< أَيُّوبَ 9 >

فَأَجَابَ أَيُّوبُ وَقَالَ: ١ 1
Job replied,
«صَحِيحٌ. قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّهُ كَذَا، فَكَيْفَ يَتَبَرَّرُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ عِنْدَ ٱللهِ؟ ٢ 2
“Yes, I know all that! But how can anyone be right before God?
إِنْ شَاءَ أَنْ يُحَاجَّهُ، لَا يُجِيبُهُ عَنْ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ أَلْفٍ. ٣ 3
If you wanted to argue with God, God could ask a thousand questions that no-one could answer.
هُوَ حَكِيمُ ٱلْقَلْبِ وَشَدِيدُ ٱلْقُوَّةِ. مَنْ تَصَلَّبَ عَلَيْهِ فَسَلِمَ؟ ٤ 4
God is so wise and so powerful that no-one could challenge him and win.
ٱلْمُزَحْزِحُ ٱلْجِبَالَ وَلَا تَعْلَمُ، ٱلَّذِي يَقْلِبُهَا فِي غَضَبِهِ. ٥ 5
God moves the mountains suddenly; he overturns them in his anger.
ٱلْمُزَعْزِعُ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِنْ مَقَرِّهَا، فَتَتَزَلْزَلُ أَعْمِدَتُهَا. ٦ 6
He shakes the earth, making its foundations quake.
ٱلْآمِرُ ٱلشَّمْسَ فَلَا تُشْرِقُ، وَيَخْتِمُ عَلَى ٱلنُّجُومِ. ٧ 7
He is the one who can command the sun not to rise and the stars not to shine.
ٱلْبَاسِطُ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَحْدَهُ، وَٱلْمَاشِي عَلَى أَعَالِي ٱلْبَحْرِ. ٨ 8
He alone is the one who stretches out the heavens and walks on the waves of the sea.
صَانِعُ ٱلنَّعْشِ وَٱلْجَبَّارِ وَٱلثُّرَيَّا وَمَخَادِعِ ٱلْجَنُوبِ. ٩ 9
He made the constellations of the Bear, Orion, the Pleiades, and the stars of the southern sky.
فَاعِلُ عَظَائِمَ لَا تُفْحَصُ، وَعَجَائِبَ لَا تُعَدُّ. ١٠ 10
He is the one who does incredible things that are beyond our understanding, marvelous things that are uncountable.
«هُوَذَا يَمُرُّ عَلَيَّ وَلَا أَرَاهُ، وَيَجْتَازُ فَلَا أَشْعُرُ بِهِ. ١١ 11
But when he passes by me, I don't see him; when he moves on, he is invisible to me.
إِذَا خَطَفَ فَمَنْ يَرُدُّهُ؟ وَمَنْ يَقُولُ لَهُ: مَاذَا تَفْعَلُ؟ ١٢ 12
If he takes away, who can prevent him? Who is going to ask him, ‘What are you doing?’
ٱللهُ لَا يَرُدُّ غَضَبَهُ. يَنْحَنِي تَحْتَهُ أَعْوَانُ رَهَبَ. ١٣ 13
God does not restrain his anger; he crushes Rahab's helpers underfoot.
كَمْ بِٱلْأَقَلِّ أَنَا أُجَاوِبُهُ وَأَخْتَارُ كَلَامِي مَعَهُ؟ ١٤ 14
So how much less could I answer God, or choose my words to argue with him!
لِأَنِّي وَإِنْ تَبَرَّرْتُ لَا أُجَاوِبُ، بَلْ أَسْتَرْحِمُ دَيَّانِي. ١٥ 15
Even though I'm right, I can't answer him. I must plead for mercy from my judge.
لَوْ دَعَوْتُ فَٱسْتَجَابَ لِي، لَمَا آمَنْتُ بِأَنَّهُ سَمِعَ صَوْتِي. ١٦ 16
Even if I called him to come and he responded, I don't believe he would listen to me.
ذَاكَ ٱلَّذِي يَسْحَقُنِي بِٱلْعَاصِفَةِ، وَيُكْثِرُ جُرُوحِي بِلَا سَبَبٍ. ١٧ 17
He pounds me with the winds of a storm; he wounds me time and again, without giving a reason.
لَا يَدَعُنِي آخُذُ نَفَسِي، وَلَكِنْ يُشْبِعُنِي مَرَائِرَ. ١٨ 18
He doesn't give me a chance even to catch my breath; instead he fills my life with bitter suffering.
