Qoelet (جامعة) 12

SMITH VAN DYKE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 فاذكر خالقك في ايام شبابك قبل ان تأتي ايام الشر او تجيء السنون اذ تقول ليس لي فيها سرور.	1 Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the time of affliction arrives and the years draw near, about which you will say, “These do not please me.”
2 قبلما تظلم الشمس والنور والقمر والنجوم وترجع السحب بعد المطر.	2 Before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars are darkened and the clouds return after the rain,
3 في يوم يتزعزع فيه حفظة البيت وتتلوى رجال القوة وتبطل الطواحن لانها قلّت وتظلم النواظر من الشبابيك.	3 when the guardians of the house will tremble, and the strongest men will waver, and those who grind grain will be idle, except for a small number, and those who look through the keyholes will be darkened.
4 وتغلق الابواب في السوق. حين ينخفض صوت المطحنة ويقوم لصوت العصفور وتحط كل بنات الغناء.	4 And they will close the doors to the street, when the voice of he who grinds the grain will be humbled, and they will be disturbed at the sound of a flying thing, and all the daughters of song shall become deaf.
5 وايضا يخافون من العالي وفي الطريق اهوال واللوز يزهر والجندب يستثقل والشهوة تبطل لان الانسان ذاهب الى بيته الابدي والنادبون يطوفون في السوق.	5 Likewise, they will fear the things above them, and they will dread the way. The almond tree will flourish; the locust will be fattened; and the caper plant will scattered, because man shall go into the house of his eternity, and the mourners shall wander around in the street.
6 قبلما ينفصم حبل الفضة او ينسحق كوز الذهب او تنكسر الجرة على العين او تنقصف البكرة عند البئر.	6 Before the silver cord is broken, and the golden band pulls away, and the pitcher is crushed over the fountain, and the wheel is broken above the cistern,
7 فيرجع التراب الى الارض كما كان وترجع الروح الى الله الذي اعطاها.	7 and the dust returns to its earth, from which it was, and the spirit returns to God, who granted it.
8 باطل الاباطيل قال الجامعة الكل باطل	8 Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes, and all is vanity!
9 بقي ان الجامعة كان حكيما وايضا علّم الشعب علما ووزن وبحث واتقن امثالا كثيرة.	9 And since Ecclesiastes was very wise, he taught the people, and he described what he had accomplished. And while searching, he composed many parables.
10 الجامعة طلب ان يجد كلمات مسرة مكتوبة بالاستقامة كلمات حق.	10 He sought useful words, and he wrote most righteous words, which were full of truth.
11 كلام الحكماء كالمناسيس وكاوتاد منغرزة ارباب الجماعات قد أعطيت من راع واحد.	11 The words of the wise are like a goad, and like nails deeply fastened, which, through the counsel of teachers, are set forth by one pastor.
12 وبقي فمن هذا يا ابني تحذر. لعمل كتب كثيرة لا نهاية والدرس الكثير تعب للجسد.	12 You should require no more than this, my son. For there is no end to the making of many books. And excessive study is an affliction to the flesh.
13 فلنسمع ختام الأمر كله. اتّق الله واحفظ وصاياه لان هذا هو الانسان كله.	13 Let us all listen together to the end of the discourse. Fear God, and observe his commandments. This is everything for man.
14 لان الله يحضر كل عمل الى الدينونة على كل خفي ان كان خيرا او شرا	14 And so, for all that is done and for each error, God will bring judgment: whether it was good or evil.