< أيُّوب 35 >
وَقَالَ أَلِيهُو أَيْضاً: | ١ 1 |
And Elihu answereth and saith: —
«أَتَحْسِبُ هَذَا عَدْلاً؟ ثُمَّ تَقُولُ: إِنَّ هَذَا حَقِّي أَمَامَ اللهِ، | ٢ 2 |
This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said — 'My righteousness [is] more than God's?'
وَتَسْأَلُ: أَيَّةُ مَنْفَعَةٍ لِي؟ هَلْ أَكُونُ فِي حَالٍ أَفْضَلَ لَوْ لَمْ أُخْطِئْ؟ | ٣ 3 |
For thou sayest, 'What doth it profit Thee! What do I profit from my sin?'
سَأُجِيبُكَ أَنْتَ وَأَصْدِقَاءَكَ مَعَكَ: | ٤ 4 |
I return thee words, and thy friends with thee,
انْظُرْ إِلَى السَّمَاوَاتِ وَتَأَمَّلْ: تَفَرَّسْ فِي السُّحُبِ الشَّامِخَةِ فَوْقَكَ. | ٥ 5 |
Behold attentively the heavens — and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than thou.
إِنْ أَثِمْتَ فَمَاذَا يُؤَثِّرُ هَذَا فِيهِ؟ وَإِنْ كَثَّرْتَ خَطَايَاكَ فَأَيُّ شَيْءٍ يَلْحَقُ بِهِ؟ | ٦ 6 |
If thou hast sinned, what dost thou against Him? And thy transgressions have been multiplied, What dost thou to Him?
وَإِنْ كُنْتَ بَارّاً فَمَاذَا تُعْطِيهِ؟ أَوْ مَاذَا يَأْخُذُ مِنْ يَدِكَ؟ | ٧ 7 |
If thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or what from thy hand doth He receive?
إِنَّ شَرَّكَ يُؤَثِّرُ فِي إِنْسَانٍ نَظِيرِكَ، وَبِرَّكَ يَفِيدُ فَقَطْ أَبْنَاءَ النَّاسِ. | ٨ 8 |
For a man like thyself [is] thy wickedness, And for a son of man thy righteousness.
لأَنَّ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ الْجَوْرِ يَسْتَغِيثُ الْمَظْلُومُونَ طَلَباً لِلْخَلاصِ مِنْ قَبْضَةِ الْعُتَاةِ، | ٩ 9 |
Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.
وَلَكِنْ لَا أَحَدَ يَقُولُ: أَيْنَ اللهُ صَانِعِي، الْوَاهِبُ تَرْنِيماً فِي اللَّيْلِ، | ١٠ 10 |
And none said, 'Where [is] God my maker? Giving songs in the night,
الَّذِي عَلَّمَنَا أَكْثَرَ مِنْ وُحُوشِ الأَرْضِ، وَجَعَلَنَا أَعْظَمَ حِكْمَةً مِنْ طُيُورِ السَّمَاءِ. | ١١ 11 |
Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Yea, than the fowl of the heavens He maketh us wiser.'
يَسْتَغِيثُونَ بِهِ فَلا يُجِيبُ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ تَشَامُخِ الأَشْرَارِ | ١٢ 12 |
There they cry, and He doth not answer, Because of the pride of evil doers.
فَإِنْ كَانَ اللهُ لَا يَسْمَعُ لِصُرَاخِهِمِ الفَارِغِ، وَلا يَأْبَهُ القَدِيرُ لَهُ | ١٣ 13 |
Surely vanity God doth not hear, And the Mighty doth not behold it.
فَكَمْ بِالأَحْرَى لَا يَسْمَعُ لَكَ عِنْدَمَا تَقُولُ إِنَّكَ لَا تَرَاهُ! لَكِنِ اصْبِرْ، فَدَعْوَاكَ أَمَامَهُ | ١٤ 14 |
Yea, though thou sayest thou dost not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stay for Him.
وَالآنَ، لأَنَّهُ لَمْ يُجَازِ فِي غَضَبِهِ وَلَمْ يُبَالِ بِمُعَاقَبَةِ الإِثْمِ، | ١٥ 15 |
And, now, because there is not, He hath appointed His anger, And He hath not known in great extremity.
فَغَرَ أَيُّوبُ فَاهُ بِالْبَاطِلِ، وَأَكْثَرَ مِنَ الْكَلامِ بِجَهْلٍ!» | ١٦ 16 |
And Job [with] vanity doth open his mouth, Without knowledge words he multiplieth.