< أَيُّوبَ 33 >
«وَلَكِنِ ٱسْمَعِ ٱلْآنَ يَا أَيُّوبُ أَقْوَالِي، وَٱصْغَ إِلَى كُلِّ كَلَامِي. | ١ 1 |
Therefore do thou but hear, O Job, my speeches, and give ear to all my words.
هَأَنَذَا قَدْ فَتَحْتُ فَمِي. لِسَانِي نَطَقَ فِي حَنَكِي. | ٢ 2 |
Behold now, I have opened my mouth, my tongue speaketh in my mouth.
اِسْتِقَامَةُ قَلْبِي كَلَامِي، وَمَعْرِفَةُ شَفَتَيَّ هُمَا تَنْطِقَانِ بِهَا خَالِصَةً. | ٣ 3 |
Out of my straightforward heart [come] my sayings, and my lips utter knowledge clearly.
رُوحُ ٱللهِ صَنَعَنِي وَنَسَمَةُ ٱلْقَدِيرِ أَحْيَتْنِي. | ٤ 4 |
The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty giveth me life.
إِنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتَ فَأَجِبْنِي. أَحْسِنِ ٱلدَّعْوَى أَمَامِي. اِنْتَصِبْ. | ٥ 5 |
If thou canst, answer me, array thyself before me, stand forward.
هَأَنَذَا حَسَبَ قَوْلِكَ عِوَضًا عَنِ ٱللهِ. أَنَا أَيْضًا مِنَ ٱلطِّينِ تَقَرَّصْتُ. | ٦ 6 |
Behold, I am in the same relation as thyself toward God: I myself also am cut out of the clay.
هُوَذَا هَيْبَتِي لَا تُرْهِبُكَ وَجَلَالِي لَا يَثْقُلُ عَلَيْكَ. | ٧ 7 |
Behold, dread of me cannot terrify thee, and my pressure will not be too heavy upon thee.
«إِنَّكَ قد قُلْتَ في مَسَامِعِي، وَصَوْتَ أَقْوَالِكَ سَمِعْتُ. | ٨ 8 |
But thou hast said before my ears, and the sound of the words I still hear,
قُلْتَ: أَنَا بَرِيءٌ بِلَا ذَنْبٍ. زَكِيٌّ أَنَا وَلَا إِثْمَ لِي. | ٩ 9 |
“I am pure without transgression, I am quite clean; and there is no iniquity in me:
هُوَذَا يَطْلُبُ عَلَيَّ عِلَلَ عَدَاوَةٍ. يَحْسِبُنِي عَدُوًّا لَهُ. | ١٠ 10 |
Yet, behold, he findeth hateful backsliding on me, he regardeth me as an enemy unto him;
وَضَعَ رِجْلَيَّ فِي ٱلْمِقْطَرَةِ. يُرَاقِبُ كُلَّ طُرُقِي. | ١١ 11 |
He putteth my feet in the stocks, he watcheth all my paths.”
«هَا إِنَّكَ فِي هَذَا لَمْ تُصِبْ. أَنَا أُجِيبُكَ، لِأَنَّ ٱللهَ أَعْظَمُ مِنَ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ. | ١٢ 12 |
Behold, In this thou art not just: I will answer thee; for God is far greater than a mortal.
لِمَاذَا تُخَاصِمُهُ؟ لِأَنَّ كُلَّ أُمُورِهِ لَا يُجَاوِبُ عَنْهَا. | ١٣ 13 |
Why dost thou contend against him? for with all his words will he not give an answer.
لَكِنَّ ٱللهَ يَتَكَلَّمُ مَرَّةً، وَبِٱثْنَتَيْنِ لَا يُلَاحِظُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ. | ١٤ 14 |
For God speaketh once, yea twice: [yet man] regardeth it not.
فِي حُلْمٍ فِي رُؤْيَا ٱللَّيْلِ، عِنْدَ سُقُوطِ سُبَاتٍ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ، فِي ٱلنُّعَاسِ عَلَى ٱلْمَضْجَعِ. | ١٥ 15 |
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumbers upon the couch:
حِينَئِذٍ يَكْشِفُ آذَانَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَيَخْتِمُ عَلَى تَأْدِيبِهِمْ، | ١٦ 16 |
Then doth he lay open the ear of men, and sealeth it with their warning;
لِيُحَوِّلَ ٱلْإِنْسَانَ عَنْ عَمَلِهِ، وَيَكْتُمَ ٱلْكِبْرِيَاءَ عَنِ ٱلرَّجُلِ، | ١٧ 17 |
To remove the son of earth [from his intended] deed and he covereth up pride from man;
لِيَمْنَعَ نَفْسَهُ عَنِ ٱلْحُفْرَةِ وَحَيَاتَهُ مِنَ ٱلزَّوَالِ بِحَرْبَةِ ٱلْمَوْتِ. | ١٨ 18 |
He withholdeth his soul from the pit, and his life from passing away by the sword.
