أيُّوب 31

١ 1 أَبْرَمْتُ عَهْداً مَعَ عَيْنَيَّ، فَكَيْفَ أَرْنُو إِلَى عَذْرَاءَ؟

A covenant I made to eyes my and what? will I look carefully on a virgin.

٢ 2 وَمَاذَا يَكُونُ نَصِيبِي عِنْدَ اللهِ مِنْ فَوْقُ، وَمَا هُوَ إِرْثِي مِنْ عِنْدِ الْقَدِيرِ فِي الأَعَالِي؟

And what? - [is] [the] portion of God above and [the] inheritance of [the] Almighty from high places.

٣ 3 أَلَيْسَتِ الْبَلِيَّةُ مِنْ حَظِّ الشِّرِّيرِ، وَالْكَارِثَةُ مِنْ نَصِيبِ فَاعِلِي الإِثْمِ؟

¿ Not [does] calamity [belong] to an evil-doer and misfortune to [those who] do wickedness.

٤ 4 أَلا يَرَى اللهُ طُرُقِي وَيُحْصِي كُلَّ خَطْوَاتِي؟

¿ Not he does he see ways my and all steps my does he count?

٥ 5 إِنْ سَلَكْتُ فِي ضَلالٍ وَأَسْرَعَتْ قَدَمِي لاِرْتِكَابِ الْغِشِّ،

If I have walked with falsehood and it has made haste to deceit foot my.

٦ 6 فَلأُوزَنْ فِي قِسْطَاسِ الْعَدْلِ، وَلْيَعْرِفِ اللهُ كَمَالِي.

Let him weigh me in balances of righteousness and let him acknowledge God integrity my.

٧ 7 إِنْ حَادَتْ خَطْوَاتِي عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ، وَغَوَى قَلْبِي وَرَاءَ عَيْنَيَّ، وَعَلِقَتْ بِيَدِي لَطْخَةُ عَارٍ،

If it turned aside step my from the way and after eyes my it has gone heart my and to hands my it has stuck a blemish.

٨ 8 فَلأَزْرَعْ أَنَا وَآخَرُ يَأْكُلُ، وَلْيُسْتَأْصَلْ مَحْصُولِي.

Let me sow and another let him eat and produce my let them be rooted up.

٩ 9 إِنْ هَامَ قَلْبِي وَرَاءَ امْرَأَةٍ، أَوْ طُفْتُ عِنْدَ بَابِ جَارِي،

If it has been deceived heart my on a woman and at [the] doorway of neighbor my I have lain in wait.

١٠ 10 فَلْتَطْحَنْ زَوْجَتِي لِآخَرَ، وَلْيُضَاجِعْهَا آخَرُونَ.

Let her grind for another wife my and over her let them bow down! others.

١١ 11 لأَنَّ هَذِهِ رَذِيلَةٌ وَإِثْمٌ يُعَاقِبُ عَلَيْهِ الْقُضَاةُ،

For (that *Q(K)*) [is] wickedness (and that *Q(k)*) [is] iniquity judges.

١٢ 12 وَنَارٌ مُلْتَهِمَةٌ تُفْضِي إِلَى الْهَلاكِ وَتَقْضِي عَلَى غَلَّاتِي.

For [is] a fire that [which] to Abaddon it will devour and all produce my it will root up.

١٣ 13 إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ تَنَكَّرْتُ لِحَقِّ خَادِمِي وَأَمَتِي عِنْدَمَا اشْتَكَيَا عَلَيَّ،

If I rejected [the] cause of male servant my and female servant my in complaint their with me.

١٤ 14 فَمَاذَا أَصْنَعُ عِنْدَمَا يَقُومُ اللهُ (لِمُحَاكَمَتِي)؟ وَبِمَاذَا أُجِيبُ عِنْدَمَا يَتَقَصَّى (لِيُحَاسِبَنِي)؟

And what? will I do if he will arise God and if he will visit what? will I respond to him.

