أَيُّوبَ 33

١ 1 «وَلَكِنِ ٱسْمَعِ ٱلْآنَ يَا أَيُّوبُ أَقْوَالِي، وَٱصْغَ إِلَى كُلِّ كَلَامِي.

Now listen to me, Job. Pay attention to everything I have to say.

٢ 2 هَأَنَذَا قَدْ فَتَحْتُ فَمِي. لِسَانِي نَطَقَ فِي حَنَكِي.

Look, I'm about to speak; my mouth is ready to talk.

٣ 3 اِسْتِقَامَةُ قَلْبِي كَلَامِي، وَمَعْرِفَةُ شَفَتَيَّ هُمَا تَنْطِقَانِ بِهَا خَالِصَةً.

My words come from my upright heart; my lips speak sincerely of what I know.

٤ 4 رُوحُ ٱللهِ صَنَعَنِي وَنَسَمَةُ ٱلْقَدِيرِ أَحْيَتْنِي.

The spirit of God made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

٥ 5 إِنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتَ فَأَجِبْنِي. أَحْسِنِ ٱلدَّعْوَى أَمَامِي. اِنْتَصِبْ.

Answer me, if you can. Stand in front of me and prepare to defend yourself.

٦ 6 هَأَنَذَا حَسَبَ قَوْلِكَ عِوَضًا عَنِ ٱللهِ. أَنَا أَيْضًا مِنَ ٱلطِّينِ تَقَرَّصْتُ.

Look, before God we are both the same. I was also made from a piece of clay.

٧ 7 هُوَذَا هَيْبَتِي لَا تُرْهِبُكَ وَجَلَالِي لَا يَثْقُلُ عَلَيْكَ.

See here, you don't need to be frightened of me. I won't be too hard on you.

٨ 8 «إِنَّكَ قد قُلْتَ في مَسَامِعِي، وَصَوْتَ أَقْوَالِكَ سَمِعْتُ.

You spoke in my hearing and I have listened to everything you had to say.

٩ 9 قُلْتَ: أَنَا بَرِيءٌ بِلَا ذَنْبٍ. زَكِيٌّ أَنَا وَلَا إِثْمَ لِي.

You say, ‘I'm clean, I've done nothing wrong; I'm pure, I have not sinned.

١٠ 10 هُوَذَا يَطْلُبُ عَلَيَّ عِلَلَ عَدَاوَةٍ. يَحْسِبُنِي عَدُوًّا لَهُ.

See how God finds fault with me and treats me as his enemy.

١١ 11 وَضَعَ رِجْلَيَّ فِي ٱلْمِقْطَرَةِ. يُرَاقِبُ كُلَّ طُرُقِي.

He puts my feet in the stocks and watches everything I do.’

١٢ 12 «هَا إِنَّكَ فِي هَذَا لَمْ تُصِبْ. أَنَا أُجِيبُكَ، لِأَنَّ ٱللهَ أَعْظَمُ مِنَ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ.

But look, you are wrong—let me explain. God is greater than any human being.

١٣ 13 لِمَاذَا تُخَاصِمُهُ؟ لِأَنَّ كُلَّ أُمُورِهِ لَا يُجَاوِبُ عَنْهَا.

Why are you fighting against him, complaining that God isn't answering your questions?

١٤ 14 لَكِنَّ ٱللهَ يَتَكَلَّمُ مَرَّةً، وَبِٱثْنَتَيْنِ لَا يُلَاحِظُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ.

God speaks over and over again, but people don't notice.

١٥ 15 فِي حُلْمٍ فِي رُؤْيَا ٱللَّيْلِ، عِنْدَ سُقُوطِ سُبَاتٍ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ، فِي ٱلنُّعَاسِ عَلَى ٱلْمَضْجَعِ.

Through dreams and visions in the night, when people fall into deep sleep, resting on their beds,

١٦ 16 حِينَئِذٍ يَكْشِفُ آذَانَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَيَخْتِمُ عَلَى تَأْدِيبِهِمْ،

God speaks to them with solemn warnings

١٧ 17 لِيُحَوِّلَ ٱلْإِنْسَانَ عَنْ عَمَلِهِ، وَيَكْتُمَ ٱلْكِبْرِيَاءَ عَنِ ٱلرَّجُلِ،

to turn them away from doing wrong and to stop them from becoming proud.

١٨ 18 لِيَمْنَعَ نَفْسَهُ عَنِ ٱلْحُفْرَةِ وَحَيَاتَهُ مِنَ ٱلزَّوَالِ بِحَرْبَةِ ٱلْمَوْتِ.

