أَيُّوبَ 34

١ 1 فَأَجَابَ أَلِيهُو وَقَالَ:

And Elihu answers and says:

٢ 2 «ٱسْمَعُوا أَقْوَالِي أَيُّهَا ٱلْحُكَمَاءُ، وَٱصْغَوْا لِي أَيُّهَا ٱلْعَارِفُونَ.

“Hear, O wise men, my words, And, O knowing ones, give ear to me.

٣ 3 لِأَنَّ ٱلْأُذُنَ تَمْتَحِنُ ٱلْأَقْوَالَ، كَمَا أَنَّ ٱلْحَنَكَ يَذُوقُ طَعَامًا.

For the ear tries words, And the palate tastes to eat.

٤ 4 لِنَمْتَحِنْ لِأَنْفُسِنَا ٱلْحَقَّ، وَنَعْرِفْ بَيْنَ أَنْفُسِنَا مَا هُوَ طَيِّبٌ.

Let us choose judgment for ourselves, Let us know among ourselves what [is] good.

٥ 5 «لِأَنَّ أَيُّوبَ قَالَ: تَبَرَّرْتُ، وَٱللهُ نَزَعَ حَقِّي.

For Job has said, I have been righteous, And God has turned aside my right,

٦ 6 عِنْدَ مُحَاكَمَتِي أُكَذَّبُ. جُرْحِي عَدِيمُ ٱلشِّفَاءِ مِنْ دُونِ ذَنْبٍ.

Against my right do I lie? My arrow [is] mortal—without transgression.

٧ 7 فَأَيُّ إِنْسَانٍ كَأَيُّوبَ يَشْرَبُ ٱلْهُزْءَ كَٱلْمَاءِ،

Who [is] a man like Job? He drinks scoffing like water,

٨ 8 وَيَسِيرُ مُتَّحِدًا مَعَ فَاعِلِي ٱلْإِثْمِ، وَذَاهِبًا مَعَ أَهْلِ ٱلشَّرِّ؟

And he has traveled for company With workers of iniquity, So as to go with men of wickedness.

٩ 9 لِأَنَّهُ قَالَ: لَا يَنْتَفِعُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ بِكَوْنِهِ مَرْضِيًّا عِنْدَ ٱللهِ.

For he has said, It does not profit a man When he delights himself with God.

١٠ 10 «لِأَجْلِ ذَلِكَ ٱسْمَعُوا لِي يَا ذَوِي ٱلْأَلْبَابِ. حَاشَا لِلهِ مِنَ ٱلشَّرِّ، وَلِلْقَدِيرِ مِنَ ٱلظُّلْمِ.

Therefore, O men of heart, listen to me; Far be it from God to do wickedness, And [from] the Mighty to do perverseness,

١١ 11 لِأَنَّهُ يُجَازِي ٱلْإِنْسَانَ عَلَى فِعْلِهِ، وَيُنِيلُ ٱلرَّجُلَ كَطَرِيقِهِ.

For He repays the work of man to him, And according to the path of each He causes him to find.

١٢ 12 فَحَقًّا إِنَّ ٱللهَ لَا يَفْعَلُ سُوءًا، وَٱلْقَدِيرَ لَا يُعَوِّجُ ٱلْقَضَاءَ.

Indeed, truly, God does not do wickedly, And the Mighty does not pervert judgment.

١٣ 13 مَنْ وَكَّلَهُ بِٱلْأَرْضِ، وَمَنْ صَنَعَ ٱلْمَسْكُونَةَ كُلَّهَا؟

Who has inspected for Himself the earth? And who has placed all the habitable world?

١٤ 14 إِنْ جَعَلَ عَلَيْهِ قَلْبَهُ، إِنْ جَمَعَ إِلَى نَفْسِهِ رُوحَهُ وَنَسَمَتَهُ،

If He sets His heart on him, [If] He gathers His Spirit and His breath to Himself,

١٥ 15 يُسَلِّمُ ٱلرُّوحَ كُلُّ بَشَرٍ جَمِيعًا، وَيَعُودُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ إِلَى ٱلتُّرَابِ.

All flesh expires together, And man returns to dust.

١٦ 16 فَإِنْ كَانَ لَكَ فَهْمٌ فَٱسْمَعْ هَذَا، وَٱصْغَ إِلَى صَوْتِ كَلِمَاتِي.

And if [there is] understanding, hear this, Give ear to the voice of my words.

١٧ 17 أَلَعَلَّ مَنْ يُبْغِضُ ٱلْحَقَّ يَتَسَلَّطُ، أَمِ ٱلْبَارَّ ٱلْكَبِيرَ تَسْتَذْنِبُ؟

Indeed, does one hating justice govern? Or do you condemn the Most Just?

١٨ 18 أَيُقَالُ لِلْمَلِكِ: يَا لَئِيمُ، وَلِلْنُدَبَاءِ: يَا أَشْرَارُ؟

Who has said to a king, Worthless, To princes, Wicked?

١٩ 19 ٱلَّذِي لَا يُحَابِي بِوُجُوهِ ٱلرُّؤَسَاءِ، وَلَا يَعْتَبِرُ مُوسَعًا دُونَ فَقِيرٍ. لِأَنَّهُمْ جَمِيعَهُمْ عَمَلُ يَدَيْهِ.

That has not accepted the person of princes, Nor has known the rich before the poor, For all of them [are] a work of His hands.

