Ecclesiastes 6
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Smith–Van Dyck Arabic Bible (فان دايك)
1There is another evil I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily upon mankind:
1يُوجَدُ شَرٌّ قَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَهُوَ كَثِيرٌ بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ:
2God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a grievous affliction.
2رَجُلٌ أَعْطَاهُ ٱللهُ غِنًى وَمَالًا وَكَرَامَةً، وَلَيْسَ لِنَفْسِهِ عَوَزٌ مِنْ كُلِّ مَا يَشْتَهِيهِ، وَلَمْ يُعْطِهِ ٱللهُ ٱسْتِطَاعَةً عَلَى أَنْ يَأْكُلَ مِنْهُ، بَلْ يَأْكُلُهُ إِنْسَانٌ غَرِيبٌ. هَذَا بَاطِلٌ وَمُصِيبَةٌ رَدِيئَةٌ هُوَ.
3A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
3إِنْ وَلَدَ إِنْسَانٌ مِئَةً، وَعَاشَ سِنِينَ كَثِيرَةً حَتَّى تَصِيرَ أَيَّامُ سِنِيهِ كَثِيرَةً، وَلَمْ تَشْبَعْ نَفْسُهُ مِنَ ٱلْخَيْرِ، وَلَيْسَ لَهُ أَيْضًا دَفْنٌ، فَأَقُولُ إِنَّ ٱلسِّقْطَ خَيْرٌ مِنْهُ.
4For a stillborn child enters in futility and departs in darkness, and his name is shrouded in obscurity.
4لِأَنَّهُ فِي ٱلْبَاطِلِ يَجِيءُ، وَفِي ٱلظَّلَامِ يَذْهَبُ، وَٱسْمُهُ يُغَطَّى بِٱلظَّلَامِ.
5The child, though neither seeing the sun nor knowing anything, has more rest than that man,
5وَأَيْضًا لَمْ يَرَ ٱلشَّمْسَ وَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ. فَهَذَا لَهُ رَاحَةٌ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ ذَاكَ.
6even if he lives a thousand years twice over but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to the same place?
6وَإِنْ عَاشَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ مُضَاعَفَةً وَلَمْ يَرَ خَيْرًا، أَلَيْسَ إِلَى مَوْضِعٍ وَاحِدٍ يَذْهَبُ ٱلْجَمِيعُ؟
7All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied.
7كُلُّ تَعَبِ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ لِفَمِهِ، وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ فَٱلنَّفْسُ لَا تَمْتَلِئُ.
8What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?
8لِأَنَّهُ مَاذَا يَبْقَى لِلْحَكِيمِ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ ٱلْجَاهِلِ؟ مَاذَا لِلْفَقِيرِ ٱلْعَارِفِ ٱلسُّلُوكَ أَمَامَ ٱلْأَحْيَاءِ؟
9Better what the eye can see than the wandering of desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
9رُؤْيَةُ ٱلْعُيُونِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ شَهْوَةِ ٱلنَّفْسِ. هَذَا أَيْضًا بَاطِلٌ وَقَبْضُ ٱلرِّيحِ.
10Whatever exists was named long ago, and what happens to a man is foreknown; but he cannot contend with one stronger than he.
10ٱلَّذِي كَانَ فَقَدْ دُعِيَ بِٱسْمٍ مُنْذُ زَمَانٍ، وَهُوَ مَعْرُوفٌ أَنَّهُ إِنْسَانٌ، وَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يُخَاصِمَ مَنْ هُوَ أَقْوَى مِنْهُ.
11For the more words, the more futility—and how does that profit anyone?
11لِأَنَّهُ تُوجَدُ أُمُورٌ كَثِيرَةٌ تَزِيدُ ٱلْبَاطِلَ. فَأَيُّ فَضْلٍ لِلْإِنْسَانِ؟
12For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?
12لِأَنَّهُ مَنْ يَعْرِفُ مَا هُوَ خَيْرٌ لِلْإِنْسَانِ فِي ٱلْحَيَاةِ، مُدَّةَ أَيَّامِ حَيَاةِ بَاطِلِهِ ٱلَّتِي يَقْضِيهَا كَٱلظِّلِّ؟ لِأَنَّهُ مَنْ يُخْبِرُ ٱلْإِنْسَانَ بِمَا يَكُونُ بَعْدَهُ تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ؟
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