أَيُّوبَ 9
| فَأَجَابَ أَيُّوبُ وَقَالَ: | ١ 1 |
And Job answered, and said:
| «صَحِيحٌ. قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّهُ كَذَا، فَكَيْفَ يَتَبَرَّرُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ عِنْدَ ٱللهِ؟ | ٢ 2 |
Indeed I know it is so, and that man cannot be justified compared with God.
| إِنْ شَاءَ أَنْ يُحَاجَّهُ، لَا يُجِيبُهُ عَنْ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ أَلْفٍ. | ٣ 3 |
If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one for a thousand.
| هُوَ حَكِيمُ ٱلْقَلْبِ وَشَدِيدُ ٱلْقُوَّةِ. مَنْ تَصَلَّبَ عَلَيْهِ فَسَلِمَ؟ | ٤ 4 |
He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath resisted him, and hath had peace?
| ٱلْمُزَحْزِحُ ٱلْجِبَالَ وَلَا تَعْلَمُ، ٱلَّذِي يَقْلِبُهَا فِي غَضَبِهِ. | ٥ 5 |
Who hath removed mountains, and they whom he overthrew in his wrath, knew it not.
| ٱلْمُزَعْزِعُ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِنْ مَقَرِّهَا، فَتَتَزَلْزَلُ أَعْمِدَتُهَا. | ٦ 6 |
Who shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
| ٱلْآمِرُ ٱلشَّمْسَ فَلَا تُشْرِقُ، وَيَخْتِمُ عَلَى ٱلنُّجُومِ. | ٧ 7 |
Who commandeth tile sun and it riseth not: and shutteth up the stars as it were under a seal:
| ٱلْبَاسِطُ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَحْدَهُ، وَٱلْمَاشِي عَلَى أَعَالِي ٱلْبَحْرِ. | ٨ 8 |
Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and walketh upon the waves of the sea.
| صَانِعُ ٱلنَّعْشِ وَٱلْجَبَّارِ وَٱلثُّرَيَّا وَمَخَادِعِ ٱلْجَنُوبِ. | ٩ 9 |
Who maketh Arcturus, and Orion, and Hyades, and the inner parts of the south.
| فَاعِلُ عَظَائِمَ لَا تُفْحَصُ، وَعَجَائِبَ لَا تُعَدُّ. | ١٠ 10 |
Who doth things great and incomprehensible, and wonderful, of which there is no number.
| «هُوَذَا يَمُرُّ عَلَيَّ وَلَا أَرَاهُ، وَيَجْتَازُ فَلَا أَشْعُرُ بِهِ. | ١١ 11 |
If he come to me, I shall not see him: if he depart I shall not understand.
| إِذَا خَطَفَ فَمَنْ يَرُدُّهُ؟ وَمَنْ يَقُولُ لَهُ: مَاذَا تَفْعَلُ؟ | ١٢ 12 |
If he examine on a sudden, who shall answer him? or who can say: Why dost thou so?
| ٱللهُ لَا يَرُدُّ غَضَبَهُ. يَنْحَنِي تَحْتَهُ أَعْوَانُ رَهَبَ. | ١٣ 13 |
God, whose wrath no mall can resist, and under whom they stoop that bear up the world.
| كَمْ بِٱلْأَقَلِّ أَنَا أُجَاوِبُهُ وَأَخْتَارُ كَلَامِي مَعَهُ؟ | ١٤ 14 |
What am I then, that I should answer him, and have words with him?
| لِأَنِّي وَإِنْ تَبَرَّرْتُ لَا أُجَاوِبُ، بَلْ أَسْتَرْحِمُ دَيَّانِي. | ١٥ 15 |
I, who although I should have any just thing, would not answer, but would make supplication to my judge.
| لَوْ دَعَوْتُ فَٱسْتَجَابَ لِي، لَمَا آمَنْتُ بِأَنَّهُ سَمِعَ صَوْتِي. | ١٦ 16 |
And if he should hear me when I call, I should not believe that he had heard my voice.
| ذَاكَ ٱلَّذِي يَسْحَقُنِي بِٱلْعَاصِفَةِ، وَيُكْثِرُ جُرُوحِي بِلَا سَبَبٍ. | ١٧ 17 |
For he shall crush me in a whirlwind, and multiply my wounds even without cause.
| لَا يَدَعُنِي آخُذُ نَفَسِي، وَلَكِنْ يُشْبِعُنِي مَرَائِرَ. | ١٨ 18 |
He alloweth not my spirit to rest, and he filleth me with bitterness.
