< أيُّوب 12 >

فَقَالَ أَيُّوبُ: ١ 1
Then Job answered,
«صَحِيحٌ إِنَّكُمْ شَعْبٌ تَمُوتُ مَعَكُمُ الْحِكْمَةُ! ٢ 2
"No doubt, but you are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
إِلّا أَنِّي ذُو فَهْمٍ مِثْلَكُمْ، وَلَسْتُ دُونَكُمْ مَعْرِفَةً، وَمَنْ هُوَ غَيْرُ مُلِمٍّ بِهَذِهِ الأُمُورِ؟ ٣ 3
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Yes, who doesn't know such things as these?
لَقَدْ أَصْبَحْتُ مَثَارَ هُزْءٍ لأَصْدِقَائِي، أَنَا الَّذِي دَعَا اللهَ فَاسْتَجَابَ لِي. أَنَا الرَّجُلُ الْبَارُّ الْكَامِلُ قَدْ أَصْبَحْتُ مَثَارَ سُخْرِيَةٍ! ٤ 4
I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke.
يُضْمِرُ الْمُطْمَئِنُّ شَرّاً لِلْبَائِسِ الَّذِي تَزِلُّ بِهِ الْقَدَمُ، ٥ 5
In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips.
بَيْنَمَا يَسُودُ السَّلامُ عَلَى اللُّصُوصِ، وَتُهَيْمِنُ الطُّمأْنِينَةُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ يَعْبُدُونَ أَصْنَاماً يَحْمِلُونَهَا عَلَى أَيْدِيهِمْ. ٦ 6
The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their god in their hands.
وَلَكِنِ اسْأَلِ البَهَائِمَ فَتُعَلِّمَكَ، وَطُيُورَ السَّمَاءِ فَتُخْبِرَكَ، ٧ 7
"But ask the animals, now, and they shall teach you; the birds of the sky, and they shall tell you.
أَوْ خَاطِبِ الأَرْضَ فَتُعَرِّفَكَ وَسَمَكَ الْبَحْرِ فَيُنْبِئَكَ، ٨ 8
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach you. The fish of the sea shall declare to you.
أَيٌّ مِنْهَا لَا يَعْلَمُ أَنَّ يَدَ الرَّبِّ قَدْ صَنَعَتْ هَذَا؟ ٩ 9
Who doesn't know that in all these, the hand of YHWH has done this,
فَفِي يَدِهِ نَفَسُ كُلِّ حَيٍّ وَرُوحُ كُلِّ بَشَرٍ. ١٠ 10
in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all humankind?
أَلَيْسَتِ الأُذُنُ تَمْتَحِنُ الْكَلامَ كَمَا يَتَذَوَّقُ اللِّسَانُ الطَّعَامَ؟ ١١ 11
Doesn't the ear try words, even as the palate tastes its food?
الْحِكْمَةُ تُلازِمُ الشَّيْخُوخَةَ، وفِي طُولِ الأَيَّامِ فَهْمٌ. ١٢ 12
With aged men is wisdom, in length of days understanding.
الْحِكْمَةُ وَالْقُوَّةُ للهِ، وَلَهُ الْمَشُورَةُ وَالْفَهْمُ. ١٣ 13
"With him is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding.
وَمَا يَهْدِمُهُ لَا يُبْنَى، وَالْمَرْءُ الَّذِي يَأْسِرُهُ اللهُ لَا يُحَرِّرُهُ إِنْسَانٌ. ١٤ 14
Look, he breaks down, and it can't be built again. He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
إِنْ حَبَسَ الْمِيَاهَ تَجِفُّ الأَرْضُ، وَإِنْ أَطْلَقَهَا تُغْرِقُهَا. ١٥ 15
Look, he withholds the waters, and they dry up. Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.
لَهُ الْعِزَّةُ وَالْحِكْمَةُ. فِي يَدِهِ الْمُضِلُّ وَالْمُضَلُّ. ١٦ 16
With him is strength and wisdom. The deceived and the deceiver are his.
يَأْسِرُ الْمُشِيرِينَ، وَيُحَمِّقُ فِطْنَةَ الْقُضَاةِ، ١٧ 17
He leads counselors away stripped. He makes judges fools.
يَفُكُّ مَنَاطِقَ الْمُلُوكِ وَيَشُدُّ أَحْقَاءَهُمْ بِوِثَاقٍ، ١٨ 18
He loosens the bond of kings. He binds their waist with a belt.
يَأْسِرُ الْكَهَنَةَ وَيُطِيحُ بِالأَقْوِيَاءِ، ١٩ 19
He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the mighty.
يَحْرِمُ الأُمَنَاءَ مِنَ الْكَلامِ وَيُبْطِلُ فِطْنَةَ الشُّيُوخِ، ٢٠ 20
He removes the speech of those who are trusted, and takes away the understanding of the elders.
يُصِيبُ الشُّرَفَاءَ بِالْهَوَانِ، وَيُرْخِي مِنْطَقَةَ الْقَوِيِّ، ٢١ 21
He pours contempt on princes, and loosens the belt of the strong.
يَكْشِفُ الأَغْوَارَ فِي الظَّلامِ، وَيُبْرِزُ الظُّلُمَاتِ الْمُتَكَاثِفَةَ إِلَى النُّورِ، ٢٢ 22
He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.
يُعَظِّمُ الأُمَمَ ثُمَّ يُبِيدُهَا، وَيُوَسِّعُ تُخُومَهَا ثُمَّ يُشَتِّتُهَا، ٢٣ 23
He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.
يَنْزِعُ الْفَهْمَ مِنْ عُقُولِ رُؤَسَاءِ شَعْبِ الأَرْضِ، ثُمَّ يُضِلُّهُمْ فِي قَفْرٍ بِلا طَرِيقٍ، ٢٤ 24
He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
فَيَتَحَسَّسُونَ سَبِيلَهُمْ فِي الظَّلامِ وَلَيْسَ نُورٌ، وَيُرَنِّحُهُمْ كَالسُّكَارَى. ٢٥ 25
They grope in the dark without light. He makes them stagger like a drunken man.

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