أَيُّوبَ 5

١ 1 «اُدْعُ ٱلْآنَ. فَهَلْ لَكَ مِنْ مُجِيبٍ؟ وَإِلَى أَيِّ ٱلْقِدِّيسِينَ تَلْتَفِتُ؟

Call now, is there any who will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones will thou turn?

٢ 2 لِأَنَّ ٱلْغَيْظَ يَقْتُلُ ٱلْغَبِيَّ، وَٱلْغَيْرَةَ تُمِيتُ ٱلْأَحْمَقَ.

For vexation kills the foolish man, and jealousy slays the silly one.

٣ 3 إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ ٱلْغَبِيَّ يَتَأَصَّلُ وَبَغْتَةً لَعَنْتُ مَرْبِضَهُ.

I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

٤ 4 بَنُوهُ بَعِيدُونَ عَنِ ٱلْأَمْنِ، وَقَدْ تَحَطَّمُوا فِي ٱلْبَابِ وَلَا مُنْقِذَ.

His sons are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,

٥ 5 ٱلَّذِينَ يَأْكُلُ ٱلْجَوْعَانُ حَصِيدَهُمْ، وَيَأْخُذُهُ حَتَّى مِنَ ٱلشَّوْكِ، وَيَشْتَفُّ ٱلظَّمْآنُ ثَرْوَتَهُمْ.

whose harvest the hungry eat up, and takes it even out of the thorns, and the snare gapes for their substance.

٦ 6 إِنَّ ٱلْبَلِيَّةَ لَا تَخْرُجُ مِنَ ٱلتُّرَابِ، وَٱلشَّقَاوَةَ لَا تَنْبُتُ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ،

For affliction does not come forth from the dust, nor does trouble spring out of the ground,

٧ 7 وَلَكِنَّ ٱلْإِنْسَانَ مَوْلُودٌ لِلْمَشَقَّةِ كَمَا أَنَّ ٱلْجَوَارِحَ لِٱرْتِفَاعِ ٱلْجَنَاحِ.

but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

٨ 8 «لَكِنْ كُنْتُ أَطْلُبُ إِلَى ٱللهِ، وَعَلَى ٱللهِ أَجْعَلُ أَمْرِي.

But as for me, I would seek to God. And to God I would commit my cause,

٩ 9 ٱلْفَاعِلِ عَظَائِمَ لَا تُفْحَصُ وَعَجَائِبَ لَا تُعَدُّ.

who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number,

١٠ 10 ٱلْمُنْزِلِ مَطَرًا عَلَى وَجْهِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَٱلْمُرْسِلِ ٱلْمِيَاهَ عَلَى ٱلْبَرَارِيِّ.

who gives rain upon the earth, and sends waters upon the fields,

١١ 11 ٱلْجَاعِلِ ٱلْمُتَوَاضِعِينَ فِي ٱلْعُلَى، فَيَرْتَفِعُ ٱلْمَحْزُونُونَ إِلَى أَمْنٍ.

so that he sets up on high those who are low, and those who mourn are exalted to safety.

١٢ 12 ٱلْمُبْطِلِ أَفْكَارَ ٱلْمُحْتَالِينَ، فَلَا تُجْرِي أَيْدِيهِمْ قَصْدًا.

He frustrates the devices of the crafty so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

١٣ 13 ٱلْآخِذِ ٱلْحُكَمَاءَ بِحِيلَتِهِمْ، فَتَتَهَوَّرُ مَشُورَةُ ٱلْمَاكِرِينَ.

He takes the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.

١٤ 14 فِي ٱلنَّهَارِ يَصْدِمُونَ ظَلَامًا، وَيَتَلَمَّسُونَ فِي ٱلظَّهِيرَةِ كَمَا فِي ٱللَّيْلِ.

They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at noonday as in the night.

١٥ 15 ٱلْمُنَجِّيَ ٱلْبَائِسَ مِنَ ٱلسَّيْفِ، مِنْ فَمِهِمْ وَمِنْ يَدِ ٱلْقَوِيِّ.

But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.

١٦ 16 فَيَكُونُ لِلذَّلِيلِ رَجَاءٌ وَتَسُدُّ ٱلْخَطِيَّةُ فَاهَا.

So a poor man has hope, and iniquity stops her mouth.

١٧ 17 «هُوَذَا طُوبَى لِرَجُلٍ يُؤَدِّبُهُ ٱللهُ. فَلَا تَرْفُضْ تَأْدِيبَ ٱلْقَدِيرِ.

Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise thou the chastening of the Almighty.

١٨ 18 لِأَنَّهُ هُوَ يَجْرَحُ وَيَعْصِبُ. يَسْحَقُ وَيَدَاهُ تَشْفِيَانِ.

For he injures, and binds up. He wounds, and his hands make whole.

١٩ 19 فِي سِتِّ شَدَائِدَ يُنَجِّيكَ، وَفِي سَبْعٍ لَا يَمَسُّكَ سُوءٌ.

He will deliver thee in six troubles. Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

٢٠ 20 فِي ٱلْجُوعِ يَفْدِيكَ مِنَ ٱلْمَوْتِ، وَفِي ٱلْحَرْبِ مِنْ حَدِّ ٱلسَّيْفِ.

In famine he will redeem thee from death, and in war from the power of the sword.

٢١ 21 مِنْ سَوْطِ ٱللِّسَانِ تُخْتَبَأُ، فَلَا تَخَافُ مِنَ ٱلْخَرَابِ إِذَا جَاءَ.

Thou shall be hid from the scourge of the tongue. Neither shall thou be afraid of destruction when it comes.

٢٢ 22 تَضْحَكُ عَلَى ٱلْخَرَابِ وَٱلْمَحْلِ، وَلَا تَخْشَى وُحُوشَ ٱلْأَرْضِ.

At destruction and dearth thou shall laugh, nor shall thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

٢٣ 23 لِأَنَّهُ مَعَ حِجَارَةِ ٱلْحَقْلِ عَهْدُكَ، وَوُحُوشُ ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ تُسَالِمُكَ.

For thou shall be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

٢٤ 24 فَتَعْلَمُ أَنَّ خَيْمَتَكَ آمِنَةٌ، وَتَتَعَهَّدُ مَرْبِضَكَ وَلَا تَفْقِدُ شَيْئًا.

And thou shall know that thy tent is in peace, and thou shall visit thy fold, and shall miss nothing.

٢٥ 25 وَتَعْلَمُ أَنَّ زَرْعَكَ كَثِيرٌ وَذُرِّيَّتَكَ كَعُشْبِ ٱلْأَرْضِ.

Thou shall know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

٢٦ 26 تَدْخُلُ ٱلْمَدْفَنَ فِي شَيْخُوخَةٍ، كَرَفْعِ ٱلْكُدْسِ فِي أَوَانِهِ.

Thou shall come to thy grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.

٢٧ 27 هَا إِنَّ ذَا قَدْ بَحَثْنَا عَنْهُ. كَذَا هُوَ. فَٱسْمَعْهُ وَٱعْلَمْ أَنْتَ لِنَفْسِكَ».

Lo this, we have searched it, so it is. Hear it, and know thou it for thy good.