أيُّوب 9
| فَقَالَ أَيُّوبُ: | ١ 1 |
And Job answered and said,
| «قَدْ عَلِمْتُ يَقِيناً أَنَّ الأَمْرَ كَذَلِكَ، وَلَكِنْ كَيْفَ يَتَبَرَّرُ الإِنْسَانُ أَمَامَ اللهِ؟ | ٢ 2 |
Of a truth I know it is so; but how can man be just with God?
| إِنْ شَاءَ الْمَرْءُ أَنْ يَتَحَاجَّ مَعَهُ، فَإِنَّهُ يَعْجِزُ عَنِ الإِجَابَةِ عَنْ حُجَّةٍ مِنْ أَلْفٍ. | ٣ 3 |
If he shall choose to strive with him, he cannot answer him one thing of a thousand.
| هُوَ حَكِيمُ الْقَلْبِ وَعَظِيمُ الْقُوَّةِ، فَمَنْ تَصَلَّبَ أَمَامَهُ وَسَلِمَ؟ | ٤ 4 |
He is wise in heart and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and had peace?
| هُوَ الَّذِي يُزَحْزِحُ الْجِبَالَ، فَلا تَدْرِي حِينَ يَقْلِبُهَا فِي غَضَبِهِ. | ٥ 5 |
Who removeth mountains, and they know it not, when he overturneth them in his anger;
| هُوَ الَّذِي يُزَعْزِعُ الأَرْضَ مِنْ مُسْتَقَرِّهَا فَتَتَزَلْزَلُ أَعْمِدَتُهَا. | ٦ 6 |
Who shaketh the earth out of its place, and the pillars thereof tremble;
| هُوَ الَّذِي يُصْدِرُ أَمْرَهُ إِلَى الشَّمْسِ فَلا تُشْرِقُ، وَيَخْتِمُ عَلَى النُّجُومِ. | ٧ 7 |
Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, and he sealeth up the stars;
| يَبْسُطُ وَحْدَهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ، وَيَمْشِي عَلَى أَعَالِي الْبَحْرِ. | ٨ 8 |
Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the high waves of the sea;
| هُوَ الَّذِي صَنَعَ النَّعْشَ وَالْجَبَّارَ وَالثُّرَيَّا وَمَخَادِعَ الْجَنُوبِ، | ٩ 9 |
Who maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south;
| صَانِعُ عَظَائِمَ لَا تُسْتَقْصَى وَعَجَائِبَ لَا تُحْصَى. | ١٠ 10 |
Who doeth great things past finding out, and wonders without number.
| اللهُ يَمُرُّ بِي فَلا أَرَاهُ وَيَجْتَازُ فَلا أَشْعُرُ بِهِ. | ١١ 11 |
Lo, he goeth by me, and I see [him] not; and he passeth along, and I perceive him not.
| إِذَا خَطَفَ مَنْ يَرُدُّهُ، أَوْ يَقُولُ لَهُ: مَاذَا تَفْعَلُ؟ | ١٢ 12 |
Behold, he taketh away: who will hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou?
| لَا يَرُدُّ اللهُ غَضَبَهُ؛ تَخْضَعُ لَهُ كِبْرِيَاءُ الأَشْرَار | ١٣ 13 |
God withdraweth not his anger; the proud helpers stoop under him:
| فَكَيْفَ إِذاً يُمْكِنُنِي أَنْ أُجِيبَهُ، وَأَتَخَيَّرَ كَلِمَاتِي فِي مُخَاطَبَتِهِ؟ | ١٤ 14 |
How much less shall I answer him, choose out my words [to strive] with him?
| لأَنِّي عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ بَرَاءَتِي لَا أَقْدِرُ أَنْ أُجِيبَهُ، إِنَّمَا أَسْتَرْحِمُ دَيَّانِي. | ١٥ 15 |
Whom, though I were righteous, [yet] would I not answer; I would make supplication to my judge.
| حَتَّى لَوْ دَعَوْتُ وَاسْتَجَابَ لِي، فَإِنِّي لَا أُصَدِّقُ أَنَّهُ قَدِ اسْتَمَعَ لِي. | ١٦ 16 |
If I had called, and he had answered me, I would not believe that he hearkened to my voice, —
| يَسْحَقُنِي بِالْعَاصِفَةِ وَيُكْثِرُ جُرُوحِي مِنْ غَيْرِ سَبَبٍ. | ١٧ 17 |
He, who crusheth me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
| لَا يَدَعُنِي أَلْتَقِطُ أَنْفَاسِي بَلْ يُشْبِعُنِي مَرَائِرَ. | ١٨ 18 |
He suffereth me not to take my breath, for he filleth me with bitternesses.
