلَهُ فَلاَ يَتَجَاوَزُهُ، | 5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; |
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| 6 فَأَقْصِرْ عَنْهُ لِيَسْتَرِيحْ، إِلَى أَنْ يُسَرَّ كَالأَجِيرِ بِانْتِهَاءِ يَوْمِهِ. | 6 Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day. |
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| 7 «لأَنَّ لِلشَّجَرَةِ رَجَاءً. إِنْ قُطِعَتْ تُخْلِفْ أَيْضًا وَلاَ تُعْدَمُ خَرَاعِيبُهَا. | 7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. |
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| 8 وَلَوْ قَدُمَ فِي الأَرْضِ أَصْلُهَا، وَمَاتَ فِي التُّرَابِ جِذْعُهَا، | 8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; |
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| 9 فَمِنْ رَائِحَةِ الْمَاءِ تُفْرِخُ وَتُنْبِتُ فُرُوعًا كَالْغِرْسِ. | 9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. |
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| 10 أَمَّا الرَّجُلُ فَيَمُوتُ وَيَبْلَى. الإِنْسَانُ يُسْلِمُ الرُّوحَ، فَأَيْنَ هُوَ؟ | 10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? |
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| 11 قَدْ تَنْفَدُ الْمِيَاهُ مِنَ الْبَحْرَةِ، وَالنَّهْرُ يَنْشَفُ وَيَجِفُّ، | 11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up: |
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| 12 وَالإِنْسَانُ يَضْطَجِعُ وَلاَ يَقُومُ. لاَ يَسْتَيْقِظُونَ حَتَّى لاَ تَبْقَى السَّمَاوَاتُ، وَلاَ يَنْتَبِهُونَ مِنْ نَوْمِهِمْ. | 12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep. |
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| 13 «لَيْتَكَ تُوارِينِي فِي الْهَاوِيَةِ، وَتُخْفِينِي إِلَى أَنْ يَنْصَرِفَ غَضَبُكَ، وَتُعَيِّنُ لِي أَجَلاً فَتَذْكُرَنِي. | 13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me! |
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| 14 إِنْ مَاتَ رَجُلٌ أَفَيَحْيَا؟ كُلَّ أَيَّامِ جِهَادِي أَصْبِرُ إِلَى أَنْ يَأْتِيَ بَدَلِي. | 14 If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. |
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| 15 تَدْعُو فَأَنَا أُجِيبُكَ. تَشْتَاقُ إِلَى عَمَلِ يَدِكَ. | 15 Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands. |
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| 16 أَمَّا الآنَ فَتُحْصِي خَطَوَاتِي، أَلاَ تُحَافِظُ عَلَى خَطِيَّتِي! | 16 For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin? |
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| 17 مَعْصِيَتِي مَخْتُومٌ عَلَيْهَا فِي صُرَّةٍ، وَتُلَفِّقُ عَلَيَّ فَوْقَ إِثْمِي. | 17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity. |
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| 18 «إِنَّ الْجَبَلَ السَّاقِطَ يَنْتَثِرُ، وَالصَّخْرَ يُزَحْزَحُ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ. | 18 And surely the mountains falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place. |
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| 19 الْحِجَارَةُ تَبْلِيهَا الْمِيَاهُ وَتَجْرُفُ سُيُولُهَا تُرَابَ الأَرْضِ، وَكَذلِكَ أَنْتَ تُبِيدُ رَجَاءَ الإِنْسَانِ. | 19 The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man. |
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| 20 تَتَجَبَّرُ عَلَيْهِ أَبَدًا فَيَذْهَبُ. تُغَيِّرُ وَجْهَهُ وَتَطْرُدُهُ. | 20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away. |
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| 21 يُكْرَمُ بَنُوهُ وَلاَ يَعْلَمُ، أَوْ يَصْغِرُونَ وَلاَ يَفْهَمُ بِهِمْ. | 21 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them. |
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| 22 إِنَّمَا عَلَى ذَاتِهِ يَتَوَجَّعُ لَحْمُهُ وَعَلَى ذَاتِهَا تَنُوحُ نَفْسُهُ». | 22 But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn. |
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