< أَيُّوبَ 29 >
وَعَادَ أَيُّوبُ يَنْطِقُ بِمَثَلِهِ فَقَالَ: | ١ 1 |
And Job continued and said in his parable,
«يَا لَيْتَنِي كَمَا فِي ٱلشُّهُورِ ٱلسَّالِفَةِ وَكَٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلَّتِي حَفِظَنِي ٱللهُ فِيهَا، | ٢ 2 |
Oh that I were as in months past, wherein God preserved me!
حِينَ أَضَاءَ سِرَاجَهُ عَلَى رَأْسِي، وَبِنُورِهِ سَلَكْتُ ٱلظُّلْمَةَ. | ٣ 3 |
As when his lamp shone over my head; when by his light I walked through darkness.
كَمَا كُنْتُ فِي أَيَّامِ خَرِيفِي، وَرِضَا ٱللهِ عَلَى خَيْمَتِي، | ٤ 4 |
[As] when I steadfastly pursued my ways, when God took care of my house.
وَٱلْقَدِيرُ بَعْدُ مَعِي وَحَوْلِي غِلْمَانِي، | ٥ 5 |
When I was very fruitful, and my children were about me;
إِذْ غَسَلْتُ خَطَوَاتِي بِٱللَّبَنِ، وَٱلصَّخْرُ سَكَبَ لِي جَدَاوِلَ زَيْتٍ. | ٦ 6 |
when my ways were moistened with butter, and the mountains flowed for me with milk.
حِينَ كُنْتُ أَخْرُجُ إِلَى ٱلْبَابِ فِي ٱلْقَرْيَةِ، وَأُهَيِّئُ فِي ٱلسَّاحَةِ مَجْلِسِي. | ٧ 7 |
When I went forth early in the city, and the seat was placed for me in the streets.
رَآنِي ٱلْغِلْمَانُ فَٱخْتَبَأُوا، وَٱلْأَشْيَاخُ قَامُوا وَوَقَفُوا. | ٨ 8 |
The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and all the old men stood up.
ٱلْعُظَمَاءُ أَمْسَكُوا عَنِ ٱلْكَلَامِ، وَوَضَعُوا أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَلَى أَفْوَاهِهِمْ. | ٩ 9 |
And the great men ceased speaking, and laid their finger on their mouth.
صَوْتُ ٱلشُّرَفَاءِ ٱخْتَفَى، وَلَصِقَتْ أَلْسِنَتُهُمْ بِأَحْنَاكِهِمْ. | ١٠ 10 |
And they that heard [me] blessed me, and their tongue clave to their throat.
لِأَنَّ ٱلْأُذُنَ سَمِعَتْ فَطَوَّبَتْنِي، وَٱلْعَيْنَ رَأَتْ فَشَهِدَتْ لِي، | ١١ 11 |
For the ear heard, and blessed me; and the eye saw me, and turned aside.
لِأَنِّي أَنْقَذْتُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ ٱلْمُسْتَغِيثَ وَٱلْيَتِيمَ وَلَا مُعِينَ لَهُ. | ١٢ 12 |
For I saved the poor out of the hand of the oppressor, and helped the fatherless who had no helper.
بَرَكَةُ ٱلْهَالِكِ حَلَّتْ عَلَيَّ، وَجَعَلْتُ قَلْبَ ٱلْأَرْمَلَةِ يُسَرُّ. | ١٣ 13 |
Let the blessing of the perishing one come upon me; yes, the mouth of the widow has blessed me.
لَبِسْتُ ٱلْبِرَّ فَكَسَانِي. كَجُبَّةٍ وَعِمَامَةٍ كَانَ عَدْلِي. | ١٤ 14 |
Also I put on righteousness, and clothed myself with judgment like a mantle.
كُنْتُ عُيُونًا لِلْعُمْيِ، وَأَرْجُلًا لِلْعُرْجِ. | ١٥ 15 |
I was the eye of the blind, and the foot of the lame.
أَبٌ أَنَا لِلْفُقَرَاءِ، وَدَعْوَى لَمْ أَعْرِفْهَا فَحَصْتُ عَنْهَا. | ١٦ 16 |
I was the father of the helpless; and I searched out the cause which I knew not.
هَشَّمْتُ أَضْرَاسَ ٱلظَّالِمِ، وَمِنْ بَيْنِ أَسْنَانِهِ خَطَفْتُ ٱلْفَرِيسَةَ. | ١٧ 17 |
And I broke the jaw teeth of the unrighteous; I plucked the spoil out of the midst of their teeth.
فَقُلْتُ: إِنِّي فِي وَكْرِي أُسَلِّمُ ٱلرُّوحَ، وَمِثْلَ ٱلسَّمَنْدَلِ أُكَثِّرُ أَيَّامًا. | ١٨ 18 |
And I said, My age shall continue as the stem of a palm tree; I shall live a long while.
أَصْلِي كَانَ مُنْبَسِطًا إِلَى ٱلْمِيَاهِ، وَٱلطَّلُّ بَاتَ عَلَى أَغْصَانِي. | ١٩ 19 |
[My] root was spread out by the water, and the dew would lodge on my crop.
كَرَامَتِي بَقِيَتْ حَدِيثَةً عِنْدِي، وَقَوْسِي تَجَدَّدَتْ فِي يَدِي. | ٢٠ 20 |
My glory was fresh in me, and by bow prospered in his hand.
لِي سَمِعُوا وَٱنْتَظَرُوا، وَنَصَتُوا عِنْدَ مَشُورَتِي. | ٢١ 21 |
[Men] heard me, and gave heed, and they were silent at my counsel.
بَعْدَ كَلَامِي لَمْ يُثَنُّوا، وَقَوْلِي قَطَرَ عَلَيْهِمْ. | ٢٢ 22 |
At my word they spoke not again, and they were very gland whenever I spoke to them.
وَٱنْتَظَرُونِي مِثْلَ ٱلْمَطَرِ، وَفَغَرُوا أَفْوَاهَهُمْ كَمَا لِلْمَطَرِ ٱلْمُتَأَخِّرِ. | ٢٣ 23 |
As the thirsty earth expecting the rain, so they [waited for] my speech.
إِنْ ضَحِكْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ لَمْ يُصَدِّقُوا، وَنُورَ وَجْهِي لَمْ يُعَبِّسُوا. | ٢٤ 24 |
Were I to laugh on them, they would not believe [it]; and the light of my face has not failed.
كُنْتُ أَخْتَارُ طَرِيقَهُمْ وَأَجْلِسُ رَأْسًا، وَأَسْكُنُ كَمَلِكٍ فِي جَيْشٍ، كَمَنْ يُعَزِّي ٱلنَّائِحِينَ. | ٢٥ 25 |
I chose out their way, and sat chief, and lived as a king in the midst of warriors, as one comforting mourners.