< أَيُّوبَ 19 >

فَأَجَابَ أَيُّوبُ وَقَالَ: ١ 1
Then Job answered and said,
«حَتَّى مَتَى تُعَذِّبُونَ نَفْسِي وَتَسْحَقُونَنِي بِٱلْكَلَامِ؟ ٢ 2
How long will you vex my soul, and destroy me with words? only know that the Lord has dealt with me thus.
هَذِهِ عَشَرَ مَرَّاتٍ أَخْزَيْتُمُونِي. لَمْ تَخْجَلُوا مِنْ أَنْ تَحْكِرُونِي. ٣ 3
You speak against me; you do not feel for me, but bear hard upon me.
وَهَبْنِي ضَلَلْتُ حَقًّا. عَلَيَّ تَسْتَقِرُّ ضَلَالَتِي! ٤ 4
Yes verily, I have erred in truth, (but the error abides with myself) in having spoken words which it was not right [to speak]; and my words err, and are unreasonable.
إِنْ كُنْتُمْ بِٱلْحَقِّ تَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَلَيَّ، فَثَبِّتُوا عَلَيَّ عَارِي. ٥ 5
But alas! for you magnify yourselves against me, and insult me with reproach.
فَٱعْلَمُوا إِذًا أَنَّ ٱللهَ قَدْ عَوَّجَنِي، وَلَفَّ عَلَيَّ أُحْبُولَتَهُ. ٦ 6
Know then that it is the Lord that has troubled [me], and has raised his bulwark against me.
هَا إِنِّي أَصْرُخُ ظُلْمًا فَلَا أُسْتَجَابُ. أَدْعُو وَلَيْسَ حُكْمٌ. ٧ 7
Behold, I laugh at reproach; I will not speak: [or] I will cry out, but [there is] nowhere judgement.
قَدْ حَوَّطَ طَرِيقِي فَلَا أَعْبُرُ، وَعَلَى سُبُلِي جَعَلَ ظَلَامًا. ٨ 8
I am fenced round about, and can by no means escape: he has set darkness before my face.
أَزَالَ عَنِّي كَرَامَتِي وَنَزَعَ تَاجَ رَأْسِي. ٩ 9
And he has stripped me of my glory, and has taken the crown from my head.
هَدَمَنِي مِنْ كُلِّ جِهَةٍ فَذَهَبْتُ، وَقَلَعَ مِثْلَ شَجَرَةٍ رَجَائِي، ١٠ 10
He has torn me around about, and I am gone: and he has cut off my hope like a tree.
وَأَضْرَمَ عَلَيَّ غَضَبَهُ، وَحَسِبَنِي كَأَعْدَائِهِ. ١١ 11
And he has dreadfully handled me in anger, and has counted me for an enemy.
مَعًا جَاءَتْ غُزَاتُهُ، وَأَعَدُّوا عَلَيَّ طَرِيقَهُمْ، وَحَلُّوا حَوْلَ خَيْمَتِي. ١٢ 12
His troops also came upon me with one accord, liars in wait compassed my ways.
قَدْ أَبْعَدَ عَنِّي إِخْوَتِي، وَمَعَارِفِي زَاغُوا عَنِّي. ١٣ 13
My brethren have stood aloof from me; they have recognised strangers [rather] than me: and my friends have become pitiless.
أَقَارِبِي قَدْ خَذَلُونِي، وَٱلَّذِينَ عَرَفُونِي نَسُونِي. ١٤ 14
My nearest of kin have not acknowledged me, and they that knew my name, have forgotten me.
نُزَلَاءُ بَيْتِي وَإِمَائِي يَحْسِبُونَنِي أَجْنَبِيًّا. صِرْتُ فِي أَعْيُنِهِمْ غَرِيبًا. ١٥ 15
[As for] my household, and my maidservants, I was a stranger before them.
