أَيُّوبَ 27

١ 1 وَعَادَ أَيُّوبُ يَنْطِقُ بِمَثَلِهِ فَقَالَ:

Job also added, taking up his parable, and said:

٢ 2 «حَيٌّ هُوَ ٱللهُ ٱلَّذِي نَزَعَ حَقِّي، وَٱلْقَدِيرُ ٱلَّذِي أَمَرَّ نَفْسِي،

As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who hath brought my soul to bitterness,

٣ 3 إِنَّهُ مَا دَامَتْ نَسَمَتِي فِيَّ، وَنَفْخَةُ ٱللهِ فِي أَنْفِي،

As long as breath remaineth in me, and the spirit of God in my nostrils,

٤ 4 لَنْ تَتَكَلَّمَ شَفَتَايَ إِثْمًا، وَلَا يَلْفِظَ لِسَانِي بِغِشٍّ.

My lips shall not speak iniquity, neither shall my tongue contrive lying.

٥ 5 حَاشَا لِي أَنْ أُبَرِّرَكُمْ! حَتَّى أُسْلِمَ ٱلرُّوحَ لَا أَعْزِلُ كَمَالِي عَنِّي.

God forbid that I should judge you to be just: till I die I will not depart from my innocence.

٦ 6 تَمَسَّكْتُ بِبِرِّي وَلَا أَرْخِيهِ. قَلْبِي لَا يُعَيِّرُ يَوْمًا مِنْ أَيَّامِي.

My justification, which I have begun to hold, I will not forsake: for my heart doth not reprehend me in all my life.

٧ 7 لِيَكُنْ عَدُوِّي كَٱلشِّرِّيرِ، وَمُعَانِدِي كَفَاعِلِ ٱلشَّرِّ.

Let my enemy be as the ungodly, and my adversary as the wicked one.

٨ 8 لِأَنَّهُ مَا هُوَ رَجَاءُ ٱلْفَاجِرِ عِنْدَمَا يَقْطَعُهُ، عِنْدَمَا يَسْلُبُ ٱللهُ نَفْسَهُ؟

For what is the hope of the hypocrite if through covetousness he take by violence, and God deliver not his soul?

٩ 9 أَفَيَسْمَعُ ٱللهُ صُرَاخَهُ إِذَا جَاءَ عَلَيْهِ ضِيقٌ؟

Will God hear his cry, when distress shall come upon him?

١٠ 10 أَمْ يَتَلَذَّذُ بِٱلْقَدِيرِ؟ هَلْ يَدْعُو ٱللهَ فِي كُلِّ حِينٍ؟

Or can he delight himself in the Almighty, and call upon God at all times?

١١ 11 «إِنِّي أُعَلِّمُكُمْ بِيَدِ ٱللهِ. لَا أَكْتُمُ مَا هُوَ عِنْدَ ٱلْقَدِيرِ.

I will teach you by the hand of God, what the Almighty hath, and I will not conceal it.

١٢ 12 هَا أَنْتُمْ كُلُّكُمْ قَدْ رَأَيْتُمْ، فَلِمَاذَا تَتَبَطَّلُونَ تَبَطُّلًا؟ قَائِلِينَ:

Behold you all know it, and why do you speak vain things without cause?

١٣ 13 هَذَا نَصِيبُ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ ٱلشِّرِّيرِ مِنْ عِنْدِ ٱللهِ، وَمِيرَاثُ ٱلْعُتَاةِ ٱلَّذِي يَنَالُونَهُ مِنَ ٱلْقَدِيرِ.

This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they shall receive of the Almighty.

١٤ 14 إِنْ كَثُرَ بَنُوهُ فَلِلسَّيْفِ، وَذُرِّيَّتُهُ لَا تَشْبَعُ خُبْزًا.

If his sons be multiplied, they shall be for the sword, and his grandsons shall not be filled with bread.

١٥ 15 بَقِيَّتُهُ تُدْفَنُ بِٱلْمَوْتَانِ، وَأَرَامِلُهُ لَا تَبْكِي.

They that shall remain of him, shall be buried in death, and his widows shall not weep.

١٦ 16 إِنْ كَنَزَ فِضَّةً كَٱلتُّرَابِ، وَأَعَدَّ مَلَابِسَ كَٱلطِّينِ،

If he shall heap together silver as earth, and prepare raiment as clay,

١٧ 17 فَهُوَ يُعِدُّ وَٱلْبَارُّ يَلْبَسُهُ، وَٱلْبَرِئُ يَقْسِمُ ٱلْفِضَّةَ.

He shall prepare indeed, but the just man shall be clothed with it: and the innocent shall divide the silver.

١٨ 18 يَبْنِي بَيْتَهُ كَٱلْعُثِّ، أَوْ كَمَظَلَّةٍ صَنَعَهَا ٱلنَّاطُورُ.

He hath built his house as a moth, and as a keeper he hath made a booth.

١٩ 19 يَضْطَجِعُ غَنِيًّا وَلَكِنَّهُ لَا يُضَمُّ. يَفْتَحُ عَيْنَيْهِ وَلَا يَكُونُ.

The rich man when he shall sleep shall take away nothing with him: he shall open his eyes and find nothing.

٢٠ 20 ٱلْأَهْوَالُ تُدْرِكُهُ كَٱلْمِيَاهِ. لَيْلًا تَخْتَطِفُهُ ٱلزَّوْبَعَةُ.

Poverty like water shall take hold on him, a tempest shall oppress him in the night.

٢١ 21 تَحْمِلُهُ ٱلشَّرْقِيَّةُ فَيَذْهَبُ، وَتَجْرُفُهُ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ.

A burning wind shall take him up, and carry him away, and as a whirlwind shall snatch him from his place.

٢٢ 22 يُلْقِي ٱللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَلَا يُشْفِقُ. مِنْ يَدِهِ يَهْرُبُ هَرَبًا.

And he shall cast upon him, and shall not spare: out of his hand he would willingly flee.

٢٣ 23 يَصْفِقُونَ عَلَيْهِ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ، وَيَصْفِرُونَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ.

He shall clasp his hands upon him, and shall hiss at him, beholding his place.