إِنْ كَانَ مِنْ جِهَةِ قُوَّةِ ٱلْقَوِيِّ، يَقُولُ: هَأَنَذَا. وَإِنْ كَانَ مِنْ جِهَةِ ٱلْقَضَاءِ يَقُولُ: مَنْ يُحَاكِمُنِي؟ ١٩ 19
If it's a question of strength, then God is the strongest. If it's a question of justice, then who will set a time for my case?
إِنْ تَبَرَّرْتُ يَحْكُمُ عَلَيَّ فَمِي، وَإِنْ كُنْتُ كَامِلًا يَسْتَذْنِبُنِي. ٢٠ 20
Even though I am right, my own mouth would condemn me; even though I am innocent, he would prove me wrong.
«كَامِلٌ أَنَا. لَا أُبَالِي بِنَفْسِي. رَذَلْتُ حَيَاتِي. ٢١ 21
I am innocent! I don't care what happens to me. I hate my life!
هِيَ وَاحِدَةٌ. لِذَلِكَ قُلْتُ: إِنَّ ٱلْكَامِلَ وَٱلشِّرِّيرَ هُوَ يُفْنِيهِمَا. ٢٢ 22
That's why I say, ‘It makes no difference to God. He destroys both the innocent and the wicked.’
إِذَا قَتَلَ ٱلسَّوْطُ بَغْتَةً، يَسْتَهْزِئُ بِتَجْرِبَةِ ٱلْأَبْرِيَاءِ. ٢٣ 23
When disaster strikes suddenly he mocks the despair of the innocent.
ٱلْأَرْضُ مُسَلَّمَةٌ لِيَدِ ٱلشِّرِّيرِ. يُغَشِّي وُجُوهَ قُضَاتِهَا. وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ هُوَ، فَإِذًا مَنْ؟ ٢٤ 24
The earth has been handed over to the wicked; he blinds the eyes of the judges—if it's not him who does this, then who is it?
أَيَّامِي أَسْرَعُ مِنْ عَدَّاءٍ، تَفِرُّ وَلَا تَرَى خَيْرًا. ٢٥ 25
The days of my life race by like a runner, rushing past without me seeing any happiness.
تَمُرُّ مَعَ سُفُنِ ٱلْبَرْدِيِّ. كَنَسْرٍ يَنْقَضُّ إِلَى قَنَصِهِ. ٢٦ 26
They pass by like fast sailing ships, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
إِنْ قُلْتُ: أَنْسَى كُرْبَتِي، أُطْلِقُ وَجْهِي وَأَتَبَلَّجُ، ٢٧ 27
If I said to myself, ‘I will forget my complaints; I will stop crying and be happy,’
أَخَافُ مِنْ كُلِّ أَوْجَاعِي عَالِمًا أَنَّكَ لَا تُبَرِّئُنِي. ٢٨ 28
I would still be terrified at all my suffering because you, God, will not say I'm innocent.
أَنَا مُسْتَذْنَبٌ، فَلِمَاذَا أَتْعَبُ عَبَثًا؟ ٢٩ 29
Since I'm condemned, what's the point in arguing?
وَلَوِ ٱغْتَسَلْتُ فِي ٱلثَّلْجِ، وَنَظَّفْتُ يَدَيَّ بِٱلْإِشْنَانِ، ٣٠ 30
Even if I wash myself with pure mountain water and clean my hands with soap,
فَإِنَّكَ فِي ٱلنَّقْعِ تَغْمِسُنِي حَتَّى تَكْرَهَنِي ثِيَابِي. ٣١ 31
you would toss me into a slime pit so that even my own clothes would hate me!
لِأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ هُوَ إِنْسَانًا مِثْلِي فَأُجَاوِبَهُ، فَنَأْتِي جَمِيعًا إِلَى ٱلْمُحَاكَمَةِ. ٣٢ 32
For God is not a mortal being like me, I can't defend myself or take him to court.
لَيْسَ بَيْنَنَا مُصَالِحٌ يَضَعُ يَدَهُ عَلَى كِلَيْنَا. ٣٣ 33
If only there was an arbitrator who could bring us both together!
لِيَرْفَعْ عَنِّي عَصَاهُ وَلَا يَبْغَتْنِي رُعْبُهُ. ٣٤ 34
I wish God would stop beating me with his rod and terrifying me!
إِذًا أَتَكَلَّمُ وَلَا أَخَافُهُ، لِأَنِّي لَسْتُ هَكَذَا عِنْدَ نَفْسِي. ٣٥ 35
Then I could speak up without being afraid—but since I am, I can't!”

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