Ecclesiastes/Qohelet 4

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	SMITH VAN DYKE
1 Again I considered all the oppressions that take place under the sun: the tears of the victims with none to comfort them! From the hand of their oppressors comes violence, and there is none to comfort them!	1 ثم رجعت ورأيت كل المظالم التي تجرى تحت الشمس فهوذا دموع المظلومين ولا معزّ لهم ومن يد ظالميهم قهر. اما هم فلا معزّ لهم.
2 And those now dead, I declared more fortunate in death than are the living to be still alive.	2 فغبطت انا الاموات الذين قد ماتوا منذ زمان اكثر من الاحياء الذين هم عائشون بعد
3 And better off than both is the yet unborn, who has not seen the wicked work that is done under the sun.	3 وخير من كليهما الذي لم يولد بعد الذي لم ير العمل الرديء الذي عمل تحت الشمس
4 Then I saw that all toil and skillful work is the rivalry of one man for another. This also is vanity and a chase after wind.	4 ورأيت كل التعب وكل فلاح عمل انه حسد الانسان من قريبه. وهذا ايضا باطل وقبض الريح.
5 "The fool folds his arms and consumes his own flesh"--	5 الكسلان ياكل لحمه وهو طاو يديه.
6 Better is one handful with tranquility than two with toil and a chase after wind!	6 حفنة راحة خير من حفنتي تعب وقبض الريح
7 Again I found this vanity under the sun:	7 ثم عدت ورأيت باطلا تحت الشمس.
8 a solitary man with no companion; with neither son nor brother. Yet there is no end to all his toil, and riches do not satisfy his greed. "For whom do I toil and deprive myself of good things?" This also is vanity and a worthless task.	8 يوجد واحد ولا ثاني له وليس له ابن ولا اخ ولا نهاية لكل تعبه ولا تشبع عينه من الغنى. فلمن اتعب انا واحرم نفسي الخير. هذا ايضا باطل وامر رديء هو.
9 Two are better than one: they get a good wage for their labor.	9 اثنان خير من واحد لان لهما اجرة لتعبهما صالحة.
10 If the one falls, the other will lift up his companion. Woe to the solitary man! For if he should fall, he has no one to lift him up.	10 لانه ان وقع احدهما يقيمه رفيقه. وويل لمن هو وحده ان وقع اذ ليس ثان ليقيمه.
11 So also, if two sleep together, they keep each other warm. How can one alone keep warm?	11 ايضا ان اضطجع اثنان يكون لهما دفء. اما الوحد فكيف يدفأ.
12 Where a lone man may be overcome, two together can resist. A three-ply cord is not easily broken.	12 وان غلب احد على الواحد يقف مقابله الاثنان والخيط المثلوث لا ينقطع سريعا
13 Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows caution;	13 ولد فقير وحكيم خير من ملك شيخ جاهل الذي لا يعرف ان يحذر بعد.
14 for from a prison house one comes forth to rule, since even in his royalty he was poor at birth.	14 لانه من السجن خرج الى الملك والمولود ملكا قد يفتقر.
15 Then I saw all those who are to live and move about under the sun with the heir apparent who will succeed to his place.	15 رأيت كل الاحياء السائرين تحت الشمس مع الولد الثاني الذي يقوم عوضا عنه.
16 There is no end to all these people, to all over whom he takes precedence; yet the later generations will not applaud him. This also is vanity and a chase after wind.	16 لا نهاية لكل الشعب لكل الذين كان امامهم. ايضا المتأخرون لا يفرحون به. فهذا ايضا باطل وقبض الريح
17 Guard your step when you go to the house of God. Let your approach be obedience, rather than the fools' offering of sacrifice; for they know not how to keep from doing evil.