أَيُّوبَ 13
| «هَذَا كُلُّهُ رَأَتْهُ عَيْنِي. سَمِعَتْهُ أُذُنِي وَفَطِنَتْ بِهِ. | ١ 1 |
“Behold, my eye has seen all this. My ear has heard and understood it.
| مَا تَعْرِفُونَهُ عَرَفْتُهُ أَنَا أَيْضًا. لَسْتُ دُونَكُمْ. | ٢ 2 |
What you know, I know also. I am not inferior to you.
| وَلَكِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُكَلِّمَ ٱلْقَدِيرَ، وَأَنْ أُحَاكَمَ إِلَى ٱللهِ. | ٣ 3 |
“Surely I would speak to the Almighty. I desire to reason with God.
| أَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَمُلَفِّقُو كَذِبٍ. أَطِبَّاءُ بَطَّالُونَ كُلُّكُمْ. | ٤ 4 |
But you are forgers of lies. You are all physicians of no value.
| لَيْتَكُمْ تَصْمُتُونَ صَمْتًا. يَكُونُ ذَلِكَ لَكُمْ حِكْمَةً. | ٥ 5 |
Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise.
| اِسْمَعُوا ٱلْآنَ حُجَّتِي، وَٱصْغُوا إِلَى دَعَاوِي شَفَتَيَّ. | ٦ 6 |
Hear now my reasoning. Listen to the pleadings of my lips.
| أَتَقُولُونَ لِأَجْلِ ٱللهِ ظُلْمًا، وَتَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِغِشٍّ لِأَجْلِهِ؟ | ٧ 7 |
Will you speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for him?
| أَتُحَابُونَ وَجْهَهُ، أَمْ عَنِ ٱللهِ تُخَاصِمُونَ؟ | ٨ 8 |
Will you show partiality to him? Will you contend for God?
| أَخَيْرٌ لَكُمْ أَنْ يَفْحَصَكُمْ، أَمْ تُخَاتِلُونَهُ كَمَا يُخَاتَلُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ؟ | ٩ 9 |
Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceives a man, will you deceive him?
| تَوْبِيخًا يُوَبِّخُكُمْ إِنْ حَابَيْتُمُ ٱلْوُجُوهَ خِفْيَةً. | ١٠ 10 |
He will surely reprove you if you secretly show partiality.
| فَهَلَّا يُرْهِبُكُمْ جَلَالُهُ، وَيَسْقُطُ عَلَيْكُمْ رُعْبُهُ؟ | ١١ 11 |
Won’t his majesty make you afraid and his dread fall on you?
| خُطَبُكُمْ أَمْثَالُ رَمَادٍ، وَحُصُونُكُمْ حُصُونٌ مِنْ طِينٍ. | ١٢ 12 |
Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes. Your defenses are defenses of clay.
| «اُسْكُتُوا عَنِّي فَأَتَكَلَّمَ أَنَا، وَلْيُصِبْنِي مَهْمَا أَصَابَ. | ١٣ 13 |
“Be silent! Leave me alone, that I may speak. Let come on me what will.
| لِمَاذَا آخُذُ لَحْمِي بِأَسْنَانِي، وَأَضَعُ نَفْسِي فِي كَفِّي؟ | ١٤ 14 |
Why should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?
| هُوَذَا يَقْتُلُنِي. لَا أَنْتَظِرُ شَيْئًا. فَقَطْ أُزَكِّي طَرِيقِي قُدَّامَهُ. | ١٥ 15 |
Behold, he will kill me. I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him.
| فَهَذَا يَعُودُ إِلَى خَلَاصِي، أَنَّ ٱلْفَاجِرَ لَا يَأْتِي قُدَّامَهُ. | ١٦ 16 |
This also will be my salvation, that a godless man will not come before him.
| سَمْعًا ٱسْمَعُوا أَقْوَالِي وَتَصْرِيحِي بِمَسَامِعِكُمْ. | ١٧ 17 |
Listen carefully to my speech. Let my declaration be in your ears.
| هَأَنَذَا قَدْ أَحْسَنْتُ ٱلدَّعْوَى. أَعْلَمُ أَنِّي أَتَبَرَّرُ. | ١٨ 18 |
See now, I have set my cause in order. I know that I am righteous.
| مَنْ هُوَ ٱلَّذِي يُخَاصِمُنِي حَتَّى أَصْمُتَ ٱلْآنَ وَأُسْلِمَ ٱلرُّوحَ؟ | ١٩ 19 |
Who is he who will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the spirit.
| إِنَّمَا أَمْرَيْنِ لَا تَفْعَلْ بِي، فَحِينَئِذٍ لَا أَخْتَفِي مِنْ حَضْرَتِكَ. | ٢٠ 20 |
“Only don’t do two things to me, then I will not hide myself from your face:
| أَبْعِدْ يَدَيْكَ عَنِّي، وَلَا تَدَعْ هَيْبَتَكَ تُرْعِبُنِي. | ٢١ 21 |
withdraw your hand far from me, and don’t let your terror make me afraid.
| ثُمَّ ٱدْعُ فَأَنَا أُجِيبُ، أَوْ أَتَكَلَّمُ فَتُجَاوِبُنِي. | ٢٢ 22 |
Then call, and I will answer, or let me speak, and you answer me.
| كَمْ لِي مِنَ ٱلْآثَامِ وَٱلْخَطَايَا؟ أَعْلِمْنِي ذَنْبِي وَخَطِيَّتِي. | ٢٣ 23 |
How many are my iniquities and sins? Make me know my disobedience and my sin.
| لِمَاذَا تَحْجُبُ وَجْهَكَ، وَتَحْسِبُنِي عَدُوًّا لَكَ؟ | ٢٤ 24 |
Why do you hide your face, and consider me your enemy?
| أَتُرْعِبُ وَرَقَةً مُنْدَفَعَةً، وَتُطَارِدُ قَشًّا يَابِسًا؟ | ٢٥ 25 |
Will you harass a driven leaf? Will you pursue the dry stubble?
| لِأَنَّكَ كَتَبْتَ عَلَيَّ أُمُورًا مُرَّةً، وَوَرَّثْتَنِي آثَامَ صِبَايَ، | ٢٦ 26 |
For you write bitter things against me, and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.
| فَجَعَلْتَ رِجْلَيَّ فِي ٱلْمِقْطَرَةِ، وَلَاحَظْتَ جَمِيعَ مَسَالِكِي، وَعَلَى أُصُولِ رِجْلَيَّ نَبَشْتَ. | ٢٧ 27 |
You also put my feet in the stocks, and mark all my paths. You set a bound to the soles of my feet,
| وَأَنَا كَمُتَسَوِّسٍ يَبْلَى، كَثَوْبٍ أَكَلَهُ ٱلْعُثُّ. | ٢٨ 28 |
though I am decaying like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
