< أَيُّوبَ 31 >
«عَهْدًا قَطَعْتُ لِعَيْنَيَّ، فَكَيْفَ أَتَطَلَّعُ فِي عَذْرَاءَ؟ | ١ 1 |
I made a covenant with mine eyes, and I will not think upon a virgin.
وَمَا هِيَ قِسْمَةُ ٱللهِ مِنْ فَوْقُ، وَنَصِيبُ ٱلْقَدِيرِ مِنَ ٱلْأَعَالِي؟ | ٢ 2 |
Now what portion has God given from above? and is there an inheritance [given] of the Mighty One from the highest?
أَلَيْسَ ٱلْبَوَارُ لِعَامِلِ ٱلشَّرِّ، وَٱلنُّكْرُ لِفَاعِلِي ٱلْإِثْمِ؟ | ٣ 3 |
Alas! destruction to the unrighteous, and rejection to them that do iniquity.
أَلَيْسَ هُوَ يَنْظُرُ طُرُقِي، وَيُحْصِي جَمِيعَ خَطَوَاتِي؟ | ٤ 4 |
Will he not see my way, and number all my steps?
إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ سَلَكْتُ مَعَ ٱلْكَذِبِ، أَوْ أَسْرَعَتْ رِجْلِي إِلَى ٱلْغِشِّ، | ٥ 5 |
But if I had gone with scorners, and if too my foot has hasted to deceit:
لِيَزِنِّي فِي مِيزَانِ ٱلْحَقِّ، فَيَعْرِفَ ٱللهُ كَمَالِي. | ٦ 6 |
(for I am weighed in a just balance, and the Lord knows my innocence: )
إِنْ حَادَتْ خَطَوَاتِي عَنِ ٱلطَّرِيقِ، وَذَهَبَ قَلْبِي وَرَاءَ عَيْنَيَّ، أَوْ لَصِقَ عَيْبٌ بِكَفِّي، | ٧ 7 |
if my foot has turned aside out of the way, or if mine heart has followed mine eye, and if too I have touched gifts with my hands;
أَزْرَعْ وَغَيْرِي يَأْكُلْ، وَفُرُوعِي تُسْتَأْصَلْ. | ٨ 8 |
then let me sow, and let others eat; and let me be uprooted on the earth.
«إِنْ غَوِيَ قَلْبِي عَلَى ٱمْرَأَةٍ، أَوْ كَمَنْتُ عَلَى بَابِ قَرِيبِي، | ٩ 9 |
If my heart has gone forth after another man's wife, and if I laid wait at her doors;
فَلْتَطْحَنِ ٱمْرَأَتِي لِآخَرَ، وَلْيَنْحَنِ عَلَيْهَا آخَرُونَ. | ١٠ 10 |
then let my wife also please another, and let my children be brought low.
لِأَنَّ هَذِهِ رَذِيلَةٌ، وَهِيَ إِثْمٌ يُعْرَضُ لِلْقُضَاةِ. | ١١ 11 |
For the rage of anger is not to be controlled, [in the case] of defiling [another] man's wife.
لِأَنَّهَا نَارٌ تَأْكُلُ حَتَّى إِلَى ٱلْهَلَاكِ، وَتَسْتَأْصِلُ كُلَّ مَحْصُولِي. | ١٢ 12 |
For it is a fire burning on every side, and whoever it attacks, it utterly destroys.
«إِنْ كُنْتُ رَفَضْتُ حَقَّ عَبْدِي وَأَمَتِي فِي دَعْوَاهُمَا عَلَيَّ، | ١٣ 13 |
And if too I despised the judgement of my servant or [my] handmaid, when they pleaded with me;
فَمَاذَا كُنْتُ أَصْنَعُ حِينَ يَقُومُ ٱللهُ؟ وَإِذَا ٱفْتَقَدَ، فَبِمَاذَا أُجِيبُهُ؟ | ١٤ 14 |
what then shall I do if the Lord should try me? and if also he should at all visit me, can I make an answer?
