أَيُّوبَ 14

١ 1 «اَلْإِنْسَانُ مَوْلُودُ ٱلْمَرْأَةِ، قَلِيلُ ٱلْأَيَّامِ وَشَبْعَانُ تَعَبًا.

For a mortal born of a woman [is] short lived, and full of wrath.

٢ 2 يَخْرُجُ كَٱلزَّهْرِ ثُمَّ يَنْحَسِمُ وَيَبْرَحُ كَٱلظِّلِّ وَلَا يَقِفُ.

Or he falls like a flower that has bloomed; and he departs like a shadow, and can’t continue.

٣ 3 فَعَلَى مِثْلِ هَذَا حَدَّقْتَ عَيْنَيْكَ، وَإِيَّايَ أَحْضَرْتَ إِلَى ٱلْمُحَاكَمَةِ مَعَكَ.

Hast you not taken account even of him, and caused him to enter into judgement before you?

٤ 4 مَنْ يُخْرِجُ ٱلطَّاهِرَ مِنَ ٱلنَّجِسِ؟ لَا أَحَدٌ!

For who shall be pure from uncleanness? not even one;

٥ 5 إِنْ كَانَتْ أَيَّامُهُ مَحْدُودَةً، وَعَدَدُ أَشْهُرِهِ عِنْدَكَ، وَقَدْ عَيَّنْتَ أَجَلَهُ فَلَا يَتَجَاوَزُهُ،

if even his life should be [but] one day upon the earth: and his months are numbered by him: you have appointed [him] for a time, and he shall by no means exceed [it].

٦ 6 فَأَقْصِرْ عَنْهُ لِيَسْتَرِحْ، إِلَى أَنْ يُسَرَّ كَٱلْأَجِيرِ بِٱنْتِهَاءِ يَوْمِهِ.

Depart from him, that he may be quiet, and take pleasure in his life, [though] as a hireling.

٧ 7 «لِأَنَّ لِلشَّجَرَةِ رَجَاءً. إِنْ قُطِعَتْ تُخْلِفْ أَيْضًا وَلَا تُعْدَمُ خَرَاعِيبُهَا.

For there is hope for a tree, even if it should be cut down, [that] it shall blossom again, and its branch shall not fail.

٨ 8 وَلَوْ قَدُمَ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ أَصْلُهَا، وَمَاتَ فِي ٱلتُّرَابِ جِذْعُهَا،

For though its root should grow old in the earth, and its stem die in the rock;

٩ 9 فَمِنْ رَائِحَةِ ٱلْمَاءِ تُفْرِخُ وَتُنْبِتُ فُرُوعًا كَٱلْغِرْسِ.

it will blossom from the scent of water, and will produce a crop, as one newly planted.

١٠ 10 أَمَّا ٱلرَّجُلُ فَيَمُوتُ وَيَبْلَى. ٱلْإِنْسَانُ يُسْلِمُ ٱلرُّوحَ، فَأَيْنَ هُوَ؟

But a man that has died is utterly gone; and when a mortal has fallen, he is no more.

١١ 11 قَدْ تَنْفَدُ ٱلْمِيَاهُ مِنَ ٱلْبَحْرَةِ، وَٱلنَّهْرُ يَنْشَفُ وَيَجِفُّ،

For the sea wastes in [length of] time, and a river fails and is dried up.

١٢ 12 وَٱلْإِنْسَانُ يَضْطَجِعُ وَلَا يَقُومُ. لَا يَسْتَيْقِظُونَ حَتَّى لَا تَبْقَى ٱلسَّمَاوَاتُ، وَلَا يَنْتَبِهُونَ مِنْ نَوْمِهِمْ.

And man that has lain down [in death] shall certainly not rise again till the heaven be dissolved, and they shall not awake from their sleep.

١٣ 13 «لَيْتَكَ تُوارِينِي فِي ٱلْهَاوِيَةِ، وَتُخْفِينِي إِلَى أَنْ يَنْصَرِفَ غَضَبُكَ، وَتُعَيِّنُ لِي أَجَلًا فَتَذْكُرَنِي. (Sheol h7585)

For oh that you had kept me in the grave, and had hidden me until your wrath should cease, and you should set me a time in which you would remember me! (Sheol h7585)

١٤ 14 إِنْ مَاتَ رَجُلٌ أَفَيَحْيَا؟ كُلَّ أَيَّامِ جِهَادِي أَصْبِرُ إِلَى أَنْ يَأْتِيَ بَدَلِي.

For if a man should die, shall he live [again], having accomplished the days of his life? I will wait till I exist again?

١٥ 15 تَدْعُو فَأَنَا أُجِيبُكَ. تَشْتَاقُ إِلَى عَمَلِ يَدِكَ.

Then shall you call, and I will listen to you: but do not you reject the work of your hands.

١٦ 16 أَمَّا ٱلْآنَ فَتُحْصِي خَطَوَاتِي، أَلَا تُحَافِظُ عَلَى خَطِيَّتِي!

But you have numbered my devices: and not one of my sins shall escape you?

١٧ 17 مَعْصِيَتِي مَخْتُومٌ عَلَيْهَا فِي صُرَّةٍ، وَتُلَفِّقُ عَلَيَّ فَوْقَ إِثْمِي.

An you have sealed up my transgressions in a bag, and marked if I have been guilty of any transgression unawares.

١٨ 18 «إِنَّ ٱلْجَبَلَ ٱلسَّاقِطَ يَنْتَثِرُ، وَٱلصَّخْرَ يُزَحْزَحُ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ.

And verily a mountain falling will utterly be destroyed, and a rock shall be worn out of its place.

١٩ 19 ٱلْحِجَارَةُ تَبْلِيهَا ٱلْمِيَاهُ وَتَجْرُفُ سُيُولُهَا تُرَابَ ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَكَذَلِكَ أَنْتَ تُبِيدُ رَجَاءَ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ.

The waters wear the stones, and waters falling headlong [overflow] a heap of the earth: and you destroy the hope of man.

٢٠ 20 تَتَجَبَّرُ عَلَيْهِ أَبَدًا فَيَذْهَبُ. تُغَيِّرُ وَجْهَهُ وَتَطْرُدُهُ.

You drive him to an end, and he is gone: you set your face against him, and send him away;

٢١ 21 يُكْرَمُ بَنُوهُ وَلَا يَعْلَمُ، أَوْ يَصْغُرُونَ وَلَا يَفْهَمُ بِهِمْ.

and though his children be multiplied, he knows [it] not; and if they be few, he is not aware.

٢٢ 22 إِنَّمَا عَلَى ذَاتِهِ يَتَوَجَّعُ لَحْمُهُ وَعَلَى ذَاتِهَا تَنُوحُ نَفْسُهُ».

But his flesh is in pain, and his soul mourns.