أَيُّوبَ 33

١ 1 «وَلَكِنِ ٱسْمَعِ ٱلْآنَ يَا أَيُّوبُ أَقْوَالِي، وَٱصْغَ إِلَى كُلِّ كَلَامِي.

“And yet, please, O Job, Hear my speech and give ear [to] all my words.

٢ 2 هَأَنَذَا قَدْ فَتَحْتُ فَمِي. لِسَانِي نَطَقَ فِي حَنَكِي.

Now behold, I have opened my mouth, My tongue has spoken in the palate.

٣ 3 اِسْتِقَامَةُ قَلْبِي كَلَامِي، وَمَعْرِفَةُ شَفَتَيَّ هُمَا تَنْطِقَانِ بِهَا خَالِصَةً.

Of the uprightness of my heart [are] my sayings, And my lips have clearly spoken knowledge.

٤ 4 رُوحُ ٱللهِ صَنَعَنِي وَنَسَمَةُ ٱلْقَدِيرِ أَحْيَتْنِي.

The Spirit of God has made me, And the breath of the Mighty quickens me.

٥ 5 إِنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتَ فَأَجِبْنِي. أَحْسِنِ ٱلدَّعْوَى أَمَامِي. اِنْتَصِبْ.

If you are able—answer me, Set in array before me—station yourself.

٦ 6 هَأَنَذَا حَسَبَ قَوْلِكَ عِوَضًا عَنِ ٱللهِ. أَنَا أَيْضًا مِنَ ٱلطِّينِ تَقَرَّصْتُ.

Behold, I [am], according to your word, for God, I have also been formed from the clay.

٧ 7 هُوَذَا هَيْبَتِي لَا تُرْهِبُكَ وَجَلَالِي لَا يَثْقُلُ عَلَيْكَ.

Behold, my terror does not frighten you, And my burden on you is not heavy.

٨ 8 «إِنَّكَ قد قُلْتَ في مَسَامِعِي، وَصَوْتَ أَقْوَالِكَ سَمِعْتُ.

Surely you have spoken in my ears, And the sounds of words I hear:

٩ 9 قُلْتَ: أَنَا بَرِيءٌ بِلَا ذَنْبٍ. زَكِيٌّ أَنَا وَلَا إِثْمَ لِي.

I [am] pure, without transgression, I [am] innocent, and I have no iniquity.

١٠ 10 هُوَذَا يَطْلُبُ عَلَيَّ عِلَلَ عَدَاوَةٍ. يَحْسِبُنِي عَدُوًّا لَهُ.

Behold, He develops hindrances against me, He reckons me for an enemy to Him,

١١ 11 وَضَعَ رِجْلَيَّ فِي ٱلْمِقْطَرَةِ. يُرَاقِبُ كُلَّ طُرُقِي.

He puts my feet in the stocks, He watches all my paths.

١٢ 12 «هَا إِنَّكَ فِي هَذَا لَمْ تُصِبْ. أَنَا أُجِيبُكَ، لِأَنَّ ٱللهَ أَعْظَمُ مِنَ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ.

Behold, you have not been righteous [in] this, I answer you, that God is greater than man.

١٣ 13 لِمَاذَا تُخَاصِمُهُ؟ لِأَنَّ كُلَّ أُمُورِهِ لَا يُجَاوِبُ عَنْهَا.

Why have you striven against Him, When [for] all His matters He does not answer?

١٤ 14 لَكِنَّ ٱللهَ يَتَكَلَّمُ مَرَّةً، وَبِٱثْنَتَيْنِ لَا يُلَاحِظُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ.

For once God speaks, and twice (he does not behold it),

١٥ 15 فِي حُلْمٍ فِي رُؤْيَا ٱللَّيْلِ، عِنْدَ سُقُوطِ سُبَاتٍ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ، فِي ٱلنُّعَاسِ عَلَى ٱلْمَضْجَعِ.

In a dream—a vision of night, In the falling of deep sleep on men, In slumberings on a bed.

١٦ 16 حِينَئِذٍ يَكْشِفُ آذَانَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَيَخْتِمُ عَلَى تَأْدِيبِهِمْ،

Then He uncovers the ear of men, And seals for their instruction,

١٧ 17 لِيُحَوِّلَ ٱلْإِنْسَانَ عَنْ عَمَلِهِ، وَيَكْتُمَ ٱلْكِبْرِيَاءَ عَنِ ٱلرَّجُلِ،

To turn aside man [from] doing, And He conceals pride from man.

