< أَيُّوبَ 38 >
فَأَجَابَ ٱلرَّبُّ أَيُّوبَ مِنَ ٱلْعَاصِفَةِ وَقَالَ: | ١ 1 |
And the Lord made answer to Job out of the storm-wind, and said,
«مَنْ هَذَا ٱلَّذِي يُظْلِمُ ٱلْقَضَاءَ بِكَلَامٍ بِلَا مَعْرِفَةٍ؟ | ٢ 2 |
Who is this who makes the purpose of God dark by words without knowledge?
اُشْدُدِ ٱلْآنَ حَقْوَيْكَ كَرَجُلٍ، فَإِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ فَتُعَلِّمُنِي. | ٣ 3 |
Get your strength together like a man of war; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.
أَيْنَ كُنْتَ حِينَ أَسَّسْتُ ٱلْأَرْضَ؟ أَخْبِرْ إِنْ كَانَ عِنْدَكَ فَهْمٌ. | ٤ 4 |
Where were you when I put the earth on its base? Say, if you have knowledge.
مَنْ وَضَعَ قِيَاسَهَا؟ لِأَنَّكَ تَعْلَمُ! أَوْ مَنْ مَدَّ عَلَيْهَا مِطْمَارًا؟ | ٥ 5 |
By whom were its measures fixed? Say, if you have wisdom; or by whom was the line stretched out over it?
عَلَى أَيِّ شَيْءٍ قَرَّتْ قَوَاعِدُهَا؟ أَوْ مَنْ وَضَعَ حَجَرَ زَاوِيَتِهَا، | ٦ 6 |
On what were its pillars based, or who put down its angle-stone,
عِنْدَمَا تَرَنَّمَتْ كَوَاكِبُ ٱلصُّبْحِ مَعًا، وَهَتَفَ جَمِيعُ بَنِي ٱللهِ؟ | ٧ 7 |
When the morning stars made songs together, and all the sons of the gods gave cries of joy?
«وَمَنْ حَجَزَ ٱلْبَحْرَ بِمَصَارِيعَ حِينَ ٱنْدَفَقَ فَخَرَجَ مِنَ ٱلرَّحِمِ. | ٨ 8 |
Or where were you when the sea came to birth, pushing out from its secret place;
إِذْ جَعَلْتُ ٱلسَّحَابَ لِبَاسَهُ، وَٱلضَّبَابَ قِمَاطَهُ، | ٩ 9 |
When I made the cloud its robe, and put thick clouds as bands round it,
وَجَزَمْتُ عَلَيْهِ حَدِّي، وَأَقَمْتُ لَهُ مَغَالِيقَ وَمَصَارِيعَ، | ١٠ 10 |
Ordering a fixed limit for it, with locks and doors;
وَقُلْتُ: إِلَى هُنَا تَأْتِي وَلَا تَتَعَدَّى، وَهُنَا تُتْخَمُ كِبْرِيَاءُ لُجَجِكَ؟ | ١١ 11 |
And said, So far you may come, and no farther; and here the pride of your waves will be stopped?
«هَلْ فِي أَيَّامِكَ أَمَرْتَ ٱلصُّبْحَ؟ هَلْ عَرَّفْتَ ٱلْفَجْرَ مَوْضِعَهُ | ١٢ 12 |
Have you, from your earliest days, given orders to the morning, or made the dawn conscious of its place;
لِيُمْسِكَ بِأَكْنَافِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، فَيُنْفَضَ ٱلْأَشْرَارُ مِنْهَا؟ | ١٣ 13 |
So that it might take a grip of the skirts of the earth, shaking all the evil-doers out of it?
تَتَحَوَّلُ كَطِينِ ٱلْخَاتِمِ، وَتَقِفُ كَأَنَّهَا لَابِسَةٌ. | ١٤ 14 |
It is changed like wet earth under a stamp, and is coloured like a robe;
وَيُمْنَعُ عَنِ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ نُورُهُمْ، وَتَنْكَسِرُ ٱلذِّرَاعُ ٱلْمُرْتَفِعَةُ. | ١٥ 15 |
And from the evil-doers their light is kept back, and the arm of pride is broken.
