< أَيُّوبَ 30 >

«وَأَمَّا ٱلْآنَ فَقَدْ ضَحِكَ عَلَيَّ أَصَاغِرِي أَيَّامًا، ٱلَّذِينَ كُنْتُ أَسْتَنْكِفُ مِنْ أَنْ أَجْعَلَ آبَاءَهُمْ مَعَ كِلَابِ غَنَمِي. ١ 1
Now those who are younger than I have nothing but mockery for me— these young men whose fathers I would have refused to allow to work beside the dogs of my flock.
قُوَّةُ أَيْدِيهِمْ أَيْضًا مَا هِيَ لِي. فِيهِمْ عَجِزَتِ ٱلشَّيْخُوخَةُ. ٢ 2
Indeed, the strength of their fathers' hands, how could it have helped me— men in whom the strength of their mature age had perished?
فِي ٱلْعَوَزِ وَٱلْمَحْلِ مَهْزُولُونَ، عَارِقُونَ ٱلْيَابِسَةَ ٱلَّتِي هِيَ مُنْذُ أَمْسِ خَرَابٌ وَخَرِبَةٌ. ٣ 3
They were thin from poverty and hunger; they gnawed at the dry ground in the darkness of wilderness and desolation.
ٱلَّذِينَ يَقْطِفُونَ ٱلْمَلَّاحَ عِنْدَ ٱلشِّيحِ، وَأُصُولُ ٱلرَّتَمِ خُبْزُهُمْ. ٤ 4
They plucked saltwort and bushes' leaves; the roots of the broom tree were their food.
مِنَ ٱلْوَسَطِ يُطْرَدُونَ. يَصِيحُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ كَمَا عَلَى لِصٍّ. ٥ 5
They were driven out from among people who shouted after them as one would shout after a thief.
لِلسَّكَنِ فِي أَوْدِيَةٍ مُرْعِبَةٍ وَثُقَبِ ٱلتُّرَابِ وَٱلصُّخُورِ. ٦ 6
So they had to live in river valleys, in holes of the earth and of the rocks.
بَيْنَ ٱلشِّيحِ يَنْهَقُونَ. تَحْتَ ٱلْعَوْسَجِ يَنْكَبُّونَ. ٧ 7
Among the bushes they brayed like donkeys and they gathered together under the nettles.
أَبْنَاءُ ٱلْحَمَاقَةِ، بَلْ أَبْنَاءُ أُنَاسٍ بِلَا ٱسْمٍ، سِيطُوا مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ. ٨ 8
They were the sons of fools, indeed, sons of nameless people! They were driven out of the land with whips.
«أَمَّا ٱلْآنَ فَصِرْتُ أُغْنِيَتَهُمْ، وَأَصْبَحْتُ لَهُمْ مَثَلًا! ٩ 9
But now I have become the subject of their taunting song; I have become a byword for them.
يَكْرَهُونَنِي. يَبْتَعِدُونَ عَنِّي، وَأَمَامَ وَجْهِي لَمْ يُمْسِكُوا عَنِ ٱلْبَصْقِ. ١٠ 10
They abhor me and stand far off from me; they do not refrain from spitting in my face.
لِأَنَّهُ أَطْلَقَ ٱلْعِنَانَ وَقَهَرَنِي، فَنَزَعُوا ٱلزِّمَامَ قُدَّامِي. ١١ 11
For God has unstrung the string to my bow and afflicted me, and those who taunt me cast off restraint before my face.
عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ ٱلْفُرُوخُ يَقُومُونَ يُزِيحُونَ رِجْلِي، وَيُعِدُّونَ عَلَيَّ طُرُقَهُمْ لِلْبَوَارِ. ١٢ 12
Upon my right hand rise the rabble; they drive me away and pile up against me their siege mounds.
أَفْسَدُوا سُبُلِي. أَعَانُوا عَلَى سُقُوطِي. لَا مُسَاعِدَ عَلَيْهِمْ. ١٣ 13
They destroy my path; they push forward disaster for me, men who have no one to hold them back.
يَأْتُونَ كَصَدْعٍ عَرِيضٍ. تَحْتَ ٱلْهَدَّةِ يَتَدَحْرَجُونَ. ١٤ 14
They come against me like an army through a wide hole in a city wall; in the midst of the destruction they roll themselves in on me.
اِنْقَلَبَتْ عَلَيَّ أَهْوَالٌ. طَرَدَتْ كَٱلرِّيحِ نِعْمَتِي، فَعَبَرَتْ كَٱلسَّحَابِ سَعَادَتِي. ١٥ 15
Terrors are turned upon me; my honor is driven away as if by the wind; my prosperity passes away as a cloud.
