Job 27

1 And Job again took up his discourse, and said,

١ وَاسْتَطْرَدَ أَيُّوبُ يَضْرِبُ مَثَلَهُ قَائِلاً:

2 As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has vexed my soul.

٢ «حَيٌّ هُوَ اللهُ الَّذِي نَزَعَ حَقِّي، وَالْقَدِيرُ الَّذِي أَمَرَّ حَيَاتِي،

3 (For my life is yet whole in me. And the spirit of God is in my nostrils.)

٣ وَلَكِنْ مَادَامَتْ نَسَمَتِي فِيَّ، وَنَفْخَةُ اللهِ فِي أَنْفِي،

4 Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, nor shall my tongue utter deceit.

٤ فَإِنَّ شَفَتَيَّ لَنْ تَنْطِقَا بِالسُّوءِ، وَلِسَانِي لَنْ يَتَلَفَّظَ بِالْغِشِّ.

5 Far be it from me that I should justify you. Till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.

٥ حَاشَا لِي أَنْ أُقِرَّ بِصَوَابِ أَقْوَالِكُمْ، وَلَنْ أَتَخَلَّى عَنْ كَمَالِي حَتَّى الْمَوْتِ.

6 I hold fast my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

٦ أَتَشَبَّثُ بِبِرِّي وَلَنْ أَرْخِيَهُ، لأَنَّ ضَمِيرِي لَا يُؤَنِّبُنِي عَلَى يَوْمٍ مِنْ أَيَّامِي.

7 Let my enemy be as the wicked, and let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.

٧ لِيَكُنْ عَدُوِّي نَظِيرَ الشِّرِّيرِ، وَمُقَاوِمِي كَالْفَاجِرِ،

8 For what is the hope of the profane, though he gets him gain, when God takes away his soul?

٨ إِذْ مَا هُوَ رَجَاءُ الْفَاجِرِ عِنْدَمَا يَسْتَأْصِلُهُ اللهُ وَيُزْهِقُ أَنْفَاسَهُ؟

9 Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him?

٩ هَلْ يَسْتَمِعُ اللهُ إِلَى صَرْخَتِهِ إِذَا حَلَّ بِهِ ضِيقٌ؟

10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty, and call upon God at all times?

١٠ هَلْ يُسَرُّ بِالْقَدِيرِ وَيَسْتَغِيثُ بِهِ فِي كُلِّ الأَزْمِنَةِ؟

11 I will teach you concerning the hand of God. That which is with the Almighty I will not conceal.

١١ إِنِّي أُعَلِّمُكُمْ عَنْ قُوَّةِ اللهِ، وَلا أَكْتُمُ عَنْكُمْ مَا لَدَى الْقَدِيرِ.

12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it. Why then have ye become altogether vain?

١٢ فَأَنْتُمْ جَمِيعاً قَدْ عَايَنْتُمْ ذَلِكَ بِأَنْفُسِكُمْ، فَمَا بَالُكُمْ تَنْطِقُونَ بِالْبَاطِلِ قَائِلِينَ:

13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.

١٣ هَذَا هُوَ نَصِيبُ الشِّرِّيرِ عِنْدَ اللهِ وَالْمِيرَاثُ الَّذِي يَنَالُهُ الظَّالِمُ مِنَ الْقَدِيرِ.

14 If his sons be multiplied, it is for the sword. And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

١٤ إِنْ تَكَاثَرَ بَنُوهُ فَلِيَكُونُوا طَعَاماً لِلسَّيْفِ، وَنَسْلُهُ لَا يَشْبَعُ خُبْزاً.

15 Those who remain of him shall be buried in death, and his widows shall make no lamentation.

١٥ ذُرِّيَّتُهُ تَمُوتُ بِالْوَبَأِ، وَأَرَامِلُهُمْ لَا تَنُوحُ عَلَيْهِمْ.

16 Though he heaps up silver as the dust, and prepares raiment as the clay,

١٦ إِنْ جَمَعَ فِضَّتَهُ كَأَكْوَامِ التُّرَابِ، وَكَوَّمَ مَلابِسَ كَالطِّينِ،

17 he may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

١٧ فَإِنَّ مَا يُعِدُّهُ مِنْ ثِيَابٍ يَرْتَدِيهِ الصِّدِّيقُ، وَالْبَرِيءُ يُوَزِّعُ الْفِضَّةَ.

18 He builds his house as the moth, and as a booth which the keeper makes.

١٨ يَبْنِي بَيْتَهُ كَبَيْتِ الْعَنْكَبُوتِ، أَوْ كَمَظَلَّةٍ صَنَعَهَا حَارِسُ الْكُرُومِ.

19 He lies down rich, but he shall not be gathered to his fathers. He opens his eyes, and he is not.

١٩ يَضْطَجِعُ غَنِيًّا وَيَسْتَيْقِظُ مُعْدَماً. يَفْتَحُ عَيْنَيْهِ وَإذَا بِثَرْوَتِهِ قَدْ تَلاشَتْ.

20 Terrors overtake him like waters. A tempest steals him away in the night.

٢٠ يَطْغَى عَلَيْهِ رُعْبٌ كَفَيَضَانٍ، وَتَخْطِفُهُ فِي اللَّيْلِ زَوْبَعَةٌ.

21 The east wind carries him away, and he departs, and it sweeps him out of his place.

٢١ تُطَوِّحُ بِهِ الرِّيحُ الشَّرْقِيَّةُ فَيَخْتَفِي وَتَقْتَلِعُهُ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ.

22 For God shall hurl at him, and not spare. He would gladly flee out of his hand.

٢٢ تُطْبِقُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ رَحْمَةٍ وَهُوَ هَارِبٌ مِنْ وَجْهِ عُنْفُوانِهَا.

23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.

٢٣ تُصَفِّرُ الرِّيحُ عَلَيْهِ، وَتُرْعِبُهُ بِقُوَّتِهَا الْمُدَمِّرَةِ.