«هَلِ ٱنْتَهَيْتَ إِلَى يَنَابِيعِ ٱلْبَحْرِ، أَوْ فِي مَقْصُورَةِ ٱلْغَمْرِ تَمَشَّيْتَ؟ | ١٦ 16 |
Have you come into the springs of the sea, walking in the secret places of the deep?
هَلِ ٱنْكَشَفَتْ لَكَ أَبْوَابُ ٱلْمَوْتِ، أَوْ عَايَنْتَ أَبْوَابَ ظِلِّ ٱلْمَوْتِ؟ | ١٧ 17 |
Have the doors of death been open to you, or have the door-keepers of the dark ever seen you?
هَلْ أَدْرَكْتَ عَرْضَ ٱلْأَرْضِ؟ أَخْبِرْ إِنْ عَرَفْتَهُ كُلَّهُ. | ١٨ 18 |
Have you taken note of the wide limits of the earth? Say, if you have knowledge of it all.
«أَيْنَ ٱلطَّرِيقُ إِلَى حَيْثُ يَسْكُنُ ٱلنُّورُ؟ وَٱلظُّلْمَةُ أَيْنَ مَقَامُهَا، | ١٩ 19 |
Which is the way to the resting-place of the light, and where is the store-house of the dark;
حَتَّى تَأْخُذَهَا إِلَى تُخُومِهَا وَتَعْرِفَ سُبُلَ بَيْتِهَا؟ | ٢٠ 20 |
So that you might take it to its limit, guiding it to its house?
تَعْلَمُ، لِأَنَّكَ حِينَئِذٍ كُنْتَ قَدْ وُلِدْتَ، وَعَدَدُ أَيَّامِكَ كَثِيرٌ! | ٢١ 21 |
No doubt you have knowledge of it, for then you had come to birth, and the number of your days is great.
«أَدَخَلْتَ إِلَى خَزَائِنِ ٱلثَّلْجِ، أَمْ أَبْصَرْتَ مَخَازِنَ ٱلْبَرَدِ، | ٢٢ 22 |
Have you come into the secret place of snow, or have you seen the store-houses of the ice-drops,
ٱلَّتِي أَبْقَيْتَهَا لِوَقْتِ ٱلضَّرِّ، لِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِتَالِ وَٱلْحَرْبِ؟ | ٢٣ 23 |
Which I have kept for the time of trouble, for the day of war and fighting?
فِي أَيِّ طَرِيقٍ يَتَوَزَّعُ ٱلنُّورُ، وَتَتَفَرَّقُ ٱلشَّرْقِيَّةُ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ؟ | ٢٤ 24 |
Which is the way to the place where the wind is measured out, and the east wind sent out over the earth?
مَنْ فَرَّعَ قَنَوَاتٍ لِلْهَطْلِ، وَطَرِيقًا لِلصَّوَاعِقِ، | ٢٥ 25 |
By whom has the way been cut for the flowing of the rain, and the flaming of the thunder;
لِيَمْطُرَ عَلَى أَرْضٍ حَيْثُ لَا إِنْسَانَ، عَلَى قَفْرٍ لَا أَحَدَ فِيهِ، | ٢٦ 26 |
Causing rain to come on a land where no man is living, on the waste land which has no people;
لِيُرْوِيَ ٱلْبَلْقَعَ وَٱلْخَلَاءَ وَيُنْبِتَ مَخْرَجَ ٱلْعُشْبِ؟ | ٢٧ 27 |
To give water to the land where there is waste and destruction, and to make the dry land green with young grass?
«هَلْ لِلْمَطَرِ أَبٌ؟ وَمَنْ وَلَدَ مَآجِلَ ٱلطَّلِّ؟ | ٢٨ 28 |
Has the rain a father? or who gave birth to the drops of night mist?
