Job 14
1 For a mortal born of a woman [is] short lived, and full of wrath.
| الإِنْسَانُ مَوْلُودُ الْمَرْأَةِ. قَصِيرُ الْعُمْرِ وَمُفْعَمٌ بِالشَّقَاءِ، | ١ |
2 Or he falls like a flower that has bloomed; and he departs like a shadow, and can’t continue.
| يَتَفَتَّحُ كَالزَّهْرِ ثُمَّ يَنْتَثِرُ، وَيَتَوَارَى كَالشَّبَحِ فَلا يَبْقَى لَهُ أَثَرٌ. | ٢ |
3 Hast you not taken account even of him, and caused him to enter into judgment before you?
| أَعَلَى مِثْلِ هَذَا فَتَحْتَ عَيْنَيْكَ وَأَحْضَرْتَنِي لأَتَحَاجَّ مَعَكَ؟ | ٣ |
4 For who shall be pure from uncleanness? not even one;
| مَنْ يَسْتَوْلِدُ الطَّاهِرَ مِنَ النَّجِسِ؟ لَا أَحَدٌ! | ٤ |
5 if even his life should be [but] one day upon the earth: and his months are numbered by him: you have appointed [him] for a time, and he shall by no means exceed [it].
| فَإِنْ كَانَتْ أَيَّامُهُ مَحْدُودَةً، وَعَدَدُ أَشْهُرِهِ مَكْتُوباً لَدَيْكَ، وَعَيَّنْتَ أَجَلَهُ فَلا يَتَجَاوَزُهُ، | ٥ |
6 Depart from him, that he may be quiet, and take pleasure in his life, [though] as a hireling.
| فَأَشِحْ بِوَجْهِكَ عَنْهُ وَدَعْهُ يَسْتَرِيحُ مُسْتَمْتِعاً، رَيْثَمَا يَنْتَهِي يَوْمُهُ، كَالأَجِيرِ. | ٦ |
7 For there is hope for a tree, even if it should be cut down, [that] it shall blossom again, and its branch shall not fail.
| لأَنَّ لِلشَّجَرَةِ أَمَلاً، إِذَا قُطِعَتْ أَنْ تُفْرِخَ مِنْ جَدِيدٍ وَلا تَفْنَى بَرَاعِمُهَا. | ٧ |
8 For though its root should grow old in the earth, and its stem die in the rock;
| حَتَّى لَوْ شَاخَتْ أُصُولُهَا فِي الأَرْضِ وَمَاتَ جِذْعُهَا فِي التُّرَابِ، | ٨ |
9 it will blossom from the scent of water, and will produce a crop, as one newly planted.
| فَإِنَّهَا حَالَما تَسْتَرْوِحُ الْمَاءَ تُفْرِخُ، وَتُنْبِتُ فُرُوعاً كَالْغَرْسِ. | ٩ |
10 But a man that has died is utterly gone; and when a mortal has fallen, he is no more.
| أَمَّا الإِنْسَانُ فَإِنَّهُ يَمُوتُ وَيَبْلَى، يَلْفِظُ آخِرَ أَنْفَاسِهِ، فَأَيْنَ هُوَ؟ | ١٠ |
11 For the sea wastes in [length of] time, and a river fails and is dried up.
| كَمَا تَنْفَدُ الْمِيَاهُ مِنَ الْبُحَيْرَةِ، وَيَجِفُّ النَّهْرُ، | ١١ |
12 And man that has lain down [in death] shall certainly not rise again till the heaven be dissolved, and they shall not awake from their sleep.
| هَكَذا يَرْقُدُ الإِنْسَانُ وَلا يَقُومُ، وَلا يَسْتَيْقِظُ مِنْ نَوْمِهِ إِلَى أنْ تَزُولَ السَّمَاوَاتُ. | ١٢ |
13 For oh that you had kept me in the grave, and had hidden me until your wrath should cease, and you should set me a time in which you would remember me! (Sheol h7585)
| لَيْتَكَ تُوَارِينِي فِي عَالَمِ الأَمْوَاتِ، وَتُخْفِينِي إِلَى أَنْ يَعْبُرَ عَنِّي غَضَبُكَ، وَتُحَدِّدُ لِي أَجَلاً فَتَذْكُرَنِي. (Sheol h7585) | ١٣ |
14 For if a man should die, shall he live [again], having accomplished the days of his life? I will wait till I exist again?
| إِنْ مَاتَ رَجُلٌ أَفَيَحْيَا؟ إِذَنْ لَصَبِرْتُ كُلَّ أَيَّامِ مُكَابَدَتِي، رَيْثَمَا يَأْتِي زَمَنُ إِعْفَائِي. | ١٤ |
15 Then shall you call, and I will listen to you: but do not you reject the work of your hands.
| أَنْتَ تَدْعُو وَأَنَا أُجِيبُكَ. أَنْتَ تَتُوقُ إِلَى عَمَلِ يَدَيْكَ، | ١٥ |
16 But you have numbered my devices: and not one of my sins shall escape you?
| حِينَئِذٍ تُحْصِي خَطْوَاتِي حَقّاً، وَلَكِنَّكَ لَا تُرَاقِبُ خَطِيئَتِي، | ١٦ |
17 An you have sealed up my transgressions in a bag, and marked if I have been guilty of any transgression unawares.
| فَتَخْتِمُ مَعْصِيَتِي فِي صُرَّةٍ، وَتَسْتُرُ ذَنْبِي. | ١٧ |
18 And verily a mountain falling will utterly be destroyed, and a rock shall be worn out of its place.
| وَكَمَا يَتَفَتَّتُ الْجَبَلُ السَّاقِطُ، وَيَتَزَحْزَحُ الصَّخْرُ مِنْ مَوْضِعِهِ، | ١٨ |
19 The waters wear the stones, and waters falling headlong [overflow] a heap of the earth: and you destroy the hope of man.
| وَكَمَا تُبْلِي الْمِيَاهُ الْحِجَارَةَ، وَتَجْرُفُ سُيُولُهَا تُرَابَ الأَرْضِ، هَكَذَا تُبِيدُ أَنْتَ رَجَاءَ الإِنْسَانِ. | ١٩ |
20 You drive him to an end, and he is gone: you set your face against him, and send him away;
| تَقْهَرُهُ دَفْعَةً وَاحِدَةً فَيَتَلاشَى، وَتُغَيِّرُ مِنْ مَلامِحِهِ وَتَطْرُدُهُ. | ٢٠ |
21 and though his children be multiplied, he knows [it] not; and if they be few, he is not aware.
| يُكْرَمُ أَبْنَاؤُهُ وَهُوَ لَا يَعْلَمُ، أَوْ يُذَلُّونَ وَلا يُدْرِكُ ذَلِكَ. | ٢١ |
22 But his flesh is in pain, and his soul mourns.
| لَا يَشْعُرُ بِغَيْرِ آلامِ بَدَنِهِ، وَلا يَنُوحُ إِلّا عَلَى نَفْسِهِ». | ٢٢ |
