< أيُّوب 6 >

فَأَجَابَ أَيُّوبُ: ١ 1
Then Job answered and said,
«لَوْ أَمْكَنَ وَضْعُ حُزْنِي وَمُصِيبَتِي فِي مِيزَانٍ، ٢ 2
O that my grief were but weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!
إِذَنْ لَكَانَا أَثْقَلَ مِنْ رَمْلِ الْبَحْرِ، لِهَذَا أَلْغُو بِكَلامِي. ٣ 3
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas. Therefore my words have been rash.
لأَنَّ سِهَامَ الْقَدِيرِ نَاشِبَةٌ فِيَّ، وَرُوحِي تَشْرَبُ مِنْ سُمِّهَا، وَأَهْوَالَ اللهِ مُصْطَفَّةٌ ضِدِّي. ٤ 4
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison of which my spirit drinks up. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
أَيَنْهَقُ الْحِمَارُ الْوَحْشِيُّ عَلَى مَا لَدَيْهِ مِنْ عُشْبٍ، أَمْ يَخُورُ الثَّوْرُ عَلَى مَا لَدَيْهِ مِنْ عَلَفٍ؟ ٥ 5
Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or the ox moo over his fodder?
أَيُمْكِنُ أَنْ يُؤْكَلَ مَا لَا طَعْمَ لَهُ مِنْ غَيْرِ مِلْحٍ، أَمْ أَنَّ هُنَاكَ مَذَاقاً لِبَيَاضِ الْبَيْضَةِ؟ ٦ 6
Can that which has no savor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
لَقَدْ عَافَتْ نَفْسِي أَنْ تَمَسَّهُ لأَنَّ مِثْلَ هَذَا الطَّعَامِ يُسْقِمُنِي. ٧ 7
My soul refuses to touch them. They are as loathsome food to me.
آهِ! لَيْتَ طِلْبَتِي تُسْتَجَابُ وَيُحَقِّقُ اللهُ رَجَائِي، ٨ 8
O that I might have my request, and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
فَيَرْضَى اللهُ أَنْ يَسْحَقَنِي وَيَمُدَّ يَدَهُ وَيَسْتَأْصِلَنِي، ٩ 9
Even that it would please God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
فَتَبْقَى لِي تَعْزِيَةٌ وَبَهْجَةٌ أَنَّنِي فِي خِضَمِّ آلامِي لَمْ أَجْحَدْ كَلامَ الْقُدُّوسِ. ١٠ 10
And be it still my consolation, yea, let me exult (in pain that does not spare), that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
مَا هِيَ قُوَّتِي حَتَّى أَنْتَظِرَ؟ وَمَا هُوَ مَصِيرِي حَتَّى أَتَصَبَّرَ؟ ١١ 11
What is my strength that I should wait? And what is my end that I should be patient?
أَقُوَّةُ الْحِجَارَةِ قُوَّتِي؟ أَمْ لَحْمِي مِنْ نُحَاسٍ؟ ١٢ 12
Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of brass?
حَقّاً لَمْ تَعُدْ لَدَيَّ قُوَّةٌ لأُغِيثَ نَفْسِي، وَكُلُّ عَوْنٍ قَدْ أُقْصِيَ عَنِّي. ١٣ 13
Is it not that I have no help in me, and that wisdom is driven quite from me?
الإِنْسَانُ الْمَكْرُوبُ يَحْتَاجُ إِلَى وَفَاءِ أَصْدِقَائِهِ، حَتَّى لَوْ تَخَلَّى عَنْ خَشْيَةِ الْقَدِيرِ. ١٤ 14
To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be from his friend, even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
قَدْ غَدَرَ بِي إِخْوَانِي كَسَيْلٍ انْقَطَعَ مَاؤُهُ، وَكَمِيَاهِ الأَوْدِيَةِ الْعَابِرَةِ، ١٥ 15
My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away,
الَّتِي عَكَّرَهَا الْبَرَدُ حَيْثُ يَخْتَفِي فِيهَا الْجَلِيدُ، ١٦ 16
which are black because of the ice, in which the snow hides itself.