| إِنْ كَانَتِ الْقَضِيَّةُ قَضِيَّةَ قُوَّةٍ، فَهُوَ يَقُولُ مُتَحَدِّياً: هَأَنَذَا. وَإِنْ كَانَتِ الْقَضِيَّةُ قَضِيَّةَ الْقَضَاءِ، فَمَنْ يُحَاكِمُهُ؟ | ١٩ 19 |
Be it a question of strength, lo, [he is] strong; and be it of judgment, who will set me a time?
| إِنْ ظَنَنْتُ نَفْسِي بَرِيئاً، فَإِنَّ فَمِي يَحْكُمُ عَلَيَّ، وَإِنْ كُنْتُ كَامِلاً، فَإِنَّهُ يُجَرِّمُنِي. | ٢٠ 20 |
If I justified myself, mine own mouth would condemn me; were I perfect, he would prove me perverse.
| أَنَا كَامِلٌ، لِذَا لَا أُبَالِي بِنَفْسِي، أَمَّا حَيَاتِي فَقَدْ كَرِهْتُهَا. | ٢١ 21 |
Were I perfect, [yet] would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
| وَلَكِنَّ الأَمْرَ سِيَّانِ، لِذَلِكَ قُلْتُ: إِنَّهُ يُفْنِي الْكَامِلَ والشِّرِّيرَ عَلَى حَدٍّ سَواءٍ! | ٢٢ 22 |
It is all one; therefore I said, he destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
| عِنْدَمَا تُؤَدِّي ضَرَبَاتُ السَّوْطِ إِلَى الْمَوْتِ الْمُفَاجِئِ يَسْخَرُ مِنْ بُؤْسِ الأَبْرِيَاءِ | ٢٣ 23 |
If the scourge kill suddenly, he mocketh at the trial of the innocent.
| فَقَدْ عَهِدَ بِالأَرْضِ إِلَى يَدِ الشِّرِّيرِ، وَأَعْمَى عُيُونَ قُضَاتِهَا. إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ هُوَ الْفَاعِلُ، إِذاً مَنْ هُوَ؟ | ٢٤ 24 |
The earth is given over into the hand of the wicked [man]; he covereth the faces of its judges. If not, who then is it?
| أَيَّامِي أَسْرَعُ مِنْ عَدَّاءٍ، تَفِرُّ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ تُصِيبَ خَيْراً | ٢٥ 25 |
And my days are swifter than a runner: they flee away, they see no good.
| تَمُرُّ كَسُفُنِ الْبَرْدِيِّ، وَكَنَسْرٍ يَنْقَضُّ عَلَى صَيْدِهِ. | ٢٦ 26 |
They pass by like skiffs of reed; as an eagle that swoops upon the prey.
| إِنْ قُلْتُ: أَنْسَى ضِيقَتِي، وَأُطْلِقُ أَسَارِيرِي، وَأَبْتَسِمُ وَأُبْدِي بِشْراً، | ٢٧ 27 |
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my [sad] countenance, and brighten up,
| فَإِنِّي أَظَلُّ أَخْشَى أَوْجَاعِي، عَالِماً أَنَّكَ لَنْ تُبْرِئَنِي. | ٢٨ 28 |
I am afraid of all my sorrows; I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
| أَنَا مُسْتَذْنَبٌ، فَلِمَاذَا أُجَاهِدُ عَبَثاً؟ | ٢٩ 29 |
Be it that I am wicked, why then do I labour in vain?
| وَحَتَّى لَوِ اغْتَسَلْتُ بِالثَّلْجِ وَنَظَّفْتُ يَدَيَّ بِالْمُنَظِّفَاتِ، | ٣٠ 30 |
If I washed myself with snow-water, and cleansed my hands in purity,
| فَإِنَّكَ تَطْرَحُنِي فِي مُسْتَنْقَعٍ نَتِنٍ حَتَّى تَكْرَهَنِي ثِيَابِي | ٣١ 31 |
Then wouldest thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes would abhor me.
| لأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ إِنْسَاناً مِثْلِي فَأُجَاوِبَهُ، وَنَمْثُلَ مَعاً لِلْمُحَاكَمَةِ. | ٣٢ 32 |
For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him; that we should come together in judgment.
| وَلَيْسَ مِنْ حَكَمٍ بَيْنَنَا يَضَعُ يَدَهُ عَلَى كِلَيْنَا. | ٣٣ 33 |
There is not an umpire between us, who should lay his hand upon us both.
| لِيَكُفَّ عَنِّي عَصَاهُ فَلا يُرَوِّعَنِي رُعْبُهُ، | ٣٤ 34 |
Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his terror make me afraid,
| عِنْدَئِذٍ أَتَكَلَّمُ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ أَخْشَاهُ، لأَنَّ نَفْسِي بَرِيئَةٌ مِمَّا أُتَّهَمُ بِهِ. | ٣٥ 35 |
[Then] I will speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.