مِنْ بَطْنِ مَنْ خَرَجَ ٱلْجَمَدُ؟ صَقِيعُ ٱلسَّمَاءِ، مَنْ وَلَدَهُ؟ | ٢٩ 29 |
Out of whose body came the ice? and who gave birth to the cold mist of heaven?
كَحَجَرٍ صَارَتِ ٱلْمِيَاهُ. ٱخْتَبَأَتْ. وَتَلَكَّدَ وَجْهُ ٱلْغَمْرِ. | ٣٠ 30 |
The waters are joined together, hard as a stone, and the face of the deep is covered.
«هَلْ تَرْبِطُ أَنْتَ عُقْدَ ٱلثُّرَيَّا، أَوْ تَفُكُّ رُبُطَ ٱلْجَبَّارِ؟ | ٣١ 31 |
Are the bands of the Pleiades fixed by you, or are the cords of Orion made loose?
أَتُخْرِجُ ٱلْمَنَازِلَ فِي أَوْقَاتِهَا وَتَهْدِي ٱلنَّعْشَ مَعَ بَنَاتِهِ؟ | ٣٢ 32 |
Do you make Mazzaroth come out in its right time, or are the Bear and its children guided by you?
هَلْ عَرَفْتَ سُنَنَ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ، أَوْ جَعَلْتَ تَسَلُّطَهَا عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ؟ | ٣٣ 33 |
Have you knowledge of the laws of the heavens? did you give them rule over the earth?
أَتَرْفَعُ صَوْتَكَ إِلَى ٱلسُّحُبِ فَيُغَطِّيَكَ فَيْضُ ٱلْمِيَاهِ؟ | ٣٤ 34 |
Is your voice sent up to the cloud, so that you may be covered by the weight of waters?
أَتُرْسِلُ ٱلْبُرُوقَ فَتَذْهَبَ وَتَقُولَ لَكَ: هَا نَحْنُ؟ | ٣٥ 35 |
Do you send out the thunder-flames, so that they may go, and say to you, Here we are?
مَنْ وَضَعَ فِي ٱلطَّخَاءِ حِكْمَةً، أَوْ مَنْ أَظْهَرَ فِي ٱلشُّهُبِ فِطْنَةً؟ | ٣٦ 36 |
Who has put wisdom in the high clouds, or given knowledge to the lights of the north?
مَنْ يُحْصِي ٱلْغُيُومَ بِٱلْحِكْمَةِ، وَمَنْ يَسْكُبُ أَزْقَاقَ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ، | ٣٧ 37 |
By whose wisdom are the clouds numbered, or the water-skins of the heavens turned to the earth,
إِذْ يَنْسَبِكُ ٱلتُّرَابُ سَبْكًا وَيَتَلَاصَقُ ٱلْمَدَرُ؟ | ٣٨ 38 |
When the earth becomes hard as metal, and is joined together in masses?
«أَتَصْطَادُ لِلَّبْوَةِ فَرِيسَةً، أَمْ تُشْبِعُ نَفْسَ ٱلْأَشْبَالِ، | ٣٩ 39 |
Do you go after food for the she-lion, or get meat so that the young lions may have enough,
حِينَ تَجْرَمِزُّ فِي عِرِّيسِهَا وَتَجْلِسُ فِي عِيصِهَا لِلْكُمُونِ؟ | ٤٠ 40 |
When they are stretched out in their holes, and are waiting in the brushwood?
مَنْ يُهَيِّئُ لِلْغُرَابِ صَيْدَهُ، إِذْ تَنْعَبُ فِرَاخُهُ إِلَى ٱللهِ، وَتَتَرَدَّدُ لِعَدَمِ ٱلْقُوتِ؟ | ٤١ 41 |
Who gives in the evening the meat he is searching for, when his young ones are crying to God; when the young lions with loud noise go wandering after their food?