أيُّوب 13

١ 1 هَذَا جَمِيعُهُ شَهِدَتْهُ عَيْنَايَ وَسَمِعَتْهُ أُذُنَايَ وَفَهِمَتْهُ،

“Behold, my eye has seen all this. My ear has heard and understood it.

٢ 2 وَأَنَا أَعْرِفُ مَا تَعْرِفُونَهُ أَيْضاً، إِذْ لَسْتُ أَقَلَّ مِنْكُمْ فِطْنَةً.

What you know, I know also. I am not inferior to you.

٣ 3 وَلَكِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُخَاطِبَ الْقَدِيرَ، وَأَوَدُّ أَنْ أُحَاجَّ اللهَ.

“Surely I would speak to the Almighty. I desire to reason with God.

٤ 4 أَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَمُنَافِقُونَ، وَكُلُّكُمْ أَطِبَّاءُ جَهَلَةٌ.

But you are forgers of lies. You are all physicians of no value.

٥ 5 لَيْتَكُمْ تَلْتَزِمُونَ الصَّمْتَ، فَيُحْسَبَ لَكُمْ ذَلِكَ حِكْمَةً.

Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise.

٦ 6 أَنْصِتُوا الآنَ إِلَى حُجَّتِي وَأَصْغُوا إِلَى دَعْوَى شَفَتَيَّ

Hear now my reasoning. Listen to the pleadings of my lips.

٧ 7 أَلإِرْضَاءِ اللهِ تَنْطِقُونَ بِالْكَذِبِ، وَهَلْ مِنْ أَجْلِهِ تَتَفَوَّهُونَ بِالْبُهْتَانِ؟

Will you speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for him?

٨ 8 أَتُحَابُونَ اللهَ أَمْ تُدَافِعُونَ عَنْهُ؟

Will you show partiality to him? Will you contend for God?

٩ 9 لَوْ فَحَصَكُمْ هَلْ يَجِدُ فِيكُمْ صَلاحاً؟ أَمْ تَخْدَعُونَهُ كَمَا تَخْدَعُونَ الْبَشَرَ؟

Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceives a man, will you deceive him?

١٠ 10 إِنَّهُ حَتْماً يُوَبِّخُكُمْ إِنْ حَابَيْتُمْ أَحَداً خُفْيَةً.

He will surely reprove you if you secretly show partiality.

١١ 11 أَوَلا يُرْهِبُكُمْ جَلالُهُ وَيَطْغَى عَلَيْكُمْ رُعْبُهُ؟

Won’t his majesty make you afraid and his dread fall on you?

١٢ 12 أَقْوَالُكُمْ أَمْثَالُ رَمَادٍ، وَحُصُونُكُمْ حُصُونٌ مِنْ طِينٍ.

Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes. Your defenses are defenses of clay.

١٣ 13 اسْكُتُوا عَنِّي فَأَتَكَلَّمَ، وَلْيَحُلَّ بِي مَا يَحُلُّ!

“Be silent! Leave me alone, that I may speak. Let come on me what will.

١٤ 14 لِمَاذَا أَنْهَشُ لَحْمِي بِأَسْنَانِي وَأَضَعُ نَفْسِي فِي كَفِّي؟

Why should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?

١٥ 15 فَهَا هُوَ حَتْماً يَقْضِي عَلَيَّ وَلا أَمَلَ لِي. وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ فَإِنِّي أَبْسُطُ حُجَّتِي لأُزَكِّيَ طَرِيقِي أَمَامَهُ.

Behold, he will kill me. I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him.

١٦ 16 لأَنَّ هَذَا سَبِيلُ خَلاصِي، إِذْ لَا يَمْثُلُ الْفَاجِرُ فِي حَضْرَتِهِ.

This also will be my salvation, that a godless man will not come before him.

١٧ 17 أَرْهِفُوا السَّمْعَ لأَقْوَالِي، وَلْتَحْتَفِظْ مَسَامِعُكُمْ بِكَلِمَاتِي،

Listen carefully to my speech. Let my declaration be in your ears.

١٨ 18 فَهَا أَنَا قَدْ أَحْسَنْتُ إِعْدَادَ الدَّعْوَى، وَلابُدَّ أَنْ أَتَبَرَّرَ.

See now, I have set my cause in order. I know that I am righteous.

١٩ 19 مَنِ الَّذِي يُحَاجُّنِي؟ عِنْدَئِذٍ أَصْمُتُ وَأَمُوتُ!

Who is he who will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the spirit.

٢٠ 20 أَمْرَيْنِ أَطْلُبُ إِلَيْكَ أَنْ لَا تَفْعَلَهُمَا بِي، حَتَّى لَا أَخْتَفِيَ مِنْ حَضْرَتِكَ:

“Only don’t do two things to me, then I will not hide myself from your face:

٢١ 21 ارْفَعْ يَدَيْكَ عَنِّي وَلا تَدَعْ هَيْبَتَكَ تُفْزِعُنِي،

withdraw your hand far from me, and don’t let your terror make me afraid.

٢٢ 22 ثُمَّ ادْعُ فَأُلَبِّيَ، أَوْدَعْنِي أَتَكَلَّمُ وَأَنْتَ تُجِيبُنِي.

Then call, and I will answer, or let me speak, and you answer me.

٢٣ 23 كَمْ هِيَ آثَامِي وَخَطَايَايَ؟ أَطْلِعْنِي عَلَى ذَنْبِي وَمَعْصِيَتِي.

How many are my iniquities and sins? Make me know my disobedience and my sin.

٢٤ 24 لِمَاذَا تَحْجُبُ وَجْهَكَ وَتُعَامِلُنِي مِثْلَ عَدُوٍّ لَكَ؟

Why do you hide your face, and consider me your enemy?

٢٥ 25 أَتُفْزِعُ وَرَقَةً مُتَطَايِرَةً وَتُطَارِدُ قَشّاً يَابِساً؟

Will you harass a driven leaf? Will you pursue the dry stubble?

٢٦ 26 فَأَنْتَ كَتَبْتَ عَلَيَّ أُمُوراً مُرَّةً، وَأَوْرَثْتَنِي آثَامَ صِبَايَ.

For you write bitter things against me, and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.

٢٧ 27 أَدْخَلْتَ رِجْلَيَّ فِي الْمِقْطَرَةِ، وَرَاقَبْتَ جَمِيعَ سُبُلِي، إِذْ خَطَّطْتَ عَلامَاتٍ عَلَى بَاطِنِ قَدَمَيَّ،

You also put my feet in the stocks, and mark all my paths. You set a bound to the soles of my feet,

٢٨ 28 فَأَنَا كَشَجَرَةٍ نَخَرَهَا السُّوسُ وَكَثَوْبٍ أَكَلَهُ الْعُثُّ.

though I am decaying like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.