أيُّوب 38
| ثُمَّ قَالَ الرَّبُّ لأَيُّوبَ مِنَ الْعَاصِفَةِ: | ١ 1 |
Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind,
| «مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يُظْلِمُ الْقَضَاءَ بِكَلامٍ مُجَرَّدٍ مِنَ الْمَعْرِفَةِ؟ | ٢ 2 |
“Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
| اشْدُدْ حَقَوَيْكَ كَرَجُلٍ لأَسْأَلَكَ فَتُجِيبَنِي | ٣ 3 |
Brace yourself like a man, for I will question you, then you answer me!
| أَيْنَ كُنْتَ عِنْدَمَا أَسَّسْتُ الأَرْضَ؟ أَخْبِرْنِي إِنْ كُنْتَ ذَا حِكْمَةٍ. | ٤ 4 |
“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.
| مَنْ حَدَّدَ مَقَايِيسَهَا، إِنْ كُنْتَ حَقّاً تَعْرِفُ؟ أَوْ مَنْ مَدَّ عَلَيْهَا خَيْطَ الْقِيَاسِ؟ | ٥ 5 |
Who determined its measures, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it?
| عَلَى أَيِّ شَيْءٍ اسْتَقَرَّتْ قَوَاعِدُهَا؟ وَمَنْ وَضَعَ حَجَرَ زَاوِيَتِهَا؟ | ٦ 6 |
What were its foundations fastened on? Or who laid its cornerstone,
| بَيْنَمَا كَانَتْ كَوَاكِبُ السَّمَاءِ تَتَرَنَّمُ مَعاً وَمَلائِكَةُ اللهِ تَهْتِفُ بِفَرَحٍ. | ٧ 7 |
when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
| مَنْ حَجَزَ الْبَحْرَ بِبَوَّابَاتٍ، عِنْدَمَا انْدَفَقَ مِنْ رَحِمِ الأَرْضِ، | ٨ 8 |
“Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke out of the womb,
| حِينَ جَعَلْتُ السُّحُبَ لِبَاساً لَهُ وَالظُّلْمَةَ قِمَاطَهُ، | ٩ 9 |
when I made clouds its garment, and wrapped it in thick darkness,
| عِنْدَمَا عَيَّنْتُ لَهُ حُدُوداً، وَأَثْبَتُّ بَوَّابَاتِهِ وَمَغَالِيقَهُ فِي مَوَاضِعِهَا، | ١٠ 10 |
marked out for it my bound, set bars and doors,
| وَقُلْتُ لَهُ: إِلَى هُنَا تُخُومُكَ فَلا تَتَعَدَّاهَا، وَهُنَا يَتَوَقَّفُ عُتُوُّ أَمْوَاجِكَ؟ | ١١ 11 |
and said, ‘You may come here, but no further. Your proud waves shall be stopped here’?
| هَلْ أَمَرْتَ مَرَّةً الصُّبْحَ فِي أَيَّامِكَ، وَأَرَيْتَ الْفَجْرَ مَوْضِعَهُ، | ١٢ 12 |
“Have you commanded the morning in your days, and caused the dawn to know its place,
| لِيَقْبِضَ عَلَى أَكْنَافِ الأَرْضِ وَيَنْفُضَ الأَشْرَارَ مِنْهَا؟ | ١٣ 13 |
that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?
| تَتَشَكَّلُ كَطِينٍ تَحْتَ الْخَاتَمِ، وَتَبْدُو مَعَالِمُهَا كَمَعَالِمِ الرِّدَاءِ. | ١٤ 14 |
It is changed as clay under the seal, and presented as a garment.
| يَمْتَنِعُ النُّورُ عَنِ الأَشْرَارِ، وَتَتَحَطَّمُ ذِرَاعُهُمُ الْمُرْتَفِعَةُ. | ١٥ 15 |
From the wicked, their light is withheld. The high arm is broken.
| هَلْ غُصْتَ إِلَى يَنَابِيعِ الْبَحْرِ، أَمْ دَلَفْتَ إِلَى مَقَاصِيرِ اللُّجَجِ؟ | ١٦ 16 |
“Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?
| هَلِ اطَّلَعْتَ عَلَى أَبْوَابِ الْمَنِيَّةِ، أَمْ رَأَيْتَ بَوَّابَاتِ ظِلالِ الْمَوْتِ؟ | ١٧ 17 |
Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
| هَلْ أَحَطْتَ بِعَرْضِ الأَرْضِ؟ أَخْبِرْنِي إِنْ كُنْتَ بِكُلِّ هَذَا عَلِيماً. | ١٨ 18 |
Have you comprehended the earth in its width? Declare, if you know it all.
| أَيْنَ الطَّرِيقُ إِلَى مَقَرِّ النُّورِ، وَأَيْنَ مُسْتَقَرُّ الظُّلْمَةِ؟ | ١٩ 19 |
“What is the way to the dwelling of light? As for darkness, where is its place,
| حَتَّى تَقُودَهَا إِلَى تُخُومِهَا وَتَعْرِفَ سُبُلَ مَسْكَنِهَا؟ | ٢٠ 20 |
that you should take it to its bound, that you should discern the paths to its house?
| حَقّاً أَنْتَ تَعْرِفُهَا لأَنَّكَ آنَئِذٍ كُنْتَ قَدْ وُلِدْتَ وَعِشْتَ أَيَّاماً طَوِيلَةً! | ٢١ 21 |
Surely you know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great!
