< أيُّوب 29 >
وَاسْتَطْرَدَ أَيُّوبُ فِي ضَرْبِ مَثَلِهِ: | ١ 1 |
And Job addeth to lift up his simile, and saith: —
«يَا لَيْتَنِي مَازِلْتُ كَمَا كُنْتُ فِي الشُّهُورِ الْغَابِرَةِ، فِي الأَيَّامِ الَّتِي حَفِظَنِي فِيهَا اللهُ، | ٢ 2 |
Who doth make me as [in] months past, As [in] the days of God's preserving me?
كَانَ مِصْبَاحُهُ يُضِيءُ فَوْقَ رَأْسِي، فَأَسْلُكُ عَبْرَ الظُّلْمَةِ فِي نُورِهِ. | ٣ 3 |
In His causing His lamp to shine on my head, By His light I walk [through] darkness.
يَوْمَ كُنْتُ فِي رَيعَانِ قُوَّتِي وَرِضَى اللهِ مُخَيِّماً فَوْقَ بَيْتِي. | ٤ 4 |
As I have been in days of my maturity, And the counsel of God upon my tent.
وَالْقَدِيرُ مَا بَرِحَ مَعِي، وَأَوْلادِي مَازَالُوا حَوْلِي. | ٥ 5 |
When yet the Mighty One [is] with me. Round about me — my young ones,
حِينَ كُنْتُ أَغْسِلُ خَطْوَاتِي بِاللَّبَنِ، وَالصَّخْرُ يَفِيضُ لِي أَنْهَاراً مِنَ الزَّيْتِ. | ٦ 6 |
When washing my goings with butter, And the firm rock [is] with me rivulets of oil.
حِينَ كُنْتُ أَخْرُجُ إِلَى بَوَّابَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَأَحْتَلُّ فِي السَّاحَةِ مَجْلِسِي، | ٧ 7 |
When I go out to the gate by the city, In a broad place I prepare my seat.
فَيَرَانِي الشُّبَّانُ وَيَتَوَارَوْنَ، وَيَقِفُ الشُّيُوخُ احْتِرَاماً لِي. | ٨ 8 |
Seen me have youths, and they, been hidden, And the aged have risen — they stood up.
يَمْتَنِعُ الْعُظَمَاءُ عَنِ الْكَلامِ وَيَضَعُونَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَلَى أَفْوَاهِهِمْ. | ٩ 9 |
Princes have kept in words, And a hand they place on their mouth.
يَتَلاشَى صَوْتُ النُّبَلاءِ، وَتَلْتَصِقُ أَلْسِنَتُهُمْ بِأَحْنَاكِهِمْ. | ١٠ 10 |
The voice of leaders hath been hidden, And their tongue to the palate hath cleaved.
إِذَا سَمِعَتْ لِيَ الأُذُنُ تُطَوِّبُنِي، وَإذَا شَهِدَتْنِي الْعَيْنُ تُثْنِي عَلَيَّ، | ١١ 11 |
For the ear heard, and declareth me happy, And the eye hath seen, and testifieth [to] me.
لأَنِّي أَنْقَذْتُ الْبَائِسَ الْمُسْتَغِيثَ، وَأَجَرْتُ الْيَتِيمَ طَالِبَ الْعَوْنِ، | ١٢ 12 |
For I deliver the afflicted who is crying, And the fatherless who hath no helper.
فَحَلَّتْ عَلَيَّ بَرَكَةُ الْمُشْرِفِ عَلَى الْمَوْتِ، وَجَعَلْتُ قَلْبَ الأَرْمَلَةِ يَتَهَلَّلُ فَرَحاً. | ١٣ 13 |
The blessing of the perishing cometh on me, And the heart of the widow I cause to sing.
ارْتَدَيْتُ الْبِرَّ فَكَسَانِي، وَكَجُبَّةٍ وَعِمَامَةٍ كَانَ عَدْلِي. | ١٤ 14 |
Righteousness I have put on, and it clotheth me, As a robe and a diadem my justice.
كُنْتُ عُيُوناً لِلأَعْمَى، وَأَقْدَاماً لِلأَعْرَجِ، | ١٥ 15 |
Eyes I have been to the blind, And feet to the lame [am] I.
وَكُنْتُ أَباً لِلْمِسْكِينِ، أَتَقَصَّى دَعْوَى مَنْ لَمْ أَعْرِفْهُ. | ١٦ 16 |
A father I [am] to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.
هَشَّمْتُ أَنْيَابَ الظَّالِمِ وَمِنْ بَيْنِ أَسْنَانِهِ نَزَعْتُ الْفَرِيسَةَ، | ١٧ 17 |
And I break the jaw-teeth of the perverse, And from his teeth I cast away prey.
ثُمَّ حَدَّثْتُ نَفْسِي: إِنِّي سَأَمُوتُ فِي خَيْمَتِي وَتَتَكَاثَرُ أَيَّامِي كَحَبَّاتِ الرَّمْلِ. | ١٨ 18 |
And I say, 'With my nest I expire, And as the sand I multiply days.'
سَتَمْتَدُّ أُصُولِي إِلَى الْمِيَاهِ، وَالطَّلُّ يَبِيتُ عَلَى أَغْصَانِي. | ١٩ 19 |
My root is open unto the waters, And dew doth lodge on my branch.
يَتَجَدَّدُ مَجْدِي دَائِماً، وَقَوْسِي أَبَداً جَدِيدَةٌ فِي يَدِي. | ٢٠ 20 |
My honour [is] fresh with me, And my bow in my hand is renewed.
يَسْتَمِعُ النَّاسُ لِي وَيَنْتَظِرُونَ، وَيَصْمُتُونَ مُنْصِتِينَ لِمَشُورَتِي. | ٢١ 21 |
To me they have hearkened, Yea, they wait, and are silent for my counsel.
بَعْدَ كَلامِي لَا يُثَنُّونَ عَلَى أَقْوَالِي، وَحَدِيثِي يَقْطُرُ عَلَيْهِمْ كَالنَّدَى. | ٢٢ 22 |
After my word they change not, And on them doth my speech drop,
يَتَرَقَّبُونَنِي كَالْغَيْثِ، وَيَفْتَحُونَ أَفْوَاهَهُمْ كَمَنْ يَنْهَلُ مِنْ مَطَرِ الرَّبِيعِ | ٢٣ 23 |
And they wait as [for] rain for me, And their mouth they have opened wide [As] for the latter rain.
إِنِ ابْتَسَمْتُ لَهُمْ لَا يُصَدِّقُونَ، وَنُورُ وَجْهِي لَمْ يَطْرَحُوهُ عَنْهُمْ بَعِيداً. | ٢٤ 24 |
I laugh unto them — they give no credence, And the light of my face cause not to fall.
أَخْتَارُ لَهُمْ طَرِيقَهُمْ وَأَتَصَدَّرُ مَجْلِسَهُمْ، وَأَكُونُ بَيْنَهُمْ كَمَلِكٍ بَيْنَ جُيُوشِهِ، وَكَالْمُعَزِّي بَيْنَ النَّائِحِينَ. | ٢٥ 25 |
I choose their way, and sit head, And I dwell as a king in a troop, When mourners he doth comfort.