أَيُّوبَ 21

١ 1 فَأَجَابَ أَيُّوبُ وَقَالَ:

Then answered Job, and said,

٢ 2 «اِسْمَعُوا قَوْلِي سَمْعًا، وَلْيَكُنْ هَذَا تَعْزِيَتَكُمْ.

Hear, O hear my speech, and let this be wherewith you give consolations.

٣ 3 اِحْتَمِلُونِي وَأَنَا أَتَكَلَّمُ، وَبَعْدَ كَلَامِي ٱسْتَهْزِئُوا.

Bear with me that I may indeed speak: and after my speaking, then canst thou mock.

٤ 4 أَمَّا أَنَا فَهَلْ شَكْوَايَ مِنْ إِنْسَانٍ، وَإِنْ كَانَتْ، فَلِمَاذَا لَا تَضِيقُ رُوحِي؟

As for me, —is against man my complaint? and if this be so, why should my spirit not be impatient?

٥ 5 تَفَرَّسُوا فِيَّ وَتَعَجَّبُوا وَضَعُوا ٱلْيَدَ عَلَى ٱلْفَمِ.

Turn yourselves unto me, and be astounded, and lay your hand upon your mouth.

٦ 6 «عِنْدَمَا أَتَذَكَّرُ أَرْتَاعُ، وَأَخَذَتْ بَشَرِي رِعْدَةٌ.

Yea, when I think of it, I am terrified, and shuddering seizeth hold of my flesh.

٧ 7 لِمَاذَا تَحْيَا ٱلْأَشْرَارُ وَيَشِيخُونَ، نَعَمْ وَيَتَجَبَّرُونَ قُوَّةً؟

Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, grow strong in power?

٨ 8 نَسْلُهُمْ قَائِمٌ أَمَامَهُمْ مَعَهُمْ، وَذُرِّيَّتُهُمْ فِي أَعْيُنِهِمْ.

Their seed is firmly established in their presence with them. their offspring are before their eyes.

٩ 9 بُيُوتُهُمْ آمِنَةٌ مِنَ ٱلْخَوْفِ، وَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَصَا ٱللهِ.

Their houses are at peace without any dread, and no rod of God [cometh] over them.

١٠ 10 ثَوْرُهُمْ يُلْقِحُ وَلَا يُخْطِئُ. بَقَرَتُهُمْ تُنْتِجُ وَلَا تُسْقِطُ.

The bull of each one gendereth, and disappointeth not: the cow of each one calveth, and casteth not her young.

١١ 11 يُسْرِحُونَ مِثْلَ ٱلْغَنَمِ رُضَّعَهُمْ، وَأَطْفَالُهُمْ تَرْقُصُ.

They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children skip about [with joy].

١٢ 12 يَحْمِلُونَ ٱلدُّفَّ وَٱلْعُودَ، وَيُطْرِبُونَ بِصَوْتِ ٱلْمِزْمَارِ.

They sing to the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

١٣ 13 يَقْضُونَ أَيَّامَهُمْ بِٱلْخَيْرِ. فِي لَحْظَةٍ يَهْبِطُونَ إِلَى ٱلْهَاوِيَةِ. (Sheol h7585)

They wear out their days in happiness, and in a moment they go down to the nether world. (Sheol h7585)

١٤ 14 فَيَقُولُونَ لِلهِ: ٱبْعُدْ عَنَّا، وَبِمَعْرِفَةِ طُرُقِكَ لَا نُسَرُّ.

And yet they say unto God, “Depart from us; and the knowledge of thy ways we desire not.

١٥ 15 مَنْ هُوَ ٱلْقَدِيرُ حَتَّى نَعْبُدَهُ؟ وَمَاذَا نَنْتَفِعُ إِنِ ٱلْتَمَسْنَاهُ؟

What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit shall we have, if we entreat him urgently?”

١٦ 16 «هُوَذَا لَيْسَ فِي يَدِهِمْ خَيْرُهُمْ. لِتَبْعُدْ عَنِّي مَشُورَةُ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ.

Lo, not in their hand doth their happiness rest! The counsel of the wicked be [still] far from me.

١٧ 17 كَمْ يَنْطَفِئُ سِرَاجُ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ، وَيَأْتِي عَلَيْهِمْ بَوَارُهُمْ؟ أَوْ يَقْسِمُ لَهُمْ أَوْجَاعًا فِي غَضَبِهِ؟

How often is the lamp of the wicked quenched? and how often cometh over them their calamity? and doth [God] distribute their lot in his anger?

