أيُّوب 12
| فَقَالَ أَيُّوبُ: | ١ 1 |
Then Job said [to his three friends],
| «صَحِيحٌ إِنَّكُمْ شَعْبٌ تَمُوتُ مَعَكُمُ الْحِكْمَةُ! | ٢ 2 |
“You (talk as though/You think) [SAR] that you are the people [whom everyone should listen to], and that when you die, there will be no more wise people.
| إِلّا أَنِّي ذُو فَهْمٍ مِثْلَكُمْ، وَلَسْتُ دُونَكُمْ مَعْرِفَةً، وَمَنْ هُوَ غَيْرُ مُلِمٍّ بِهَذِهِ الأُمُورِ؟ | ٣ 3 |
But I have as much good sense as you do; I am (not less wise than/certainly as wise as [LIT]) you. Certainly everyone knows [RHQ] all that you have said.
| لَقَدْ أَصْبَحْتُ مَثَارَ هُزْءٍ لأَصْدِقَائِي، أَنَا الَّذِي دَعَا اللهَ فَاسْتَجَابَ لِي. أَنَا الرَّجُلُ الْبَارُّ الْكَامِلُ قَدْ أَصْبَحْتُ مَثَارَ سُخْرِيَةٍ! | ٤ 4 |
My friends all laugh at me now. Previously I habitually requested God to help me, and he answered/helped me. I am righteous, a very godly man [DOU], but everyone laughs at me.
| يُضْمِرُ الْمُطْمَئِنُّ شَرّاً لِلْبَائِسِ الَّذِي تَزِلُّ بِهِ الْقَدَمُ، | ٥ 5 |
Those [like you] who have no troubles make fun of me; they cause those [like me] who are already suffering to have more troubles.
| بَيْنَمَا يَسُودُ السَّلامُ عَلَى اللُّصُوصِ، وَتُهَيْمِنُ الطُّمأْنِينَةُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ يَعْبُدُونَ أَصْنَاماً يَحْمِلُونَهَا عَلَى أَيْدِيهِمْ. | ٦ 6 |
Bandits live peacefully, and no one threatens those who cause God to become angry; their own strength is the god [that they worship].
| وَلَكِنِ اسْأَلِ البَهَائِمَ فَتُعَلِّمَكَ، وَطُيُورَ السَّمَاءِ فَتُخْبِرَكَ، | ٧ 7 |
“But ask the wild animals [what they know about God], and [if they could speak] they would teach you. [If you could] ask the birds, they would tell you.
| أَوْ خَاطِبِ الأَرْضَ فَتُعَرِّفَكَ وَسَمَكَ الْبَحْرِ فَيُنْبِئَكَ، | ٨ 8 |
[If you could] ask the creatures [that crawl] on the ground, or the fish in the sea, they would tell you [about God].
| أَيٌّ مِنْهَا لَا يَعْلَمُ أَنَّ يَدَ الرَّبِّ قَدْ صَنَعَتْ هَذَا؟ | ٩ 9 |
All of them certainly know [RHQ] that it is Yahweh who has made them with his hands.
| فَفِي يَدِهِ نَفَسُ كُلِّ حَيٍّ وَرُوحُ كُلِّ بَشَرٍ. | ١٠ 10 |
He directs the lives of all living creatures; he gives breath to all [us] humans [to enable us to remain alive].
| أَلَيْسَتِ الأُذُنُ تَمْتَحِنُ الْكَلامَ كَمَا يَتَذَوَّقُ اللِّسَانُ الطَّعَامَ؟ | ١١ 11 |
And when we [SYN] hear what other people [like you] say, we [RHQ] think carefully about what they say [to determine what is good and what is bad], like we [SYN] taste food [to determine what is good and what is bad].