«فَٱلْآنَ ٱنْهَالَتْ نَفْسِي عَلَيَّ، وَأَخَذَتْنِي أَيَّامُ ٱلْمَذَلَّةِ. ١٦ 16
Now my life is pouring out from within me; many days of suffering have laid hold on me.
ٱللَّيْلَ يَنْخَرُ عِظَامِي فِيَّ، وَعَارِقِيَّ لَا تَهْجَعُ. ١٧ 17
In the night my bones in me are pierced; the pains that gnaw at me take no rest.
بِكَثْرَةِ ٱلشِّدَّةِ تَنَكَّرَ لِبْسِي. مِثْلَ جَيْبِ قَمِيصِي حَزَمَتْنِي. ١٨ 18
God's great force has seized my clothing; it wraps around me like the collar of my tunic.
قَدْ طَرَحَنِي فِي ٱلْوَحْلِ، فَأَشْبَهْتُ ٱلتُّرَابَ وَٱلرَّمَادَ. ١٩ 19
He has thrown me into the mud; I have become like dust and ashes.
إِلَيْكَ أَصْرُخُ فَمَا تَسْتَجِيبُ لِي. أَقُومُ فَمَا تَنْتَبِهُ إِلَيَّ. ٢٠ 20
I cry to you, God, but you do not answer me; I stand up, and you merely look at me.
تَحَوَّلْتَ إِلَى جَافٍ مِنْ نَحْوِي. بِقُدْرَةِ يَدِكَ تَضْطَهِدُنِي. ٢١ 21
You have changed and become cruel to me; with the strength of your hand you persecute me.
حَمَلْتَنِي، أَرْكَبْتَنِي ٱلرِّيحَ وَذَوَّبْتَنِي تَشَوُّهًا. ٢٢ 22
You lift me up to the wind and cause it to drive me along; you throw me back and forth in a storm.
لِأَنِّي أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ إِلَى ٱلْمَوْتِ تُعِيدُنِي، وَإِلَى بَيْتِ مِيعَادِ كُلِّ حَيٍّ. ٢٣ 23
For I know that you will bring me to death, to the house appointed for all the living.
وَلَكِنْ فِي ٱلْخَرَابِ أَلَا يَمُدُّ يَدًا؟ فِي ٱلْبَلِيَّةِ أَلَا يَسْتَغِيثُ عَلَيْهَا؟ ٢٤ 24
However, does no one reach out with his hand to beg for help when he falls? Does no one in trouble call out for help?
«أَلَمْ أَبْكِ لِمَنْ عَسَرَ يَوْمُهُ؟ أَلَمْ تَكْتَئِبْ نَفْسِي عَلَى ٱلْمِسْكِينِ؟ ٢٥ 25
Did not I weep for him who was in trouble? Did I not grieve for the needy man?
حِينَمَا تَرَجَّيْتُ ٱلْخَيْرَ جَاءَ ٱلشَّرُّ، وَٱنْتَظَرْتُ ٱلنُّورَ فَجَاءَ ٱلدُّجَى. ٢٦ 26
When I hoped for good, then evil came; when I waited for light, darkness came instead.
أَمْعَائِي تَغْلِي وَلَا تَكُفُّ. تَقَدَّمَتْنِي أَيَّامُ ٱلْمَذَلَّةِ. ٢٧ 27
My heart is troubled and does not rest; days of affliction have come on me.
اِسْوَدَدْتُ لَكِنْ بِلَا شَمْسٍ. قُمْتُ فِي ٱلْجَمَاعَةِ أَصْرُخُ. ٢٨ 28
I have gone about like one who was living in the dark, but not because of the sun; I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.
صِرْتُ أَخًا لِلذِّئَابِ، وَصَاحِبًا لِرِئَالِ ٱلنَّعَامِ. ٢٩ 29
I am a brother to jackals, a companion of ostriches.
حَرِشَ جِلْدِي عَلَيَّ وَعِظَامِي ٱحْتَرَّتْ مِنَ ٱلْحَرَارَةِ فِيَّ. ٣٠ 30
My skin is black and falls away from me; my bones are burned with heat.
صَارَ عُودِي لِلنَّوْحِ، وَمِزْمَارِي لِصَوْتِ ٱلْبَاكِينَ. ٣١ 31
Therefore my harp is tuned for songs of mourning, my flute for the singing of those who wail.

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