< أَيُّوبَ 31 >

«عَهْدًا قَطَعْتُ لِعَيْنَيَّ، فَكَيْفَ أَتَطَلَّعُ فِي عَذْرَاءَ؟ ١ 1
I MADE a covenant with mine eyes; how then should I look upon a maid?
وَمَا هِيَ قِسْمَةُ ٱللهِ مِنْ فَوْقُ، وَنَصِيبُ ٱلْقَدِيرِ مِنَ ٱلْأَعَالِي؟ ٢ 2
For what [is] the portion of God from above, and the heritage of the Almighty from on high?
أَلَيْسَ ٱلْبَوَارُ لِعَامِلِ ٱلشَّرِّ، وَٱلنُّكْرُ لِفَاعِلِي ٱلْإِثْمِ؟ ٣ 3
Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity?
أَلَيْسَ هُوَ يَنْظُرُ طُرُقِي، وَيُحْصِي جَمِيعَ خَطَوَاتِي؟ ٤ 4
Doth not he see my ways, and number all my steps?
إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ سَلَكْتُ مَعَ ٱلْكَذِبِ، أَوْ أَسْرَعَتْ رِجْلِي إِلَى ٱلْغِشِّ، ٥ 5
If I have walked with vanity, and my foot hath hasted to deceit;
لِيَزِنِّي فِي مِيزَانِ ٱلْحَقِّ، فَيَعْرِفَ ٱللهُ كَمَالِي. ٦ 6
(Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity; )
إِنْ حَادَتْ خَطَوَاتِي عَنِ ٱلطَّرِيقِ، وَذَهَبَ قَلْبِي وَرَاءَ عَيْنَيَّ، أَوْ لَصِقَ عَيْبٌ بِكَفِّي، ٧ 7
If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any spot hath cleaved to mine hands:
أَزْرَعْ وَغَيْرِي يَأْكُلْ، وَفُرُوعِي تُسْتَأْصَلْ. ٨ 8
Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out.
«إِنْ غَوِيَ قَلْبِي عَلَى ٱمْرَأَةٍ، أَوْ كَمَنْتُ عَلَى بَابِ قَرِيبِي، ٩ 9
If mine heart have been enticed unto a woman, and I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door:
فَلْتَطْحَنِ ٱمْرَأَتِي لِآخَرَ، وَلْيَنْحَنِ عَلَيْهَا آخَرُونَ. ١٠ 10
Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
لِأَنَّ هَذِهِ رَذِيلَةٌ، وَهِيَ إِثْمٌ يُعْرَضُ لِلْقُضَاةِ. ١١ 11
For that were an heinous crime; yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges:
لِأَنَّهَا نَارٌ تَأْكُلُ حَتَّى إِلَى ٱلْهَلَاكِ، وَتَسْتَأْصِلُ كُلَّ مَحْصُولِي. ١٢ 12
For it is a fire that consumeth unto Destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
«إِنْ كُنْتُ رَفَضْتُ حَقَّ عَبْدِي وَأَمَتِي فِي دَعْوَاهُمَا عَلَيَّ، ١٣ 13
If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me:
فَمَاذَا كُنْتُ أَصْنَعُ حِينَ يَقُومُ ٱللهُ؟ وَإِذَا ٱفْتَقَدَ، فَبِمَاذَا أُجِيبُهُ؟ ١٤ 14
What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
أَوَلَيْسَ صَانِعِي فِي ٱلْبَطْنِ صَانِعَهُ، وَقَدْ صَوَّرَنَا وَاحِدٌ فِي ٱلرَّحِمِ؟ ١٥ 15
Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
إِنْ كُنْتُ مَنَعْتُ ٱلْمَسَاكِينَ عَنْ مُرَادِهِمْ، أَوْ أَفْنَيْتُ عَيْنَيِ ٱلْأَرْمَلَةِ، ١٦ 16
If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
أَوْ أَكَلْتُ لُقْمَتِي وَحْدِي فَمَا أَكَلَ مِنْهَا ٱلْيَتِيمُ. ١٧ 17
Or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
بَلْ مُنْذُ صِبَايَ كَبِرَ عِنْدِي كَأَبٍ، وَمِنْ بَطْنِ أُمِّي هَدَيْتُهَا. ١٨ 18
(Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and I have been her guide from my mother’s womb; )
إِنْ كُنْتُ رَأَيْتُ هَالِكًا لِعَدَمِ ٱللِّبْسِ أَوْ فَقِيرًا بِلَا كِسْوَةٍ، ١٩ 19
If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;
إِنْ لَمْ تُبَارِكْنِي حَقَوَاهُ وَقَدِ ٱسْتَدْفَأَ بِجَزَّةِ غَنَمِي. ٢٠ 20
If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ هَزَزْتُ يَدِي عَلَى ٱلْيَتِيمِ لَمَّا رَأَيْتُ عَوْنِي فِي ٱلْبَابِ، ٢١ 21
If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate:
فَلْتَسْقُطْ عَضُدِي مِنْ كَتِفِي، وَلْتَنْكَسِرْ ذِرَاعِي مِنْ قَصَبَتِهَا، ٢٢ 22
Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
لِأَنَّ ٱلْبَوَارَ مِنَ ٱللهِ رُعْبٌ عَلَيَّ، وَمِنْ جَلَالِهِ لَمْ أَسْتَطِعْ. ٢٣ 23
For calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his excellency I could do nothing.
«إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ جَعَلْتُ ٱلذَّهَبَ عَمْدَتِي، أَوْ قُلْتُ لِلْإِبْرِيزِ: أَنْتَ مُتَّكَلِي. ٢٤ 24
If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, [Thou art] my confidence;
إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ فَرِحْتُ إِذْ كَثُرَتْ ثَرْوَتِي وَلِأَنَّ يَدِي وَجَدَتْ كَثِيرًا. ٢٥ 25
If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ نَظَرْتُ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِ حِينَ ضَاءَ، أَوْ إِلَى ٱلْقَمَرِ يَسِيرُ بِٱلْبَهَاءِ، ٢٦ 26
If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
وَغَوِيَ قَلْبِي سِرًّا، وَلَثَمَ يَدِي فَمِي، ٢٧ 27
And my heart hath been secretly enticed, and my mouth hath kissed my hand:
فَهَذَا أَيْضًا إِثْمٌ يُعْرَضُ لِلْقُضَاةِ، لِأَنِّي أَكُونُ قَدْ جَحَدْتُ ٱللهَ مِنْ فَوْقُ. ٢٨ 28
This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges: for I should have lied to God that is above.
«إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ فَرِحْتُ بِبَلِيَّةِ مُبْغِضِي أَوْ شَمِتُّ حِينَ أَصَابَهُ سُوءٌ. ٢٩ 29
If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him;
بَلْ لَمْ أَدَعْ حَنَكِي يُخْطِئُ فِي طَلَبِ نَفْسِهِ بِلَعْنَةٍ. ٣٠ 30
(Yea, I suffered not my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse; )
إِنْ كَانَ أَهْلُ خَيْمَتِي لَمْ يَقُولُوا: مَنْ يَأْتِي بِأَحَدٍ لَمْ يَشْبَعْ مِنْ طَعَامِهِ؟ ٣١ 31
If the men of my tent said not, Who can find one that hath not been satisfied with his flesh?
غَرِيبٌ لَمْ يَبِتْ فِي ٱلْخَارِجِ. فَتَحْتُ لِلْمُسَافِرِ أَبْوَابِي. ٣٢ 32
The stranger did not lodge in the street; but I opened my doors to the traveller;
إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ كَتَمْتُ كَٱلنَّاسِ ذَنْبِي لِإِخْفَاءِ إِثْمِي فِي حِضْنِي. ٣٣ 33
If like Adam I covered my transgressions, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom;
إِذْ رَهِبْتُ جُمْهُورًا غَفِيرًا، وَرَوَّعَتْنِي إِهَانَةُ ٱلْعَشَائِرِ، فَكَفَفْتُ وَلَمْ أَخْرُجْ مِنَ ٱلْبَابِ. ٣٤ 34
Because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and went not out of the door—
مَنْ لِي بِمَنْ يَسْمَعُنِي؟ هُوَذَا إِمْضَائِي. لِيُجِبْنِي ٱلْقَدِيرُ. وَمَنْ لِي بِشَكْوَى كَتَبَهَا خَصْمِي، ٣٥ 35
Oh that I had one to hear me! (lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me; ) and [that I had] the indictment which mine adversary hath written!
فَكُنْتُ أَحْمِلُهَا عَلَى كَتِفِي. كُنْتُ أُعْصِبُهَا تَاجًا لِي. ٣٦ 36
Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown.
كُنْتُ أُخْبِرُهُ بِعَدَدِ خَطَوَاتِي وَأَدْنُو مِنْهُ كَشَرِيفٍ. ٣٧ 37
I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
إِنْ كَانَتْ أَرْضِي قَدْ صَرَخَتْ عَلَيَّ وَتَبَاكَتْ أَتْلَامُهَا جَمِيعًا. ٣٨ 38
If my land cry out against me, and the furrows thereof weep together;
إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ أَكَلْتُ غَلَّتَهَا بِلَا فِضَّةٍ، أَوْ أَطْفَأْتُ أَنْفُسَ أَصْحَابِهَا، ٣٩ 39
If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
فَعِوَضَ ٱلْحِنْطَةِ لِيَنْبُتْ شَوْكٌ، وَبَدَلَ ٱلشَّعِيرِ زَوَانٌ». تَمَّتْ أَقْوَالُ أَيُّوبَ. ٤٠ 40
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

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