أَيُّوبَ 14
| «اَلْإِنْسَانُ مَوْلُودُ ٱلْمَرْأَةِ، قَلِيلُ ٱلْأَيَّامِ وَشَبْعَانُ تَعَبًا. | ١ 1 |
For a mortal born of a woman [is] short lived, and full of wrath.
| يَخْرُجُ كَٱلزَّهْرِ ثُمَّ يَنْحَسِمُ وَيَبْرَحُ كَٱلظِّلِّ وَلَا يَقِفُ. | ٢ 2 |
Or he falls like a flower that has bloomed; and he departs like a shadow, and cannot continue.
| فَعَلَى مِثْلِ هَذَا حَدَّقْتَ عَيْنَيْكَ، وَإِيَّايَ أَحْضَرْتَ إِلَى ٱلْمُحَاكَمَةِ مَعَكَ. | ٣ 3 |
Hast thou not taken account even of him, and caused him to enter into judgment before thee?
| مَنْ يُخْرِجُ ٱلطَّاهِرَ مِنَ ٱلنَّجِسِ؟ لَا أَحَدٌ! | ٤ 4 |
For who shall be pure from uncleanness? not even one;
| إِنْ كَانَتْ أَيَّامُهُ مَحْدُودَةً، وَعَدَدُ أَشْهُرِهِ عِنْدَكَ، وَقَدْ عَيَّنْتَ أَجَلَهُ فَلَا يَتَجَاوَزُهُ، | ٥ 5 |
if even his life should be [but] one day upon the earth: and his months are numbered by him: thou hast appointed [him] for a time, and he shall by no means exceed [it].
| فَأَقْصِرْ عَنْهُ لِيَسْتَرِحْ، إِلَى أَنْ يُسَرَّ كَٱلْأَجِيرِ بِٱنْتِهَاءِ يَوْمِهِ. | ٦ 6 |
Depart from him, that he may be quiet, and take pleasure in his life, [though] as a hireling.
| «لِأَنَّ لِلشَّجَرَةِ رَجَاءً. إِنْ قُطِعَتْ تُخْلِفْ أَيْضًا وَلَا تُعْدَمُ خَرَاعِيبُهَا. | ٧ 7 |
For there is hope for a tree, even if it should be cut down, [that] it shall blossom again, and its branch shall not fail.
| وَلَوْ قَدُمَ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ أَصْلُهَا، وَمَاتَ فِي ٱلتُّرَابِ جِذْعُهَا، | ٨ 8 |
For though its root should grow old in the earth, and its stem die in the rock;
| فَمِنْ رَائِحَةِ ٱلْمَاءِ تُفْرِخُ وَتُنْبِتُ فُرُوعًا كَٱلْغِرْسِ. | ٩ 9 |
it will blossom from the scent of water, and will produce a crop, as one newly planted.
| أَمَّا ٱلرَّجُلُ فَيَمُوتُ وَيَبْلَى. ٱلْإِنْسَانُ يُسْلِمُ ٱلرُّوحَ، فَأَيْنَ هُوَ؟ | ١٠ 10 |
But a man that has died is utterly gone; and when a mortal has fallen, he is no more.
| قَدْ تَنْفَدُ ٱلْمِيَاهُ مِنَ ٱلْبَحْرَةِ، وَٱلنَّهْرُ يَنْشَفُ وَيَجِفُّ، | ١١ 11 |
For the sea wastes in [length of] time, and a river fails and is dried up.
| وَٱلْإِنْسَانُ يَضْطَجِعُ وَلَا يَقُومُ. لَا يَسْتَيْقِظُونَ حَتَّى لَا تَبْقَى ٱلسَّمَاوَاتُ، وَلَا يَنْتَبِهُونَ مِنْ نَوْمِهِمْ. | ١٢ 12 |
And man that has lain down [in death] shall certainly not rise again till the heaven be dissolved, and they shall not awake from their sleep.
| «لَيْتَكَ تُوارِينِي فِي ٱلْهَاوِيَةِ، وَتُخْفِينِي إِلَى أَنْ يَنْصَرِفَ غَضَبُكَ، وَتُعَيِّنُ لِي أَجَلًا فَتَذْكُرَنِي. (Sheol h7585) | ١٣ 13 |
For oh that thou hadst kept me in the grave, and hadst hidden me until thy wrath should cease, and thou shouldest set me a time in which thou wouldest remember me! (Sheol h7585)
| إِنْ مَاتَ رَجُلٌ أَفَيَحْيَا؟ كُلَّ أَيَّامِ جِهَادِي أَصْبِرُ إِلَى أَنْ يَأْتِيَ بَدَلِي. | ١٤ 14 |
For if a man should die, shall he live [again], having accomplished the days of his life? I will wait till I exist again?
| تَدْعُو فَأَنَا أُجِيبُكَ. تَشْتَاقُ إِلَى عَمَلِ يَدِكَ. | ١٥ 15 |
Then shalt thou call, and I will hearken to thee: but do not thou reject the work of thine hands.
| أَمَّا ٱلْآنَ فَتُحْصِي خَطَوَاتِي، أَلَا تُحَافِظُ عَلَى خَطِيَّتِي! | ١٦ 16 |
But thou hast numbered my devices: and not one of my sins shall escape thee?
| مَعْصِيَتِي مَخْتُومٌ عَلَيْهَا فِي صُرَّةٍ، وَتُلَفِّقُ عَلَيَّ فَوْقَ إِثْمِي. | ١٧ 17 |
An thou hast sealed up my transgressions in a bag, and marked if I have been guilty of any transgression unawares.
| «إِنَّ ٱلْجَبَلَ ٱلسَّاقِطَ يَنْتَثِرُ، وَٱلصَّخْرَ يُزَحْزَحُ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ. | ١٨ 18 |
And verily a mountain falling will utterly be destroyed, and a rock shall be worn out of its place.
| ٱلْحِجَارَةُ تَبْلِيهَا ٱلْمِيَاهُ وَتَجْرُفُ سُيُولُهَا تُرَابَ ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَكَذَلِكَ أَنْتَ تُبِيدُ رَجَاءَ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ. | ١٩ 19 |
The waters wear the stones, and waters falling headlong [overflow] a heap of the earth: and thou destroyest the hope of man.
| تَتَجَبَّرُ عَلَيْهِ أَبَدًا فَيَذْهَبُ. تُغَيِّرُ وَجْهَهُ وَتَطْرُدُهُ. | ٢٠ 20 |
Thou drivest him to an end, and he is gone: thou settest thy face against him, and sendest him away;
| يُكْرَمُ بَنُوهُ وَلَا يَعْلَمُ، أَوْ يَصْغُرُونَ وَلَا يَفْهَمُ بِهِمْ. | ٢١ 21 |
and though his children be multiplied, he knows [it] not; and if they be few, he is not aware.
| إِنَّمَا عَلَى ذَاتِهِ يَتَوَجَّعُ لَحْمُهُ وَعَلَى ذَاتِهَا تَنُوحُ نَفْسُهُ». | ٢٢ 22 |
But his flesh is in pain, and his soul mourns.