١٥ 15 أَلَيْسَ الَّذِي كَوَّنَنِي فِي الرَّحِمِ كَوَّنَهُ أَيْضاً؟ أَوَ لَيْسَ الَّذِي شَكَّلَنَا فِي الرَّحِمِ وَاحِدٌ؟

¿ Not in the belly [the one who] made me did he make him and did prepare us? he in the womb one.

١٦ 16 إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ مَنَعْتُ عَنِ الْمِسْكِينِ مَا يَطْلُبُهُ، أَوْ أَوْهَنْتُ عَيْنَيِ الأَرْمَلَةِ مِنْ فَرْطِ الْبُكَاءِ،

If I withheld any of [the] desire of poor [people] and [the] eyes of a widow I caused to fail.

١٧ 17 أَوْ أَكَلْتُ كِسْرَةَ خُبْزِي وَحْدِي وَلَمْ أَتَقَاسَمْهَا مَعَ الْيَتِيمِ،

And I may eat morsel of bread my to alone me and not he ate a fatherless one some of it.

١٨ 18 إِذْ مُنْذُ حَدَاثَتِي رَعَيْتُهُ كَأَبٍ، وَهَدَيْتُهُ مِنْ رَحِمِ أُمِّهِ.

For since youth my he grew up with me like a father and from [the] womb of mother my I guided her.

١٩ 19 إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ رَأَيْتُ أَحَداً مُشْرِفاً عَلَى الْهَلاكِ مِنَ الْعُرْيِ، أَوْ مِسْكِيناً مِنْ غَيْرِ كِسَاءٍ،

If I saw [one who] was perishing because not clothing and not covering [belonged] to the needy [person].

٢٠ 20 إِنْ لَمْ تُبَارِكْنِي حَقَوَاهُ الْمُسْتَدْفِئَتَانِ بِجَزَّةِ غَنَمِي!

If not they blessed me (loins his *Q(K)*) and from [the] fleece of lambs my he warmed himself.

٢١ 21 إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ رَفَعْتُ يَدِي ضِدَّ الْيَتِيمِ، مُسْتَغِلاً نُفُوذِي فِي الْقَضَاءِ،

If I brandished on a fatherless one hand my for I saw in the gate help my.

٢٢ 22 فَلْيَسْقُطْ عَضُدِي مِنْ كَتِفِي، وَلْتَنْكَسِرْ ذِرَاعِي مِنْ قَصَبَتِهَا.

Shoulder my from its shoulder let it fall and arm my from arm its let it be broken.

٢٣ 23 لأَنَّنِي أَرْتَعِبُ مِنْ نِقْمَةِ اللهِ، وَمَا كُنْتُ أَقْوَى عَلَى مُوَاجَهَةِ جَلالِهِ.

For [was] a fear to me calamity of God and from majesty his not I am able.

٢٤ 24 إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ جَعَلْتُ الذَّهَبَ مُتَّكَلِي، أَوْ قُلْتُ لِلإِبْرِيزِ أَنْتَ مُعْتَمَدِي،

If I have made gold confidence my and to pure gold I have said security my.

٢٥ 25 إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدِ اغْتَبَطْتُ بِعُظْمِ ثَرْوَتِي، أَوْ لأَنَّ يَدَيَّ فَاضَتَا بِوَفْرَةِ الْكَسْبِ،

If I rejoiced for [was] great wealth my and for much it had found hand my.

٢٦ 26 إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ نَظَرْتُ إِلَى الشَّمْسِ حِينَ أَضَاءَتْ، أَوْ إِلَى الْقَمَرِ السَّائِرِ بِبَهَاءٍ،

If I saw a light that it shone and [the] moon splendid [was] going.

٢٧ 27 فَغَوِيَ قَلْبِي سِرّاً وَقَبَّلْتُ يَدَيَّ تَوْقِيراً لَهُمَا،

And it was gullible in secrecy heart my and it kissed hand my mouth my.

٢٨ 28 فَإِنَّ هَذَا أَيْضاً إِثْمٌ يُعَاقِبُ عَلَيْهِ الْقُضَاةُ، لأَنِّي أَكُونُ قَدْ جَحَدْتُ اللهَ الْعَلِيَّ.

