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فَأَجَابَ أَيُّوبُ وَقَالَ: ١ 1
Then Job answered and said,
«ٱلْيَوْمَ أَيْضًا شَكْوَايَ تَمَرُّدٌ. ضَرْبَتِي أَثْقَلُ مِنْ تَنَهُّدِي. ٢ 2
“Even today my complaint is bitter; my hand is heavy because of my groaning.
مَنْ يُعْطِينِي أَنْ أَجِدَهُ، فَآتِيَ إِلَى كُرْسِيِّهِ، ٣ 3
Oh, that I knew where I might find him! Oh, that I might come to his place!
أُحْسِنُ ٱلدَّعْوَى أَمَامَهُ، وَأَمْلَأُ فَمِي حُجَجًا، ٤ 4
I would lay my case in order before him and fill my mouth with arguments.
فَأَعْرِفُ ٱلْأَقْوَالَ ٱلَّتِي بِهَا يُجِيبُنِي، وَأَفْهَمُ مَا يَقُولُهُ لِي؟ ٥ 5
I would learn the words with which he would answer me and would understand what he would say to me.
أَبِكَثْرَةِ قُوَّةٍ يُخَاصِمُنِي؟ كَّلَّا! وَلَكِنَّهُ كَانَ يَنْتَبِهُ إِلَيَّ. ٦ 6
Would he argue against me in the greatness of his power? No, he would pay attention to me.
هُنَالِكَ كَانَ يُحَاجُّهُ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمُ، وَكُنْتُ أَنْجُو إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ مِنْ قَاضِيَّ. ٧ 7
There the upright person might argue with him. In this way I would be acquitted forever by my judge.
هَأَنَذَا أَذْهَبُ شَرْقًا فَلَيْسَ هُوَ هُنَاكَ، وَغَرْبًا فَلَا أَشْعُرُ بِهِ. ٨ 8
See, I go eastward, but he is not there, and westward, but I cannot perceive him.
شِمَالًا حَيْثُ عَمَلُهُ فَلَا أَنْظُرُهُ. يَتَعَطَّفُ ٱلْجَنُوبَ فَلَا أَرَاهُ. ٩ 9
To the north, where he is at work, but I cannot see him, and to the south, where he hides himself so that I cannot see him.
«لِأَنَّهُ يَعْرِفُ طَرِيقِي. إِذَا جَرَّبَنِي أَخْرُجُ كَٱلذَّهَبِ. ١٠ 10
But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come out like gold.
بِخَطَوَاتِهِ ٱسْتَمْسَكَتْ رِجْلِي. حَفِظْتُ طَرِيقَهُ وَلَمْ أَحِدْ. ١١ 11
My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept to his way and turned not aside.
مِنْ وَصِيَّةِ شَفَتَيْهِ لَمْ أَبْرَحْ. أَكْثَرَ مِنْ فَرِيضَتِي ذَخَرْتُ كَلَامَ فِيهِ. ١٢ 12
I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.
أَمَّا هُوَ فَوَحْدَهُ، فَمَنْ يَرُدُّهُ؟ وَنَفْسُهُ تَشْتَهِي فَيَفْعَلُ. ١٣ 13
But he is one of a kind, who can turn him back? What he desires, he does.
لِأَنَّهُ يُتَمِّمُ ٱلْمَفْرُوضَ عَلَيَّ، وَكَثِيرٌ مِثْلُ هَذِهِ عِنْدَهُ. ١٤ 14
For he carries out his decree against me; there are many like them.
مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ أَرْتَاعُ قُدَّامَهُ. أَتَأَمَّلُ فَأَرْتَعِبُ مِنْهُ. ١٥ 15
Therefore, I am terrified in his presence; when I think about him, I am afraid of him.
لِأَنَّ ٱللهَ قَدْ أَضْعَفَ قَلْبِي، وَٱلْقَدِيرَ رَوَّعَنِي. ١٦ 16
For God has made my heart weak; the Almighty has terrified me.
لِأَنِّي لَمْ أُقْطَعْ قَبْلَ ٱلظَّلَامِ، وَمِنْ وَجْهِي لَمْ يُغَطِّ ٱلدُّجَى. ١٧ 17
I have not been brought to an end by darkness, because of the thick darkness that covers the gloom of my face.

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