Job 31
1 I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
| أَبْرَمْتُ عَهْداً مَعَ عَيْنَيَّ، فَكَيْفَ أَرْنُو إِلَى عَذْرَاءَ؟ | ١ |
2 For what portion of God [is there] from above? and [what] inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
| وَمَاذَا يَكُونُ نَصِيبِي عِنْدَ اللهِ مِنْ فَوْقُ، وَمَا هُوَ إِرْثِي مِنْ عِنْدِ الْقَدِيرِ فِي الأَعَالِي؟ | ٢ |
3 [Is] not destruction to the wicked? and a strange [punishment] to the workers of iniquity?
| أَلَيْسَتِ الْبَلِيَّةُ مِنْ حَظِّ الشِّرِّيرِ، وَالْكَارِثَةُ مِنْ نَصِيبِ فَاعِلِي الإِثْمِ؟ | ٣ |
4 Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
| أَلا يَرَى اللهُ طُرُقِي وَيُحْصِي كُلَّ خَطْوَاتِي؟ | ٤ |
5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
| إِنْ سَلَكْتُ فِي ضَلالٍ وَأَسْرَعَتْ قَدَمِي لاِرْتِكَابِ الْغِشِّ، | ٥ |
6 Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.
| فَلأُوزَنْ فِي قِسْطَاسِ الْعَدْلِ، وَلْيَعْرِفِ اللهُ كَمَالِي. | ٦ |
7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
| إِنْ حَادَتْ خَطْوَاتِي عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ، وَغَوَى قَلْبِي وَرَاءَ عَيْنَيَّ، وَعَلِقَتْ بِيَدِي لَطْخَةُ عَارٍ، | ٧ |
8 [Then] let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
| فَلأَزْرَعْ أَنَا وَآخَرُ يَأْكُلُ، وَلْيُسْتَأْصَلْ مَحْصُولِي. | ٨ |
9 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or [if] I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;
| إِنْ هَامَ قَلْبِي وَرَاءَ امْرَأَةٍ، أَوْ طُفْتُ عِنْدَ بَابِ جَارِي، | ٩ |
10 [Then] let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
| فَلْتَطْحَنْ زَوْجَتِي لِآخَرَ، وَلْيُضَاجِعْهَا آخَرُونَ. | ١٠ |
11 For this [is] an heinous crime; yea, it [is] an iniquity [to be punished by] the judges.
| لأَنَّ هَذِهِ رَذِيلَةٌ وَإِثْمٌ يُعَاقِبُ عَلَيْهِ الْقُضَاةُ، | ١١ |
12 For it [is] a fire [that] consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
| وَنَارٌ مُلْتَهِمَةٌ تُفْضِي إِلَى الْهَلاكِ وَتَقْضِي عَلَى غَلَّاتِي. | ١٢ |
13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
| إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ تَنَكَّرْتُ لِحَقِّ خَادِمِي وَأَمَتِي عِنْدَمَا اشْتَكَيَا عَلَيَّ، | ١٣ |
14 What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
| فَمَاذَا أَصْنَعُ عِنْدَمَا يَقُومُ اللهُ (لِمُحَاكَمَتِي)؟ وَبِمَاذَا أُجِيبُ عِنْدَمَا يَتَقَصَّى (لِيُحَاسِبَنِي)؟ | ١٤ |
15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
| أَلَيْسَ الَّذِي كَوَّنَنِي فِي الرَّحِمِ كَوَّنَهُ أَيْضاً؟ أَوَ لَيْسَ الَّذِي شَكَّلَنَا فِي الرَّحِمِ وَاحِدٌ؟ | ١٥ |
16 If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
| إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ مَنَعْتُ عَنِ الْمِسْكِينِ مَا يَطْلُبُهُ، أَوْ أَوْهَنْتُ عَيْنَيِ الأَرْمَلَةِ مِنْ فَرْطِ الْبُكَاءِ، | ١٦ |
17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
| أَوْ أَكَلْتُ كِسْرَةَ خُبْزِي وَحْدِي وَلَمْ أَتَقَاسَمْهَا مَعَ الْيَتِيمِ، | ١٧ |
18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as [with] a father, and I have guided her from my mother’s womb; )
| إِذْ مُنْذُ حَدَاثَتِي رَعَيْتُهُ كَأَبٍ، وَهَدَيْتُهُ مِنْ رَحِمِ أُمِّهِ. | ١٨ |
19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
| إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ رَأَيْتُ أَحَداً مُشْرِفاً عَلَى الْهَلاكِ مِنَ الْعُرْيِ، أَوْ مِسْكِيناً مِنْ غَيْرِ كِسَاءٍ، | ١٩ |
20 If his loins have not blessed me, and [if] he were [not] warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
| إِنْ لَمْ تُبَارِكْنِي حَقَوَاهُ الْمُسْتَدْفِئَتَانِ بِجَزَّةِ غَنَمِي! | ٢٠ |
21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
| إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ رَفَعْتُ يَدِي ضِدَّ الْيَتِيمِ، مُسْتَغِلاً نُفُوذِي فِي الْقَضَاءِ، | ٢١ |
