أيُّوب 27

١ 1 وَاسْتَطْرَدَ أَيُّوبُ يَضْرِبُ مَثَلَهُ قَائِلاً:

Job resumed speaking and he said,

٢ 2 «حَيٌّ هُوَ اللهُ الَّذِي نَزَعَ حَقِّي، وَالْقَدِيرُ الَّذِي أَمَرَّ حَيَاتِي،

“As surely as God lives, who has taken away my justice, the Almighty, who made my life bitter,

٣ 3 وَلَكِنْ مَادَامَتْ نَسَمَتِي فِيَّ، وَنَفْخَةُ اللهِ فِي أَنْفِي،

while my life is yet in me, and the breath from God is in my nostrils, this is what I will do.

٤ 4 فَإِنَّ شَفَتَيَّ لَنْ تَنْطِقَا بِالسُّوءِ، وَلِسَانِي لَنْ يَتَلَفَّظَ بِالْغِشِّ.

My lips will not speak wickedness, neither will my tongue speak deceit;

٥ 5 حَاشَا لِي أَنْ أُقِرَّ بِصَوَابِ أَقْوَالِكُمْ، وَلَنْ أَتَخَلَّى عَنْ كَمَالِي حَتَّى الْمَوْتِ.

I will never admit that you three are right; until I die I will never deny my integrity.

٦ 6 أَتَشَبَّثُ بِبِرِّي وَلَنْ أَرْخِيَهُ، لأَنَّ ضَمِيرِي لَا يُؤَنِّبُنِي عَلَى يَوْمٍ مِنْ أَيَّامِي.

I hold fast to my righteousness and will not let it go; my thoughts will not reproach me so long as I live.

٧ 7 لِيَكُنْ عَدُوِّي نَظِيرَ الشِّرِّيرِ، وَمُقَاوِمِي كَالْفَاجِرِ،

Let my enemy be like a wicked man; let him who rises up against me be like an unrighteous man.

٨ 8 إِذْ مَا هُوَ رَجَاءُ الْفَاجِرِ عِنْدَمَا يَسْتَأْصِلُهُ اللهُ وَيُزْهِقُ أَنْفَاسَهُ؟

For what is the hope of a godless man when God cuts him off, when God takes away his life?

٩ 9 هَلْ يَسْتَمِعُ اللهُ إِلَى صَرْخَتِهِ إِذَا حَلَّ بِهِ ضِيقٌ؟

Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him?

١٠ 10 هَلْ يُسَرُّ بِالْقَدِيرِ وَيَسْتَغِيثُ بِهِ فِي كُلِّ الأَزْمِنَةِ؟

Will he delight himself in the Almighty and call upon God at all times?

١١ 11 إِنِّي أُعَلِّمُكُمْ عَنْ قُوَّةِ اللهِ، وَلا أَكْتُمُ عَنْكُمْ مَا لَدَى الْقَدِيرِ.

I will teach you concerning the hand of God; I will not conceal the thoughts of the Almighty.

١٢ 12 فَأَنْتُمْ جَمِيعاً قَدْ عَايَنْتُمْ ذَلِكَ بِأَنْفُسِكُمْ، فَمَا بَالُكُمْ تَنْطِقُونَ بِالْبَاطِلِ قَائِلِينَ:

See, all of you have seen this yourselves; why then have you spoken all this nonsense?

١٣ 13 هَذَا هُوَ نَصِيبُ الشِّرِّيرِ عِنْدَ اللهِ وَالْمِيرَاثُ الَّذِي يَنَالُهُ الظَّالِمُ مِنَ الْقَدِيرِ.

This is the portion of a wicked man with God, the heritage of the oppressor that he receives from the Almighty:

١٤ 14 إِنْ تَكَاثَرَ بَنُوهُ فَلِيَكُونُوا طَعَاماً لِلسَّيْفِ، وَنَسْلُهُ لَا يَشْبَعُ خُبْزاً.

If his children multiply, it is for the sword; his offspring will never have enough food.

١٥ 15 ذُرِّيَّتُهُ تَمُوتُ بِالْوَبَأِ، وَأَرَامِلُهُمْ لَا تَنُوحُ عَلَيْهِمْ.

Those who survive him will be buried by plague, and their widows will make no lament for them.

١٦ 16 إِنْ جَمَعَ فِضَّتَهُ كَأَكْوَامِ التُّرَابِ، وَكَوَّمَ مَلابِسَ كَالطِّينِ،

Though the wicked man heaps up silver like the dust, and heaps up clothing like clay,

١٧ 17 فَإِنَّ مَا يُعِدُّهُ مِنْ ثِيَابٍ يَرْتَدِيهِ الصِّدِّيقُ، وَالْبَرِيءُ يُوَزِّعُ الْفِضَّةَ.

he may heap up clothing, but righteous people will put it on, and innocent people will divide up the silver among themselves.

١٨ 18 يَبْنِي بَيْتَهُ كَبَيْتِ الْعَنْكَبُوتِ، أَوْ كَمَظَلَّةٍ صَنَعَهَا حَارِسُ الْكُرُومِ.

He builds his house like a spider, like a hut that a guard makes.

١٩ 19 يَضْطَجِعُ غَنِيًّا وَيَسْتَيْقِظُ مُعْدَماً. يَفْتَحُ عَيْنَيْهِ وَإذَا بِثَرْوَتِهِ قَدْ تَلاشَتْ.

He lies down in bed rich, but he will not keep doing so; he opens his eyes, and everything is gone.

٢٠ 20 يَطْغَى عَلَيْهِ رُعْبٌ كَفَيَضَانٍ، وَتَخْطِفُهُ فِي اللَّيْلِ زَوْبَعَةٌ.

Terrors overtake him like waters; a storm takes him away in the night.

٢١ 21 تُطَوِّحُ بِهِ الرِّيحُ الشَّرْقِيَّةُ فَيَخْتَفِي وَتَقْتَلِعُهُ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ.

The east wind carries him away, and he leaves; it sweeps him out of his place.

٢٢ 22 تُطْبِقُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ رَحْمَةٍ وَهُوَ هَارِبٌ مِنْ وَجْهِ عُنْفُوانِهَا.

It throws itself at him and does not stop; he tries to flee out of its hand.

٢٣ 23 تُصَفِّرُ الرِّيحُ عَلَيْهِ، وَتُرْعِبُهُ بِقُوَّتِهَا الْمُدَمِّرَةِ.

It claps its hands at him in mockery; it hisses him out of his place.