Job 23
1 Then Job answered and said,
| فَأَجَابَ أَيُّوبُ وَقَالَ: | ١ |
2 Yes, I know that pleading is out of my reach; and his hand has been made heavy upon my groaning.
| «ٱلْيَوْمَ أَيْضًا شَكْوَايَ تَمَرُّدٌ. ضَرْبَتِي أَثْقَلُ مِنْ تَنَهُّدِي. | ٢ |
3 Who would then know that I might find him, and come to an end [of the matter]?
| مَنْ يُعْطِينِي أَنْ أَجِدَهُ، فَآتِيَ إِلَى كُرْسِيِّهِ، | ٣ |
4 And I would plead my own cause, and he would fill my mouth with arguments.
| أُحْسِنُ ٱلدَّعْوَى أَمَامَهُ، وَأَمْلَأُ فَمِي حُجَجًا، | ٤ |
5 And I would know the remedies which he would speak to me, and I would perceive what he would tell me.
| فَأَعْرِفُ ٱلْأَقْوَالَ ٱلَّتِي بِهَا يُجِيبُنِي، وَأَفْهَمُ مَا يَقُولُهُ لِي؟ | ٥ |
6 Though he should come on me in [his] great strength, then he would not threaten me;
| أَبِكَثْرَةِ قُوَّةٍ يُخَاصِمُنِي؟ كَّلَّا! وَلَكِنَّهُ كَانَ يَنْتَبِهُ إِلَيَّ. | ٦ |
7 for truth and reproof are from him; and he would bring forth my judgement to an end.
| هُنَالِكَ كَانَ يُحَاجُّهُ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمُ، وَكُنْتُ أَنْجُو إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ مِنْ قَاضِيَّ. | ٧ |
8 For if I shall go first, and exist no longer, still what do I know [concerning] the latter end?
| هَأَنَذَا أَذْهَبُ شَرْقًا فَلَيْسَ هُوَ هُنَاكَ، وَغَرْبًا فَلَا أَشْعُرُ بِهِ. | ٨ |
9 When he wrought on the left hand, then I observed [it] not: his right hand shall encompass me but I shall not see [it].
| شِمَالًا حَيْثُ عَمَلُهُ فَلَا أَنْظُرُهُ. يَتَعَطَّفُ ٱلْجَنُوبَ فَلَا أَرَاهُ. | ٩ |
10 For he knows already my way; and he has tried me as gold.
| «لِأَنَّهُ يَعْرِفُ طَرِيقِي. إِذَا جَرَّبَنِي أَخْرُجُ كَٱلذَّهَبِ. | ١٠ |
11 And I will go forth according to his commandments, for I have kept his ways; and I shall not turn aside from his commandments,
| بِخَطَوَاتِهِ ٱسْتَمْسَكَتْ رِجْلِي. حَفِظْتُ طَرِيقَهُ وَلَمْ أَحِدْ. | ١١ |
12 neither shall I transgress; but I have hid his words in my bosom.
| مِنْ وَصِيَّةِ شَفَتَيْهِ لَمْ أَبْرَحْ. أَكْثَرَ مِنْ فَرِيضَتِي ذَخَرْتُ كَلَامَ فِيهِ. | ١٢ |
13 And if too he has thus judged, who is he that has contradicted, for he has both willed [a thing] and done it.
| أَمَّا هُوَ فَوَحْدَهُ، فَمَنْ يَرُدُّهُ؟ وَنَفْسُهُ تَشْتَهِي فَيَفْعَلُ. | ١٣ |
| لِأَنَّهُ يُتَمِّمُ ٱلْمَفْرُوضَ عَلَيَّ، وَكَثِيرٌ مِثْلُ هَذِهِ عِنْدَهُ. | ١٤ |
15 Therefore am I troubled at him; and when I was reproved, I thought of him. Therefore let me take good heed before him: I will consider, and be afraid of him.
| مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ أَرْتَاعُ قُدَّامَهُ. أَتَأَمَّلُ فَأَرْتَعِبُ مِنْهُ. | ١٥ |
16 But the Lord has softened my heart, and the Almighty has troubled me.
| لِأَنَّ ٱللهَ قَدْ أَضْعَفَ قَلْبِي، وَٱلْقَدِيرَ رَوَّعَنِي. | ١٦ |
17 For I knew not that darkness would come upon me, and thick darkness has covered [me] before my face.
| لِأَنِّي لَمْ أُقْطَعْ قَبْلَ ٱلظَّلَامِ، وَمِنْ وَجْهِي لَمْ يُغَطِّ ٱلدُّجَى. | ١٧ |
