Job 35

1 Moreover Elihu answered and said,

١ وَقَالَ أَلِيهُو أَيْضاً:

2 Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?

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

3 For thou hast asked of what profit it is unto thee: what do I gain more than if I had sinned?

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

4 I will reply to thee in words, and to thy companions with thee.

٤ سَأُجِيبُكَ أَنْتَ وَأَصْدِقَاءَكَ مَعَكَ:

5 Look unto the heavens and see; and survey the skies: they are higher than thou.

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

6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? If thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?

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

7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou to him? or what doth he receive of thy hand?

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

8 Thy wickedness [may affect] a man as thou [art], and thy righteousness a son of man.

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

9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry; they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty:

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

10 But none saith, Where is God my Maker, who giveth songs in the night,

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

11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowl of the heavens?

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

12 There they cry, and he answereth not, because of the pride of evil men.

١٢ يَسْتَغِيثُونَ بِهِ فَلا يُجِيبُ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ تَشَامُخِ الأَشْرَارِ

13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.

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

14 Although thou sayest thou dost not see him, judgment is before him, therefore wait for him.

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

15 But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, doth not [Job] know [his] great arrogancy?

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

16 For Job hath opened his mouth in vanity, and made words abundant without knowledge.

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