أيُّوب 5

١ 1 ادْعُ الآنَ، فَهَلْ مِنْ مُجِيبٍ؟ وَإِلَى أَيِّ القِدِّيسِينَ تَلْتَفِتُ؟

But call, if any one will hearken to thee, or if thou shalt see any of the holy angels.

٢ 2 الْغَيْظُ يَقْتُلُ الأَحْمَقَ، وَالْغَيْرَةُ تُمِيتُ الأَبْلَهَ.

For wrath destroys the foolish one, and envy slays him that has gone astray.

٣ 3 لَقَدْ شَاهَدْتُ الْغَبِيَّ يَتَأَصَّلُ، ثُمَّ لَمْ أَلْبَثْ أَنْ لَعَنْتُ مَسْكَنَهُ.

And I have seen foolish ones taking root: but suddenly their habitation was devoured.

٤ 4 أَبْنَاؤُهُ لَا أَمْنَ لَهُمْ. يَتَحَطَّمُونَ عِنْدَ الْبَابِ وَلا مُنْقِذَ.

Let their children be far from safety, and let them be crushed at the doors of vile men, and let there be no deliverer.

٥ 5 يَأْكُلُ الْجَائِعُ حَصِيدَهُمْ، وَيَلْتَهِمُهُ حَتَّى مِنْ بَيْنِ الشَّوْكِ، وَيَمْتَصُّ الظَّامِئُ ثَرْوَتَهُمْ.

For what they have collected, the just shall eat; but they shall not be delivered out of calamities: let their strength be utterly exhausted.

٦ 6 إِنَّ الْبَلِيَّةَ لَا تَخْرُجُ مِنَ التُّرَابِ، وَالْمَشَقَّاتِ لَا تَنْبُتُ مِنَ الأَرْضِ،

For labour cannot by any means come out of the earth, nor shall trouble spring out of the mountains:

٧ 7 وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّ الإِنْسَانَ مَوْلُودٌ لِمُعَانَاةِ الْمَتَاعِبِ، كَمَا وُلِدَتِ الْجَوَارِحُ لِتُحَلِّقَ بِأَجْنِحَتِهَا.

yet man is born to labour, and [even so] the vulture's young seek the high places.

٨ 8 لَوْ كُنْتُ فِي مَكَانِكَ لاتَّجَهْتُ إِلَى اللهِ وَعَرَضْتُ أَمْرِي عَلَيْهِ.

Nevertheless I will beseech the Lord, and will call upon the Lord, the sovereign of all;

٩ 9 هُوَ صَانِعُ عَجَائِبَ لَا تُفْحَصُ وَعَظَائِمَ لَا تُحْصَى.

who does great things and untraceable, glorious things also, and marvellous, of which there is no number:

١٠ 10 يُهْطِلُ الْغَيْثَ عَلَى وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ، وَيُرْسِلُ الْمِيَاهَ إِلَى الْحُقُولِ.

who gives rain upon the earth, sending water on the earth:

١١ 11 يُقِيمُ الْمُتَوَاضِعِينَ فِي الْعُلَى، وَيَرْفَعُ النَّائِحِينَ إِلَى مَكَانِ الطُّمَأْنِينَةِ.

who exalts the lowly, and raises up them that are lost:

١٢ 12 يُبْطِلُ تَدْبِيرَاتِ الْمُحْتَالِينَ فَيُخْفِقُونَ،

frustrating the counsels of the crafty, and their hands shall not perform the truth:

١٣ 13 أَوْ يُوْقِعُ الْحُكَمَاءَ فِي خِدْعَتِهِمْ، فَتَتَلاشَى مَشُورَةُ الْمَاكِرِينَ.

who takes the wise in their wisdom, and subverts the counsel of the crafty

١٤ 14 يَكْتَنِفُهُمْ ظَلامٌ فِي النَّهَارِ، وَيَتَحَسَّسُونَ طَرِيقَهُمْ فِي الظَّهِيرَةِ، كَمَنْ يَمْشِي فِي اللَّيْلِ.

