< أَيُّوبَ 29 >
وَعَادَ أَيُّوبُ يَنْطِقُ بِمَثَلِهِ فَقَالَ: | ١ 1 |
And Job addeth to lift up his simile, and saith: —
«يَا لَيْتَنِي كَمَا فِي ٱلشُّهُورِ ٱلسَّالِفَةِ وَكَٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلَّتِي حَفِظَنِي ٱللهُ فِيهَا، | ٢ 2 |
Who doth make me as [in] months past, As [in] the days of God's preserving me?
حِينَ أَضَاءَ سِرَاجَهُ عَلَى رَأْسِي، وَبِنُورِهِ سَلَكْتُ ٱلظُّلْمَةَ. | ٣ 3 |
In His causing His lamp to shine on my head, By His light I walk [through] darkness.
كَمَا كُنْتُ فِي أَيَّامِ خَرِيفِي، وَرِضَا ٱللهِ عَلَى خَيْمَتِي، | ٤ 4 |
As I have been in days of my maturity, And the counsel of God upon my tent.
وَٱلْقَدِيرُ بَعْدُ مَعِي وَحَوْلِي غِلْمَانِي، | ٥ 5 |
When yet the Mighty One [is] with me. Round about me — my young ones,
إِذْ غَسَلْتُ خَطَوَاتِي بِٱللَّبَنِ، وَٱلصَّخْرُ سَكَبَ لِي جَدَاوِلَ زَيْتٍ. | ٦ 6 |
When washing my goings with butter, And the firm rock [is] with me rivulets of oil.
حِينَ كُنْتُ أَخْرُجُ إِلَى ٱلْبَابِ فِي ٱلْقَرْيَةِ، وَأُهَيِّئُ فِي ٱلسَّاحَةِ مَجْلِسِي. | ٧ 7 |
When I go out to the gate by the city, In a broad place I prepare my seat.
رَآنِي ٱلْغِلْمَانُ فَٱخْتَبَأُوا، وَٱلْأَشْيَاخُ قَامُوا وَوَقَفُوا. | ٨ 8 |
Seen me have youths, and they, been hidden, And the aged have risen — they stood up.
ٱلْعُظَمَاءُ أَمْسَكُوا عَنِ ٱلْكَلَامِ، وَوَضَعُوا أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَلَى أَفْوَاهِهِمْ. | ٩ 9 |
Princes have kept in words, And a hand they place on their mouth.
صَوْتُ ٱلشُّرَفَاءِ ٱخْتَفَى، وَلَصِقَتْ أَلْسِنَتُهُمْ بِأَحْنَاكِهِمْ. | ١٠ 10 |
The voice of leaders hath been hidden, And their tongue to the palate hath cleaved.
لِأَنَّ ٱلْأُذُنَ سَمِعَتْ فَطَوَّبَتْنِي، وَٱلْعَيْنَ رَأَتْ فَشَهِدَتْ لِي، | ١١ 11 |
For the ear heard, and declareth me happy, And the eye hath seen, and testifieth [to] me.
لِأَنِّي أَنْقَذْتُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ ٱلْمُسْتَغِيثَ وَٱلْيَتِيمَ وَلَا مُعِينَ لَهُ. | ١٢ 12 |
For I deliver the afflicted who is crying, And the fatherless who hath no helper.
بَرَكَةُ ٱلْهَالِكِ حَلَّتْ عَلَيَّ، وَجَعَلْتُ قَلْبَ ٱلْأَرْمَلَةِ يُسَرُّ. | ١٣ 13 |
The blessing of the perishing cometh on me, And the heart of the widow I cause to sing.
لَبِسْتُ ٱلْبِرَّ فَكَسَانِي. كَجُبَّةٍ وَعِمَامَةٍ كَانَ عَدْلِي. | ١٤ 14 |
Righteousness I have put on, and it clotheth me, As a robe and a diadem my justice.
كُنْتُ عُيُونًا لِلْعُمْيِ، وَأَرْجُلًا لِلْعُرْجِ. | ١٥ 15 |
Eyes I have been to the blind, And feet to the lame [am] I.
أَبٌ أَنَا لِلْفُقَرَاءِ، وَدَعْوَى لَمْ أَعْرِفْهَا فَحَصْتُ عَنْهَا. | ١٦ 16 |
A father I [am] to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.
هَشَّمْتُ أَضْرَاسَ ٱلظَّالِمِ، وَمِنْ بَيْنِ أَسْنَانِهِ خَطَفْتُ ٱلْفَرِيسَةَ. | ١٧ 17 |
And I break the jaw-teeth of the perverse, And from his teeth I cast away prey.
فَقُلْتُ: إِنِّي فِي وَكْرِي أُسَلِّمُ ٱلرُّوحَ، وَمِثْلَ ٱلسَّمَنْدَلِ أُكَثِّرُ أَيَّامًا. | ١٨ 18 |
And I say, 'With my nest I expire, And as the sand I multiply days.'
أَصْلِي كَانَ مُنْبَسِطًا إِلَى ٱلْمِيَاهِ، وَٱلطَّلُّ بَاتَ عَلَى أَغْصَانِي. | ١٩ 19 |
My root is open unto the waters, And dew doth lodge on my branch.
كَرَامَتِي بَقِيَتْ حَدِيثَةً عِنْدِي، وَقَوْسِي تَجَدَّدَتْ فِي يَدِي. | ٢٠ 20 |
My honour [is] fresh with me, And my bow in my hand is renewed.
لِي سَمِعُوا وَٱنْتَظَرُوا، وَنَصَتُوا عِنْدَ مَشُورَتِي. | ٢١ 21 |
To me they have hearkened, Yea, they wait, and are silent for my counsel.
بَعْدَ كَلَامِي لَمْ يُثَنُّوا، وَقَوْلِي قَطَرَ عَلَيْهِمْ. | ٢٢ 22 |
After my word they change not, And on them doth my speech drop,
وَٱنْتَظَرُونِي مِثْلَ ٱلْمَطَرِ، وَفَغَرُوا أَفْوَاهَهُمْ كَمَا لِلْمَطَرِ ٱلْمُتَأَخِّرِ. | ٢٣ 23 |
And they wait as [for] rain for me, And their mouth they have opened wide [As] for the latter rain.
إِنْ ضَحِكْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ لَمْ يُصَدِّقُوا، وَنُورَ وَجْهِي لَمْ يُعَبِّسُوا. | ٢٤ 24 |
I laugh unto them — they give no credence, And the light of my face cause not to fall.
كُنْتُ أَخْتَارُ طَرِيقَهُمْ وَأَجْلِسُ رَأْسًا، وَأَسْكُنُ كَمَلِكٍ فِي جَيْشٍ، كَمَنْ يُعَزِّي ٱلنَّائِحِينَ. | ٢٥ 25 |
I choose their way, and sit head, And I dwell as a king in a troop, When mourners he doth comfort.