Job 23
1 Then Job answered:
| فَأَجَابَ أَيُّوبُ وَقَالَ: | ١ |
2 “Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
| «ٱلْيَوْمَ أَيْضًا شَكْوَايَ تَمَرُّدٌ. ضَرْبَتِي أَثْقَلُ مِنْ تَنَهُّدِي. | ٢ |
3 If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.
| مَنْ يُعْطِينِي أَنْ أَجِدَهُ، فَآتِيَ إِلَى كُرْسِيِّهِ، | ٣ |
4 I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.
| أُحْسِنُ ٱلدَّعْوَى أَمَامَهُ، وَأَمْلَأُ فَمِي حُجَجًا، | ٤ |
5 I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.
| فَأَعْرِفُ ٱلْأَقْوَالَ ٱلَّتِي بِهَا يُجِيبُنِي، وَأَفْهَمُ مَا يَقُولُهُ لِي؟ | ٥ |
6 Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.
| أَبِكَثْرَةِ قُوَّةٍ يُخَاصِمُنِي؟ كَّلَّا! وَلَكِنَّهُ كَانَ يَنْتَبِهُ إِلَيَّ. | ٦ |
7 Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
| هُنَالِكَ كَانَ يُحَاجُّهُ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمُ، وَكُنْتُ أَنْجُو إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ مِنْ قَاضِيَّ. | ٧ |
8 If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.
| هَأَنَذَا أَذْهَبُ شَرْقًا فَلَيْسَ هُوَ هُنَاكَ، وَغَرْبًا فَلَا أَشْعُرُ بِهِ. | ٨ |
9 When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.
| شِمَالًا حَيْثُ عَمَلُهُ فَلَا أَنْظُرُهُ. يَتَعَطَّفُ ٱلْجَنُوبَ فَلَا أَرَاهُ. | ٩ |
10 Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
| «لِأَنَّهُ يَعْرِفُ طَرِيقِي. إِذَا جَرَّبَنِي أَخْرُجُ كَٱلذَّهَبِ. | ١٠ |
11 My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.
| بِخَطَوَاتِهِ ٱسْتَمْسَكَتْ رِجْلِي. حَفِظْتُ طَرِيقَهُ وَلَمْ أَحِدْ. | ١١ |
12 I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
| مِنْ وَصِيَّةِ شَفَتَيْهِ لَمْ أَبْرَحْ. أَكْثَرَ مِنْ فَرِيضَتِي ذَخَرْتُ كَلَامَ فِيهِ. | ١٢ |
13 But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.
| أَمَّا هُوَ فَوَحْدَهُ، فَمَنْ يَرُدُّهُ؟ وَنَفْسُهُ تَشْتَهِي فَيَفْعَلُ. | ١٣ |
14 For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.
| لِأَنَّهُ يُتَمِّمُ ٱلْمَفْرُوضَ عَلَيَّ، وَكَثِيرٌ مِثْلُ هَذِهِ عِنْدَهُ. | ١٤ |
15 Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.
| مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ أَرْتَاعُ قُدَّامَهُ. أَتَأَمَّلُ فَأَرْتَعِبُ مِنْهُ. | ١٥ |
16 God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
| لِأَنَّ ٱللهَ قَدْ أَضْعَفَ قَلْبِي، وَٱلْقَدِيرَ رَوَّعَنِي. | ١٦ |
17 Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.
| لِأَنِّي لَمْ أُقْطَعْ قَبْلَ ٱلظَّلَامِ، وَمِنْ وَجْهِي لَمْ يُغَطِّ ٱلدُّجَى. | ١٧ |
