أَيُّوبَ 3

١ 1 بَعْدَ هَذَا فَتَحَ أَيُّوبُ فَاهُ وَسَبَّ يَوْمَهُ،

After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed his day,

٢ 2 وَأَخَذَ أَيُّوبُ يَتَكَلَّمُ فَقَالَ:

And he said:

٣ 3 «لَيْتَهُ هَلَكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِي وُلِدْتُ فِيهِ، وَٱللَّيْلُ ٱلَّذِي قَالَ: قَدْ حُبِلَ بِرَجُلٍ.

Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said: A man child is conceived.

٤ 4 لِيَكُنْ ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ظَلَامًا. لَا يَعْتَنِ بِهِ ٱللهُ مِنْ فَوْقُ، وَلَا يُشْرِقْ عَلَيْهِ نَهَارٌ.

Let that day be turned into darkness, let not God regard it from above, and let not the light shine upon it.

٥ 5 لِيَمْلِكْهُ ٱلظَّلَامُ وَظِلُّ ٱلْمَوْتِ. لِيَحُلَّ عَلَيْهِ سَحَابٌ. لِتَرْعَبْهُ كَاسِفَاتُ ٱلنَّهَارِ.

Let darkness, and the shadow of death cover it, let a mist overspread it, and let it be wrapped up in bitterness.

٦ 6 أَمَّا ذَلِكَ ٱللَّيْلُ فَلْيُمْسِكْهُ ٱلدُّجَى، وَلَا يَفْرَحْ بَيْنَ أَيَّامِ ٱلسَّنَةِ، وَلَا يَدْخُلَنَّ فِي عَدَدِ ٱلشُّهُورِ.

Let a darksome whirlwind seize upon that night, let it not be counted in the days of the year, nor numbered in the months.

٧ 7 هُوَذَا ذَلِكَ ٱللَّيْلُ لِيَكُنْ عَاقِرًا، لَا يُسْمَعْ فِيهِ هُتَافٌ.

Let that night be solitary, and not worthy of praise.

٨ 8 لِيَلْعَنْهُ لَاعِنُو ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمُسْتَعِدُّونَ لِإِيقَاظِ ٱلتِّنِّينِ.

Let them curse it who curse the day. who are ready to raise up a leviathan:

٩ 9 لِتُظْلِمْ نُجُومُ عِشَائِهِ. لِيَنْتَظِرِ ٱلنُّورَ وَلَا يَكُنْ، وَلَا يَرَ هُدُبَ ٱلصُّبْحِ،

Let the stars be darkened with the mist thereof: let it expect light and not see it, nor the rising of the dawning of the day:

١٠ 10 لِأَنَّهُ لَمْ يُغْلِقْ أَبْوَابَ بَطْنِ أُمِّي، وَلَمْ يَسْتُرِ ٱلشَّقَاوَةَ عَنْ عَيْنَيَّ.

Because it shut not up the doors of the womb that bore me, nor took away evils from my eyes.

١١ 11 لِمَ لَمْ أَمُتْ مِنَ ٱلرَّحِمِ؟ عِنْدَمَا خَرَجْتُ مِنَ ٱلْبَطْنِ، لِمَ لَمْ أُسْلِمِ ٱلرُّوحَ؟

Why did I not die in the womb, why did I not perish when I came out of the belly?

١٢ 12 لِمَاذَا أَعَانَتْنِي ٱلرُّكَبُ، وَلِمَ ٱلثُّدِيُّ حَتَّى أَرْضَعَ؟

Why received upon the knees? why suckled at the breasts?

١٣ 13 لِأَنِّي قَدْ كُنْتُ ٱلْآنَ مُضْطَجِعًا سَاكِنًا. حِينَئِذٍ كُنْتُ نِمْتُ مُسْتَرِيحًا

For now I should have been asleep and still, and should have rest in my sleep.

١٤ 14 مَعَ مُلُوكٍ وَمُشِيرِي ٱلْأَرْضِ، ٱلَّذِينَ بَنَوْا أَهْرَامًا لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ،

With kings and consuls of the earth, who build themselves solitudes:

١٥ 15 أَوْ مَعَ رُؤَسَاءَ لَهُمْ ذَهَبٌ، ٱلْمَالِئِينَ بُيُوتَهُمْ فِضَّةً،

Or with princes, that possess gold, and All their houses with silver:

١٦ 16 أَوْ كَسِقْطٍ مَطْمُورٍ فَلَمْ أَكُنْ، كَأَجِنَّةٍ لَمْ يَرَوْا نُورًا.

Or as a hidden untimely birth I should not be, or as they that being conceived have not seen the light.

١٧ 17 هُنَاكَ يَكُفُّ ٱلْمُنَافِقُونَ عَنِ ٱلشَّغْبِ، وَهُنَاكَ يَسْتَرِيحُ ٱلْمُتْعَبُونَ.

There the wicked cease from tumult, and there the wearied in strength are at rest.

١٨ 18 ٱلْأَسْرَى يَطْمَئِنُّونَ جَمِيعًا، لَا يَسْمَعُونَ صَوْتَ ٱلْمُسَخِّرِ.

And they sometime bound together without disquiet, have not heard the voice of the oppressor.

١٩ 19 ٱلصَّغِيرُ كَمَا ٱلْكَبِيرُ هُنَاكَ، وَٱلْعَبْدُ حُرٌّ مِنْ سَيِّدِهِ.

The small and great are there, and the servant is free from his master.

٢٠ 20 «لِمَ يُعْطَى لِشَقِيٍّ نُورٌ، وَحَيَاةٌ لِمُرِّي ٱلنَّفْسِ؟

Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to them that are in bitterness of soul?

٢١ 21 ٱلَّذِينَ يَنْتَظِرُونَ ٱلْمَوْتَ وَلَيْسَ هُوَ، وَيَحْفُرُونَ عَلَيْهِ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ ٱلْكُنُوزِ،

That look for death, and it cometh not, as they that dig for a treasure:

٢٢ 22 ٱلْمَسْرُورِينَ إِلَى أَنْ يَبْتَهِجُوا، ٱلْفَرِحِينَ عِنْدَمَا يَجِدُونَ قَبْرًا!

And they rejoice exceedingly when they have found the grave.

٢٣ 23 لِرَجُلٍ قَدْ خَفِيَ عَلَيْهِ طَرِيقُهُ، وَقَدْ سَيَّجَ ٱللهُ حَوْلَهُ.

To a man whose way is hidden, and God hath surrounded him with darkness?

٢٤ 24 لِأَنَّهُ مِثْلَ خُبْزِي يَأْتِي أَنِينِي، وَمِثْلَ ٱلْمِيَاهِ تَنْسَكِبُ زَفْرَتِي،

Before I eat I sigh: and as overflowing waters, so is my roaring:

٢٥ 25 لِأَنِّي ٱرْتِعَابًا ٱرْتَعَبْتُ فَأَتَانِي، وَٱلَّذِي فَزِعْتُ مِنْهُ جَاءَ عَلَيَّ.

For the fear which I feared hath come upon me: and that which I was afraid of, hath befallen me.

٢٦ 26 لَمْ أَطْمَئِنَّ وَلَمْ أَسْكُنْ وَلَمْ أَسْتَرِحْ، وَقَدْ جَاءَ ٱلرُّجْزُ».

Have I not dissembled? have I not kept silence? have I not been quiet? and indignation is come upon me.