Job 12
1 Then Job answered and said,
| فَقَالَ أَيُّوبُ: | ١ |
2 No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
| «صَحِيحٌ إِنَّكُمْ شَعْبٌ تَمُوتُ مَعَكُمُ الْحِكْمَةُ! | ٢ |
3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Yes, who does not know such things as these?
| إِلّا أَنِّي ذُو فَهْمٍ مِثْلَكُمْ، وَلَسْتُ دُونَكُمْ مَعْرِفَةً، وَمَنْ هُوَ غَيْرُ مُلِمٍّ بِهَذِهِ الأُمُورِ؟ | ٣ |
4 I am as a man who is a laughing-stock to his neighbor. I who called upon God, and he answered. The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock.
| لَقَدْ أَصْبَحْتُ مَثَارَ هُزْءٍ لأَصْدِقَائِي، أَنَا الَّذِي دَعَا اللهَ فَاسْتَجَابَ لِي. أَنَا الرَّجُلُ الْبَارُّ الْكَامِلُ قَدْ أَصْبَحْتُ مَثَارَ سُخْرِيَةٍ! | ٤ |
5 In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for calamity. It is ready for those whose foot slips.
| يُضْمِرُ الْمُطْمَئِنُّ شَرّاً لِلْبَائِسِ الَّذِي تَزِلُّ بِهِ الْقَدَمُ، | ٥ |
6 The tents of robbers prosper, and those who provoke God are secure. Into whose hand God brings abundantly.
| بَيْنَمَا يَسُودُ السَّلامُ عَلَى اللُّصُوصِ، وَتُهَيْمِنُ الطُّمأْنِينَةُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ يَعْبُدُونَ أَصْنَاماً يَحْمِلُونَهَا عَلَى أَيْدِيهِمْ. | ٦ |
7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee, and the birds of the heavens, and they shall tell thee.
| وَلَكِنِ اسْأَلِ البَهَائِمَ فَتُعَلِّمَكَ، وَطُيُورَ السَّمَاءِ فَتُخْبِرَكَ، | ٧ |
8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee, and the fishes of the sea shall declare to thee.
| أَوْ خَاطِبِ الأَرْضَ فَتُعَرِّفَكَ وَسَمَكَ الْبَحْرِ فَيُنْبِئَكَ، | ٨ |
9 Who does not know in all these, that the hand of Jehovah has wrought this,
| أَيٌّ مِنْهَا لَا يَعْلَمُ أَنَّ يَدَ الرَّبِّ قَدْ صَنَعَتْ هَذَا؟ | ٩ |
10 in whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?
| فَفِي يَدِهِ نَفَسُ كُلِّ حَيٍّ وَرُوحُ كُلِّ بَشَرٍ. | ١٠ |
11 Does not the ear try words, even as the palate tastes its food?
| أَلَيْسَتِ الأُذُنُ تَمْتَحِنُ الْكَلامَ كَمَا يَتَذَوَّقُ اللِّسَانُ الطَّعَامَ؟ | ١١ |
12 With aged men is wisdom, and in length of days understanding.
| الْحِكْمَةُ تُلازِمُ الشَّيْخُوخَةَ، وفِي طُولِ الأَيَّامِ فَهْمٌ. | ١٢ |
13 With God is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding.
| الْحِكْمَةُ وَالْقُوَّةُ للهِ، وَلَهُ الْمَشُورَةُ وَالْفَهْمُ. | ١٣ |
14 Behold, he breaks down, and it cannot be built again. He shuts up a man, and there can be no opening.
| وَمَا يَهْدِمُهُ لَا يُبْنَى، وَالْمَرْءُ الَّذِي يَأْسِرُهُ اللهُ لَا يُحَرِّرُهُ إِنْسَانٌ. | ١٤ |
15 Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up. Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.
| إِنْ حَبَسَ الْمِيَاهَ تَجِفُّ الأَرْضُ، وَإِنْ أَطْلَقَهَا تُغْرِقُهَا. | ١٥ |
16 With him is strength and wisdom. The deceived and the deceiver are his.
| لَهُ الْعِزَّةُ وَالْحِكْمَةُ. فِي يَدِهِ الْمُضِلُّ وَالْمُضَلُّ. | ١٦ |
17 He leads counselors away stripped, and he makes judges fools.
| يَأْسِرُ الْمُشِيرِينَ، وَيُحَمِّقُ فِطْنَةَ الْقُضَاةِ، | ١٧ |
18 He loosens the bond of kings, and he binds their loins with a belt.
| يَفُكُّ مَنَاطِقَ الْمُلُوكِ وَيَشُدُّ أَحْقَاءَهُمْ بِوِثَاقٍ، | ١٨ |
19 He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the mighty.
| يَأْسِرُ الْكَهَنَةَ وَيُطِيحُ بِالأَقْوِيَاءِ، | ١٩ |
20 He removes the speech of the trustworthy, and takes away the understanding of the elders.
| يَحْرِمُ الأُمَنَاءَ مِنَ الْكَلامِ وَيُبْطِلُ فِطْنَةَ الشُّيُوخِ، | ٢٠ |
21 He pours contempt upon rulers, and weakens the strength of the strong.
| يُصِيبُ الشُّرَفَاءَ بِالْهَوَانِ، وَيُرْخِي مِنْطَقَةَ الْقَوِيِّ، | ٢١ |
22 He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.
| يَكْشِفُ الأَغْوَارَ فِي الظَّلامِ، وَيُبْرِزُ الظُّلُمَاتِ الْمُتَكَاثِفَةَ إِلَى النُّورِ، | ٢٢ |
23 He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.
| يُعَظِّمُ الأُمَمَ ثُمَّ يُبِيدُهَا، وَيُوَسِّعُ تُخُومَهَا ثُمَّ يُشَتِّتُهَا، | ٢٣ |
24 He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
| يَنْزِعُ الْفَهْمَ مِنْ عُقُولِ رُؤَسَاءِ شَعْبِ الأَرْضِ، ثُمَّ يُضِلُّهُمْ فِي قَفْرٍ بِلا طَرِيقٍ، | ٢٤ |
25 They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them to stagger like a drunken man.
| فَيَتَحَسَّسُونَ سَبِيلَهُمْ فِي الظَّلامِ وَلَيْسَ نُورٌ، وَيُرَنِّحُهُمْ كَالسُّكَارَى. | ٢٥ |
