أَيُّوبَ 30

١ 1 «وَأَمَّا ٱلْآنَ فَقَدْ ضَحِكَ عَلَيَّ أَصَاغِرِي أَيَّامًا، ٱلَّذِينَ كُنْتُ أَسْتَنْكِفُ مِنْ أَنْ أَجْعَلَ آبَاءَهُمْ مَعَ كِلَابِ غَنَمِي.

“And now, laughed at me, Have the younger in days than I, Whose fathers I have loathed to set With the dogs of my flock.

٢ 2 قُوَّةُ أَيْدِيهِمْ أَيْضًا مَا هِيَ لِي. فِيهِمْ عَجِزَتِ ٱلشَّيْخُوخَةُ.

Also—the power of their hands, why [is it] to me? On them old age has perished.

٣ 3 فِي ٱلْعَوَزِ وَٱلْمَحْلِ مَهْزُولُونَ، عَارِقُونَ ٱلْيَابِسَةَ ٱلَّتِي هِيَ مُنْذُ أَمْسِ خَرَابٌ وَخَرِبَةٌ.

With want and with harsh famine, They are gnawing a dry place [in] the recent night, [In] desolation and ruin,

٤ 4 ٱلَّذِينَ يَقْطِفُونَ ٱلْمَلَّاحَ عِنْدَ ٱلشِّيحِ، وَأُصُولُ ٱلرَّتَمِ خُبْزُهُمْ.

Those cropping mallows near a shrub, And their food [is] root of broom trees.

٥ 5 مِنَ ٱلْوَسَطِ يُطْرَدُونَ. يَصِيحُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ كَمَا عَلَى لِصٍّ.

They are cast out from the midst (They shout against them as a thief),

٦ 6 لِلسَّكَنِ فِي أَوْدِيَةٍ مُرْعِبَةٍ وَثُقَبِ ٱلتُّرَابِ وَٱلصُّخُورِ.

To dwell in a frightful place of valleys, Holes of earth and clefts.

٧ 7 بَيْنَ ٱلشِّيحِ يَنْهَقُونَ. تَحْتَ ٱلْعَوْسَجِ يَنْكَبُّونَ.

They groan among shrubs, They are gathered together under nettles.

٨ 8 أَبْنَاءُ ٱلْحَمَاقَةِ، بَلْ أَبْنَاءُ أُنَاسٍ بِلَا ٱسْمٍ، سِيطُوا مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ.

Sons of folly—even sons without name, They have been struck from the land.

٩ 9 «أَمَّا ٱلْآنَ فَصِرْتُ أُغْنِيَتَهُمْ، وَأَصْبَحْتُ لَهُمْ مَثَلًا!

And now, I have been their song, And I am to them for a byword.

١٠ 10 يَكْرَهُونَنِي. يَبْتَعِدُونَ عَنِّي، وَأَمَامَ وَجْهِي لَمْ يُمْسِكُوا عَنِ ٱلْبَصْقِ.

They have detested me, They have kept far from me, And from before me have not spared to spit.

١١ 11 لِأَنَّهُ أَطْلَقَ ٱلْعِنَانَ وَقَهَرَنِي، فَنَزَعُوا ٱلزِّمَامَ قُدَّامِي.

Because He loosed His cord and afflicts me, And the bridle from before me, They have cast away.

١٢ 12 عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ ٱلْفُرُوخُ يَقُومُونَ يُزِيحُونَ رِجْلِي، وَيُعِدُّونَ عَلَيَّ طُرُقَهُمْ لِلْبَوَارِ.

A brood arises on the right hand, They have cast away my feet, And they raise up against me, Their paths of calamity.

١٣ 13 أَفْسَدُوا سُبُلِي. أَعَانُوا عَلَى سُقُوطِي. لَا مُسَاعِدَ عَلَيْهِمْ.

They have broken down my path, They profit by my calamity: He has no helper.

١٤ 14 يَأْتُونَ كَصَدْعٍ عَرِيضٍ. تَحْتَ ٱلْهَدَّةِ يَتَدَحْرَجُونَ.

They come as a wide breach, Under the desolation have rolled themselves.

١٥ 15 اِنْقَلَبَتْ عَلَيَّ أَهْوَالٌ. طَرَدَتْ كَٱلرِّيحِ نِعْمَتِي، فَعَبَرَتْ كَٱلسَّحَابِ سَعَادَتِي.

