< أَيُّوبَ 31 >
«عَهْدًا قَطَعْتُ لِعَيْنَيَّ، فَكَيْفَ أَتَطَلَّعُ فِي عَذْرَاءَ؟ | ١ 1 |
A covenant had I made with my eyes: how then should I fix my look on a virgin?
وَمَا هِيَ قِسْمَةُ ٱللهِ مِنْ فَوْقُ، وَنَصِيبُ ٱلْقَدِيرِ مِنَ ٱلْأَعَالِي؟ | ٢ 2 |
And what then would have been my portion of God from above? and what lot of the Almighty from on high?
أَلَيْسَ ٱلْبَوَارُ لِعَامِلِ ٱلشَّرِّ، وَٱلنُّكْرُ لِفَاعِلِي ٱلْإِثْمِ؟ | ٣ 3 |
Is not calamity [ready] for the unjust? and misfortune for the wrong-doers?
أَلَيْسَ هُوَ يَنْظُرُ طُرُقِي، وَيُحْصِي جَمِيعَ خَطَوَاتِي؟ | ٤ 4 |
Behold, he truly seeth my ways, and numbereth all my steps;
إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ سَلَكْتُ مَعَ ٱلْكَذِبِ، أَوْ أَسْرَعَتْ رِجْلِي إِلَى ٱلْغِشِّ، | ٥ 5 |
[And knoweth] whether I have walked with vain desires, or if my foot hath hastened after deceit.
لِيَزِنِّي فِي مِيزَانِ ٱلْحَقِّ، فَيَعْرِفَ ٱللهُ كَمَالِي. | ٦ 6 |
Let him weigh me then in a righteous balance, and let God acknowledge my integrity,
إِنْ حَادَتْ خَطَوَاتِي عَنِ ٱلطَّرِيقِ، وَذَهَبَ قَلْبِي وَرَاءَ عَيْنَيَّ، أَوْ لَصِقَ عَيْبٌ بِكَفِّي، | ٧ 7 |
If my step have turned aside from the [proper] way, and my heart have walked after my eyes, and if any blemish have cleaved to my hands:
أَزْرَعْ وَغَيْرِي يَأْكُلْ، وَفُرُوعِي تُسْتَأْصَلْ. | ٨ 8 |
Then let me sow, and let another eat; and let what I have growing be rooted out.
«إِنْ غَوِيَ قَلْبِي عَلَى ٱمْرَأَةٍ، أَوْ كَمَنْتُ عَلَى بَابِ قَرِيبِي، | ٩ 9 |
If my heart have been beguiled toward a woman, or if I have lain in wait at my neighbor's door:
فَلْتَطْحَنِ ٱمْرَأَتِي لِآخَرَ، وَلْيَنْحَنِ عَلَيْهَا آخَرُونَ. | ١٠ 10 |
Then may my wife labor at the mill for another, and may strangers ill-use her;
لِأَنَّ هَذِهِ رَذِيلَةٌ، وَهِيَ إِثْمٌ يُعْرَضُ لِلْقُضَاةِ. | ١١ 11 |
For this would be incest; yea, it would be an iniquity [to be punished by] the judges;
لِأَنَّهَا نَارٌ تَأْكُلُ حَتَّى إِلَى ٱلْهَلَاكِ، وَتَسْتَأْصِلُ كُلَّ مَحْصُولِي. | ١٢ 12 |
For it would be a fire that consumeth down to the place of corruption, and would root out all my products.
«إِنْ كُنْتُ رَفَضْتُ حَقَّ عَبْدِي وَأَمَتِي فِي دَعْوَاهُمَا عَلَيَّ، | ١٣ 13 |
If ever I cast aside the justice due to my man-servant and my maid-servant, when they contended with me:
فَمَاذَا كُنْتُ أَصْنَعُ حِينَ يَقُومُ ٱللهُ؟ وَإِذَا ٱفْتَقَدَ، فَبِمَاذَا أُجِيبُهُ؟ | ١٤ 14 |
What then could I do when God should rise up? and when he should investigate, what could I answer him?
