< أَيُّوبَ 31 >
«عَهْدًا قَطَعْتُ لِعَيْنَيَّ، فَكَيْفَ أَتَطَلَّعُ فِي عَذْرَاءَ؟ | ١ 1 |
A covenant I made for mine eyes, And what — do I attend to a virgin?
وَمَا هِيَ قِسْمَةُ ٱللهِ مِنْ فَوْقُ، وَنَصِيبُ ٱلْقَدِيرِ مِنَ ٱلْأَعَالِي؟ | ٢ 2 |
And what [is] the portion of God from above? And the inheritance of the Mighty from the heights?
أَلَيْسَ ٱلْبَوَارُ لِعَامِلِ ٱلشَّرِّ، وَٱلنُّكْرُ لِفَاعِلِي ٱلْإِثْمِ؟ | ٣ 3 |
Is not calamity to the perverse? And strangeness to workers of iniquity?
أَلَيْسَ هُوَ يَنْظُرُ طُرُقِي، وَيُحْصِي جَمِيعَ خَطَوَاتِي؟ | ٤ 4 |
Doth not He see my ways, And all my steps number?
إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ سَلَكْتُ مَعَ ٱلْكَذِبِ، أَوْ أَسْرَعَتْ رِجْلِي إِلَى ٱلْغِشِّ، | ٥ 5 |
If I have walked with vanity, And my foot doth hasten to deceit,
لِيَزِنِّي فِي مِيزَانِ ٱلْحَقِّ، فَيَعْرِفَ ٱللهُ كَمَالِي. | ٦ 6 |
He doth weigh me in righteous balances, And God doth know my integrity.
إِنْ حَادَتْ خَطَوَاتِي عَنِ ٱلطَّرِيقِ، وَذَهَبَ قَلْبِي وَرَاءَ عَيْنَيَّ، أَوْ لَصِقَ عَيْبٌ بِكَفِّي، | ٧ 7 |
If my step doth turn aside from the way, And after mine eyes hath my heart gone, And to my hands cleaved hath blemish,
أَزْرَعْ وَغَيْرِي يَأْكُلْ، وَفُرُوعِي تُسْتَأْصَلْ. | ٨ 8 |
Let me sow — and another eat, And my products let be rooted out.
«إِنْ غَوِيَ قَلْبِي عَلَى ٱمْرَأَةٍ، أَوْ كَمَنْتُ عَلَى بَابِ قَرِيبِي، | ٩ 9 |
If my heart hath been enticed by woman, And by the opening of my neighbour I laid wait,
فَلْتَطْحَنِ ٱمْرَأَتِي لِآخَرَ، وَلْيَنْحَنِ عَلَيْهَا آخَرُونَ. | ١٠ 10 |
Grind to another let my wife, And over her let others bend.
لِأَنَّ هَذِهِ رَذِيلَةٌ، وَهِيَ إِثْمٌ يُعْرَضُ لِلْقُضَاةِ. | ١١ 11 |
For it [is] a wicked thing, and a judicial iniquity;
لِأَنَّهَا نَارٌ تَأْكُلُ حَتَّى إِلَى ٱلْهَلَاكِ، وَتَسْتَأْصِلُ كُلَّ مَحْصُولِي. | ١٢ 12 |
For a fire it [is], to destruction it consumeth, And among all mine increase doth take root,
«إِنْ كُنْتُ رَفَضْتُ حَقَّ عَبْدِي وَأَمَتِي فِي دَعْوَاهُمَا عَلَيَّ، | ١٣ 13 |
If I despise the cause of my man-servant, And of my handmaid, In their contending with me,
فَمَاذَا كُنْتُ أَصْنَعُ حِينَ يَقُومُ ٱللهُ؟ وَإِذَا ٱفْتَقَدَ، فَبِمَاذَا أُجِيبُهُ؟ | ١٤ 14 |
Then what do I do when God ariseth? And when He doth inspect, What do 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? Yea, prepare us in the womb doth One.
إِنْ كُنْتُ مَنَعْتُ ٱلْمَسَاكِينَ عَنْ مُرَادِهِمْ، أَوْ أَفْنَيْتُ عَيْنَيِ ٱلْأَرْمَلَةِ، | ١٦ 16 |
If I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume,
أَوْ أَكَلْتُ لُقْمَتِي وَحْدِي فَمَا أَكَلَ مِنْهَا ٱلْيَتِيمُ. | ١٧ 17 |
And I do eat my morsel by myself, And the orphan hath not eat of it,
بَلْ مُنْذُ صِبَايَ كَبِرَ عِنْدِي كَأَبٍ، وَمِنْ بَطْنِ أُمِّي هَدَيْتُهَا. | ١٨ 18 |
(But from my youth He grew up with me as [with] a father, And from the belly of my mother I am led.)
إِنْ كُنْتُ رَأَيْتُ هَالِكًا لِعَدَمِ ٱللِّبْسِ أَوْ فَقِيرًا بِلَا كِسْوَةٍ، | ١٩ 19 |
If I see [any] perishing without clothing, And there is no covering to the needy,
إِنْ لَمْ تُبَارِكْنِي حَقَوَاهُ وَقَدِ ٱسْتَدْفَأَ بِجَزَّةِ غَنَمِي. | ٢٠ 20 |
If his loins have not blessed me, And from the fleece of my sheep He doth not warm himself,
إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ هَزَزْتُ يَدِي عَلَى ٱلْيَتِيمِ لَمَّا رَأَيْتُ عَوْنِي فِي ٱلْبَابِ، | ٢١ 21 |
If I have waved at the fatherless my hand, When I see in [him] the gate of my court,
فَلْتَسْقُطْ عَضُدِي مِنْ كَتِفِي، وَلْتَنْكَسِرْ ذِرَاعِي مِنْ قَصَبَتِهَا، | ٢٢ 22 |
My shoulder from its blade let fall, And mine arm from the bone be broken.
