أيُّوب 21

١ 1 أَيُّوبُ:

And Job answereth and saith: —

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

Hear ye diligently my word, And this is your consolation.

٣ 3 احْتَمِلُونِي فَأَتَكَلَّمَ، ثُمَّ اسْخَرُوا مِنِّي.

Bear with me, and I speak, And after my speaking — ye may deride.

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

I — to man [is] my complaint? and if [so], wherefore May not my temper become short?

٥ 5 تَفَرَّسُوا فِيَّ وَانْدَهِشُوا، وَضَعُوا أَيْدِيَكُمْ عَلَى أَفْوَاهِكُمْ.

Turn unto me, and be astonished, And put hand to mouth.

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

Yea, if I have remembered, then I have been troubled. And my flesh hath taken fright.

٧ 7 لِمَاذَا يَحْيَا الأَشْرَارُ وَيَطْعَنُونَ فِي السِّنِّ وَيَزْدَادُونَ قُوَّةً؟

Wherefore do the wicked live? They have become old, Yea, they have been mighty in wealth.

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

Their seed is established, Before their face with them, And their offspring before their eyes.

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

Their houses [are] peace without fear, Nor [is] a rod of God upon them.

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

His bullock hath eaten corn, and doth not loath. His cow bringeth forth safely, And doth not miscarry.

١١ 11 يُسْرِحُونَ صِبْيَانَهُمْ كَسِرْبٍ، وَأَطْفَالُهُمْ يَرْقُصُونَ.

They send forth as a flock their sucklings, And their children skip,

١٢ 12 يُغَنُّونَ بِالدُّفِّ وَالْعُودِ وَيَطْرَبُونَ لِصَوْتِ الْمِزْمَارِ،

They lift [themselves] up at timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of an organ.

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

They wear out in good their days, And in a moment [to] Sheol go down. (Sheol h7585)

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

And they say to God, 'Turn aside from us, And the knowledge of Thy ways We have not desired.

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

What [is] the Mighty One that we serve Him? And what do we profit when we meet with Him?'

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

Lo, not in their hand [is] their good, (The counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)

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

How oft is the lamp of the wicked extinguished, And come on them doth their calamity? Pangs He apportioneth in His anger.

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

They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a hurricane hath stolen away,

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

God layeth up for his sons his sorrow, He giveth recompense unto him — and he knoweth.

٢٠ 20 فَلْيَشْهَدْ هَلاكَهُ بِعَيْنَيْهِ، وَلْيَجْرَعْ غُصَصَ غَضَبِ الْقَدِيرِ.

His own eyes see his destruction, And of the wrath of the Mighty he drinketh.

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

For what [is] his delight in his house after him, And the number of his months cut off?

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

To God doth [one] teach knowledge, And He the high doth judge?

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

This [one] dieth in his perfect strength, Wholly at ease and quiet.

٢٤ 24 وَالْعَافِيَةُ تَكْسُو جَنْبَيْهِ، وَمُخُّ عِظَامِهِ طَرِيٌّ.

His breasts have been full of milk, And marrow his bones doth moisten.

٢٥ 25 وَقَدْ يَمُوتُ آخَرُ بِمَرَارَةِ نَفْسٍ وَلَمْ يَذُقْ خَيْراً

And this [one] dieth with a bitter soul, And have not eaten with gladness.

٢٦ 26 غَيْرَ أَنَّ كِلَيْهِمَا يُوَارِيهُمَا التُّرَابُ وَيَغْشَاهُمَا الدُّودُ.

Together — on the dust they lie down, And the worm doth cover them over.

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

Lo, I have known your thoughts, And the devices against me ye do wrongfully.

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

For ye say, 'Where [is] the house of the noble? And where the tent — The tabernacles of the wicked?'

٢٩ 29 هَلّا سَأَلْتُمْ عَابِرِي السَّبِيلِ؟ أَلا تَكْتَرِثُونَ لِشَهَادَتِهِمْ؟

Have ye not asked those passing by the way? And their signs do ye not know?

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

That to a day of calamity is the wicked spared. To a day of wrath they are brought.

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

Who doth declare to his face his way? And [for] that which he hath done, Who doth give recompence to him?

٣٢ 32 عِنْدَمَا يُوَارَى فِي قَبْرِهِ يَقُومُ حَارِسٌ عَلَى ضَرِيحِهِ.

And he — to the graves he is brought. And over the heap a watch is kept.

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

Sweet to him have been the clods of the valley, And after him every man he draweth, And before him there is no numbering.

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

And how do ye comfort me [with] vanity, And in your answers hath been left trespass?