22 [Then] let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
| فَلْيَسْقُطْ عَضُدِي مِنْ كَتِفِي، وَلْتَنْكَسِرْ ذِرَاعِي مِنْ قَصَبَتِهَا. | ٢٢ |
23 For destruction [from] God [was] a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
| لأَنَّنِي أَرْتَعِبُ مِنْ نِقْمَةِ اللهِ، وَمَا كُنْتُ أَقْوَى عَلَى مُوَاجَهَةِ جَلالِهِ. | ٢٣ |
24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, [Thou art] my confidence;
| إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ جَعَلْتُ الذَّهَبَ مُتَّكَلِي، أَوْ قُلْتُ لِلإِبْرِيزِ أَنْتَ مُعْتَمَدِي، | ٢٤ |
25 If I rejoiced because my wealth [was] great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
| إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدِ اغْتَبَطْتُ بِعُظْمِ ثَرْوَتِي، أَوْ لأَنَّ يَدَيَّ فَاضَتَا بِوَفْرَةِ الْكَسْبِ، | ٢٥ |
26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking [in] brightness;
| إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ نَظَرْتُ إِلَى الشَّمْسِ حِينَ أَضَاءَتْ، أَوْ إِلَى الْقَمَرِ السَّائِرِ بِبَهَاءٍ، | ٢٦ |
27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
| فَغَوِيَ قَلْبِي سِرّاً وَقَبَّلْتُ يَدَيَّ تَوْقِيراً لَهُمَا، | ٢٧ |
28 This also [were] an iniquity [to be punished by] the judge: for I should have denied the God [that is] above.
| فَإِنَّ هَذَا أَيْضاً إِثْمٌ يُعَاقِبُ عَلَيْهِ الْقُضَاةُ، لأَنِّي أَكُونُ قَدْ جَحَدْتُ اللهَ الْعَلِيَّ. | ٢٨ |
29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
| إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ فَرِحْتُ بِدَمَارِ مُبْغِضِي أَوْ شَمِتُّ حِينَ أَصَابَهُ شَرٌّ، | ٢٩ |
30 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
| لا! لَمْ أَدَعْ لِسَانِي يُخْطِئُ بالدُّعَاءِ عَلَى حَيَاتِهِ بِلَعْنَةٍ. | ٣٠ |
31 If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
| إِنْ كَانَ أَهْلُ خَيْمَتِي لَمْ يَقُولُوا: أَهُنَاكَ مَنْ لَمْ يَشْبَعْ مِنْ طَعَامِ أَيُّوبَ؟ | ٣١ |
32 The stranger did not lodge in the street: [but] I opened my doors to the traveller.
| فَالْغَرِيبُ لَمْ يَبِتْ فِي الشَّارِعِ لأَنِّي فَتَحْتُ أَبْوَابِي لِعَابِرِي السَّبِيلِ. | ٣٢ |
33 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
| إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ كَتَمْتُ آثَامِي كَبَقِيَّةِ النَّاسِ، طَاوِياً ذُنُوبِي فِي حِضْنِي، | ٣٣ |
34 Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, [and] went not out of the door?
| رَهْبَةً مِنَ الْجَمَاهِيرِ الْغَفِيرَةِ، وَخَوْفاً مِنْ إِهَانَةِ الْعَشَائِرِ، وصَمَتُّ وَاعْتَصَمْتُ دَاخِلَ الأَبْوَابِ. | ٣٤ |
35 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire [is, that] the Almighty would answer me, and [that] mine adversary had written a book.
| آهِ، مَنْ لِي بِمَنْ يَسْتَمِعُ لِي! هُوَذَا تَوْقِيعِي، فَلْيُجِبْنِي الْقَدِيرُ. لَيْتَ خَصْمِي يَكْتُبُ شَكْوَاهُ ضِدِّي، | ٣٥ |
36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, [and] bind it [as] a crown to me.
| فَأَحْمِلَهَا عَلَى كَتِفِي وَأَعْصِبَهَا تَاجاً لِي، | ٣٦ |
37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
| لَكُنْتُ أُقَدِّمُ لَهُ حِسَاباً عَنْ كُلِّ خَطْوَاتِي، وَأَدْنُو مِنْهُ كَمَا أَدْنُو مِنْ أَمِيرٍ. | ٣٧ |
38 If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
| إِنْ كَانَتْ أَرْضِي قَدِ احْتَجَّتْ عَلَيَّ وَتَبَاكَتْ أَتْلامُهَا جَمِيعاً، | ٣٨ |
39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
| إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ أَكَلْتُ غَلّاتِهَا بِلا ثَمَنٍ، أَوْ سَحَقْتُ نُفُوسَ أَصْحَابِهَا، | ٣٩ |
40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
| فَلْيَنْبُتْ فِيهَا الشَّوْكُ بَدَلَ الْحِنْطَةِ وَالزَّوَانُ بَدَلَ الشَّعِيرِ». تَمَّتْ هُنَا أَقْوَالُ أَيُّوبَ. | ٤٠ |
