أَيُّوبَ 19
| فَأَجَابَ أَيُّوبُ وَقَالَ: | ١ 1 |
Then Job replied:
| «حَتَّى مَتَى تُعَذِّبُونَ نَفْسِي وَتَسْحَقُونَنِي بِٱلْكَلَامِ؟ | ٢ 2 |
“How long will you [three] torment me and crush my spirit by saying to me [that I am wicked]?
| هَذِهِ عَشَرَ مَرَّاتٍ أَخْزَيْتُمُونِي. لَمْ تَخْجَلُوا مِنْ أَنْ تَحْكِرُونِي. | ٣ 3 |
You have already insulted me many [HYP] times; (are you not ashamed for saying these things to me?/you should be ashamed for saying these things to me.) [RHQ]
| وَهَبْنِي ضَلَلْتُ حَقًّا. عَلَيَّ تَسْتَقِرُّ ضَلَالَتِي! | ٤ 4 |
Even if it were true that I have done things that are wrong, I have not injured you!
| إِنْ كُنْتُمْ بِٱلْحَقِّ تَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَلَيَّ، فَثَبِّتُوا عَلَيَّ عَارِي. | ٥ 5 |
If you truly think that you are better than I am, and you think that my being miserable now proves that I (am guilty/have committed many sins),
| فَٱعْلَمُوا إِذًا أَنَّ ٱللهَ قَدْ عَوَّجَنِي، وَلَفَّ عَلَيَّ أُحْبُولَتَهُ. | ٦ 6 |
you need to realize that it is God who has caused me to suffer. [It is as though] he has trapped me with his net.
| هَا إِنِّي أَصْرُخُ ظُلْمًا فَلَا أُسْتَجَابُ. أَدْعُو وَلَيْسَ حُكْمٌ. | ٧ 7 |
“I cry out, ‘Help me!’, but no one answers me. I call out loudly, but there is no one, [not even God, ] who acts fairly toward me.
| قَدْ حَوَّطَ طَرِيقِي فَلَا أَعْبُرُ، وَعَلَى سُبُلِي جَعَلَ ظَلَامًا. | ٨ 8 |
[It is as though] [MET] God has blocked my way, with the result that I cannot go where I want to; [it is as though] he has forced me to try to find my way in the darkness.
| أَزَالَ عَنِّي كَرَامَتِي وَنَزَعَ تَاجَ رَأْسِي. | ٩ 9 |
He has (taken away my good reputation/caused people not to honor me any more); [it is as though] he removed [MET] a crown from my head.
| هَدَمَنِي مِنْ كُلِّ جِهَةٍ فَذَهَبْتُ، وَقَلَعَ مِثْلَ شَجَرَةٍ رَجَائِي، | ١٠ 10 |
He batters me from every side, and I will soon die. He has caused me to no longer confidently expect [him to do good things for me].
| وَأَضْرَمَ عَلَيَّ غَضَبَهُ، وَحَسِبَنِي كَأَعْدَائِهِ. | ١١ 11 |
He attacks me because he is extremely angry with me [MET], and he considers that I am his enemy.
| مَعًا جَاءَتْ غُزَاتُهُ، وَأَعَدُّوا عَلَيَّ طَرِيقَهُمْ، وَحَلُّوا حَوْلَ خَيْمَتِي. | ١٢ 12 |
[It is as though] he sends his army to attack me; they surround my tent, preparing to attack me.
| قَدْ أَبْعَدَ عَنِّي إِخْوَتِي، وَمَعَارِفِي زَاغُوا عَنِّي. | ١٣ 13 |
“God has caused my brothers to abandon me, and all those who know me act like strangers to me.
| أَقَارِبِي قَدْ خَذَلُونِي، وَٱلَّذِينَ عَرَفُونِي نَسُونِي. | ١٤ 14 |
All my relatives and good friends have left me.
| نُزَلَاءُ بَيْتِي وَإِمَائِي يَحْسِبُونَنِي أَجْنَبِيًّا. صِرْتُ فِي أَعْيُنِهِمْ غَرِيبًا. | ١٥ 15 |
The people who were guests in my house have forgotten me, and my female servants consider that I am a stranger or that I am a foreigner.
