أَيُّوبَ 21
| فَأَجَابَ أَيُّوبُ وَقَالَ: | ١ 1 |
Then Job responded by saying:
| «اِسْمَعُوا قَوْلِي سَمْعًا، وَلْيَكُنْ هَذَا تَعْزِيَتَكُمْ. | ٢ 2 |
I beseech you to hear my words and to do penance.
| اِحْتَمِلُونِي وَأَنَا أَتَكَلَّمُ، وَبَعْدَ كَلَامِي ٱسْتَهْزِئُوا. | ٣ 3 |
Permit me, and I will speak, and afterwards, if you see fit, you can laugh at my words.
| أَمَّا أَنَا فَهَلْ شَكْوَايَ مِنْ إِنْسَانٍ، وَإِنْ كَانَتْ، فَلِمَاذَا لَا تَضِيقُ رُوحِي؟ | ٤ 4 |
Is my dispute against man, so that I would have no reason to be discouraged?
| تَفَرَّسُوا فِيَّ وَتَعَجَّبُوا وَضَعُوا ٱلْيَدَ عَلَى ٱلْفَمِ. | ٥ 5 |
Listen to me and be astonished, and place a finger over your mouth.
| «عِنْدَمَا أَتَذَكَّرُ أَرْتَاعُ، وَأَخَذَتْ بَشَرِي رِعْدَةٌ. | ٦ 6 |
As for me, when I think it over, I am afraid, and trembling convulses my body.
| لِمَاذَا تَحْيَا ٱلْأَشْرَارُ وَيَشِيخُونَ، نَعَمْ وَيَتَجَبَّرُونَ قُوَّةً؟ | ٧ 7 |
Why then do the impious live, having been lifted up and strengthened with riches?
| نَسْلُهُمْ قَائِمٌ أَمَامَهُمْ مَعَهُمْ، وَذُرِّيَّتُهُمْ فِي أَعْيُنِهِمْ. | ٨ 8 |
They see their offspring continue before them: a commotion of close relatives and of children’s children in their sight.
| بُيُوتُهُمْ آمِنَةٌ مِنَ ٱلْخَوْفِ، وَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَصَا ٱللهِ. | ٩ 9 |
Their houses have been secure and peaceable, and there is no staff of God over them.
| ثَوْرُهُمْ يُلْقِحُ وَلَا يُخْطِئُ. بَقَرَتُهُمْ تُنْتِجُ وَلَا تُسْقِطُ. | ١٠ 10 |
Their cattle have conceived and have not miscarried; their cow has given birth and is not deprived of her newborn.
| يُسْرِحُونَ مِثْلَ ٱلْغَنَمِ رُضَّعَهُمْ، وَأَطْفَالُهُمْ تَرْقُصُ. | ١١ 11 |
Their little ones go out like a flock, and their children jump around playfully.
| يَحْمِلُونَ ٱلدُّفَّ وَٱلْعُودَ، وَيُطْرِبُونَ بِصَوْتِ ٱلْمِزْمَارِ. | ١٢ 12 |
They take up the timbrel and the lyre, and they rejoice at the sound of the organ.
| يَقْضُونَ أَيَّامَهُمْ بِٱلْخَيْرِ. فِي لَحْظَةٍ يَهْبِطُونَ إِلَى ٱلْهَاوِيَةِ. (Sheol h7585) | ١٣ 13 |
Their days are prolonged in wealth, yet, in an instant, they descend into hell. (Sheol h7585)
| فَيَقُولُونَ لِلهِ: ٱبْعُدْ عَنَّا، وَبِمَعْرِفَةِ طُرُقِكَ لَا نُسَرُّ. | ١٤ 14 |
Who has said to God, “Depart from us, for we do not want the knowledge of your ways.
| مَنْ هُوَ ٱلْقَدِيرُ حَتَّى نَعْبُدَهُ؟ وَمَاذَا نَنْتَفِعُ إِنِ ٱلْتَمَسْنَاهُ؟ | ١٥ 15 |
Who is the Almighty that we should serve him? And how is it helpful to us if we pray to him?”
| «هُوَذَا لَيْسَ فِي يَدِهِمْ خَيْرُهُمْ. لِتَبْعُدْ عَنِّي مَشُورَةُ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ. | ١٦ 16 |
It is true that their good things are not in their power. May the counsel of the impious be far from me!
| كَمْ يَنْطَفِئُ سِرَاجُ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ، وَيَأْتِي عَلَيْهِمْ بَوَارُهُمْ؟ أَوْ يَقْسِمُ لَهُمْ أَوْجَاعًا فِي غَضَبِهِ؟ | ١٧ 17 |
How often will the lamp of the wicked be extinguished, and a deluge overtake them, and how often will he distribute the afflictions of his wrath?
