Job 9
1 Then Job answered:
| فَقَالَ أَيُّوبُ: | ١ |
2 “Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?
| «قَدْ عَلِمْتُ يَقِيناً أَنَّ الأَمْرَ كَذَلِكَ، وَلَكِنْ كَيْفَ يَتَبَرَّرُ الإِنْسَانُ أَمَامَ اللهِ؟ | ٢ |
3 If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.
| إِنْ شَاءَ الْمَرْءُ أَنْ يَتَحَاجَّ مَعَهُ، فَإِنَّهُ يَعْجِزُ عَنِ الإِجَابَةِ عَنْ حُجَّةٍ مِنْ أَلْفٍ. | ٣ |
4 God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?
| هُوَ حَكِيمُ الْقَلْبِ وَعَظِيمُ الْقُوَّةِ، فَمَنْ تَصَلَّبَ أَمَامَهُ وَسَلِمَ؟ | ٤ |
5 He moves mountains without their knowledge and overturns them in His anger.
| هُوَ الَّذِي يُزَحْزِحُ الْجِبَالَ، فَلا تَدْرِي حِينَ يَقْلِبُهَا فِي غَضَبِهِ. | ٥ |
6 He shakes the earth from its place, so that its foundations tremble.
| هُوَ الَّذِي يُزَعْزِعُ الأَرْضَ مِنْ مُسْتَقَرِّهَا فَتَتَزَلْزَلُ أَعْمِدَتُهَا. | ٦ |
7 He commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars.
| هُوَ الَّذِي يُصْدِرُ أَمْرَهُ إِلَى الشَّمْسِ فَلا تُشْرِقُ، وَيَخْتِمُ عَلَى النُّجُومِ. | ٧ |
8 He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.
| يَبْسُطُ وَحْدَهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ، وَيَمْشِي عَلَى أَعَالِي الْبَحْرِ. | ٨ |
9 He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, of the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.
| هُوَ الَّذِي صَنَعَ النَّعْشَ وَالْجَبَّارَ وَالثُّرَيَّا وَمَخَادِعَ الْجَنُوبِ، | ٩ |
10 He does great things beyond searching out, and wonders without number.
| صَانِعُ عَظَائِمَ لَا تُسْتَقْصَى وَعَجَائِبَ لَا تُحْصَى. | ١٠ |
11 Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; were He to move, I would not recognize Him.
| اللهُ يَمُرُّ بِي فَلا أَرَاهُ وَيَجْتَازُ فَلا أَشْعُرُ بِهِ. | ١١ |
12 If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him, ‘What are You doing?’
| إِذَا خَطَفَ مَنْ يَرُدُّهُ، أَوْ يَقُولُ لَهُ: مَاذَا تَفْعَلُ؟ | ١٢ |
13 God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him.
| لَا يَرُدُّ اللهُ غَضَبَهُ؛ تَخْضَعُ لَهُ كِبْرِيَاءُ الأَشْرَار | ١٣ |
14 How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him?
| فَكَيْفَ إِذاً يُمْكِنُنِي أَنْ أُجِيبَهُ، وَأَتَخَيَّرَ كَلِمَاتِي فِي مُخَاطَبَتِهِ؟ | ١٤ |
15 For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.
| لأَنِّي عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ بَرَاءَتِي لَا أَقْدِرُ أَنْ أُجِيبَهُ، إِنَّمَا أَسْتَرْحِمُ دَيَّانِي. | ١٥ |
16 If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.
| حَتَّى لَوْ دَعَوْتُ وَاسْتَجَابَ لِي، فَإِنِّي لَا أُصَدِّقُ أَنَّهُ قَدِ اسْتَمَعَ لِي. | ١٦ |
17 For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.
| يَسْحَقُنِي بِالْعَاصِفَةِ وَيُكْثِرُ جُرُوحِي مِنْ غَيْرِ سَبَبٍ. | ١٧ |
18 He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.
| لَا يَدَعُنِي أَلْتَقِطُ أَنْفَاسِي بَلْ يُشْبِعُنِي مَرَائِرَ. | ١٨ |
19 If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?
| إِنْ كَانَتِ الْقَضِيَّةُ قَضِيَّةَ قُوَّةٍ، فَهُوَ يَقُولُ مُتَحَدِّياً: هَأَنَذَا. وَإِنْ كَانَتِ الْقَضِيَّةُ قَضِيَّةَ الْقَضَاءِ، فَمَنْ يُحَاكِمُهُ؟ | ١٩ |
20 Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.
