< أَيُّوبَ 23 >
فَأَجَابَ أَيُّوبُ وَقَالَ: | ١ 1 |
Then responded Job, and said: —
«ٱلْيَوْمَ أَيْضًا شَكْوَايَ تَمَرُّدٌ. ضَرْبَتِي أَثْقَلُ مِنْ تَنَهُّدِي. | ٢ 2 |
Even to-day, is my complaint rebellion? His hand, is heavier than my groaning.
مَنْ يُعْطِينِي أَنْ أَجِدَهُ، فَآتِيَ إِلَى كُرْسِيِّهِ، | ٣ 3 |
Oh that I knew where I might find him! I would come even unto his dwelling-place;
أُحْسِنُ ٱلدَّعْوَى أَمَامَهُ، وَأَمْلَأُ فَمِي حُجَجًا، | ٤ 4 |
I would set out, before him, a plea, and, my mouth, would I fill with arguments;
فَأَعْرِفُ ٱلْأَقْوَالَ ٱلَّتِي بِهَا يُجِيبُنِي، وَأَفْهَمُ مَا يَقُولُهُ لِي؟ | ٥ 5 |
I would note the words wherewith he would respond to me, and would mark what he would say to me.
أَبِكَثْرَةِ قُوَّةٍ يُخَاصِمُنِي؟ كَّلَّا! وَلَكِنَّهُ كَانَ يَنْتَبِهُ إِلَيَّ. | ٦ 6 |
Would he, with fulness of might, contend with me? Nay, surely, he, would give heed to me!
هُنَالِكَ كَانَ يُحَاجُّهُ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمُ، وَكُنْتُ أَنْجُو إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ مِنْ قَاضِيَّ. | ٧ 7 |
There an upright man, might reason with him, so should I deliver myself completely from my judge.
هَأَنَذَا أَذْهَبُ شَرْقًا فَلَيْسَ هُوَ هُنَاكَ، وَغَرْبًا فَلَا أَشْعُرُ بِهِ. | ٨ 8 |
Behold! eastward, I go, but he is not there, and, westward, but I perceive him not;
شِمَالًا حَيْثُ عَمَلُهُ فَلَا أَنْظُرُهُ. يَتَعَطَّفُ ٱلْجَنُوبَ فَلَا أَرَاهُ. | ٩ 9 |
On the north, where he worketh, but I get no vision, He hideth himself on the south that I cannot see him.
«لِأَنَّهُ يَعْرِفُ طَرِيقِي. إِذَا جَرَّبَنِي أَخْرُجُ كَٱلذَّهَبِ. | ١٠ 10 |
But, he, knoweth the way that I choose, Having tried me, as gold, I shall come forth.
بِخَطَوَاتِهِ ٱسْتَمْسَكَتْ رِجْلِي. حَفِظْتُ طَرِيقَهُ وَلَمْ أَحِدْ. | ١١ 11 |
Of his steps, my foot taketh hold, His way, have I kept, and not swerved;
مِنْ وَصِيَّةِ شَفَتَيْهِ لَمْ أَبْرَحْ. أَكْثَرَ مِنْ فَرِيضَتِي ذَخَرْتُ كَلَامَ فِيهِ. | ١٢ 12 |
The command of his lips, and would not go back, and, in my bosom, have I treasured the words of his lips.
أَمَّا هُوَ فَوَحْدَهُ، فَمَنْ يَرُدُّهُ؟ وَنَفْسُهُ تَشْتَهِي فَيَفْعَلُ. | ١٣ 13 |
But, he, is one, and who can turn him? What his soul desired, he hath done.
لِأَنَّهُ يُتَمِّمُ ٱلْمَفْرُوضَ عَلَيَّ، وَكَثِيرٌ مِثْلُ هَذِهِ عِنْدَهُ. | ١٤ 14 |
Surely he will accomplish what is decreed for me, and, many such things, hath he in store.
مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ أَرْتَاعُ قُدَّامَهُ. أَتَأَمَّلُ فَأَرْتَعِبُ مِنْهُ. | ١٥ 15 |
For this cause, from his presence, am I driven in fear, I diligently consider and am kept back from him in dread:
لِأَنَّ ٱللهَ قَدْ أَضْعَفَ قَلْبِي، وَٱلْقَدِيرَ رَوَّعَنِي. | ١٦ 16 |
Yea, GOD, hath made timid my heart, and, the Almighty, hath put me in terror.
لِأَنِّي لَمْ أُقْطَعْ قَبْلَ ٱلظَّلَامِ، وَمِنْ وَجْهِي لَمْ يُغَطِّ ٱلدُّجَى. | ١٧ 17 |
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, nor, before my face, did the gloom form a shroud.