أيُّوب 35

١ 1 وَقَالَ أَلِيهُو أَيْضاً:

Moreover Elihu continued, saying,

٢ 2 «أَتَحْسِبُ هَذَا عَدْلاً؟ ثُمَّ تَقُولُ: إِنَّ هَذَا حَقِّي أَمَامَ اللهِ،

“Do you think this is just when you say, 'My right before God'?

٣ 3 وَتَسْأَلُ: أَيَّةُ مَنْفَعَةٍ لِي؟ هَلْ أَكُونُ فِي حَالٍ أَفْضَلَ لَوْ لَمْ أُخْطِئْ؟

For you ask, 'What use is it to me?' and, 'Would I be better off if I had sinned?'

٤ 4 سَأُجِيبُكَ أَنْتَ وَأَصْدِقَاءَكَ مَعَكَ:

I will answer you, both you and your friends.

٥ 5 انْظُرْ إِلَى السَّمَاوَاتِ وَتَأَمَّلْ: تَفَرَّسْ فِي السُّحُبِ الشَّامِخَةِ فَوْقَكَ.

Look up at the sky, and see it; see the sky, which is higher than you.

٦ 6 إِنْ أَثِمْتَ فَمَاذَا يُؤَثِّرُ هَذَا فِيهِ؟ وَإِنْ كَثَّرْتَ خَطَايَاكَ فَأَيُّ شَيْءٍ يَلْحَقُ بِهِ؟

If you have sinned, what harm do you do to God? If your transgressions pile up high, what do you do to him?

٧ 7 وَإِنْ كُنْتَ بَارّاً فَمَاذَا تُعْطِيهِ؟ أَوْ مَاذَا يَأْخُذُ مِنْ يَدِكَ؟

If you are righteous, what can you give to him? What will he receive from your hand?

٨ 8 إِنَّ شَرَّكَ يُؤَثِّرُ فِي إِنْسَانٍ نَظِيرِكَ، وَبِرَّكَ يَفِيدُ فَقَطْ أَبْنَاءَ النَّاسِ.

Your wickedness may hurt a man, as you are a man, and your righteousness might benefit another son of man.

٩ 9 لأَنَّ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ الْجَوْرِ يَسْتَغِيثُ الْمَظْلُومُونَ طَلَباً لِلْخَلاصِ مِنْ قَبْضَةِ الْعُتَاةِ،

Because of many acts of oppression, people cry out; they call for help from the arms of mighty men.

١٠ 10 وَلَكِنْ لَا أَحَدَ يَقُولُ: أَيْنَ اللهُ صَانِعِي، الْوَاهِبُ تَرْنِيماً فِي اللَّيْلِ،

But no one says, 'Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,

١١ 11 الَّذِي عَلَّمَنَا أَكْثَرَ مِنْ وُحُوشِ الأَرْضِ، وَجَعَلَنَا أَعْظَمَ حِكْمَةً مِنْ طُيُورِ السَّمَاءِ.

who teaches us more than he teaches the beasts of the earth, and who makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?'

١٢ 12 يَسْتَغِيثُونَ بِهِ فَلا يُجِيبُ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ تَشَامُخِ الأَشْرَارِ

There they cry out, but God gives no answer because of the pride of evil men.

١٣ 13 فَإِنْ كَانَ اللهُ لَا يَسْمَعُ لِصُرَاخِهِمِ الفَارِغِ، وَلا يَأْبَهُ القَدِيرُ لَهُ

God will certainly not hear a foolish cry; the Almighty will pay no attention to it.

١٤ 14 فَكَمْ بِالأَحْرَى لَا يَسْمَعُ لَكَ عِنْدَمَا تَقُولُ إِنَّكَ لَا تَرَاهُ! لَكِنِ اصْبِرْ، فَدَعْوَاكَ أَمَامَهُ

How much less will he answer you if you say that you do not see him, that your case is before him, and that you are waiting for him!

١٥ 15 وَالآنَ، لأَنَّهُ لَمْ يُجَازِ فِي غَضَبِهِ وَلَمْ يُبَالِ بِمُعَاقَبَةِ الإِثْمِ،

Now you say that his anger does not punish, and he does not take even a litte notice of transgression.

١٦ 16 فَغَرَ أَيُّوبُ فَاهُ بِالْبَاطِلِ، وَأَكْثَرَ مِنَ الْكَلامِ بِجَهْلٍ!»

So Job opens his mouth only to speak foolishness; he piles up words without knowledge.”