Job 31
1 I reached an agreement with my eyes, that I would not so much as think about a virgin.
| أَبْرَمْتُ عَهْداً مَعَ عَيْنَيَّ، فَكَيْفَ أَرْنُو إِلَى عَذْرَاءَ؟ | ١ |
2 For what portion should God from above hold for me, and what inheritance should the Almighty from on high keep?
| وَمَاذَا يَكُونُ نَصِيبِي عِنْدَ اللهِ مِنْ فَوْقُ، وَمَا هُوَ إِرْثِي مِنْ عِنْدِ الْقَدِيرِ فِي الأَعَالِي؟ | ٢ |
3 Is not destruction held for the wicked and repudiation kept for those who work injustice?
| أَلَيْسَتِ الْبَلِيَّةُ مِنْ حَظِّ الشِّرِّيرِ، وَالْكَارِثَةُ مِنْ نَصِيبِ فَاعِلِي الإِثْمِ؟ | ٣ |
4 Does he not examine my ways and number all my steps?
| أَلا يَرَى اللهُ طُرُقِي وَيُحْصِي كُلَّ خَطْوَاتِي؟ | ٤ |
5 If I have walked in vanity, or if my foot has hurried towards deceitfulness,
| إِنْ سَلَكْتُ فِي ضَلالٍ وَأَسْرَعَتْ قَدَمِي لاِرْتِكَابِ الْغِشِّ، | ٥ |
6 let him weigh me in a just balance, and let God know my simplicity.
| فَلأُوزَنْ فِي قِسْطَاسِ الْعَدْلِ، وَلْيَعْرِفِ اللهُ كَمَالِي. | ٦ |
7 If my steps have turned aside from the way, or if my heart has followed my eyes, or if a blemish has clung to my hands,
| إِنْ حَادَتْ خَطْوَاتِي عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ، وَغَوَى قَلْبِي وَرَاءَ عَيْنَيَّ، وَعَلِقَتْ بِيَدِي لَطْخَةُ عَارٍ، | ٧ |
8 then may I sow, and let another consume, and let my offspring be eradicated.
| فَلأَزْرَعْ أَنَا وَآخَرُ يَأْكُلُ، وَلْيُسْتَأْصَلْ مَحْصُولِي. | ٨ |
9 If my heart has been deceived over a woman, or if I have waited in ambush at my friend’s door,
| إِنْ هَامَ قَلْبِي وَرَاءَ امْرَأَةٍ، أَوْ طُفْتُ عِنْدَ بَابِ جَارِي، | ٩ |
10 then let my wife be the harlot of another, and let other men lean over her.
| فَلْتَطْحَنْ زَوْجَتِي لِآخَرَ، وَلْيُضَاجِعْهَا آخَرُونَ. | ١٠ |
11 For this is a crime and a very great injustice.
| لأَنَّ هَذِهِ رَذِيلَةٌ وَإِثْمٌ يُعَاقِبُ عَلَيْهِ الْقُضَاةُ، | ١١ |
12 It is a fire devouring all the way to perdition, and it roots out all that springs forth.
| وَنَارٌ مُلْتَهِمَةٌ تُفْضِي إِلَى الْهَلاكِ وَتَقْضِي عَلَى غَلَّاتِي. | ١٢ |
13 If I have despised being subject to judgment with my servant or my maid, when they had any complaint against me,
| إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ تَنَكَّرْتُ لِحَقِّ خَادِمِي وَأَمَتِي عِنْدَمَا اشْتَكَيَا عَلَيَّ، | ١٣ |
14 then what will I do when God rises to judge, and, when he inquires, how will I respond to him?
| فَمَاذَا أَصْنَعُ عِنْدَمَا يَقُومُ اللهُ (لِمُحَاكَمَتِي)؟ وَبِمَاذَا أُجِيبُ عِنْدَمَا يَتَقَصَّى (لِيُحَاسِبَنِي)؟ | ١٤ |
15 Is not he who created me in the womb, also he who labored to make him? And did not one and the same form me in the womb?
