أَيُّوبَ 19

١ 1 فَأَجَابَ أَيُّوبُ وَقَالَ:

Job replied,

٢ 2 «حَتَّى مَتَى تُعَذِّبُونَ نَفْسِي وَتَسْحَقُونَنِي بِٱلْكَلَامِ؟

“How long will you go on tormenting me? How long will you go on crushing me with words?

٣ 3 هَذِهِ عَشَرَ مَرَّاتٍ أَخْزَيْتُمُونِي. لَمْ تَخْجَلُوا مِنْ أَنْ تَحْكِرُونِي.

Ten times already you have humiliated me. Aren't you ashamed for treating me so badly?

٤ 4 وَهَبْنِي ضَلَلْتُ حَقًّا. عَلَيَّ تَسْتَقِرُّ ضَلَالَتِي!

Even if I did sin, that's my problem, and has nothing to do with you.

٥ 5 إِنْ كُنْتُمْ بِٱلْحَقِّ تَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَلَيَّ، فَثَبِّتُوا عَلَيَّ عَارِي.

You think you're so much better than me, and you use my degradation against me.

٦ 6 فَٱعْلَمُوا إِذًا أَنَّ ٱللهَ قَدْ عَوَّجَنِي، وَلَفَّ عَلَيَّ أُحْبُولَتَهُ.

But you should realize that it's God who has wronged me, he has trapped me in his net.

٧ 7 هَا إِنِّي أَصْرُخُ ظُلْمًا فَلَا أُسْتَجَابُ. أَدْعُو وَلَيْسَ حُكْمٌ.

Even though I cry for help, I get no answer; even though I shout my objections, I get no justice.

٨ 8 قَدْ حَوَّطَ طَرِيقِي فَلَا أَعْبُرُ، وَعَلَى سُبُلِي جَعَلَ ظَلَامًا.

God has walled me in so I can't escape; he has plunged my path into darkness.

٩ 9 أَزَالَ عَنِّي كَرَامَتِي وَنَزَعَ تَاجَ رَأْسِي.

He has stripped my honor from me; he has taken away my reputation.

١٠ 10 هَدَمَنِي مِنْ كُلِّ جِهَةٍ فَذَهَبْتُ، وَقَلَعَ مِثْلَ شَجَرَةٍ رَجَائِي،

He tears me down from all sides until I am finished; he has destroyed my hope like a tree that is uprooted.

١١ 11 وَأَضْرَمَ عَلَيَّ غَضَبَهُ، وَحَسِبَنِي كَأَعْدَائِهِ.

His anger burns against me; he treats me as one of his enemies.

١٢ 12 مَعًا جَاءَتْ غُزَاتُهُ، وَأَعَدُّوا عَلَيَّ طَرِيقَهُمْ، وَحَلُّوا حَوْلَ خَيْمَتِي.

God's troops assemble to attack me. They build ramparts against me. They encircle and besiege my home.

١٣ 13 قَدْ أَبْعَدَ عَنِّي إِخْوَتِي، وَمَعَارِفِي زَاغُوا عَنِّي.

He has driven my brothers far away from me; all my former friends are estranged from me.

١٤ 14 أَقَارِبِي قَدْ خَذَلُونِي، وَٱلَّذِينَ عَرَفُونِي نَسُونِي.

My relatives have abandoned me; my close friends have forgotten me.

١٥ 15 نُزَلَاءُ بَيْتِي وَإِمَائِي يَحْسِبُونَنِي أَجْنَبِيًّا. صِرْتُ فِي أَعْيُنِهِمْ غَرِيبًا.

My house guests and my maidservants treat me as a stranger—to them I have become a foreigner.

١٦ 16 عَبْدِي دَعَوْتُ فَلَمْ يُجِبْ. بِفَمِي تَضَرَّعْتُ إِلَيْهِ.

I call my servant, but he doesn't reply. I have to beg him!

١٧ 17 نَكْهَتِي مَكْرُوهَةٌ عِنْدَ ٱمْرَأَتِي، وَخَمَمْتُ عِنْدَ أَبْنَاءِ أَحْشَائِي.

I am repulsive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own brothers.

١٨ 18 اَلْأَوْلَادُ أَيْضًا قَدْ رَذَلُونِي. إِذَا قُمْتُ يَتَكَلَّمُونَ عَلَيَّ.

Even young children despise me; when I stand up they ridicule me.

١٩ 19 كَرِهَنِي كُلُّ رِجَالِي، وَٱلَّذِينَ أَحْبَبْتُهُمُ ٱنْقَلَبُوا عَلَيَّ.

All my closest friends despise me, and those I loved have turned on me.

٢٠ 20 عَظْمِي قَدْ لَصِقَ بِجِلْدِي وَلَحْمِي، وَنَجَوْتُ بِجِلْدِ أَسْنَانِي.

I've been reduced to skin and bones and I survive by the skin of my teeth.

٢١ 21 تَرَاءَفُوا، تَرَاءَفُوا أَنْتُمْ عَلَيَّ يَا أَصْحَابِي، لِأَنَّ يَدَ ٱللهِ قَدْ مَسَّتْنِي.

Have pity on me, my friends, have pity on me, because God has struck me down!

٢٢ 22 لِمَاذَا تُطَارِدُونَنِي كَمَا ٱللهُ، وَلَا تَشْبَعُونَ مِنْ لَحْمِي؟

Why are you persecuting me like God does? Aren't you satisfied with getting your pound of flesh?

٢٣ 23 «لَيْتَ كَلِمَاتِي ٱلْآنَ تُكْتَبُ. يَا لَيْتَهَا رُسِمَتْ فِي سِفْرٍ،

I wish my words could be written down, recorded in a book,

٢٤ 24 وَنُقِرَتْ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ فِي ٱلصَّخْرِ بِقَلَمِ حَدِيدٍ وَبِرَصَاصٍ.

or engraved with an iron pen and molten lead in the rock forever.

٢٥ 25 أَمَّا أَنَا فَقَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ وَلِيِّي حَيٌّ، وَٱلْآخِرَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ يَقُومُ،

I know my Redeemer is alive, and that he shall finally take the stand for me on the earth.

٢٦ 26 وَبَعْدَ أَنْ يُفْنَى جِلْدِي هَذَا، وَبِدُونِ جَسَدِي أَرَى ٱللهَ.

Even though my skin is destroyed, in my body I shall see God.

٢٧ 27 ٱلَّذِي أَرَاهُ أَنَا لِنَفْسِي، وَعَيْنَايَ تَنْظُرَانِ وَلَيْسَ آخَرُ. إِلَى ذَلِكَ تَتُوقُ كُلْيَتَايَ فِي جَوْفِي.

I myself will see him—with my own eyes, and not those of someone else! The thought overcomes me!

٢٨ 28 فَإِنَّكُمْ تَقُولُونَ: لِمَاذَا نُطَارِدُهُ؟ وَٱلْكَلَامُ ٱلْأَصْلِيُّ يُوجَدُ عِنْدِي.

You say to yourselves, ‘How can we make him suffer so he can see he is the source of his problems?’

٢٩ 29 خَافُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ مِنَ ٱلسَّيْفِ، لِأَنَّ ٱلْغَيْظَ مِنْ آثَامِ ٱلسَّيْفِ. لِكَيْ تَعْلَمُوا مَا هُوَ ٱلْقَضَاءُ».

You yourselves should fear being punished by God, for you know anger brings God's punishment that accompanies judgment.”