أَيُّوبَ 3

١ 1 بَعْدَ هَذَا فَتَحَ أَيُّوبُ فَاهُ وَسَبَّ يَوْمَهُ،

After this Job has opened his mouth, and reviles his day.

٢ 2 وَأَخَذَ أَيُّوبُ يَتَكَلَّمُ فَقَالَ:

And Job answers and says:

٣ 3 «لَيْتَهُ هَلَكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِي وُلِدْتُ فِيهِ، وَٱللَّيْلُ ٱلَّذِي قَالَ: قَدْ حُبِلَ بِرَجُلٍ.

“Let the day perish in which I am born, And the night that has said: A man-child has been conceived.

٤ 4 لِيَكُنْ ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ظَلَامًا. لَا يَعْتَنِ بِهِ ٱللهُ مِنْ فَوْقُ، وَلَا يُشْرِقْ عَلَيْهِ نَهَارٌ.

That day—let it be darkness, Do not let God require it from above, Nor let light shine on it.

٥ 5 لِيَمْلِكْهُ ٱلظَّلَامُ وَظِلُّ ٱلْمَوْتِ. لِيَحُلَّ عَلَيْهِ سَحَابٌ. لِتَرْعَبْهُ كَاسِفَاتُ ٱلنَّهَارِ.

Let darkness and death-shade redeem it, Let a cloud dwell on it, Let them terrify it as the most bitter of days.

٦ 6 أَمَّا ذَلِكَ ٱللَّيْلُ فَلْيُمْسِكْهُ ٱلدُّجَى، وَلَا يَفْرَحْ بَيْنَ أَيَّامِ ٱلسَّنَةِ، وَلَا يَدْخُلَنَّ فِي عَدَدِ ٱلشُّهُورِ.

That night—let thick darkness take it, Let it not be united to days of the year, Let it not come into the number of months.

٧ 7 هُوَذَا ذَلِكَ ٱللَّيْلُ لِيَكُنْ عَاقِرًا، لَا يُسْمَعْ فِيهِ هُتَافٌ.

Behold! That night—let it be barren, Let no singing come into it.

٨ 8 لِيَلْعَنْهُ لَاعِنُو ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمُسْتَعِدُّونَ لِإِيقَاظِ ٱلتِّنِّينِ.

Let the cursers of day mark it, Who are ready to wake up Leviathan.

٩ 9 لِتُظْلِمْ نُجُومُ عِشَائِهِ. لِيَنْتَظِرِ ٱلنُّورَ وَلَا يَكُنْ، وَلَا يَرَ هُدُبَ ٱلصُّبْحِ،

Let the stars of its twilight be dark, Let it wait for light, and there is none, And let it not look on the eyelids of the dawn.

١٠ 10 لِأَنَّهُ لَمْ يُغْلِقْ أَبْوَابَ بَطْنِ أُمِّي، وَلَمْ يَسْتُرِ ٱلشَّقَاوَةَ عَنْ عَيْنَيَّ.

Because it has not shut the doors Of the womb that was mine! And hide misery from my eyes.

١١ 11 لِمَ لَمْ أَمُتْ مِنَ ٱلرَّحِمِ؟ عِنْدَمَا خَرَجْتُ مِنَ ٱلْبَطْنِ، لِمَ لَمْ أُسْلِمِ ٱلرُّوحَ؟

Why do I not die from the womb? I have come forth from the belly and gasp!

١٢ 12 لِمَاذَا أَعَانَتْنِي ٱلرُّكَبُ، وَلِمَ ٱلثُّدِيُّ حَتَّى أَرْضَعَ؟

Why have knees been before me? And what [are] breasts, that I suck?

١٣ 13 لِأَنِّي قَدْ كُنْتُ ٱلْآنَ مُضْطَجِعًا سَاكِنًا. حِينَئِذٍ كُنْتُ نِمْتُ مُسْتَرِيحًا

For now, I have lain down, and am quiet, I have slept—then there is rest to me,

١٤ 14 مَعَ مُلُوكٍ وَمُشِيرِي ٱلْأَرْضِ، ٱلَّذِينَ بَنَوْا أَهْرَامًا لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ،

With kings and counselors of earth, These building ruins for themselves.

١٥ 15 أَوْ مَعَ رُؤَسَاءَ لَهُمْ ذَهَبٌ، ٱلْمَالِئِينَ بُيُوتَهُمْ فِضَّةً،

Or with princes—they have gold, They are filling their houses [with] silver.

١٦ 16 أَوْ كَسِقْطٍ مَطْمُورٍ فَلَمْ أَكُنْ، كَأَجِنَّةٍ لَمْ يَرَوْا نُورًا.

(Or I am not as a hidden abortion, As infants—they have not seen light.)

١٧ 17 هُنَاكَ يَكُفُّ ٱلْمُنَافِقُونَ عَنِ ٱلشَّغْبِ، وَهُنَاكَ يَسْتَرِيحُ ٱلْمُتْعَبُونَ.

There the wicked have ceased troubling, And there the wearied rest in power.

١٨ 18 ٱلْأَسْرَى يَطْمَئِنُّونَ جَمِيعًا، لَا يَسْمَعُونَ صَوْتَ ٱلْمُسَخِّرِ.

Together prisoners have been at ease, They have not heard the voice of an exactor,

١٩ 19 ٱلصَّغِيرُ كَمَا ٱلْكَبِيرُ هُنَاكَ، وَٱلْعَبْدُ حُرٌّ مِنْ سَيِّدِهِ.

Small and great [are] the same there. And a servant [is] free from his lord.

٢٠ 20 «لِمَ يُعْطَى لِشَقِيٍّ نُورٌ، وَحَيَاةٌ لِمُرِّي ٱلنَّفْسِ؟

Why does He give light to the miserable, and life to the bitter soul?

٢١ 21 ٱلَّذِينَ يَنْتَظِرُونَ ٱلْمَوْتَ وَلَيْسَ هُوَ، وَيَحْفُرُونَ عَلَيْهِ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ ٱلْكُنُوزِ،

Who are waiting for death, and it is not, And they seek it above hid treasures.

٢٢ 22 ٱلْمَسْرُورِينَ إِلَى أَنْ يَبْتَهِجُوا، ٱلْفَرِحِينَ عِنْدَمَا يَجِدُونَ قَبْرًا!

Who are glad—to joy, They rejoice when they find a grave.

٢٣ 23 لِرَجُلٍ قَدْ خَفِيَ عَلَيْهِ طَرِيقُهُ، وَقَدْ سَيَّجَ ٱللهُ حَوْلَهُ.

To a man whose way has been hidden, And whom God shuts up?

٢٤ 24 لِأَنَّهُ مِثْلَ خُبْزِي يَأْتِي أَنِينِي، وَمِثْلَ ٱلْمِيَاهِ تَنْسَكِبُ زَفْرَتِي،

For before my food, my sighing comes, And my roarings [are] poured out as waters.

٢٥ 25 لِأَنِّي ٱرْتِعَابًا ٱرْتَعَبْتُ فَأَتَانِي، وَٱلَّذِي فَزِعْتُ مِنْهُ جَاءَ عَلَيَّ.

For I feared a fear and it meets me, And what I was afraid of comes to me.

٢٦ 26 لَمْ أَطْمَئِنَّ وَلَمْ أَسْكُنْ وَلَمْ أَسْتَرِحْ، وَقَدْ جَاءَ ٱلرُّجْزُ».

I was not safe—nor was I quiet—Nor was I at rest—and trouble comes!”