Job 12
1 And Job answered and said,
| فَأَجَابَ أَيُّوبُ وَقَالَ: | ١ |
2 No doubt but all of you are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
| «صَحِيحٌ إِنَّكُمْ أَنْتُمْ شَعْبٌ وَمَعَكُمْ تَمُوتُ ٱلْحِكْمَةُ! | ٢ |
3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knows not such things as these?
| غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ لِي فَهْمٌ مِثْلَكُمْ. لَسْتُ أَنَا دُونَكُمْ. وَمَنْ لَيْسَ عِنْدَهُ مِثْلُ هَذِهِ؟ | ٣ |
4 I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calls upon God, and he answers him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
| رَجُلًا سُخْرَةً لِصَاحِبِهِ صِرْتُ. دَعَا ٱللهَ فَٱسْتَجَابَهُ. سُخْرَةٌ هُوَ ٱلصِّدِّيقُ ٱلْكَامِلُ. | ٤ |
5 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
| لِلْمُبْتَلِي هَوَانٌ فِي أَفْكَارِ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنِّ، مُهَيَّأٌ لِمَنْ زَلَّتْ قَدَمُهُ. | ٥ |
6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God brings abundantly.
| خِيَامُ ٱلْمُخَرِّبِينَ مُسْتَرِيحَةٌ، وَٱلَّذِينَ يُغِيظُونَ ٱللهَ مُطْمَئِنُّونَ، ٱلَّذِينَ يَأْتُونَ بِإِلَهِهِمْ فِي يَدِهِمْ! | ٦ |
7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach you; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell you:
| «فَٱسْأَلِ ٱلْبَهَائِمَ فَتُعَلِّمَكَ، وَطُيُورَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ فَتُخْبِرَكَ. | ٧ |
8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach you: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto you.
| أَوْ كَلِّمِ ٱلْأَرْضَ فَتُعَلِّمَكَ، وَيُحَدِّثَكَ سَمَكُ ٱلْبَحْرِ. | ٨ |
9 Who knows not in all these that the hand of the LORD has wrought this?
| مَنْ لَا يَعْلَمُ مِنْ كُلِّ هَؤُلَاءِ أَنَّ يَدَ ٱلرَّبِّ صَنَعَتْ هَذَا؟ | ٩ |
10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
| ٱلَّذِي بِيَدِهِ نَفَسُ كُلِّ حَيٍّ وَرُوحُ كُلِّ ٱلْبَشَرِ. | ١٠ |
11 Does not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his food?
| أَفَلَيْسَتِ ٱلْأُذُنُ تَمْتَحِنُ ٱلْأَقْوَالَ، كَمَا أَنَّ ٱلْحَنَكَ يَسْتَطْعِمُ طَعَامَهُ؟ | ١١ |
12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
| عِنْدَ ٱلشَّيْبِ حِكْمَةٌ، وَطُولُ ٱلْأَيَّامِ فَهْمٌ. | ١٢ |
13 With him is wisdom and strength, he has counsel and understanding.
| «عِنْدَهُ ٱلْحِكْمَةُ وَٱلْقُدْرَةُ. لَهُ ٱلْمَشُورَةُ وَٱلْفِطْنَةُ. | ١٣ |
14 Behold, he breaks down, and it cannot be built again: he shuts up a man, and there can be no opening.
| هُوَذَا يَهْدِمُ فَلَا يُبْنَى. يُغْلِقُ عَلَى إِنْسَانٍ فَلَا يُفْتَحُ. | ١٤ |
15 Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up: also he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.
| يَمْنَعُ ٱلْمِيَاهَ فَتَيْبَسُ. يُطْلِقُهَا فَتَقْلِبُ ٱلْأَرْضَ. | ١٥ |
16 With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
| عِنْدَهُ ٱلْعِزُّ وَٱلْفَهْمُ. لَهُ ٱلْمُضِلُّ وَٱلْمُضَلُّ. | ١٦ |
17 He leads counsellors away spoiled, and makes the judges fools.
| يَذْهَبُ بِٱلْمُشِيرِينَ أَسْرَى، وَيُحَمِّقُ ٱلْقُضَاةَ. | ١٧ |
18 He looses the bond of kings, and girds their loins with a girdle.
| يَحُلُّ مَنَاطِقَ ٱلْمُلُوكِ، وَيَشُدُّ أَحْقَاءَهُمْ بِوِثَاقٍ. | ١٨ |
19 He leads princes away spoiled, and overthrows the mighty.
| يَذْهَبُ بِٱلْكَهَنَةِ أَسْرَى، وَيَقْلِبُ ٱلْأَقْوِيَاءَ. | ١٩ |
20 He removes away the speech of the trusty, and takes away the understanding of the aged.
| يَقْطَعُ كَلَامَ ٱلْأُمَنَاءِ، وَيَنْزِعُ ذَوْقَ ٱلشُّيُوخِ. | ٢٠ |
21 He pours contempt upon princes, and weakens the strength of the mighty.
| يُلْقِي هَوَانًا عَلَى ٱلشُّرَفَاءِ، وَيُرْخِي مِنْطَقَةَ ٱلْأَشِدَّاءِ. | ٢١ |
22 He discovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.
| يَكْشِفُ ٱلْعَمَائِقَ مِنَ ٱلظَّلَامِ، وَيُخْرِجُ ظِلَّ ٱلْمَوْتِ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِ. | ٢٢ |
23 He increases the nations, and destroys them: he enlarges the nations, and straitens them again.
| يُكَثِّرُ ٱلْأُمَمَ ثُمَّ يُبِيدُهَا. يُوَسِّعُ لِلْأُمَمِ ثُمَّ يُجْلِيهَا. | ٢٣ |
24 He takes away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
| يَنْزِعُ عُقُولَ رُؤَسَاءِ شَعْبِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَيُضِلُّهُمْ فِي تِيهٍ بِلَا طَرِيقٍ. | ٢٤ |
25 They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them to stagger like a drunken man.
| يَتَلَمَّسُونَ فِي ٱلظَّلَامِ وَلَيْسَ نُورٌ، وَيُرَنِّحُهُمْ مِثْلَ ٱلسَّكْرَانِ. | ٢٥ |
