أيُّوب 9
| فَقَالَ أَيُّوبُ: | ١ 1 |
Then answered Job, and said,
| «قَدْ عَلِمْتُ يَقِيناً أَنَّ الأَمْرَ كَذَلِكَ، وَلَكِنْ كَيْفَ يَتَبَرَّرُ الإِنْسَانُ أَمَامَ اللهِ؟ | ٢ 2 |
Truly I know that it is so: and how could a mortal be righteous before God?
| إِنْ شَاءَ الْمَرْءُ أَنْ يَتَحَاجَّ مَعَهُ، فَإِنَّهُ يَعْجِزُ عَنِ الإِجَابَةِ عَنْ حُجَّةٍ مِنْ أَلْفٍ. | ٣ 3 |
If he were desirous to enter into a contest with him, he could not give him one answer out of a thousand.
| هُوَ حَكِيمُ الْقَلْبِ وَعَظِيمُ الْقُوَّةِ، فَمَنْ تَصَلَّبَ أَمَامَهُ وَسَلِمَ؟ | ٤ 4 |
He is wise of heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and escaped unscathed?
| هُوَ الَّذِي يُزَحْزِحُ الْجِبَالَ، فَلا تَدْرِي حِينَ يَقْلِبُهَا فِي غَضَبِهِ. | ٥ 5 |
[He it is] who removeth mountains, and they know it not, yea, when he overturneth them in his anger;
| هُوَ الَّذِي يُزَعْزِعُ الأَرْضَ مِنْ مُسْتَقَرِّهَا فَتَتَزَلْزَلُ أَعْمِدَتُهَا. | ٦ 6 |
Who shaketh the earth loose out of her place, that her pillars tremble;
| هُوَ الَّذِي يُصْدِرُ أَمْرَهُ إِلَى الشَّمْسِ فَلا تُشْرِقُ، وَيَخْتِمُ عَلَى النُّجُومِ. | ٧ 7 |
Who speaketh to the sun, and he shineth not, and around the stars he placeth a seal;
| يَبْسُطُ وَحْدَهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ، وَيَمْشِي عَلَى أَعَالِي الْبَحْرِ. | ٨ 8 |
Who spread out the heavens by himself alone, and treadeth upon the hillocks of the sea;
| هُوَ الَّذِي صَنَعَ النَّعْشَ وَالْجَبَّارَ وَالثُّرَيَّا وَمَخَادِعَ الْجَنُوبِ، | ٩ 9 |
Who made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers the south;
| صَانِعُ عَظَائِمَ لَا تُسْتَقْصَى وَعَجَائِبَ لَا تُحْصَى. | ١٠ 10 |
Who doth great things which are quite unsearchable, and wonders which are quite without number.
| اللهُ يَمُرُّ بِي فَلا أَرَاهُ وَيَجْتَازُ فَلا أَشْعُرُ بِهِ. | ١١ 11 |
Lo, were he to go past by me, I should not see him; and were he to pass along, I should not perceive him.
| إِذَا خَطَفَ مَنْ يَرُدُّهُ، أَوْ يَقُولُ لَهُ: مَاذَا تَفْعَلُ؟ | ١٢ 12 |
Behold, were he to snatch aught away, who could hold him back? who would say unto him, What dost thou?
| لَا يَرُدُّ اللهُ غَضَبَهُ؛ تَخْضَعُ لَهُ كِبْرِيَاءُ الأَشْرَار | ١٣ 13 |
God will not withdraw his anger: beneath him sink down the helpers of the proud.
| فَكَيْفَ إِذاً يُمْكِنُنِي أَنْ أُجِيبَهُ، وَأَتَخَيَّرَ كَلِمَاتِي فِي مُخَاطَبَتِهِ؟ | ١٤ 14 |
How much less then could I answer him, and select my words [to contend] with him?
| لأَنِّي عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ بَرَاءَتِي لَا أَقْدِرُ أَنْ أُجِيبَهُ، إِنَّمَا أَسْتَرْحِمُ دَيَّانِي. | ١٥ 15 |
Whom, were I even righteous, I could not answer? to him that condemneth me I could [only] make supplication.
| حَتَّى لَوْ دَعَوْتُ وَاسْتَجَابَ لِي، فَإِنِّي لَا أُصَدِّقُ أَنَّهُ قَدِ اسْتَمَعَ لِي. | ١٦ 16 |
Or were I to call, and he would answer me, I could yet not believe that he would give ear unto my voice—
| يَسْحَقُنِي بِالْعَاصِفَةِ وَيُكْثِرُ جُرُوحِي مِنْ غَيْرِ سَبَبٍ. | ١٧ 17 |
He that bruiseth me with [his] tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without a cause.
| لَا يَدَعُنِي أَلْتَقِطُ أَنْفَاسِي بَلْ يُشْبِعُنِي مَرَائِرَ. | ١٨ 18 |
He suffereth me not to recover my breath; but feedeth me overmuch with bitter things.
