أيُّوب 14

١ 1 الإِنْسَانُ مَوْلُودُ الْمَرْأَةِ. قَصِيرُ الْعُمْرِ وَمُفْعَمٌ بِالشَّقَاءِ،

Man, born of woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.

٢ 2 يَتَفَتَّحُ كَالزَّهْرِ ثُمَّ يَنْتَثِرُ، وَيَتَوَارَى كَالشَّبَحِ فَلا يَبْقَى لَهُ أَثَرٌ.

He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; and he fleeth as a shadow, and continueth not.

٣ 3 أَعَلَى مِثْلِ هَذَا فَتَحْتَ عَيْنَيْكَ وَأَحْضَرْتَنِي لأَتَحَاجَّ مَعَكَ؟

Yet dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

٤ 4 مَنْ يَسْتَوْلِدُ الطَّاهِرَ مِنَ النَّجِسِ؟ لَا أَحَدٌ!

Who can bring a clean [man] out of the unclean? Not one!

٥ 5 فَإِنْ كَانَتْ أَيَّامُهُ مَحْدُودَةً، وَعَدَدُ أَشْهُرِهِ مَكْتُوباً لَدَيْكَ، وَعَيَّنْتَ أَجَلَهُ فَلا يَتَجَاوَزُهُ،

If his days are determined, if the number of his months is with thee, [and] thou hast appointed his bounds which he must not pass,

٦ 6 فَأَشِحْ بِوَجْهِكَ عَنْهُ وَدَعْهُ يَسْتَرِيحُ مُسْتَمْتِعاً، رَيْثَمَا يَنْتَهِي يَوْمُهُ، كَالأَجِيرِ.

Look away from him; and let him rest, till he accomplish, as a hireling, his day.

٧ 7 لأَنَّ لِلشَّجَرَةِ أَمَلاً، إِذَا قُطِعَتْ أَنْ تُفْرِخَ مِنْ جَدِيدٍ وَلا تَفْنَى بَرَاعِمُهَا.

For there is hope for a tree: if it be cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender branch will not cease;

٨ 8 حَتَّى لَوْ شَاخَتْ أُصُولُهَا فِي الأَرْضِ وَمَاتَ جِذْعُهَا فِي التُّرَابِ،

Though its root grow old in the earth, and its stock die in the ground,

٩ 9 فَإِنَّهَا حَالَما تَسْتَرْوِحُ الْمَاءَ تُفْرِخُ، وَتُنْبِتُ فُرُوعاً كَالْغَرْسِ.

Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a young plant.

١٠ 10 أَمَّا الإِنْسَانُ فَإِنَّهُ يَمُوتُ وَيَبْلَى، يَلْفِظُ آخِرَ أَنْفَاسِهِ، فَأَيْنَ هُوَ؟

But a man dieth, and is prostrate; yea, man expireth, and where is he?

١١ 11 كَمَا تَنْفَدُ الْمِيَاهُ مِنَ الْبُحَيْرَةِ، وَيَجِفُّ النَّهْرُ،

The waters recede from the lake, and the river wasteth and drieth up:

١٢ 12 هَكَذا يَرْقُدُ الإِنْسَانُ وَلا يَقُومُ، وَلا يَسْتَيْقِظُ مِنْ نَوْمِهِ إِلَى أنْ تَزُولَ السَّمَاوَاتُ.

So man lieth down, and riseth not again; till the heavens be no more, they do not awake, nor are raised out of their sleep.

١٣ 13 لَيْتَكَ تُوَارِينِي فِي عَالَمِ الأَمْوَاتِ، وَتُخْفِينِي إِلَى أَنْ يَعْبُرَ عَنِّي غَضَبُكَ، وَتُحَدِّدُ لِي أَجَلاً فَتَذْكُرَنِي. (Sheol h7585)

Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, that thou wouldest keep me secret until thine anger be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me, — (Sheol h7585)

١٤ 14 إِنْ مَاتَ رَجُلٌ أَفَيَحْيَا؟ إِذَنْ لَصَبِرْتُ كُلَّ أَيَّامِ مُكَابَدَتِي، رَيْثَمَا يَأْتِي زَمَنُ إِعْفَائِي.

(If a man die, shall he live [again]?) all the days of my time of toil would I wait, till my change should come:

١٥ 15 أَنْتَ تَدْعُو وَأَنَا أُجِيبُكَ. أَنْتَ تَتُوقُ إِلَى عَمَلِ يَدَيْكَ،

Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee; thou wouldest have a desire after the work of thy hands.

١٦ 16 حِينَئِذٍ تُحْصِي خَطْوَاتِي حَقّاً، وَلَكِنَّكَ لَا تُرَاقِبُ خَطِيئَتِي،

For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

١٧ 17 فَتَخْتِمُ مَعْصِيَتِي فِي صُرَّةٍ، وَتَسْتُرُ ذَنْبِي.

My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou heapest up mine iniquity.

١٨ 18 وَكَمَا يَتَفَتَّتُ الْجَبَلُ السَّاقِطُ، وَيَتَزَحْزَحُ الصَّخْرُ مِنْ مَوْضِعِهِ،

And indeed a mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of its place;

١٩ 19 وَكَمَا تُبْلِي الْمِيَاهُ الْحِجَارَةَ، وَتَجْرُفُ سُيُولُهَا تُرَابَ الأَرْضِ، هَكَذَا تُبِيدُ أَنْتَ رَجَاءَ الإِنْسَانِ.

The waters wear the stones, the floods thereof wash away the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.

٢٠ 20 تَقْهَرُهُ دَفْعَةً وَاحِدَةً فَيَتَلاشَى، وَتُغَيِّرُ مِنْ مَلامِحِهِ وَتَطْرُدُهُ.

Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth away; thou changest his countenance, and dismissest him.

٢١ 21 يُكْرَمُ أَبْنَاؤُهُ وَهُوَ لَا يَعْلَمُ، أَوْ يُذَلُّونَ وَلا يُدْرِكُ ذَلِكَ.

His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, and he perceiveth it not.

٢٢ 22 لَا يَشْعُرُ بِغَيْرِ آلامِ بَدَنِهِ، وَلا يَنُوحُ إِلّا عَلَى نَفْسِهِ».

But his flesh hath pain for himself alone, and his soul mourneth for himself.