أَيُّوبَ 36

١ 1 وَعَادَ أَلِيهُو فَقَالَ:

Elihu also proceeded, and said:

٢ 2 «ٱصْبِرْ عَلَيَّ قَلِيلًا، فَأُبْدِيَ لَكَ أَنَّهُ بَعْدُ لِأَجْلِ ٱللهِ كَلَامٌ.

Suffer me a little, and I will tell thee; for there are yet words on God's behalf.

٣ 3 أَحْمِلُ مَعْرِفَتِي مِنْ بَعِيدٍ، وَأَنْسُبُ بِرًّا لِصَانِعِي.

I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

٤ 4 حَقًّا لَا يَكْذِبُ كَلَامِي. صَحِيحُ ٱلْمَعْرِفَةِ عِنْدَكَ.

For truly my words are not false; one that is upright in mind is with thee.

٥ 5 «هُوَذَا ٱللهُ عَزِيزٌ، وَلَكِنَّهُ لَا يَرْذُلُ أَحَدًا. عَزِيزُ قُدْرَةِ ٱلْقَلْبِ.

Behold, God is mighty, yet He despiseth not any; He is mighty in strength of understanding.

٦ 6 لَا يُحْيي ٱلشِّرِّيرَ، بَلْ يُجْرِي قَضَاءَ ٱلْبَائِسِينَ.

He preserveth not the life of the wicked; but giveth to the poor their right.

٧ 7 لَا يُحَوِّلُ عَيْنَيْهِ عَنِ ٱلْبَارِّ، بَلْ مَعَ ٱلْمُلُوكِ يُجْلِسُهُمْ عَلَى ٱلْكُرْسِيِّ أَبَدًا، فَيَرْتَفِعُونَ.

He withdraweth not His eyes from the righteous; but with kings upon the throne He setteth them for ever, and they are exalted.

٨ 8 إِنْ أُوثِقُوا بِٱلْقُيُودِ، إِنْ أُخِذُوا فِي حِبَالَةِ ٱلذِّلِّ،

And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;

٩ 9 فَيُظْهِرُ لَهُمْ أَفْعَالَهُمْ وَمَعَاصِيَهُمْ، لِأَنَّهُمْ تَجَبَّرُوا،

Then He declareth unto them their work, and their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.

١٠ 10 وَيَفْتَحُ آذَانَهُمْ لِلْإِنْذَارِ، وَيَأْمُرُ بِأَنْ يَرْجِعُوا عَنِ ٱلْإِثْمِ.

He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.

١١ 11 إِنْ سَمِعُوا وَأَطَاعُوا قَضَوْا أَيَّامَهُمْ بِٱلْخَيْرِ وَسِنِيهِمْ بِٱلنِّعَمِ.

If they hearken and serve Him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.

١٢ 12 وَإِنْ لَمْ يَسْمَعُوا، فَبِحَرْبَةِ ٱلْمَوْتِ يَزُولُونَ، وَيَمُوتُونَ بِعَدَمِ ٱلْمَعْرِفَةِ.

But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.

١٣ 13 أَمَّا فُجَّارُ ٱلْقَلْبِ فَيَذْخَرُونَ غَضَبًا. لَا يَسْتَغِيثُونَ إِذَا هُوَ قَيَّدَهُمْ.

But they that are godless in heart lay up anger; they cry not for help when He bindeth them.

١٤ 14 تَمُوتُ نَفْسُهُمْ فِي ٱلصِّبَا وَحَيَاتُهُمْ بَيْنَ ٱلْمَأْبُونِينَ.

Their soul perisheth in youth, and their life as that of the depraved.

١٥ 15 يُنَجِّي ٱلْبَائِسَ فِي ذِلِّهِ، وَيَفْتَحُ آذَانَهُمْ فِي ٱلضِّيقِ.

He delivereth the afflicted by His affliction, and openeth their ear by tribulation.

١٦ 16 «وَأَيْضًا يَقُودُكَ مِنْ وَجْهِ ٱلضِّيقِ إِلَى رَحْبٍ لَا حَصْرَ فِيهِ، وَيَمْلَأُ مَؤُونَةَ مَائِدَتِكَ دُهْنًا.

