< أيُّوب 6 >

فَأَجَابَ أَيُّوبُ: ١ 1
But Job answered and said,
«لَوْ أَمْكَنَ وَضْعُ حُزْنِي وَمُصِيبَتِي فِي مِيزَانٍ، ٢ 2
Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
إِذَنْ لَكَانَا أَثْقَلَ مِنْ رَمْلِ الْبَحْرِ، لِهَذَا أَلْغُو بِكَلامِي. ٣ 3
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
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 whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
أَيَنْهَقُ الْحِمَارُ الْوَحْشِيُّ عَلَى مَا لَدَيْهِ مِنْ عُشْبٍ، أَمْ يَخُورُ الثَّوْرُ عَلَى مَا لَدَيْهِ مِنْ عَلَفٍ؟ ٥ 5
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
أَيُمْكِنُ أَنْ يُؤْكَلَ مَا لَا طَعْمَ لَهُ مِنْ غَيْرِ مِلْحٍ، أَمْ أَنَّ هُنَاكَ مَذَاقاً لِبَيَاضِ الْبَيْضَةِ؟ ٦ 6
Can that which is unsavoury 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
The things [that] my soul refused to touch [are] as my sorrowful meat.
آهِ! لَيْتَ طِلْبَتِي تُسْتَجَابُ وَيُحَقِّقُ اللهُ رَجَائِي، ٨ 8
Oh 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 destroy 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
Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed 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 hope? and what [is] mine end, that I should prolong my life?
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] not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
الإِنْسَانُ الْمَكْرُوبُ يَحْتَاجُ إِلَى وَفَاءِ أَصْدِقَائِهِ، حَتَّى لَوْ تَخَلَّى عَنْ خَشْيَةِ الْقَدِيرِ. ١٤ 14
To him that is afflicted pity [should be shewed] from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
قَدْ غَدَرَ بِي إِخْوَانِي كَسَيْلٍ انْقَطَعَ مَاؤُهُ، وَكَمِيَاهِ الأَوْدِيَةِ الْعَابِرَةِ، ١٥ 15
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, [and] as the stream of brooks they pass away;
الَّتِي عَكَّرَهَا الْبَرَدُ حَيْثُ يَخْتَفِي فِيهَا الْجَلِيدُ، ١٦ 16
Which are blackish by reason of the ice, [and] wherein the snow is hid:
فَتَتَلاشَى فِي فَصْلِ الْجَفَافِ، وَتَخْتَفِي مِنْ مَكَانِهَا عِنْدَ اشْتِدَادِ الْحَرِّ، ١٧ 17
What time they wax 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 paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.
بَحَثَتْ عَنْهَا قَوَافِلُ تَيْمَاءَ، وَقَوَافِلُ سَبَأَ رَجَتِ الْعُثُورَ عَلَيْهَا. ١٩ 19
The troops 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 confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
وَالآنَ قَدْ أَصْبَحْتُمْ مِثْلَهَا. أَبْصَرْتُمْ بَلِيَّتِي فَفَزَعْتُمْ. ٢١ 21
For now ye are nothing; ye see [my] casting down, and are afraid.
هَلْ طَلَبْتُ مِنْكُمْ شَيْئاً، أَوْ سَأَلْتُكُمْ أَنْ تَرْشُوا مِنْ مَالِكُمْ مِنْ أَجْلِي؟ ٢٢ 22
Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?
هَلْ قُلْتُ: أَنْقِذُونِي مِنْ قَبْضَةِ الْخَصْمِ، أَوِ افْدُونِي مِنْ نِيرِ الْعُتَاةِ؟ ٢٣ 23
Or, Deliver me from the enemy’s hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
عَلِّمُونِي فَأَسْكُتَ، وَأَفْهِمُونِي مَا ضَلَلْتُ فِيهِ. ٢٤ 24
Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
مَا أَشَدَّ وَقْعَ قَوْلِ الْحَقِّ، وَلَكِنْ عَلَى مَاذَا يُبَرْهِنُ تَوْبِيخُكُمْ؟ ٢٥ 25
How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
أَتَبْغُونَ مُقَارَعَةَ كَلامِي بالْحُجَّةِ، وَكَلِمَاتُ الْبَائِسِ تَذْهَبُ أَدْرَاجَ الرِّيَاحِ؟ ٢٦ 26
Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, [which are] as wind?
أَنْتُمْ تُلْقُونَ الْقُرْعَةَ حَتَّى عَلَى الْيَتِيمِ، وَتُسَاوِمُونَ عَلَى الصَّدِيقِ. ٢٧ 27
Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig [a pit] for your friend.
وَالآنَ تَلَطَّفُوا بِالنَّظَرِ إِلَيَّ لأَنَّنِي لَنْ أَكْذِبَ عَلَيْكُمْ. ٢٨ 28
Now therefore be content, look upon me; for [it is] evident unto you if I lie.
ارْجِعُوا، لَا تَكُونُوا حَائِرِينَ، فَإِنَّ أَمَانَتِي مُعَرَّضَةٌ لِلاتِّهَامِ. ٢٩ 29
Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness [is] in it.
أَفِي لِسَانِي ظُلْمٌ، أَمْ مَذَاقِي لَا يُمَيِّزُ مَا هُوَ فَاسِدٌ؟ ٣٠ 30
Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?

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