أيُّوب 29

١ 1 وَاسْتَطْرَدَ أَيُّوبُ فِي ضَرْبِ مَثَلِهِ:

And Job again took up his parable, and said,

٢ 2 «يَا لَيْتَنِي مَازِلْتُ كَمَا كُنْتُ فِي الشُّهُورِ الْغَابِرَةِ، فِي الأَيَّامِ الَّتِي حَفِظَنِي فِيهَا اللهُ،

Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;

٣ 3 كَانَ مِصْبَاحُهُ يُضِيءُ فَوْقَ رَأْسِي، فَأَسْلُكُ عَبْرَ الظُّلْمَةِ فِي نُورِهِ.

When his lamp shined upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness;

٤ 4 يَوْمَ كُنْتُ فِي رَيعَانِ قُوَّتِي وَرِضَى اللهِ مُخَيِّماً فَوْقَ بَيْتِي.

As I was in the ripeness of my days, when the secret of God was upon my tent;

٥ 5 وَالْقَدِيرُ مَا بَرِحَ مَعِي، وَأَوْلادِي مَازَالُوا حَوْلِي.

When the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were about me;

٦ 6 حِينَ كُنْتُ أَغْسِلُ خَطْوَاتِي بِاللَّبَنِ، وَالصَّخْرُ يَفِيضُ لِي أَنْهَاراً مِنَ الزَّيْتِ.

When my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil!

٧ 7 حِينَ كُنْتُ أَخْرُجُ إِلَى بَوَّابَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَأَحْتَلُّ فِي السَّاحَةِ مَجْلِسِي،

When I went forth to the gate unto the city, when I prepared my seat in the street,

٨ 8 فَيَرَانِي الشُّبَّانُ وَيَتَوَارَوْنَ، وَيَقِفُ الشُّيُوخُ احْتِرَاماً لِي.

The young men saw me and hid themselves, and the aged rose up and stood;

٩ 9 يَمْتَنِعُ الْعُظَمَاءُ عَنِ الْكَلامِ وَيَضَعُونَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَلَى أَفْوَاهِهِمْ.

The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth;

١٠ 10 يَتَلاشَى صَوْتُ النُّبَلاءِ، وَتَلْتَصِقُ أَلْسِنَتُهُمْ بِأَحْنَاكِهِمْ.

The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.

١١ 11 إِذَا سَمِعَتْ لِيَ الأُذُنُ تُطَوِّبُنِي، وَإذَا شَهِدَتْنِي الْعَيْنُ تُثْنِي عَلَيَّ،

For when the ear heard [me], then it blessed me; and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness unto me:

١٢ 12 لأَنِّي أَنْقَذْتُ الْبَائِسَ الْمُسْتَغِيثَ، وَأَجَرْتُ الْيَتِيمَ طَالِبَ الْعَوْنِ،

Because I delivered the poor that cried, the fatherless also, that had none to help him.

١٣ 13 فَحَلَّتْ عَلَيَّ بَرَكَةُ الْمُشْرِفِ عَلَى الْمَوْتِ، وَجَعَلْتُ قَلْبَ الأَرْمَلَةِ يَتَهَلَّلُ فَرَحاً.

The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

١٤ 14 ارْتَدَيْتُ الْبِرَّ فَكَسَانِي، وَكَجُبَّةٍ وَعِمَامَةٍ كَانَ عَدْلِي.

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my justice was as a robe and a diadem.

١٥ 15 كُنْتُ عُيُوناً لِلأَعْمَى، وَأَقْدَاماً لِلأَعْرَجِ،

I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.

١٦ 16 وَكُنْتُ أَباً لِلْمِسْكِينِ، أَتَقَصَّى دَعْوَى مَنْ لَمْ أَعْرِفْهُ.

I was a father to the needy: and the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.

١٧ 17 هَشَّمْتُ أَنْيَابَ الظَّالِمِ وَمِنْ بَيْنِ أَسْنَانِهِ نَزَعْتُ الْفَرِيسَةَ،

And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.

١٨ 18 ثُمَّ حَدَّثْتُ نَفْسِي: إِنِّي سَأَمُوتُ فِي خَيْمَتِي وَتَتَكَاثَرُ أَيَّامِي كَحَبَّاتِ الرَّمْلِ.

Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand:

١٩ 19 سَتَمْتَدُّ أُصُولِي إِلَى الْمِيَاهِ، وَالطَّلُّ يَبِيتُ عَلَى أَغْصَانِي.

My root is spread out to the waters, and the dew lieth all night upon my branch:

٢٠ 20 يَتَجَدَّدُ مَجْدِي دَائِماً، وَقَوْسِي أَبَداً جَدِيدَةٌ فِي يَدِي.

My glory is fresh in me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.

٢١ 21 يَسْتَمِعُ النَّاسُ لِي وَيَنْتَظِرُونَ، وَيَصْمُتُونَ مُنْصِتِينَ لِمَشُورَتِي.

Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel.

٢٢ 22 بَعْدَ كَلامِي لَا يُثَنُّونَ عَلَى أَقْوَالِي، وَحَدِيثِي يَقْطُرُ عَلَيْهِمْ كَالنَّدَى.

After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.

٢٣ 23 يَتَرَقَّبُونَنِي كَالْغَيْثِ، وَيَفْتَحُونَ أَفْوَاهَهُمْ كَمَنْ يَنْهَلُ مِنْ مَطَرِ الرَّبِيعِ

And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

٢٤ 24 إِنِ ابْتَسَمْتُ لَهُمْ لَا يُصَدِّقُونَ، وَنُورُ وَجْهِي لَمْ يَطْرَحُوهُ عَنْهُمْ بَعِيداً.

If I laughed on them, they believed [it] not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.

٢٥ 25 أَخْتَارُ لَهُمْ طَرِيقَهُمْ وَأَتَصَدَّرُ مَجْلِسَهُمْ، وَأَكُونُ بَيْنَهُمْ كَمَلِكٍ بَيْنَ جُيُوشِهِ، وَكَالْمُعَزِّي بَيْنَ النَّائِحِينَ.

I chose out their way, and sat [as] chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.