In the day darkness shall come upon them, and let them grope in the noon-day even as in the night:

١٥ 15 يُنَجِّي الْبَائِسِينَ مِنْ سَيْفِ فَمِهِمْ، وَمِنْ قَبْضَةِ الْقَوِيِّ يُنْقِذُهُمْ،

and let them perish in war, and let the weak escape from the hand of the mighty.

١٦ 16 فَيُصْبِحُ لِلْمِسْكِينِ رَجَاءٌ، وَالظُّلْمُ يَسُدُّ فَمَهُ.

And let the weak have hope, but the mouth of the unjust be stopped.

١٧ 17 طُوبَى لِلرَّجُلِ الَّذِي يُقَوِّمُهُ اللهُ، فَلا تَرْفُضْ تَأْدِيبَ الْقَدِيرِ.

But blessed [is] the man whom the Lord has reproved; and reject not thou the chastening of the Almighty.

١٨ 18 لأَنَّ اللهَ يَجْرَحُ وَيَعْصِبُ، يَسْحَقُ وَيَدَاهُ تُبْرِئَانِ.

for he causes [a man] to be in pain, and restores [him] again: he smites, and his hands heal.

١٩ 19 مِنْ سِتِّ بَلايَا يُنَجِّيكَ، وَفِي سَبْعٍ لَا يَقَعُ بِكَ أَذىً.

Six time he shall deliver thee out of distresses: and in the seventh harm shall not touch thee.

٢٠ 20 يَفْدِيكَ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ جُوعاً، وَفِي الْحَرْبِ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ.

In famine he shall deliver thee from death: and in war he shall free thee from the power of the sword.

٢١ 21 يَقِيكَ مِنْ لَذَعَاتِ اللِّسَانِ، فَلا تَخَافُ مِنَ الدَّمَارِ إِذَا أَقْبَلَ.

He shall hide thee from the scourge of the tongue: and thou shalt not be afraid of coming evils.

٢٢ 22 تَسْخَرُ مِنَ الدَّمَارِ وَالْمَجَاعَةِ، وَلا تَخْشَى وُحُوشَ الأَرْضِ،

Thou shalt laugh at the unrighteous and the lawless: and thou shalt not be afraid of wild beasts.

٢٣ 23 لأَنَّ عَهْدَكَ مَعَ حِجَارَةِ الْحَقْلِ، وَوُحُوشُ الصَّحْرَاءِ تُسَالِمُكَ.

For the wild beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

٢٤ 24 فَتُدْرِكُ أَنَّ خَيْمَتَكَ آمِنَةٌ، وَتَتَعَهَّدُ حَظِيرَتَكَ فَلا تَفْقِدُ شَيْئاً.

Then shalt thou know that thy house shall be at peace, and the provision for thy tabernacle shall not fail.

٢٥ 25 عِنْدَئِذٍ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ ذُرِّيَّتَكَ كَثِيرَةٌ، وَأَنَّ نَسْلَكَ كَعُشْبِ الأَرْضِ،

And thou shalt know that thy seed [shall be] abundant; and thy children shall be like the herbage of the field.

٢٦ 26 وَتَدْخُلُ الْقَبْرَ فِي شَيْبَةٍ نَاضِجَةٍ، كَمَا يُرْفَعُ كُدْسُ الْقَمْحِ فِي مَوْسِمِهِ.

And thou shalt come to the grave like ripe corn reaped in its season, or as a heap of the corn-flour collected in proper time.

٢٧ 27 فَانْظُرْ. هَذَا مَا بَحَثْنَا عَنْهُ، وَهُوَ حَقٌّ، فَاسْمَعْهُ وَاخْتَبِرْهُ بِنَفْسِكَ».

Behold, we have thus sought out these matters; these are what we have heard: but do thou reflect with thyself, if thou hast done anything [wrong].