| أَلَيْسَ الَّذِي كَوَّنَنِي فِي الرَّحِمِ كَوَّنَهُ أَيْضاً؟ أَوَ لَيْسَ الَّذِي شَكَّلَنَا فِي الرَّحِمِ وَاحِدٌ؟ | ١٥ |
16 If I have denied the poor what they wanted and have made the eyes of the widow wait;
| إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ مَنَعْتُ عَنِ الْمِسْكِينِ مَا يَطْلُبُهُ، أَوْ أَوْهَنْتُ عَيْنَيِ الأَرْمَلَةِ مِنْ فَرْطِ الْبُكَاءِ، | ١٦ |
17 if I have eaten my morsel of food alone, while orphans have not eaten from it;
| أَوْ أَكَلْتُ كِسْرَةَ خُبْزِي وَحْدِي وَلَمْ أَتَقَاسَمْهَا مَعَ الْيَتِيمِ، | ١٧ |
18 (for from my infancy mercy grew with me, and it came out with me from my mother’s womb; )
| إِذْ مُنْذُ حَدَاثَتِي رَعَيْتُهُ كَأَبٍ، وَهَدَيْتُهُ مِنْ رَحِمِ أُمِّهِ. | ١٨ |
19 if I have looked down on him who was perishing because he had no clothing and the poor without any covering,
| إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ رَأَيْتُ أَحَداً مُشْرِفاً عَلَى الْهَلاكِ مِنَ الْعُرْيِ، أَوْ مِسْكِيناً مِنْ غَيْرِ كِسَاءٍ، | ١٩ |
20 if his sides have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
| إِنْ لَمْ تُبَارِكْنِي حَقَوَاهُ الْمُسْتَدْفِئَتَانِ بِجَزَّةِ غَنَمِي! | ٢٠ |
21 if I have lifted up my hand over an orphan, even when it might seem to me that I have the advantage over him at the gate;
| إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ رَفَعْتُ يَدِي ضِدَّ الْيَتِيمِ، مُسْتَغِلاً نُفُوذِي فِي الْقَضَاءِ، | ٢١ |
22 then may my shoulder fall from its joint, and may my arm, with all its bones, be broken.
| فَلْيَسْقُطْ عَضُدِي مِنْ كَتِفِي، وَلْتَنْكَسِرْ ذِرَاعِي مِنْ قَصَبَتِهَا. | ٢٢ |
23 For I have always feared God, like waves flowing over me, whose weight I was unable to bear.
| لأَنَّنِي أَرْتَعِبُ مِنْ نِقْمَةِ اللهِ، وَمَا كُنْتُ أَقْوَى عَلَى مُوَاجَهَةِ جَلالِهِ. | ٢٣ |
24 If I have considered gold to be my strength, or if I have called purified gold ‘my Trust;’
| إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ جَعَلْتُ الذَّهَبَ مُتَّكَلِي، أَوْ قُلْتُ لِلإِبْرِيزِ أَنْتَ مُعْتَمَدِي، | ٢٤ |
25 if I have rejoiced over my great success, and over the many things my hand has obtained;
| إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدِ اغْتَبَطْتُ بِعُظْمِ ثَرْوَتِي، أَوْ لأَنَّ يَدَيَّ فَاضَتَا بِوَفْرَةِ الْكَسْبِ، | ٢٥ |
26 if I gazed upon the sun when it shined and the moon advancing brightly,
| إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ نَظَرْتُ إِلَى الشَّمْسِ حِينَ أَضَاءَتْ، أَوْ إِلَى الْقَمَرِ السَّائِرِ بِبَهَاءٍ، | ٢٦ |
27 so that my heart rejoiced in secret and I kissed my hand with my mouth,
| فَغَوِيَ قَلْبِي سِرّاً وَقَبَّلْتُ يَدَيَّ تَوْقِيراً لَهُمَا، | ٢٧ |
28 which is a very great iniquity and a denial against the most high God;
