أَيُّوبَ 36

١ 1 وَعَادَ أَلِيهُو فَقَالَ:

And Elihu adds and says:

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

“Honor me a little, and I show you, That yet for God [are] words.

٣ 3 أَحْمِلُ مَعْرِفَتِي مِنْ بَعِيدٍ، وَأَنْسُبُ بِرًّا لِصَانِعِي.

I lift up my knowledge from afar, And I ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

٤ 4 حَقًّا لَا يَكْذِبُ كَلَامِي. صَحِيحُ ٱلْمَعْرِفَةِ عِنْدَكَ.

For my words [are] truly not false, The perfect in knowledge [is] with you.

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

Behold, God [is] mighty, and does not despise, Mighty [in] power [and] heart.

٦ 6 لَا يُحْيي ٱلشِّرِّيرَ، بَلْ يُجْرِي قَضَاءَ ٱلْبَائِسِينَ.

He does not revive the wicked, And appoints the judgment of the poor;

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

He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous, And [from] kings on the throne, And causes them to sit forever, and they are high,

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

And if prisoners in chains They are captured with cords of affliction,

٩ 9 فَيُظْهِرُ لَهُمْ أَفْعَالَهُمْ وَمَعَاصِيَهُمْ، لِأَنَّهُمْ تَجَبَّرُوا،

Then He declares to them their work, And their transgressions, Because they have become mighty,

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

And He uncovers their ear for instruction, And commands that they turn back from iniquity.

١١ 11 إِنْ سَمِعُوا وَأَطَاعُوا قَضَوْا أَيَّامَهُمْ بِٱلْخَيْرِ وَسِنِيهِمْ بِٱلنِّعَمِ.

If they hear and serve, They complete their days in good, And their years in pleasantness.

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

And if they do not listen, They pass away by the dart, And expire without knowledge.

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

And the profane in heart set the face, They do not cry when He has bound them.

١٤ 14 تَمُوتُ نَفْسُهُمْ فِي ٱلصِّبَا وَحَيَاتُهُمْ بَيْنَ ٱلْمَأْبُونِينَ.

Their soul dies in youth, And their life among the defiled.

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

He draws out the afflicted in his affliction, And uncovers their ear in oppression.

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

And He also moved you from a narrow place [To] a broad place—no constriction under it, And the sitting beyond of your table has been full of fatness.

١٧ 17 حُجَّةَ ٱلشِّرِّيرِ أَكْمَلْتَ، فَٱلْحُجَّةُ وَٱلْقَضَاءُ يُمْسِكَانِكَ.

And you have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked, Judgment and justice are upheld because of fury,

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

Lest He move you with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement not turn you aside.

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

Does He value your riches? He has gold, and all the forces of power.

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

Do not desire the night, For the going up of peoples in their stead.

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

Take heed—do not turn to iniquity, For you have fixed on this Rather than [on] affliction.

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

Behold, God sits on high by His power, Who [is] like Him—a teacher?

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

Who has appointed to Him His way? And who said, You have done iniquity?

٢٤ 24 اُذْكُرْ أَنْ تُعَظِّمَ عَمَلَهُ ٱلَّذِي يُغَنِّي بِهِ ٱلنَّاسُ.

Remember that you magnify His work That men have beheld.

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

All men have looked on it, Man looks attentively from afar.

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

Behold, God [is] high, And we do not know the number of His years, Indeed, there [is] no searching.

٢٧ 27 لِأَنَّهُ يَجْذُبُ قِطَارَ ٱلْمَاءِ. تَسُحُّ مَطَرًا مِنْ ضَبَابِهَا

When He diminishes droppings of the waters, They refine rain according to its vapor,

٢٨ 28 ٱلَّذِي تَهْطِلُهُ ٱلسُّحُبُ وَتَقْطُرُهُ عَلَى أُنَاسٍ كَثِيرِينَ.

Which clouds drop, They distill on man abundantly.

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

Indeed, do [any] understand The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His dwelling place?

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

Behold, He has spread His light over it, And He has covered the roots of the sea,

٣١ 31 لِأَنَّهُ بِهَذِهِ يَدِينُ ٱلشُّعُوبَ، وَيَرْزُقُ ٱلْقُوتَ بِكَثْرَةٍ.

For He judges peoples by them, He gives food in abundance.

٣٢ 32 يُغَطِّي كَفَّيْهِ بِٱلنُّورِ، وَيَأْمُرُهُ عَلَى ٱلْعَدُوِّ.

By two palms He has covered the light, And lays a charge over it in meeting,

٣٣ 33 يُخْبِرُ بِهِ رَعْدُهُ، ٱلْمَوَاشِيَ أَيْضًا بِصُعُودِهِ.

His shout shows it, The livestock also, the rising [storm].”