أَيُّوبَ 27

١ 1 وَعَادَ أَيُّوبُ يَنْطِقُ بِمَثَلِهِ فَقَالَ:

And Job further continued and said in his parable,

٢ 2 «حَيٌّ هُوَ ٱللهُ ٱلَّذِي نَزَعَ حَقِّي، وَٱلْقَدِيرُ ٱلَّذِي أَمَرَّ نَفْسِي،

[As] God lives, who has thus judge me; and the Almighty, who has embittered my soul;

٣ 3 إِنَّهُ مَا دَامَتْ نَسَمَتِي فِيَّ، وَنَفْخَةُ ٱللهِ فِي أَنْفِي،

verily, while my breath is yet in [me], and the breath of God which remains to me is in my nostrils,

٤ 4 لَنْ تَتَكَلَّمَ شَفَتَايَ إِثْمًا، وَلَا يَلْفِظَ لِسَانِي بِغِشٍّ.

my lips shall not speak evil words, neither shall my soul meditate unrighteous thoughts.

٥ 5 حَاشَا لِي أَنْ أُبَرِّرَكُمْ! حَتَّى أُسْلِمَ ٱلرُّوحَ لَا أَعْزِلُ كَمَالِي عَنِّي.

Far be it from me that I should justify you till I die; for I will not let go my innocence,

٦ 6 تَمَسَّكْتُ بِبِرِّي وَلَا أَرْخِيهِ. قَلْبِي لَا يُعَيِّرُ يَوْمًا مِنْ أَيَّامِي.

but keeping fast to [my] righteousness I will by no means let it go: for I am not conscious to myself of having done any thing amiss.

٧ 7 لِيَكُنْ عَدُوِّي كَٱلشِّرِّيرِ، وَمُعَانِدِي كَفَاعِلِ ٱلشَّرِّ.

Nay rather, but let mine enemies be as the overthrow of the ungodly, and they that rise up against me, as the destruction of transgressors.

٨ 8 لِأَنَّهُ مَا هُوَ رَجَاءُ ٱلْفَاجِرِ عِنْدَمَا يَقْطَعُهُ، عِنْدَمَا يَسْلُبُ ٱللهُ نَفْسَهُ؟

For what is the hope of the ungodly, that he holds to it? will he indeed trust in the Lord [and] be saved?

٩ 9 أَفَيَسْمَعُ ٱللهُ صُرَاخَهُ إِذَا جَاءَ عَلَيْهِ ضِيقٌ؟

Will God hear his prayer? or, when distress has come upon him,

١٠ 10 أَمْ يَتَلَذَّذُ بِٱلْقَدِيرِ؟ هَلْ يَدْعُو ٱللهَ فِي كُلِّ حِينٍ؟

has he any confidence before him? or will [God] hear him as he calls upon him?

١١ 11 «إِنِّي أُعَلِّمُكُمْ بِيَدِ ٱللهِ. لَا أَكْتُمُ مَا هُوَ عِنْدَ ٱلْقَدِيرِ.

Yet now I will tell you what is in the hand of the Lord: I will not lie concerning the things which are with the Almighty.

١٢ 12 هَا أَنْتُمْ كُلُّكُمْ قَدْ رَأَيْتُمْ، فَلِمَاذَا تَتَبَطَّلُونَ تَبَطُّلًا؟ قَائِلِينَ:

Behold, you all know that you are adding vanity to vanity.

١٣ 13 هَذَا نَصِيبُ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ ٱلشِّرِّيرِ مِنْ عِنْدِ ٱللهِ، وَمِيرَاثُ ٱلْعُتَاةِ ٱلَّذِي يَنَالُونَهُ مِنَ ٱلْقَدِيرِ.

This is the portion of an ungodly man from the Lord, and the possession of oppressors shall come upon them from the Almighty.

١٤ 14 إِنْ كَثُرَ بَنُوهُ فَلِلسَّيْفِ، وَذُرِّيَّتُهُ لَا تَشْبَعُ خُبْزًا.

And if their children be many, they shall be for slaughter: and if they grow up, they shall beg.

١٥ 15 بَقِيَّتُهُ تُدْفَنُ بِٱلْمَوْتَانِ، وَأَرَامِلُهُ لَا تَبْكِي.

And they that survive of him shall utterly perish, and no one shall pity their widows.

١٦ 16 إِنْ كَنَزَ فِضَّةً كَٱلتُّرَابِ، وَأَعَدَّ مَلَابِسَ كَٱلطِّينِ،

Even if he should gather silver as earth, and prepare gold as clay;

١٧ 17 فَهُوَ يُعِدُّ وَٱلْبَارُّ يَلْبَسُهُ، وَٱلْبَرِئُ يَقْسِمُ ٱلْفِضَّةَ.

All these things shall the righteous gain, and the true-hearted shall possess his wealth.

١٨ 18 يَبْنِي بَيْتَهُ كَٱلْعُثِّ، أَوْ كَمَظَلَّةٍ صَنَعَهَا ٱلنَّاطُورُ.

And his house is gone like moths, and like a spider's web.

١٩ 19 يَضْطَجِعُ غَنِيًّا وَلَكِنَّهُ لَا يُضَمُّ. يَفْتَحُ عَيْنَيْهِ وَلَا يَكُونُ.

The rich man shall lie down, and shall not continue: he has opened his eyes, and he is not.

٢٠ 20 ٱلْأَهْوَالُ تُدْرِكُهُ كَٱلْمِيَاهِ. لَيْلًا تَخْتَطِفُهُ ٱلزَّوْبَعَةُ.

Pains have come upon him as water, and darkness has carried him away by night.

٢١ 21 تَحْمِلُهُ ٱلشَّرْقِيَّةُ فَيَذْهَبُ، وَتَجْرُفُهُ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ.

And a burning wind shall catch him, and he shall depart, and it shall utterly drive him out of his place.

٢٢ 22 يُلْقِي ٱللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَلَا يُشْفِقُ. مِنْ يَدِهِ يَهْرُبُ هَرَبًا.

And [God] shall cast [trouble] upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

٢٣ 23 يَصْفِقُونَ عَلَيْهِ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ، وَيَصْفِرُونَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ.

He shall cause [men] to clap their hands against them, and shall hiss him out of his place.