أيُّوب 28
| لَا رَيْبَ أَنَّ هُنَاكَ مَنْجَماً لِلْفِضَّةِ وَبَوْتَقَةً لِتَمْحِيصِ الذَّهَبِ. | ١ 1 |
“Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.
| يُسْتَخْرَجُ الْحَدِيدُ مِنَ التُّرَابِ، وَمِنَ الْمَعْدَنِ الْخَامِ يُصْهَرُ النُّحَاسُ. | ٢ 2 |
Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted out of the ore.
| قَدْ وَضَعَ الإِنْسَانُ حَدّاً لِلظُّلْمَةِ، وَبَحَثَ فِي أَقْصَى طَرَفٍ عَنِ الْمَعْدَنِ فِي الظُّلُمَاتِ الْعَمِيقَةِ. | ٣ 3 |
Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out, to the furthest bound, the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
| حَفَرُوا مَنْجَماً بَعِيداً، فِي مَوْضِعٍ مُقْفِرٍ مِنَ السُّكَّانِ، هَجَرَتْهُ أَقْدَامُ النَّاسِ، وَتَدَلُّوْا فِيهِ. | ٤ 4 |
He breaks open a shaft away from where people live. They are forgotten by the foot. They hang far from men, they swing back and forth.
| أَمَّا الأَرْضُ الَّتِي تُنْبِتُ لَنَا خَيْراً فَقَدِ انْقَلَبَ أَسْفَلُهَا كَمَا بِنَارٍ. | ٥ 5 |
As for the earth, out of it comes bread. Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
| يَكْمُنُ فِي صُخُورِهَا الْيَاقُوتُ الأَزْرَقُ، وَفِي تُرَابِهَا الذَّهَبُ. | ٦ 6 |
Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold.
| لَمْ يَهْتَدِ إِلَى طَرِيقِهَا طَيْرٌ جَارِحٌ، وَلَمْ تُبْصِرْهُ عَيْنُ صَقْرٍ. | ٧ 7 |
That path no bird of prey knows, neither has the falcon’s eye seen it.
| لَمْ تَطَأْهُ أَقْدَامُ الضَّوَارِي أَوْ يَسْلُكْ فِيهِ اللَّيْثُ. | ٨ 8 |
The proud animals have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed by there.
| امْتَدَّتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ إِلَى الصَّوَّانِ، وَقَلَبُوا الْجِبَالَ مِنْ أُصُولِهَا. | ٩ 9 |
He puts his hand on the flinty rock, and he overturns the mountains by the roots.
| حَفَروا مَمَرَّاتٍ فِي صُخُورِهَا، وَعَايَنَتْ أَعْيُنُهُمْ كُلَّ ثَمِينٍ. | ١٠ 10 |
He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing.
| سَدُّوا مَجَارِيَ الأَنْهَارِ، وَأَبْرَزُوا مَكْنُونَاتِ قِيعَانِهَا إِلَى النُّورِ. | ١١ 11 |
He binds the streams that they do not trickle. The thing that is hidden he brings out to light.
| وَلَكِنْ أَيْنَ تُوجَدُ الْحِكْمَةُ؟ وَأَيْنَ مَقَرُّ الْفِطْنَةِ؟ | ١٢ 12 |
“But where will wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?
| لَا يُدْرِكُ الإِنْسَانُ قِيمَتَهَا، وَلا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ تُوجَدَ فِي أَرْضِ الأَحْيَاءِ. | ١٣ 13 |
Man does not know its price, and it is not found in the land of the living.
| يَقُولُ الْغَمْرُ: لَيْسَتْ هِيَ فِيَّ؛ وَيَقُولُ الْبَحْرُ إِنِّي لَا أَمْلِكُهَا. | ١٤ 14 |
The deep says, ‘It is not in me.’ The sea says, ‘It is not with me.’
| لَا تُقَايَضُ بِالذَّهَبِ الْخَالِصِ، وَلا تُوْزَنُ الْفِضَّةُ ثَمَناً لَهَا. | ١٥ 15 |
It cannot be gotten for gold, neither will silver be weighed for its price.
| لَا تُثَمَّنُ بِذَهَبِ أُوفِيرَ أَوْ بِالْجَزْعِ الْكَرِيمِ أَوْ بِالْيَاقُوتِ الأَزْرَقِ. | ١٦ 16 |
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
| لَا يُعَادِلُهَا ذَهَبٌ أَوْ زُجَاجٌ، وَلا تُسْتَبْدَلُ بِمُجَوْهَرَاتٍ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ الْخَالِصِ. | ١٧ 17 |
Gold and glass cannot equal it, neither will it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
| لَا يُذْكَرُ مَعَهَا الْمُرْجَانُ أَوِ الْبَلُّوْرُ، فَثَمَنُ الْحِكْمَةِ أَغْلَى مِنْ كُلِّ اللَّآلِئِ. | ١٨ 18 |
No mention will be made of coral or of crystal. Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
| لَا يُقَارَنُ بِها يَاقُوتُ كُوشٍ وَلا تُثَمَّنُ بِالذَّهَبِ النَّقِيِّ. | ١٩ 19 |
The topaz of Ethiopia will not equal it. It will not be valued with pure gold.
| إِذاً مِنْ أَيْنَ تَأْتِي الْحِكْمَةُ، وَأَيْنَ هُوَ مَقَرُّ الْفِطْنَةِ؟ | ٢٠ 20 |
Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?
| إِنَّهَا مَحْجُوبَةٌ عَنْ عَيْنَيْ كُلِّ حَيٍّ، وَخَافِيَةٌ عَنْ طَيْرِ السَّمَاءِ. | ٢١ 21 |
Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the birds of the sky.
| الْهَلاكُ وَالْمَوْتُ قَالا: قَدْ بَلَغَتْ مَسَامِعَنَا شَائِعَةٌ عَنْهَا. | ٢٢ 22 |
Destruction and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’
| اللهُ وَحْدَهُ يَعْلَمُ الطَّرِيقَ إِلَيْهَا وَيَعْرِفُ مَقَرَّهَا، | ٢٣ 23 |
“God understands its way, and he knows its place.
| لأَنَّهُ يَرَى أَقْصَى الأَرْضِ وَيُحِيطُ بِجَمِيعِ مَا تَحْتَ السَّمَاوَاتِ. | ٢٤ 24 |
For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole sky.
| عِنْدَمَا جَعَلَ لِلرِّيحِ وَزْناً وَعَايَرَ الْمِيَاهَ بِمِقْيَاسٍ، | ٢٥ 25 |
He establishes the force of the wind. Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.
| عِنْدَمَا وَضَعَ سُنَناً لِلْمَطَرِ وَمَمَرّاً لِصَوَاعِقِ الرُّعُودِ، | ٢٦ 26 |
When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder,
| آنَئِذٍ رَآهَا وَأَذَاعَ خَبَرَهَا وَأَثْبَتَهَا وَفَحَصَهَا، | ٢٧ 27 |
then he saw it, and declared it. He established it, yes, and searched it out.
| ثُمَّ قَالَ لِلإِنْسَانِ: انْظُرْ، إِنَّ مَخَافَةَ الرَّبِّ هِيَ الْحِكْمَةُ، وَتَفَادِي الشَّرِّ هُوَ الْفِطْنَةُ». | ٢٨ 28 |
To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’”
