< Job 17 >

1 My breath is corrupt: my dayes are cut off, and the graue is readie for me.
تَلِفَتْ رُوحِي وَانْطَفَأَتْ أَيَّامِي، وَالْقَبْرُ مُعَدٌّ لِي.١
2 There are none but mockers with mee, and mine eye continueth in their bitternesse.
الْمُسْتَهْزِئُونَ يُحَاصِرُونَنِي، الَّذِينَ تَشْهَدُ عَيْنِي مُشَاجَرَاتِهِمْ.٢
3 Lay downe nowe and put me in suretie for thee: who is hee, that will touch mine hand?
كُنْ لِي ضَامِناً عِنْدَ نَفْسِكَ، إِذْ مَنْ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يَكُونَ كَفِيلِي؟٣
4 For thou hast hid their heart from vnderstanding: therefore shalt thou not set them vp on hie.
فَأَنْتَ حَجَبْتَ الْفِطْنَةَ عَنْ قُلُوبِهِمْ، لِذَلِكَ لَنْ تُظْفِرَهُمْ،٤
5 For the eyes of his children shall faile, that speaketh flattery to his friends.
وَلْتَتْلَفْ عُيُونُ أَبْنَاءِ مَنْ يَشِي بِأَصْحَابِهِ طَمَعاً فِي أَمْلاكِهِمْ.٥
6 Hee hath also made mee a byword of the people, and I am as a Tabret before them.
لَقَدْ جَعَلَنِي مَثَلاً لِلأُمَمِ، وَصَارَ وَجْهِي مَبْصَقَةً.٦
7 Mine eye therefore is dimme for griefe, and all my strength is like a shadowe.
كَلَّتْ عَيْنَايَ حُزْناً وَأَصْبَحَتْ أَعْضَائِي كَالظِّلِّ،٧
8 The righteous shalbe astonied at this, and the innocent shalbe moued against ye hypocrite.
فَزِعَ الْمُسْتَقِيمُونَ مِنْ هَذَا، وَثَارَ الْبَرِيءُ عَلَى الْفَاجِرِ،٨
9 But the righteous wil holde his way, and he whose hands are pure, shall increase his strength.
أَمَّا الصِّدِّيقُ فَيَتَمَسَّكُ بِطَرِيقِهِ، وَيَزْدَادُ الطَّاهِرُ الْيَدَيْنِ قُوَّةً.٩
10 All you therefore turne you, and come nowe, and I shall not finde one wise among you.
وَلَكِنِ ارْجِعُوا جَمِيعُكُمْ، تَعَالَوْا كُلُّكُمْ، فَلا أَجِدُ فِيكُمْ حَكِيماً.١٠
11 My dayes are past, mine enterprises are broken, and the thoughts of mine heart
قَدْ عَبَرَتْ أَيَّامِي، وَتَمَزَّقَتْ مَآرِبِي الَّتِي هِيَ رَغْبَاتُ قَلْبِي.١١
12 Haue changed the nyght for the day, and the light that approched, for darkenesse.
يَجْعَلُونَ اللَّيْلَ نَهَاراً، وَعَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنَ الظُّلْمَةِ يَقُولُونَ:’إِنَّ النُّورَ قَرِيبٌ!‘١٢
13 Though I hope, yet the graue shall bee mine house, and I shall make my bed in the darke. (Sheol h7585)
إِذَا رَجَوْتُ أَنْ تَكوُنَ الْهَاوِيَةُ مَقَرّاً لِي، وَمَهَّدْتُ فِي الظَّلامِ فِرَاشِي، (Sheol h7585)١٣
14 I shall say to corruption, Thou art my father, and to the worme, Thou art my mother and my sister.
وَإِنْ قُلْتُ لِلْقَبْرِ أَنْتَ أَبِي، وَلِلدُّودِ أَنْتَ أُمِّي أَوْ أُخْتِي،١٤
15 Where is then now mine hope? or who shall consider the thing, that I hoped for?
فَأَيْنَ إِذاً آمَالِي؟ وَمَنْ يُعَايِنُ رَجَائِي؟١٥
16 They shall goe downe into the bottome of the pit: surely it shall lye together in the dust. (Sheol h7585)
أَلا تَنْحَدِرُ إِلَى مَغَالِيقِ الْهَاوِيَةِ، وَنَسْتَقِرُّ مَعاً فِي التُّرَابِ؟» (Sheol h7585)١٦

< Job 17 >