١٨ 18 لِيَمْنَعَ نَفْسَهُ عَنِ ٱلْحُفْرَةِ وَحَيَاتَهُ مِنَ ٱلزَّوَالِ بِحَرْبَةِ ٱلْمَوْتِ.

He keeps back his soul from corruption, And his life from passing away by a dart.

١٩ 19 أَيْضًا يُؤَدَّبُ بِٱلْوَجَعِ عَلَى مَضْجَعِهِ، وَمُخَاصَمَةُ عِظَامِهِ دَائِمَةٌ،

And he has been reproved With pain on his bed, And the strife of his bones [is] enduring.

٢٠ 20 فَتَكْرَهُ حَيَاتُهُ خُبْزًا، وَنَفْسُهُ ٱلطَّعَامَ ٱلشَّهِيَّ.

And his life has nauseated bread, And his soul desirable food.

٢١ 21 فَيَبْلَى لَحْمُهُ عَنِ ٱلْعِيَانِ، وَتَنْبَرِي عِظَامُهُ فَلَا تُرَى،

His flesh is consumed from being seen, And his bones are high, they were not seen!

٢٢ 22 وَتَقْرُبُ نَفْسُهُ إِلَى ٱلْقَبْرِ، وَحَيَاتُهُ إِلَى ٱلْمُمِيتِينَ.

And his soul draws near to the pit, And his life to those causing death.

٢٣ 23 إِنْ وُجِدَ عِنْدَهُ مُرْسَلٌ، وَسِيطٌ وَاحِدٌ مِنْ أَلْفٍ لِيُعْلِنَ لِلْإِنْسَانِ ٱسْتِقَامَتَهُ،

If there is a messenger by him, An interpreter—one of a thousand, To declare for man his uprightness,

٢٤ 24 يَتَرَاَءَفُ عَلَيْهِ وَيَقُولُ: أُطْلِقُهُ عَنِ ٱلْهُبُوطِ إِلَى ٱلْحُفْرَةِ، قَدْ وَجَدْتُ فِدْيَةً.

Then He favors him and says, Ransom him from going down to the pit, I have found an atonement.

٢٥ 25 يَصِيرُ لَحْمُهُ أَغَضَّ مِنْ لَحْمِ ٱلصَّبِيِّ، وَيَعُودُ إِلَى أَيَّامِ شَبَابِهِ.

Fresher [is] his flesh than a child’s, He returns to the days of his youth.

٢٦ 26 يُصَلِّي إِلَى ٱللهِ فَيَرْضَى عَنْهُ، وَيُعَايِنُ وَجْهَهُ بِهُتَافٍ فَيَرُدُّ عَلَى ٱلْإِنْسَانِ بِرَّهُ.

He makes supplication to God, And He accepts him. And he sees His face with shouting, And He returns to man His righteousness.

٢٧ 27 يُغَنِّي بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ فَيَقُولُ: قَدْ أَخْطَأْتُ، وَعَوَّجْتُ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ، وَلَمْ أُجَازَ عَلَيْهِ.

[Then] he looks on men and says, I sinned, and I have perverted uprightness, And it has not been profitable to me.

٢٨ 28 فَدَى نَفْسِي مِنَ ٱلْعُبُورِ إِلَى ٱلْحُفْرَةِ، فَتَرَى حَيَاتِيَ ٱلنُّورَ.

He has ransomed my soul From going over into the pit, And my life looks on the light.

٢٩ 29 «هُوَذَا كُلُّ هَذِهِ يَفْعَلُهَا ٱللهُ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَثَلَاثًا بِٱلْإِنْسَانِ،

Behold, God works all these, Twice, [even] three times with man,

٣٠ 30 لِيَرُدَّ نَفْسَهُ مِنَ ٱلْحُفْرَةِ، لِيَسْتَنِيرَ بِنُورِ ٱلْأَحْيَاءِ.

To bring back his soul from the pit, To be enlightened with the light of the living.

٣١ 31 فَٱصْغَ يَا أَيُّوبُ وَٱسْتَمِعْ لِي. اُنْصُتْ فَأَنَا أَتَكَلَّمُ.

Attend, O Job, listen to me, Keep silent, and I speak.

٣٢ 32 إِنْ كَانَ عِنْدَكَ كَلَامٌ فَأَجِبْنِي. تَكَلَّمْ. فَإِنِّي أُرِيدُ تَبْرِيرَكَ.

If there are words—answer me, Speak, for I have a desire to justify you.

٣٣ 33 وَإِلَّا فَٱسْتَمِعْ أَنْتَ لِي. اُنْصُتْ فَأُعَلِّمَكَ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ».

If there are not—listen to me, Keep silent, and I teach you wisdom.”