Job 19
1 Job replied,
| فَأَجَابَ أَيُّوبُ وَقَالَ: | ١ |
2 “How long will you go on tormenting me? How long will you go on crushing me with words?
| «حَتَّى مَتَى تُعَذِّبُونَ نَفْسِي وَتَسْحَقُونَنِي بِٱلْكَلَامِ؟ | ٢ |
3 Ten times already you have humiliated me. Aren't you ashamed for treating me so badly?
| هَذِهِ عَشَرَ مَرَّاتٍ أَخْزَيْتُمُونِي. لَمْ تَخْجَلُوا مِنْ أَنْ تَحْكِرُونِي. | ٣ |
4 Even if I did sin, that's my problem, and has nothing to do with you.
| وَهَبْنِي ضَلَلْتُ حَقًّا. عَلَيَّ تَسْتَقِرُّ ضَلَالَتِي! | ٤ |
5 You think you're so much better than me, and you use my degradation against me.
| إِنْ كُنْتُمْ بِٱلْحَقِّ تَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَلَيَّ، فَثَبِّتُوا عَلَيَّ عَارِي. | ٥ |
6 But you should realize that it's God who has wronged me, he has trapped me in his net.
| فَٱعْلَمُوا إِذًا أَنَّ ٱللهَ قَدْ عَوَّجَنِي، وَلَفَّ عَلَيَّ أُحْبُولَتَهُ. | ٦ |
7 Even though I cry for help, I get no answer; even though I shout my objections, I get no justice.
| هَا إِنِّي أَصْرُخُ ظُلْمًا فَلَا أُسْتَجَابُ. أَدْعُو وَلَيْسَ حُكْمٌ. | ٧ |
8 God has walled me in so I can't escape; he has plunged my path into darkness.
| قَدْ حَوَّطَ طَرِيقِي فَلَا أَعْبُرُ، وَعَلَى سُبُلِي جَعَلَ ظَلَامًا. | ٨ |
9 He has stripped my honor from me; he has taken away my reputation.
| أَزَالَ عَنِّي كَرَامَتِي وَنَزَعَ تَاجَ رَأْسِي. | ٩ |
10 He tears me down from all sides until I am finished; he has destroyed my hope like a tree that is uprooted.
| هَدَمَنِي مِنْ كُلِّ جِهَةٍ فَذَهَبْتُ، وَقَلَعَ مِثْلَ شَجَرَةٍ رَجَائِي، | ١٠ |
11 His anger burns against me; he treats me as one of his enemies.
| وَأَضْرَمَ عَلَيَّ غَضَبَهُ، وَحَسِبَنِي كَأَعْدَائِهِ. | ١١ |
12 God's troops assemble to attack me. They build ramparts against me. They encircle and besiege my home.
| مَعًا جَاءَتْ غُزَاتُهُ، وَأَعَدُّوا عَلَيَّ طَرِيقَهُمْ، وَحَلُّوا حَوْلَ خَيْمَتِي. | ١٢ |
13 He has driven my brothers far away from me; all my former friends are estranged from me.
| قَدْ أَبْعَدَ عَنِّي إِخْوَتِي، وَمَعَارِفِي زَاغُوا عَنِّي. | ١٣ |
14 My relatives have abandoned me; my close friends have forgotten me.
| أَقَارِبِي قَدْ خَذَلُونِي، وَٱلَّذِينَ عَرَفُونِي نَسُونِي. | ١٤ |
15 My house guests and my maidservants treat me as a stranger—to them I have become a foreigner.
| نُزَلَاءُ بَيْتِي وَإِمَائِي يَحْسِبُونَنِي أَجْنَبِيًّا. صِرْتُ فِي أَعْيُنِهِمْ غَرِيبًا. | ١٥ |
16 I call my servant, but he doesn't reply. I have to beg him!
| عَبْدِي دَعَوْتُ فَلَمْ يُجِبْ. بِفَمِي تَضَرَّعْتُ إِلَيْهِ. | ١٦ |
17 I am repulsive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own brothers.
| نَكْهَتِي مَكْرُوهَةٌ عِنْدَ ٱمْرَأَتِي، وَخَمَمْتُ عِنْدَ أَبْنَاءِ أَحْشَائِي. | ١٧ |
18 Even young children despise me; when I stand up they ridicule me.
| اَلْأَوْلَادُ أَيْضًا قَدْ رَذَلُونِي. إِذَا قُمْتُ يَتَكَلَّمُونَ عَلَيَّ. | ١٨ |
19 All my closest friends despise me, and those I loved have turned on me.
| كَرِهَنِي كُلُّ رِجَالِي، وَٱلَّذِينَ أَحْبَبْتُهُمُ ٱنْقَلَبُوا عَلَيَّ. | ١٩ |
20 I've been reduced to skin and bones and I survive by the skin of my teeth.
| عَظْمِي قَدْ لَصِقَ بِجِلْدِي وَلَحْمِي، وَنَجَوْتُ بِجِلْدِ أَسْنَانِي. | ٢٠ |
21 Have pity on me, my friends, have pity on me, because God has struck me down!
| تَرَاءَفُوا، تَرَاءَفُوا أَنْتُمْ عَلَيَّ يَا أَصْحَابِي، لِأَنَّ يَدَ ٱللهِ قَدْ مَسَّتْنِي. | ٢١ |
22 Why are you persecuting me like God does? Aren't you satisfied with getting your pound of flesh?
| لِمَاذَا تُطَارِدُونَنِي كَمَا ٱللهُ، وَلَا تَشْبَعُونَ مِنْ لَحْمِي؟ | ٢٢ |
23 I wish my words could be written down, recorded in a book,
| «لَيْتَ كَلِمَاتِي ٱلْآنَ تُكْتَبُ. يَا لَيْتَهَا رُسِمَتْ فِي سِفْرٍ، | ٢٣ |
24 or engraved with an iron pen and molten lead in the rock forever.
| وَنُقِرَتْ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ فِي ٱلصَّخْرِ بِقَلَمِ حَدِيدٍ وَبِرَصَاصٍ. | ٢٤ |
25 I know my Redeemer is alive, and that he shall finally take the stand for me on the earth.
| أَمَّا أَنَا فَقَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ وَلِيِّي حَيٌّ، وَٱلْآخِرَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ يَقُومُ، | ٢٥ |
26 Even though my skin is destroyed, in my body I shall see God.
| وَبَعْدَ أَنْ يُفْنَى جِلْدِي هَذَا، وَبِدُونِ جَسَدِي أَرَى ٱللهَ. | ٢٦ |
27 I myself will see him—with my own eyes, and not those of someone else! The thought overcomes me!
| ٱلَّذِي أَرَاهُ أَنَا لِنَفْسِي، وَعَيْنَايَ تَنْظُرَانِ وَلَيْسَ آخَرُ. إِلَى ذَلِكَ تَتُوقُ كُلْيَتَايَ فِي جَوْفِي. | ٢٧ |
28 You say to yourselves, ‘How can we make him suffer so he can see he is the source of his problems?’
| فَإِنَّكُمْ تَقُولُونَ: لِمَاذَا نُطَارِدُهُ؟ وَٱلْكَلَامُ ٱلْأَصْلِيُّ يُوجَدُ عِنْدِي. | ٢٨ |
29 You yourselves should fear being punished by God, for you know anger brings God's punishment that accompanies judgment.”
| خَافُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ مِنَ ٱلسَّيْفِ، لِأَنَّ ٱلْغَيْظَ مِنْ آثَامِ ٱلسَّيْفِ. لِكَيْ تَعْلَمُوا مَا هُوَ ٱلْقَضَاءُ». | ٢٩ |
