< أيُّوب 23 >
And Job answered and said,
«إِنَّ شَكْوَايَ الْيَوْمَ مُرَّةٌ، وَلَكِنَّ الْيَدَ الَّتِي عَلَيَّ أَثْقَلُ مِنْ أَنِينِي. | ٢ 2 |
Even to-day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
أَيْنَ لِي أَنْ أَجِدَهُ فَأَمْثُلَ أَمَامَ كُرْسِيِّهِ، | ٣ 3 |
Oh that I knew where I might find him, that I might come to his seat!
وَأَعْرِضَ عَلَيْهِ قَضِيَّتِي وَأَمْلأَ فَمِي حُجَجاً، | ٤ 4 |
I would order the cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments;
فَأَطَّلِعَ عَلَى جَوَابِهِ وَأَفْهَمَ مَا يَقُولُهُ لِي؟ | ٥ 5 |
I would know the words he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
أَيُخَاصِمُنِي بِعَظَمَةِ قُوَّتِهِ؟ لا! بَلْ يَلْتَفِتُ مُتَرَئِّفاً عَلَيَّ. | ٦ 6 |
Would he plead against me with [his] great power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me.
هُنَاكَ يُمْكِنُ لِلْمُسْتَقِيمِ أَنْ يُحَاجَّهُ، وَأُبْرِئُ سَاحَتِي إِلَى الأَبَدِ مِنْ قَاضِيَّ. | ٧ 7 |
There would an upright man reason with him; and I should be delivered for ever from my judge.
وَلَكِنْ هَا أَنَا أَتَّجِهُ شَرْقاً فَلا أَجِدُهُ، وَإِنْ قَصَدْتُ غَرْباً لَا أَشْعُرُ بِهِ، | ٨ 8 |
Lo, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I do not perceive him;
أَطْلُبُهُ عَنْ شِمَالِي فَلا أَرَاهُ وَأَلْتَفِتُ إِلَى يَمِينِي فَلا أُبْصِرُهُ. | ٩ 9 |
On the left hand, where he doth work, but I behold [him] not; he hideth himself on the right hand, and I see [him] not.
وَلَكِنَّهُ يَعْرِفُ الطَّرِيقَ الَّتِي أَسْلُكُهَا، وَإذَا امْتَحَنَنِي أَخْرُجُ كَالذَّهَبِ | ١٠ 10 |
But he knoweth the way that I take; he trieth me, I shall come forth as gold.
اقْتَفَتْ قَدَمَايَ إِثْرَ خُطَاهُ، وَسَلَكْتُ بِحِرْصٍ فِي سُبُلِهِ وَلَمْ أَحِدْ. | ١١ 11 |
My foot hath held to his steps; his way have I kept, and not turned aside.
لَمْ أَتَعَدَّ عَلَى وَصَايَاهُ، وَذَخَرْتُ فِي قَلْبِي كَلِمَاتِهِ. | ١٢ 12 |
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have laid up the words of his mouth more than the purpose of my own heart.
وَلَكِنَّهُ مُتَفَرِّدٌ وَحْدَهُ فَمَنْ يَرُدُّهُ؟ يَفْعَلُ مَا يَشَاءُ، | ١٣ 13 |
But he is in one [mind], and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, that will he do.
لأَنَّهُ يُتَمِّمُ مَا رَسَمَهُ لِي، وَمَازَالَ لَدَيْهِ وَفْرَةٌ مِنْهَا. | ١٤ 14 |
For he will perform [what] is appointed for me; and many such things are with him.
لِذَلِكَ أَرْتَعِبُ فِي حَضْرَتِهِ، وَعِنْدَمَا أَتَأَمَّلُ، يُخَامِرُنِي الْخَوْفُ مِنْهُ. | ١٥ 15 |
Therefore am I troubled at his presence; I consider, and I am afraid of him.
فَقَدْ أَضْعَفَ اللهُ قَلْبِي، وَرَوَّعَنِي الْقَدِيرُ. | ١٦ 16 |
For God hath made my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me;
وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ لَمْ تَسْكُنْنِي الظُّلْمَةُ، وَلا الدُّجَى غَشَّى وَجْهِي. | ١٧ 17 |
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he hidden the gloom from me.