1 اِرْمِ خُبْزَكَ عَلَى وَجْهِ ٱلْمِيَاهِ فَإِنَّكَ تَجِدُهُ بَعْدَ أَيَّامٍ كَثِيرَةٍ. 2 أَعْطِ نَصِيبًا لِسَبْعَةٍ، وَلِثَمَانِيَةٍ أَيْضًا، لِأَنَّكَ لَسْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَيَّ شَرٍّ يَكُونُ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ. 3 إِذَا ٱمْتَلَأَتِ ٱلسُّحُبُ مَطَرًا تُرِيقُهُ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ. وَإِذَا وَقَعَتِ ٱلشَّجَرَةُ نَحْوَ ٱلْجَنُوبِ أَوْ نَحْوَ ٱلشَّمَالِ، فَفِي ٱلْمَوْضِعِ حَيْثُ تَقَعُ ٱلشَّجَرَةُ هُنَاكَ تَكُونُ. 4 مَنْ يَرْصُدِ ٱلرِّيحَ لَا يَزْرَعْ، وَمَنْ يُرَاقِبِ ٱلسُّحُبَ لَا يَحْصُدْ. 5 كَمَا أَنَّكَ لَسْتَ تَعْلَمُ مَا هِيَ طَرِيقُ ٱلرِّيحِ، وَلَا كَيْفَ ٱلْعِظَامُ فِي بَطْنِ ٱلْحُبْلَى، كَذَلِكَ لَا تَعْلَمُ أَعْمَالَ ٱللهِ ٱلَّذِي يَصْنَعُ ٱلْجَمِيعَ. 6 فِي ٱلصَّبَاحِ ٱزْرَعْ زَرْعَكَ، وَفِي ٱلْمَسَاءِ لَا تَرْخِ يَدَكَ، لِأَنَّكَ لَا تَعْلَمُ أَيُّهُمَا يَنْمُو: هَذَا أَوْ ذَاكَ، أَوْ أَنْ يَكُونَ كِلَاهُمَا جَيِّدَيْنِ سَوَاءً. 7 اَلنُّورُ حُلْوٌ، وَخَيْرٌ لِلْعَيْنَيْنِ أَنْ تَنْظُرَا ٱلشَّمْسَ. 8 لِأَنَّهُ إِنْ عَاشَ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ سِنِينَ كَثِيرَةً فَلْيَفْرَحْ فِيهَا كُلِّهَا، وَلْيَتَذَكَّرْ أَيَّامَ ٱلظُّلْمَةِ لِأَنَّهَا تَكُونُ كَثِيرَةً. كُلُّ مَا يَأْتِي بَاطِلٌ. 9 اِفْرَحْ أَيُّهَا ٱلشَّابُّ في حَدَاثَتِكَ، وَلْيَسُرَّكَ قَلْبُكَ فِي أَيَّامِ شَبَابِكَ، وَٱسْلُكْ فِي طُرُقِ قَلْبِكَ وَبِمَرْأَى عَيْنَيْكَ، وَٱعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ عَلَى هَذِهِ ٱلْأُمُورِ كُلِّهَا يَأْتِي بِكَ ٱللهُ إِلَى ٱلدَّيْنُونَةِ. 10 فَٱنْزِعِ ٱلْغَمَّ مِنْ قَلْبِكَ، وَأَبْعِدِ ٱلشَّرَّ عَنْ لَحْمِكَ، لِأَنَّ ٱلْحَدَاثَةَ وَٱلشَّبَابَ بَاطِلَانِ.
Ecclesiastes · Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
Ecclesiastes 11 Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
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Notes on this text (3)
- Fully vowelled Arabic, read right to left.
- No deuterocanonical books.
- Verse divisions occasionally differ from English Bibles (e.g. 1 Timothy 6:21–22, 3 John 14–15).
Cross references (10)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ecclesiastes 11:6; Proverbs 19:17; Matthew 10:42; Hebrews 6:10; 2 Corinthians 9:6
- 2 1 Timothy 6:18–19; Job 5:19; Psalm 112:9; Luke 6:30–35; Proverbs 6:16
- 3 Psalm 65:9–13; Isaiah 55:10–11; 1 John 3:17; Luke 13:7; 1 Kings 18:45
- 4 Proverbs 20:4; Proverbs 3:27; Proverbs 22:13
- 5 John 3:8; Psalm 92:5; Ecclesiastes 8:17; Romans 11:33; Isaiah 40:28
- 6 2 Corinthians 9:10–11; Isaiah 55:10; Haggai 1:6–11; Hosea 10:12; 2 Corinthians 9:6
- 7 Ecclesiastes 7:11; Matthew 5:45; Proverbs 15:30; Psalm 84:11; Job 33:30
- 8 John 12:35; Deuteronomy 32:29; Ecclesiastes 7:14; Joel 2:2; Job 14:10
- 9 Ecclesiastes 12:14; 1 John 2:15–16; Ecclesiastes 12:1; Ecclesiastes 3:17; Lamentations 3:27
- 10 2 Corinthians 7:1; 2 Timothy 2:22; Ecclesiastes 1:2; Ecclesiastes 1:14; Ecclesiastes 12:1
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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
This coming of the Lord, and the end of the world, were known to the Preacher; who says, Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and the rest; Therefore remove anger from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh;...and remember thy Creator...or ever the evil days come,....or ever the sun, and the light, and the moon, and …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
Further, observe that the number seven denotes all the present time, as the most wise Solomon says, to give a portion to seven and also to eight.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 9 (1899)