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وَعَادَ أَيُّوبُ يَنْطِقُ بِمَثَلِهِ فَقَالَ: ١ 1
Moreover Job continued his discourse, and said:
«حَيٌّ هُوَ ٱللهُ ٱلَّذِي نَزَعَ حَقِّي، وَٱلْقَدِيرُ ٱلَّذِي أَمَرَّ نَفْسِي، ٢ 2
As God liveth, who hath rejected my cause, And the Almighty, who hath afflicted my soul;
إِنَّهُ مَا دَامَتْ نَسَمَتِي فِيَّ، وَنَفْخَةُ ٱللهِ فِي أَنْفِي، ٣ 3
As long as my breath is in me, And the spirit of God is in my nostrils,
لَنْ تَتَكَلَّمَ شَفَتَايَ إِثْمًا، وَلَا يَلْفِظَ لِسَانِي بِغِشٍّ. ٤ 4
Never shall my lips speak falsehood, Nor my tongue utter deceit.
حَاشَا لِي أَنْ أُبَرِّرَكُمْ! حَتَّى أُسْلِمَ ٱلرُّوحَ لَا أَعْزِلُ كَمَالِي عَنِّي. ٥ 5
God forbid that I should acknowledge you to be just: To my last breath will I assert my integrity.
تَمَسَّكْتُ بِبِرِّي وَلَا أَرْخِيهِ. قَلْبِي لَا يُعَيِّرُ يَوْمًا مِنْ أَيَّامِي. ٦ 6
I will hold fast my innocence, and not let it go; My heart reproacheth me for no part of my life.
لِيَكُنْ عَدُوِّي كَٱلشِّرِّيرِ، وَمُعَانِدِي كَفَاعِلِ ٱلشَّرِّ. ٧ 7
May mine enemy be as the wicked, And he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous!
لِأَنَّهُ مَا هُوَ رَجَاءُ ٱلْفَاجِرِ عِنْدَمَا يَقْطَعُهُ، عِنْدَمَا يَسْلُبُ ٱللهُ نَفْسَهُ؟ ٨ 8
For what is the hope of the wicked, when God cutteth off his web, And taketh away his life?
أَفَيَسْمَعُ ٱللهُ صُرَاخَهُ إِذَا جَاءَ عَلَيْهِ ضِيقٌ؟ ٩ 9
Will he listen to his cry, When trouble cometh upon him?
أَمْ يَتَلَذَّذُ بِٱلْقَدِيرِ؟ هَلْ يَدْعُو ٱللهَ فِي كُلِّ حِينٍ؟ ١٠ 10
Can he delight himself in the Almighty, And call at all times upon God?
«إِنِّي أُعَلِّمُكُمْ بِيَدِ ٱللهِ. لَا أَكْتُمُ مَا هُوَ عِنْدَ ٱلْقَدِيرِ. ١١ 11
I will teach you concerning the hand of God; That which is with the Almighty I will not conceal.
هَا أَنْتُمْ كُلُّكُمْ قَدْ رَأَيْتُمْ، فَلِمَاذَا تَتَبَطَّلُونَ تَبَطُّلًا؟ قَائِلِينَ: ١٢ 12
Behold, ye yourselves have all seen it; Why then do ye cherish such vain thoughts?
هَذَا نَصِيبُ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ ٱلشِّرِّيرِ مِنْ عِنْدِ ٱللهِ، وَمِيرَاثُ ٱلْعُتَاةِ ٱلَّذِي يَنَالُونَهُ مِنَ ٱلْقَدِيرِ. ١٣ 13
This is the portion of the wicked man from God, —The inheritance which oppressors receive from the Almighty.
إِنْ كَثُرَ بَنُوهُ فَلِلسَّيْفِ، وَذُرِّيَّتُهُ لَا تَشْبَعُ خُبْزًا. ١٤ 14
If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
بَقِيَّتُهُ تُدْفَنُ بِٱلْمَوْتَانِ، وَأَرَامِلُهُ لَا تَبْكِي. ١٥ 15
Those of them that escape shall be buried by Death, And their widows shall not bewail them.
إِنْ كَنَزَ فِضَّةً كَٱلتُّرَابِ، وَأَعَدَّ مَلَابِسَ كَٱلطِّينِ، ١٦ 16
Though he heap up silver as dust, And procure raiment as clay, —
فَهُوَ يُعِدُّ وَٱلْبَارُّ يَلْبَسُهُ، وَٱلْبَرِئُ يَقْسِمُ ٱلْفِضَّةَ. ١٧ 17
He may procure, but the righteous shall wear it, And the innocent shall share the silver.
يَبْنِي بَيْتَهُ كَٱلْعُثِّ، أَوْ كَمَظَلَّةٍ صَنَعَهَا ٱلنَّاطُورُ. ١٨ 18
He buildeth his house like the moth, Or like the shed which the watchman maketh.
يَضْطَجِعُ غَنِيًّا وَلَكِنَّهُ لَا يُضَمُّ. يَفْتَحُ عَيْنَيْهِ وَلَا يَكُونُ. ١٩ 19
The rich man lieth down, and is not buried; In the twinkling of an eye he is no more.
ٱلْأَهْوَالُ تُدْرِكُهُ كَٱلْمِيَاهِ. لَيْلًا تَخْتَطِفُهُ ٱلزَّوْبَعَةُ. ٢٠ 20
Terrors pursue him like a flood; A tempest stealeth him away in the night.
تَحْمِلُهُ ٱلشَّرْقِيَّةُ فَيَذْهَبُ، وَتَجْرُفُهُ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ. ٢١ 21
The east wind carrieth him away, and he perisheth; Yea, it sweepeth him away from his place.
يُلْقِي ٱللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَلَا يُشْفِقُ. مِنْ يَدِهِ يَهْرُبُ هَرَبًا. ٢٢ 22
God sendeth his arrows at him, and doth not spare; He would fain escape from His hand.
يَصْفِقُونَ عَلَيْهِ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ، وَيَصْفِرُونَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ. ٢٣ 23
Men clap their hands at him, And hiss him away from his place.

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