A man was born to work / Man is born unto trouble
A person’s destiny is to labor for their livelihood. A proverb emphasizing the importance of work in human life; alternatively, it can mean that man is born to a life of hardship (the word “amal” connotes labor, toil, or suffering).
(“For man is born to labor, and the sons of flame soar high.” — Job 5:7; also: “Man was not born for toil and the weariness of flesh — to her, that was death.” — S.Y. Agnon, In the Prime of Her Life; and: “Man is born to toil. Born to toil. Man is born to toil. Born. Do not fear.” — Nathan Zach, As Grass Is Man’s Days)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
אָדָם לְעָמָל יוּלָּד
Definition (Hebrew)
גּוֹרָלוֹ שֶׁל הָאָדָם הוּא לַעֲמֹל לְצֹרֶךְ פַּרְנָסָתוֹ. פִּתְגָּם הַבָּא לְהַדְגִּישׁ אֶת חֲשִׁיבוּת עֵרֶךְ הָעֲבוֹדָה בְּחַיֵּי אָדָם. אוֹ: אָדָם נוֹלַד לְחַיֵּי סֵבֶל (עָמָל מַשְׁמָע עֲבוֹדָה, סֵבֶל אוֹ רֶשַׁע).
("כִּי אָדָם לְעָמָל יוּלָּד וּבְנֵי רֶשֶׁף יַגְבִּיהוּ עוּף.אוּלָם אֲנִי אֶדְרֹשׁ אֶל אֵל, וְאֶל אֱלֹהִים אָשִׂים דִּבְרָתִי"- אִיּוֹב ה ז, וְכֵן:"וְיוֹסֵף הָאִישׁ לְדַבֵּר כְּבָרִאשׁוֹנָה וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא נוֹלְדָה לְעָמָל וִיגִיעַת בָּשָׂר מָוֶת לָהּ"- שַׁ"י עַגְנוֹן/ בִּדְמֵי יָמֶיהָ, וְכֵן:"אָדָם לְעָמָל יוּלָּד./ יִוָּלֵד לְעָמָל/ אָדָם יִוָּלֵד לְעָמָל/ יִוָּלֵד./ אַל תִּירָא"-נ.זַךְ/ אֱנוֹשׁ כֶּחָצִיר יָמָיו)