He saves them from the grave and spares them from violent death.

١٩ 19 أَيْضًا يُؤَدَّبُ بِٱلْوَجَعِ عَلَى مَضْجَعِهِ، وَمُخَاصَمَةُ عِظَامِهِ دَائِمَةٌ،

People are also disciplined on a bed of pain with constant aching in their bones.

٢٠ 20 فَتَكْرَهُ حَيَاتُهُ خُبْزًا، وَنَفْسُهُ ٱلطَّعَامَ ٱلشَّهِيَّ.

They have no desire to eat; they do not even want their favorite dishes.

٢١ 21 فَيَبْلَى لَحْمُهُ عَنِ ٱلْعِيَانِ، وَتَنْبَرِي عِظَامُهُ فَلَا تُرَى،

Their flesh wastes away to nothing; all that's left is skin and bones.

٢٢ 22 وَتَقْرُبُ نَفْسُهُ إِلَى ٱلْقَبْرِ، وَحَيَاتُهُ إِلَى ٱلْمُمِيتِينَ.

They are close to death; their lives approaching the executioner.

٢٣ 23 إِنْ وُجِدَ عِنْدَهُ مُرْسَلٌ، وَسِيطٌ وَاحِدٌ مِنْ أَلْفٍ لِيُعْلِنَ لِلْإِنْسَانِ ٱسْتِقَامَتَهُ،

But if an angel appears, a mediator, one of God's thousands of angels, to tell someone the right way for them,

٢٤ 24 يَتَرَاَءَفُ عَلَيْهِ وَيَقُولُ: أُطْلِقُهُ عَنِ ٱلْهُبُوطِ إِلَى ٱلْحُفْرَةِ، قَدْ وَجَدْتُ فِدْيَةً.

he will be gracious to them. He will say, ‘Save them from going down into the grave, for I have found a way to free them.’

٢٥ 25 يَصِيرُ لَحْمُهُ أَغَضَّ مِنْ لَحْمِ ٱلصَّبِيِّ، وَيَعُودُ إِلَى أَيَّامِ شَبَابِهِ.

Then their bodies will be renewed as if they were young again; they will be as strong as when they were in their prime.

٢٦ 26 يُصَلِّي إِلَى ٱللهِ فَيَرْضَى عَنْهُ، وَيُعَايِنُ وَجْهَهُ بِهُتَافٍ فَيَرُدُّ عَلَى ٱلْإِنْسَانِ بِرَّهُ.

They will pray to God, and he will accept them; they come into God's presence with joy, and he will set things right for them.

٢٧ 27 يُغَنِّي بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ فَيَقُولُ: قَدْ أَخْطَأْتُ، وَعَوَّجْتُ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ، وَلَمْ أُجَازَ عَلَيْهِ.

They sing, and tell others, ‘I sinned, I distorted what is right, but it did not do me any good.

٢٨ 28 فَدَى نَفْسِي مِنَ ٱلْعُبُورِ إِلَى ٱلْحُفْرَةِ، فَتَرَى حَيَاتِيَ ٱلنُّورَ.

He saved me from going down into the grave and I will live in the light.’

٢٩ 29 «هُوَذَا كُلُّ هَذِهِ يَفْعَلُهَا ٱللهُ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَثَلَاثًا بِٱلْإِنْسَانِ،

Look, God does this time and again for people;

٣٠ 30 لِيَرُدَّ نَفْسَهُ مِنَ ٱلْحُفْرَةِ، لِيَسْتَنِيرَ بِنُورِ ٱلْأَحْيَاءِ.

he saves them from the grave so they might see the light of life.

٣١ 31 فَٱصْغَ يَا أَيُّوبُ وَٱسْتَمِعْ لِي. اُنْصُتْ فَأَنَا أَتَكَلَّمُ.

Pay attention Job, and listen to me! Be quiet—let me speak!

٣٢ 32 إِنْ كَانَ عِنْدَكَ كَلَامٌ فَأَجِبْنِي. تَكَلَّمْ. فَإِنِّي أُرِيدُ تَبْرِيرَكَ.

But if you have anything to say, then speak up.

٣٣ 33 وَإِلَّا فَٱسْتَمِعْ أَنْتَ لِي. اُنْصُتْ فَأُعَلِّمَكَ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ».

If not, listen to me. Keep quiet and I will teach you wisdom.”