| هَلْ دَخَلْتَ إِلَى مَخَازِنِ الثَّلْجِ، أَمْ رَأَيْتَ خَزَائِنَ الْبَرَدِ، | ٢٢ 22 |
Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,
| الَّتِي ادَّخَرْتُهَا لأَوْقَاتِ الضِّيقِ، لِيَوْمِ الْمَعْرَكَةِ وَالْحَرْبِ؟ | ٢٣ 23 |
which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
| مَا هُوَ السَّبِيلُ إِلَى مَوْضِعِ انْتِشَارِ النُّورِ، أَوْ أَيْنَ تَتَوَزَّعُ الرِّيحُ الشَّرْقِيَّةُ عَلَى الأَرْضِ؟ | ٢٤ 24 |
By what way is the lightning distributed, or the east wind scattered on the earth?
| مَنْ حَفَرَ قَنَوَاتٍ لِسُيُولِ الْمَطَرِ، وَمَمَرّاً لِلصَّوَاعِقِ، | ٢٥ 25 |
Who has cut a channel for the flood water, or the path for the thunderstorm,
| لِيُمْطِرَ عَلَى أَرْضٍ مُقْفِرَةٍ لَا إِنْسَانَ فِيهَا، | ٢٦ 26 |
to cause it to rain on a land where there is no man, on the wilderness, in which there is no man,
| لِيُرْوِيَ الأَرْضَ الْخَرِبَةَ، وَلِيَسْتَنْبِتَ الأَرْضَ عُشْباً؟ | ٢٧ 27 |
to satisfy the waste and desolate ground, to cause the tender grass to grow?
| هَلْ لِلْمَطَرِ أَبٌ؟ وَمَنْ أَنْجَبَ قَطَرَاتِ النَّدَى؟ | ٢٨ 28 |
Does the rain have a father? Or who fathers the drops of dew?
| وَمِنْ أَيِّ أَحْشَاءٍ خَرَجَ الْجَمَدُ، وَمَنْ وَلَدَ صَقِيعَ السَّمَاءِ؟ | ٢٩ 29 |
Whose womb did the ice come out of? Who has given birth to the gray frost of the sky?
| تَتَجَلَّدُ الْمِيَاهُ كَحِجَارَةٍ وَيَتَجَمَّدُ وَجْهُ الْغَمْرِ. | ٣٠ 30 |
The waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen.
| هَلْ تَرْبِطُ سَلاسِلَ الثُّرَيَّا، أَمْ تَفُكُّ عُقَدَ الْجَوْزَاءِ؟ | ٣١ 31 |
“Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?
| هَلْ تَهْدِي كَوَاكِبَ الْمَنَازِلِ فِي فُصُولِهَا، أَمْ تَهْدِي النَّعْشَ مَعَ بِنَاتِهِ؟ | ٣٢ 32 |
Can you lead the constellations out in their season? Or can you guide the Bear with her cubs?
| هَلْ تَعْرِفُ أَحْكَامَ السَّمَاوَاتِ، أَمْ أَسَّسْتَ سُلْطَتَهَا عَلَى الأَرْضِ؟ | ٣٣ 33 |
Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish its dominion over the earth?
| هَلْ تَرْفَعُ صَوْتَكَ آمِراً الْغَمَامَ فَيَغْمُرَكَ فَيْضُ الْمِيَاهِ؟ | ٣٤ 34 |
“Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover you?
| هَلْ فِي وُسْعِكَ أَنْ تُطْلِقَ الْبُرُوقَ فَتَمْضِيَ وَتَقُولَ لَكَ: هَا نَحْنُ طَوْعَ أَمْرِكَ؟ | ٣٥ 35 |
Can you send out lightnings, that they may go? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
| مَنْ أَضْفَى عَلَى الْغُيُومِ حِكْمَةً وَأَنْعَمَ عَلَى الضَّبَابِ بِالْفَهْمِ؟ | ٣٦ 36 |
Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the mind?
| مَنْ لَهُ الْحِكْمَةُ لِيُحْصِيَ النُّجُومَ، وَمَنْ يَصُبُّ الْمَاءَ مِنْ مَيَازِيبِ السَّمَاءِ، | ٣٧ 37 |
Who can count the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the containers of the sky,
| حِينَ يَتَلَبَّدُ التُّرَابُ وَتَتَمَاسَكُ كُتَلُ الطِّينِ؟ | ٣٨ 38 |
when the dust runs into a mass, and the clods of earth stick together?
| هَلْ تَصْطَادُ الْفَرِيسَةَ لِلَّبُؤَةِ، أَمْ تُشْبِعُ جُوعَ الأَشْبَالِ، | ٣٩ 39 |
“Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
| حِينَ تَتَرَبَّصُ فِي الْعَرَائِنِ وَتَكْمُنُ فِي أَوْجَارِهَا؟ | ٤٠ 40 |
when they crouch in their dens, and lie in wait in the thicket?
| مَنْ يُزَوِّدُ الْغُرَابَ بِصَيْدِهِ إِذْ تَنْعَبُ فِرَاخُهُ مُسْتَغِيثَةً بِاللهِ، وَتَهِيمُ لاِفْتِقَارِهَا إِلَى الْقُوتِ؟ | ٤١ 41 |
Who provides for the raven his prey, when his young ones cry to God, and wander for lack of food?
