أَيُّوبَ 37

١ 1 «فَلِهَذَا ٱضْطَرَبَ قَلْبِي وَخَفَقَ مِنْ مَوْضِعِهِ.

At this my heart trembles, beating rapidly within me!

٢ 2 ٱسْمَعُوا سَمَاعًا رَعْدَ صَوْتِهِ وَٱلزَّمْزَمَةَ ٱلْخَارِجَةَ مِنْ فِيهِ.

Listen carefully to God's thunderous voice that rumbles as he speaks.

٣ 3 تَحْتَ كُلِّ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ يُطْلِقُهَا، كَذَا نُورُهُ إِلَى أَكْنَافِ ٱلْأَرْضِ.

He sends it across the heaven; his lightning flashes to the ends of the earth.

٤ 4 بَعْدُ يُزَمْجِرُ صَوْتٌ، يُرْعِدُ بِصَوْتِ جَلَالِهِ، وَلَا يُؤَخِّرُهَا إِذْ سُمِعَ صَوْتُهُ.

Then comes the roar of thunder, his majestic voice holding nothing back when he speaks.

٥ 5 ٱللهُ يُرْعِدُ بِصَوْتِهِ عَجَبًا. يَصْنَعُ عَظَائِمَ لَا نُدْرِكُهَا.

God's thunderous voice is wonderful! We can't comprehend the great things he does!

٦ 6 لِأَنَّهُ يَقُولُ لِلثَّلْجِ: ٱسْقُطْ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ. كَذَا لِوَابِلِ ٱلْمَطَرِ، وَابِلِ أَمْطَارِ عِزِّهِ.

He tells the snow to fall and the rain to pour down on the earth.

٧ 7 يَخْتِمُ عَلَى يَدِ كُلِّ إِنْسَانٍ، لِيَعْلَمَ كُلُّ ٱلنَّاسِ خَالِقَهُمْ،

By this he stops people working so that everyone can understand what he does.

٨ 8 فَتَدْخُلُ ٱلْحَيَوَانَاتُ ٱلْمَآوِيَ، وَتَسْتَقِرُّ فِي أَوْجِرَتِهَا.

Even the animals take shelter and remain in their dens.

٩ 9 مِنَ ٱلْجَنُوبِ يَأْتِي ٱلْإِعْصَارُ، وَمِنَ ٱلشَّمَالِ ٱلْبَرَدُ.

The south wind blows in storms, while the north wind blows in cold weather.

١٠ 10 مِنْ نَسَمَةِ ٱللهِ يُجْعَلُ ٱلْجَمْدُ، وَتَتَضَيَّقُ سِعَةُ ٱلْمِيَاهِ.

God's breath produces ice, freezing the surface of water solid.

١١ 11 أَيْضًا بِرِيٍّ يَطْرَحُ ٱلْغَيْمَ. يُبَدِّدُ سَحَابَ نُورِهِ.

He fills the clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning from them.

١٢ 12 فَهِيَ مُدَوَّرَةٌ مُتَقَلِّبَةٌ بِإِدَارَتِهِ، لِتَفْعَلَ كُلَّ مَا يَأْمُرُ بِهِ عَلَى وَجْهِ ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلْمَسْكُونَةِ،

They swirl around under his control; they move over all the earth as he commands.

١٣ 13 سَوَاءٌ كَانَ لِلتَّأْدِيبِ أَوْ لِأَرْضِهِ أَوْ لِلرَّحْمَةِ يُرْسِلُهَا.

He does this to accomplish his will, either to discipline or to show his goodness.

١٤ 14 «اُنْصُتْ إِلَى هَذَا يَا أَيُّوبُ، وَقِفْ وَتَأَمَّلْ بِعَجَائِبِ ٱللهِ.

Listen to this, Job! Stop for a moment and consider the wonderful things God does.

١٥ 15 أَتُدْرِكُ ٱنْتِبَاهَ ٱللهِ إِلَيْهَا، أَوْ إِضَاءَةَ نُورِ سَحَابِهِ؟

Do you know how God controls the clouds, or makes his lightning flash from them?

١٦ 16 أَتُدْرِكُ مُوازَنَةَ ٱلسَّحَابِ، مُعْجِزَاتِ ٱلْكَامِلِ ٱلْمَعَارِفِ؟

Do you know how clouds float in the sky—the wonderful work of him who knows everything.

١٧ 17 كَيْفَ تَسْخُنُ ثِيَابُكَ إِذَا سَكَنَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ مِنْ رِيحِ ٱلْجَنُوبِ؟

You know how your clothes drip with sweat when the south wind brings air that is hot and heavy.

١٨ 18 هَلْ صَفَّحْتَ مَعَهُ ٱلْجَلَدَ ٱلْمُمَكَّنَ كَٱلْمِرْآةِ ٱلْمَسْبُوكَةِ؟

Can you hammer out the sky so it becomes like a molten mirror, as he does?

١٩ 19 عَلِّمْنَا مَا نَقُولُ لَهُ. إِنَّنَا لَا نُحْسِنُ ٱلْكَلَامَ بِسَبَبِ ٱلظُّلْمَةِ!

So why don't you teach us what to tell God? We cannot make our case because we are in the dark!

٢٠ 20 هَلْ يُقَصُّ عَلَيْهِ كَلَامِي إِذَا تَكَلَّمْتُ؟ هَلْ يَنْطِقُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ لِكَيْ يَبْتَلِعَ؟

Should God be told that I want to speak? Anyone who wanted to would be destroyed!

٢١ 21 وَٱلْآنَ لَا يُرَى ٱلنُّورُ ٱلْبَاهِرُ ٱلَّذِي هُوَ فِي ٱلْجَلَدِ، ثُمَّ تَعْبُرُ ٱلرِّيحُ فَتُنَقِّيهِ.

After all, we can't look at the sun when it blazes brightly in the sky, after the wind has cleared away the clouds.

٢٢ 22 مِنَ ٱلشَّمَالِ يَأْتِي ذَهَبٌ. عِنْدَ ٱللهِ جَلَالٌ مُرْهِبٌ.

Out of the north God comes shining like gold, surrounded in awesome majesty.

٢٣ 23 ٱلْقَدِيرُ لَا نُدْرِكُهُ. عَظِيمُ ٱلْقُوَّةِ وَٱلْحَقِّ، وَكَثِيرُ ٱلْبِرِّ. لَا يُجَاوِبُ.

We cannot approach the Almighty for he is far beyond us in power and justice, and doing right.

٢٤ 24 لِذَلِكَ فَلْتَخَفْهُ ٱلنَّاسُ. كُلَّ حَكِيمِ ٱلْقَلْبِ لَا يُرَاعِي».

He does not act like a tyrant—no wonder people are in awe of him, though he does not value those who think they're wise.”