أيُّوب 9

١ 1 فَقَالَ أَيُّوبُ:

Then Job answered,

٢ 2 «قَدْ عَلِمْتُ يَقِيناً أَنَّ الأَمْرَ كَذَلِكَ، وَلَكِنْ كَيْفَ يَتَبَرَّرُ الإِنْسَانُ أَمَامَ اللهِ؟

"Truly I know that it is so, but how can man be just with God?

٣ 3 إِنْ شَاءَ الْمَرْءُ أَنْ يَتَحَاجَّ مَعَهُ، فَإِنَّهُ يَعْجِزُ عَنِ الإِجَابَةِ عَنْ حُجَّةٍ مِنْ أَلْفٍ.

If he is pleased to contend with him, he can't answer him one time in a thousand.

٤ 4 هُوَ حَكِيمُ الْقَلْبِ وَعَظِيمُ الْقُوَّةِ، فَمَنْ تَصَلَّبَ أَمَامَهُ وَسَلِمَ؟

For he is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who has hardened himself against him, and prospered?

٥ 5 هُوَ الَّذِي يُزَحْزِحُ الْجِبَالَ، فَلا تَدْرِي حِينَ يَقْلِبُهَا فِي غَضَبِهِ.

He removes the mountains, and they do not know it, when he overturns them in his anger.

٦ 6 هُوَ الَّذِي يُزَعْزِعُ الأَرْضَ مِنْ مُسْتَقَرِّهَا فَتَتَزَلْزَلُ أَعْمِدَتُهَا.

He shakes the earth out of its place. Its pillars tremble.

٧ 7 هُوَ الَّذِي يُصْدِرُ أَمْرَهُ إِلَى الشَّمْسِ فَلا تُشْرِقُ، وَيَخْتِمُ عَلَى النُّجُومِ.

He commands the sun, and it doesn't rise, and seals up the stars.

٨ 8 يَبْسُطُ وَحْدَهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ، وَيَمْشِي عَلَى أَعَالِي الْبَحْرِ.

He alone stretches out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea.

٩ 9 هُوَ الَّذِي صَنَعَ النَّعْشَ وَالْجَبَّارَ وَالثُّرَيَّا وَمَخَادِعَ الْجَنُوبِ،

He makes Osh, Kesil, and Kimah, and the chambers of the south.

١٠ 10 صَانِعُ عَظَائِمَ لَا تُسْتَقْصَى وَعَجَائِبَ لَا تُحْصَى.

He does great things past finding out; yes, marvelous things without number.

١١ 11 اللهُ يَمُرُّ بِي فَلا أَرَاهُ وَيَجْتَازُ فَلا أَشْعُرُ بِهِ.

Look, he goes by me, and I do not see him. He passes on also, but I do not perceive him.

١٢ 12 إِذَا خَطَفَ مَنْ يَرُدُّهُ، أَوْ يَقُولُ لَهُ: مَاذَا تَفْعَلُ؟

Look, he snatches away. Who can hinder him? Who will ask him, 'What are you doing?'

١٣ 13 لَا يَرُدُّ اللهُ غَضَبَهُ؛ تَخْضَعُ لَهُ كِبْرِيَاءُ الأَشْرَار

"God will not withdraw his anger. The helpers of Rahab stoop under him.

١٤ 14 فَكَيْفَ إِذاً يُمْكِنُنِي أَنْ أُجِيبَهُ، وَأَتَخَيَّرَ كَلِمَاتِي فِي مُخَاطَبَتِهِ؟

How much less shall I answer him, And choose my words to argue with him?

١٥ 15 لأَنِّي عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ بَرَاءَتِي لَا أَقْدِرُ أَنْ أُجِيبَهُ، إِنَّمَا أَسْتَرْحِمُ دَيَّانِي.

Though I were righteous, yet I wouldn't answer him. I would make petition to my judge.

١٦ 16 حَتَّى لَوْ دَعَوْتُ وَاسْتَجَابَ لِي، فَإِنِّي لَا أُصَدِّقُ أَنَّهُ قَدِ اسْتَمَعَ لِي.

If I had called, and he had answered me, yet I wouldn't believe that he listened to my voice.

١٧ 17 يَسْحَقُنِي بِالْعَاصِفَةِ وَيُكْثِرُ جُرُوحِي مِنْ غَيْرِ سَبَبٍ.

For he bruises me with a storm, and multiplies my wounds without cause.

١٨ 18 لَا يَدَعُنِي أَلْتَقِطُ أَنْفَاسِي بَلْ يُشْبِعُنِي مَرَائِرَ.

