أَيُّوبَ 31

١ 1 «عَهْدًا قَطَعْتُ لِعَيْنَيَّ، فَكَيْفَ أَتَطَلَّعُ فِي عَذْرَاءَ؟

I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then should I look with desire on a virgin?

٢ 2 وَمَا هِيَ قِسْمَةُ ٱللهِ مِنْ فَوْقُ، وَنَصِيبُ ٱلْقَدِيرِ مِنَ ٱلْأَعَالِي؟

For what is the portion from God above, the inheritance from the Almighty on high?

٣ 3 أَلَيْسَ ٱلْبَوَارُ لِعَامِلِ ٱلشَّرِّ، وَٱلنُّكْرُ لِفَاعِلِي ٱلْإِثْمِ؟

I used to think that calamity is for unrighteous people, and that disaster is for doers of wickedness.

٤ 4 أَلَيْسَ هُوَ يَنْظُرُ طُرُقِي، وَيُحْصِي جَمِيعَ خَطَوَاتِي؟

Does not God see my ways and count all my steps?

٥ 5 إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ سَلَكْتُ مَعَ ٱلْكَذِبِ، أَوْ أَسْرَعَتْ رِجْلِي إِلَى ٱلْغِشِّ،

If I have walked with falsehood, if my foot has hurried to deceit,

٦ 6 لِيَزِنِّي فِي مِيزَانِ ٱلْحَقِّ، فَيَعْرِفَ ٱللهُ كَمَالِي.

let me be weighed in an even balance so that God will know my integrity.

٧ 7 إِنْ حَادَتْ خَطَوَاتِي عَنِ ٱلطَّرِيقِ، وَذَهَبَ قَلْبِي وَرَاءَ عَيْنَيَّ، أَوْ لَصِقَ عَيْبٌ بِكَفِّي،

If my step has turned aside from the way, if my heart has gone after my eyes, if any spot has stuck to my hands,

٨ 8 أَزْرَعْ وَغَيْرِي يَأْكُلْ، وَفُرُوعِي تُسْتَأْصَلْ.

then let me sow, and let another eat, and let my crops be uprooted.

٩ 9 «إِنْ غَوِيَ قَلْبِي عَلَى ٱمْرَأَةٍ، أَوْ كَمَنْتُ عَلَى بَابِ قَرِيبِي،

If my heart has been deceived by a woman, if I have lain in wait at my neighbor's door,

١٠ 10 فَلْتَطْحَنِ ٱمْرَأَتِي لِآخَرَ، وَلْيَنْحَنِ عَلَيْهَا آخَرُونَ.

then let my wife grind grain for another, and let others bow down on her.

١١ 11 لِأَنَّ هَذِهِ رَذِيلَةٌ، وَهِيَ إِثْمٌ يُعْرَضُ لِلْقُضَاةِ.

For that would be a terrible crime; indeed, it would be a crime to be punished by judges.

١٢ 12 لِأَنَّهَا نَارٌ تَأْكُلُ حَتَّى إِلَى ٱلْهَلَاكِ، وَتَسْتَأْصِلُ كُلَّ مَحْصُولِي.

For that is a fire that consumes as far as Abaddon, and it would burn all my harvest to the root.

١٣ 13 «إِنْ كُنْتُ رَفَضْتُ حَقَّ عَبْدِي وَأَمَتِي فِي دَعْوَاهُمَا عَلَيَّ،

If I ignored the plea for justice from my male or female servant when they argued with me,

١٤ 14 فَمَاذَا كُنْتُ أَصْنَعُ حِينَ يَقُومُ ٱللهُ؟ وَإِذَا ٱفْتَقَدَ، فَبِمَاذَا أُجِيبُهُ؟

what then would I do when God rises up to accuse me? When he comes to judge me, how would I answer him?

١٥ 15 أَوَلَيْسَ صَانِعِي فِي ٱلْبَطْنِ صَانِعَهُ، وَقَدْ صَوَّرَنَا وَاحِدٌ فِي ٱلرَّحِمِ؟

Did the one who made me in the womb not make them also? Did not the same one mold us all in the womb?

١٦ 16 إِنْ كُنْتُ مَنَعْتُ ٱلْمَسَاكِينَ عَنْ مُرَادِهِمْ، أَوْ أَفْنَيْتُ عَيْنَيِ ٱلْأَرْمَلَةِ،

If I have withheld poor people from their desire, or if I have caused the eyes of the widow to grow dim from crying,

١٧ 17 أَوْ أَكَلْتُ لُقْمَتِي وَحْدِي فَمَا أَكَلَ مِنْهَا ٱلْيَتِيمُ.

or if I have eaten my morsel alone and not allowed those without fathers to eat it also—

١٨ 18 بَلْ مُنْذُ صِبَايَ كَبِرَ عِنْدِي كَأَبٍ، وَمِنْ بَطْنِ أُمِّي هَدَيْتُهَا.

because from my youth the orphan grew up with me as with a father, and I have guided his mother, a widow, from my own mother's womb.

١٩ 19 إِنْ كُنْتُ رَأَيْتُ هَالِكًا لِعَدَمِ ٱللِّبْسِ أَوْ فَقِيرًا بِلَا كِسْوَةٍ،

If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, or if I have seen that a needy man had no clothing;

٢٠ 20 إِنْ لَمْ تُبَارِكْنِي حَقَوَاهُ وَقَدِ ٱسْتَدْفَأَ بِجَزَّةِ غَنَمِي.

if his heart has not blessed me because he has not been warmed with the wool of my sheep,

٢١ 21 إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ هَزَزْتُ يَدِي عَلَى ٱلْيَتِيمِ لَمَّا رَأَيْتُ عَوْنِي فِي ٱلْبَابِ،

if I have lifted up my hand against fatherless people because I saw my support in the city gate, then bring charges against me!