He has turned terrors against me, It pursues my abundance as the wind, And as a thick cloud, My safety has passed away.

١٦ 16 «فَٱلْآنَ ٱنْهَالَتْ نَفْسِي عَلَيَّ، وَأَخَذَتْنِي أَيَّامُ ٱلْمَذَلَّةِ.

And now, in me my soul pours itself out, Days of affliction seize me.

١٧ 17 ٱللَّيْلَ يَنْخَرُ عِظَامِي فِيَّ، وَعَارِقِيَّ لَا تَهْجَعُ.

[At] night my bone has been pierced in me, And my gnawing [pain] does not lie down.

١٨ 18 بِكَثْرَةِ ٱلشِّدَّةِ تَنَكَّرَ لِبْسِي. مِثْلَ جَيْبِ قَمِيصِي حَزَمَتْنِي.

By the abundance of power, Is my clothing changed, As the mouth of my coat it girds me.

١٩ 19 قَدْ طَرَحَنِي فِي ٱلْوَحْلِ، فَأَشْبَهْتُ ٱلتُّرَابَ وَٱلرَّمَادَ.

Casting me into mire, And I have become like dust and ashes.

٢٠ 20 إِلَيْكَ أَصْرُخُ فَمَا تَسْتَجِيبُ لِي. أَقُومُ فَمَا تَنْتَبِهُ إِلَيَّ.

I cry to You, And You do not answer me, I have stood, and You consider me.

٢١ 21 تَحَوَّلْتَ إِلَى جَافٍ مِنْ نَحْوِي. بِقُدْرَةِ يَدِكَ تَضْطَهِدُنِي.

You are turned to be fierce to me, With the strength of Your hand, You oppress me.

٢٢ 22 حَمَلْتَنِي، أَرْكَبْتَنِي ٱلرِّيحَ وَذَوَّبْتَنِي تَشَوُّهًا.

You lift me up, You cause me to ride on the wind, And You melt—You level me.

٢٣ 23 لِأَنِّي أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ إِلَى ٱلْمَوْتِ تُعِيدُنِي، وَإِلَى بَيْتِ مِيعَادِ كُلِّ حَيٍّ.

For I have known You bring me back [to] death, And [to] the house appointed for all living.

٢٤ 24 وَلَكِنْ فِي ٱلْخَرَابِ أَلَا يَمُدُّ يَدًا؟ فِي ٱلْبَلِيَّةِ أَلَا يَسْتَغِيثُ عَلَيْهَا؟

Surely not against the heap Does He send forth the hand, Though they have safety in its ruin.

٢٥ 25 «أَلَمْ أَبْكِ لِمَنْ عَسَرَ يَوْمُهُ؟ أَلَمْ تَكْتَئِبْ نَفْسِي عَلَى ٱلْمِسْكِينِ؟

Did I not weep for him whose day is hard? My soul has grieved for the needy.

٢٦ 26 حِينَمَا تَرَجَّيْتُ ٱلْخَيْرَ جَاءَ ٱلشَّرُّ، وَٱنْتَظَرْتُ ٱلنُّورَ فَجَاءَ ٱلدُّجَى.

When I expected good, then comes evil, And I wait for light, and darkness comes.

٢٧ 27 أَمْعَائِي تَغْلِي وَلَا تَكُفُّ. تَقَدَّمَتْنِي أَيَّامُ ٱلْمَذَلَّةِ.

My bowels have boiled, and have not ceased, Days of affliction have gone before me.

٢٨ 28 اِسْوَدَدْتُ لَكِنْ بِلَا شَمْسٍ. قُمْتُ فِي ٱلْجَمَاعَةِ أَصْرُخُ.

I have gone mourning without the sun, I have risen, I cry in an assembly.

٢٩ 29 صِرْتُ أَخًا لِلذِّئَابِ، وَصَاحِبًا لِرِئَالِ ٱلنَّعَامِ.

I have been a brother to dragons, And a companion to daughters of the ostrich.

٣٠ 30 حَرِشَ جِلْدِي عَلَيَّ وَعِظَامِي ٱحْتَرَّتْ مِنَ ٱلْحَرَارَةِ فِيَّ.

My skin has been black on me, And my bone has burned from heat,

٣١ 31 صَارَ عُودِي لِلنَّوْحِ، وَمِزْمَارِي لِصَوْتِ ٱلْبَاكِينَ.

And my harp becomes mourning, And my pipe the sound of weeping.”