| عَبْدِي دَعَوْتُ فَلَمْ يُجِبْ. بِفَمِي تَضَرَّعْتُ إِلَيْهِ. | ١٦ 16 |
When I summon my servants, they do not answer; I plead with them to come [to help me, but they do not come].
| نَكْهَتِي مَكْرُوهَةٌ عِنْدَ ٱمْرَأَتِي، وَخَمَمْتُ عِنْدَ أَبْنَاءِ أَحْشَائِي. | ١٧ 17 |
My wife does not want to come close to me because my breath [smells very bad], and even my brothers detest me.
| اَلْأَوْلَادُ أَيْضًا قَدْ رَذَلُونِي. إِذَا قُمْتُ يَتَكَلَّمُونَ عَلَيَّ. | ١٨ 18 |
Even young children despise me; when I stand up [to talk to them], they laugh at me.
| كَرِهَنِي كُلُّ رِجَالِي، وَٱلَّذِينَ أَحْبَبْتُهُمُ ٱنْقَلَبُوا عَلَيَّ. | ١٩ 19 |
My dearest friends detest me, and those whom I love [very much] have turned against me.
| عَظْمِي قَدْ لَصِقَ بِجِلْدِي وَلَحْمِي، وَنَجَوْتُ بِجِلْدِ أَسْنَانِي. | ٢٠ 20 |
My body is [only] skin and bones; I am barely alive [IDM].
| تَرَاءَفُوا، تَرَاءَفُوا أَنْتُمْ عَلَيَّ يَا أَصْحَابِي، لِأَنَّ يَدَ ٱللهِ قَدْ مَسَّتْنِي. | ٢١ 21 |
[“I plead with] you, my [three] friends, pity me, because God has (struck [EUP] me with his hand/caused me to suffer greatly).
| لِمَاذَا تُطَارِدُونَنِي كَمَا ٱللهُ، وَلَا تَشْبَعُونَ مِنْ لَحْمِي؟ | ٢٢ 22 |
Why do you cause me to suffer like God does? Why do you continue to slander [MET] me?
| «لَيْتَ كَلِمَاتِي ٱلْآنَ تُكْتَبُ. يَا لَيْتَهَا رُسِمَتْ فِي سِفْرٍ، | ٢٣ 23 |
“I wish/desire that someone would take these words of mine and write them permanently in a book [in order that people can read them].
| وَنُقِرَتْ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ فِي ٱلصَّخْرِ بِقَلَمِ حَدِيدٍ وَبِرَصَاصٍ. | ٢٤ 24 |
Or else, I wish that he would carve them on a rock with (a chisel/an iron tool) in order that they would last forever.
| أَمَّا أَنَا فَقَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ وَلِيِّي حَيٌّ، وَٱلْآخِرَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ يَقُومُ، | ٢٥ 25 |
But I know that the one who vindicates/defends me in court is alive, and that some day he will stand [here] on the earth [and make the final decision about whether I deserve to be punished].
| وَبَعْدَ أَنْ يُفْنَى جِلْدِي هَذَا، وَبِدُونِ جَسَدِي أَرَى ٱللهَ. | ٢٦ 26 |
And even after diseases have eaten away my skin, while I still have my body, I will see God.
| ٱلَّذِي أَرَاهُ أَنَا لِنَفْسِي، وَعَيْنَايَ تَنْظُرَانِ وَلَيْسَ آخَرُ. إِلَى ذَلِكَ تَتُوقُ كُلْيَتَايَ فِي جَوْفِي. | ٢٧ 27 |
I will see him myself; I will see him with my own eyes! I am overwhelmed [as I think about that]!
| فَإِنَّكُمْ تَقُولُونَ: لِمَاذَا نُطَارِدُهُ؟ وَٱلْكَلَامُ ٱلْأَصْلِيُّ يُوجَدُ عِنْدِي. | ٢٨ 28 |
“If you three men say, ‘What more can we do to cause Job to suffer?’ and if you say, ‘He has caused his own [troubles],’
| خَافُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ مِنَ ٱلسَّيْفِ، لِأَنَّ ٱلْغَيْظَ مِنْ آثَامِ ٱلسَّيْفِ. لِكَيْ تَعْلَمُوا مَا هُوَ ٱلْقَضَاءُ». | ٢٩ 29 |
you should be afraid that God will punish [MTY] you; he punishes those [like you] with whom he is angry; and when that happens, you will know that there is [someone who] judges [people].”
