أَيُّوبَ 14
| «اَلْإِنْسَانُ مَوْلُودُ ٱلْمَرْأَةِ، قَلِيلُ ٱلْأَيَّامِ وَشَبْعَانُ تَعَبًا. | ١ 1 |
Man born of a woman, living for a short time, is filled with many miseries.
| يَخْرُجُ كَٱلزَّهْرِ ثُمَّ يَنْحَسِمُ وَيَبْرَحُ كَٱلظِّلِّ وَلَا يَقِفُ. | ٢ 2 |
Who cometh forth like a flower, and is destroyed, and fleeth as a shadow, and never continueth in the same state.
| فَعَلَى مِثْلِ هَذَا حَدَّقْتَ عَيْنَيْكَ، وَإِيَّايَ أَحْضَرْتَ إِلَى ٱلْمُحَاكَمَةِ مَعَكَ. | ٣ 3 |
And dost thou think it meet to open thy eyes upon such an one, and to bring him into judgment with thee?
| مَنْ يُخْرِجُ ٱلطَّاهِرَ مِنَ ٱلنَّجِسِ؟ لَا أَحَدٌ! | ٤ 4 |
Who can make him clean that is conceived of unclean seed? is it not thou who only art?
| إِنْ كَانَتْ أَيَّامُهُ مَحْدُودَةً، وَعَدَدُ أَشْهُرِهِ عِنْدَكَ، وَقَدْ عَيَّنْتَ أَجَلَهُ فَلَا يَتَجَاوَزُهُ، | ٥ 5 |
The days of man are short, and the number of his months is with thee: thou hast appointed his bounds which cannot be passed.
| فَأَقْصِرْ عَنْهُ لِيَسْتَرِحْ، إِلَى أَنْ يُسَرَّ كَٱلْأَجِيرِ بِٱنْتِهَاءِ يَوْمِهِ. | ٦ 6 |
Depart a little from him, that he may rest, until his wished for day come, as that of the hireling.
| «لِأَنَّ لِلشَّجَرَةِ رَجَاءً. إِنْ قُطِعَتْ تُخْلِفْ أَيْضًا وَلَا تُعْدَمُ خَرَاعِيبُهَا. | ٧ 7 |
A tree hath hope: if it be cut, it groweth green again, and the boughs thereof sprout.
| وَلَوْ قَدُمَ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ أَصْلُهَا، وَمَاتَ فِي ٱلتُّرَابِ جِذْعُهَا، | ٨ 8 |
If its root be old in the earth, and its stock be dead in the dust:
| فَمِنْ رَائِحَةِ ٱلْمَاءِ تُفْرِخُ وَتُنْبِتُ فُرُوعًا كَٱلْغِرْسِ. | ٩ 9 |
At the scent of water, it shall spring, and bring forth leaves, as when it was first planted.
| أَمَّا ٱلرَّجُلُ فَيَمُوتُ وَيَبْلَى. ٱلْإِنْسَانُ يُسْلِمُ ٱلرُّوحَ، فَأَيْنَ هُوَ؟ | ١٠ 10 |
But man when he shall be dead, and stripped and consumed, I pray you where is he?
| قَدْ تَنْفَدُ ٱلْمِيَاهُ مِنَ ٱلْبَحْرَةِ، وَٱلنَّهْرُ يَنْشَفُ وَيَجِفُّ، | ١١ 11 |
As if the waters should depart out of the sea, and an emptied river should be dried up:
| وَٱلْإِنْسَانُ يَضْطَجِعُ وَلَا يَقُومُ. لَا يَسْتَيْقِظُونَ حَتَّى لَا تَبْقَى ٱلسَّمَاوَاتُ، وَلَا يَنْتَبِهُونَ مِنْ نَوْمِهِمْ. | ١٢ 12 |
So man when he is fallen asleep shall not rise again; till the heavens be broken, he shall not awake, nor rise up out of his sleep.
| «لَيْتَكَ تُوارِينِي فِي ٱلْهَاوِيَةِ، وَتُخْفِينِي إِلَى أَنْ يَنْصَرِفَ غَضَبُكَ، وَتُعَيِّنُ لِي أَجَلًا فَتَذْكُرَنِي. (Sheol h7585) | ١٣ 13 |
Who will grant me this, that thou mayst protect me in hell, and hide me till thy wrath pass, and appoint me a. time when thou wilt remember me? (Sheol h7585)
| إِنْ مَاتَ رَجُلٌ أَفَيَحْيَا؟ كُلَّ أَيَّامِ جِهَادِي أَصْبِرُ إِلَى أَنْ يَأْتِيَ بَدَلِي. | ١٤ 14 |
Shall man that is dead, thinkest thou, live again? all the days in which I am now in warfare, I expect until my change come.
| تَدْعُو فَأَنَا أُجِيبُكَ. تَشْتَاقُ إِلَى عَمَلِ يَدِكَ. | ١٥ 15 |
Thou shalt call me, and I will answer thee: to the work of thy hands thou shalt reach out thy right hand.
| أَمَّا ٱلْآنَ فَتُحْصِي خَطَوَاتِي، أَلَا تُحَافِظُ عَلَى خَطِيَّتِي! | ١٦ 16 |
Thou indeed hast numbered my steps, but spare my sins.
| مَعْصِيَتِي مَخْتُومٌ عَلَيْهَا فِي صُرَّةٍ، وَتُلَفِّقُ عَلَيَّ فَوْقَ إِثْمِي. | ١٧ 17 |
Thou hast sealed up my offences as it were in a bag, but hast cured my iniquity.
| «إِنَّ ٱلْجَبَلَ ٱلسَّاقِطَ يَنْتَثِرُ، وَٱلصَّخْرَ يُزَحْزَحُ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ. | ١٨ 18 |
A mountain falling cometh to nought, and a rock is removed out of its place.
| ٱلْحِجَارَةُ تَبْلِيهَا ٱلْمِيَاهُ وَتَجْرُفُ سُيُولُهَا تُرَابَ ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَكَذَلِكَ أَنْتَ تُبِيدُ رَجَاءَ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ. | ١٩ 19 |
Waters wear away the stones, and with inundation the ground by little and little is washed away: so in like manner thou shalt destroy man.
| تَتَجَبَّرُ عَلَيْهِ أَبَدًا فَيَذْهَبُ. تُغَيِّرُ وَجْهَهُ وَتَطْرُدُهُ. | ٢٠ 20 |
Thou hast strengthened him for a little while, that he may pass away for ever: thou shalt change his face, and shalt send him away.
| يُكْرَمُ بَنُوهُ وَلَا يَعْلَمُ، أَوْ يَصْغُرُونَ وَلَا يَفْهَمُ بِهِمْ. | ٢١ 21 |
Whether his children come to honour or dishonour, he shall not understand.
| إِنَّمَا عَلَى ذَاتِهِ يَتَوَجَّعُ لَحْمُهُ وَعَلَى ذَاتِهَا تَنُوحُ نَفْسُهُ». | ٢٢ 22 |
But yet his flesh, while he shall live, shall have pain, and his soul shall mourn over him.
