أَيُّوبَ 40

١ 1 فَأَجَابَ ٱلرَّبُّ أَيُّوبَ فَقَالَ:

And Jehovah doth answer Job, and saith: —

٢ 2 «هَلْ يُخَاصِمُ ٱلْقَدِيرَ مُوَبِّخُهُ، أَمِ ٱلْمُحَاجُّ ٱللهَ يُجَاوِبُهُ؟».

Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.

٣ 3 فَأَجَابَ أَيُّوبُ ٱلرَّبَّ وَقَالَ:

And Job answereth Jehovah, and saith: —

٤ 4 «هَا أَنَا حَقِيرٌ، فَمَاذَا أُجَاوِبُكَ؟ وَضَعْتُ يَدِي عَلَى فَمِي.

Lo, I have been vile, What do I return to Thee? My hand I have placed on my mouth.

٥ 5 مَرَّةً تَكَلَّمْتُ فَلَا أُجِيبُ، وَمَرَّتَيْنِ فَلَا أَزِيدُ».

Once I have spoken, and I answer not, And twice, and I add not.

٦ 6 فَأَجَابَ ٱلرَّبُّ أَيُّوبَ مِنَ ٱلْعَاصِفَةِ فَقَالَ:

And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: —

٧ 7 «ٱلْآنَ شُدَّ حَقْوَيْكَ كَرَجُلٍ. أَسْأَلُكَ فَتُعْلِمُنِي.

Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.

٨ 8 لَعَلَّكَ تُنَاقِضُ حُكْمِي، تَسْتَذْنِبُنِي لِكَيْ تَتَبَرَّرَ أَنْتَ؟

Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?

٩ 9 هَلْ لَكَ ذِرَاعٌ كَمَا لِلهِ، وَبِصَوْتٍ مِثْلِ صَوْتِهِ تُرْعِدُ؟

And an arm like God hast thou? And with a voice like Him dost thou thunder?

١٠ 10 تَزَيَّنِ ٱلْآنَ بِٱلْجَلَالِ وَٱلْعِزِّ، وَٱلْبَسِ ٱلْمَجْدَ وَٱلْبَهَاءَ.

Put on, I pray thee, excellency and loftiness, Yea, honour and beauty put on.

١١ 11 فَرِّقْ فَيْضَ غَضَبِكَ، وَٱنْظُرْ كُلَّ مُتَعَظِّمٍ وَٱخْفِضْهُ.

Scatter abroad the wrath of thine anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.

١٢ 12 اُنْظُرْ إِلَى كُلِّ مُتَعَظِّمٍ وَذَلِّلْهُ، وَدُسِ ٱلْأَشْرَارَ فِي مَكَانِهِمِ.

See every proud one — humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.

١٣ 13 ٱطْمِرْهُمْ فِي ٱلتُّرَابِ مَعًا، وَٱحْبِسْ وُجُوهَهُمْ فِي ٱلظَّلَامِ.

Hide them in the dust together, Their faces bind in secret.

١٤ 14 فَأَنَا أَيْضًا أَحْمَدُكَ لِأَنَّ يَمِينَكَ تُخَلِّصُكَ.

And even I — I do praise thee, For thy right hand giveth salvation to thee.

١٥ 15 «هُوَذَا بَهِيمُوثُ ٱلَّذِي صَنَعْتُهُ مَعَكَ يَأْكُلُ ٱلْعُشْبَ مِثْلَ ٱلْبَقَرِ.

Lo, I pray thee, Behemoth, that I made with thee: Grass as an ox he eateth.

١٦ 16 هَا هِيَ قُوَّتُهُ فِي مَتْنَيْهِ، وَشِدَّتُهُ فِي عَضَلِ بَطْنِهِ.

Lo, I pray thee, his power [is] in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly.

١٧ 17 يَخْفِضُ ذَنَبَهُ كَأَرْزَةٍ. عُرُوقُ فَخِذَيْهِ مَضْفُورَةٌ.

He doth bend his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,

١٨ 18 عِظَامُهُ أَنَابِيبُ نُحَاسٍ، جِرْمُهَا حَدِيدٌ مَمْطُولٌ.

His bones [are] tubes of brass, His bones [are] as a bar of iron.

١٩ 19 هُوَ أَوَّلُ أَعْمَالِ ٱللهِ. ٱلَّذِي صَنَعَهُ أَعْطَاهُ سَيْفَهُ.

He [is] a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker bringeth nigh his sword;

٢٠ 20 لِأَنَّ ٱلْجِبَالَ تُخْرِجُ لَهُ مَرْعًى، وَجَمِيعَ وُحُوشِ ٱلْبَرِّ تَلْعَبُ هُنَاكَ.

For food do mountains bear for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.

٢١ 21 تَحْتَ ٱلسِّدْرَاتِ يَضْطَجِعُ فِي سِتْرِ ٱلْقَصَبِ وَٱلْغَمِقَةِ.

Under shades he lieth down, In a secret place of reed and mire.

٢٢ 22 تُظَلِّلُهُ ٱلسِّدْرَاتُ بِظِلِّهَا. يُحِيطُ بِهِ صَفْصَافُ ٱلسَّوَاقِي.

Cover him do shades, [with] their shadow, Cover him do willows of the brook.

٢٣ 23 هُوَذَا ٱلنَّهْرُ يَفِيضُ فَلَا يَفِرُّ هُوَ. يَطْمَئِنُّ وَلَوِ ٱنْدَفَقَ ٱلْأُرْدُنُّ فِي فَمِهِ.

Lo, a flood oppresseth — he doth not haste, He is confident though Jordan Doth come forth unto his mouth.

٢٤ 24 هَلْ يُؤْخَذُ مِنْ أَمَامِهِ؟ هَلْ يُثْقَبُ أَنْفُهُ بِخِزَامَةٍ؟

Before his eyes doth [one] take him, With snares doth [one] pierce the nose?