< أيُّوب 29 >
وَاسْتَطْرَدَ أَيُّوبُ فِي ضَرْبِ مَثَلِهِ: | ١ 1 |
And Job again took up his measure, and said,
«يَا لَيْتَنِي مَازِلْتُ كَمَا كُنْتُ فِي الشُّهُورِ الْغَابِرَةِ، فِي الأَيَّامِ الَّتِي حَفِظَنِي فِيهَا اللهُ، | ٢ 2 |
Oh that it were with me as in the months of old, as in the days, when, GOD, used to watch over me;
كَانَ مِصْبَاحُهُ يُضِيءُ فَوْقَ رَأْسِي، فَأَسْلُكُ عَبْرَ الظُّلْمَةِ فِي نُورِهِ. | ٣ 3 |
When his lamp shone over my head, by whose light, I could go through darkness;
يَوْمَ كُنْتُ فِي رَيعَانِ قُوَّتِي وَرِضَى اللهِ مُخَيِّماً فَوْقَ بَيْتِي. | ٤ 4 |
As I was, in the days of my prime, when, the intimacy of GOD, was over my tent;
وَالْقَدِيرُ مَا بَرِحَ مَعِي، وَأَوْلادِي مَازَالُوا حَوْلِي. | ٥ 5 |
While yet the Almighty was with me, round about me, were my young men;
حِينَ كُنْتُ أَغْسِلُ خَطْوَاتِي بِاللَّبَنِ، وَالصَّخْرُ يَفِيضُ لِي أَنْهَاراً مِنَ الزَّيْتِ. | ٦ 6 |
When my steps were bathed in milk, and, the rock, poured out beside me, rivulets of oil:
حِينَ كُنْتُ أَخْرُجُ إِلَى بَوَّابَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَأَحْتَلُّ فِي السَّاحَةِ مَجْلِسِي، | ٧ 7 |
When I went out to the gate unto the city, in the open place, made ready my seat,
فَيَرَانِي الشُّبَّانُ وَيَتَوَارَوْنَ، وَيَقِفُ الشُّيُوخُ احْتِرَاماً لِي. | ٨ 8 |
Young men saw me, and hid themselves, and, the aged, arose—they stood;
يَمْتَنِعُ الْعُظَمَاءُ عَنِ الْكَلامِ وَيَضَعُونَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَلَى أَفْوَاهِهِمْ. | ٩ 9 |
Rulers, restrained speech, and, a hand, laid they on their mouth;
يَتَلاشَى صَوْتُ النُّبَلاءِ، وَتَلْتَصِقُ أَلْسِنَتُهُمْ بِأَحْنَاكِهِمْ. | ١٠ 10 |
The voice of nobles, was hushed, and their tongue to their palate, did cleave;
إِذَا سَمِعَتْ لِيَ الأُذُنُ تُطَوِّبُنِي، وَإذَا شَهِدَتْنِي الْعَيْنُ تُثْنِي عَلَيَّ، | ١١ 11 |
When, the ear, heard, then it pronounced me happy, When, the eye, saw, then it bare me witness;
لأَنِّي أَنْقَذْتُ الْبَائِسَ الْمُسْتَغِيثَ، وَأَجَرْتُ الْيَتِيمَ طَالِبَ الْعَوْنِ، | ١٢ 12 |
Because I used to deliver the oppressed who was crying out for aid, the fatherless also, and him that had no helper;
فَحَلَّتْ عَلَيَّ بَرَكَةُ الْمُشْرِفِ عَلَى الْمَوْتِ، وَجَعَلْتُ قَلْبَ الأَرْمَلَةِ يَتَهَلَّلُ فَرَحاً. | ١٣ 13 |
The blessing of him that was ready to perish, upon me was wont to descend, and, the heart of the widow, caused I to sing for joy;
ارْتَدَيْتُ الْبِرَّ فَكَسَانِي، وَكَجُبَّةٍ وَعِمَامَةٍ كَانَ عَدْلِي. | ١٤ 14 |
Righteousness, I put on, and it clothed me, Like a robe and turban, was my, justice;
كُنْتُ عُيُوناً لِلأَعْمَى، وَأَقْدَاماً لِلأَعْرَجِ، | ١٥ 15 |
Eyes, became I to the, blind, and, feet to the lame, was, I!
وَكُنْتُ أَباً لِلْمِسْكِينِ، أَتَقَصَّى دَعْوَى مَنْ لَمْ أَعْرِفْهُ. | ١٦ 16 |
A father, was, I, to the needy, and, as for the cause which I knew not, I used to search it out;
هَشَّمْتُ أَنْيَابَ الظَّالِمِ وَمِنْ بَيْنِ أَسْنَانِهِ نَزَعْتُ الْفَرِيسَةَ، | ١٧ 17 |
And I shivered the fangs of the perverse, —and, out of his teeth, I tare the prey.
ثُمَّ حَدَّثْتُ نَفْسِي: إِنِّي سَأَمُوتُ فِي خَيْمَتِي وَتَتَكَاثَرُ أَيَّامِي كَحَبَّاتِ الرَّمْلِ. | ١٨ 18 |
Then said I, Like a stem, shall I grow old, yea, as the sand, shall I multiply days:
سَتَمْتَدُّ أُصُولِي إِلَى الْمِيَاهِ، وَالطَّلُّ يَبِيتُ عَلَى أَغْصَانِي. | ١٩ 19 |
My root, is laid open to the waters, and, the dew, shall lodge for the night in my boughs;
يَتَجَدَّدُ مَجْدِي دَائِماً، وَقَوْسِي أَبَداً جَدِيدَةٌ فِي يَدِي. | ٢٠ 20 |
Mine honour, shall be young again with me, and, my bow, in my hand, be renewed.
يَسْتَمِعُ النَّاسُ لِي وَيَنْتَظِرُونَ، وَيَصْمُتُونَ مُنْصِتِينَ لِمَشُورَتِي. | ٢١ 21 |
To me, men hearkened, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel;
بَعْدَ كَلامِي لَا يُثَنُّونَ عَلَى أَقْوَالِي، وَحَدِيثِي يَقْطُرُ عَلَيْهِمْ كَالنَّدَى. | ٢٢ 22 |
After I had spoken, they spake not again, and, upon them, used my speech to drop;
يَتَرَقَّبُونَنِي كَالْغَيْثِ، وَيَفْتَحُونَ أَفْوَاهَهُمْ كَمَنْ يَنْهَلُ مِنْ مَطَرِ الرَّبِيعِ | ٢٣ 23 |
And they waited, as for rain, for me, and, their mouths, they opened wide for the spring-rain;
إِنِ ابْتَسَمْتُ لَهُمْ لَا يُصَدِّقُونَ، وَنُورُ وَجْهِي لَمْ يَطْرَحُوهُ عَنْهُمْ بَعِيداً. | ٢٤ 24 |
I laughed at them—they lost confidence, and, the light of my countenance, they suffered not to fail;
أَخْتَارُ لَهُمْ طَرِيقَهُمْ وَأَتَصَدَّرُ مَجْلِسَهُمْ، وَأَكُونُ بَيْنَهُمْ كَمَلِكٍ بَيْنَ جُيُوشِهِ، وَكَالْمُعَزِّي بَيْنَ النَّائِحِينَ. | ٢٥ 25 |
I chose out their way, and sat chief, —and abode, as king, in an army, as one who, to mourners, giveth comfort.