Ecclesiastes 3

لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ زَمَانٌ، وَلِكُلِّ أَمْرٍ تَحْتَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَقْتٌ:

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

لِلْوِلاَدَةِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلْمَوْتِ وَقْتٌ. لِلْغَرْسِ وَقْتٌ وَلِقَلْعِ الْمَغْرُوسِ وَقْتٌ.

A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

لِلْقَتْلِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلشِّفَاءِ وَقْتٌ. لِلْهَدْمِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلْبِنَاءِ وَقْتٌ.

A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

لِلْبُكَاءِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلضَّحْكِ وَقْتٌ. لِلنَّوْحِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلرَّقْصِ وَقْتٌ.

A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

لِتَفْرِيقِ الْحِجَارَةِ وَقْتٌ وَلِجَمْعِ الْحِجَارَةِ وَقْتٌ. لِلْمُعَانَقَةِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلانْفِصَالِ عَنِ الْمُعَانَقَةِ وَقْتٌ.

A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

لِلْكَسْبِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلْخَسَارَةِ وَقْتٌ. لِلصِّيَانَةِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلطَّرْحِ وَقْتٌ.

A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

لِلتَّمْزِيقِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلتَّخْيِيطِ وَقْتٌ. لِلسُّكُوتِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلتَّكَلُّمِ وَقْتٌ.

A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

لِلْحُبِّ وَقْتٌ وَلِلْبُغْضَةِ وَقْتٌ. لِلْحَرْبِ وَقْتٌ وَلِلصُّلْحِ وَقْتٌ.

A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

فَأَيُّ مَنْفَعَةٍ لِمَنْ يَتْعَبُ مِمَّا يَتْعَبُ بِهِ؟

What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?

قَدْ رَأَيْتُ الشُّغْلَ الَّذِي أَعْطَاهُ اللهُ بَنِي الْبَشَرِ لِيَشْتَغِلُوا بِهِ.

I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.

صَنَعَ الْكُلَّ حَسَنًا فِي وَقْتِهِ، وَأَيْضًا جَعَلَ الأَبَدِيَّةَ فِي قَلْبِهِمِ، الَّتِي بِلاَهَا لاَ يُدْرِكُ الإِنْسَانُ الْعَمَلَ الَّذِي يَعْمَلُهُ اللهُ مِنَ الْبِدَايَةِ إِلَى النِّهَايَةِ.

He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

عَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ خَيْرٌ، إِلاَّ أَنْ يَفْرَحُوا وَيَفْعَلُوا خَيْرًا فِي حَيَاتِهِمْ.

I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

وَأَيْضًا أَنْ يَأْكُلَ كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ وَيَشْرَبَ وَيَرَى خَيْرًا مِنْ كُلِّ تَعَبِهِ، فَهُوَ عَطِيَّةُ اللهِ.

And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.

قَدْ عَرَفْتُ أَنَّ كُلَّ مَا يَعْمَلُهُ اللهُ أَنَّهُ يَكُونُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ. لاَ شَيْءَ يُزَادُ عَلَيْهِ، وَلاَ شَيْءَ يُنْقَصُ مِنْهُ، وَأَنَّ اللهَ عَمِلَهُ حَتَّى يَخَافُوا أَمَامَهُ.

I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.

مَا كَانَ فَمِنَ الْقِدَمِ هُوَ، وَمَا يَكُونُ فَمِنَ الْقِدَمِ قَدْ كَانَ. وَاللهُ يَطْلُبُ مَا قَدْ مَضَى.

That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.

وَأَيْضًا رَأَيْتُ تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ: مَوْضِعَ الْحَقِّ هُنَاكَ الظُّلْمُ، وَمَوْضِعَ الْعَدْلِ هُنَاكَ الْجَوْرُ!

And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.

فَقُلْتُ فِي قَلْبِي: «اللهُ يَدِينُ الصِّدِّيقَ وَالشِّرِّيرَ، لأَنَّ لِكُلِّ أَمْرٍ وَلِكُلِّ عَمَل وَقْتًا هُنَاكَ».

I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

قُلْتُ فِي قَلْبِي: «مِنْ جِهَةِ أُمُورِ بَنِي الْبَشَرِ، إِنَّ اللهَ يَمْتَحِنُهُمْ لِيُرِيَهُمْ أَنَّهُ كَمَا الْبَهِيمَةِ هكَذَا هُمْ».

I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.

لأَنَّ مَا يَحْدُثُ لِبَنِي الْبَشَرِ يَحْدُثُ لِلْبَهِيمَةِ، وَحَادِثَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ لَهُمْ. مَوْتُ هذَا كَمَوْتِ ذَاكَ، وَنَسَمَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ لِلْكُلِّ. فَلَيْسَ لِلإِنْسَانِ مَزِيَّةٌ عَلَى الْبَهِيمَةِ، لأَنَّ كِلَيْهِمَا بَاطِلٌ.

For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.

يَذْهَبُ كِلاَهُمَا إِلَى مَكَانٍ وَاحِدٍ. كَانَ كِلاَهُمَا مِنَ التُّرَابِ، وَإِلَى التُّرَابِ يَعُودُ كِلاَهُمَا.

All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

مَنْ يَعْلَمُ رُوحَ بَنِي الْبَشَرِ هَلْ هِيَ تَصْعَدُ إِلَى فَوْق؟ وَرُوحَ الْبَهِيمَةِ هَلْ هِيَ تَنْزِلُ إِلَى أَسْفَلَ، إِلَى الأَرْضِ؟

Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?

فَرَأَيْتُ أَنَّهُ لاَ شَيْءَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ يَفْرَحَ الإِنْسَانُ بِأَعْمَالِهِ، لأَنَّ ذلِكَ نَصِيبَهُ. لأَنَّهُ مَنْ يَأْتِي بِهِ لِيَرَى مَا سَيَكُونُ بَعْدَهُ؟

Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?