Job 38
1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
| فَأَجَابَ ٱلرَّبُّ أَيُّوبَ مِنَ ٱلْعَاصِفَةِ وَقَالَ: | ١ |
2 Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
| «مَنْ هَذَا ٱلَّذِي يُظْلِمُ ٱلْقَضَاءَ بِكَلَامٍ بِلَا مَعْرِفَةٍ؟ | ٢ |
3 Gird up now your loins like a man; for I will demand of you, and answer you me.
| اُشْدُدِ ٱلْآنَ حَقْوَيْكَ كَرَجُلٍ، فَإِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ فَتُعَلِّمُنِي. | ٣ |
4 Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if you have understanding.
| أَيْنَ كُنْتَ حِينَ أَسَّسْتُ ٱلْأَرْضَ؟ أَخْبِرْ إِنْ كَانَ عِنْدَكَ فَهْمٌ. | ٤ |
5 Who has laid the measures thereof, if you know? or who has stretched the line upon it?
| مَنْ وَضَعَ قِيَاسَهَا؟ لِأَنَّكَ تَعْلَمُ! أَوْ مَنْ مَدَّ عَلَيْهَا مِطْمَارًا؟ | ٥ |
6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
| عَلَى أَيِّ شَيْءٍ قَرَّتْ قَوَاعِدُهَا؟ أَوْ مَنْ وَضَعَ حَجَرَ زَاوِيَتِهَا، | ٦ |
7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
| عِنْدَمَا تَرَنَّمَتْ كَوَاكِبُ ٱلصُّبْحِ مَعًا، وَهَتَفَ جَمِيعُ بَنِي ٱللهِ؟ | ٧ |
8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
| «وَمَنْ حَجَزَ ٱلْبَحْرَ بِمَصَارِيعَ حِينَ ٱنْدَفَقَ فَخَرَجَ مِنَ ٱلرَّحِمِ. | ٨ |
9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it,
| إِذْ جَعَلْتُ ٱلسَّحَابَ لِبَاسَهُ، وَٱلضَّبَابَ قِمَاطَهُ، | ٩ |
10 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
| وَجَزَمْتُ عَلَيْهِ حَدِّي، وَأَقَمْتُ لَهُ مَغَالِيقَ وَمَصَارِيعَ، | ١٠ |
11 And said, Until now shall you come, but no further: and here shall your proud waves be stayed?
| وَقُلْتُ: إِلَى هُنَا تَأْتِي وَلَا تَتَعَدَّى، وَهُنَا تُتْخَمُ كِبْرِيَاءُ لُجَجِكَ؟ | ١١ |
12 Have you commanded the morning since your days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
| «هَلْ فِي أَيَّامِكَ أَمَرْتَ ٱلصُّبْحَ؟ هَلْ عَرَّفْتَ ٱلْفَجْرَ مَوْضِعَهُ | ١٢ |
13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
| لِيُمْسِكَ بِأَكْنَافِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، فَيُنْفَضَ ٱلْأَشْرَارُ مِنْهَا؟ | ١٣ |
14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
| تَتَحَوَّلُ كَطِينِ ٱلْخَاتِمِ، وَتَقِفُ كَأَنَّهَا لَابِسَةٌ. | ١٤ |
15 And from the wicked their light is withheld, and the high arm shall be broken.
| وَيُمْنَعُ عَنِ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ نُورُهُمْ، وَتَنْكَسِرُ ٱلذِّرَاعُ ٱلْمُرْتَفِعَةُ. | ١٥ |
16 Have you entered into the springs of the sea? or have you walked in the search of the depth?
| «هَلِ ٱنْتَهَيْتَ إِلَى يَنَابِيعِ ٱلْبَحْرِ، أَوْ فِي مَقْصُورَةِ ٱلْغَمْرِ تَمَشَّيْتَ؟ | ١٦ |
17 Have the gates of death been opened unto you? or have you seen the doors of the shadow of death?
| هَلِ ٱنْكَشَفَتْ لَكَ أَبْوَابُ ٱلْمَوْتِ، أَوْ عَايَنْتَ أَبْوَابَ ظِلِّ ٱلْمَوْتِ؟ | ١٧ |
18 Have you perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if you know it all.
| هَلْ أَدْرَكْتَ عَرْضَ ٱلْأَرْضِ؟ أَخْبِرْ إِنْ عَرَفْتَهُ كُلَّهُ. | ١٨ |
19 Where is the way where light dwells? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
| «أَيْنَ ٱلطَّرِيقُ إِلَى حَيْثُ يَسْكُنُ ٱلنُّورُ؟ وَٱلظُّلْمَةُ أَيْنَ مَقَامُهَا، | ١٩ |
