Job 31
1 I made a couenant with mine eyes: why then should I thinke on a mayde?
| «عَهْدًا قَطَعْتُ لِعَيْنَيَّ، فَكَيْفَ أَتَطَلَّعُ فِي عَذْرَاءَ؟ | ١ |
2 For what portion should I haue of God from aboue? and what inheritance of the Almightie from on hie?
| وَمَا هِيَ قِسْمَةُ ٱللهِ مِنْ فَوْقُ، وَنَصِيبُ ٱلْقَدِيرِ مِنَ ٱلْأَعَالِي؟ | ٢ |
3 Is not destruction to the wicked and strange punishment to the workers of iniquitie?
| أَلَيْسَ ٱلْبَوَارُ لِعَامِلِ ٱلشَّرِّ، وَٱلنُّكْرُ لِفَاعِلِي ٱلْإِثْمِ؟ | ٣ |
4 Doeth not he beholde my wayes and tell all my steps?
| أَلَيْسَ هُوَ يَنْظُرُ طُرُقِي، وَيُحْصِي جَمِيعَ خَطَوَاتِي؟ | ٤ |
5 If I haue walked in vanitie, or if my foote hath made haste to deceite,
| إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ سَلَكْتُ مَعَ ٱلْكَذِبِ، أَوْ أَسْرَعَتْ رِجْلِي إِلَى ٱلْغِشِّ، | ٥ |
6 Let God weigh me in the iust balance, and he shall know mine vprightnes.
| لِيَزِنِّي فِي مِيزَانِ ٱلْحَقِّ، فَيَعْرِفَ ٱللهُ كَمَالِي. | ٦ |
7 If my steppe hath turned out of the way, or mine heart hath walked after mine eye, or if any blot hath cleaued to mine handes,
| إِنْ حَادَتْ خَطَوَاتِي عَنِ ٱلطَّرِيقِ، وَذَهَبَ قَلْبِي وَرَاءَ عَيْنَيَّ، أَوْ لَصِقَ عَيْبٌ بِكَفِّي، | ٧ |
8 Let me sowe, and let another eate: yea, let my plantes be rooted out.
| أَزْرَعْ وَغَيْرِي يَأْكُلْ، وَفُرُوعِي تُسْتَأْصَلْ. | ٨ |
9 If mine heart hath bene deceiued by a woman, or if I haue layde wayte at the doore of my neighbour,
| «إِنْ غَوِيَ قَلْبِي عَلَى ٱمْرَأَةٍ، أَوْ كَمَنْتُ عَلَى بَابِ قَرِيبِي، | ٩ |
10 Let my wife grinde vnto another man, and let other men bow downe vpon her:
| فَلْتَطْحَنِ ٱمْرَأَتِي لِآخَرَ، وَلْيَنْحَنِ عَلَيْهَا آخَرُونَ. | ١٠ |
11 For this is a wickednes, and iniquitie to bee condemned:
| لِأَنَّ هَذِهِ رَذِيلَةٌ، وَهِيَ إِثْمٌ يُعْرَضُ لِلْقُضَاةِ. | ١١ |
12 Yea, this is a fire that shall deuoure to destruction, and which shall roote out al mine increase,
| لِأَنَّهَا نَارٌ تَأْكُلُ حَتَّى إِلَى ٱلْهَلَاكِ، وَتَسْتَأْصِلُ كُلَّ مَحْصُولِي. | ١٢ |
13 If I did contemne the iudgement of my seruant, and of my mayde, when they did contend with me,
| «إِنْ كُنْتُ رَفَضْتُ حَقَّ عَبْدِي وَأَمَتِي فِي دَعْوَاهُمَا عَلَيَّ، | ١٣ |
14 What then shall I do when God standeth vp? and when he shall visit me, what shall I answere?
| فَمَاذَا كُنْتُ أَصْنَعُ حِينَ يَقُومُ ٱللهُ؟ وَإِذَا ٱفْتَقَدَ، فَبِمَاذَا أُجِيبُهُ؟ | ١٤ |
