أَيُّوبَ 23

١ 1 فَأَجَابَ أَيُّوبُ وَقَالَ:

Then Job answered, and said:

٢ 2 «ٱلْيَوْمَ أَيْضًا شَكْوَايَ تَمَرُّدٌ. ضَرْبَتِي أَثْقَلُ مِنْ تَنَهُّدِي.

Now also my words are in bitterness, and the hand of my scourge is more grievous than my mourning.

٣ 3 مَنْ يُعْطِينِي أَنْ أَجِدَهُ، فَآتِيَ إِلَى كُرْسِيِّهِ،

Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and come even to his throne?

٤ 4 أُحْسِنُ ٱلدَّعْوَى أَمَامَهُ، وَأَمْلَأُ فَمِي حُجَجًا،

I would set judgment before him, and would fill my mouth with complaints.

٥ 5 فَأَعْرِفُ ٱلْأَقْوَالَ ٱلَّتِي بِهَا يُجِيبُنِي، وَأَفْهَمُ مَا يَقُولُهُ لِي؟

That I might know the words that he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.

٦ 6 أَبِكَثْرَةِ قُوَّةٍ يُخَاصِمُنِي؟ كَّلَّا! وَلَكِنَّهُ كَانَ يَنْتَبِهُ إِلَيَّ.

I would not that he should contend with me with much strength, nor overwhelm me with the weight of his greatness.

٧ 7 هُنَالِكَ كَانَ يُحَاجُّهُ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمُ، وَكُنْتُ أَنْجُو إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ مِنْ قَاضِيَّ.

Let him propose equity against me, and let my judgment come to victory.

٨ 8 هَأَنَذَا أَذْهَبُ شَرْقًا فَلَيْسَ هُوَ هُنَاكَ، وَغَرْبًا فَلَا أَشْعُرُ بِهِ.

But if I go to the east, he appeareth not; if to the west, I shall not understand him.

٩ 9 شِمَالًا حَيْثُ عَمَلُهُ فَلَا أَنْظُرُهُ. يَتَعَطَّفُ ٱلْجَنُوبَ فَلَا أَرَاهُ.

If to the left hand, what shall I do? I shall not take hold on him: if I turn myself to the right hand, I shall not see him.

١٠ 10 «لِأَنَّهُ يَعْرِفُ طَرِيقِي. إِذَا جَرَّبَنِي أَخْرُجُ كَٱلذَّهَبِ.

But he knoweth my way, and has tried me as gold that passeth through the fire:

١١ 11 بِخَطَوَاتِهِ ٱسْتَمْسَكَتْ رِجْلِي. حَفِظْتُ طَرِيقَهُ وَلَمْ أَحِدْ.

My foot hath followed his steps, I have kept his way, and have not declined from it.

١٢ 12 مِنْ وَصِيَّةِ شَفَتَيْهِ لَمْ أَبْرَحْ. أَكْثَرَ مِنْ فَرِيضَتِي ذَخَرْتُ كَلَامَ فِيهِ.

I have not departed from the commandments of his lips, and the words of his mouth I have hid in my bosom.

١٣ 13 أَمَّا هُوَ فَوَحْدَهُ، فَمَنْ يَرُدُّهُ؟ وَنَفْسُهُ تَشْتَهِي فَيَفْعَلُ.

For he is alone, and no man can turn away his thought: and whatsoever is soul hath desired, that hath he done.

١٤ 14 لِأَنَّهُ يُتَمِّمُ ٱلْمَفْرُوضَ عَلَيَّ، وَكَثِيرٌ مِثْلُ هَذِهِ عِنْدَهُ.

And when he shall have fulfilled his will in me, many other like things are also at hand with him.

١٥ 15 مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ أَرْتَاعُ قُدَّامَهُ. أَتَأَمَّلُ فَأَرْتَعِبُ مِنْهُ.

And therefore I am troubled at his presence, and when I consider him I am made pensive with fear.

١٦ 16 لِأَنَّ ٱللهَ قَدْ أَضْعَفَ قَلْبِي، وَٱلْقَدِيرَ رَوَّعَنِي.

God hath softened my heart, and the Almighty hath troubled me.

١٧ 17 لِأَنِّي لَمْ أُقْطَعْ قَبْلَ ٱلظَّلَامِ، وَمِنْ وَجْهِي لَمْ يُغَطِّ ٱلدُّجَى.

For I have not perished because of the darkness that hangs over me, neither hath the mist covered my face.