1 ه ُناكَ وَقتٌ لِكُلِّ شَيءٍ. وَلِكُلِّ شَيءٍ فِي هَذا العالَمِ وَقتٌ مُناسِبٌ.

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

2 و َقتٌ لِلوِلادَةِ، وَوَقتٌ لِلمَوتِ. وَقتٌ لِلغَرسِ، وَوَقتٌ لِلقَلعِ.

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

3 و َقتٌ لِلقَتلِ، وَوَقتٌ لِلشِّفاءِ. وَقتٌ لِلهَدمِ، وَوَقتٌ لِلبِناءِ.

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

4 و َقتٌ لِلبُكاءِ، وَوَقتٌ لِلضَّحِكِ. وَقتٌ لِلحُزنِ، وَوَقتٌ لِلرَقصِ.

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

5 و َقْتٌ لِرَميِ الحِجارَةِ، وَوَقْتٌ لِجَمعِها. وَقْتٌ لِلعِناقِ، وَوَقْتٌ لِلفِراقِ.

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

6 و َقْتٌ لِلْبَحْثِ، وَوَقْتٌ لِلتَّوَقُّفِ عَنِ البَحْثِ. وَقْتٌ لِحِفْظِ الأشْياءِ، وَوَقْتٌ لِلتَّخَلُّصِ مِنْها.

a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

7 و َقْتٌ لِتَمْزِيقِ الثِّيابِ، وَوَقْتٌ لِتَخيِيطِها. وَقْتٌ لِلصَّمْتِ، وَوَقْتٌ لِلتَّكَلُّمِ.

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

8 و َقْتٌ لِلحُبِّ، وَوَقتٌ لِلبُغضَةِ. وَقتٌ لِلحَربِ، وَوَقْتٌ لِلسِّلمِ. اللهُ هُوَ المُسَيطِر

a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.

9 ه َلْ يَعُودُ كُلُّ تَعَبِ الإنسانِ عَلَيهِ بِمَنفَعَةٍ حَقّاً؟

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

10 ر َأيتُ كُلَّ العَمَلِ الشّاقِّ الَّذِي أعطانا إيّاهُ اللهُ لِنَعمَلَهُ.

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

11 أ عطانا اللهُ قُدْرَةً عَلَى التَّفكِيرِ بِالحَياةِ، لَكِنَّ قُدرَتَنا عَلَى فَهْمِ مِا يَعْمَلُهُ مَحْدُودَةٌ. غَيرَ أنَّ اللهَ يَعرِفُ كَيفَ يُدِيرُ الحَياةَ.

He hath made everything beautiful in its time: also he hath set eternity in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end.

12 أ درَكْتُ أنَّ أفضَلَ ما يُمكِنُ أنْ يَفعَلَهُ النّاسُ هُوَ أنْ يَفرَحُوا وَيُمَتِّعُوا أنفُسَهُمْ ما دامُوا أحياءً.

I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good so long as they live.

13 و َعَرَفْتُ أنَّ القُدْرَةَ عَلَى الأكلِ وَالشُّرْبِ وَالاسْتِمتاعِ بِالعَمَلِ هِيَ هِباتٌ مِنَ اللهِ.

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

14 ع َلِمْتُ أنَّ أيَّ شَيءٍ يَفعَلُهُ اللهُ سَوفَ يَدُومُ إلَى الأبَدِ. ما مِنْ أحَدٍ يَقدِرُ أنْ يَزيدَ عَلَيهِ، أوْ يُنقِصَ مِنْهُ. فَعَلَ اللهُ هَذا لِكَي يَهابَهُ البَشَرُ.

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

15 م ا حَدَثَ فِي الماضِي قَدْ حَدَثَ. وَما سَيَحدُثُ مُستَقبَلاً سَيَحدُثُ. وَاللهُ يُديرُ هَذا العالَمَ.

That which is hath been long ago; and that which is to be hath long ago been: and God seeketh again that which is passed away.

16 و َرَأيتُ أيضاً هَذا فِي هَذِهِ الدُّنْيا. نَظَرْتُ إلَى المَحاكِمِ، حَيثُ يَنْبَغِي أنْ يَسُودَ العَدلُ وَالإنصافُ، فَرَأيتُ الظُّلْمَ وَالشَّرَّ.

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

17 ف َقُلْتُ لِنَفسِي: «جَعَلَ اللهُ لِكُلِّ شَيءٍ وَقتاً. جَعَلَ وَقتاً يَحكُمُ فِيهِ عَلَى كُلِّ ما يَفعَلُهُ النّاسُ. وَسَيَحْكُمُ عَلَى الأخيارِ وَالأشْرارِ.» البَشَرُ وَالحَيوانات

I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

18 ف َكَّرْتُ فِي كُلِّ شُؤُونِ البَشَرِ. وَقُلْتُ لِنَفسِي: «رُبَّما يُرِيدُ اللهُ أنْ يُرِيَ البَشَرَ أنَّهُمْ كَالحَيواناتِ.

I said in my heart, It is because of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are but as beasts.

19 إ ذْ يَنتَظِرُ البَشَرَ وَالحَيواناتِ المَصِيرُ نَفْسُهُ. فِي البَشَرِ وَالحَيواناتِ نَسَمَةُ الحَياةِ نَفَسُها. وَهَلْ يَختَلِفُ حَيوانٌ مَيِّتٌ عَنْ إنْسانٍ مَيِّتٍ؟ هَذا كُلُّهُ زائِلٌ!

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; and man hath no preeminence above the beasts: for all is vanity.

20 ت َؤُولُ جَميعُها المَكانِ نَفْسِهِ. هِيَ مِنَ التُّرابِ، وَإلَى التُّرابِ تَعُودُ.

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

21 و َمَنِ يَدرِي إنْ كانَتْ رُوحُ الإنسانِ تَصعَدُ إلَى اللهِ، بَينَما تَنزِلُ رُوحُ البَهِيمَةِ تَنحَدِرُ تَحتَ الأرْضِ؟»

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

22 ف َرَأيتُ أنَّ أفضَلَ ما يُمكِنُ أنْ يَفعَلَهُ البَشَرِ هُوَ أنْ يَتَمَتَّعُوا بِما يَعمَلُونَهُ. هَذا هُوَ نَصِيبُهُمْ. فَمَنْ يَقدِرُ أنْ يُعِينَهُمْ عَلَى رُؤْيَةِ ما سَيَحدُثُ لَهُمْ مُسْتَقبَلاً.

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