15 He that hath made me in the wombe, hath he not made him? hath not he alone facioned vs in the wombe?
| أَوَلَيْسَ صَانِعِي فِي ٱلْبَطْنِ صَانِعَهُ، وَقَدْ صَوَّرَنَا وَاحِدٌ فِي ٱلرَّحِمِ؟ | ١٥ |
16 If I restrained the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the widow to faile,
| إِنْ كُنْتُ مَنَعْتُ ٱلْمَسَاكِينَ عَنْ مُرَادِهِمْ، أَوْ أَفْنَيْتُ عَيْنَيِ ٱلْأَرْمَلَةِ، | ١٦ |
17 Or haue eaten my morsels alone, and the fatherles hath not eaten thereof,
| أَوْ أَكَلْتُ لُقْمَتِي وَحْدِي فَمَا أَكَلَ مِنْهَا ٱلْيَتِيمُ. | ١٧ |
18 (For from my youth hee hath growen vp with me as with a father, and from my mothers wombe I haue bene a guide vnto her)
| بَلْ مُنْذُ صِبَايَ كَبِرَ عِنْدِي كَأَبٍ، وَمِنْ بَطْنِ أُمِّي هَدَيْتُهَا. | ١٨ |
19 If I haue seene any perish for want of clothing, or any poore without couering,
| إِنْ كُنْتُ رَأَيْتُ هَالِكًا لِعَدَمِ ٱللِّبْسِ أَوْ فَقِيرًا بِلَا كِسْوَةٍ، | ١٩ |
20 If his loynes haue not blessed me, because he was warmed with the fleece of my sheepe,
| إِنْ لَمْ تُبَارِكْنِي حَقَوَاهُ وَقَدِ ٱسْتَدْفَأَ بِجَزَّةِ غَنَمِي. | ٢٠ |
21 If I haue lift vp mine hande against the fatherlesse, when I saw that I might helpe him in the gate,
| إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ هَزَزْتُ يَدِي عَلَى ٱلْيَتِيمِ لَمَّا رَأَيْتُ عَوْنِي فِي ٱلْبَابِ، | ٢١ |
22 Let mine arme fal from my shoulder, and mine arme be broken from the bone.
| فَلْتَسْقُطْ عَضُدِي مِنْ كَتِفِي، وَلْتَنْكَسِرْ ذِرَاعِي مِنْ قَصَبَتِهَا، | ٢٢ |
23 For Gods punishment was fearefull vnto me, and I could not be deliuered from his highnes.
| لِأَنَّ ٱلْبَوَارَ مِنَ ٱللهِ رُعْبٌ عَلَيَّ، وَمِنْ جَلَالِهِ لَمْ أَسْتَطِعْ. | ٢٣ |
24 If I made gold mine hope, or haue sayd to the wedge of golde, Thou art my confidence,
| «إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ جَعَلْتُ ٱلذَّهَبَ عَمْدَتِي، أَوْ قُلْتُ لِلْإِبْرِيزِ: أَنْتَ مُتَّكَلِي. | ٢٤ |
25 If I reioyced because my substance was great, or because mine hand had gotten much,
| إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ فَرِحْتُ إِذْ كَثُرَتْ ثَرْوَتِي وَلِأَنَّ يَدِي وَجَدَتْ كَثِيرًا. | ٢٥ |
26 If I did behold the sunne, when it shined, or the moone, walking in her brightnes,
| إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ نَظَرْتُ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِ حِينَ ضَاءَ، أَوْ إِلَى ٱلْقَمَرِ يَسِيرُ بِٱلْبَهَاءِ، | ٢٦ |
27 If mine heart did flatter me in secrete, or if my mouth did kisse mine hand,
| وَغَوِيَ قَلْبِي سِرًّا، وَلَثَمَ يَدِي فَمِي، | ٢٧ |
28 (This also had bene an iniquitie to be condemned: for I had denied the God aboue)
| فَهَذَا أَيْضًا إِثْمٌ يُعْرَضُ لِلْقُضَاةِ، لِأَنِّي أَكُونُ قَدْ جَحَدْتُ ٱللهَ مِنْ فَوْقُ. | ٢٨ |
29 If I reioyced at his destruction that hated me, or was mooued to ioye when euill came vpon him,
| «إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ فَرِحْتُ بِبَلِيَّةِ مُبْغِضِي أَوْ شَمِتُّ حِينَ أَصَابَهُ سُوءٌ. | ٢٩ |
