أَيُّوبَ 19

١ 1 فَأَجَابَ أَيُّوبُ وَقَالَ:

Then Job answered and said,

٢ 2 «حَتَّى مَتَى تُعَذِّبُونَ نَفْسِي وَتَسْحَقُونَنِي بِٱلْكَلَامِ؟

“How long will you make me suffer and break me into pieces with words?

٣ 3 هَذِهِ عَشَرَ مَرَّاتٍ أَخْزَيْتُمُونِي. لَمْ تَخْجَلُوا مِنْ أَنْ تَحْكِرُونِي.

These ten times you have reproached me; you are not ashamed that you have treated me harshly.

٤ 4 وَهَبْنِي ضَلَلْتُ حَقًّا. عَلَيَّ تَسْتَقِرُّ ضَلَالَتِي!

If it is indeed true that I have erred, my error remains my own concern.

٥ 5 إِنْ كُنْتُمْ بِٱلْحَقِّ تَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَلَيَّ، فَثَبِّتُوا عَلَيَّ عَارِي.

If indeed you will exalt yourselves above me and use my humiliation against me,

٦ 6 فَٱعْلَمُوا إِذًا أَنَّ ٱللهَ قَدْ عَوَّجَنِي، وَلَفَّ عَلَيَّ أُحْبُولَتَهُ.

then you should know that God has done wrong to me and has caught me in his net.

٧ 7 هَا إِنِّي أَصْرُخُ ظُلْمًا فَلَا أُسْتَجَابُ. أَدْعُو وَلَيْسَ حُكْمٌ.

See, I cry out, “Violence!” but I get no answer. I call out for help, but there is no justice.

٨ 8 قَدْ حَوَّطَ طَرِيقِي فَلَا أَعْبُرُ، وَعَلَى سُبُلِي جَعَلَ ظَلَامًا.

He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass, and he has set darkness in my path.

٩ 9 أَزَالَ عَنِّي كَرَامَتِي وَنَزَعَ تَاجَ رَأْسِي.

He has stripped me of my glory, and he has taken the crown from my head.

١٠ 10 هَدَمَنِي مِنْ كُلِّ جِهَةٍ فَذَهَبْتُ، وَقَلَعَ مِثْلَ شَجَرَةٍ رَجَائِي،

He has broken me down on every side, and I am gone; he has pulled up my hope like a tree.

١١ 11 وَأَضْرَمَ عَلَيَّ غَضَبَهُ، وَحَسِبَنِي كَأَعْدَائِهِ.

He has also kindled his wrath against me; he regards me as one of his adversaries.

١٢ 12 مَعًا جَاءَتْ غُزَاتُهُ، وَأَعَدُّوا عَلَيَّ طَرِيقَهُمْ، وَحَلُّوا حَوْلَ خَيْمَتِي.

His troops come on together; they cast up siege mounds against me and encamp around my tent.

١٣ 13 قَدْ أَبْعَدَ عَنِّي إِخْوَتِي، وَمَعَارِفِي زَاغُوا عَنِّي.

He has put my brothers far from me; my acquaintances are wholly alienated from me.

١٤ 14 أَقَارِبِي قَدْ خَذَلُونِي، وَٱلَّذِينَ عَرَفُونِي نَسُونِي.

My kinsfolk have failed me; my close friends have forgotten me.

١٥ 15 نُزَلَاءُ بَيْتِي وَإِمَائِي يَحْسِبُونَنِي أَجْنَبِيًّا. صِرْتُ فِي أَعْيُنِهِمْ غَرِيبًا.

Those who once stayed as guests in my house and my female servants regard me as a stranger; I am an alien in their sight.

١٦ 16 عَبْدِي دَعَوْتُ فَلَمْ يُجِبْ. بِفَمِي تَضَرَّعْتُ إِلَيْهِ.

I call to my servant, but he gives me no answer although I entreat him with my mouth.

١٧ 17 نَكْهَتِي مَكْرُوهَةٌ عِنْدَ ٱمْرَأَتِي، وَخَمَمْتُ عِنْدَ أَبْنَاءِ أَحْشَائِي.

My breath is offensive to my wife; I am even disgusting to those who were born from my mother's womb.

١٨ 18 اَلْأَوْلَادُ أَيْضًا قَدْ رَذَلُونِي. إِذَا قُمْتُ يَتَكَلَّمُونَ عَلَيَّ.

Even young children despise me; if I rise to speak, they speak against me.

١٩ 19 كَرِهَنِي كُلُّ رِجَالِي، وَٱلَّذِينَ أَحْبَبْتُهُمُ ٱنْقَلَبُوا عَلَيَّ.

All my familiar friends abhor me; those whom I love have turned against me.

٢٠ 20 عَظْمِي قَدْ لَصِقَ بِجِلْدِي وَلَحْمِي، وَنَجَوْتُ بِجِلْدِ أَسْنَانِي.

My bones cling to my skin and to my flesh; I survive only by the skin of my teeth.

٢١ 21 تَرَاءَفُوا، تَرَاءَفُوا أَنْتُمْ عَلَيَّ يَا أَصْحَابِي، لِأَنَّ يَدَ ٱللهِ قَدْ مَسَّتْنِي.

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, my friends, for the hand of God has touched me.

٢٢ 22 لِمَاذَا تُطَارِدُونَنِي كَمَا ٱللهُ، وَلَا تَشْبَعُونَ مِنْ لَحْمِي؟

Why do you pursue me like God does? Will you ever be satisfied with my flesh?

٢٣ 23 «لَيْتَ كَلِمَاتِي ٱلْآنَ تُكْتَبُ. يَا لَيْتَهَا رُسِمَتْ فِي سِفْرٍ،

Oh, that my words were now written down! Oh, that they were inscribed in a book!

٢٤ 24 وَنُقِرَتْ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ فِي ٱلصَّخْرِ بِقَلَمِ حَدِيدٍ وَبِرَصَاصٍ.

Oh, that with an iron pen and lead they were engraved in the rock forever!

٢٥ 25 أَمَّا أَنَا فَقَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ وَلِيِّي حَيٌّ، وَٱلْآخِرَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ يَقُومُ،

But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and that at last he will stand on the earth;

٢٦ 26 وَبَعْدَ أَنْ يُفْنَى جِلْدِي هَذَا، وَبِدُونِ جَسَدِي أَرَى ٱللهَ.

after my skin, that is, this body, is destroyed, then in my flesh I will see God.

٢٧ 27 ٱلَّذِي أَرَاهُ أَنَا لِنَفْسِي، وَعَيْنَايَ تَنْظُرَانِ وَلَيْسَ آخَرُ. إِلَى ذَلِكَ تَتُوقُ كُلْيَتَايَ فِي جَوْفِي.

I will see him with my own eyes—I, and not someone else. My heart fails within me.

٢٨ 28 فَإِنَّكُمْ تَقُولُونَ: لِمَاذَا نُطَارِدُهُ؟ وَٱلْكَلَامُ ٱلْأَصْلِيُّ يُوجَدُ عِنْدِي.

If you say, 'How we will persecute him! The root of his troubles lies in him,'

٢٩ 29 خَافُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ مِنَ ٱلسَّيْفِ، لِأَنَّ ٱلْغَيْظَ مِنْ آثَامِ ٱلسَّيْفِ. لِكَيْ تَعْلَمُوا مَا هُوَ ٱلْقَضَاءُ».

then be afraid of the sword, because wrath brings the punishment of the sword, so that you may know there is a judgment.”