أيُّوب 9

١ 1 فَقَالَ أَيُّوبُ:

Then Job answered and said,

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

“I truly know that this is so. But how can a person be in the right with God?

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

If he wants to argue with God, he cannot answer him once in a thousand times.

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

God is wise in heart and mighty in strength; who has ever hardened himself against him and succeeded?—

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

he who removes the mountains without warning anyone when he overturns them in his anger—

٦ 6 هُوَ الَّذِي يُزَعْزِعُ الأَرْضَ مِنْ مُسْتَقَرِّهَا فَتَتَزَلْزَلُ أَعْمِدَتُهَا.

he who shakes the earth out of its place and sets its supports trembling.

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

It is the same God who tells the sun not to rise, and it does not, and who covers up the stars,

٨ 8 يَبْسُطُ وَحْدَهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ، وَيَمْشِي عَلَى أَعَالِي الْبَحْرِ.

who by himself stretches out the heavens and tramples down the waves of the sea,

٩ 9 هُوَ الَّذِي صَنَعَ النَّعْشَ وَالْجَبَّارَ وَالثُّرَيَّا وَمَخَادِعَ الْجَنُوبِ،

who makes the Bear, Orion, the Pleiades, and the constellations of the south.

١٠ 10 صَانِعُ عَظَائِمَ لَا تُسْتَقْصَى وَعَجَائِبَ لَا تُحْصَى.

He does great and unsearchable things, and wonderful things that cannot be counted.

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

See, 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؟

If he takes something away, who can stop him? Who can say to 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 bow beneath him.

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

How much less could I answer him, could I choose words to reason with him?

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

Even if I were righteous, I could not answer him; I could only plead for mercy with my judge.

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

Even if I called and he answered me, I would not believe that he was listening to my voice.

١٧ 17 يَسْحَقُنِي بِالْعَاصِفَةِ وَيُكْثِرُ جُرُوحِي مِنْ غَيْرِ سَبَبٍ.

For he breaks me with a tempest and multiplies my wounds without cause.

١٨ 18 لَا يَدَعُنِي أَلْتَقِطُ أَنْفَاسِي بَلْ يُشْبِعُنِي مَرَائِرَ.

He does not allow me to regain my breath; but he 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, behold, he is mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon him?

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

Though I am in the right, my own mouth would condemn me; and though I am blameless, my words would prove me to be guilty.

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

I am blameless, but I do not care any more about myself; I despise my own life.

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

It makes no difference, which is why I say that he destroys blameless people and wicked people together.

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

When a whip suddenly kills, he mocks the despair 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 wicked people; God covers the faces of its judges. If it is not he who does it, then who is it?

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

My days are swifter than a running messenger; my days flee away; they see no good anywhere.

٢٦ 26 تَمُرُّ كَسُفُنِ الْبَرْدِيِّ، وَكَنَسْرٍ يَنْقَضُّ عَلَى صَيْدِهِ.

They are as fast as papyrus reed boats, and as fast as the eagle that swoops down on its victim.

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

If I said that I would forget about my complaints, that I would take off my sad face and be happy,

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

I would be afraid of all my sorrows because I know that you will not consider me innocent.

٢٩ 29 أَنَا مُسْتَذْنَبٌ، فَلِمَاذَا أُجَاهِدُ عَبَثاً؟

I will be condemned; why, then, should I try in vain?

٣٠ 30 وَحَتَّى لَوِ اغْتَسَلْتُ بِالثَّلْجِ وَنَظَّفْتُ يَدَيَّ بِالْمُنَظِّفَاتِ،

If I washed myself with snow water and made my hands ever so clean,

٣١ 31 فَإِنَّكَ تَطْرَحُنِي فِي مُسْتَنْقَعٍ نَتِنٍ حَتَّى تَكْرَهَنِي ثِيَابِي

God would plunge me in a ditch, and my own clothes would be disgusted with me.

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

For God is not a man, as I am, that I could answer him, that we could come together in court.

٣٣ 33 وَلَيْسَ مِنْ حَكَمٍ بَيْنَنَا يَضَعُ يَدَهُ عَلَى كِلَيْنَا.

There is no judge between us who might lay his hand upon us both.

٣٤ 34 لِيَكُفَّ عَنِّي عَصَاهُ فَلا يُرَوِّعَنِي رُعْبُهُ،

There is no other judge who could take God's rod off me, who could keep his terror from frightening me.

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

Then would I speak up and not fear him. But as things are now, I cannot do that.