١٨ 18 أَوْ يَكُونُونَ كَٱلتِّبْنِ قُدَّامَ ٱلرِّيحِ، وَكَالْعُصَافَةِ ٱلَّتِي تَسْرِقُهَا ٱلزَّوْبَعَةُ؟

Are they as straw before the wind, and as chaff which the stealeth away?

١٩ 19 ٱللهُ يَخْزِنُ إِثْمَهُ لِبَنِيهِ. لِيُجَازِهِ نَفْسَهُ فَيَعْلَمَ.

Should God lay up for his children his wrong-doing? it were better that he reward him, that he might know it himself.

٢٠ 20 لِتَنْظُرْ عَيْنَاهُ هَلَاكَهُ، وَمِنْ حُمَةِ ٱلْقَدِيرِ يَشْرَبْ.

His own eyes ought to see his downfall, and from the wrath of the Almighty ought he to drink.

٢١ 21 فَمَا هِيَ مَسَرَّتُهُ فِي بَيْتِهِ بَعْدَهُ، وَقَدْ تَعَيَّنَ عَدَدُ شُهُورِهِ؟

For what care hath he for his household after him, when the number of his months is all apportioned to him?

٢٢ 22 «أَٱللهُ يُعَلَّمُ مَعْرِفَةً، وَهُوَ يَقْضِي عَلَى ٱلْعَالِينَ؟

Is this fitting God, who teacheth knowledge? him who judgeth those that are highest?

٢٣ 23 هَذَا يَمُوتُ فِي عَيْنِ كَمَالِهِ. كُلُّهُ مُطْمَئِنٌّ وَسَاكِنٌ.

That this one dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet;

٢٤ 24 أَحْوَاضُهُ مَلآنَةٌ لَبَنًا، وَمُخُّ عِظَامِهِ طَرِيٌّ.

His vessels being full of healthy fluid, and the marrow of his bones being well moistened:

٢٥ 25 وَذَلِكَ يَمُوتُ بِنَفْسٍ مُرَّةٍ وَلَمْ يَذُقْ خَيْرًا.

While this other dieth with an embittered soul, and hath never partaken of any happiness;

٢٦ 26 كِلَاهُمَا يَضْطَجِعَانِ مَعًا فِي ٱلتُّرَابِ وَٱلدُّودُ يَغْشَاهُمَا.

[And yet] together they must lie down in the dust, and the worms will cover them?

٢٧ 27 «هُوَذَا قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَفْكَارَكُمْ وَٱلنِّيَّاتِ ٱلَّتِي بِهَا تَظْلِمُونَنِي.

Behold, I know your thoughts, and the opinions which ye wrongfully devise against me.

٢٨ 28 لِأَنَّكُمْ تَقُولُونَ: أَيْنَ بَيْتُ ٱلْعَاتِي؟ وَأَيْنَ خَيْمَةُ مَسَاكِنِ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ؟

For ye say, Where is the house of the noble-minded? and where is the tent of the dwelling-places of the wicked?

٢٩ 29 أَفَلَمْ تَسْأَلُوا عَابِرِي ٱلسَّبِيلِ، وَلَمْ تَفْطِنُوا لِدَلَائِلِهِمْ؟

Have ye not asked the wayfarers? surely their token ye cannot disregard,

٣٠ 30 إِنَّهُ لِيَوْمِ ٱلْبَوَارِ يُمْسَكُ ٱلشِّرِّيرُ. لِيَوْمِ ٱلسَّخَطِ يُقَادُونَ.

That the bad man is reserved for the day of calamity, [that the wicked] are carried forward to the day of wrath.

٣١ 31 مَنْ يُعْلِنُ طَرِيقَهُ لِوَجْهِهِ؟ وَمَنْ يُجَازِيهِ عَلَى مَا عَمِلَ؟

[But] who will tell him to his face of his way? and who will repay him what he hath done?

٣٢ 32 هُوَ إِلَى ٱلْقُبُورِ يُقَادُ، وَعَلَى ٱلْمَدْفَنِ يُسْهَرُ.

Yea he will indeed be carried to the grave, and men will quickly think of his monument:

٣٣ 33 حُلْوٌ لَهُ مَدَرُ ٱلْوَادِي. يَزْحَفُ كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ وَرَاءَهُ، وَقُدَّامَهُ مَا لَا عَدَدَ لَهُ.

Sweet are to him the clods of the valley; and after him succeedeth every man, as those that were before him are without number.

٣٤ 34 فَكَيْفَ تُعَزُّونَنِي بَاطِلًا وَأَجْوِبَتُكُمْ بَقِيَتْ خِيَانَةً؟».

How then will ye comfort me with vanity? and of your answers there remaineth only deception.