| فَإِنَّ هَذَا أَيْضاً إِثْمٌ يُعَاقِبُ عَلَيْهِ الْقُضَاةُ، لأَنِّي أَكُونُ قَدْ جَحَدْتُ اللهَ الْعَلِيَّ. | ٢٨ |
29 if I have been glad at the ruin of him who hated me and have exulted that evil found him,
| إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ فَرِحْتُ بِدَمَارِ مُبْغِضِي أَوْ شَمِتُّ حِينَ أَصَابَهُ شَرٌّ، | ٢٩ |
30 for I have not been given my throat to sin by asking for a curse on his soul;
| لا! لَمْ أَدَعْ لِسَانِي يُخْطِئُ بالدُّعَاءِ عَلَى حَيَاتِهِ بِلَعْنَةٍ. | ٣٠ |
31 if the men around my tabernacle have not said: “He might give us some of his food, so that we will be filled,”
| إِنْ كَانَ أَهْلُ خَيْمَتِي لَمْ يَقُولُوا: أَهُنَاكَ مَنْ لَمْ يَشْبَعْ مِنْ طَعَامِ أَيُّوبَ؟ | ٣١ |
32 for the foreigner did not remain at the door, my door was open to the traveler;
| فَالْغَرِيبُ لَمْ يَبِتْ فِي الشَّارِعِ لأَنِّي فَتَحْتُ أَبْوَابِي لِعَابِرِي السَّبِيلِ. | ٣٢ |
33 if, as man does, I have hidden my sin and have concealed my iniquity in my bosom;
| إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ كَتَمْتُ آثَامِي كَبَقِيَّةِ النَّاسِ، طَاوِياً ذُنُوبِي فِي حِضْنِي، | ٣٣ |
34 if I became frightened by an excessive crowd, and the disrespect of close relatives alarmed me, so that I would much rather have remained silent or have gone out the door;
| رَهْبَةً مِنَ الْجَمَاهِيرِ الْغَفِيرَةِ، وَخَوْفاً مِنْ إِهَانَةِ الْعَشَائِرِ، وصَمَتُّ وَاعْتَصَمْتُ دَاخِلَ الأَبْوَابِ. | ٣٤ |
35 then, would he grant me a hearing, so that the Almighty would listen to my desire, and he who judges would himself write a book,
| آهِ، مَنْ لِي بِمَنْ يَسْتَمِعُ لِي! هُوَذَا تَوْقِيعِي، فَلْيُجِبْنِي الْقَدِيرُ. لَيْتَ خَصْمِي يَكْتُبُ شَكْوَاهُ ضِدِّي، | ٣٥ |
36 which I would then carry on my shoulder and wrap around me like a crown?
| فَأَحْمِلَهَا عَلَى كَتِفِي وَأَعْصِبَهَا تَاجاً لِي، | ٣٦ |
37 With each of my steps, I would pronounce and offer it, as if to a prince.
| لَكُنْتُ أُقَدِّمُ لَهُ حِسَاباً عَنْ كُلِّ خَطْوَاتِي، وَأَدْنُو مِنْهُ كَمَا أَدْنُو مِنْ أَمِيرٍ. | ٣٧ |
38 So, if my land cries out against me, and if its furrows weep with it,
| إِنْ كَانَتْ أَرْضِي قَدِ احْتَجَّتْ عَلَيَّ وَتَبَاكَتْ أَتْلامُهَا جَمِيعاً، | ٣٨ |
39 if I have used its fruits for nothing but money and have afflicted the souls of its tillers,
| إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ أَكَلْتُ غَلّاتِهَا بِلا ثَمَنٍ، أَوْ سَحَقْتُ نُفُوسَ أَصْحَابِهَا، | ٣٩ |
40 then, may thistles spring forth for me instead of grain, and thorns instead of barley. (This ended the words of Job.)
| فَلْيَنْبُتْ فِيهَا الشَّوْكُ بَدَلَ الْحِنْطَةِ وَالزَّوَانُ بَدَلَ الشَّعِيرِ». تَمَّتْ هُنَا أَقْوَالُ أَيُّوبَ. | ٤٠ |
