أيُّوب 40

١ 1 وَاسْتَطْرَدَ الرَّبُّ قَائِلاً لأَيُّوبَ:

Moreover Jehovah answered Job, and said,

٢ 2 «أَيُخَاصِمُ اللّائِمُ الْقَدِيرَ؟ لِيُجِبِ المُشْتَكِي عَلَى اللهِ».

Shall he who quibbles contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.

٣ 3 عِنْدَئِذٍ أَجَابَ أَيُّوبُ الرَّبَّ:

Then Job answered Jehovah, and said,

٤ 4 «انْظُرْ، أَنَا حَقِيرٌ فَبِمَاذَا أُجِيبُكَ؟ هَا أَنَا أَضَعُ يَدِي عَلَى فَمِي

Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth.

٥ 5 لَقَدْ تَكَلَّمْتُ مَرَّةً وَلَنْ أُجِيبَ، وَمَرَّتَيْنِ وَلَنْ أُضِيفَ».

I have spoken once, and I will not answer, yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.

٦ 6 حِينَئِذٍ أَجَابَ الرَّبُّ أَيُّوبَ مِنَ الْعَاصِفَةِ:

Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

٧ 7 «اشْدُدْ حَقَوَيْكَ وَكُنْ رَجُلاً، فَأَسْأَلَكَ وَتُجِيبَنِي.

Gird up thy loins now like a man. I will demand of thee, and declare thou to me.

٨ 8 أَتَشُكُّ فِي قَضَائِي أَوْ تَسْتَذْنِبُنِي لِتُبَرِّرَ نَفْسَكَ؟

Will thou even annul my judgment? Will thou condemn me, that thou may be justified?

٩ 9 أَتَمْلِكُ ذِرَاعاً كَذِرَاعِ اللهِ؟ أَتُرْعِدُ بِمِثْلِ صَوْتِهِ؟

Or have thou an arm like God? And can thou thunder with a voice like him?

١٠ 10 إِذاً تَسَرْبَلْ بِالْجَلالِ وَالْعَظَمَةِ، وَتَزَيَّنْ بِالْمَجْدِ وَالْبَهَاءِ.

Deck thyself now with excellency and dignity, and array thyself with honor and majesty.

١١ 11 صُبَّ فَيْضَ غَضَبِكَ، وَانْظُرْ إِلَى كُلِّ مُتَكَبِّرٍ وَاخْفِضْهُ.

Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger, and look upon everyone who is proud, and abase him.

١٢ 12 انْظُرْ إِلَى كُلِّ مُتَعَظِّمٍ وَذَلّلْهُ، وَدُسِ الأَشْرَارَ فِي مَوَاضِعِهِمْ.

Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low, and tread down the wicked where they stand.

١٣ 13 اطْمِرْهُمْ كُلَّهُمْ فِي التُّرَابِ مَعاً، وَاحْبِسْ وُجُوهَهُمْ فِي الْهَاوِيَةِ.

Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.

١٤ 14 عِنْدَئِذٍ أَعْتَرِفُ لَكَ بِأَنَّ يَمِينَكَ قَادِرَةٌ عَلَى إِنْقَاذِكَ.

Then I will also confess of thee that thine own right hand can save thee.

١٥ 15 انْظُرْ إِلَى بَهِيمُوثَ (الْحَيَوَانِ الضَّخْمِ) الَّذِي صَنَعْتُهُ مَعَكَ، فَإِنَّهُ يَأْكُلُ الْعُشْبَ كَالْبَقَرِ.

Behold now behemoth, which I made as well as thee. He eats grass as an ox.

١٦ 16 إِنَّ قُوَّتَهُ فِي مَتْنَيْهِ، وَشِدَّتَهُ فِي عَضَلِ بَطْنِهِ.

Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the muscles of his belly.

١٧ 17 يَنْتَصِبُ ذَيْلُهُ كَشَجَرَةِ أَرْزٍ، وَعَضَلاتُ فَخْذَيْهِ مَضْفُورَةٌ.

He moves his tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together.

١٨ 18 عِظَامُهُ أَنَابِيبُ نُحَاسٍ وَأَطْرَافُهُ قُضْبَانُ حَدِيدٍ،

His bones are as tubes of brass. His limbs are like bars of iron.

١٩ 19 إِنَّهُ أَعْجَبُ كُلِّ الْخَلائِقِ، وَلا يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يَهْزِمَهُ إِلّا الَّذِي خَلَقَهُ.

He is a beginning of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.

٢٠ 20 تَنْمُو الأَعْشَابُ الَّتِي يَتَغَذَّى بِها عَلَى الْجِبَالِ، حَيْثُ تَمْرَحُ وُحُوشُ الْبَرِّيَّةِ.

Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.

٢١ 21 يَرْبِضُ تَحْتَ شُجَيْرَاتِ السِّدْرِ، وَبَيْنَ الْحَلْفَاءِ فِي الْمُسْتَنْقَعَاتِ.

He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the fen.

٢٢ 22 يَسْتَظِلُّ بِشُجَيْرَاتِ السِّدْرِ، وَبِالصَّفْصَافِ عَلَى الْمِيَاهِ الْجَارِيَةِ

The lotus trees cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook encompass him about.

٢٣ 23 لَا يُخَامِرُهُ الْخَوْفُ إِنْ هَاجَ النَّهْرُ، وَيَظَلُّ مُطْمَئِنّاً وَلَوِ انْدَفَقَ نَهْرُ الأُرْدُنِّ فِي فَمِهِ.

Behold, if a river overflows, he does not tremble. He is confident though a Jordan swell even to his mouth.

٢٤ 24 مَنْ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يَصْطَادَهُ مِنَ الأَمَامِ، أَوْ يَثْقُبَ أَنْفَهُ بِخِزَامَةٍ؟

Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?