عَبْدِي دَعَوْتُ فَلَمْ يُجِبْ. بِفَمِي تَضَرَّعْتُ إِلَيْهِ. ١٦ 16
I called my servant, and he listened not; and my mouth entreated [him].
نَكْهَتِي مَكْرُوهَةٌ عِنْدَ ٱمْرَأَتِي، وَخَمَمْتُ عِنْدَ أَبْنَاءِ أَحْشَائِي. ١٧ 17
And I implored my wife, and earnestly entreated the sons of my concubines.
اَلْأَوْلَادُ أَيْضًا قَدْ رَذَلُونِي. إِذَا قُمْتُ يَتَكَلَّمُونَ عَلَيَّ. ١٨ 18
But they rejected me for ever; whenever I rise up, they speak against me.
كَرِهَنِي كُلُّ رِجَالِي، وَٱلَّذِينَ أَحْبَبْتُهُمُ ٱنْقَلَبُوا عَلَيَّ. ١٩ 19
They that saw me abhorred me: the very persons whom I had loved, rose up against me.
عَظْمِي قَدْ لَصِقَ بِجِلْدِي وَلَحْمِي، وَنَجَوْتُ بِجِلْدِ أَسْنَانِي. ٢٠ 20
My flesh is corrupt under my skin, and my bones are held in [my] teeth.
تَرَاءَفُوا، تَرَاءَفُوا أَنْتُمْ عَلَيَّ يَا أَصْحَابِي، لِأَنَّ يَدَ ٱللهِ قَدْ مَسَّتْنِي. ٢١ 21
Pity me, pity me, O friends; for it is the hand of the Lord that has touched me.
لِمَاذَا تُطَارِدُونَنِي كَمَا ٱللهُ، وَلَا تَشْبَعُونَ مِنْ لَحْمِي؟ ٢٢ 22
Therefore do you persecute me as also the Lord [does], and are not satisfied with my flesh?
«لَيْتَ كَلِمَاتِي ٱلْآنَ تُكْتَبُ. يَا لَيْتَهَا رُسِمَتْ فِي سِفْرٍ، ٢٣ 23
For oh that my words were written, and that they were recorded in a book forever,
وَنُقِرَتْ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ فِي ٱلصَّخْرِ بِقَلَمِ حَدِيدٍ وَبِرَصَاصٍ. ٢٤ 24
with an iron pen and lead, or graven in the rocks!
أَمَّا أَنَا فَقَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ وَلِيِّي حَيٌّ، وَٱلْآخِرَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ يَقُومُ، ٢٥ 25
For I know that he is eternal who is about to deliver me,
وَبَعْدَ أَنْ يُفْنَى جِلْدِي هَذَا، وَبِدُونِ جَسَدِي أَرَى ٱللهَ. ٢٦ 26
[and] to raise up upon the earth my skin that endures these [sufferings]: for these things have been accomplished to me of the Lord;
ٱلَّذِي أَرَاهُ أَنَا لِنَفْسِي، وَعَيْنَايَ تَنْظُرَانِ وَلَيْسَ آخَرُ. إِلَى ذَلِكَ تَتُوقُ كُلْيَتَايَ فِي جَوْفِي. ٢٧ 27
which I am conscious of in myself, which mine eye has seen, and not another, but all have been fulfilled to me in [my] bosom.
فَإِنَّكُمْ تَقُولُونَ: لِمَاذَا نُطَارِدُهُ؟ وَٱلْكَلَامُ ٱلْأَصْلِيُّ يُوجَدُ عِنْدِي. ٢٨ 28
But if you shall also say, What shall we say before him, and [so] find the root of the matter in him?
خَافُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ مِنَ ٱلسَّيْفِ، لِأَنَّ ٱلْغَيْظَ مِنْ آثَامِ ٱلسَّيْفِ. لِكَيْ تَعْلَمُوا مَا هُوَ ٱلْقَضَاءُ». ٢٩ 29
Do you also beware of deceit: for wrath will come upon transgressors; and then shall they know where their substance is.

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