| إِنْ كَانَتِ الْقَضِيَّةُ قَضِيَّةَ قُوَّةٍ، فَهُوَ يَقُولُ مُتَحَدِّياً: هَأَنَذَا. وَإِنْ كَانَتِ الْقَضِيَّةُ قَضِيَّةَ الْقَضَاءِ، فَمَنْ يُحَاكِمُهُ؟ | ١٩ 19 |
If it regard strength, lo, he is the powerful; and if justice, who will cite him for me to appear?
| إِنْ ظَنَنْتُ نَفْسِي بَرِيئاً، فَإِنَّ فَمِي يَحْكُمُ عَلَيَّ، وَإِنْ كُنْتُ كَامِلاً، فَإِنَّهُ يُجَرِّمُنِي. | ٢٠ 20 |
If I were righteous even, my own mouth would condemn me: were I innocent, it would still prove me perverse.
| أَنَا كَامِلٌ، لِذَا لَا أُبَالِي بِنَفْسِي، أَمَّا حَيَاتِي فَقَدْ كَرِهْتُهَا. | ٢١ 21 |
I am innocent; I will not have regard for myself: I will despise my life.
| وَلَكِنَّ الأَمْرَ سِيَّانِ، لِذَلِكَ قُلْتُ: إِنَّهُ يُفْنِي الْكَامِلَ والشِّرِّيرَ عَلَى حَدٍّ سَواءٍ! | ٢٢ 22 |
One thing is [certain], therefore have I said it, The innocent and the wicked he bringeth to their end.
| عِنْدَمَا تُؤَدِّي ضَرَبَاتُ السَّوْطِ إِلَى الْمَوْتِ الْمُفَاجِئِ يَسْخَرُ مِنْ بُؤْسِ الأَبْرِيَاءِ | ٢٣ 23 |
If a scourge should slay suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the guiltless.
| فَقَدْ عَهِدَ بِالأَرْضِ إِلَى يَدِ الشِّرِّيرِ، وَأَعْمَى عُيُونَ قُضَاتِهَا. إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ هُوَ الْفَاعِلُ، إِذاً مَنْ هُوَ؟ | ٢٤ 24 |
Is a land given up into the hand of the wicked? he covereth the faces of its judges: if this be not the truth, who is it then?
| أَيَّامِي أَسْرَعُ مِنْ عَدَّاءٍ، تَفِرُّ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ تُصِيبَ خَيْراً | ٢٥ 25 |
And my days pass swifter than a runner: they flee away, they see no happiness,
| تَمُرُّ كَسُفُنِ الْبَرْدِيِّ، وَكَنَسْرٍ يَنْقَضُّ عَلَى صَيْدِهِ. | ٢٦ 26 |
They hasten along like pirate ships: like the eagle that stoopeth down upon his food.
| إِنْ قُلْتُ: أَنْسَى ضِيقَتِي، وَأُطْلِقُ أَسَارِيرِي، وَأَبْتَسِمُ وَأُبْدِي بِشْراً، | ٢٧ 27 |
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my sorrowful countenance, and recover my cheerfulness:
| فَإِنِّي أَظَلُّ أَخْشَى أَوْجَاعِي، عَالِماً أَنَّكَ لَنْ تُبْرِئَنِي. | ٢٨ 28 |
O then would I be in dread of all my pains; I know that thou wilt not declare me innocent.
| أَنَا مُسْتَذْنَبٌ، فَلِمَاذَا أُجَاهِدُ عَبَثاً؟ | ٢٩ 29 |
I must ever be guilty: why then should I fatigue myself for nought?
| وَحَتَّى لَوِ اغْتَسَلْتُ بِالثَّلْجِ وَنَظَّفْتُ يَدَيَّ بِالْمُنَظِّفَاتِ، | ٣٠ 30 |
If I were to wash myself in snow-water, to cleanse myself in the purity of my hands:
| فَإِنَّكَ تَطْرَحُنِي فِي مُسْتَنْقَعٍ نَتِنٍ حَتَّى تَكْرَهَنِي ثِيَابِي | ٣١ 31 |
Even then wouldst thou plunge me in the ditch, that my own clothes would render me abhorred.
| لأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ إِنْسَاناً مِثْلِي فَأُجَاوِبَهُ، وَنَمْثُلَ مَعاً لِلْمُحَاكَمَةِ. | ٣٢ 32 |
For he is not a man, like me, that I could answer him, that we should enter together into a contest.
| وَلَيْسَ مِنْ حَكَمٍ بَيْنَنَا يَضَعُ يَدَهُ عَلَى كِلَيْنَا. | ٣٣ 33 |
There is no one who can decide between us, who could lay his hand upon us both.
| لِيَكُفَّ عَنِّي عَصَاهُ فَلا يُرَوِّعَنِي رُعْبُهُ، | ٣٤ 34 |
Let him but remove from me his rod, and let not his dread terrify me:
| عِنْدَئِذٍ أَتَكَلَّمُ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ أَخْشَاهُ، لأَنَّ نَفْسِي بَرِيئَةٌ مِمَّا أُتَّهَمُ بِهِ. | ٣٥ 35 |
Then would I speak, and not fear him; for the like I feel not within me.
