Ecclesiastes 5

اِحْفَظْ قَدَمَكَ حِينَ تَذْهَبُ إِلَى بَيْتِ اللهِ، فَالاسْتِمَاعُ أَقْرَبُ مِنْ تَقْدِيمِ ذَبِيحَةِ الْجُهَّالِ، لأَنَّهُمْ لاَ يُبَالُونَ بِفَعْلِ الشَّرِّ.

Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.

لاَ تَسْتَعْجِلْ فَمَكَ وَلاَ يُسْرِعْ قَلْبُكَ إِلَى نُطْقِ كَلاَمٍ قُدَّامَ اللهِ، لأَنَّ اللهَ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَأَنْتَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ، فَلِذلِكَ لِتَكُنْ كَلِمَاتُكَ قَلِيلَةً.

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

لأَنَّ الْحُلْمَ يَأْتِي مِنْ كَثْرَةِ الشُّغْلِ، وَقَوْلَ الْجَهْلِ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ الْكَلاَمِ.

For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.

إِذَا نَذَرْتَ نَذْرًا ِللهِ فَلاَ تَتَأَخَّرْ عَنِ الْوَفَاءِ بِهِ، لأَنَّهُ لاَ يُسَرُّ بِالْجُهَّالِ. فَأَوْفِ بِمَا نَذَرْتَهُ.

When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.

أَنْ لاَ تَنْذُرُ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ تَنْذُرَ وَلاَ تَفِيَ.

Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

لاَ تَدَعْ فَمَكَ يَجْعَلُ جَسَدَكَ يُخْطِئُ، وَلاَ تَقُلْ قُدَّامَ الْمَلاَكِ: «إِنَّهُ سَهْوٌ». لِمَاذَا يَغْضَبُ اللهُ عَلَى قَوْلِكَ، وَيُفْسِدُ عَمَلَ يَدَيْكَ؟

Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?

لأَنَّ ذلِكَ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ الأَحْلاَمِ وَالأَبَاطِيلِ وَكَثْرَةِ الْكَلاَمِ. وَلكِنِ اخْشَ اللهَ.

For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.

إِنْ رَأَيْتَ ظُلْمَ الْفَقِيرِ وَنَزْعَ الْحَقِّ وَالْعَدْلِ فِي الْبِلاَدِ، فَلاَ تَرْتَعْ مِنَ الأَمْرِ، لأَنَّ فَوْقَ الْعَالِي عَالِيًا يُلاَحِظُ، وَالأَعْلَى فَوْقَهُمَا.

If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.

وَمَنْفَعَةُ الأَرْضِ لِلْكُلِّ. الْمَلِكُ مَخْدُومٌ مِنَ الْحَقْلِ.

Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.

مَنْ يُحِبُّ الْفِضَّةَ لاَ يَشْبَعُ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ، وَمَنْ يُحِبُّ الثَّرْوَةَ لاَ يَشْبَعُ مِنْ دَخْل. هذَا أَيْضًا بَاطِلٌ.

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

إِذَا كَثُرَتِ الْخَيْرَاتُ كَثُرَ الَّذِينَ يَأْكُلُونَهَا، وَأَيُّ مَنْفَعَةٍ لِصَاحِبِهَا إِلاَّ رُؤْيَتَهَا بِعَيْنَيْهِ؟

When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?

نَوْمُ الْمُشْتَغِلِ حُلْوٌ، إِنْ أَكَلَ قَلِيلاً أَوْ كَثِيرًا، وَوَفْرُ الْغَنِيِّ لاَ يُرِيحُهُ حَتَّى يَنَامَ.

The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

يُوجَدُ شَرٌّ خَبِيثٌ رَأَيْتُهُ تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ: ثَرْوَةٌ مَصُونَةٌ لِصَاحِبِهَا لِضَرَرِهِ.

There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

فَهَلَكَتْ تِلْكَ الثَّرْوَةُ بِأَمْرٍ سَيِّئٍ، ثُمَّ وَلَدَ ابْنًا وَمَا بِيَدِهِ شَيْءٌ.

But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

كَمَا خَرَجَ مِنْ بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ عُرْيَانًا يَرْجعُ ذَاهِبًا كَمَا جَاءَ، وَلاَ يَأْخُذُ شَيْئًا مِنْ تَعَبِهِ فَيَذْهَبُ بِهِ فِي يَدِهِ.

As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.

وَهذَا أَيْضًا مَصِيبَةٌ رَدِيئَةٌ، فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ كَمَا جَاءَ هكَذَا يَذْهَبُ، فَأَيَّةُ مَنْفَعَةٍ لَهُ، لِلَّذِي تَعِبَ لِلرِّيحِ؟

And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?

أَيْضًا يَأْكُلُ كُلَّ أَيَّامِهِ فِي الظَّلاَمِ، وَيَغْتَمُّ كَثِيرًا مَعَ حُزْنٍ وَغَيْظٍ.

All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.

هُوَذَا الَّذِي رَأَيْتُهُ أَنَا خَيْرًا، الَّذِي هُوَ حَسَنٌ: أَنْ يَأْكُلَ الإِنْسَانُ وَيَشْرَبَ وَيَرَى خَيْرًا مِنْ كُلِّ تَعَبِهِ الَّذِي يَتْعَبُ فِيهِ تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ مُدَّةَ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِهِ الَّتِي أَعْطَاهُ اللهُ إِيَّاهَا، لأَنَّهُ نَصِيبُهُ.

Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.

أَيْضًا كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ أَعْطَاهُ اللهُ غِنًى وَمَالاً وَسَلَّطَهُ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى يَأْكُلَ مِنْهُ، وَيَأْخُذَ نَصِيبَهُ، وَيَفْرَحَ بِتَعَبِهِ، فَهذَا هُوَ عَطِيَّةُ اللهِ.

Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.

لأَنَّهُ لاَ يَذْكُرُ أَيَّامَ حَيَاتِهِ كَثِيرًا، لأَنَّ اللهَ مُلْهِيهِ بِفَرَحِ قَلْبِهِ.

For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.