Yea, He hath allured thee out of distress into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which is set on thy table is full of fatness;

١٧ 17 حُجَّةَ ٱلشِّرِّيرِ أَكْمَلْتَ، فَٱلْحُجَّةُ وَٱلْقَضَاءُ يُمْسِكَانِكَ.

And thou art full of the judgment of the wicked; judgment and justice take hold on them.

١٨ 18 عِنْدَ غَضَبِهِ لَعَلَّهُ يَقُودُكَ بِصَفْقَةٍ. فَكَثْرَةُ ٱلْفِدْيَةِ لَا تَفُكُّكَ.

For beware of wrath, lest thou be led away by thy sufficiency; neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.

١٩ 19 هَلْ يَعْتَبِرُ غِنَاكَ؟ لَا ٱلتِّبْرَ وَلَا جَمِيعَ قُوَى ٱلثَّرْوَةِ!

Will thy riches avail, that are without stint, or all the forces of thy strength?

٢٠ 20 لَا تَشْتَاقُ إِلَى ٱللَّيْلِ ٱلَّذِي يَرْفَعُ شُعُوبًا مِنْ مَوَاضِعِهِمْ.

Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off in their place.

٢١ 21 اِحْذَرْ. لَا تَلْتَفِتْ إِلَى ٱلْإِثْمِ لِأَنَّكَ ٱخْتَرْتَ هَذَا عَلَى ٱلذِّلِّ.

Take heed, regard not iniquity; for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.

٢٢ 22 «هُوَذَا ٱللهُ يَتَعَالَى بِقُدْرَتِهِ. مَنْ مِثْلُهُ مُعَلِّمًا؟

Behold, God doeth loftily in His power; who is a teacher like Him?

٢٣ 23 مَنْ فَرَضَ عَلَيْهِ طَرِيقَهُ، أَوْ مَنْ يَقُولُ لَهُ: قَدْ فَعَلْتَ شَرًّا؟

Who hath enjoined Him His way? Or who hath said: 'Thou hast wrought unrighteousness'?

٢٤ 24 اُذْكُرْ أَنْ تُعَظِّمَ عَمَلَهُ ٱلَّذِي يُغَنِّي بِهِ ٱلنَّاسُ.

Remember that thou magnify His work, whereof men have sung.

٢٥ 25 كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ يُبْصِرُ بِهِ. ٱلنَّاسُ يَنْظُرُونَهُ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ.

All men have looked thereon; man beholdeth it afar off.

٢٦ 26 هُوَذَا ٱللهُ عَظِيمٌ وَلَا نَعْرِفُهُ وَعَدَدُ سِنِيهِ لَا يُفْحَصُ.

Behold, God is great, beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable.

٢٧ 27 لِأَنَّهُ يَجْذُبُ قِطَارَ ٱلْمَاءِ. تَسُحُّ مَطَرًا مِنْ ضَبَابِهَا

For He draweth away the drops of water, which distil rain from His vapour;

٢٨ 28 ٱلَّذِي تَهْطِلُهُ ٱلسُّحُبُ وَتَقْطُرُهُ عَلَى أُنَاسٍ كَثِيرِينَ.

Which the skies pour down and drop upon the multitudes of men.

٢٩ 29 فَهَلْ يُعَلِّلُ أَحَدٌ عَنْ شَقِّ ٱلْغَيْمِ أَوْ قَصِيفِ مِظَلَّتِهِ؟

Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, the crashings of His pavilion?

٣٠ 30 هُوَذَا بَسَطَ نُورَهُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ، ثُمَّ يَتَغَطَّى بِأُصُولِ ٱلْيَمِّ.

Behold, He spreadeth His light upon it; and He covereth the depths of the sea.

٣١ 31 لِأَنَّهُ بِهَذِهِ يَدِينُ ٱلشُّعُوبَ، وَيَرْزُقُ ٱلْقُوتَ بِكَثْرَةٍ.

For by these He judgeth the peoples; He giveth food in abundance.

٣٢ 32 يُغَطِّي كَفَّيْهِ بِٱلنُّورِ، وَيَأْمُرُهُ عَلَى ٱلْعَدُوِّ.

He covereth His hands with the lightning, and giveth it a charge that it strike the mark.

٣٣ 33 يُخْبِرُ بِهِ رَعْدُهُ، ٱلْمَوَاشِيَ أَيْضًا بِصُعُودِهِ.

The noise thereof telleth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the storm that cometh up.