< أيُّوب 27 >
وَاسْتَطْرَدَ أَيُّوبُ يَضْرِبُ مَثَلَهُ قَائِلاً: | ١ 1 |
Job began to speak again.
«حَيٌّ هُوَ اللهُ الَّذِي نَزَعَ حَقِّي، وَالْقَدِيرُ الَّذِي أَمَرَّ حَيَاتِي، | ٢ 2 |
“I promise you—as God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty, who has made my life bitter,
وَلَكِنْ مَادَامَتْ نَسَمَتِي فِيَّ، وَنَفْخَةُ اللهِ فِي أَنْفِي، | ٣ 3 |
for as long as I have life, while the breath of God remains in my nostrils—
فَإِنَّ شَفَتَيَّ لَنْ تَنْطِقَا بِالسُّوءِ، وَلِسَانِي لَنْ يَتَلَفَّظَ بِالْغِشِّ. | ٤ 4 |
my lips will never speak lies, my tongue will never be dishonest.
حَاشَا لِي أَنْ أُقِرَّ بِصَوَابِ أَقْوَالِكُمْ، وَلَنْ أَتَخَلَّى عَنْ كَمَالِي حَتَّى الْمَوْتِ. | ٥ 5 |
I will never agree that you are right; I will insist on my innocence until the day I die.
أَتَشَبَّثُ بِبِرِّي وَلَنْ أَرْخِيَهُ، لأَنَّ ضَمِيرِي لَا يُؤَنِّبُنِي عَلَى يَوْمٍ مِنْ أَيَّامِي. | ٦ 6 |
I'm convinced I'm right and will never give up believing this; my conscience will not condemn me as long as I live.
لِيَكُنْ عَدُوِّي نَظِيرَ الشِّرِّيرِ، وَمُقَاوِمِي كَالْفَاجِرِ، | ٧ 7 |
May my enemy become like the wicked; may those who oppose me become like those who do evil.
إِذْ مَا هُوَ رَجَاءُ الْفَاجِرِ عِنْدَمَا يَسْتَأْصِلُهُ اللهُ وَيُزْهِقُ أَنْفَاسَهُ؟ | ٨ 8 |
For what hope do those who reject God have when he cuts them down, when God brings their lives to an end?
هَلْ يَسْتَمِعُ اللهُ إِلَى صَرْخَتِهِ إِذَا حَلَّ بِهِ ضِيقٌ؟ | ٩ 9 |
When times of trouble come to them, will God hear their cry for help?
هَلْ يُسَرُّ بِالْقَدِيرِ وَيَسْتَغِيثُ بِهِ فِي كُلِّ الأَزْمِنَةِ؟ | ١٠ 10 |
Do they have a good relationship with the Almighty? Can they call on God at any time?
إِنِّي أُعَلِّمُكُمْ عَنْ قُوَّةِ اللهِ، وَلا أَكْتُمُ عَنْكُمْ مَا لَدَى الْقَدِيرِ. | ١١ 11 |
Let me explain God's power to you. I will not keep anything back that the Almighty has planned.
فَأَنْتُمْ جَمِيعاً قَدْ عَايَنْتُمْ ذَلِكَ بِأَنْفُسِكُمْ، فَمَا بَالُكُمْ تَنْطِقُونَ بِالْبَاطِلِ قَائِلِينَ: | ١٢ 12 |
If all of you have recognized this, why do you talk such vain nonsense?
هَذَا هُوَ نَصِيبُ الشِّرِّيرِ عِنْدَ اللهِ وَالْمِيرَاثُ الَّذِي يَنَالُهُ الظَّالِمُ مِنَ الْقَدِيرِ. | ١٣ 13 |
This is what God provides as the destiny for the wicked, this is the inheritance that the ruthless will receive from the Almighty—
إِنْ تَكَاثَرَ بَنُوهُ فَلِيَكُونُوا طَعَاماً لِلسَّيْفِ، وَنَسْلُهُ لَا يَشْبَعُ خُبْزاً. | ١٤ 14 |
even if they have many children, they will experience violent deaths or die of starvation.
ذُرِّيَّتُهُ تَمُوتُ بِالْوَبَأِ، وَأَرَامِلُهُمْ لَا تَنُوحُ عَلَيْهِمْ. | ١٥ 15 |
Those who survive will die from disease, and even their widows will not mourn for them.
إِنْ جَمَعَ فِضَّتَهُ كَأَكْوَامِ التُّرَابِ، وَكَوَّمَ مَلابِسَ كَالطِّينِ، | ١٦ 16 |
Even though they pile up silver like dust, and clothes like heaps of clay,
فَإِنَّ مَا يُعِدُّهُ مِنْ ثِيَابٍ يَرْتَدِيهِ الصِّدِّيقُ، وَالْبَرِيءُ يُوَزِّعُ الْفِضَّةَ. | ١٧ 17 |
those who do good will wear the clothes and the innocent will divide the silver among them.
يَبْنِي بَيْتَهُ كَبَيْتِ الْعَنْكَبُوتِ، أَوْ كَمَظَلَّةٍ صَنَعَهَا حَارِسُ الْكُرُومِ. | ١٨ 18 |
They build their houses like a moth; like some flimsy shelter made by a watchman.
يَضْطَجِعُ غَنِيًّا وَيَسْتَيْقِظُ مُعْدَماً. يَفْتَحُ عَيْنَيْهِ وَإذَا بِثَرْوَتِهِ قَدْ تَلاشَتْ. | ١٩ 19 |
They go to bed rich, but never again! For when they wake up, it's all gone.
يَطْغَى عَلَيْهِ رُعْبٌ كَفَيَضَانٍ، وَتَخْطِفُهُ فِي اللَّيْلِ زَوْبَعَةٌ. | ٢٠ 20 |
Waves of panic flood over them; in the night a whirlwind snatches them away.
تُطَوِّحُ بِهِ الرِّيحُ الشَّرْقِيَّةُ فَيَخْتَفِي وَتَقْتَلِعُهُ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ. | ٢١ 21 |
The east wind picks them up and they're gone, carried away from where they were.
تُطْبِقُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ رَحْمَةٍ وَهُوَ هَارِبٌ مِنْ وَجْهِ عُنْفُوانِهَا. | ٢٢ 22 |
The wind blows at them with full force; they try desperately to escape.
تُصَفِّرُ الرِّيحُ عَلَيْهِ، وَتُرْعِبُهُ بِقُوَّتِهَا الْمُدَمِّرَةِ. | ٢٣ 23 |
People clap their hands at them and hiss at them wherever they are.