| أَوْ يَكُونُونَ كَٱلتِّبْنِ قُدَّامَ ٱلرِّيحِ، وَكَالْعُصَافَةِ ٱلَّتِي تَسْرِقُهَا ٱلزَّوْبَعَةُ؟ | ١٨ 18 |
They will be like chaff before the face of the wind, and like ashes that the whirlwind scatters.
| ٱللهُ يَخْزِنُ إِثْمَهُ لِبَنِيهِ. لِيُجَازِهِ نَفْسَهُ فَيَعْلَمَ. | ١٩ 19 |
God will preserve the grief of the father for his sons, and, when he repays, then he will understand.
| لِتَنْظُرْ عَيْنَاهُ هَلَاكَهُ، وَمِنْ حُمَةِ ٱلْقَدِيرِ يَشْرَبْ. | ٢٠ 20 |
His eyes will see his own destruction, and he will drink from the wrath of the Almighty.
| فَمَا هِيَ مَسَرَّتُهُ فِي بَيْتِهِ بَعْدَهُ، وَقَدْ تَعَيَّنَ عَدَدُ شُهُورِهِ؟ | ٢١ 21 |
For what does he care what happens to his house after him, or if the number of its months are reduced by half?
| «أَٱللهُ يُعَلَّمُ مَعْرِفَةً، وَهُوَ يَقْضِي عَلَى ٱلْعَالِينَ؟ | ٢٢ 22 |
Can anyone teach holy knowledge to God, who judges the exalted?
| هَذَا يَمُوتُ فِي عَيْنِ كَمَالِهِ. كُلُّهُ مُطْمَئِنٌّ وَسَاكِنٌ. | ٢٣ 23 |
This one dies strong and healthy, rich and happy.
| أَحْوَاضُهُ مَلآنَةٌ لَبَنًا، وَمُخُّ عِظَامِهِ طَرِيٌّ. | ٢٤ 24 |
His gut is full of fat and his bones are moistened with marrow.
| وَذَلِكَ يَمُوتُ بِنَفْسٍ مُرَّةٍ وَلَمْ يَذُقْ خَيْرًا. | ٢٥ 25 |
In truth, another dies in bitterness of soul, without any resources.
| كِلَاهُمَا يَضْطَجِعَانِ مَعًا فِي ٱلتُّرَابِ وَٱلدُّودُ يَغْشَاهُمَا. | ٢٦ 26 |
And yet they will sleep together in the dust, and worms will cover them.
| «هُوَذَا قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَفْكَارَكُمْ وَٱلنِّيَّاتِ ٱلَّتِي بِهَا تَظْلِمُونَنِي. | ٢٧ 27 |
Surely, I know your thoughts and your sinful judgments against me.
| لِأَنَّكُمْ تَقُولُونَ: أَيْنَ بَيْتُ ٱلْعَاتِي؟ وَأَيْنَ خَيْمَةُ مَسَاكِنِ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ؟ | ٢٨ 28 |
For you say, “Where is the house of the ruler, and where are the tabernacles of the impious?”
| أَفَلَمْ تَسْأَلُوا عَابِرِي ٱلسَّبِيلِ، وَلَمْ تَفْطِنُوا لِدَلَائِلِهِمْ؟ | ٢٩ 29 |
Ask any passerby whom you wish, and you will realize that he understands these same things:
| إِنَّهُ لِيَوْمِ ٱلْبَوَارِ يُمْسَكُ ٱلشِّرِّيرُ. لِيَوْمِ ٱلسَّخَطِ يُقَادُونَ. | ٣٠ 30 |
that the evil-doer is reserved for the day of destruction, and he will be led to the day of wrath.
| مَنْ يُعْلِنُ طَرِيقَهُ لِوَجْهِهِ؟ وَمَنْ يُجَازِيهِ عَلَى مَا عَمِلَ؟ | ٣١ 31 |
Who will reprove his way to his face, and who will repay him for what he has done?
| هُوَ إِلَى ٱلْقُبُورِ يُقَادُ، وَعَلَى ٱلْمَدْفَنِ يُسْهَرُ. | ٣٢ 32 |
He will be led to the tomb, and he will remain awake in the chaos of the dead.
| حُلْوٌ لَهُ مَدَرُ ٱلْوَادِي. يَزْحَفُ كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ وَرَاءَهُ، وَقُدَّامَهُ مَا لَا عَدَدَ لَهُ. | ٣٣ 33 |
He has been found acceptable to the banks of the River of Lamentation, and he will draw any man towards him, and there are countless before him.
| فَكَيْفَ تُعَزُّونَنِي بَاطِلًا وَأَجْوِبَتُكُمْ بَقِيَتْ خِيَانَةً؟». | ٣٤ 34 |
Therefore, how long will you console me in vain, when your answer is shown to be repugnant to truth?