فَتَتَلاشَى فِي فَصْلِ الْجَفَافِ، وَتَخْتَفِي مِنْ مَكَانِهَا عِنْدَ اشْتِدَادِ الْحَرِّ، ١٧ 17
What time they grow warm, they vanish. When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
فَتَحِيدُ الْقَوَافِلُ عَنْ طَرِيقِهَا وَتُوْغِلُ فِي التِّيهِ فَتَهْلِكُ. ١٨ 18
The caravans that travel by the way of them turn aside. They go up into the waste, and perish.
بَحَثَتْ عَنْهَا قَوَافِلُ تَيْمَاءَ، وَقَوَافِلُ سَبَأَ رَجَتِ الْعُثُورَ عَلَيْهَا. ١٩ 19
The caravans of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
اعْتَرَتْهُمُ الْخَيْبَةُ لأَنَّهُمْ أَمَّلُوا فِيهَا، وَعِنْدَمَا أَقْبَلُوا إِلَيْهَا اسْتَبَدَّ بِهِمِ الْخَجَلُ. ٢٠ 20
They were put to shame because they had hoped. They came there, and were confounded.
وَالآنَ قَدْ أَصْبَحْتُمْ مِثْلَهَا. أَبْصَرْتُمْ بَلِيَّتِي فَفَزَعْتُمْ. ٢١ 21
For now ye are nothing. Ye see a terror, and are afraid.
هَلْ طَلَبْتُ مِنْكُمْ شَيْئاً، أَوْ سَأَلْتُكُمْ أَنْ تَرْشُوا مِنْ مَالِكُمْ مِنْ أَجْلِي؟ ٢٢ 22
Did I say, Give to me? Or, Offer a present for me from your substance?
هَلْ قُلْتُ: أَنْقِذُونِي مِنْ قَبْضَةِ الْخَصْمِ، أَوِ افْدُونِي مِنْ نِيرِ الْعُتَاةِ؟ ٢٣ 23
Or, Deliver me from the adversary's hand? Or, Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?
عَلِّمُونِي فَأَسْكُتَ، وَأَفْهِمُونِي مَا ضَلَلْتُ فِيهِ. ٢٤ 24
Teach me, and I will be quiet. And cause me to understand how I have erred.
مَا أَشَدَّ وَقْعَ قَوْلِ الْحَقِّ، وَلَكِنْ عَلَى مَاذَا يُبَرْهِنُ تَوْبِيخُكُمْ؟ ٢٥ 25
How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what does it reprove?
أَتَبْغُونَ مُقَارَعَةَ كَلامِي بالْحُجَّةِ، وَكَلِمَاتُ الْبَائِسِ تَذْهَبُ أَدْرَاجَ الرِّيَاحِ؟ ٢٦ 26
Do ye think to reprove words, seeing that the speeches of a man who is desperate are as wind?
أَنْتُمْ تُلْقُونَ الْقُرْعَةَ حَتَّى عَلَى الْيَتِيمِ، وَتُسَاوِمُونَ عَلَى الصَّدِيقِ. ٢٧ 27
Yea, ye would cast lots upon the fatherless, and make merchandise of your friend.
وَالآنَ تَلَطَّفُوا بِالنَّظَرِ إِلَيَّ لأَنَّنِي لَنْ أَكْذِبَ عَلَيْكُمْ. ٢٨ 28
Now therefore be pleased to look upon me, for truly I shall not lie to your face.
ارْجِعُوا، لَا تَكُونُوا حَائِرِينَ، فَإِنَّ أَمَانَتِي مُعَرَّضَةٌ لِلاتِّهَامِ. ٢٩ 29
Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice. Yea, return again, my cause is righteous.
أَفِي لِسَانِي ظُلْمٌ، أَمْ مَذَاقِي لَا يُمَيِّزُ مَا هُوَ فَاسِدٌ؟ ٣٠ 30
Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern mischievous things?

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