20 That you should take it to the bound thereof, and that you should know the paths to the house thereof?
| حَتَّى تَأْخُذَهَا إِلَى تُخُومِهَا وَتَعْرِفَ سُبُلَ بَيْتِهَا؟ | ٢٠ |
21 Know you it, because you were then born? or because the number of your days is great?
| تَعْلَمُ، لِأَنَّكَ حِينَئِذٍ كُنْتَ قَدْ وُلِدْتَ، وَعَدَدُ أَيَّامِكَ كَثِيرٌ! | ٢١ |
22 Have you entered into the treasures of the snow? or have you seen the treasures of the hail,
| «أَدَخَلْتَ إِلَى خَزَائِنِ ٱلثَّلْجِ، أَمْ أَبْصَرْتَ مَخَازِنَ ٱلْبَرَدِ، | ٢٢ |
23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
| ٱلَّتِي أَبْقَيْتَهَا لِوَقْتِ ٱلضَّرِّ، لِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِتَالِ وَٱلْحَرْبِ؟ | ٢٣ |
24 By what way is the light parted, which scatters the east wind upon the earth?
| فِي أَيِّ طَرِيقٍ يَتَوَزَّعُ ٱلنُّورُ، وَتَتَفَرَّقُ ٱلشَّرْقِيَّةُ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ؟ | ٢٤ |
25 Who has divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
| مَنْ فَرَّعَ قَنَوَاتٍ لِلْهَطْلِ، وَطَرِيقًا لِلصَّوَاعِقِ، | ٢٥ |
26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
| لِيَمْطُرَ عَلَى أَرْضٍ حَيْثُ لَا إِنْسَانَ، عَلَى قَفْرٍ لَا أَحَدَ فِيهِ، | ٢٦ |
27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
| لِيُرْوِيَ ٱلْبَلْقَعَ وَٱلْخَلَاءَ وَيُنْبِتَ مَخْرَجَ ٱلْعُشْبِ؟ | ٢٧ |
28 Has the rain a father? or who has begotten the drops of dew?
| «هَلْ لِلْمَطَرِ أَبٌ؟ وَمَنْ وَلَدَ مَآجِلَ ٱلطَّلِّ؟ | ٢٨ |
29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who has gendered it?
| مِنْ بَطْنِ مَنْ خَرَجَ ٱلْجَمَدُ؟ صَقِيعُ ٱلسَّمَاءِ، مَنْ وَلَدَهُ؟ | ٢٩ |
30 The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
| كَحَجَرٍ صَارَتِ ٱلْمِيَاهُ. ٱخْتَبَأَتْ. وَتَلَكَّدَ وَجْهُ ٱلْغَمْرِ. | ٣٠ |
31 Can you bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
| «هَلْ تَرْبِطُ أَنْتَ عُقْدَ ٱلثُّرَيَّا، أَوْ تَفُكُّ رُبُطَ ٱلْجَبَّارِ؟ | ٣١ |
32 Can you bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or can you guide Arcturus with his sons?
| أَتُخْرِجُ ٱلْمَنَازِلَ فِي أَوْقَاتِهَا وَتَهْدِي ٱلنَّعْشَ مَعَ بَنَاتِهِ؟ | ٣٢ |
33 Know you the ordinances of heaven? can you set the dominion thereof in the earth?
| هَلْ عَرَفْتَ سُنَنَ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ، أَوْ جَعَلْتَ تَسَلُّطَهَا عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ؟ | ٣٣ |
34 Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover you?
| أَتَرْفَعُ صَوْتَكَ إِلَى ٱلسُّحُبِ فَيُغَطِّيَكَ فَيْضُ ٱلْمِيَاهِ؟ | ٣٤ |
35 Can you send lightnings, that they may go and say unto you, Here we are?
| أَتُرْسِلُ ٱلْبُرُوقَ فَتَذْهَبَ وَتَقُولَ لَكَ: هَا نَحْنُ؟ | ٣٥ |
36 Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? or who has given understanding to the heart?
| مَنْ وَضَعَ فِي ٱلطَّخَاءِ حِكْمَةً، أَوْ مَنْ أَظْهَرَ فِي ٱلشُّهُبِ فِطْنَةً؟ | ٣٦ |
37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
| مَنْ يُحْصِي ٱلْغُيُومَ بِٱلْحِكْمَةِ، وَمَنْ يَسْكُبُ أَزْقَاقَ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ، | ٣٧ |
38 When the dust grows into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
| إِذْ يَنْسَبِكُ ٱلتُّرَابُ سَبْكًا وَيَتَلَاصَقُ ٱلْمَدَرُ؟ | ٣٨ |
39 Will you hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
| «أَتَصْطَادُ لِلَّبْوَةِ فَرِيسَةً، أَمْ تُشْبِعُ نَفْسَ ٱلْأَشْبَالِ، | ٣٩ |
40 When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
| حِينَ تَجْرَمِزُّ فِي عِرِّيسِهَا وَتَجْلِسُ فِي عِيصِهَا لِلْكُمُونِ؟ | ٤٠ |
41 Who provides for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of food.
| مَنْ يُهَيِّئُ لِلْغُرَابِ صَيْدَهُ، إِذْ تَنْعَبُ فِرَاخُهُ إِلَى ٱللهِ، وَتَتَرَدَّدُ لِعَدَمِ ٱلْقُوتِ؟ | ٤١ |
