أيُّوب 5

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

"Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

٢ 2 الْغَيْظُ يَقْتُلُ الأَحْمَقَ، وَالْغَيْرَةُ تُمِيتُ الأَبْلَهَ.

For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.

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

I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

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

His children are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,

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

whose harvest the hungry eats up, and take it even out of the thorns. And the thirsty swallow up their wealth.

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

For affliction doesn't come forth from the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;

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

but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

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

"But as for me, I would seek God. I would commit my cause to God,

٩ 9 هُوَ صَانِعُ عَجَائِبَ لَا تُفْحَصُ وَعَظَائِمَ لَا تُحْصَى.

who does great things that can't be fathomed, marvelous things without number;

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

who gives rain on the earth, and sends waters on the fields;

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

so that he sets up on high those who are low, those who mourn are exalted to safety.

١٢ 12 يُبْطِلُ تَدْبِيرَاتِ الْمُحْتَالِينَ فَيُخْفِقُونَ،

He frustrates the devices of the crafty, So that their hands can't perform their enterprise.

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

He traps the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning are brought to a quick end.

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

They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope at noonday as in the night.

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

But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.

١٦ 16 فَيُصْبِحُ لِلْمِسْكِينِ رَجَاءٌ، وَالظُّلْمُ يَسُدُّ فَمَهُ.

So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.

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

"Look, blessed is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of Shaddai.

١٨ 18 لأَنَّ اللهَ يَجْرَحُ وَيَعْصِبُ، يَسْحَقُ وَيَدَاهُ تُبْرِئَانِ.

For he wounds, and binds up. He injures, and his hands make whole.

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

He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven there shall no evil touch you.

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

In famine he will redeem you from death; in war, from the power of the sword.

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

You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, neither shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes.

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

At destruction and famine you shall laugh, neither shall you be afraid of the animals of the earth.

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

For you shall be in league with the stones of the field. The animals of the field shall be at peace with you.

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

You shall know that your tent is in peace. You shall visit your fold, and shall miss nothing.

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

You shall know also that your descendants shall be great, and your offspring as the grass of the earth.

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

You shall come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.

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

Look this, we have searched it, so it is. Hear it, and know it for your good."