| الْحِكْمَةُ تُلازِمُ الشَّيْخُوخَةَ، وفِي طُولِ الأَيَّامِ فَهْمٌ. | ١٢ 12 |
Old people are [often] very wise, and because of having lived many years, they understand much,
| الْحِكْمَةُ وَالْقُوَّةُ للهِ، وَلَهُ الْمَشُورَةُ وَالْفَهْمُ. | ١٣ 13 |
but God is wise and very powerful; he has good sense and understands [everything].
| وَمَا يَهْدِمُهُ لَا يُبْنَى، وَالْمَرْءُ الَّذِي يَأْسِرُهُ اللهُ لَا يُحَرِّرُهُ إِنْسَانٌ. | ١٤ 14 |
If he tears [something] down, no one can rebuild it; if he puts someone in prison, no one can open [the prison doors to allow that person to escape].
| إِنْ حَبَسَ الْمِيَاهَ تَجِفُّ الأَرْضُ، وَإِنْ أَطْلَقَهَا تُغْرِقُهَا. | ١٥ 15 |
When he prevents rain from falling, everything dries up. When he causes a lot of rain to fall, [the result is that] there are floods.
| لَهُ الْعِزَّةُ وَالْحِكْمَةُ. فِي يَدِهِ الْمُضِلُّ وَالْمُضَلُّ. | ١٦ 16 |
He is the one who is truly strong and wise; he rules over those who deceive others and those whom they deceive.
| يَأْسِرُ الْمُشِيرِينَ، وَيُحَمِّقُ فِطْنَةَ الْقُضَاةِ، | ١٧ 17 |
He [sometimes] causes [the king’s] officials to no longer be wise, and he causes judges to become foolish.
| يَفُكُّ مَنَاطِقَ الْمُلُوكِ وَيَشُدُّ أَحْقَاءَهُمْ بِوِثَاقٍ، | ١٨ 18 |
He takes from kings the robes that they wear and puts loincloths around their waists, [causing them to become slaves].
| يَأْسِرُ الْكَهَنَةَ وَيُطِيحُ بِالأَقْوِيَاءِ، | ١٩ 19 |
He takes from priests the sacred clothes that they wear, [with the result that they no longer can do their work], and takes power from those who rule others.
| يَحْرِمُ الأُمَنَاءَ مِنَ الْكَلامِ وَيُبْطِلُ فِطْنَةَ الشُّيُوخِ، | ٢٠ 20 |
He [sometimes] causes those whom others trust to be unable to speak, and he causes old men to no longer have good sense.
| يُصِيبُ الشُّرَفَاءَ بِالْهَوَانِ، وَيُرْخِي مِنْطَقَةَ الْقَوِيِّ، | ٢١ 21 |
He causes those who have authority to be despised, and he causes those who are powerful to no longer have any power/strength.
| يَكْشِفُ الأَغْوَارَ فِي الظَّلامِ، وَيُبْرِزُ الظُّلُمَاتِ الْمُتَكَاثِفَةَ إِلَى النُّورِ، | ٢٢ 22 |
He causes things that are hidden in the darkness to be revealed.
| يُعَظِّمُ الأُمَمَ ثُمَّ يُبِيدُهَا، وَيُوَسِّعُ تُخُومَهَا ثُمَّ يُشَتِّتُهَا، | ٢٣ 23 |
He causes some nations to become very great, and [later] he destroys them; he causes the territory of some nations to become much larger, and [later] he causes them to be defeated and their people to be scattered.
| يَنْزِعُ الْفَهْمَ مِنْ عُقُولِ رُؤَسَاءِ شَعْبِ الأَرْضِ، ثُمَّ يُضِلُّهُمْ فِي قَفْرٍ بِلا طَرِيقٍ، | ٢٤ 24 |
He causes [some] rulers to become foolish/stupid, and then he causes them to wander around, lost, in an barren desert.
| فَيَتَحَسَّسُونَ سَبِيلَهُمْ فِي الظَّلامِ وَلَيْسَ نُورٌ، وَيُرَنِّحُهُمْ كَالسُّكَارَى. | ٢٥ 25 |
They grope around in the darkness, without any light, and he causes them to stagger like [SIM] people who are drunk.”
