< أَيُّوبَ 9 >
فَأَجَابَ أَيُّوبُ وَقَالَ: | ١ 1 |
Then Job answered and said,
«صَحِيحٌ. قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّهُ كَذَا، فَكَيْفَ يَتَبَرَّرُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ عِنْدَ ٱللهِ؟ | ٢ 2 |
Of a truth I know that it is so: But how can man be just with God?
إِنْ شَاءَ أَنْ يُحَاجَّهُ، لَا يُجِيبُهُ عَنْ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ أَلْفٍ. | ٣ 3 |
If he be pleased to contend with him, He cannot answer him one of a thousand.
هُوَ حَكِيمُ ٱلْقَلْبِ وَشَدِيدُ ٱلْقُوَّةِ. مَنْ تَصَلَّبَ عَلَيْهِ فَسَلِمَ؟ | ٤ 4 |
[He is] wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?—
ٱلْمُزَحْزِحُ ٱلْجِبَالَ وَلَا تَعْلَمُ، ٱلَّذِي يَقْلِبُهَا فِي غَضَبِهِ. | ٥ 5 |
[Him] that removeth the mountains, and they know it not, When he overturneth them in his anger;
ٱلْمُزَعْزِعُ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِنْ مَقَرِّهَا، فَتَتَزَلْزَلُ أَعْمِدَتُهَا. | ٦ 6 |
That shaketh the earth out of its place, And the pillars thereof tremble;
ٱلْآمِرُ ٱلشَّمْسَ فَلَا تُشْرِقُ، وَيَخْتِمُ عَلَى ٱلنُّجُومِ. | ٧ 7 |
That commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, And sealeth up the stars;
ٱلْبَاسِطُ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَحْدَهُ، وَٱلْمَاشِي عَلَى أَعَالِي ٱلْبَحْرِ. | ٨ 8 |
That alone stretcheth out the heavens, And treadeth upon the waves of the sea;
صَانِعُ ٱلنَّعْشِ وَٱلْجَبَّارِ وَٱلثُّرَيَّا وَمَخَادِعِ ٱلْجَنُوبِ. | ٩ 9 |
That maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south;
فَاعِلُ عَظَائِمَ لَا تُفْحَصُ، وَعَجَائِبَ لَا تُعَدُّ. | ١٠ 10 |
That doeth great things past finding out, Yea, marvellous things without number.
«هُوَذَا يَمُرُّ عَلَيَّ وَلَا أَرَاهُ، وَيَجْتَازُ فَلَا أَشْعُرُ بِهِ. | ١١ 11 |
Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: He passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
إِذَا خَطَفَ فَمَنْ يَرُدُّهُ؟ وَمَنْ يَقُولُ لَهُ: مَاذَا تَفْعَلُ؟ | ١٢ 12 |
Behold, he seizeth [the prey], who can hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou?
ٱللهُ لَا يَرُدُّ غَضَبَهُ. يَنْحَنِي تَحْتَهُ أَعْوَانُ رَهَبَ. | ١٣ 13 |
God will not withdraw his anger; The helpers of Rahab do stoop under him.
كَمْ بِٱلْأَقَلِّ أَنَا أُجَاوِبُهُ وَأَخْتَارُ كَلَامِي مَعَهُ؟ | ١٤ 14 |
How much less shall I answer him, And choose out my words [to reason] with him?
لِأَنِّي وَإِنْ تَبَرَّرْتُ لَا أُجَاوِبُ، بَلْ أَسْتَرْحِمُ دَيَّانِي. | ١٥ 15 |
Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to my judge.
لَوْ دَعَوْتُ فَٱسْتَجَابَ لِي، لَمَا آمَنْتُ بِأَنَّهُ سَمِعَ صَوْتِي. | ١٦ 16 |
If I had called, and he had answered me, Yet would I not believe that he hearkened unto my voice.
ذَاكَ ٱلَّذِي يَسْحَقُنِي بِٱلْعَاصِفَةِ، وَيُكْثِرُ جُرُوحِي بِلَا سَبَبٍ. | ١٧ 17 |
For he breaketh me with a tempest, And multiplieth my wounds without cause.
لَا يَدَعُنِي آخُذُ نَفَسِي، وَلَكِنْ يُشْبِعُنِي مَرَائِرَ. | ١٨ 18 |
He will not suffer me to take my breath, But filleth me with bitterness.
