أيُّوب 7
| أَلَيْسَتْ حَيَاةُ الإِنْسَانِ جِهَاداً شَاقّاً عَلَى الأَرْضِ، وَأَيَّامُهُ كَأَيَّامِ الأَجِيرِ؟ | ١ 1 |
"Isn't a man forced to labor on earth? Aren't his days like the days of a hired hand?
| فَكَمَا يَتَشَوَّقُ الْعَبْدُ إِلَى الظِّلِّ، وَالأَجِيرُ يَرْتَقِبُ أُجْرَتَهُ، | ٢ 2 |
As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, as a hireling who looks for his wages,
| هَكَذَا كُتِبَتْ عَلَيَّ أَشْهُرُ سُوءٍ، وَلَيَالِي شَقَاءٍ قُدِّرَتْ لِي. | ٣ 3 |
so am I made to possess months of misery, wearisome nights are appointed to me.
| إِذَا رَقَدْتُ أَتَسَاءَلُ: مَتَى أَقُومُ؟ وَلَكِنَّ اللَّيْلَ طَوِيلٌ، وَأَشْبَعُ قَلَقاً إِلَى الصَّبَاحِ. | ٤ 4 |
When I lie down, I say, 'When shall I arise, and the night be gone?' I toss and turn until the dawning of the day.
| اكْتَسَى لَحْمِي بِالدُّودِ وَحَمْأَةِ التُّرَابِ، وَجِلْدِي تَشَقَّقَ وَتَقَرَّحَ. | ٥ 5 |
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust. My skin closes up, and breaks out afresh.
| أَيَّامِي أَسْرَعُ مِنْ مَكُّوكِ النَّسَّاجِينَ، تَتَلاَشَى مِنْ غَيْرِ رَجَاءٍ! | ٦ 6 |
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
| فَاذْكُرْ يَااللهُ أَنَّ حَيَاتِي لَيْسَتْ سِوَى نَسَمَةٍ، وَأَنَّ عَيْنَيَّ لَنْ تَعُودَا تَرَيَانِ الْخَيْرَ. | ٧ 7 |
Oh remember that my life is a breath. My eye shall no more see good.
| إِنَّ عَيْنَ مَنْ يَرَانِي الآنَ لَنْ تُبْصِرَنِي فِيمَا بَعْدُ، وَتَلْتَفِتُ عَيْنَاكَ إِلَيَّ فلاَ تَجِدَانِنِي بَعْدُ. | ٨ 8 |
The eye of him who sees me shall see me no more. Your eyes shall be on me, but I shall not be.
| كَمَا يَضْمَحِلُّ السَّحَابُ وَيَزُولُ، هَكَذَا الْمُنْحَدِرُ إِلَى الْهَاوِيَةِ لاَ يَصْعَدُ، (Sheol h7585) | ٩ 9 |
As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol shall come up no more. (Sheol h7585)
| لاَ يَرْجِعُ بَعْدُ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ، وَمَكَانُهُ لاَ يَعْرِفُهُ بَعْدُ. | ١٠ 10 |
He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
| لِذَلِكَ لَنْ أُلْجِمَ فَمِي، وَسَأَتَكَلَّمُ مِنْ عُمْقِ عَذَابِ رُوحِي، وَأَشْكُو فِي مَرَارَةِ نَفْسِي. | ١١ 11 |
"Therefore I will not keep silent. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
| أَبَحْرٌ أَنَا أَمْ تِنِّينٌ، حَتَّى أَقَمْتَ عَلَيَّ حَارِساً؟ | ١٢ 12 |
Am I a sea, or a sea monster, that you put a guard over me?
| إِنْ قُلْتُ: إِنَّ فِرَاشِي يُعَزِّينِي وَمَرْقَدِي يُزِيلُ كُرْبَتِي، | ١٣ 13 |
When I say, 'My bed shall comfort me. My couch shall ease my complaint;'
| فَأَنْتَ تُرَوِّعُنِي بِالأَحْلاَمِ وَتُرْهِبُنِي بِالرُّؤَى. | ١٤ 14 |
then you scare me with dreams, and terrify me through visions:
| لِذَلِكَ فَضَّلْتُ الاخْتِنَاقَ وَالْمَوْتَ عَلَى جَسَدِي هَذَا. | ١٥ 15 |
so that my soul chooses strangling, death rather than my bones.
| كَرِهْتُ حَيَاتِي، فَلَنْ أَحْيَا إِلَى الأَبَدِ، فَكُفَّ عَنِّي لأَنَّ أَيَّامِي نَفْخَةٌ. | ١٦ 16 |
I loathe my life. I do not want to live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
| مَنْ هُوَ الإِنْسَانُ حَتَّى تَعْتَبِرَهُ وَتُعِيرَهُ كُلَّ اهْتِمَامٍ؟ | ١٧ 17 |
What is man, that you should magnify him, that you should set your mind on him,
| تَفْتَقِدُهُ فِي كُلِّ صَبَاحٍ وَتَمْتَحِنُهُ فِي كُلِّ لَحْظَةٍ؟ | ١٨ 18 |
that you should visit him every morning, and test him every moment?
| حَتَّى مَتَى لاَ تُحَوِّلُ وَجْهَكَ عَنِّي، وَتَكُفُّ رَيْثَمَا أَبْلَعُ رِيقِي؟ | ١٩ 19 |
How long will you not look away from me, nor leave me alone until I swallow down my spittle?
| إِنْ أَخْطَأْتُ فَمَاذَا أَفْعَلُ لَكَ يَارَقِيبَ النَّاسِ؟ لِمَاذَا جَعَلْتَنِي هَدَفاً لَكَ؟ لِمَاذَا جَعَلْتَنِي حِمْلاً عَلَى نَفْسِي؟ | ٢٠ 20 |
If I have sinned, what do I do to you, you watcher of men? Why have you set me as a mark for you, so that I am a burden to myself?
| لِمَاذَا لاَ تَصْفَحُ عَنْ إِثْمِي وَتُزِيلُ ذَنْبِي، لأَنَّنِي الآنَ أَرْقُدُ فِي التُّرَابِ، وَعِنْدَمَا تَبْحَثُ عَنِّي أَكُونُ قَدْ فَنِيتُ». | ٢١ 21 |
Why do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I shall not be."
