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وَعَادَ أَيُّوبُ يَنْطِقُ بِمَثَلِهِ فَقَالَ: ١ 1
And Job again took up his parable, and said:
«يَا لَيْتَنِي كَمَا فِي ٱلشُّهُورِ ٱلسَّالِفَةِ وَكَٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلَّتِي حَفِظَنِي ٱللهُ فِيهَا، ٢ 2
Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;
حِينَ أَضَاءَ سِرَاجَهُ عَلَى رَأْسِي، وَبِنُورِهِ سَلَكْتُ ٱلظُّلْمَةَ. ٣ 3
When His lamp shined above my head, and by His light I walked through darkness;
كَمَا كُنْتُ فِي أَيَّامِ خَرِيفِي، وَرِضَا ٱللهِ عَلَى خَيْمَتِي، ٤ 4
As I was in the days of my youth, when the converse of God was upon my tent;
وَٱلْقَدِيرُ بَعْدُ مَعِي وَحَوْلِي غِلْمَانِي، ٥ 5
When the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were about me;
إِذْ غَسَلْتُ خَطَوَاتِي بِٱللَّبَنِ، وَٱلصَّخْرُ سَكَبَ لِي جَدَاوِلَ زَيْتٍ. ٦ 6
When my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil!
حِينَ كُنْتُ أَخْرُجُ إِلَى ٱلْبَابِ فِي ٱلْقَرْيَةِ، وَأُهَيِّئُ فِي ٱلسَّاحَةِ مَجْلِسِي. ٧ 7
When I went forth to the gate unto the city, when I prepared my seat in the broad place,
رَآنِي ٱلْغِلْمَانُ فَٱخْتَبَأُوا، وَٱلْأَشْيَاخُ قَامُوا وَوَقَفُوا. ٨ 8
The young men saw me and hid themselves, and the aged rose up and stood;
ٱلْعُظَمَاءُ أَمْسَكُوا عَنِ ٱلْكَلَامِ، وَوَضَعُوا أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَلَى أَفْوَاهِهِمْ. ٩ 9
The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth;
صَوْتُ ٱلشُّرَفَاءِ ٱخْتَفَى، وَلَصِقَتْ أَلْسِنَتُهُمْ بِأَحْنَاكِهِمْ. ١٠ 10
The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
لِأَنَّ ٱلْأُذُنَ سَمِعَتْ فَطَوَّبَتْنِي، وَٱلْعَيْنَ رَأَتْ فَشَهِدَتْ لِي، ١١ 11
For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it gave witness unto me;
لِأَنِّي أَنْقَذْتُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ ٱلْمُسْتَغِيثَ وَٱلْيَتِيمَ وَلَا مُعِينَ لَهُ. ١٢ 12
Because I delivered the poor that cried, the fatherless also, that had none to help him.
بَرَكَةُ ٱلْهَالِكِ حَلَّتْ عَلَيَّ، وَجَعَلْتُ قَلْبَ ٱلْأَرْمَلَةِ يُسَرُّ. ١٣ 13
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
لَبِسْتُ ٱلْبِرَّ فَكَسَانِي. كَجُبَّةٍ وَعِمَامَةٍ كَانَ عَدْلِي. ١٤ 14
I put on righteousness, and it clothed itself with me; my justice was as a robe and a diadem.
كُنْتُ عُيُونًا لِلْعُمْيِ، وَأَرْجُلًا لِلْعُرْجِ. ١٥ 15
I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
أَبٌ أَنَا لِلْفُقَرَاءِ، وَدَعْوَى لَمْ أَعْرِفْهَا فَحَصْتُ عَنْهَا. ١٦ 16
I was a father to the needy; and the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.
هَشَّمْتُ أَضْرَاسَ ٱلظَّالِمِ، وَمِنْ بَيْنِ أَسْنَانِهِ خَطَفْتُ ٱلْفَرِيسَةَ. ١٧ 17
And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
فَقُلْتُ: إِنِّي فِي وَكْرِي أُسَلِّمُ ٱلرُّوحَ، وَمِثْلَ ٱلسَّمَنْدَلِ أُكَثِّرُ أَيَّامًا. ١٨ 18
Then I said: 'I shall die with my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the phoenix;
أَصْلِي كَانَ مُنْبَسِطًا إِلَى ٱلْمِيَاهِ، وَٱلطَّلُّ بَاتَ عَلَى أَغْصَانِي. ١٩ 19
My root shall be spread out to the waters, and the dew shall lie all night upon my branch;
كَرَامَتِي بَقِيَتْ حَدِيثَةً عِنْدِي، وَقَوْسِي تَجَدَّدَتْ فِي يَدِي. ٢٠ 20
My glory shall be fresh in me, and my bow shall be renewed in my hand.'
لِي سَمِعُوا وَٱنْتَظَرُوا، وَنَصَتُوا عِنْدَ مَشُورَتِي. ٢١ 21
Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel.
بَعْدَ كَلَامِي لَمْ يُثَنُّوا، وَقَوْلِي قَطَرَ عَلَيْهِمْ. ٢٢ 22
After my words they spoke not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
وَٱنْتَظَرُونِي مِثْلَ ٱلْمَطَرِ، وَفَغَرُوا أَفْوَاهَهُمْ كَمَا لِلْمَطَرِ ٱلْمُتَأَخِّرِ. ٢٣ 23
And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
إِنْ ضَحِكْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ لَمْ يُصَدِّقُوا، وَنُورَ وَجْهِي لَمْ يُعَبِّسُوا. ٢٤ 24
If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
كُنْتُ أَخْتَارُ طَرِيقَهُمْ وَأَجْلِسُ رَأْسًا، وَأَسْكُنُ كَمَلِكٍ فِي جَيْشٍ، كَمَنْ يُعَزِّي ٱلنَّائِحِينَ. ٢٥ 25
I chose out their way, and sat as chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.

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