< أَيُّوبَ 35 >

فَأَجَابَ أَلِيهُو وَقَالَ: ١ 1
Moreover Elihu answered,
«أَتَحْسِبُ هَذَا حَقًّا؟ قُلْتَ: أَنَا أَبَرُّ مِنَ ٱللهِ. ٢ 2
“Do you think this to be your right, or do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s,’
لِأَنَّكَ قُلْتَ: مَاذَا يُفِيدُكَ؟ بِمَاذَا أَنْتَفِعُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ خَطِيَّتِي؟ ٣ 3
that you ask, ‘What advantage will it be to you? What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?’
أَنَا أَرُدُّ عَلَيْكَ كَلَامًا، وَعَلَى أَصْحَابِكَ مَعَكَ. ٤ 4
I will answer you, and your companions with you.
اُنْظُرْ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَأَبْصِرْ، وَلَاحِظِ ٱلْغَمَامَ. إِنَّهَا أَعْلَى مِنْكَ. ٥ 5
Look to the skies, and see. See the skies, which are higher than you.
إِنْ أَخْطَأْتَ فَمَاذَا فَعَلْتَ بِهِ؟ وَإِنْ كَثَّرْتَ مَعَاصِيَكَ فَمَاذَا عَمِلْتَ لَهُ؟ ٦ 6
If you have sinned, what effect do you have against him? If your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?
إِنْ كُنْتَ بَارًّا فَمَاذَا أَعْطَيْتَهُ؟ أَوْ مَاذَا يَأْخُذُهُ مِنْ يَدِكَ؟ ٧ 7
If you are righteous, what do you give him? Or what does he receive from your hand?
لِرَجُلٍ مِثْلِكَ شَرُّكَ، وَلِٱبْنِ آدَمَ بِرُّكَ. ٨ 8
Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are, and your righteousness may profit a son of man.
«مِنْ كَثْرَةِ ٱلْمَظَالِمِ يَصْرُخُونَ. يَسْتَغِيثُونَ مِنْ ذِرَاعِ ٱلْأَعِزَّاءِ. ٩ 9
“By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out. They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
وَلَمْ يَقُولُوا: أَيْنَ ٱللهُ صَانِعِي، مُؤْتِي ٱلْأَغَانِيِّ فِي ٱللَّيْلِ، ١٠ 10
But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,
ٱلَّذِي يُعَلِّمُنَا أَكْثَرَ مِنْ وُحُوشِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَيَجْعَلُنَا أَحْكَمَ مِنْ طُيُورِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ؟ ١١ 11
who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’
ثَمَّ يَصْرُخُونَ مِنْ كِبْرِيَاءِ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ وَلَا يَسْتَجِيبُ. ١٢ 12
There they cry, but no one answers, because of the pride of evil men.
وَلَكِنَّ ٱللهَ لَا يَسْمَعُ كَذِبًا، وَٱلْقَدِيرُ لَا يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ. ١٣ 13
Surely God will not hear an empty cry, neither will the Almighty regard it.
فَإِذَا قُلْتَ إِنَّكَ لَسْتَ تَرَاهُ، فَٱلدَّعْوَى قُدَّامَهُ، فَٱصْبِرْ لَهُ. ١٤ 14
How much less when you say you don’t see him. The cause is before him, and you wait for him!
وَأَمَّا ٱلْآنَ فَلِأَنَّ غَضَبَهُ لَا يُطَالِبُ، وَلَا يُبَالِي بِكَثْرَةِ ٱلزَّلَّاتِ، ١٥ 15
But now, because he has not visited in his anger, neither does he greatly regard arrogance,
فَغَرَ أَيُّوبُ فَاهُ بِٱلْبَاطِلِ، وَكَبَّرَ ٱلْكَلَامَ بِلَا مَعْرِفَةٍ». ١٦ 16
therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk, and he multiplies words without knowledge.”

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