He will not allow me to catch my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

١٩ 19 إِنْ كَانَتِ الْقَضِيَّةُ قَضِيَّةَ قُوَّةٍ، فَهُوَ يَقُولُ مُتَحَدِّياً: هَأَنَذَا. وَإِنْ كَانَتِ الْقَضِيَّةُ قَضِيَّةَ الْقَضَاءِ، فَمَنْ يُحَاكِمُهُ؟

If it is a matter of strength, look, he is mighty. And if of justice, who will summon him?

٢٠ 20 إِنْ ظَنَنْتُ نَفْسِي بَرِيئاً، فَإِنَّ فَمِي يَحْكُمُ عَلَيَّ، وَإِنْ كُنْتُ كَامِلاً، فَإِنَّهُ يُجَرِّمُنِي.

Though I am righteous, my own mouth shall condemn me. Though I am blameless, it shall prove me perverse.

٢١ 21 أَنَا كَامِلٌ، لِذَا لَا أُبَالِي بِنَفْسِي، أَمَّا حَيَاتِي فَقَدْ كَرِهْتُهَا.

I am blameless. I do not regard myself. I despise my life.

٢٢ 22 وَلَكِنَّ الأَمْرَ سِيَّانِ، لِذَلِكَ قُلْتُ: إِنَّهُ يُفْنِي الْكَامِلَ والشِّرِّيرَ عَلَى حَدٍّ سَواءٍ!

"It is all the same. Therefore I say he destroys the blameless and the wicked.

٢٣ 23 عِنْدَمَا تُؤَدِّي ضَرَبَاتُ السَّوْطِ إِلَى الْمَوْتِ الْمُفَاجِئِ يَسْخَرُ مِنْ بُؤْسِ الأَبْرِيَاءِ

If the scourge kills suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the innocent.

٢٤ 24 فَقَدْ عَهِدَ بِالأَرْضِ إِلَى يَدِ الشِّرِّيرِ، وَأَعْمَى عُيُونَ قُضَاتِهَا. إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ هُوَ الْفَاعِلُ، إِذاً مَنْ هُوَ؟

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of its judges. If not he, then who is it?

٢٥ 25 أَيَّامِي أَسْرَعُ مِنْ عَدَّاءٍ، تَفِرُّ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ تُصِيبَ خَيْراً

"Now my days are swifter than a runner. They flee away, they see no good,

٢٦ 26 تَمُرُّ كَسُفُنِ الْبَرْدِيِّ، وَكَنَسْرٍ يَنْقَضُّ عَلَى صَيْدِهِ.

They have passed away as the swift ships, as the eagle that swoops on the prey.

٢٧ 27 إِنْ قُلْتُ: أَنْسَى ضِيقَتِي، وَأُطْلِقُ أَسَارِيرِي، وَأَبْتَسِمُ وَأُبْدِي بِشْراً،

If I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face, and cheer up;'

٢٨ 28 فَإِنِّي أَظَلُّ أَخْشَى أَوْجَاعِي، عَالِماً أَنَّكَ لَنْ تُبْرِئَنِي.

I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that you will not hold me innocent.

٢٩ 29 أَنَا مُسْتَذْنَبٌ، فَلِمَاذَا أُجَاهِدُ عَبَثاً؟

I shall be condemned. Why then do I labor in vain?

٣٠ 30 وَحَتَّى لَوِ اغْتَسَلْتُ بِالثَّلْجِ وَنَظَّفْتُ يَدَيَّ بِالْمُنَظِّفَاتِ،

If I wash myself with snow water, and cleanse my hands with lye,

٣١ 31 فَإِنَّكَ تَطْرَحُنِي فِي مُسْتَنْقَعٍ نَتِنٍ حَتَّى تَكْرَهَنِي ثِيَابِي

yet you will plunge me in the ditch. My own clothes shall abhor me.

٣٢ 32 لأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ إِنْسَاناً مِثْلِي فَأُجَاوِبَهُ، وَنَمْثُلَ مَعاً لِلْمُحَاكَمَةِ.

For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, that we should come together in judgment.

٣٣ 33 وَلَيْسَ مِنْ حَكَمٍ بَيْنَنَا يَضَعُ يَدَهُ عَلَى كِلَيْنَا.

There is no umpire between us, that might lay his hand on us both.

٣٤ 34 لِيَكُفَّ عَنِّي عَصَاهُ فَلا يُرَوِّعَنِي رُعْبُهُ،

Let him take his rod away from me. Let his terror not make me afraid;

٣٥ 35 عِنْدَئِذٍ أَتَكَلَّمُ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ أَخْشَاهُ، لأَنَّ نَفْسِي بَرِيئَةٌ مِمَّا أُتَّهَمُ بِهِ.

then I would speak, and not fear him, for I am not so in myself.