30 Neither haue I suffred my mouth to sinne, by wishing a curse vnto his soule.
| بَلْ لَمْ أَدَعْ حَنَكِي يُخْطِئُ فِي طَلَبِ نَفْسِهِ بِلَعْنَةٍ. | ٣٠ |
31 Did not the men of my Tabernacle say, Who shall giue vs of his flesh? we can not bee satisfied.
| إِنْ كَانَ أَهْلُ خَيْمَتِي لَمْ يَقُولُوا: مَنْ يَأْتِي بِأَحَدٍ لَمْ يَشْبَعْ مِنْ طَعَامِهِ؟ | ٣١ |
32 The stranger did not lodge in the streete, but I opened my doores vnto him, that went by the way.
| غَرِيبٌ لَمْ يَبِتْ فِي ٱلْخَارِجِ. فَتَحْتُ لِلْمُسَافِرِ أَبْوَابِي. | ٣٢ |
33 If I haue hid my sinne, as Adam, concealing mine iniquitie in my bosome,
| إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ كَتَمْتُ كَٱلنَّاسِ ذَنْبِي لِإِخْفَاءِ إِثْمِي فِي حِضْنِي. | ٣٣ |
34 Though I could haue made afraid a great multitude, yet the most contemptible of the families did feare me: so I kept silence, and went not out of the doore.
| إِذْ رَهِبْتُ جُمْهُورًا غَفِيرًا، وَرَوَّعَتْنِي إِهَانَةُ ٱلْعَشَائِرِ، فَكَفَفْتُ وَلَمْ أَخْرُجْ مِنَ ٱلْبَابِ. | ٣٤ |
35 Oh that I had some to heare me! beholde my signe that the Almightie will witnesse for me: though mine aduersary should write a booke against me,
| مَنْ لِي بِمَنْ يَسْمَعُنِي؟ هُوَذَا إِمْضَائِي. لِيُجِبْنِي ٱلْقَدِيرُ. وَمَنْ لِي بِشَكْوَى كَتَبَهَا خَصْمِي، | ٣٥ |
36 Woulde not I take it vpon my shoulder, and binde it as a crowne vnto me?
| فَكُنْتُ أَحْمِلُهَا عَلَى كَتِفِي. كُنْتُ أُعْصِبُهَا تَاجًا لِي. | ٣٦ |
37 I will tell him the nomber of my goings, and goe vnto him as to a prince.
| كُنْتُ أُخْبِرُهُ بِعَدَدِ خَطَوَاتِي وَأَدْنُو مِنْهُ كَشَرِيفٍ. | ٣٧ |
38 If my lande cry against me, or the furrowes thereof complayne together,
| إِنْ كَانَتْ أَرْضِي قَدْ صَرَخَتْ عَلَيَّ وَتَبَاكَتْ أَتْلَامُهَا جَمِيعًا. | ٣٨ |
39 If I haue eaten the fruites thereof without siluer: or if I haue grieued the soules of the masters thereof,
| إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ أَكَلْتُ غَلَّتَهَا بِلَا فِضَّةٍ، أَوْ أَطْفَأْتُ أَنْفُسَ أَصْحَابِهَا، | ٣٩ |
40 Let thistles growe in steade of wheate, and cockle in the stead of Barley. The wordes of Iob are ended.
| فَعِوَضَ ٱلْحِنْطَةِ لِيَنْبُتْ شَوْكٌ، وَبَدَلَ ٱلشَّعِيرِ زَوَانٌ». تَمَّتْ أَقْوَالُ أَيُّوبَ. | ٤٠ |
