Job 35
1 After this, Eliu again spoke in this way:
| وَقَالَ أَلِيهُو أَيْضاً: | ١ |
2 Does it seem right to you in your thoughts, that you should say, “I am more just than God?”
| «أَتَحْسِبُ هَذَا عَدْلاً؟ ثُمَّ تَقُولُ: إِنَّ هَذَا حَقِّي أَمَامَ اللهِ، | ٢ |
3 For you said, “Having done what is right does not please you,” and, “How will it benefit you, if I sin?”
| وَتَسْأَلُ: أَيَّةُ مَنْفَعَةٍ لِي؟ هَلْ أَكُونُ فِي حَالٍ أَفْضَلَ لَوْ لَمْ أُخْطِئْ؟ | ٣ |
4 And so, I will respond to your words, and to your friends who are with you.
| سَأُجِيبُكَ أَنْتَ وَأَصْدِقَاءَكَ مَعَكَ: | ٤ |
5 Look up towards heaven and consider; also, think about the sky, which is higher than you.
| انْظُرْ إِلَى السَّمَاوَاتِ وَتَأَمَّلْ: تَفَرَّسْ فِي السُّحُبِ الشَّامِخَةِ فَوْقَكَ. | ٥ |
6 If you sin, how will it hurt him? And if your iniquities are multiplied, what will you do against him?
| إِنْ أَثِمْتَ فَمَاذَا يُؤَثِّرُ هَذَا فِيهِ؟ وَإِنْ كَثَّرْتَ خَطَايَاكَ فَأَيُّ شَيْءٍ يَلْحَقُ بِهِ؟ | ٦ |
7 Furthermore, if you act justly, what will you give him, or what will he receive from your hand?
| وَإِنْ كُنْتَ بَارّاً فَمَاذَا تُعْطِيهِ؟ أَوْ مَاذَا يَأْخُذُ مِنْ يَدِكَ؟ | ٧ |
8 Your impiety may hurt a man who is like you, though your justice may help the son of the man.
| إِنَّ شَرَّكَ يُؤَثِّرُ فِي إِنْسَانٍ نَظِيرِكَ، وَبِرَّكَ يَفِيدُ فَقَطْ أَبْنَاءَ النَّاسِ. | ٨ |
9 Because of the multitude of false accusers, they will cry out; and they will lament because of the strong arm of the tyrants.
| لأَنَّ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ الْجَوْرِ يَسْتَغِيثُ الْمَظْلُومُونَ طَلَباً لِلْخَلاصِ مِنْ قَبْضَةِ الْعُتَاةِ، | ٩ |
10 Yet he has not said: “Where is God, who made me, who has given songs in the night,
| وَلَكِنْ لَا أَحَدَ يَقُولُ: أَيْنَ اللهُ صَانِعِي، الْوَاهِبُ تَرْنِيماً فِي اللَّيْلِ، | ١٠ |
11 who teaches us in addition to the beasts of the earth, and who educates us along with the birds of the air?”
| الَّذِي عَلَّمَنَا أَكْثَرَ مِنْ وُحُوشِ الأَرْضِ، وَجَعَلَنَا أَعْظَمَ حِكْمَةً مِنْ طُيُورِ السَّمَاءِ. | ١١ |
12 There they will cry, and he will not heed them, because of the arrogance of the wicked.
| يَسْتَغِيثُونَ بِهِ فَلا يُجِيبُ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ تَشَامُخِ الأَشْرَارِ | ١٢ |
13 Therefore, God does not hear in vain, and the Almighty will look into each and every case.
| فَإِنْ كَانَ اللهُ لَا يَسْمَعُ لِصُرَاخِهِمِ الفَارِغِ، وَلا يَأْبَهُ القَدِيرُ لَهُ | ١٣ |
14 And so, when you say, “He does not examine,” be judged before him, but wait for him.
| فَكَمْ بِالأَحْرَى لَا يَسْمَعُ لَكَ عِنْدَمَا تَقُولُ إِنَّكَ لَا تَرَاهُ! لَكِنِ اصْبِرْ، فَدَعْوَاكَ أَمَامَهُ | ١٤ |
15 For, at the present time, he does not bring forth his fury, nor does he punish sin exceedingly.
| وَالآنَ، لأَنَّهُ لَمْ يُجَازِ فِي غَضَبِهِ وَلَمْ يُبَالِ بِمُعَاقَبَةِ الإِثْمِ، | ١٥ |
16 Therefore, Job has opened his mouth in vain and has multiplied words without knowledge.
| فَغَرَ أَيُّوبُ فَاهُ بِالْبَاطِلِ، وَأَكْثَرَ مِنَ الْكَلامِ بِجَهْلٍ!» | ١٦ |
