أيُّوب 5

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

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

٢ 2 الْغَيْظُ يَقْتُلُ الأَحْمَقَ، وَالْغَيْرَةُ تُمِيتُ الأَبْلَهَ.

For anger kills the foolish man; jealousy kills the silly one.

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

I have seen a foolish person taking root, but suddenly I cursed his home.

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

His children are far from safety; they are crushed in the city gate. There is no one to rescue them.

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

The hungry eat up their harvest; they even take it from among the thorns. The thirsty pant for their wealth.

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

For difficulties do not come out from the soil; neither does trouble sprout from the ground.

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

Instead, mankind is born for trouble, just as sparks fly upward.

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

But as for me, I would turn to God himself; to him I would commit my cause—

٩ 9 هُوَ صَانِعُ عَجَائِبَ لَا تُفْحَصُ وَعَظَائِمَ لَا تُحْصَى.

he who does great and unsearchable things, marvelous things without number.

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

He gives rain on the earth, and sends water on the fields.

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

He does this in order to set up on high those who are low; to raise to safety those who mourn.

١٢ 12 يُبْطِلُ تَدْبِيرَاتِ الْمُحْتَالِينَ فَيُخْفِقُونَ،

He breaks the plans of the crafty people, so that their hands cannot achieve success.

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

He traps wise people in their own crafty actions; the plans of twisted people are hurried to their end.

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

They encounter darkness in the daytime, and grope at noonday as if it were night.

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

But he saves the poor person from the sword in their mouths and the needy person from the hand of mighty people.

١٦ 16 فَيُصْبِحُ لِلْمِسْكِينِ رَجَاءٌ، وَالظُّلْمُ يَسُدُّ فَمَهُ.

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

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

See, blessed is the man whom God corrects; therefore, do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.

١٨ 18 لأَنَّ اللهَ يَجْرَحُ وَيَعْصِبُ، يَسْحَقُ وَيَدَاهُ تُبْرِئَانِ.

For he wounds and then binds up; he wounds and then his hands heal.

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

He will rescue you out of six troubles; indeed, in seven troubles, no evil will touch you.

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

In famine he will ransom you from death, and in war from the hands of the sword.

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

You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue; and you will not be afraid of destruction when it comes.

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

You will laugh at destruction and famine, and you will not be afraid of beasts of the earth.

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

For you will have a covenant with the stones in your field, and the beasts of the field will be at peace with you.

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

You will know that your tent is in safety; you will visit your sheepfold and you will not miss anything.

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

You will also know that your seed will be great, that your offspring will be like the grass on the ground.

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

You will come to your grave at a full age, like a stack of grain bundles that goes up at its time.

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

See, we have examined this matter; it is like this; listen to it, and know it for yourself.”