٢٠ 20 بَغْتَةً يَمُوتُونَ وَفِي نِصْفِ ٱللَّيْلِ. يَرْتَجُّ ٱلشَّعْبُ وَيَزُولُونَ، وَيُنْزَعُ ٱلْأَعِزَّاءُ لَا بِيَدٍ.

[In] a moment they die, And at midnight people shake, And they pass away, And they remove the mighty without hand.

٢١ 21 لِأَنَّ عَيْنَيْهِ عَلَى طُرُقِ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ، وَهُوَ يَرَى كُلَّ خَطَوَاتِهِ.

For His eyes [are] on the ways of each, And He sees all his steps.

٢٢ 22 لَا ظَلَامَ وَلَا ظِلَّ مَوْتٍ حَيْثُ تَخْتَفِي عُمَّالُ ٱلْإِثْمِ.

There is no darkness nor death-shade, For workers of iniquity to be hidden there;

٢٣ 23 لِأَنَّهُ لَا يُلَاحِظُ ٱلْإِنْسَانَ زَمَانًا لِلدُّخُولِ فِي ٱلْمُحَاكَمَةِ مَعَ ٱللهِ.

For He does not permit man anymore, To go to God in judgment,

٢٤ 24 يُحَطِّمُ ٱلْأَعِزَّاءَ مِنْ دُونِ فَحْصٍ، وَيُقِيمُ آخَرِينَ مَكَانَهُمْ.

He breaks the mighty—no searching! And He appoints others in their stead.

٢٥ 25 لَكِنَّهُ يَعْرِفُ أَعْمَالَهُمْ، وَيُقَلِّبُهُمْ لَيْلًا فَيَنْسَحِقُونَ.

Therefore He knows their works, And He has overturned by night, And they are bruised.

٢٦ 26 لِكَوْنِهِمْ أَشْرَارًا، يَصْفِقُهُمْ فِي مَرْأَى ٱلنَّاظِرِينَ.

As wicked He has struck them, In the place of beholders.

٢٧ 27 لِأَنَّهُمُ ٱنْصَرَفُوا مِنْ وَرَائِهِ، وَكُلُّ طُرُقِهِ لَمْ يَتَأَمَّلُوهَا،

Because that against right They have turned aside from after Him, And have considered none of His ways,

٢٨ 28 حَتَّى بَلَّغُوا إِلَيْهِ صُرَاخَ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ، فَسَمِعَ زَعْقَةَ ٱلْبَائِسِينَ.

To cause to come to Him The cry of the poor, And He hears the cry of the afflicted.

٢٩ 29 إِذَا هُوَ سَكَّنَ، فَمَنْ يَشْغَبُ؟ وَإِذَا حَجَبَ وَجْهَهُ، فَمَنْ يَرَاهُ سَوَاءٌ كَانَ عَلَى أُمَّةٍ أَوْ عَلَى إِنْسَانٍ؟

And He gives rest, and who makes wrong? And hides the face, and who beholds it? And in reference to a nation and to a man, [It is] the same.

٣٠ 30 حَتَّى لَا يَمْلِكَ ٱلْفَاجِرُ وَلَا يَكُونَ شَرَكًا لِلشَّعْبِ.

From the reigning of a profane man, From the snares of a people;

٣١ 31 «وَلَكِنْ هَلْ لِلهِ قَالَ: ٱحْتَمَلْتُ. لَا أَعُودُ أُفْسِدُ؟

For has any said to God: I have taken away, I do not do corruptly,

٣٢ 32 مَا لَمْ أُبْصِرْهُ فَأَرِنِيهِ أَنْتَ. إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ فَعَلْتُ إِثْمًا فَلَا أَعُودُ أَفْعَلُهُ.

Besides [that which] I see, You show me, If I have done iniquity—I do not add?

٣٣ 33 هَلْ كَرَأْيِكَ يُجَازِيهِ، قَائِلًا: لِأَنَّكَ رَفَضْتَ؟ فَأَنْتَ تَخْتَارُ لَا أَنَا، وَبِمَا تَعْرِفُهُ تَكَلَّمْ.

Does He repay by you, that you have refused—That you choose, and not I? And what you have known, speak.

٣٤ 34 ذَوُو ٱلْأَلْبَابِ يَقُولُونَ لِي، بَلِ ٱلرَّجُلُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلَّذِي يَسْمَعُنِي يَقُولُ:

Let men of heart say to me, And a wise man is listening to me:

٣٥ 35 إِنَّ أَيُّوبَ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِلَا مَعْرِفَةٍ، وَكَلَامُهُ لَيْسَ بِتَعَقُّلٍ.

Job—he does not speak with knowledge, And his words [are] not with wisdom.

٣٦ 36 فَلَيْتَ أَيُّوبَ كَانَ يُمْتَحَنُ إِلَى ٱلْغَايَةِ مِنْ أَجْلِ أَجْوِبَتِهِ كَأَهْلِ ٱلْإِثْمِ.

My Father! Let Job be tried—to victory, Because of answers for men of iniquity,

٣٧ 37 لَكِنَّهُ أَضَافَ إِلَى خَطِيَّتِهِ مَعْصِيَةً. يُصَفِّقُ بَيْنَنَا، وَيُكْثِرُ كَلَامَهُ عَلَى ٱللهِ».

For he adds to his sin, He vomits transgression among us, And multiplies his sayings to God.”