إِنْ كَانَ مِنْ جِهَةِ قُوَّةِ ٱلْقَوِيِّ، يَقُولُ: هَأَنَذَا. وَإِنْ كَانَ مِنْ جِهَةِ ٱلْقَضَاءِ يَقُولُ: مَنْ يُحَاكِمُنِي؟ | ١٩ 19 |
If [we speak] of strength, lo, [he is] mighty! And if of justice, Who, [saith he], will summon me?
إِنْ تَبَرَّرْتُ يَحْكُمُ عَلَيَّ فَمِي، وَإِنْ كُنْتُ كَامِلًا يَسْتَذْنِبُنِي. | ٢٠ 20 |
Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me: Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.
«كَامِلٌ أَنَا. لَا أُبَالِي بِنَفْسِي. رَذَلْتُ حَيَاتِي. | ٢١ 21 |
I am perfect; I regard not myself; I despise my life.
هِيَ وَاحِدَةٌ. لِذَلِكَ قُلْتُ: إِنَّ ٱلْكَامِلَ وَٱلشِّرِّيرَ هُوَ يُفْنِيهِمَا. | ٢٢ 22 |
It is all one; therefore I say, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
إِذَا قَتَلَ ٱلسَّوْطُ بَغْتَةً، يَسْتَهْزِئُ بِتَجْرِبَةِ ٱلْأَبْرِيَاءِ. | ٢٣ 23 |
If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the trial of the innocent.
ٱلْأَرْضُ مُسَلَّمَةٌ لِيَدِ ٱلشِّرِّيرِ. يُغَشِّي وُجُوهَ قُضَاتِهَا. وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ هُوَ، فَإِذًا مَنْ؟ | ٢٤ 24 |
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He covereth the faces of the judges thereof: If [it be] not [he], who then is it?
أَيَّامِي أَسْرَعُ مِنْ عَدَّاءٍ، تَفِرُّ وَلَا تَرَى خَيْرًا. | ٢٥ 25 |
Now my days are swifter than a post: They flee away, they see no good.
تَمُرُّ مَعَ سُفُنِ ٱلْبَرْدِيِّ. كَنَسْرٍ يَنْقَضُّ إِلَى قَنَصِهِ. | ٢٦ 26 |
They are passed away as the swift ships; As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.
إِنْ قُلْتُ: أَنْسَى كُرْبَتِي، أُطْلِقُ وَجْهِي وَأَتَبَلَّجُ، | ٢٧ 27 |
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my [sad] countenance, and be of good cheer;
أَخَافُ مِنْ كُلِّ أَوْجَاعِي عَالِمًا أَنَّكَ لَا تُبَرِّئُنِي. | ٢٨ 28 |
I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
أَنَا مُسْتَذْنَبٌ، فَلِمَاذَا أَتْعَبُ عَبَثًا؟ | ٢٩ 29 |
I shall be condemned; Why then do I labor in vain?
وَلَوِ ٱغْتَسَلْتُ فِي ٱلثَّلْجِ، وَنَظَّفْتُ يَدَيَّ بِٱلْإِشْنَانِ، | ٣٠ 30 |
If I wash myself with snow water, And make my hands never so clean;
فَإِنَّكَ فِي ٱلنَّقْعِ تَغْمِسُنِي حَتَّى تَكْرَهَنِي ثِيَابِي. | ٣١ 31 |
Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, And mine own clothes shall abhor me.
لِأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ هُوَ إِنْسَانًا مِثْلِي فَأُجَاوِبَهُ، فَنَأْتِي جَمِيعًا إِلَى ٱلْمُحَاكَمَةِ. | ٣٢ 32 |
For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, That we should come together in judgment.
لَيْسَ بَيْنَنَا مُصَالِحٌ يَضَعُ يَدَهُ عَلَى كِلَيْنَا. | ٣٣ 33 |
There is no umpire betwixt us, That might lay his hand upon us both.
لِيَرْفَعْ عَنِّي عَصَاهُ وَلَا يَبْغَتْنِي رُعْبُهُ. | ٣٤ 34 |
Let him take his rod away from me, And let not his terror make me afraid:
إِذًا أَتَكَلَّمُ وَلَا أَخَافُهُ، لِأَنِّي لَسْتُ هَكَذَا عِنْدَ نَفْسِي. | ٣٥ 35 |
Then would I speak, and not fear him; For I am not so in myself.