< أيُّوب 33 >
وَالآنَ يَا أَيُّوبُ أصْغِ إِلَى أَقْوَالِي، وَاسْمَعْ كَلامِي كُلَّهُ: | ١ 1 |
Therefore, hear my speeches, Job, and listen to all my words.
هَا أَنَا قَدْ فَتَحْتُ فَمِي فَنَطَقَ لِسَانِي فِي حَنَكِي، | ٢ 2 |
Behold, I have opened my mouth; let my tongue speak along with my throat.
كَلِمَاتِي تَصْدُرُ مِنْ قَلْبٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ، وَشَفَتَايَ تَتَحَدَّثَانِ بِإِخْلاصٍ بِمَا أَعْلَمُ. | ٣ 3 |
My words are from my simple heart, and my lips will speak a pure judgment.
رُوحُ اللهِ هُوَ الَّذِي كَوَّنَنِي، وَنَسَمَةُ الْقَدِيرِ أَحْيَتْنِي، | ٤ 4 |
The Spirit of God made me, and the breath of the Almighty gave me life.
فَأَجِبْنِي إِنْ كُنْتَ تَسْتَطِيعُ. أَحْسِنِ الدَّعْوَى، وَاتَّخِذْ لَكَ مَوْقِفاً. | ٥ 5 |
If you can, answer me, and oppose me to my face.
إِنَّمَا أَنَا نَظِيرُكَ أَمَامَ اللهِ، مِنَ الطِّينِ جُبِلْتُ، | ٦ 6 |
Behold, God has made me, just as he also has made you, and I, likewise, have been formed of the same clay.
فَلا هَيْبَتِي تُخِيفُكَ، وَلا يَدِي ثَقِيلَةٌ عَلَيْكَ. | ٧ 7 |
So, truly, do not let my wonders terrify you, and do not let my eloquence be burdensome to you.
حَقّاً قَدْ تَكَلَّمْتَ فِي أُذُنَيَّ فَاسْتَمَعْتُ إِلَى أَقْوَالِكَ. | ٨ 8 |
For you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of your words, saying:
أَنْتَ قُلْتَ: أَنَا نَقِيٌّ بَرِيءٌ مِنْ كُلِّ ذَنْبٍ، أَنَا طَاهِرٌ لَا إِثْمَ فِيَّ، | ٩ 9 |
“I am clean and without sin; I am immaculate, and there is no iniquity in me.
إِنَّمَا اللهُ يَتَرَبَّصُ بِي لِيَجِدَ عِلَّةً عَلَيَّ وَيَحْسِبَنِي عَدُوّاً لَهُ، | ١٠ 10 |
Yet he has discovered blame in me, and so he has treated me like his enemy.
يَضَعُ أَقْدَامِي فِي الْمِقْطَرَةِ، وَيَتَرَصَّدُ سُبُلِي. | ١١ 11 |
He has put my feet in fetters; he has kept watch over all my ways.”
وَلَكِنَّكَ مُخْطِئٌ فِي هَذَا، وَأَنَا الَّذِي أُجِيبُكَ. إِنَّ اللهَ أَعْظَمُ مِنَ الإِنْسَانِ، | ١٢ 12 |
Therefore, it is for this reason that you have not been justified. For I tell you that God is greater than man.
فَمَا بَالُكَ تُخَاصِمُهُ قَائِلاً: إِنَّهُ لَنْ يُجِيبَ عَنْ تَسَاؤُلاتِي؟ | ١٣ 13 |
Do you contend against him because he has not responded to all of your words?
إِنَّ اللهَ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِطَرِيقَةٍ أَوْ بِأُخْرَى وَإِنْ كَانَ الإِنْسَانُ لَا يُدْرِكُهَا. | ١٤ 14 |
God speaks once, and he does not repeat the same thing a second time.
يَتَكَلَّمُ فِي حُلْمٍ، فِي رُؤْيَا اللَّيْلِ عِنْدَمَا يَغْشَى النَّاسَ سُبَاتٌ عَمِيقٌ. | ١٥ 15 |
Through a dream in a vision of the night, when a deep sleep falls over men, and they are sleeping in their beds,
عِنْدَئِذٍ يَفْتَحُ آذَانَ النَّاسِ وَيُرْعِبُهُمْ بِتَحْذِيرَاتِهِ، | ١٦ 16 |
then, he opens the ears of men, and, educating them, he teaches discipline,
لِيَصْرِفَ الإِنْسَانَ عَنْ خَطِيئَتِهِ وَيَسْتَأْصِلَ مِنْهُ الْكِبْرِيَاءَ، | ١٧ 17 |
so that he may divert a man from the things that he is doing, and may free him from pride,
لِيُنْقِذَ نَفْسَهُ مِنَ الْهَاوِيَةِ وَحَيَاتَهُ مِنَ الْهَلاكِ بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ. | ١٨ 18 |
rescuing his soul from corruption and his life from passing away by the sword.
