| 1 كَلاَمُ الْجَامِعَةِ ابْنِ دَاوُدَ الْمَلِكِ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ: | 1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. |
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| 2 بَاطِلُ الأَبَاطِيلِ، قَالَ الْجَامِعَةُ: بَاطِلُ الأَبَاطِيلِ، الْكُلُّ بَاطِلٌ. | 2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. |
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| 3 مَا الْفَائِدَةُ لِلإِنْسَانِ مِنْ كُلِّ تَعَبِهِ الَّذِي يَتْعَبُهُ تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ؟ | 3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? |
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| 4 دَوْرٌ يَمْضِي وَدَوْرٌ يَجِيءُ، وَالأَرْضُ قَائِمَةٌ إِلَى الأَبَدِ. | 4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever. |
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| 5 وَالشَّمْسُ تُشْرِقُ، وَالشَّمْسُ تَغْرُبُ، وَتُسْرِعُ إِلَى مَوْضِعِهَا حَيْثُ تُشْرِقُ. | 5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. |
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| 6 اَلرِّيحُ تَذْهَبُ إِلَى الْجَنُوبِ، وَتَدُورُ إِلَى الشَّمَالِ. تَذْهَبُ دَائِرَةً دَوَرَانًا، وَإِلَى مَدَارَاتِهَا تَرْجعُ الرِّيحُ. | 6 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits. |
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| 7 كُلُّ الأَنْهَارِ تَجْرِي إِلَى الْبَحْرِ، وَالْبَحْرُ لَيْسَ بِمَلآنَ. إِلَى الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي جَرَتْ مِنْهُ الأَنْهَارُ إِلَى هُنَاكَ تَذْهَبُ رَاجِعَةً. | 7 All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again. |
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| 8 كُلُّ الْكَلاَمِ يَقْصُرُ. لاَ يَسْتَطِيعُ الإِنْسَانُ أَنْ يُخْبِرَ بِالْكُلِّ. الْعَيْنُ لاَ تَشْبَعُ مِنَ النَّظَرِ، وَالأُذُنُ لاَ تَمْتَلِئُ مِنَ السَّمْعِ. | 8 All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. |
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| 9 مَا كَانَ فَهُوَ مَا يَكُونُ، وَالَّذِي صُنِعَ فَهُوَ الَّذِي يُصْنَعُ، فَلَيْسَ تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ جَدِيدٌ. | 9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. |
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| 10 إِنْ وُجِدَ شَيْءٌ يُقَالُ عَنْهُ: «انْظُرْ. هذَا جَدِيدٌ!» فَهُوَ مُنْذُ زَمَانٍ كَانَ فِي الدُّهُورِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ قَبْلَنَا. | 10 Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us. |
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| 11 لَيْسَ ذِكْرٌ لِلأَوَّلِينَ. وَالآخِرُونَ أَيْضًا الَّذِينَ سَيَكُونُونَ، لاَ يَكُونُ لَهُمْ ذِكْرٌ عِنْدَ الَّذِينَ يَكُونُونَ بَعْدَهُمْ. | 11 There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after. |
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| 12 أَنَا الْجَامِعَةُ كُنْتُ مَلِكًا عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ. | 12 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. |
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| 13 وَوَجَّهْتُ قَلْبِي لِلسُّؤَالِ وَالتَّفْتِيشِ بِالْحِكْمَةِ عَنْ كُلِّ مَا عُمِلَ تَحْتَ السَّمَاوَاتِ. هُوَ عَنَاءٌ رَدِيءٌ جَعَلَهَا اللهُ لِبَنِي الْبَشَرِ لِيَعْنُوا فِيهِ. | 13 And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. |
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| 14 رَأَيْتُ كُلَّ الأَعْمَالِ الَّتِي عُمِلَتْ تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ فَإِذَا الْكُلُّ بَاطِلٌ وَقَبْضُ الرِّيحِ. | 14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. |
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| 15 اَلأَعْوَجُ لاَ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يُقَوَّمَ، وَالنَّقْصُ لاَ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يُجْبَرَ. | 15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. |
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| 16 أَنَا نَاجَيْتُ قَلْبِي قَائِلاً: «هَا أَنَا قَدْ عَظُمْتُ وَازْدَدْتُ حِكْمَةً أَكْثَرَ مِنْ كُلِّ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلِي عَلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَقَدْ رَأَى قَلْبِي كَثِيرًا مِنَ الْحِكْمَةِ وَالْمَعْرِفَةِ». | 16 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge. |
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| 17 وَوَجَّهْتُ قَلْبِي لِمَعْرِفَةِ الْحِكْمَةِ وَلِمَعْرِفَةِ الْحَمَاقَةِ وَالْجَهْلِ، فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّ هذَا أَيْضًا قَبْضُ الرِّيحِ. | 17 And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. |
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| 18 لأَنَّ فِي كَثْرَةِ الْحِكْمَةِ كَثْرَةُ الْغَمِّ، وَالَّذِي يَزِيدُ عِلْمًا يَزِيدُ حُزْنًا. | 18 For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. |
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