1 GLT ثُمَّ رَجَعْتُ وَرَأَيْتُ كُلَّ ٱلْمَظَالِمِ ٱلَّتِي تُجْرَى تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ: فَهُوَذَا دُمُوعُ ٱلْمَظْلُومِينَ وَلَا مُعَزٍّ لَهُمْ، وَمِنْ يَدِ ظَالِمِيهِمْ قَهْرٌ، أَمَّا هُمْ فَلَا مُعَزٍّ لَهُمْ. BSB BSB: Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.
2 GLT فَغَبَطْتُ أَنَا ٱلْأَمْوَاتَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَدْ مَاتُوا مُنْذُ زَمَانٍ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ ٱلْأَحْيَاءِ ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَائِشُونَ بَعْدُ. BSB BSB: So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive.
3 GLT وَخَيْرٌ مِنْ كِلَيْهِمَا ٱلَّذِي لَمْ يُولَدْ بَعْدُ، ٱلَّذِي لَمْ يَرَ ٱلْعَمَلَ ٱلرَّدِيءَ ٱلَّذِي عُمِلَ تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ. BSB BSB: But better than both is he who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.
4 GLT وَرَأَيْتُ كُلَّ ٱلتَّعَبِ وَكُلَّ فَلَاحِ عَمَلٍ أَنَّهُ حَسَدُ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ مِنْ قَرِيبِهِ. وَهَذَا أَيْضًا بَاطِلٌ وَقَبْضُ ٱلرِّيحِ. BSB BSB: I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
5 GLT اَلْكَسْلَانُ يَأْكُلُ لَحْمَهُ وَهُوَ طَاوٍ يَدَيْهِ. BSB BSB: The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.
6 GLT حُفْنَةُ رَاحَةٍ خَيْرٌ مِنْ حُفْنَتَيْ تَعَبٍ وَقَبْضِ ٱلرِّيحِ. BSB BSB: Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.
7 GLT ثُمَّ عُدْتُ وَرَأَيْتُ بَاطِلًا تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ: BSB BSB: Again, I saw futility under the sun.
8 GLT يُوجَدُ وَاحِدٌ وَلَا ثَانِيَ لَهُ، وَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱبْنٌ وَلَا أَخٌ، وَلَا نِهَايَةَ لِكُلِّ تَعَبِهِ، وَلَا تَشْبَعُ عَيْنُهُ مِنَ ٱلْغِنَى. فَلِمَنْ أَتْعَبُ أَنَا وَأُحَرِّمُ نَفْسِي ٱلْخَيْرَ؟ هَذَا أَيْضًا بَاطِلٌ وَأَمْرٌ رَدِيءٌ هُوَ. BSB BSB: There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.
9 GLT اِثْنَانِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ وَاحِدٍ، لِأَنَّ لَهُمَا أُجْرَةً لِتَعَبِهِمَا صَالِحَةً. BSB BSB: Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.
10 GLT لِأَنَّهُ إِنْ وَقَعَ أَحَدُهُمَا يُقِيمُهُ رَفِيقُهُ. وَوَيْلٌ لِمَنْ هُوَ وَحْدَهُ إِنْ وَقَعَ، إِذْ لَيْسَ ثَانٍ لِيُقِيمَهُ. BSB BSB: For if one falls down, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to help him up!
11 GLT أَيْضًا إِنِ ٱضْطَجَعَ ٱثْنَانِ يَكُونُ لَهُمَا دِفْءٌ، أَمَّا ٱلْوَحْدُ فَكَيْفَ يَدْفَأُ؟ BSB BSB: Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; but how can one keep warm alone?
12 GLT وَإِنْ غَلَبَ أَحَدٌ عَلَى ٱلْوَاحِدِ يَقِفُ مُقَابَلَهُ ٱلِٱثْنَانِ، وَٱلْخَيْطُ ٱلْمَثْلُوثُ لَا يَنْقَطِعُ سَرِيعًا. BSB BSB: And though one may be overpowered, two can resist. Moreover, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
13 GLT وَلَدٌ فَقِيرٌ وَحَكِيمٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ مَلِكٍ شَيْخٍ جَاهِلٍ، ٱلَّذِي لَا يَعْرِفُ أَنْ يُحَذَّرَ بَعْدُ. BSB BSB: Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.
14 GLT لِأَنَّهُ مِنَ ٱلسِّجْنِ خَرَجَ إِلَى ٱلْمُلْكِ، وَٱلْمَوْلُودُ مَلِكًا قَدْ يَفْتَقِرُ. BSB BSB: For the youth has come from the prison to the kingship, though he was born poor in his own kingdom.
15 GLT رَأَيْتُ كُلَّ ٱلْأَحْيَاءِ ٱلسَّائِرِينَ تَحْتَ ٱلشَّمْسِ مَعَ ٱلْوَلَدِ ٱلثَّانِي ٱلَّذِي يَقُومُ عِوَضًا عَنْهُ. BSB BSB: I saw that all who lived and walked under the sun followed this second one, the youth who succeeded the king.
16 GLT لَا نِهَايَةَ لِكُلِّ ٱلشَّعْبِ، لِكُلِّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانَ أَمَامَهُمْ. أَيْضًا ٱلْمُتَأَخِّرُونَ لَا يَفْرَحُونَ بِهِ. فَهَذَا أَيْضًا بَاطِلٌ وَقَبْضُ ٱلرِّيحِ. BSB BSB: There is no limit to all the people who were before them. Yet the successor will not be celebrated by those who come even later. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
Select verses for actions: Enter goes to them and Escape comes back.