أيُّوب 19

١ 1 فَأَجَابَ أَيُّوبُ:

Then Job answered:

٢ 2 «حَتَّى مَتَى تُعَذِّبُونَ نَفْسِي وَتَسْحَقُونَنِي بِالْكَلامِ الْمُوْجِعِ؟

“How long will you torment me and crush me with your words?

٣ 3 فَهَذِهِ عَشَرُ مَرَّاتٍ انْهَلْتُمْ عَلَيَّ تَعْيِيراً، وَلَمْ تَخْجَلُوا مِنَ التَّنْدِيدِ بِي!

Ten times now you have reproached me; you shamelessly mistreat me.

٤ 4 فَإِنْ كُنْتُ حَقّاً قَدْ ضَلَلْتُ فَإِنَّ أَخْطَائِي هِيَ مِنْ شَأْنِي وَحْدِي.

Even if I have truly gone astray, my error concerns me alone.

٥ 5 وَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ حَقّاً تَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَلَيَّ وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مِنْ عَارِي بُرْهَاناً ضِدِّي،

If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my disgrace against me,

٦ 6 فَاعْلَمُوا إِذاً أَنَّ اللهَ هُوَ الَّذِي أَوْقَعَنِي فِي الْخَطَأِ وَأَلْقَى شِبَاكَهُ عَلَيَّ.

then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me.

٧ 7 هَا إِنِّي أَسْتَغِيثُ مِنَ الظُّلْمِ وَلا مُجِيبَ، وَأَهْتِفُ عَالِياً وَلَيْسَ مِنْ مُنْصِفٍ.

Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.

٨ 8 قَدْ سَيَّجَ عَلَى طَرِيقِي فَلا أَعْبُرُ، وَخَيَّمَ عَلَى سُبُلِي بِالظُّلُمَاتِ.

He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.

٩ 9 جَرَّدَنِي مِنْ مَجْدِي وَنَزَعَ تَاجِي عَنْ رَأْسِي.

He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.

١٠ 10 هَدَمَنِي مِنْ كُلِّ جِهَةٍ، فَتَلاشَيْتُ، وَاسْتَأْصَلَ مِثْلَ غَرْسٍ رَجَائِي.

He tears me down on every side until I am gone; He uproots my hope like a tree.

١١ 11 أَضْرَمَ عَلَيَّ غَضَبَهُ وَحَسِبَنِي مِنْ أَعْدَائِهِ.

His anger burns against me, and He counts me among His enemies.

١٢ 12 زَحَفَتْ قُوَّاتُهُ دَفْعَةً وَاحِدَةً لِيُمَهِّدُوا طَرِيقَ حِصَارٍ ضِدِّي، وَعَسْكَرُوا حَوْلَ خَيْمَتِي.

His troops advance together; they construct a ramp against me and encamp around my tent.

١٣ 13 أَبْعَدَ عَنِّي إِخْوَتِي، فَاعْتَزَلَ عَنِّي مَعَارِفِي.

He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.

١٤ 14 خَذَلَنِي ذَوُو قَرَابَتِي وَنَسِيَنِي أَصْدِقَائِي.

My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me.

١٥ 15 وَحَسِبَنِي ضُيُوفِي وَإِمَائِي غَرِيباً، أَصْبَحْتُ فِي أَعْيُنِهِمْ أَجْنَبِيًّا.

My guests and maidservants count me as a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight.

١٦ 16 أَدْعُو خَادِمِي فَلا يُجِيبُ، مَعَ أَنِّي تَوَسَّلْتُ إِلَيْهِ.

I call for my servant, but he does not answer, though I implore him with my own mouth.

١٧ 17 عَافَتْ زَوْجَتِي رَائِحَةَ أَنْفَاسِي الْخَبِيثَةَ، وَكَرِهَنِي إخْوَتِي فَابْتَعَدُوا عَنِّي.

My breath is repulsive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own family.

١٨ 18 حَتَّى الصِّبْيَانُ يَزْدَرُونَنِي. إذَا قُمْتُ يَسْخَرُونَ مِنِّي.

Even little boys scorn me; when I appear, they deride me.

١٩ 19 مَقَتَنِي أَصْدِقَائِي الْحَمِيمُونَ، وَالَّذِينَ أَحْبَبْتُهُمُ انْقَلَبُوا عَلَيَّ.

All my best friends despise me, and those I love have turned against me.

٢٠ 20 لَصِقَتْ عِظَامِي بِجِلْدِي وَلَحْمِي، وَنَجَوْتُ بِجِلْدِ أَسْنَانِي!

My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

٢١ 21 ارْفُقُوا بِي يَا أَصْدِقَائِي، لأَنَّ يَدَ الرَّبِّ قَدْ حَطَّمَتْنِي.

Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.

٢٢ 22 لِمَاذَا تُطَارِدُونَنِي كَمَا يُطَارِدُنِي اللهُ؟ أَلا تَشْبَعُونَ أَبَداً مِنْ لَحْمِي؟

Why do you persecute me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?

٢٣ 23 مَنْ لِي بِأَنْ تُدَوَّنَ أَقْوَالِي! يَا لَيْتَهَا تُسَجَّلُ فِي كِتَابٍ!

I wish that my words were recorded and inscribed in a book,

٢٤ 24 يَا لَيْتَهَا تُنْقَشُ بِقَلَمِ حَدِيدٍ وَبِرَصَاصٍ عَلَى صَخْرٍ إِلَى الأَبَدِ!

by an iron stylus on lead, or chiseled in stone forever.

٢٥ 25 أَمَّا أَنَا فَإِنِّي مُوْقِنٌ أَنَّ فَادِيَّ حَيٌّ، وَأَنَّهُ لابُدَّ فِي النِّهَايَةِ أَنْ يَقُومَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ.

But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.

٢٦ 26 وَبَعْدَ أَنْ يَفْنَى جِلْدِي، فَإِنِّي بِذَاتِي أُعَايِنُ اللهَ.

Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.

٢٧ 27 الَّذِي أُشَاهِدُهُ لِنَفْسِي فَتَنْظُرُهُ عَيْنَايَ وَلَيْسَ عَيْنَا آخَرَ، قَدْ فَنِيَتْ كُلْيَتَايَ شَوْقاً فِي دَاخِلِي.

I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me!

٢٨ 28 وَإِنْ قُلْتُمْ مَاذَا نَعْمَلُ لِنَضْطَهِدَهُ، لأَنَّ مَصْدَرَ الْمَتَاعِبِ كَامِنٌ فِيهِ؟

If you say, ‘Let us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him,’

٢٩ 29 فَاخْشَوْا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ مِنَ السَّيْفِ، لأَنَّ الْغَيْظَ يَجْلِبُ عِقَابَ السَّيْفِ، وَتَعْلَمُونَ آنَئِذٍ أَنَّ هُنَاكَ قَضَاءً».

then you should fear the sword yourselves, because wrath brings punishment by the sword, so that you may know there is a judgment.”