أيُّوب 29

١ 1 وَاسْتَطْرَدَ أَيُّوبُ فِي ضَرْبِ مَثَلِهِ:

And he repeated Job to take up discourse his and he said.

٢ 2 «يَالَيْتَنِي مَازِلْتُ كَمَا كُنْتُ فِي الشُّهُورِ الْغَابِرَةِ، فِي الأَيَّامِ الَّتِي حَفِظَنِي فِيهَا اللهُ،

Who? will he give me like months of long ago like [the] days [when] God he watched over me.

٣ 3 كَانَ مِصْبَاحُهُ يُضِيءُ فَوْقَ رَأْسِي، فَأَسْلُكُ عَبْرَ الظُّلْمَةِ فِي نُورِهِ.

When made shine he lamp his over head my to light his I walked darkness.

٤ 4 يَوْمَ كُنْتُ فِي رِيعَانِ قُوَّتِي وَرِضَى اللهِ مُخَيِّماً فَوْقَ بَيْتِي.

Just as I was in [the] days of prime my in [the] intimacy of God on tent my.

٥ 5 وَا لْقَدِيرُ مَا بَرِحَ مَعِي، وَأَوْلاَدِي مَازَالُوا حَوْلِي.

While still [the] Almighty [was] with me [were] around me lads my.

٦ 6 حِينَ كُنْتُ أَغْسِلُ خَطَوَاتِي بِاللَّبَنِ، وَالصَّخْرُ يَفِيضُ لِي أَنْهَاراً مِنَ الزَّيْتِ.

When bathed steps my in curd and a rock it poured out beside me streams of oil.

٧ 7 حِينَ كُنْتُ أَخْرُجُ إِلَى بَوَّابَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَأَحْتَلُّ فِي السَّاحَةِ مَجْلِسِي،

When went out I [the] gate on [the] town in the public square I prepared seat my.

٨ 8 فَيَرَانِي الشُّبَّانُ وَيَتَوَارَوْنَ، وَيَقِفُ الشُّيُوخُ احْتِرَاماً لِي.

They saw me young men and they hid themselves and old [men] they rose they stood.

٩ 9 يَمْتَنِعُ الْعُظَمَاءُ عَنِ الْكَلاَمِ وَيَضَعُونَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَلَى أَفْوَاهِهِمْ.

Chiefs they restrained words and a hand they put to mouth their.

١٠ 10 يَتَلاَشَى صَوْتُ النُّبَلاَءِ، وَتَلْتَصِقُ أَلْسِنَتُهُمْ بِأَحْنَاكِهِمْ.

[the] voice of Nobles they were hidden and tongue their to palate their it stuck.

١١ 11 إِذَا سَمِعَتْ لِيَ الأُذُنُ تُطَوِّبُنِي، وَإِذَا شَهِدَتْنِي الْعَيْنُ تُثْنِي عَلَيَّ،

For an ear it heard and it called blessed me and an eye it saw and it bore witness to me.

١٢ 12 لأَ نِّي أَنْقَذْتُ الْبَائِسَ الْمُسْتَغِيثَ، وَأَجَرْتُ الْيَتِيمَ طَالِبَ الْعَوْنِ،

That I rescued [the] afflicted [who] cried for help and [the] fatherless and [the one whom] not a helper [belonged] to him.

١٣ 13 فَحَلَّتْ عَلَيَّ بَرَكَةُ الْمُشْرِفِ عَلَى الْمَوْتِ، وَجَعَلْتُ قَلْبَ الأَرْمَلَةِ يَتَهَلَّلُ فَرَحاً.

[the] blessing of [one] about to perish On me it came and [the] heart of a widow I made sing for joy.

١٤ 14 ارْتَدَيْتُ الْبِرَّ فَكَسَانِي، وَكَجُبَّةٍ وَعِمَامَةٍ كَانَ عَدْلِي.

Righteousness I put on and it clothed me [was] like a robe and a turban justice my.

١٥ 15 كُنْتُ عُيُوناً لِلأَعْمَى، وَأَقْدَاماً لِلأَعْرَجِ،

Eyes I was to the blind and [was] feet to the lame I.

١٦ 16 وَكُنْتُ أَباً لِلْمِسْكِينِ، أَتَقَصَّى دَعْوَى مَنْ لَمْ أَعْرِفْهُ.

[was] a father I to the needy [people] and a case at law of [the one whom] not I knew I investigated it.

١٧ 17 هَشَّمْتُ أَنْيَابَ الظَّالِمِ وَمِنْ بَيْنِ أَسْنَانِهِ نَزَعْتُ الْفَرِيسَةَ،

And I broke! [the] jaws of [the] unrighteous and from teeth his I threw [the] prey.

١٨ 18 ثُمَّ حَدَّثْتُ نَفْسِي: إِنِّي سَأَمُوتُ فِي خَيْمَتِي وَتَتَكَاثَرُ أَيَّامِي كَحَبَّاتِ الرَّمْلِ.

And I said with nest my I will expire and like sand I will increase days.

١٩ 19 سَتَمْتَدُّ أُصُولِي إِلَى الْمِيَاهِ، وَالطَّلُّ يَبِيتُ عَلَى أَغْصَانِي.

Root my [is] opened to water and dew it will remain overnight on branch[es] my.

٢٠ 20 يَتَجَدَّدُ مَجْدِي دَائِماً، وَقَوْسِي أَبَداً جَدِيدَةٌ فِي يَدِي.

Honor my [is] new with me and bow my in hand my it will show newness.

٢١ 21 يَسْتَمِعُ النَّاسُ لِي وَيَنْتَظِرُونَ، وَيَصْمُتُونَ مُنْصِتِينَ لِمَشُورَتِي.

To me people listened and they waited and they may be silent for counsel my.

٢٢ 22 بَعْدَ كَلاَمِي لاَ يُثَنُّونَ عَلَى أَقْوَالِي، وَحَدِيثِي يَقْطُرُ عَلَيْهِمْ كَالنَّدَى.

After word my not they repeated and on them it dropped speech my.

٢٣ 23 يَتَرَقَّبُونَنِي كَالْغَيْثِ، وَيَفْتَحُونَ أَفْوَاهَهُمْ كَمَنْ يَنْهَلُ مِنْ مَطَرِ الرَّبِيعِ

And they waited like the rain for me and mouth their they opened wide for spring rain.

٢٤ 24 إِنِ ابْتَسَمْتُ لَهُمْ لاَ يُصَدِّقُونَ، وَنُورُ وَجْهِي لَمْ يَطْرَحُوهُ عَنْهُمْ بَعِيداً.

I laughed to them not they believed and [the] light of face my not they made fall!

٢٥ 25 أَخْتَارُ لَهُمْ طَرِيقَهُمْ وَأَتَصَدَّرُ مَجْلِسَهُمْ، وَأَكُونُ بَيْنَهُمْ كَمَلِكٍ بَيْنَ جُيُوشِهِ، وَكَا لْمُعَزِّي بَيْنَ النَّائِحِينَ.

I chose way their so I may sit [as] chief so I may dwell like a king among the troop[s] just as mourners someone comforts.