Job 1
1 There has been a man in the land of Uz—his name Job—and that man has been perfect and upright—both fearing God, and turning aside from evil.
| عَاشَ فِي أَرْضِ عُوصَ رَجُلٌ اسْمُهُ أَيُّوبُ، كَانَ صَالحاً كَامِلاً يَتَّقِي اللهَ وَيَحِيدُ عَنِ الشَّرِّ. | ١ |
2 And seven sons and three daughters are borne to him,
| وَأَنْجَبَ أَيُّوبُ سَبْعَةَ أَبْنَاءٍ وَثَلاثَ بَنَاتٍ. | ٢ |
3 and his substance is seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred pairs of oxen, and five hundred female donkeys, and a very abundant service; and that man is greater than any of the sons of the east.
| وَبَلَغَتْ مَوَاشِيهِ سَبْعَةَ آلافٍ مِنَ الْغَنَمِ، وَثَلاثَةَ آلافِ جَمَلٍ، وَخَمْسَ مِئَةِ زَوْجٍ مِنَ الْبَقَرِ، وَخَمْسَ مِئَةِ أَتَانٍ. أَمَّا خَدَمُهُ فَكَانُوا كَثِيرِينَ جِدّاً. وَكَانَ هَذَا الرَّجُلُ أَعْظَمَ أَبْنَاءِ الْمَشْرِقِ عَلَى الإِطْلاقِ. | ٣ |
4 And his sons have gone and made a banquet—the house of each [in] his day—and have sent and called to their three sisters to eat and to drink with them;
| وَاعْتَادَ أَوْلادُهُ أَنْ يُقِيمُوا الْمَآدِبَ فِي بَيْتِ كُلٍّ مِنْهُمْ بِدَوْرِهِ، وَيَدْعُوا أَخَوَاتِهِمِ الثَّلاثَ إِلَيْهَا لِيُشَارِكْنَ فِيهَا. | ٤ |
5 and it comes to pass, when they have gone around the days of the banquet, that Job sends and sanctifies them, and has risen early in the morning, and caused burnt-offerings to ascend—the number of them all—for Job said, “Perhaps my sons have sinned, yet blessed God in their heart.” Thus Job does all the days.
| وَحَالَمَا تَنْقَضِي أَيَّامُ الْوَلائِمِ كَانَ أَيُّوبُ يَسْتَدْعِي أَبْنَاءَهُ وَيُقَدِّسُهُمْ، فَكَانَ يَنْهَضُ مُبَكِّراً فِي الصَّبَاحِ وَيُقَرِّبُ مُحْرَقَاتٍ عَلَى عَدَدِهِمْ قَائِلاً: «لِئَلّا يَكُونَ بَنِيَّ قَدْ أَخْطَأُوا فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ وَجَدَّفُوا عَلَى اللهِ». هَذَا مَا وَاظَبَ عَلَيْهِ أَيُّوبُ دَائِماً. | ٥ |
6 And the day is, that sons of God come to station themselves by YHWH, and there also comes Satan in their midst.
| وَحَدَثَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ أَنْ مَثَلَ بَنُو اللهِ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ، فَانْدَسَّ الشَّيْطَانُ فِي وَسَطِهِمْ. | ٦ |
7 And YHWH says to Satan, “Where do you come from?” And Satan answers YHWH and says, “From going to and fro in the land, and from walking up and down on it.”
| فَسَأَلَ الرَّبُّ الشَّيْطَانَ: «مِنْ أَيْنَ جِئْتَ؟» فَأَجَابَ الشَّيْطَانُ: «مِنَ الطَّوَافِ فِي الأَرْضِ وَالتَّجَوُّلِ فِيهَا». | ٧ |
8 And YHWH says to Satan, “Have you set your heart against My servant Job because there is none like him in the land, a man perfect and upright, fearing God, and turning aside from evil?”
| فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِلشَّيْطَانِ: «هَلْ رَاقَبْتَ عَبْدِي أَيُّوبَ، فَإِنَّهُ لَا نَظِيرَ لَهُ فِي الأَرْضِ، فَهُوَ رَجُلٌ كَامِلٌ صَالِحٌ يَتَّقِي اللهَ وَيَحِيدُ عَنِ الشَّرِّ». | ٨ |
9 And Satan answers YHWH and says, “Is Job fearing God for nothing?
| فَأَجَابَ الشَّيْطَانُ: «أَمَجَّاناً يَتَّقِي أَيُّوبُ اللهَ؟ | ٩ |
10 Have You not made a hedge for him, and for his house, and for all that he has—all around?
| أَلَمْ تُسَيِّجْ حَوْلَهُ وَحَوْلَ بَيْتِهِ وَحَوْلَ كُلِّ مَا يَمْلِكُ. لَقَدْ بَارَكْتَ كُلَّ مَا يَقُومُ بِهِ مِنْ أَعْمَالٍ، فَمَلأَتْ مَوَاشِيهِ الأَرْضَ. | ١٠ |
11 You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance has spread in the land, and yet, put forth Your hand now, and strike against anything that he has—if not, he blesses You to Your face!”
| وَلَكِنْ حَالَمَا تَمُدُّ يَدَكَ وَتَمَسُّ جَمِيعَ مَا يَمْلِكُ، فَإِنَّهُ فِي وَجْهِكَ يُجَدِّفُ عَلَيْكَ». | ١١ |
12 And YHWH says to Satan, “Behold, all that he has [is] in your hand, only do not put forth your hand to him.” And Satan goes out from the presence of YHWH.
| فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِلشَّيْطَانِ: «هَا أَنَا أُسَلِّمُكَ كُلَّ مَا يَمْلِكُ. إِنَّمَا لَا تَمُدَّ يَدَكَ إِلَيْهِ لِتُؤْذِيَهُ». ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ الشَّيْطَانُ مِنْ حَضْرَةِ الرَّبِّ. | ١٢ |
13 And the day is, that his sons and his daughters are eating and drinking wine in the house of their brother, the firstborn.
| وَذَاتَ يَوْمٍ، فِيمَا كَانَ أَبْنَاءُ أَيُّوبَ وَبَنَاتُهُ يَأْكُلُونَ وَيَشْرَبُونَ خَمْراً فِي بَيْتِ أَخِيهِمِ الأَكْبَرِ، | ١٣ |
14 And a messenger has come to Job and says, “The oxen have been plowing, and the female donkeys feeding by their sides,
| أَقْبَلَ رَسُولٌ إِلَى أَيُّوبَ وَقَالَ: «بَيْنَمَا كَانَتِ الْبَقَرُ تَحْرُثُ وَالأُتُنُ تَرْعَى إِلَى جِوَارِهَا، | ١٤ |
15 and Sheba falls, and takes them, and they have struck the young men by the mouth of the sword, and I have escaped—only I alone—to declare [it] to you.”
| هَاجَمَنَا غُزَاةُ السَّبَئِيِّينَ وَأَخَذُوهَا، وَقَتَلُوا الْغِلْمَانَ بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ، وَأَفْلَتُّ أَنَا وَحْدِي لأُخْبِرَكَ». | ١٥ |
16 While this [one] is speaking another has also come and says, “Fire of God has fallen from the heavens, and burns among the flock, and among the young men, and consumes them, and I have escaped—only I alone—to declare [it] to you.”
| وَفِيمَا هُوَ يَتَكَلَّمُ أَقْبَلَ آخَرُ قَائِلاً: «لَقَدْ نَزَلَتْ صَاعِقَةٌ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ أَحْرَقَتِ الْغَنَمَ وَالْغِلْمَانَ وَالْتَهَمَتْهُمْ، وَأَفْلَتُّ أَنَا وَحْدِي لأُخْبِرَكَ». | ١٦ |
17 While this [one] is speaking another also has come and says, “Chaldeans made three heads, and rush on the camels, and take them, and they have struck the young men by the mouth of the sword, and I have escaped—only I alone—to declare [it] to you.”
| وَبَيْنَمَا هَذَا يَتَكَلَّمُ أَقْبَلَ ثَالِثٌ وَقَالَ: «لَقَدْ غَزَتْنَا ثَلاثُ فِرَقٍ مِنَ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ، وَاسْتَوْلَوْا عَلَى الْجِمَالِ، وَقَتَلُوا الْغِلْمَانَ بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ، وَأَفْلَتُّ أَنَا وَحْدِي لأُخْبِرَكَ». | ١٧ |
18 While this [one] is speaking another has also come and says, “Your sons and your daughters are eating, and drinking wine, in the house of their brother, the firstborn.
| وَإِذْ كَانَ هَذَا لَا يَزَالُ يَتَكَلَّمُ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ رَابِعٌ وَقَالَ: «بَيْنَمَا كَانَ أَبْنَاؤُكَ وَبَنَاتُكَ يَأْكُلُونَ وَيَشْرَبُونَ خَمْراً فِي بَيْتِ أَخِيهِمِ الأَكْبَرِ، | ١٨ |
19 And behold, a great wind has come from over the wilderness, and strikes against the four corners of the house, and it falls on the young men, and they are dead, and I have escaped—only I alone—to declare [it] to you.”
| هَبَّتْ رِيحٌ شَدِيدَةٌ مِنْ عَبْرِ الصَّحْرَاءِ، فَاجْتَاحَتْ أَرْكَانَ الْبَيْتِ الأَرْبَعَةَ، فَانْهَارَ عَلَى الْغِلْمَانِ وَمَاتُوا جَمِيعاً، وَأَفْلَتُّ أَنَا وَحْدِي لأُخْبِرَكَ». | ١٩ |
20 And Job rises, and tears his robe, and shaves his head, and falls to the earth, and pays respect,
| فَقَامَ أَيُّوبُ وَمَزَّقَ جُبَّتَهُ وَجَزَّ شَعْرَ رَأْسِهِ وَأَكَبَّ عَلَى الأَرْضِ سَاجِداً، | ٢٠ |
21 and he says, “I came forth naked from the womb of my mother, And naked I return there. YHWH has given and YHWH has taken; Let the Name of YHWH be blessed.”
| وَقَالَ: «عُرْيَاناً خَرَجْتُ مِنْ بَطْنِ أُمِّي وَعُرْيَاناً أَعُودُ إِلَى هُنَاكَ. الرَّبُّ أَعْطَى وَالرَّبُّ أَخَذَ، فَلْيَكُنِ اسْمُ الرَّبِّ مُبَارَكاً». | ٢١ |
22 In all this Job has not sinned, nor given folly to God.
| فِي هَذَا كُلِّهِ لَمْ يُخْطِئْ أَيُّوبُ فِي حَقِّ اللهِ وَلَمْ يَعْزُ لَهُ حَمَاقَةً. | ٢٢ |