| إِنْ ظَنَنْتُ نَفْسِي بَرِيئاً، فَإِنَّ فَمِي يَحْكُمُ عَلَيَّ، وَإِنْ كُنْتُ كَامِلاً، فَإِنَّهُ يُجَرِّمُنِي. | ٢٠ |
21 Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.
| أَنَا كَامِلٌ، لِذَا لَا أُبَالِي بِنَفْسِي، أَمَّا حَيَاتِي فَقَدْ كَرِهْتُهَا. | ٢١ |
22 It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
| وَلَكِنَّ الأَمْرَ سِيَّانِ، لِذَلِكَ قُلْتُ: إِنَّهُ يُفْنِي الْكَامِلَ والشِّرِّيرَ عَلَى حَدٍّ سَواءٍ! | ٢٢ |
23 When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
| عِنْدَمَا تُؤَدِّي ضَرَبَاتُ السَّوْطِ إِلَى الْمَوْتِ الْمُفَاجِئِ يَسْخَرُ مِنْ بُؤْسِ الأَبْرِيَاءِ | ٢٣ |
24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?
| فَقَدْ عَهِدَ بِالأَرْضِ إِلَى يَدِ الشِّرِّيرِ، وَأَعْمَى عُيُونَ قُضَاتِهَا. إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ هُوَ الْفَاعِلُ، إِذاً مَنْ هُوَ؟ | ٢٤ |
25 My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.
| أَيَّامِي أَسْرَعُ مِنْ عَدَّاءٍ، تَفِرُّ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ تُصِيبَ خَيْراً | ٢٥ |
26 They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
| تَمُرُّ كَسُفُنِ الْبَرْدِيِّ، وَكَنَسْرٍ يَنْقَضُّ عَلَى صَيْدِهِ. | ٢٦ |
27 If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’
| إِنْ قُلْتُ: أَنْسَى ضِيقَتِي، وَأُطْلِقُ أَسَارِيرِي، وَأَبْتَسِمُ وَأُبْدِي بِشْراً، | ٢٧ |
28 I would still dread all my sufferings; I know that You will not acquit me.
| فَإِنِّي أَظَلُّ أَخْشَى أَوْجَاعِي، عَالِماً أَنَّكَ لَنْ تُبْرِئَنِي. | ٢٨ |
29 Since I am already found guilty, why should I labor in vain?
| أَنَا مُسْتَذْنَبٌ، فَلِمَاذَا أُجَاهِدُ عَبَثاً؟ | ٢٩ |
30 If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,
| وَحَتَّى لَوِ اغْتَسَلْتُ بِالثَّلْجِ وَنَظَّفْتُ يَدَيَّ بِالْمُنَظِّفَاتِ، | ٣٠ |
31 then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.
| فَإِنَّكَ تَطْرَحُنِي فِي مُسْتَنْقَعٍ نَتِنٍ حَتَّى تَكْرَهَنِي ثِيَابِي | ٣١ |
32 For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.
| لأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ إِنْسَاناً مِثْلِي فَأُجَاوِبَهُ، وَنَمْثُلَ مَعاً لِلْمُحَاكَمَةِ. | ٣٢ |
33 Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.
| وَلَيْسَ مِنْ حَكَمٍ بَيْنَنَا يَضَعُ يَدَهُ عَلَى كِلَيْنَا. | ٣٣ |
34 Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me.
| لِيَكُفَّ عَنِّي عَصَاهُ فَلا يُرَوِّعَنِي رُعْبُهُ، | ٣٤ |
35 Then I would speak without fear of Him. But as it is, I am on my own.
| عِنْدَئِذٍ أَتَكَلَّمُ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ أَخْشَاهُ، لأَنَّ نَفْسِي بَرِيئَةٌ مِمَّا أُتَّهَمُ بِهِ. | ٣٥ |
