أَيُّوبَ 9

١ 1 فَأَجَابَ أَيُّوبُ وَقَالَ:

Then Job answered:

٢ 2 «صَحِيحٌ. قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّهُ كَذَا، فَكَيْفَ يَتَبَرَّرُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ عِنْدَ ٱللهِ؟

“Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?

٣ 3 إِنْ شَاءَ أَنْ يُحَاجَّهُ، لَا يُجِيبُهُ عَنْ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ أَلْفٍ.

If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.

٤ 4 هُوَ حَكِيمُ ٱلْقَلْبِ وَشَدِيدُ ٱلْقُوَّةِ. مَنْ تَصَلَّبَ عَلَيْهِ فَسَلِمَ؟

God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?

٥ 5 ٱلْمُزَحْزِحُ ٱلْجِبَالَ وَلَا تَعْلَمُ، ٱلَّذِي يَقْلِبُهَا فِي غَضَبِهِ.

He moves mountains without their knowledge and overturns them in His anger.

٦ 6 ٱلْمُزَعْزِعُ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِنْ مَقَرِّهَا، فَتَتَزَلْزَلُ أَعْمِدَتُهَا.

He shakes the earth from its place, so that its foundations tremble.

٧ 7 ٱلْآمِرُ ٱلشَّمْسَ فَلَا تُشْرِقُ، وَيَخْتِمُ عَلَى ٱلنُّجُومِ.

He commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars.

٨ 8 ٱلْبَاسِطُ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَحْدَهُ، وَٱلْمَاشِي عَلَى أَعَالِي ٱلْبَحْرِ.

He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.

٩ 9 صَانِعُ ٱلنَّعْشِ وَٱلْجَبَّارِ وَٱلثُّرَيَّا وَمَخَادِعِ ٱلْجَنُوبِ.

He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, of the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.

١٠ 10 فَاعِلُ عَظَائِمَ لَا تُفْحَصُ، وَعَجَائِبَ لَا تُعَدُّ.

He does great things beyond searching out, and wonders without number.

١١ 11 «هُوَذَا يَمُرُّ عَلَيَّ وَلَا أَرَاهُ، وَيَجْتَازُ فَلَا أَشْعُرُ بِهِ.

Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; were He to move, I would not recognize Him.

١٢ 12 إِذَا خَطَفَ فَمَنْ يَرُدُّهُ؟ وَمَنْ يَقُولُ لَهُ: مَاذَا تَفْعَلُ؟

If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him, ‘What are You doing?’

١٣ 13 ٱللهُ لَا يَرُدُّ غَضَبَهُ. يَنْحَنِي تَحْتَهُ أَعْوَانُ رَهَبَ.

God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him.

١٤ 14 كَمْ بِٱلْأَقَلِّ أَنَا أُجَاوِبُهُ وَأَخْتَارُ كَلَامِي مَعَهُ؟

How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him?

١٥ 15 لِأَنِّي وَإِنْ تَبَرَّرْتُ لَا أُجَاوِبُ، بَلْ أَسْتَرْحِمُ دَيَّانِي.

For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.

١٦ 16 لَوْ دَعَوْتُ فَٱسْتَجَابَ لِي، لَمَا آمَنْتُ بِأَنَّهُ سَمِعَ صَوْتِي.

If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.

١٧ 17 ذَاكَ ٱلَّذِي يَسْحَقُنِي بِٱلْعَاصِفَةِ، وَيُكْثِرُ جُرُوحِي بِلَا سَبَبٍ.

For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.

١٨ 18 لَا يَدَعُنِي آخُذُ نَفَسِي، وَلَكِنْ يُشْبِعُنِي مَرَائِرَ.

He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.

١٩ 19 إِنْ كَانَ مِنْ جِهَةِ قُوَّةِ ٱلْقَوِيِّ، يَقُولُ: هَأَنَذَا. وَإِنْ كَانَ مِنْ جِهَةِ ٱلْقَضَاءِ يَقُولُ: مَنْ يُحَاكِمُنِي؟

If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?

٢٠ 20 إِنْ تَبَرَّرْتُ يَحْكُمُ عَلَيَّ فَمِي، وَإِنْ كُنْتُ كَامِلًا يَسْتَذْنِبُنِي.

Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.

٢١ 21 «كَامِلٌ أَنَا. لَا أُبَالِي بِنَفْسِي. رَذَلْتُ حَيَاتِي.

Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.

٢٢ 22 هِيَ وَاحِدَةٌ. لِذَلِكَ قُلْتُ: إِنَّ ٱلْكَامِلَ وَٱلشِّرِّيرَ هُوَ يُفْنِيهِمَا.

It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’

٢٣ 23 إِذَا قَتَلَ ٱلسَّوْطُ بَغْتَةً، يَسْتَهْزِئُ بِتَجْرِبَةِ ٱلْأَبْرِيَاءِ.

When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.

٢٤ 24 ٱلْأَرْضُ مُسَلَّمَةٌ لِيَدِ ٱلشِّرِّيرِ. يُغَشِّي وُجُوهَ قُضَاتِهَا. وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ هُوَ، فَإِذًا مَنْ؟

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?

٢٥ 25 أَيَّامِي أَسْرَعُ مِنْ عَدَّاءٍ، تَفِرُّ وَلَا تَرَى خَيْرًا.

My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.

٢٦ 26 تَمُرُّ مَعَ سُفُنِ ٱلْبَرْدِيِّ. كَنَسْرٍ يَنْقَضُّ إِلَى قَنَصِهِ.

They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.

٢٧ 27 إِنْ قُلْتُ: أَنْسَى كُرْبَتِي، أُطْلِقُ وَجْهِي وَأَتَبَلَّجُ،

If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’

٢٨ 28 أَخَافُ مِنْ كُلِّ أَوْجَاعِي عَالِمًا أَنَّكَ لَا تُبَرِّئُنِي.

I would still dread all my sufferings; I know that You will not acquit me.

٢٩ 29 أَنَا مُسْتَذْنَبٌ، فَلِمَاذَا أَتْعَبُ عَبَثًا؟

Since I am already found guilty, why should I labor in vain?

٣٠ 30 وَلَوِ ٱغْتَسَلْتُ فِي ٱلثَّلْجِ، وَنَظَّفْتُ يَدَيَّ بِٱلْإِشْنَانِ،

If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,

٣١ 31 فَإِنَّكَ فِي ٱلنَّقْعِ تَغْمِسُنِي حَتَّى تَكْرَهَنِي ثِيَابِي.

then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.

٣٢ 32 لِأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ هُوَ إِنْسَانًا مِثْلِي فَأُجَاوِبَهُ، فَنَأْتِي جَمِيعًا إِلَى ٱلْمُحَاكَمَةِ.

For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.

٣٣ 33 لَيْسَ بَيْنَنَا مُصَالِحٌ يَضَعُ يَدَهُ عَلَى كِلَيْنَا.

Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.

٣٤ 34 لِيَرْفَعْ عَنِّي عَصَاهُ وَلَا يَبْغَتْنِي رُعْبُهُ.

Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me.

٣٥ 35 إِذًا أَتَكَلَّمُ وَلَا أَخَافُهُ، لِأَنِّي لَسْتُ هَكَذَا عِنْدَ نَفْسِي.

Then I would speak without fear of Him. But as it is, I am on my own.