أَوَلَيْسَ صَانِعِي فِي ٱلْبَطْنِ صَانِعَهُ، وَقَدْ صَوَّرَنَا وَاحِدٌ فِي ٱلرَّحِمِ؟ | ١٥ 15 |
Were not they too formed as I also was formed in the womb? yes, we were formed in the same womb.
إِنْ كُنْتُ مَنَعْتُ ٱلْمَسَاكِينَ عَنْ مُرَادِهِمْ، أَوْ أَفْنَيْتُ عَيْنَيِ ٱلْأَرْمَلَةِ، | ١٦ 16 |
But the helpless missed not whatever need they had, and I did not cause the eye of the widow to fail.
أَوْ أَكَلْتُ لُقْمَتِي وَحْدِي فَمَا أَكَلَ مِنْهَا ٱلْيَتِيمُ. | ١٧ 17 |
And if too I ate my morsel alone, and did not impart [of it] to the orphan;
بَلْ مُنْذُ صِبَايَ كَبِرَ عِنْدِي كَأَبٍ، وَمِنْ بَطْنِ أُمِّي هَدَيْتُهَا. | ١٨ 18 |
(for I nourished [them] as a father from my youth and guided [them] from my mother's womb.)
إِنْ كُنْتُ رَأَيْتُ هَالِكًا لِعَدَمِ ٱللِّبْسِ أَوْ فَقِيرًا بِلَا كِسْوَةٍ، | ١٩ 19 |
And if too I overlooked the naked as he was perishing, and did not clothe him;
إِنْ لَمْ تُبَارِكْنِي حَقَوَاهُ وَقَدِ ٱسْتَدْفَأَ بِجَزَّةِ غَنَمِي. | ٢٠ 20 |
and if the poor did not bless me, and their shoulders were [not] warmed with the fleece of my lambs;
إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ هَزَزْتُ يَدِي عَلَى ٱلْيَتِيمِ لَمَّا رَأَيْتُ عَوْنِي فِي ٱلْبَابِ، | ٢١ 21 |
if I lifted my hand against an orphan, trusting that my strength was far superior [to his]:
فَلْتَسْقُطْ عَضُدِي مِنْ كَتِفِي، وَلْتَنْكَسِرْ ذِرَاعِي مِنْ قَصَبَتِهَا، | ٢٢ 22 |
let them my shoulder start from the blade-bone, and my arm be crushed off from the elbow.
لِأَنَّ ٱلْبَوَارَ مِنَ ٱللهِ رُعْبٌ عَلَيَّ، وَمِنْ جَلَالِهِ لَمْ أَسْتَطِعْ. | ٢٣ 23 |
For the fear of the Lord constrained me, and I can’t bear up by reason of his burden.
«إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ جَعَلْتُ ٱلذَّهَبَ عَمْدَتِي، أَوْ قُلْتُ لِلْإِبْرِيزِ: أَنْتَ مُتَّكَلِي. | ٢٤ 24 |
If I made gold my treasure, and if too I trusted the precious stone;
إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ فَرِحْتُ إِذْ كَثُرَتْ ثَرْوَتِي وَلِأَنَّ يَدِي وَجَدَتْ كَثِيرًا. | ٢٥ 25 |
and if too I rejoiced when my wealth was abundant, and if too I laid my hand on innumerable [treasures]:
إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ نَظَرْتُ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِ حِينَ ضَاءَ، أَوْ إِلَى ٱلْقَمَرِ يَسِيرُ بِٱلْبَهَاءِ، | ٢٦ 26 |
(do we not see the shining sun eclipsed, and the moon waning? for they have not [power to continue]: )
وَغَوِيَ قَلْبِي سِرًّا، وَلَثَمَ يَدِي فَمِي، | ٢٧ 27 |
and if my heart was secretly deceived, and if I have laid my hand upon my mouth and kissed it:
فَهَذَا أَيْضًا إِثْمٌ يُعْرَضُ لِلْقُضَاةِ، لِأَنِّي أَكُونُ قَدْ جَحَدْتُ ٱللهَ مِنْ فَوْقُ. | ٢٨ 28 |
let this also then be reckoned to me as the greatest iniquity: for I [should] have lied against the Lord Most High.
«إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ فَرِحْتُ بِبَلِيَّةِ مُبْغِضِي أَوْ شَمِتُّ حِينَ أَصَابَهُ سُوءٌ. | ٢٩ 29 |
And if too I was glad at the fall of mine enemies, and mine heart said, Aha!
بَلْ لَمْ أَدَعْ حَنَكِي يُخْطِئُ فِي طَلَبِ نَفْسِهِ بِلَعْنَةٍ. | ٣٠ 30 |
let then mine ear hear my curse, and let me be a byword amongst my people in my affliction.
إِنْ كَانَ أَهْلُ خَيْمَتِي لَمْ يَقُولُوا: مَنْ يَأْتِي بِأَحَدٍ لَمْ يَشْبَعْ مِنْ طَعَامِهِ؟ | ٣١ 31 |
And if too my handmaids have often said, Oh that we might be satisfied with his flesh; (whereas I was very kind:
غَرِيبٌ لَمْ يَبِتْ فِي ٱلْخَارِجِ. فَتَحْتُ لِلْمُسَافِرِ أَبْوَابِي. | ٣٢ 32 |
for the stranger did not lodge without, and my door was opened to every one that came: )
إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ كَتَمْتُ كَٱلنَّاسِ ذَنْبِي لِإِخْفَاءِ إِثْمِي فِي حِضْنِي. | ٣٣ 33 |
or if too having sinned unintentionally, I hid my sin;
إِذْ رَهِبْتُ جُمْهُورًا غَفِيرًا، وَرَوَّعَتْنِي إِهَانَةُ ٱلْعَشَائِرِ، فَكَفَفْتُ وَلَمْ أَخْرُجْ مِنَ ٱلْبَابِ. | ٣٤ 34 |
(for I did not stand in awe of a great multitude, so as not to declare boldly before them: ) and if too I permitted a poor man to go out of my door with an empty bosom:
مَنْ لِي بِمَنْ يَسْمَعُنِي؟ هُوَذَا إِمْضَائِي. لِيُجِبْنِي ٱلْقَدِيرُ. وَمَنْ لِي بِشَكْوَى كَتَبَهَا خَصْمِي، | ٣٥ 35 |
(Oh that I had a hearer, ) and if I had not feared the hand of the Lord; and [as to] the written charge which I had against any one,
فَكُنْتُ أَحْمِلُهَا عَلَى كَتِفِي. كُنْتُ أُعْصِبُهَا تَاجًا لِي. | ٣٦ 36 |
I would place [it] as a chaplet on my shoulders, and read it.
كُنْتُ أُخْبِرُهُ بِعَدَدِ خَطَوَاتِي وَأَدْنُو مِنْهُ كَشَرِيفٍ. | ٣٧ 37 |
And if I did not read it and return it, having taken nothing from the debtor:
إِنْ كَانَتْ أَرْضِي قَدْ صَرَخَتْ عَلَيَّ وَتَبَاكَتْ أَتْلَامُهَا جَمِيعًا. | ٣٨ 38 |
If at any time the land groaned against me, and if its furrows mourned together;
إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ أَكَلْتُ غَلَّتَهَا بِلَا فِضَّةٍ، أَوْ أَطْفَأْتُ أَنْفُسَ أَصْحَابِهَا، | ٣٩ 39 |
and if I ate its strength alone without price, and if I too grieved the heart of the owner of the soil, by taking [anything] from [him]:
فَعِوَضَ ٱلْحِنْطَةِ لِيَنْبُتْ شَوْكٌ، وَبَدَلَ ٱلشَّعِيرِ زَوَانٌ». تَمَّتْ أَقْوَالُ أَيُّوبَ. | ٤٠ 40 |
then let the nettle come up to me instead of wheat, and a bramble instead of barley. And Job ceased speaking.