٢٢ 22 فَلْتَسْقُطْ عَضُدِي مِنْ كَتِفِي، وَلْتَنْكَسِرْ ذِرَاعِي مِنْ قَصَبَتِهَا،

If I have done these things, then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade, and let my arm be broken from its joint.

٢٣ 23 لِأَنَّ ٱلْبَوَارَ مِنَ ٱللهِ رُعْبٌ عَلَيَّ، وَمِنْ جَلَالِهِ لَمْ أَسْتَطِعْ.

For I dreaded destruction from God; because of his majesty, I was not able to do those things.

٢٤ 24 «إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ جَعَلْتُ ٱلذَّهَبَ عَمْدَتِي، أَوْ قُلْتُ لِلْإِبْرِيزِ: أَنْتَ مُتَّكَلِي.

If I have made gold my hope, and if I have said to fine gold, 'You are what I am confident in';

٢٥ 25 إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ فَرِحْتُ إِذْ كَثُرَتْ ثَرْوَتِي وَلِأَنَّ يَدِي وَجَدَتْ كَثِيرًا.

if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, because my hand had gotten many possessions, then bring charges against me!

٢٦ 26 إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ نَظَرْتُ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِ حِينَ ضَاءَ، أَوْ إِلَى ٱلْقَمَرِ يَسِيرُ بِٱلْبَهَاءِ،

If I have seen the sun when it shone, or the moon walking in its brightness,

٢٧ 27 وَغَوِيَ قَلْبِي سِرًّا، وَلَثَمَ يَدِي فَمِي،

and if my heart has been secretly attracted, so that my mouth has kissed my hand in worship of them—

٢٨ 28 فَهَذَا أَيْضًا إِثْمٌ يُعْرَضُ لِلْقُضَاةِ، لِأَنِّي أَكُونُ قَدْ جَحَدْتُ ٱللهَ مِنْ فَوْقُ.

this also would be a crime to be punished by judges, for I would have denied the God who is above.

٢٩ 29 «إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ فَرِحْتُ بِبَلِيَّةِ مُبْغِضِي أَوْ شَمِتُّ حِينَ أَصَابَهُ سُوءٌ.

If I have rejoiced at the destruction of anyone who hated me or congratulated myself when disaster overtook him, then bring charges against me!

٣٠ 30 بَلْ لَمْ أَدَعْ حَنَكِي يُخْطِئُ فِي طَلَبِ نَفْسِهِ بِلَعْنَةٍ.

Indeed, I have not even allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse.

٣١ 31 إِنْ كَانَ أَهْلُ خَيْمَتِي لَمْ يَقُولُوا: مَنْ يَأْتِي بِأَحَدٍ لَمْ يَشْبَعْ مِنْ طَعَامِهِ؟

If the men of my tent have never said, 'Who can find one who has not been filled with Job's food?'

٣٢ 32 غَرِيبٌ لَمْ يَبِتْ فِي ٱلْخَارِجِ. فَتَحْتُ لِلْمُسَافِرِ أَبْوَابِي.

(even the foreigner has never had to stay in the city square, because I have always opened my doors to the traveler), and if that is not so, then bring charges against me!

٣٣ 33 إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ كَتَمْتُ كَٱلنَّاسِ ذَنْبِي لِإِخْفَاءِ إِثْمِي فِي حِضْنِي.

If, like mankind, I have hidden my sins by hiding my guilt inside my tunic

٣٤ 34 إِذْ رَهِبْتُ جُمْهُورًا غَفِيرًا، وَرَوَّعَتْنِي إِهَانَةُ ٱلْعَشَائِرِ، فَكَفَفْتُ وَلَمْ أَخْرُجْ مِنَ ٱلْبَابِ.

(because I feared the great multitude, because the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside), then bring charges against me!

٣٥ 35 مَنْ لِي بِمَنْ يَسْمَعُنِي؟ هُوَذَا إِمْضَائِي. لِيُجِبْنِي ٱلْقَدِيرُ. وَمَنْ لِي بِشَكْوَى كَتَبَهَا خَصْمِي،

Oh, if only I had someone to hear me! See, here is my signature; let the Almighty answer me! If only I had the indictment that my opponent has written!

٣٦ 36 فَكُنْتُ أَحْمِلُهَا عَلَى كَتِفِي. كُنْتُ أُعْصِبُهَا تَاجًا لِي.

Surely I would carry it openly on my shoulder; I would put it on like a crown.

٣٧ 37 كُنْتُ أُخْبِرُهُ بِعَدَدِ خَطَوَاتِي وَأَدْنُو مِنْهُ كَشَرِيفٍ.

I would declare to him an accounting for my steps; as a confident prince I would go up to him.

٣٨ 38 إِنْ كَانَتْ أَرْضِي قَدْ صَرَخَتْ عَلَيَّ وَتَبَاكَتْ أَتْلَامُهَا جَمِيعًا.

If my land ever cries out against me, and its furrows weep together,

٣٩ 39 إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ أَكَلْتُ غَلَّتَهَا بِلَا فِضَّةٍ، أَوْ أَطْفَأْتُ أَنْفُسَ أَصْحَابِهَا،

if I have eaten its harvest without paying for it or have caused its owners to lose their lives,

٤٠ 40 فَعِوَضَ ٱلْحِنْطَةِ لِيَنْبُتْ شَوْكٌ، وَبَدَلَ ٱلشَّعِيرِ زَوَانٌ». تَمَّتْ أَقْوَالُ أَيُّوبَ.

then let thorns grow instead of wheat and weeds instead of barley.” The words of Job are finished.