< أَيُّوبَ 23 >
فَأَجَابَ أَيُّوبُ وَقَالَ: | ١ 1 |
And Job answereth and saith: —
«ٱلْيَوْمَ أَيْضًا شَكْوَايَ تَمَرُّدٌ. ضَرْبَتِي أَثْقَلُ مِنْ تَنَهُّدِي. | ٢ 2 |
Also — to-day [is] my complaint bitter, My hand hath been heavy because of my sighing.
مَنْ يُعْطِينِي أَنْ أَجِدَهُ، فَآتِيَ إِلَى كُرْسِيِّهِ، | ٣ 3 |
O that I had known — and I find Him, I come in unto His seat,
أُحْسِنُ ٱلدَّعْوَى أَمَامَهُ، وَأَمْلَأُ فَمِي حُجَجًا، | ٤ 4 |
I arrange before Him the cause, And my mouth fill [with] arguments.
فَأَعْرِفُ ٱلْأَقْوَالَ ٱلَّتِي بِهَا يُجِيبُنِي، وَأَفْهَمُ مَا يَقُولُهُ لِي؟ | ٥ 5 |
I know the words He doth answer me, And understand what He saith to me.
أَبِكَثْرَةِ قُوَّةٍ يُخَاصِمُنِي؟ كَّلَّا! وَلَكِنَّهُ كَانَ يَنْتَبِهُ إِلَيَّ. | ٦ 6 |
In the abundance of power doth He strive with me? No! surely He putteth [it] in me.
هُنَالِكَ كَانَ يُحَاجُّهُ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمُ، وَكُنْتُ أَنْجُو إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ مِنْ قَاضِيَّ. | ٧ 7 |
There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.
هَأَنَذَا أَذْهَبُ شَرْقًا فَلَيْسَ هُوَ هُنَاكَ، وَغَرْبًا فَلَا أَشْعُرُ بِهِ. | ٨ 8 |
Lo, forward I go — and He is not, And backward — and I perceive him not.
شِمَالًا حَيْثُ عَمَلُهُ فَلَا أَنْظُرُهُ. يَتَعَطَّفُ ٱلْجَنُوبَ فَلَا أَرَاهُ. | ٩ 9 |
[To] the left in His working — and I see not, He is covered [on] the right, and I behold not.
«لِأَنَّهُ يَعْرِفُ طَرِيقِي. إِذَا جَرَّبَنِي أَخْرُجُ كَٱلذَّهَبِ. | ١٠ 10 |
For He hath known the way with me, He hath tried me — as gold I go forth.
بِخَطَوَاتِهِ ٱسْتَمْسَكَتْ رِجْلِي. حَفِظْتُ طَرِيقَهُ وَلَمْ أَحِدْ. | ١١ 11 |
On His step hath my foot laid hold, His way I have kept, and turn not aside,
مِنْ وَصِيَّةِ شَفَتَيْهِ لَمْ أَبْرَحْ. أَكْثَرَ مِنْ فَرِيضَتِي ذَخَرْتُ كَلَامَ فِيهِ. | ١٢ 12 |
The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.
أَمَّا هُوَ فَوَحْدَهُ، فَمَنْ يَرُدُّهُ؟ وَنَفْسُهُ تَشْتَهِي فَيَفْعَلُ. | ١٣ 13 |
And He [is] in one [mind], And who doth turn Him back? And His soul hath desired — and He doth [it].
لِأَنَّهُ يُتَمِّمُ ٱلْمَفْرُوضَ عَلَيَّ، وَكَثِيرٌ مِثْلُ هَذِهِ عِنْدَهُ. | ١٤ 14 |
For He doth complete my portion, And many such things [are] with Him.
مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ أَرْتَاعُ قُدَّامَهُ. أَتَأَمَّلُ فَأَرْتَعِبُ مِنْهُ. | ١٥ 15 |
Therefore, from His presence I am troubled, I consider, and am afraid of Him.
لِأَنَّ ٱللهَ قَدْ أَضْعَفَ قَلْبِي، وَٱلْقَدِيرَ رَوَّعَنِي. | ١٦ 16 |
And God hath made my heart soft, And the Mighty hath troubled me.
لِأَنِّي لَمْ أُقْطَعْ قَبْلَ ٱلظَّلَامِ، وَمِنْ وَجْهِي لَمْ يُغَطِّ ٱلدُّجَى. | ١٧ 17 |
For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.