أَيُّوبَ 12
| فَأَجَابَ أَيُّوبُ وَقَالَ: | ١ 1 |
Then answered Job, and said,
| «صَحِيحٌ إِنَّكُمْ أَنْتُمْ شَعْبٌ وَمَعَكُمْ تَمُوتُ ٱلْحِكْمَةُ! | ٢ 2 |
Truly ye are indeed the [right kind of] people, and with you wisdom must die out.
| غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ لِي فَهْمٌ مِثْلَكُمْ. لَسْتُ أَنَا دُونَكُمْ. وَمَنْ لَيْسَ عِنْدَهُ مِثْلُ هَذِهِ؟ | ٣ 3 |
I also have sense like you; I do not fall short compared with you: and who possesseth not such things as these?
| رَجُلًا سُخْرَةً لِصَاحِبِهِ صِرْتُ. دَعَا ٱللهَ فَٱسْتَجَابَهُ. سُخْرَةٌ هُوَ ٱلصِّدِّيقُ ٱلْكَامِلُ. | ٤ 4 |
I am as one laughed at by his friend, who calleth upon God, while he answered him: [yea, ] a laughing-stock though righteous and innocent.
| لِلْمُبْتَلِي هَوَانٌ فِي أَفْكَارِ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنِّ، مُهَيَّأٌ لِمَنْ زَلَّتْ قَدَمُهُ. | ٥ 5 |
To the unfortunate there is given contempt— according to the thoughts of him that is at ease— prepared [also] for those whose foot slippeth.
| خِيَامُ ٱلْمُخَرِّبِينَ مُسْتَرِيحَةٌ، وَٱلَّذِينَ يُغِيظُونَ ٱللهَ مُطْمَئِنُّونَ، ٱلَّذِينَ يَأْتُونَ بِإِلَهِهِمْ فِي يَدِهِمْ! | ٦ 6 |
Prosperous are the tents of robbers, and security is given to those that provoke God. to him who carrieth his god in his hand.
| «فَٱسْأَلِ ٱلْبَهَائِمَ فَتُعَلِّمَكَ، وَطُيُورَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ فَتُخْبِرَكَ. | ٧ 7 |
Yet, do only ask of the beasts, and they will instruct thee; and the fowls of the heavens, and they will tell it thee;
| أَوْ كَلِّمِ ٱلْأَرْضَ فَتُعَلِّمَكَ، وَيُحَدِّثَكَ سَمَكُ ٱلْبَحْرِ. | ٨ 8 |
Or speak to the earth, and she will instruct thee; and the fishes of the sea will inform thee
| مَنْ لَا يَعْلَمُ مِنْ كُلِّ هَؤُلَاءِ أَنَّ يَدَ ٱلرَّبِّ صَنَعَتْ هَذَا؟ | ٩ 9 |
Who knoweth not through all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this?
| ٱلَّذِي بِيَدِهِ نَفَسُ كُلِّ حَيٍّ وَرُوحُ كُلِّ ٱلْبَشَرِ. | ١٠ 10 |
[He] in whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all the bodies of men?
| أَفَلَيْسَتِ ٱلْأُذُنُ تَمْتَحِنُ ٱلْأَقْوَالَ، كَمَا أَنَّ ٱلْحَنَكَ يَسْتَطْعِمُ طَعَامَهُ؟ | ١١ 11 |
Doth not the ear try words, as the palate tasteth food for itself?
| عِنْدَ ٱلشَّيْبِ حِكْمَةٌ، وَطُولُ ٱلْأَيَّامِ فَهْمٌ. | ١٢ 12 |
So It with the ancients wisdom, and with [those of] length of days understanding,
| «عِنْدَهُ ٱلْحِكْمَةُ وَٱلْقُدْرَةُ. لَهُ ٱلْمَشُورَةُ وَٱلْفِطْنَةُ. | ١٣ 13 |
That with him are wisdom and strength, his are counsel and understanding.
| هُوَذَا يَهْدِمُ فَلَا يُبْنَى. يُغْلِقُ عَلَى إِنْسَانٍ فَلَا يُفْتَحُ. | ١٤ 14 |
Behold, he pulleth down, and there can be no rebuilding: he locketh [the prison] upon a man, and there can be no opening,
| يَمْنَعُ ٱلْمِيَاهَ فَتَيْبَسُ. يُطْلِقُهَا فَتَقْلِبُ ٱلْأَرْضَ. | ١٥ 15 |
Behold, he restraineth the waters, and they dry up; or he suffereth them to flow, and they overturn the earth.
| عِنْدَهُ ٱلْعِزُّ وَٱلْفَهْمُ. لَهُ ٱلْمُضِلُّ وَٱلْمُضَلُّ. | ١٦ 16 |
With him are strength and counsel: his are the deceived and the deceiver.
| يَذْهَبُ بِٱلْمُشِيرِينَ أَسْرَى، وَيُحَمِّقُ ٱلْقُضَاةَ. | ١٧ 17 |
He leadeth counsellors away bereft of sense, and maketh the judges fools.
| يَحُلُّ مَنَاطِقَ ٱلْمُلُوكِ، وَيَشُدُّ أَحْقَاءَهُمْ بِوِثَاقٍ. | ١٨ 18 |
He looseth the bond of kings, and bindeth a girdle around their loins.
| يَذْهَبُ بِٱلْكَهَنَةِ أَسْرَى، وَيَقْلِبُ ٱلْأَقْوِيَاءَ. | ١٩ 19 |
He leadeth priests away bereft of sense, and the powerful he causeth to walk on crooked paths.
| يَقْطَعُ كَلَامَ ٱلْأُمَنَاءِ، وَيَنْزِعُ ذَوْقَ ٱلشُّيُوخِ. | ٢٠ 20 |
He removeth the speech from trusty speakers, and taketh away the intelligence of the aged.
| يُلْقِي هَوَانًا عَلَى ٱلشُّرَفَاءِ، وَيُرْخِي مِنْطَقَةَ ٱلْأَشِدَّاءِ. | ٢١ 21 |
He poureth contempt upon princes, and the belt of the mighty be looseneth.
| يَكْشِفُ ٱلْعَمَائِقَ مِنَ ٱلظَّلَامِ، وَيُخْرِجُ ظِلَّ ٱلْمَوْتِ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِ. | ٢٢ 22 |
He layeth open deep things from the midst of darkness, and bringeth out unto light the shadow of death.
| يُكَثِّرُ ٱلْأُمَمَ ثُمَّ يُبِيدُهَا. يُوَسِّعُ لِلْأُمَمِ ثُمَّ يُجْلِيهَا. | ٢٣ 23 |
He permitteth the nations to become great, and destroyeth them: he spreadeth out the nations, and leadeth them away.
| يَنْزِعُ عُقُولَ رُؤَسَاءِ شَعْبِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَيُضِلُّهُمْ فِي تِيهٍ بِلَا طَرِيقٍ. | ٢٤ 24 |
He taketh away the sense of the chiefs of the people of the land, and causeth them to wander astray in a wilderness when there is no way.
| يَتَلَمَّسُونَ فِي ٱلظَّلَامِ وَلَيْسَ نُورٌ، وَيُرَنِّحُهُمْ مِثْلَ ٱلسَّكْرَانِ. | ٢٥ 25 |
They grope in the dark without light, and he causeth them to wander astray like a drunken man.
