Qoelet (جامعة) 4

SMITH VAN DYKE	NEW JERUSALEM
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 Then again, I contemplate al the oppression that is committed under the sun. Take for instance thetears of the oppressed. No one to comfort them! The power their oppressors wield. No one to comfort them!
2 فغبطت انا الاموات الذين قد ماتوا منذ زمان اكثر من الاحياء الذين هم عائشون بعد	2 So, rather than the living who stil have lives to live, I congratulate the dead who have already metdeath;
3 وخير من كليهما الذي لم يولد بعد الذي لم ير العمل الرديء الذي عمل تحت الشمس	3 happier than both of these are those who are yet unborn and have not seen the evil things that are doneunder the sun.
4 ورأيت كل التعب وكل فلاح عمل انه حسد الانسان من قريبه. وهذا ايضا باطل وقبض الريح.	4 I see that al effort and all achievement spring from mutual jealousy. This too is futility and chasing afterthe wind.
5 الكسلان ياكل لحمه وهو طاو يديه.	5 The fool folds his arms and eats his own flesh away.
6 حفنة راحة خير من حفنتي تعب وقبض الريح	6 Better one hand full of repose than two hands ful of achievements to chase after the wind.
7 ثم عدت ورأيت باطلا تحت الشمس.	7 And something else futile I observe 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 person is quite alone -- no child, no brother; and yet there is no end to his efforts, his eyes can neverhave their fil of riches. For whom, then, do I work so hard and grudge myself pleasure? This too is futile, a sorry business.
9 اثنان خير من واحد لان لهما اجرة لتعبهما صالحة.	9 Better two than one alone, since thus their work is real y rewarding.
10 لانه ان وقع احدهما يقيمه رفيقه. وويل لمن هو وحده ان وقع اذ ليس ثان ليقيمه.	10 If one should fal , the other helps him up; but what of the person with no one to help him up when hefal s?
11 ايضا ان اضطجع اثنان يكون لهما دفء. اما الوحد فكيف يدفأ.	11 Again: if two sleep together they keep warm, but how can anyone keep warm alone?
12 وان غلب احد على الواحد يقف مقابله الاثنان والخيط المثلوث لا ينقطع سريعا	12 Where one alone would be overcome, two wil put up resistance; and a threefold cord is not quicklybroken.
13 ولد فقير وحكيم خير من ملك شيخ جاهل الذي لا يعرف ان يحذر بعد.	13 Better a youngster poor and wise than a monarch old and sil y who wil no longer take advice-
14 لانه من السجن خرج الى الملك والمولود ملكا قد يفتقر.	14 even though stepping from prison to the throne, even though born a beggar in that kingdom.
15 رأيت كل الاحياء السائرين تحت الشمس مع الولد الثاني الذي يقوم عوضا عنه.	15 I observe that al who live and move under the sun support the young newcomer who takes over.
16 لا نهاية لكل الشعب لكل الذين كان امامهم. ايضا المتأخرون لا يفرحون به. فهذا ايضا باطل وقبض الريح	16 He takes his place at the head of innumerable subjects; but his successors wil not think the morekindly of him for that. This too is futile and chasing after the wind.
	17 Watch your step when you go to the House of God: drawing near to listen is better than the offering ofa sacrifice by fools, though they do not know that they are doing wrong.