قَدْ يُقَوَّمُ الإِنْسَانُ بِالأَلَمِ عَلَى مَضْجَعِهِ، وَبِالأَوْجَاعِ النَّاشِبَةِ فِي عِظَامِهِ، | ١٩ 19 |
Likewise, he rebukes by sorrow in bed, and he causes all of his bones to become weak.
حَتَّى تَعَافَ حَيَاتُهُ الطَّعَامَ، وَشَهِيَّتُهُ لَذِيذَ الْمَأْكَلِ. | ٢٠ 20 |
Bread becomes abominable to him in his life, and, to his soul, the meat which before he desired.
يَبْلَى لَحْمُهُ فَيَخْتَفِي عَنِ الْعَيَانِ، وَتَنْبَرِي عِظَامُهُ الَّتِي كَانَتْ خَافِيَةً مِنْ قَبْلُ. | ٢١ 21 |
His body will waste away, and his bones, which had been covered, will be revealed.
تَدْنُو نَفْسُهُ مِنَ الْهَاوِيَةِ، وَحَيَاتُهُ مِنْ زَبَانِيَةِ الْمَوْتِ. | ٢٢ 22 |
His soul has approached corruption, and his life has drawn near to what is deadly.
إِنْ وُجِدَ لَهُ مَلاكٌ، شَفِيعٌ، وَاحِدٌ مِنْ بَيْنِ أَلْفٍ، لِيُعْلِنَ لِلإِنْسَانِ مَا هُوَ صَالِحٌ لَهُ، | ٢٣ 23 |
If there were an angel speaking for him, one among thousands, to declare the fairness of the man,
يتَرَأَّفُ عَلَيْهِ قَائِلاً: أَنْقِذْهُ يَا رَبُّ مِنَ الانْحِدَارِ إِلَى الْهَاوِيَةِ، فَقَدْ وَجَدْتُ لَهُ فِدْيَةً. | ٢٤ 24 |
he will have mercy on him, and he will say, “Free him, so that he will not descend to destruction. I have found a reason to be favorable to him.
فَيَصِيرَ لَحْمُهُ أَكْثَرَ غَضَاضَةً مِن أَيَّامِ صِبَاهُ وَيَعُودَ إِلَى عَهْدِ رَيعَانِ شَبَابِهِ | ٢٥ 25 |
His body is consumed by suffering. Let him return to the days of his youth.”
عِنْدَئِذٍ يَدْعُو الْمَرْءُ اللهَ فَيَرْضَى عَنْهُ، وَيَمْثُلُ فِي حَضْرَتِهِ بِفَرَحٍ، وَيَرُدُّ لَهُ اللهُ بِرَّهُ، | ٢٦ 26 |
He will beg pardon from God, and he will be soothing to him; and he will look upon his face in jubilation, and he will restore his justice to man.
ثُمَّ يُرَنِّمُ أَمَامَ النَّاسِ قَائِلاً: لَقَدْ أَخْطَأْتُ وَحَرَّفْتُ مَا هُوَ حَقٌّ وَلَمْ أُجَازَ عَلَيْهِ، | ٢٧ 27 |
He will consider mankind, and he will say: “I have sinned and truly I have offended, yet I was not treated as I deserved.”
قَدِ افْتَدَى اللهُ حَيَاتِي مِنَ الانْحِدَارِ إِلَى الْهَاوِيَةِ، فَتَنْتَعِشُ حَيَاتِي لِتَرَى النُّورَ. | ٢٨ 28 |
He has freed his soul from continuing into destruction, so that, in living, it may see the light.
هَذَا كُلُّهُ يُجْرِيهِ اللهُ عَلَى الإِنْسَانِ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَثَلاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، | ٢٩ 29 |
Behold, all these things God works three times within each one,
لِيَرُدَّ نَفْسَهُ عَنِ الْهَاوِيَةِ لِيَسْتَضِيءَ بِنُورِ الْحَيَاةِ. | ٣٠ 30 |
so that he may revive their souls from corruption and enlighten them with the light of life.
فَأَصْغِ يَا أَيُّوبُ وَأَنْصِتْ إِلَيَّ. اُصْمُتْ وَدَعْنِي أَتَكَلَّمُ. | ٣١ 31 |
Pay attention Job, and listen to me; and remain silent, while I speak.
وَإِنْ كَانَ لَدَيْكَ مَا تَقُولُهُ فَأَجِبْنِي، تَكَلَّمْ، فَإِنِّي أَرْغَبُ فِي تَبْرِيرِكَ. | ٣٢ 32 |
Yet, if you have anything to say, answer me and speak, for I want you to be treated justly.
وَإلَّا فَأَصْغِ إِلَيَّ، أَنْصِتْ فَأُعَلِّمَكَ الْحِكْمَةَ». | ٣٣ 33 |
But if you do not have anything to say, then listen to me. Be quiet and I will teach you wisdom.