Also that [is] iniquity calling for judgment for I denied God above.

٢٩ 29 إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ فَرِحْتُ بِدَمَارِ مُبْغِضِي أَوْ شَمِتُّ حِينَ أَصَابَهُ شَرٌّ،

If I rejoiced in [the] disaster of [one who] hated me and I excited myself if it had found him calamity.

٣٠ 30 لا! لَمْ أَدَعْ لِسَانِي يُخْطِئُ بالدُّعَاءِ عَلَى حَيَاتِهِ بِلَعْنَةٍ.

And not I have permitted to sin palate my by asking for by a curse life his.

٣١ 31 إِنْ كَانَ أَهْلُ خَيْمَتِي لَمْ يَقُولُوا: أَهُنَاكَ مَنْ لَمْ يَشْبَعْ مِنْ طَعَامِ أَيُّوبَ؟

If not they have said [the] men of tent my who? will he give from meat his not [one who] is satisfied.

٣٢ 32 فَالْغَرِيبُ لَمْ يَبِتْ فِي الشَّارِعِ لأَنِّي فَتَحْتُ أَبْوَابِي لِعَابِرِي السَّبِيلِ.

In the street not he passed [the] night a sojourner doors my to the path I opened.

٣٣ 33 إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ كَتَمْتُ آثَامِي كَبَقِيَّةِ النَّاسِ، طَاوِياً ذُنُوبِي فِي حِضْنِي،

If I have concealed like Adam transgressions my by hiding in bosom my iniquity my.

٣٤ 34 رَهْبَةً مِنَ الْجَمَاهِيرِ الْغَفِيرَةِ، وَخَوْفاً مِنْ إِهَانَةِ الْعَشَائِرِ، وصَمَتُّ وَاعْتَصَمْتُ دَاخِلَ الأَبْوَابِ.

For I feared - a multitude great and [the] contempt of clans it caused to be dismayed me and I was silent not I went outside [the] door.

٣٥ 35 آهِ، مَنْ لِي بِمَنْ يَسْتَمِعُ لِي! هُوَذَا تَوْقِيعِي، فَلْيُجِبْنِي الْقَدِيرُ. لَيْتَ خَصْمِي يَكْتُبُ شَكْوَاهُ ضِدِّي،

Who? will he give [will belong] to me - [one who] listens to me here! mark my [the] Almighty let him answer me and a document [which] he had written [the] person of case my.

٣٦ 36 فَأَحْمِلَهَا عَلَى كَتِفِي وَأَعْصِبَهَا تَاجاً لِي،

If not on shoulder my I will carry it I will tie on it a crown to myself.

٣٧ 37 لَكُنْتُ أُقَدِّمُ لَهُ حِسَاباً عَنْ كُلِّ خَطْوَاتِي، وَأَدْنُو مِنْهُ كَمَا أَدْنُو مِنْ أَمِيرٍ.

[the] number of Steps my I will tell to him like a chief I will approach him.

٣٨ 38 إِنْ كَانَتْ أَرْضِي قَدِ احْتَجَّتْ عَلَيَّ وَتَبَاكَتْ أَتْلامُهَا جَمِيعاً،

If on me land my it cried out and together furrows its they wept!

٣٩ 39 إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ أَكَلْتُ غَلّاتِهَا بِلا ثَمَنٍ، أَوْ سَحَقْتُ نُفُوسَ أَصْحَابِهَا،

If produce its I have eaten not money and [the] life of owners its I have caused to breathe out.

٤٠ 40 فَلْيَنْبُتْ فِيهَا الشَّوْكُ بَدَلَ الْحِنْطَةِ وَالزَّوَانُ بَدَلَ الشَّعِيرِ». تَمَّتْ هُنَا أَقْوَالُ أَيُّوبَ.

In place of wheat - let it come forth thorn[s] and in place of barley foul weed[s] they are finished [the] words of Job.