أَيُّوبَ 27

١ 1 وَعَادَ أَيُّوبُ يَنْطِقُ بِمَثَلِهِ فَقَالَ:

Job began to speak again.

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

“I promise you—as God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty, who has made my life bitter,

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

for as long as I have life, while the breath of God remains in my nostrils—

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

my lips will never speak lies, my tongue will never be dishonest.

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

I will never agree that you are right; I will insist on my innocence until the day I die.

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

I'm convinced I'm right and will never give up believing this; my conscience will not condemn me as long as I live.

٧ 7 لِيَكُنْ عَدُوِّي كَٱلشِّرِّيرِ، وَمُعَانِدِي كَفَاعِلِ ٱلشَّرِّ.

May my enemy become like the wicked; may those who oppose me become like those who do evil.

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

For what hope do those who reject God have when he cuts them down, when God brings their lives to an end?

٩ 9 أَفَيَسْمَعُ ٱللهُ صُرَاخَهُ إِذَا جَاءَ عَلَيْهِ ضِيقٌ؟

When times of trouble come to them, will God hear their cry for help?

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

Do they have a good relationship with the Almighty? Can they call on God at any time?

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

Let me explain God's power to you. I will not keep anything back that the Almighty has planned.

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

If all of you have recognized this, why do you talk such vain nonsense?

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

This is what God provides as the destiny for the wicked, this is the inheritance that the ruthless will receive from the Almighty—

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

even if they have many children, they will experience violent deaths or die of starvation.

١٥ 15 بَقِيَّتُهُ تُدْفَنُ بِٱلْمَوْتَانِ، وَأَرَامِلُهُ لَا تَبْكِي.

Those who survive will die from disease, and even their widows will not mourn for them.

١٦ 16 إِنْ كَنَزَ فِضَّةً كَٱلتُّرَابِ، وَأَعَدَّ مَلَابِسَ كَٱلطِّينِ،

Even though they pile up silver like dust, and clothes like heaps of clay,

١٧ 17 فَهُوَ يُعِدُّ وَٱلْبَارُّ يَلْبَسُهُ، وَٱلْبَرِئُ يَقْسِمُ ٱلْفِضَّةَ.

those who do good will wear the clothes and the innocent will divide the silver among them.

١٨ 18 يَبْنِي بَيْتَهُ كَٱلْعُثِّ، أَوْ كَمَظَلَّةٍ صَنَعَهَا ٱلنَّاطُورُ.

They build their houses like a moth; like some flimsy shelter made by a watchman.

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

They go to bed rich, but never again! For when they wake up, it's all gone.

٢٠ 20 ٱلْأَهْوَالُ تُدْرِكُهُ كَٱلْمِيَاهِ. لَيْلًا تَخْتَطِفُهُ ٱلزَّوْبَعَةُ.

Waves of panic flood over them; in the night a whirlwind snatches them away.

٢١ 21 تَحْمِلُهُ ٱلشَّرْقِيَّةُ فَيَذْهَبُ، وَتَجْرُفُهُ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ.

The east wind picks them up and they're gone, carried away from where they were.

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

The wind blows at them with full force; they try desperately to escape.

٢٣ 23 يَصْفِقُونَ عَلَيْهِ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ، وَيَصْفِرُونَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ.

People clap their hands at them and hiss at them wherever they are.