أيُّوب 9
| فَقَالَ أَيُّوبُ: | ١ 1 |
Then Job answered and said,
| «قَدْ عَلِمْتُ يَقِيناً أَنَّ الأَمْرَ كَذَلِكَ، وَلَكِنْ كَيْفَ يَتَبَرَّرُ الإِنْسَانُ أَمَامَ اللهِ؟ | ٢ 2 |
I know [it to be] so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
| إِنْ شَاءَ الْمَرْءُ أَنْ يَتَحَاجَّ مَعَهُ، فَإِنَّهُ يَعْجِزُ عَنِ الإِجَابَةِ عَنْ حُجَّةٍ مِنْ أَلْفٍ. | ٣ 3 |
If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one 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 hath prospered?
| هُوَ الَّذِي يُزَحْزِحُ الْجِبَالَ، فَلا تَدْرِي حِينَ يَقْلِبُهَا فِي غَضَبِهِ. | ٥ 5 |
Who removeth the mountains, and they know not: who overturneth them in his anger.
| هُوَ الَّذِي يُزَعْزِعُ الأَرْضَ مِنْ مُسْتَقَرِّهَا فَتَتَزَلْزَلُ أَعْمِدَتُهَا. | ٦ 6 |
Who shaketh the earth out of her place, and its pillars tremble.
| هُوَ الَّذِي يُصْدِرُ أَمْرَهُ إِلَى الشَّمْسِ فَلا تُشْرِقُ، وَيَخْتِمُ عَلَى النُّجُومِ. | ٧ 7 |
Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
| يَبْسُطُ وَحْدَهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ، وَيَمْشِي عَلَى أَعَالِي الْبَحْرِ. | ٨ 8 |
Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
| هُوَ الَّذِي صَنَعَ النَّعْشَ وَالْجَبَّارَ وَالثُّرَيَّا وَمَخَادِعَ الْجَنُوبِ، | ٩ 9 |
Who maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
| صَانِعُ عَظَائِمَ لَا تُسْتَقْصَى وَعَجَائِبَ لَا تُحْصَى. | ١٠ 10 |
Who doeth great things past finding out; yes, 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: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
| إِذَا خَطَفَ مَنْ يَرُدُّهُ، أَوْ يَقُولُ لَهُ: مَاذَا تَفْعَلُ؟ | ١٢ 12 |
Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say to him, What doest thou?
| لَا يَرُدُّ اللهُ غَضَبَهُ؛ تَخْضَعُ لَهُ كِبْرِيَاءُ الأَشْرَار | ١٣ 13 |
[If] God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.
| فَكَيْفَ إِذاً يُمْكِنُنِي أَنْ أُجِيبَهُ، وَأَتَخَيَّرَ كَلِمَاتِي فِي مُخَاطَبَتِهِ؟ | ١٤ 14 |
How much less shall I answer him, [and] choose out my words [to reason] 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, [but] 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; [yet] I would not believe that he had hearkened to my voice.
| يَسْحَقُنِي بِالْعَاصِفَةِ وَيُكْثِرُ جُرُوحِي مِنْ غَيْرِ سَبَبٍ. | ١٧ 17 |
For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
| لَا يَدَعُنِي أَلْتَقِطُ أَنْفَاسِي بَلْ يُشْبِعُنِي مَرَائِرَ. | ١٨ 18 |
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
| إِنْ كَانَتِ الْقَضِيَّةُ قَضِيَّةَ قُوَّةٍ، فَهُوَ يَقُولُ مُتَحَدِّياً: هَأَنَذَا. وَإِنْ كَانَتِ الْقَضِيَّةُ قَضِيَّةَ الْقَضَاءِ، فَمَنْ يُحَاكِمُهُ؟ | ١٩ 19 |
If [I speak] of strength, lo, [he is] strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time [to plead]?
| إِنْ ظَنَنْتُ نَفْسِي بَرِيئاً، فَإِنَّ فَمِي يَحْكُمُ عَلَيَّ، وَإِنْ كُنْتُ كَامِلاً، فَإِنَّهُ يُجَرِّمُنِي. | ٢٠ 20 |
If I justify myself, my own mouth will condemn me: [if I say], I [am] perfect, that also will prove me perverse.
| أَنَا كَامِلٌ، لِذَا لَا أُبَالِي بِنَفْسِي، أَمَّا حَيَاتِي فَقَدْ كَرِهْتُهَا. | ٢١ 21 |
[Though] I [were] 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 |
This [is] one [thing], therefore I said [it], he destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
| عِنْدَمَا تُؤَدِّي ضَرَبَاتُ السَّوْطِ إِلَى الْمَوْتِ الْمُفَاجِئِ يَسْخَرُ مِنْ بُؤْسِ الأَبْرِيَاءِ | ٢٣ 23 |
If the scourge shall slay suddenly, he will laugh 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 into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of its judges; if not, where, [and] who [is] he?
| أَيَّامِي أَسْرَعُ مِنْ عَدَّاءٍ، تَفِرُّ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ تُصِيبَ خَيْراً | ٢٥ 25 |
Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
| تَمُرُّ كَسُفُنِ الْبَرْدِيِّ، وَكَنَسْرٍ يَنْقَضُّ عَلَى صَيْدِهِ. | ٢٦ 26 |
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle [that] hasteth to 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 heaviness, and comfort [myself]:
| 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 |
[If] I am wicked, why then do I labor in vain?
| وَحَتَّى لَوِ اغْتَسَلْتُ بِالثَّلْجِ وَنَظَّفْتُ يَدَيَّ بِالْمُنَظِّفَاتِ، | ٣٠ 30 |
If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
| فَإِنَّكَ تَطْرَحُنِي فِي مُسْتَنْقَعٍ نَتِنٍ حَتَّى تَكْرَهَنِي ثِيَابِي | ٣١ 31 |
Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, and my own clothes shall 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, [and] we should come together in judgment.
| وَلَيْسَ مِنْ حَكَمٍ بَيْنَنَا يَضَعُ يَدَهُ عَلَى كِلَيْنَا. | ٣٣ 33 |
Neither is there any judge between us, [that] might lay his hand upon us both.
| لِيَكُفَّ عَنِّي عَصَاهُ فَلا يُرَوِّعَنِي رُعْبُهُ، | ٣٤ 34 |
Let him take away his rod from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
| عِنْدَئِذٍ أَتَكَلَّمُ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ أَخْشَاهُ، لأَنَّ نَفْسِي بَرِيئَةٌ مِمَّا أُتَّهَمُ بِهِ. | ٣٥ 35 |
[Then] would I speak, and not fear him; but [it is] not so with me.
