أيُّوب 21

١ 1 أَيُّوبُ:

Then Job answered, and said,

٢ 2 «اسْتَمِعُوا سَمْعاً إِلَى أَقْوَالِي، وَلْتَكُنْ لِي هَذِهِ تَعْزِيَةً مِنْكُمْ.

Hear diligently my speech, And let this be your consolations.

٣ 3 احْتَمِلُونِي فَأَتَكَلَّمَ، ثُمَّ اسْخَرُوا مِنِّي.

Allow me, and I also will speak, and after I have spoken, mock on.

٤ 4 هَلْ شَكْوَايَ هِيَ ضِدُّ إِنْسَانٍ؟ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ، فَلِمَاذَا لَا أَكُونُ ضَيِّقَ الْخُلُقِ؟

As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient?

٥ 5 تَفَرَّسُوا فِيَّ وَانْدَهِشُوا، وَضَعُوا أَيْدِيَكُمْ عَلَى أَفْوَاهِكُمْ.

Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.

٦ 6 عِنْدَمَا أُفَكِّرُ فِي الأَمْرِ أَرْتَاعُ، وَتَعْتَرِي جَسَدِي رِعْدَةٌ.

Even when I remember, I am troubled, and horror takes hold on my flesh.

٧ 7 لِمَاذَا يَحْيَا الأَشْرَارُ وَيَطْعَنُونَ فِي السِّنِّ وَيَزْدَادُونَ قُوَّةً؟

Why do the wicked live, become old, yea, grow mighty in power?

٨ 8 ذُرِّيَّتُهُمْ تَتَأَصَّلُ أَمَامَهُمْ، وَنَسْلُهُمْ يَتَكَاثَرُونَ فِي أَثْنَاءِ حَيَاتِهِمْ.

Their seed is established with them in their sight, and their offspring before their eyes.

٩ 9 بُيُوتُهُمْ آمِنَةٌ مِنَ الْمَخَاوِفِ، وَعَصَا اللهِ لَا تَنْزِلُ عَلَيْهِمْ.

Their houses are safe from fear, nor is the rod of God upon them.

١٠ 10 ثَوْرُهُمْ يُلْقِحُ وَلا يُخْفِقُ، وَبَقَرَتُهُمْ تَلِدُ وَلا تُسْقِطُ.

Their bull breeds, and does not fail. Their cow brings forth safely, and does not miscarry.

١١ 11 يُسْرِحُونَ صِبْيَانَهُمْ كَسِرْبٍ، وَأَطْفَالُهُمْ يَرْقُصُونَ.

They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.

١٢ 12 يُغَنُّونَ بِالدُّفِّ وَالْعُودِ وَيَطْرَبُونَ لِصَوْتِ الْمِزْمَارِ،

They sing to the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

١٣ 13 يَقْضُونَ أَيَّامَهُمْ فِي الرَّغْدِ، ثُمَّ فِي لَحْظَةٍ يَهْبِطُونَ إِلَى الْهَاوِيَةِ. (Sheol h7585)

They spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment they go down to Sheol. (Sheol h7585)

١٤ 14 يَقُولُونَ لِلرَّبِّ: فَارِقْنَا فَإِنَّنَا لَا نَعْبَأُ بِمَعْرِفَةِ طُرُقِكَ.

And they say to God, Depart from us, for we do not desire the knowledge of thy ways.

١٥ 15 مَنْ هُوَ الْقَدِيرُ حَتَّى نَعْبُدَهُ؟ وَأَيُّ كَسْبٍ نَجْنِيهِ إِنْ صَلَّيْنَا إِلَيْهِ؟

What is the Almighty that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray to him?

١٦ 16 وَلَكِنَّ فَلاحَهُمْ لَيْسَ فِي أَيْدِيهِمْ، لِذَلِكَ تَظَلُّ مَشُورَةُ الأَشْرَارِ بَعِيدَةً عَنِّي.

Lo, is their prosperity not in their hand. (The counsel of the wicked is far from me.)

١٧ 17 كَمْ مَرَّةٍ يَنْطَفِئُ مِصْبَاحُ الأَشْرَارِ؟ وَكَمْ مَرَّةٍ تَتَوَالَى عَلَيْهِمِ النَّكَبَاتُ، إِذْ يَقْسِمُ اللهُ لَهُمْ نَصِيباً فِي غَضَبِهِ؟

How often is it that the lamp of the profane is put out, that their calamity comes upon them, that God distributes sorrows in his anger,

١٨ 18 يُصْبِحُونَ كَالتِّبْنِ فِي وَجْهِ الرِّيحِ، وَكَالْعُصَافَةِ الَّتِي تُطَوِّحُ بِها الزَّوْبَعَةُ.

that they are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carries away?

