Qoelet (جامعة) 4

SMITH VAN DYKE	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
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.	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!
2 فغبطت انا الاموات الذين قد ماتوا منذ زمان اكثر من الاحياء الذين هم عائشون بعد	2 And those now dead, I declared more fortunate in death than are the living to be still alive.
3 وخير من كليهما الذي لم يولد بعد الذي لم ير العمل الرديء الذي عمل تحت الشمس	3 And better off than both is the yet unborn, who has not seen the wicked work that is done under the sun.
4 ورأيت كل التعب وكل فلاح عمل انه حسد الانسان من قريبه. وهذا ايضا باطل وقبض الريح.	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.
5 الكسلان ياكل لحمه وهو طاو يديه.	5 "The fool folds his arms and consumes his own flesh"--
6 حفنة راحة خير من حفنتي تعب وقبض الريح	6 Better is one handful with tranquility than two with toil and a chase after wind!
7 ثم عدت ورأيت باطلا تحت الشمس.	7 Again I found this vanity under the sun:
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.	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.
9 اثنان خير من واحد لان لهما اجرة لتعبهما صالحة.	9 Two are better than one: they get a good wage for their labor.
10 لانه ان وقع احدهما يقيمه رفيقه. وويل لمن هو وحده ان وقع اذ ليس ثان ليقيمه.	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.
11 ايضا ان اضطجع اثنان يكون لهما دفء. اما الوحد فكيف يدفأ.	11 So also, if two sleep together, they keep each other warm. How can one alone keep warm?
12 وان غلب احد على الواحد يقف مقابله الاثنان والخيط المثلوث لا ينقطع سريعا	12 Where a lone man may be overcome, two together can resist. A three-ply cord is not easily broken.
13 ولد فقير وحكيم خير من ملك شيخ جاهل الذي لا يعرف ان يحذر بعد.	13 Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows caution;
14 لانه من السجن خرج الى الملك والمولود ملكا قد يفتقر.	14 for from a prison house one comes forth to rule, since even in his royalty he was poor at birth.
15 رأيت كل الاحياء السائرين تحت الشمس مع الولد الثاني الذي يقوم عوضا عنه.	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.
16 لا نهاية لكل الشعب لكل الذين كان امامهم. ايضا المتأخرون لا يفرحون به. فهذا ايضا باطل وقبض الريح	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.
	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.