أيُّوب 40

١ 1 وَاسْتَطْرَدَ الرَّبُّ قَائِلاً لأَيُّوبَ:

Yahweh continued to speak to Job; he said,

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

“Should anyone who wishes to criticize try to correct the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer.”

٣ 3 عِنْدَئِذٍ أَجَابَ أَيُّوبُ الرَّبَّ:

Then Job answered Yahweh and said,

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

“See, I am insignificant; how can I answer you? I put my hand over my mouth.

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

I spoke once, and I will not answer; indeed, twice, but I will proceed no further.”

٦ 6 حِينَئِذٍ أَجَابَ الرَّبُّ أَيُّوبَ مِنَ الْعَاصِفَةِ:

Then Yahweh answered Job out of a fierce storm and said,

٧ 7 «اشْدُدْ حَقَوَيْكَ وَكُنْ رَجُلاً، فَأَسْأَلَكَ وَتُجِيبَنِي.

“Now gird up your loins like a man, for I will ask you questions, and you must answer me.

٨ 8 أَتَشُكُّ فِي قَضَائِي أَوْ تَسْتَذْنِبُنِي لِتُبَرِّرَ نَفْسَكَ؟

Will you actually say that I am unjust? Will you condemn me so you may claim you are right?

٩ 9 أَتَمْلِكُ ذِرَاعاً كَذِرَاعِ اللهِ؟ أَتُرْعِدُ بِمِثْلِ صَوْتِهِ؟

Do you have an arm like God's? Can you thunder with a voice like him?

١٠ 10 إِذاً تَسَرْبَلْ بِالْجَلالِ وَالْعَظَمَةِ، وَتَزَيَّنْ بِالْمَجْدِ وَالْبَهَاءِ.

Now clothe yourself in glory and dignity; array yourself in honor and majesty.

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

Scatter around the excess of your anger; look at everyone who is proud and bring him down.

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

Look at everyone who is proud and bring him low; trample down wicked people where they stand.

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

Bury them in the earth together; imprison their faces in the hidden place.

١٤ 14 عِنْدَئِذٍ أَعْتَرِفُ لَكَ بِأَنَّ يَمِينَكَ قَادِرَةٌ عَلَى إِنْقَاذِكَ.

Then will I also acknowledge about you that your own right hand can save you.

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

Look now at the behemoth, which I made when I made you; he eats grass like an ox.

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

See now, his strength is in his loins; his power is in his belly's muscles.

١٧ 17 يَنْتَصِبُ ذَيْلُهُ كَشَجَرَةِ أَرْزٍ، وَعَضَلاتُ فَخْذَيْهِ مَضْفُورَةٌ.

He makes his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are joined together.

١٨ 18 عِظَامُهُ أَنَابِيبُ نُحَاسٍ وَأَطْرَافُهُ قُضْبَانُ حَدِيدٍ،

His bones are like tubes of bronze; his legs are like bars of iron.

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

He is the chief of the creatures of God. Only God, who made him, can defeat him.

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

For the hills provide him with food; the beasts of the field play nearby.

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

He lies under the lotus plants in the shelter of the reeds, in the marshes.

٢٢ 22 يَسْتَظِلُّ بِشُجَيْرَاتِ السِّدْرِ، وَبِالصَّفْصَافِ عَلَى الْمِيَاهِ الْجَارِيَةِ

The lotus plants cover him with their shade; the willows of the brook are all around him.

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

See, if a river floods its banks, he does not tremble; he is confident, though the Jordan should surge up to his mouth.

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

Can anyone capture him with a hook, or pierce his nose through with a snare?