أَيُّوبَ 29

١ 1 وَعَادَ أَيُّوبُ يَنْطِقُ بِمَثَلِهِ فَقَالَ:

And Job continued his parable and said,

٢ 2 «يَا لَيْتَنِي كَمَا فِي ٱلشُّهُورِ ٱلسَّالِفَةِ وَكَٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلَّتِي حَفِظَنِي ٱللهُ فِيهَا،

Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;

٣ 3 حِينَ أَضَاءَ سِرَاجَهُ عَلَى رَأْسِي، وَبِنُورِهِ سَلَكْتُ ٱلظُّلْمَةَ.

When his lamp shone over my head, [and] by his light I walked through darkness;

٤ 4 كَمَا كُنْتُ فِي أَيَّامِ خَرِيفِي، وَرِضَا ٱللهِ عَلَى خَيْمَتِي،

As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret counsel of God was over my tent,

٥ 5 وَٱلْقَدِيرُ بَعْدُ مَعِي وَحَوْلِي غِلْمَانِي،

When the Almighty was yet with me, my young men round about me;

٦ 6 إِذْ غَسَلْتُ خَطَوَاتِي بِٱللَّبَنِ، وَٱلصَّخْرُ سَكَبَ لِي جَدَاوِلَ زَيْتٍ.

When my steps were bathed in milk, and the rock poured out beside me rivers of oil! ...

٧ 7 حِينَ كُنْتُ أَخْرُجُ إِلَى ٱلْبَابِ فِي ٱلْقَرْيَةِ، وَأُهَيِّئُ فِي ٱلسَّاحَةِ مَجْلِسِي.

When I went out to the gate by the city, when I prepared my seat on the broadway,

٨ 8 رَآنِي ٱلْغِلْمَانُ فَٱخْتَبَأُوا، وَٱلْأَشْيَاخُ قَامُوا وَوَقَفُوا.

The young men saw me, and hid themselves; and the aged arose [and] stood up;

٩ 9 ٱلْعُظَمَاءُ أَمْسَكُوا عَنِ ٱلْكَلَامِ، وَوَضَعُوا أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَلَى أَفْوَاهِهِمْ.

Princes refrained from talking, and laid the hand on their mouth;

١٠ 10 صَوْتُ ٱلشُّرَفَاءِ ٱخْتَفَى، وَلَصِقَتْ أَلْسِنَتُهُمْ بِأَحْنَاكِهِمْ.

The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue cleaved to their palate.

١١ 11 لِأَنَّ ٱلْأُذُنَ سَمِعَتْ فَطَوَّبَتْنِي، وَٱلْعَيْنَ رَأَتْ فَشَهِدَتْ لِي،

When the ear heard [me], then it blessed me, and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me;

١٢ 12 لِأَنِّي أَنْقَذْتُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ ٱلْمُسْتَغِيثَ وَٱلْيَتِيمَ وَلَا مُعِينَ لَهُ.

For I delivered the afflicted that cried, and the fatherless who had no helper.

١٣ 13 بَرَكَةُ ٱلْهَالِكِ حَلَّتْ عَلَيَّ، وَجَعَلْتُ قَلْبَ ٱلْأَرْمَلَةِ يُسَرُّ.

The blessing of him that was perishing came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

١٤ 14 لَبِسْتُ ٱلْبِرَّ فَكَسَانِي. كَجُبَّةٍ وَعِمَامَةٍ كَانَ عَدْلِي.

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was as a mantle and a turban.

١٥ 15 كُنْتُ عُيُونًا لِلْعُمْيِ، وَأَرْجُلًا لِلْعُرْجِ.

I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame;

١٦ 16 أَبٌ أَنَا لِلْفُقَرَاءِ، وَدَعْوَى لَمْ أَعْرِفْهَا فَحَصْتُ عَنْهَا.

I was a father to the needy, and the cause which I knew not I searched out;

١٧ 17 هَشَّمْتُ أَضْرَاسَ ٱلظَّالِمِ، وَمِنْ بَيْنِ أَسْنَانِهِ خَطَفْتُ ٱلْفَرِيسَةَ.

And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.

١٨ 18 فَقُلْتُ: إِنِّي فِي وَكْرِي أُسَلِّمُ ٱلرُّوحَ، وَمِثْلَ ٱلسَّمَنْدَلِ أُكَثِّرُ أَيَّامًا.

And I said, I shall die in my nest, and multiply my days as the sand;

١٩ 19 أَصْلِي كَانَ مُنْبَسِطًا إِلَى ٱلْمِيَاهِ، وَٱلطَّلُّ بَاتَ عَلَى أَغْصَانِي.

My root shall be spread out to the waters, and the dew will lie all night on my branch;

٢٠ 20 كَرَامَتِي بَقِيَتْ حَدِيثَةً عِنْدِي، وَقَوْسِي تَجَدَّدَتْ فِي يَدِي.

My glory shall be fresh in me, and my bow be renewed in my hand.

٢١ 21 لِي سَمِعُوا وَٱنْتَظَرُوا، وَنَصَتُوا عِنْدَ مَشُورَتِي.

Unto me they listened, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel:

٢٢ 22 بَعْدَ كَلَامِي لَمْ يُثَنُّوا، وَقَوْلِي قَطَرَ عَلَيْهِمْ.

After my words they spoke not again, and my speech dropped upon them;

٢٣ 23 وَٱنْتَظَرُونِي مِثْلَ ٱلْمَطَرِ، وَفَغَرُوا أَفْوَاهَهُمْ كَمَا لِلْمَطَرِ ٱلْمُتَأَخِّرِ.

And they waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

٢٤ 24 إِنْ ضَحِكْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ لَمْ يُصَدِّقُوا، وَنُورَ وَجْهِي لَمْ يُعَبِّسُوا.

[If] I laughed on them, they believed [it] not; and they troubled not the serenity of my countenance.

٢٥ 25 كُنْتُ أَخْتَارُ طَرِيقَهُمْ وَأَجْلِسُ رَأْسًا، وَأَسْكُنُ كَمَلِكٍ فِي جَيْشٍ، كَمَنْ يُعَزِّي ٱلنَّائِحِينَ.

I chose their way, and sat as chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth mourners.