أَيُّوبَ 12

١ 1 فَأَجَابَ أَيُّوبُ وَقَالَ:

Then responded Job, and said: —

٢ 2 «صَحِيحٌ إِنَّكُمْ أَنْتُمْ شَعْبٌ وَمَعَكُمْ تَمُوتُ ٱلْحِكْمَةُ!

Of a truth, ye, are the people, and, with you, wisdom, will die.

٣ 3 غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ لِي فَهْمٌ مِثْلَكُمْ. لَسْتُ أَنَا دُونَكُمْ. وَمَنْ لَيْسَ عِنْدَهُ مِثْلُ هَذِهِ؟

I also, have a mind like you, I, fall not short, of you, But who hath not such things as these?

٤ 4 رَجُلًا سُخْرَةً لِصَاحِبِهِ صِرْتُ. دَعَا ٱللهَ فَٱسْتَجَابَهُ. سُخْرَةٌ هُوَ ٱلصِّدِّيقُ ٱلْكَامِلُ.

A laughing-stock to one’s neighbour, do I become, one who hath called upon GOD and he hath answered him! A laughing-stock—a righteous man without blame!

٥ 5 لِلْمُبْتَلِي هَوَانٌ فِي أَفْكَارِ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنِّ، مُهَيَّأٌ لِمَنْ زَلَّتْ قَدَمُهُ.

For ruin, there is contempt, in the thought of the man at ease, —ready, for such as are of faltering foot!

٦ 6 خِيَامُ ٱلْمُخَرِّبِينَ مُسْتَرِيحَةٌ، وَٱلَّذِينَ يُغِيظُونَ ٱللهَ مُطْمَئِنُّونَ، ٱلَّذِينَ يَأْتُونَ بِإِلَهِهِمْ فِي يَدِهِمْ!

At peace are the tents that belong to the spoilers, and there is security to them who provoke GOD, To him who bringeth a god in his hand.

٧ 7 «فَٱسْأَلِ ٱلْبَهَائِمَ فَتُعَلِّمَكَ، وَطُيُورَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ فَتُخْبِرَكَ.

But, in very deed, ask, I pray thee, the beasts, and they will teach thee, and the bird of the heavens, and it will tell thee;

٨ 8 أَوْ كَلِّمِ ٱلْأَرْضَ فَتُعَلِّمَكَ، وَيُحَدِّثَكَ سَمَكُ ٱلْبَحْرِ.

Or address the earth, and it will teach thee, and the fishes of the sea, will recount it to thee:

٩ 9 مَنْ لَا يَعْلَمُ مِنْ كُلِّ هَؤُلَاءِ أَنَّ يَدَ ٱلرَّبِّ صَنَعَتْ هَذَا؟

Who knoweth not, among all these, that, the hand of Yahweh, hath done this?

١٠ 10 ٱلَّذِي بِيَدِهِ نَفَسُ كُلِّ حَيٍّ وَرُوحُ كُلِّ ٱلْبَشَرِ.

In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all the flesh of men.

١١ 11 أَفَلَيْسَتِ ٱلْأُذُنُ تَمْتَحِنُ ٱلْأَقْوَالَ، كَمَا أَنَّ ٱلْحَنَكَ يَسْتَطْعِمُ طَعَامَهُ؟

Doth not, the ear, try, words? even as, the palate, tasteth for itself, food?

١٢ 12 عِنْدَ ٱلشَّيْبِ حِكْمَةٌ، وَطُولُ ٱلْأَيَّامِ فَهْمٌ.

In the Ancient, is wisdom, and [in] Length of Days, understanding:

١٣ 13 «عِنْدَهُ ٱلْحِكْمَةُ وَٱلْقُدْرَةُ. لَهُ ٱلْمَشُورَةُ وَٱلْفِطْنَةُ.

With Him, are wisdom and strength, to Him, pertain counsel and understanding.

١٤ 14 هُوَذَا يَهْدِمُ فَلَا يُبْنَى. يُغْلِقُ عَلَى إِنْسَانٍ فَلَا يُفْتَحُ.

Lo! He pulleth down, and it cannot be built, He closeth up over a man, and it cannot be opened:

١٥ 15 يَمْنَعُ ٱلْمِيَاهَ فَتَيْبَسُ. يُطْلِقُهَا فَتَقْلِبُ ٱلْأَرْضَ.

Lo! He holdeth back the waters, and they dry up, or sendeth them out, and they transform the earth:

١٦ 16 عِنْدَهُ ٱلْعِزُّ وَٱلْفَهْمُ. لَهُ ٱلْمُضِلُّ وَٱلْمُضَلُّ.

With Him, is strength and effective wisdom, to Him, belong he that erreth, and he that causeth to err.

١٧ 17 يَذْهَبُ بِٱلْمُشِيرِينَ أَسْرَى، وَيُحَمِّقُ ٱلْقُضَاةَ.

Who leadeth away counsellors [as] a spoil, and, judges, He befooleth:

١٨ 18 يَحُلُّ مَنَاطِقَ ٱلْمُلُوكِ، وَيَشُدُّ أَحْقَاءَهُمْ بِوِثَاقٍ.

The fetters of kings, He looseth, or hath bound a slave’s waistcloth about their loins:

١٩ 19 يَذْهَبُ بِٱلْكَهَنَةِ أَسْرَى، وَيَقْلِبُ ٱلْأَقْوِيَاءَ.

Who leadeth away priests [as] a spoil, and, men firmly seated, He overturneth:

٢٠ 20 يَقْطَعُ كَلَامَ ٱلْأُمَنَاءِ، وَيَنْزِعُ ذَوْقَ ٱلشُّيُوخِ.

Setting aside the speech of the trusty, and, the discernment of elders, He taketh away:

٢١ 21 يُلْقِي هَوَانًا عَلَى ٱلشُّرَفَاءِ، وَيُرْخِي مِنْطَقَةَ ٱلْأَشِدَّاءِ.

Pouring contempt upon nobles, and, the girdle of the mighty, hath He loosed:

٢٢ 22 يَكْشِفُ ٱلْعَمَائِقَ مِنَ ٱلظَّلَامِ، وَيُخْرِجُ ظِلَّ ٱلْمَوْتِ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِ.

Laying open deep things, out of darkness, and bringing out to light, the death-shade:

٢٣ 23 يُكَثِّرُ ٱلْأُمَمَ ثُمَّ يُبِيدُهَا. يُوَسِّعُ لِلْأُمَمِ ثُمَّ يُجْلِيهَا.

Who giveth greatness to nations, or destroyeth them, Who spreadeth out nations, or leadeth them into exile:

٢٤ 24 يَنْزِعُ عُقُولَ رُؤَسَاءِ شَعْبِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَيُضِلُّهُمْ فِي تِيهٍ بِلَا طَرِيقٍ.

Who taketh away the sense of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and hath caused them to wander in a pathless waste:

٢٥ 25 يَتَلَمَّسُونَ فِي ٱلظَّلَامِ وَلَيْسَ نُورٌ، وَيُرَنِّحُهُمْ مِثْلَ ٱلسَّكْرَانِ.

They grope about in the dark, having no light, and He hath made them to reel, like a drunken man.