| إِنْ كَانَ مِنْ جِهَةِ قُوَّةِ ٱلْقَوِيِّ، يَقُولُ: هَأَنَذَا. وَإِنْ كَانَ مِنْ جِهَةِ ٱلْقَضَاءِ يَقُولُ: مَنْ يُحَاكِمُنِي؟ | ١٩ 19 |
If strength be demanded, he is most strong: if equity of judgment, no man dare bear witness for me.
| إِنْ تَبَرَّرْتُ يَحْكُمُ عَلَيَّ فَمِي، وَإِنْ كُنْتُ كَامِلًا يَسْتَذْنِبُنِي. | ٢٠ 20 |
If I would justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me: if I would shew myself innocent, he shall prove me wicked.
| «كَامِلٌ أَنَا. لَا أُبَالِي بِنَفْسِي. رَذَلْتُ حَيَاتِي. | ٢١ 21 |
Although I should be simple, even this my soul shall be ignorant of, and I shall be weary of my life.
| هِيَ وَاحِدَةٌ. لِذَلِكَ قُلْتُ: إِنَّ ٱلْكَامِلَ وَٱلشِّرِّيرَ هُوَ يُفْنِيهِمَا. | ٢٢ 22 |
One thing there is that I have spoken, both the innocent and the wicked he consumeth.
| إِذَا قَتَلَ ٱلسَّوْطُ بَغْتَةً، يَسْتَهْزِئُ بِتَجْرِبَةِ ٱلْأَبْرِيَاءِ. | ٢٣ 23 |
If he scourge, let him kill at once, and not laugh at the pains of the innocent.
| ٱلْأَرْضُ مُسَلَّمَةٌ لِيَدِ ٱلشِّرِّيرِ. يُغَشِّي وُجُوهَ قُضَاتِهَا. وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ هُوَ، فَإِذًا مَنْ؟ | ٢٤ 24 |
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked, he covereth the face of the judges thereof: and if it be not he, who is it then?
| أَيَّامِي أَسْرَعُ مِنْ عَدَّاءٍ، تَفِرُّ وَلَا تَرَى خَيْرًا. | ٢٥ 25 |
My days have been swifter than a post: they have fled away and have not seen good.
| تَمُرُّ مَعَ سُفُنِ ٱلْبَرْدِيِّ. كَنَسْرٍ يَنْقَضُّ إِلَى قَنَصِهِ. | ٢٦ 26 |
They have passed by as ships carrying fruits, as an eagle flying to the prey.
| إِنْ قُلْتُ: أَنْسَى كُرْبَتِي، أُطْلِقُ وَجْهِي وَأَتَبَلَّجُ، | ٢٧ 27 |
If I say: I will not speak so: I change my face, and am tormented with sorrow.
| أَخَافُ مِنْ كُلِّ أَوْجَاعِي عَالِمًا أَنَّكَ لَا تُبَرِّئُنِي. | ٢٨ 28 |
I feared all my works, knowing that thou didst not spare the offender.
| أَنَا مُسْتَذْنَبٌ، فَلِمَاذَا أَتْعَبُ عَبَثًا؟ | ٢٩ 29 |
But if so also I am wicked, why have I laboured in vain?
| وَلَوِ ٱغْتَسَلْتُ فِي ٱلثَّلْجِ، وَنَظَّفْتُ يَدَيَّ بِٱلْإِشْنَانِ، | ٣٠ 30 |
If I be washed as it were with snow waters, and my hands shall shine ever so clean:
| فَإِنَّكَ فِي ٱلنَّقْعِ تَغْمِسُنِي حَتَّى تَكْرَهَنِي ثِيَابِي. | ٣١ 31 |
Yet thou shalt plunge me in filth, and my garments shall abhor me,
| لِأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ هُوَ إِنْسَانًا مِثْلِي فَأُجَاوِبَهُ، فَنَأْتِي جَمِيعًا إِلَى ٱلْمُحَاكَمَةِ. | ٣٢ 32 |
For I shall not answer a man that is like myself: nor one that may be heard with me equally in judgment.
| لَيْسَ بَيْنَنَا مُصَالِحٌ يَضَعُ يَدَهُ عَلَى كِلَيْنَا. | ٣٣ 33 |
There is none that may be able to reprove both, and to put his hand between both.
| لِيَرْفَعْ عَنِّي عَصَاهُ وَلَا يَبْغَتْنِي رُعْبُهُ. | ٣٤ 34 |
Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me.
| إِذًا أَتَكَلَّمُ وَلَا أَخَافُهُ، لِأَنِّي لَسْتُ هَكَذَا عِنْدَ نَفْسِي. | ٣٥ 35 |
I will speak, and will not fear him: for I cannot answer while I am in fear.