أَوَلَيْسَ صَانِعِي فِي ٱلْبَطْنِ صَانِعَهُ، وَقَدْ صَوَّرَنَا وَاحِدٌ فِي ٱلرَّحِمِ؟ | ١٥ 15 |
Did not he that made me make him born or a woman? and did not the same one fashion us in the womb?
إِنْ كُنْتُ مَنَعْتُ ٱلْمَسَاكِينَ عَنْ مُرَادِهِمْ، أَوْ أَفْنَيْتُ عَيْنَيِ ٱلْأَرْمَلَةِ، | ١٦ 16 |
If ever I denied the wish of the indigent, or ever allowed the eyes of the widow to fall [in vain hopes];
أَوْ أَكَلْتُ لُقْمَتِي وَحْدِي فَمَا أَكَلَ مِنْهَا ٱلْيَتِيمُ. | ١٧ 17 |
Or if ever I ate my bread by myself alone, and the fatherless did not eat thereof;
بَلْ مُنْذُ صِبَايَ كَبِرَ عِنْدِي كَأَبٍ، وَمِنْ بَطْنِ أُمِّي هَدَيْتُهَا. | ١٨ 18 |
(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as though we were of one father, and I have guided her [as though she was sprung] from my mother's womb; )
إِنْ كُنْتُ رَأَيْتُ هَالِكًا لِعَدَمِ ٱللِّبْسِ أَوْ فَقِيرًا بِلَا كِسْوَةٍ، | ١٩ 19 |
If ever I saw any one perishing for want of clothing, or the needy without covering:
إِنْ لَمْ تُبَارِكْنِي حَقَوَاهُ وَقَدِ ٱسْتَدْفَأَ بِجَزَّةِ غَنَمِي. | ٢٠ 20 |
If his loins have not blessed me, and if he have not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ هَزَزْتُ يَدِي عَلَى ٱلْيَتِيمِ لَمَّا رَأَيْتُ عَوْنِي فِي ٱلْبَابِ، | ٢١ 21 |
If I have swung my hand against the fatherless, because I saw in the gate those that would help me:
فَلْتَسْقُطْ عَضُدِي مِنْ كَتِفِي، وَلْتَنْكَسِرْ ذِرَاعِي مِنْ قَصَبَتِهَا، | ٢٢ 22 |
Then may my shoulder fall from my shoulder-blade, and my arm be broken from the channel-bone;
لِأَنَّ ٱلْبَوَارَ مِنَ ٱللهِ رُعْبٌ عَلَيَّ، وَمِنْ جَلَالِهِ لَمْ أَسْتَطِعْ. | ٢٣ 23 |
For dreaded by me was the calamitous punishment of God, and against his highness I can accomplish nothing.
«إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ جَعَلْتُ ٱلذَّهَبَ عَمْدَتِي، أَوْ قُلْتُ لِلْإِبْرِيزِ: أَنْتَ مُتَّكَلِي. | ٢٤ 24 |
If I have made gold my confidence, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my trust:
إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ فَرِحْتُ إِذْ كَثُرَتْ ثَرْوَتِي وَلِأَنَّ يَدِي وَجَدَتْ كَثِيرًا. | ٢٥ 25 |
If ever I rejoiced because my wealth was abundant, and because my hand had gotten much;
إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ نَظَرْتُ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِ حِينَ ضَاءَ، أَوْ إِلَى ٱلْقَمَرِ يَسِيرُ بِٱلْبَهَاءِ، | ٢٦ 26 |
If ever I looked at the light [of the sun] when he shone brightly and on the moon walking in splendor:
وَغَوِيَ قَلْبِي سِرًّا، وَلَثَمَ يَدِي فَمِي، | ٢٧ 27 |
And my heart became misled in secret, and my hand kissed my mouth:
فَهَذَا أَيْضًا إِثْمٌ يُعْرَضُ لِلْقُضَاةِ، لِأَنِّي أَكُونُ قَدْ جَحَدْتُ ٱللهَ مِنْ فَوْقُ. | ٢٨ 28 |
This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge; for thus would I have denied the God that is above.
«إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ فَرِحْتُ بِبَلِيَّةِ مُبْغِضِي أَوْ شَمِتُّ حِينَ أَصَابَهُ سُوءٌ. | ٢٩ 29 |
If ever I rejoiced at the downfall of him that hated me, or was elated when evil befell him; —
بَلْ لَمْ أَدَعْ حَنَكِي يُخْطِئُ فِي طَلَبِ نَفْسِهِ بِلَعْنَةٍ. | ٣٠ 30 |
But I suffered not my mouth to sin by denouncing with a curse his soul: —
إِنْ كَانَ أَهْلُ خَيْمَتِي لَمْ يَقُولُوا: مَنْ يَأْتِي بِأَحَدٍ لَمْ يَشْبَعْ مِنْ طَعَامِهِ؟ | ٣١ 31 |
If the men of my tent said not, Oh is there one that is not satisfied of his flesh; —
غَرِيبٌ لَمْ يَبِتْ فِي ٱلْخَارِجِ. فَتَحْتُ لِلْمُسَافِرِ أَبْوَابِي. | ٣٢ 32 |
In the street a stranger had not to lodge; my doors I held open to the roadside;
إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ كَتَمْتُ كَٱلنَّاسِ ذَنْبِي لِإِخْفَاءِ إِثْمِي فِي حِضْنِي. | ٣٣ 33 |
If I covered up my transgressions like a common man, by hiding in my bosom my iniquity;
إِذْ رَهِبْتُ جُمْهُورًا غَفِيرًا، وَرَوَّعَتْنِي إِهَانَةُ ٱلْعَشَائِرِ، فَكَفَفْتُ وَلَمْ أَخْرُجْ مِنَ ٱلْبَابِ. | ٣٤ 34 |
Because I dreaded the great multitude, or because the contempt of families did terrify me, so that I kept silence, and dared not to go out of the door; —
مَنْ لِي بِمَنْ يَسْمَعُنِي؟ هُوَذَا إِمْضَائِي. لِيُجِبْنِي ٱلْقَدِيرُ. وَمَنْ لِي بِشَكْوَى كَتَبَهَا خَصْمِي، | ٣٥ 35 |
Oh who will bring me one that would hear me! behold, here is my plea; may the Almighty answer me; and any record which my opponent may have written, —
فَكُنْتُ أَحْمِلُهَا عَلَى كَتِفِي. كُنْتُ أُعْصِبُهَا تَاجًا لِي. | ٣٦ 36 |
Surely upon my shoulder would I carry it: I would bind it as a crown unto me.
كُنْتُ أُخْبِرُهُ بِعَدَدِ خَطَوَاتِي وَأَدْنُو مِنْهُ كَشَرِيفٍ. | ٣٧ 37 |
The number of my steps would I tell him: as [to] a prince would I go near unto him.—
إِنْ كَانَتْ أَرْضِي قَدْ صَرَخَتْ عَلَيَّ وَتَبَاكَتْ أَتْلَامُهَا جَمِيعًا. | ٣٨ 38 |
If my land ever cried out because of me, or if its furrows wept together;
إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ أَكَلْتُ غَلَّتَهَا بِلَا فِضَّةٍ، أَوْ أَطْفَأْتُ أَنْفُسَ أَصْحَابِهَا، | ٣٩ 39 |
If I ever consumed its strength without payment, or caused the soul of its owners to grieve:
فَعِوَضَ ٱلْحِنْطَةِ لِيَنْبُتْ شَوْكٌ، وَبَدَلَ ٱلشَّعِيرِ زَوَانٌ». تَمَّتْ أَقْوَالُ أَيُّوبَ. | ٤٠ 40 |
Then may instead of wheat, thorns come forth, and instead of barley, cockle. (Here end the words of Job.)