أيُّوب 40

١ 1 وَاسْتَطْرَدَ الرَّبُّ قَائِلاً لأَيُّوبَ:

And YHWH answers Job and says:

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

“Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.”

٣ 3 عِنْدَئِذٍ أَجَابَ أَيُّوبُ الرَّبَّ:

And Job answers YHWH and says:

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

“Behold, I have been vile, What do I return to You? I have placed my hand on my mouth.

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

I have spoken once, and I do not answer, And twice, and I do not add.”

٦ 6 حِينَئِذٍ أَجَابَ الرَّبُّ أَيُّوبَ مِنَ الْعَاصِفَةِ:

And YHWH answers Job out of the whirlwind and says:

٧ 7 «اشْدُدْ حَقَوَيْكَ وَكُنْ رَجُلاً، فَأَسْأَلَكَ وَتُجِيبَنِي.

“Now gird your loins as a man, I ask you, and you cause Me to know.

٨ 8 أَتَشُكُّ فِي قَضَائِي أَوْ تَسْتَذْنِبُنِي لِتُبَرِّرَ نَفْسَكَ؟

Do you also make My judgment void? Do you condemn Me, That you may be righteous?

٩ 9 أَتَمْلِكُ ذِرَاعاً كَذِرَاعِ اللهِ؟ أَتُرْعِدُ بِمِثْلِ صَوْتِهِ؟

And do you have an arm like God? And do you thunder with a voice like His?

١٠ 10 إِذاً تَسَرْبَلْ بِالْجَلالِ وَالْعَظَمَةِ، وَتَزَيَّنْ بِالْمَجْدِ وَالْبَهَاءِ.

Now put on excellence and loftiness, Indeed, put on splendor and beauty.

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

Scatter abroad the wrath of your anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.

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

See every proud one—humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.

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

Hide them in the dust together, Bind their faces in secret.

١٤ 14 عِنْدَئِذٍ أَعْتَرِفُ لَكَ بِأَنَّ يَمِينَكَ قَادِرَةٌ عَلَى إِنْقَاذِكَ.

And even I praise you, For your right hand gives salvation to you.

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

Now behold, behemoth, That I made with you: He eats grass as an ox.

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

Now behold, his power [is] in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly.

١٧ 17 يَنْتَصِبُ ذَيْلُهُ كَشَجَرَةِ أَرْزٍ، وَعَضَلاتُ فَخْذَيْهِ مَضْفُورَةٌ.

He bends his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,

١٨ 18 عِظَامُهُ أَنَابِيبُ نُحَاسٍ وَأَطْرَافُهُ قُضْبَانُ حَدِيدٍ،

His bones [are] tubes of bronze, His bones [are] as a bar of iron.

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

He [is] a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker [alone] brings His sword near;

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

For mountains bear food for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.

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

He lies down under shades, In a secret place of reed and marsh.

٢٢ 22 يَسْتَظِلُّ بِشُجَيْرَاتِ السِّدْرِ، وَبِالصَّفْصَافِ عَلَى الْمِيَاهِ الْجَارِيَةِ

Shades cover him, [with] their shadow, Willows of the brook cover him.

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

Behold, a flood oppresses—he does not hurry, He is confident though Jordan Comes forth to his mouth.

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

Does [one] take him by his eyes? Does [one] pierce the nose with snares?”