أَيُّوبَ 12
| فَأَجَابَ أَيُّوبُ وَقَالَ: | ١ 1 |
Then Job answered,
| «صَحِيحٌ إِنَّكُمْ أَنْتُمْ شَعْبٌ وَمَعَكُمْ تَمُوتُ ٱلْحِكْمَةُ! | ٢ 2 |
“No doubt, but you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
| غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ لِي فَهْمٌ مِثْلَكُمْ. لَسْتُ أَنَا دُونَكُمْ. وَمَنْ لَيْسَ عِنْدَهُ مِثْلُ هَذِهِ؟ | ٣ 3 |
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Yes, who doesn’t know such things as these?
| رَجُلًا سُخْرَةً لِصَاحِبِهِ صِرْتُ. دَعَا ٱللهَ فَٱسْتَجَابَهُ. سُخْرَةٌ هُوَ ٱلصِّدِّيقُ ٱلْكَامِلُ. | ٤ 4 |
I am like one who is a joke to his neighbour, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke.
| لِلْمُبْتَلِي هَوَانٌ فِي أَفْكَارِ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنِّ، مُهَيَّأٌ لِمَنْ زَلَّتْ قَدَمُهُ. | ٥ 5 |
In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips.
| خِيَامُ ٱلْمُخَرِّبِينَ مُسْتَرِيحَةٌ، وَٱلَّذِينَ يُغِيظُونَ ٱللهَ مُطْمَئِنُّونَ، ٱلَّذِينَ يَأْتُونَ بِإِلَهِهِمْ فِي يَدِهِمْ! | ٦ 6 |
The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their god in their hands.
| «فَٱسْأَلِ ٱلْبَهَائِمَ فَتُعَلِّمَكَ، وَطُيُورَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ فَتُخْبِرَكَ. | ٧ 7 |
“But ask the animals now, and they will teach you; the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.
| أَوْ كَلِّمِ ٱلْأَرْضَ فَتُعَلِّمَكَ، وَيُحَدِّثَكَ سَمَكُ ٱلْبَحْرِ. | ٨ 8 |
Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you. The fish of the sea will declare to you.
| مَنْ لَا يَعْلَمُ مِنْ كُلِّ هَؤُلَاءِ أَنَّ يَدَ ٱلرَّبِّ صَنَعَتْ هَذَا؟ | ٩ 9 |
Who doesn’t know that in all these, the LORD’s hand has done this,
| ٱلَّذِي بِيَدِهِ نَفَسُ كُلِّ حَيٍّ وَرُوحُ كُلِّ ٱلْبَشَرِ. | ١٠ 10 |
in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?
| أَفَلَيْسَتِ ٱلْأُذُنُ تَمْتَحِنُ ٱلْأَقْوَالَ، كَمَا أَنَّ ٱلْحَنَكَ يَسْتَطْعِمُ طَعَامَهُ؟ | ١١ 11 |
Doesn’t the ear try words, even as the palate tastes its food?
| عِنْدَ ٱلشَّيْبِ حِكْمَةٌ، وَطُولُ ٱلْأَيَّامِ فَهْمٌ. | ١٢ 12 |
With aged men is wisdom, in length of days understanding.
| «عِنْدَهُ ٱلْحِكْمَةُ وَٱلْقُدْرَةُ. لَهُ ٱلْمَشُورَةُ وَٱلْفِطْنَةُ. | ١٣ 13 |
“With God is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding.
| هُوَذَا يَهْدِمُ فَلَا يُبْنَى. يُغْلِقُ عَلَى إِنْسَانٍ فَلَا يُفْتَحُ. | ١٤ 14 |
Behold, he breaks down, and it can’t be built again. He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
| يَمْنَعُ ٱلْمِيَاهَ فَتَيْبَسُ. يُطْلِقُهَا فَتَقْلِبُ ٱلْأَرْضَ. | ١٥ 15 |
Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up. Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.
| عِنْدَهُ ٱلْعِزُّ وَٱلْفَهْمُ. لَهُ ٱلْمُضِلُّ وَٱلْمُضَلُّ. | ١٦ 16 |
With him is strength and wisdom. The deceived and the deceiver are his.
| يَذْهَبُ بِٱلْمُشِيرِينَ أَسْرَى، وَيُحَمِّقُ ٱلْقُضَاةَ. | ١٧ 17 |
He leads counsellors away stripped. He makes judges fools.
| يَحُلُّ مَنَاطِقَ ٱلْمُلُوكِ، وَيَشُدُّ أَحْقَاءَهُمْ بِوِثَاقٍ. | ١٨ 18 |
He loosens the bond of kings. He binds their waist with a belt.
| يَذْهَبُ بِٱلْكَهَنَةِ أَسْرَى، وَيَقْلِبُ ٱلْأَقْوِيَاءَ. | ١٩ 19 |
He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the mighty.
| يَقْطَعُ كَلَامَ ٱلْأُمَنَاءِ، وَيَنْزِعُ ذَوْقَ ٱلشُّيُوخِ. | ٢٠ 20 |
He removes the speech of those who are trusted, and takes away the understanding of the elders.
| يُلْقِي هَوَانًا عَلَى ٱلشُّرَفَاءِ، وَيُرْخِي مِنْطَقَةَ ٱلْأَشِدَّاءِ. | ٢١ 21 |
He pours contempt on princes, and loosens the belt of the strong.
| يَكْشِفُ ٱلْعَمَائِقَ مِنَ ٱلظَّلَامِ، وَيُخْرِجُ ظِلَّ ٱلْمَوْتِ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِ. | ٢٢ 22 |
He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.
| يُكَثِّرُ ٱلْأُمَمَ ثُمَّ يُبِيدُهَا. يُوَسِّعُ لِلْأُمَمِ ثُمَّ يُجْلِيهَا. | ٢٣ 23 |
He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.
| يَنْزِعُ عُقُولَ رُؤَسَاءِ شَعْبِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَيُضِلُّهُمْ فِي تِيهٍ بِلَا طَرِيقٍ. | ٢٤ 24 |
He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
| يَتَلَمَّسُونَ فِي ٱلظَّلَامِ وَلَيْسَ نُورٌ، وَيُرَنِّحُهُمْ مِثْلَ ٱلسَّكْرَانِ. | ٢٥ 25 |
They grope in the dark without light. He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