لِأَنَّ ٱلْبَوَارَ مِنَ ٱللهِ رُعْبٌ عَلَيَّ، وَمِنْ جَلَالِهِ لَمْ أَسْتَطِعْ. | ٢٣ 23 |
For a dread unto me [is] calamity [from] God, And because of His excellency I am not able.
«إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ جَعَلْتُ ٱلذَّهَبَ عَمْدَتِي، أَوْ قُلْتُ لِلْإِبْرِيزِ: أَنْتَ مُتَّكَلِي. | ٢٤ 24 |
If I have made gold my confidence, And to the pure gold have said, 'My trust,'
إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ فَرِحْتُ إِذْ كَثُرَتْ ثَرْوَتِي وَلِأَنَّ يَدِي وَجَدَتْ كَثِيرًا. | ٢٥ 25 |
If I rejoice because great [is] my wealth, And because abundance hath my hand found,
إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ نَظَرْتُ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِ حِينَ ضَاءَ، أَوْ إِلَى ٱلْقَمَرِ يَسِيرُ بِٱلْبَهَاءِ، | ٢٦ 26 |
If I see the light when it shineth, And the precious moon walking,
وَغَوِيَ قَلْبِي سِرًّا، وَلَثَمَ يَدِي فَمِي، | ٢٧ 27 |
And my heart is enticed in secret, And my hand doth kiss my mouth,
فَهَذَا أَيْضًا إِثْمٌ يُعْرَضُ لِلْقُضَاةِ، لِأَنِّي أَكُونُ قَدْ جَحَدْتُ ٱللهَ مِنْ فَوْقُ. | ٢٨ 28 |
It also [is] a judicial iniquity, For I had lied to God above.
«إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ فَرِحْتُ بِبَلِيَّةِ مُبْغِضِي أَوْ شَمِتُّ حِينَ أَصَابَهُ سُوءٌ. | ٢٩ 29 |
If I rejoice at the ruin of my hater, And stirred up myself when evil found him,
بَلْ لَمْ أَدَعْ حَنَكِي يُخْطِئُ فِي طَلَبِ نَفْسِهِ بِلَعْنَةٍ. | ٣٠ 30 |
Yea, I have not suffered my mouth to sin, To ask with an oath his life.
إِنْ كَانَ أَهْلُ خَيْمَتِي لَمْ يَقُولُوا: مَنْ يَأْتِي بِأَحَدٍ لَمْ يَشْبَعْ مِنْ طَعَامِهِ؟ | ٣١ 31 |
If not — say ye, O men of my tent, 'O that we had of his flesh, we are not satisfied.'
غَرِيبٌ لَمْ يَبِتْ فِي ٱلْخَارِجِ. فَتَحْتُ لِلْمُسَافِرِ أَبْوَابِي. | ٣٢ 32 |
In the street doth not lodge a stranger, My doors to the traveller I open.
إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ كَتَمْتُ كَٱلنَّاسِ ذَنْبِي لِإِخْفَاءِ إِثْمِي فِي حِضْنِي. | ٣٣ 33 |
If I have covered as Adam my transgressions, To hide in my bosom mine iniquity,
إِذْ رَهِبْتُ جُمْهُورًا غَفِيرًا، وَرَوَّعَتْنِي إِهَانَةُ ٱلْعَشَائِرِ، فَكَفَفْتُ وَلَمْ أَخْرُجْ مِنَ ٱلْبَابِ. | ٣٤ 34 |
Because I fear a great multitude, And the contempt of families doth affright me, Then I am silent, I go not out of the opening.
مَنْ لِي بِمَنْ يَسْمَعُنِي؟ هُوَذَا إِمْضَائِي. لِيُجِبْنِي ٱلْقَدِيرُ. وَمَنْ لِي بِشَكْوَى كَتَبَهَا خَصْمِي، | ٣٥ 35 |
Who giveth to me a hearing? lo, my mark. The Mighty One doth answer me, And a bill hath mine adversary written.
فَكُنْتُ أَحْمِلُهَا عَلَى كَتِفِي. كُنْتُ أُعْصِبُهَا تَاجًا لِي. | ٣٦ 36 |
If not — on my shoulder I take it up, I bind it a crown on myself.
كُنْتُ أُخْبِرُهُ بِعَدَدِ خَطَوَاتِي وَأَدْنُو مِنْهُ كَشَرِيفٍ. | ٣٧ 37 |
The number of my steps I tell Him, As a leader I approach Him.
إِنْ كَانَتْ أَرْضِي قَدْ صَرَخَتْ عَلَيَّ وَتَبَاكَتْ أَتْلَامُهَا جَمِيعًا. | ٣٨ 38 |
If against me my land doth cry out, And together its furrows weep,
إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ أَكَلْتُ غَلَّتَهَا بِلَا فِضَّةٍ، أَوْ أَطْفَأْتُ أَنْفُسَ أَصْحَابِهَا، | ٣٩ 39 |
If its strength I consumed without money, And the life of its possessors, I have caused to breathe out,
فَعِوَضَ ٱلْحِنْطَةِ لِيَنْبُتْ شَوْكٌ، وَبَدَلَ ٱلشَّعِيرِ زَوَانٌ». تَمَّتْ أَقْوَالُ أَيُّوبَ. | ٤٠ 40 |
Instead of wheat let a thorn go forth, And instead of barley a useless weed! The words of Job are finished.