أَيْضًا يُؤَدَّبُ بِٱلْوَجَعِ عَلَى مَضْجَعِهِ، وَمُخَاصَمَةُ عِظَامِهِ دَائِمَةٌ، | ١٩ 19 |
And so is he admonished by pain upon his couch, and all his bones with violent [aches].
فَتَكْرَهُ حَيَاتُهُ خُبْزًا، وَنَفْسُهُ ٱلطَّعَامَ ٱلشَّهِيَّ. | ٢٠ 20 |
So that his inclination abhorreth bread, and his soul, the most agreeable food.
فَيَبْلَى لَحْمُهُ عَنِ ٱلْعِيَانِ، وَتَنْبَرِي عِظَامُهُ فَلَا تُرَى، | ٢١ 21 |
His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen, and his bones that were not seen stick out.
وَتَقْرُبُ نَفْسُهُ إِلَى ٱلْقَبْرِ، وَحَيَاتُهُ إِلَى ٱلْمُمِيتِينَ. | ٢٢ 22 |
Yea, his soul draweth near unto the pit, and his life to those that slay.
إِنْ وُجِدَ عِنْدَهُ مُرْسَلٌ، وَسِيطٌ وَاحِدٌ مِنْ أَلْفٍ لِيُعْلِنَ لِلْإِنْسَانِ ٱسْتِقَامَتَهُ، | ٢٣ 23 |
If there be now about him one single angel, as defender, one out of a thousand, to tell for man his uprightness:
يَتَرَاَءَفُ عَلَيْهِ وَيَقُولُ: أُطْلِقُهُ عَنِ ٱلْهُبُوطِ إِلَى ٱلْحُفْرَةِ، قَدْ وَجَدْتُ فِدْيَةً. | ٢٤ 24 |
Then is he gracious unto him, and saith, Release him from going down to the pit, I have found an atonement.
يَصِيرُ لَحْمُهُ أَغَضَّ مِنْ لَحْمِ ٱلصَّبِيِّ، وَيَعُودُ إِلَى أَيَّامِ شَبَابِهِ. | ٢٥ 25 |
His flesh becometh full again as in youth: he returneth to the days of his boyhood.
يُصَلِّي إِلَى ٱللهِ فَيَرْضَى عَنْهُ، وَيُعَايِنُ وَجْهَهُ بِهُتَافٍ فَيَرُدُّ عَلَى ٱلْإِنْسَانِ بِرَّهُ. | ٢٦ 26 |
He will offer his entreaty unto God, and he will receive him in favor, that he may see his face with joy: so doth He recompense unto the mortal his righteousness.
يُغَنِّي بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ فَيَقُولُ: قَدْ أَخْطَأْتُ، وَعَوَّجْتُ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ، وَلَمْ أُجَازَ عَلَيْهِ. | ٢٧ 27 |
He then should assemble men around, and say, “I had sinned, and perverted what is right, yet have I not received a like return.”
فَدَى نَفْسِي مِنَ ٱلْعُبُورِ إِلَى ٱلْحُفْرَةِ، فَتَرَى حَيَاتِيَ ٱلنُّورَ. | ٢٨ 28 |
Thus he redeemeth his soul from passing into the pit, and his life will look joyously on the light.
«هُوَذَا كُلُّ هَذِهِ يَفْعَلُهَا ٱللهُ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَثَلَاثًا بِٱلْإِنْسَانِ، | ٢٩ 29 |
Lo, all these things doth God two or three times with man;
لِيَرُدَّ نَفْسَهُ مِنَ ٱلْحُفْرَةِ، لِيَسْتَنِيرَ بِنُورِ ٱلْأَحْيَاءِ. | ٣٠ 30 |
To bring back his soul from the pit, that she may shine in the light of life.
فَٱصْغَ يَا أَيُّوبُ وَٱسْتَمِعْ لِي. اُنْصُتْ فَأَنَا أَتَكَلَّمُ. | ٣١ 31 |
Listen well, O Job, hearken unto me: keep silence, and I will truly speak.
إِنْ كَانَ عِنْدَكَ كَلَامٌ فَأَجِبْنِي. تَكَلَّمْ. فَإِنِّي أُرِيدُ تَبْرِيرَكَ. | ٣٢ 32 |
If thou hast any words, answer me: speak, for I wish to justify thee.
وَإِلَّا فَٱسْتَمِعْ أَنْتَ لِي. اُنْصُتْ فَأُعَلِّمَكَ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ». | ٣٣ 33 |
If not, hearken thou unto me: keep silence, and I will teach thee wisdom.