أَيُّوبَ 35

١ 1 فَأَجَابَ أَلِيهُو وَقَالَ:

Moreover Elihu answered, and said,

٢ 2 «أَتَحْسِبُ هَذَا حَقًّا؟ قُلْتَ: أَنَا أَبَرُّ مِنَ ٱللهِ.

What is this thou think in judgment? Who are thou that thou said, I am righteousness before the Lord?

٣ 3 لِأَنَّكَ قُلْتَ: مَاذَا يُفِيدُكَ؟ بِمَاذَا أَنْتَفِعُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ خَطِيَّتِي؟

That thou said, What advantage will it be to thee? And, What profit shall I have more than if I had sinned?

٤ 4 أَنَا أَرُدُّ عَلَيْكَ كَلَامًا، وَعَلَى أَصْحَابِكَ مَعَكَ.

I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.

٥ 5 اُنْظُرْ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَأَبْصِرْ، وَلَاحِظِ ٱلْغَمَامَ. إِنَّهَا أَعْلَى مِنْكَ.

Look to the heavens, and see. And behold the skies, which are higher than thou.

٦ 6 إِنْ أَخْطَأْتَ فَمَاذَا فَعَلْتَ بِهِ؟ وَإِنْ كَثَّرْتَ مَعَاصِيَكَ فَمَاذَا عَمِلْتَ لَهُ؟

If thou have sinned, what do thou effect against him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what do thou to him?

٧ 7 إِنْ كُنْتَ بَارًّا فَمَاذَا أَعْطَيْتَهُ؟ أَوْ مَاذَا يَأْخُذُهُ مِنْ يَدِكَ؟

If thou be righteous, what do thou give him? Or what does he receive of thy hand?

٨ 8 لِرَجُلٍ مِثْلِكَ شَرُّكَ، وَلِٱبْنِ آدَمَ بِرُّكَ.

Thy wickedness is a man as thou are, and thy righteousness is a son of man.

٩ 9 «مِنْ كَثْرَةِ ٱلْمَظَالِمِ يَصْرُخُونَ. يَسْتَغِيثُونَ مِنْ ذِرَاعِ ٱلْأَعِزَّاءِ.

Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out. They cry for help because of the arm of the mighty.

١٠ 10 وَلَمْ يَقُولُوا: أَيْنَ ٱللهُ صَانِعِي، مُؤْتِي ٱلْأَغَانِيِّ فِي ٱللَّيْلِ،

But none says, Where is God my maker who gives songs in the night,

١١ 11 ٱلَّذِي يُعَلِّمُنَا أَكْثَرَ مِنْ وُحُوشِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَيَجْعَلُنَا أَحْكَمَ مِنْ طُيُورِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ؟

who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?

١٢ 12 ثَمَّ يَصْرُخُونَ مِنْ كِبْرِيَاءِ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ وَلَا يَسْتَجِيبُ.

There they cry, but none gives answer, because of the pride of evil men.

١٣ 13 وَلَكِنَّ ٱللهَ لَا يَسْمَعُ كَذِبًا، وَٱلْقَدِيرُ لَا يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ.

Surely God will not hear an empty cry, nor will the Almighty regard it.

١٤ 14 فَإِذَا قُلْتَ إِنَّكَ لَسْتَ تَرَاهُ، فَٱلدَّعْوَى قُدَّامَهُ، فَٱصْبِرْ لَهُ.

How much less when thou say thou do not behold him. The case is before him, and thou wait for him!

١٥ 15 وَأَمَّا ٱلْآنَ فَلِأَنَّ غَضَبَهُ لَا يُطَالِبُ، وَلَا يُبَالِي بِكَثْرَةِ ٱلزَّلَّاتِ،

But now, because he has not visited in his anger, nor does he greatly regard folly,

١٦ 16 فَغَرَ أَيُّوبُ فَاهُ بِٱلْبَاطِلِ، وَكَبَّرَ ٱلْكَلَامَ بِلَا مَعْرِفَةٍ».

so Job opens his mouth in vanity. He multiplies words without knowledge.