١٩ 19 أَنْتُمْ تَقُولُونَ: إِنَّ اللهَ يَدَّخِرُ إِثْمَ الشِّرِّيرِ لأَبْنَائِهِ، لا! إِنَّهُ يُنْزِلُ الْعِقَابَ بِالأَثِيمِ نَفْسِهِ، فَيَعْلَمُ.

Ye say, God lays up his iniquity for his sons. Let him recompense it to himself that he may know it.

٢٠ 20 فَلْيَشْهَدْ هَلاكَهُ بِعَيْنَيْهِ، وَلْيَجْرَعْ غُصَصَ غَضَبِ الْقَدِيرِ.

Let his own eyes see his destruction, and let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

٢١ 21 إِذْ مَا بُغْيَتُهُ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ بَعْدَ فَنَائِهِ، وَقَدْ بُتِرَ عَدَدُ شُهُورِ حَيَاتِهِ؟

For what does he care for his house after him when the number of his months is cut off?

٢٢ 22 أَهُنَاكَ مَنْ يُلَقِّنُ اللهَ عِلْماً، وَهُوَ الَّذِي يَدِينُ الْمُتَشَامِخِينَ؟

Shall any teach God knowledge, seeing he judges those who are high?

٢٣ 23 قَدْ يَمُوتُ الْمَرْءُ فِي وَفْرَةِ رَغْدِهِ، وَهُوَ يَنْعَمُ بِالسَّعَادَةِ وَالطُّمَأْنِينَةِ،

One man dies in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.

٢٤ 24 وَالْعَافِيَةُ تَكْسُو جَنْبَيْهِ، وَمُخُّ عِظَامِهِ طَرِيٌّ.

His pails are full of milk, and the marrow of his bones is moistened.

٢٥ 25 وَقَدْ يَمُوتُ آخَرُ بِمَرَارَةِ نَفْسٍ وَلَمْ يَذُقْ خَيْراً

And another man dies in bitterness of soul, and never tastes of good.

٢٦ 26 غَيْرَ أَنَّ كِلَيْهِمَا يُوَارِيهُمَا التُّرَابُ وَيَغْشَاهُمَا الدُّودُ.

They lie down alike in the dust, and the worm covers them.

٢٧ 27 انْظُرُوا، أَنَا مُطَّلِعٌ عَلَى أَفْكَارِكُمْ وَمَا تَتَّهِمُونَنِي بِهِ جَوْراً،

Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices with which ye would wrong me.

٢٨ 28 لأَنَّكُمْ تَقُولُونَ: أَيْنَ هُوَ مَنْزِلُ الرَّجُلِ الْعَظِيمِ، وَأَيْنَ هِيَ خِيَامُ الأَشْرَارِ الْمُقِيمِينَ فِيهَا؟

For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent in which the wicked dwelt?

٢٩ 29 هَلّا سَأَلْتُمْ عَابِرِي السَّبِيلِ؟ أَلا تَكْتَرِثُونَ لِشَهَادَتِهِمْ؟

Have ye not asked wayfaring men? And do ye not know their evidences,

٣٠ 30 إِنَّ الشِّرِّيرَ قَدْ أَفْلَتَ مِن يَوْمِ الْبَوَارِ، وَنَجَا مِنَ الْعِقَابِ فِي يَوْمِ الْغَضَبِ.

that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath?

٣١ 31 فَمَنْ يُوَاجِهُهُ بِسُوءِ أَعْمَالِهِ، وَمَنْ يَدِينُهُ عَلَى رَدَاءَةِ تَصَرُّفَاتِهِ؟

Who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall repay him what he has done?

٣٢ 32 عِنْدَمَا يُوَارَى فِي قَبْرِهِ يَقُومُ حَارِسٌ عَلَى ضَرِيحِهِ.

Yet he shall be borne to the grave, and men shall keep watch over the tomb.

٣٣ 33 تَطِيبُ لَهُ تُرْبَةُ الْوَادِي، وَيَمْشِي خَلْفَهُ جُمْهُورٌ غَفِيرٌ، وَالَّذِينَ يَتَقَدَّمُونَهُ لَا يُحْصَى لَهُمْ عَدَدٌ.

The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him. And all men shall draw after him, as there were innumerable before him.

٣٤ 34 فَكَيْفَ، بَعْدَ هَذَا، تُعَزُّونَنِي بِلَغْوِ الْكَلامِ؟ لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْ أَجْوِبَتِكُمْ إِلّا كُلُّ مَا هُوَ بَاطِلٌ».

How then ye comfort me in vain, seeing in your answers there remains falsehood?