Job 21
1 And Job answers and says:
| فَأَجَابَ أَيُّوبُ وَقَالَ: | ١ |
2 “Hear my word diligently, And this is your consolation.
| «اِسْمَعُوا قَوْلِي سَمْعًا، وَلْيَكُنْ هَذَا تَعْزِيَتَكُمْ. | ٢ |
3 Bear with me, and I speak, And after my speaking—you may deride.
| اِحْتَمِلُونِي وَأَنَا أَتَكَلَّمُ، وَبَعْدَ كَلَامِي ٱسْتَهْزِئُوا. | ٣ |
4 [Is] my complaint [against] man? And if [so], why may my temper not become short?
| أَمَّا أَنَا فَهَلْ شَكْوَايَ مِنْ إِنْسَانٍ، وَإِنْ كَانَتْ، فَلِمَاذَا لَا تَضِيقُ رُوحِي؟ | ٤ |
5 Turn to me, and be astonished, And put hand to mouth.
| تَفَرَّسُوا فِيَّ وَتَعَجَّبُوا وَضَعُوا ٱلْيَدَ عَلَى ٱلْفَمِ. | ٥ |
6 Indeed, if I have remembered, then I have been troubled. And my flesh has taken fright.
| «عِنْدَمَا أَتَذَكَّرُ أَرْتَاعُ، وَأَخَذَتْ بَشَرِي رِعْدَةٌ. | ٦ |
7 Why do the wicked live? They have become old, Indeed, they have been mighty in wealth.
| لِمَاذَا تَحْيَا ٱلْأَشْرَارُ وَيَشِيخُونَ، نَعَمْ وَيَتَجَبَّرُونَ قُوَّةً؟ | ٧ |
8 Their seed is established, Before their face with them, And their offspring before their eyes.
| نَسْلُهُمْ قَائِمٌ أَمَامَهُمْ مَعَهُمْ، وَذُرِّيَّتُهُمْ فِي أَعْيُنِهِمْ. | ٨ |
9 Their houses [are] peace without fear, Nor [is] a rod of God on them.
| بُيُوتُهُمْ آمِنَةٌ مِنَ ٱلْخَوْفِ، وَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَصَا ٱللهِ. | ٩ |
10 His bullock breeds without fail. His cow brings forth safely, and does not miscarry.
| ثَوْرُهُمْ يُلْقِحُ وَلَا يُخْطِئُ. بَقَرَتُهُمْ تُنْتِجُ وَلَا تُسْقِطُ. | ١٠ |
11 They send forth their sucklings as a flock, And their children skip,
| يُسْرِحُونَ مِثْلَ ٱلْغَنَمِ رُضَّعَهُمْ، وَأَطْفَالُهُمْ تَرْقُصُ. | ١١ |
12 They lift [themselves] up at timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of a pipe.
| يَحْمِلُونَ ٱلدُّفَّ وَٱلْعُودَ، وَيُطْرِبُونَ بِصَوْتِ ٱلْمِزْمَارِ. | ١٢ |
| يَقْضُونَ أَيَّامَهُمْ بِٱلْخَيْرِ. فِي لَحْظَةٍ يَهْبِطُونَ إِلَى ٱلْهَاوِيَةِ. (Sheol h7585) | ١٣ |
14 And they say to God, Turn aside from us, And the knowledge of Your ways We have not desired.
| فَيَقُولُونَ لِلهِ: ٱبْعُدْ عَنَّا، وَبِمَعْرِفَةِ طُرُقِكَ لَا نُسَرُّ. | ١٤ |
15 What [is] the Mighty One that we serve Him? And what do we profit when we meet with Him?
| مَنْ هُوَ ٱلْقَدِيرُ حَتَّى نَعْبُدَهُ؟ وَمَاذَا نَنْتَفِعُ إِنِ ٱلْتَمَسْنَاهُ؟ | ١٥ |
16 Behold, their good [is] not in their hand (The counsel of the wicked Has been far from me).
| «هُوَذَا لَيْسَ فِي يَدِهِمْ خَيْرُهُمْ. لِتَبْعُدْ عَنِّي مَشُورَةُ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ. | ١٦ |
17 How often is the lamp of the wicked extinguished, And their calamity comes on them? He apportions pangs in His anger.
| كَمْ يَنْطَفِئُ سِرَاجُ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ، وَيَأْتِي عَلَيْهِمْ بَوَارُهُمْ؟ أَوْ يَقْسِمُ لَهُمْ أَوْجَاعًا فِي غَضَبِهِ؟ | ١٧ |
18 They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a windstorm has stolen away,
| أَوْ يَكُونُونَ كَٱلتِّبْنِ قُدَّامَ ٱلرِّيحِ، وَكَالْعُصَافَةِ ٱلَّتِي تَسْرِقُهَا ٱلزَّوْبَعَةُ؟ | ١٨ |
19 God lays up for his sons his sorrow, He gives repayment to him—and he knows.
| ٱللهُ يَخْزِنُ إِثْمَهُ لِبَنِيهِ. لِيُجَازِهِ نَفْسَهُ فَيَعْلَمَ. | ١٩ |
20 His own eyes see his destruction, And he drinks of the wrath of the Mighty.
| لِتَنْظُرْ عَيْنَاهُ هَلَاكَهُ، وَمِنْ حُمَةِ ٱلْقَدِيرِ يَشْرَبْ. | ٢٠ |
21 For what [is] his delight in his house after him, And the number of his months cut off?
| فَمَا هِيَ مَسَرَّتُهُ فِي بَيْتِهِ بَعْدَهُ، وَقَدْ تَعَيَّنَ عَدَدُ شُهُورِهِ؟ | ٢١ |
22 Does [one] teach knowledge to God, Since He judges [those] on high?
| «أَٱللهُ يُعَلَّمُ مَعْرِفَةً، وَهُوَ يَقْضِي عَلَى ٱلْعَالِينَ؟ | ٢٢ |
23 This [one] dies in his perfect strength, Wholly at ease and quiet.
| هَذَا يَمُوتُ فِي عَيْنِ كَمَالِهِ. كُلُّهُ مُطْمَئِنٌّ وَسَاكِنٌ. | ٢٣ |
24 His breasts have been full of milk, And marrow moistens his bones.
| أَحْوَاضُهُ مَلآنَةٌ لَبَنًا، وَمُخُّ عِظَامِهِ طَرِيٌّ. | ٢٤ |
25 And this [one] dies with a bitter soul, And has not eaten with gladness.
| وَذَلِكَ يَمُوتُ بِنَفْسٍ مُرَّةٍ وَلَمْ يَذُقْ خَيْرًا. | ٢٥ |
26 Together they lie down on the dust, And the worm covers them over.
| كِلَاهُمَا يَضْطَجِعَانِ مَعًا فِي ٱلتُّرَابِ وَٱلدُّودُ يَغْشَاهُمَا. | ٢٦ |
27 Behold, I have known your thoughts, And the schemes against me you do wrongfully.
| «هُوَذَا قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَفْكَارَكُمْ وَٱلنِّيَّاتِ ٱلَّتِي بِهَا تَظْلِمُونَنِي. | ٢٧ |
28 For you say, Where [is] the house of the noble? And where the tent—the dwelling places of the wicked?
| لِأَنَّكُمْ تَقُولُونَ: أَيْنَ بَيْتُ ٱلْعَاتِي؟ وَأَيْنَ خَيْمَةُ مَسَاكِنِ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ؟ | ٢٨ |
29 Have you not asked those passing by the way? And do you not know their signs?
| أَفَلَمْ تَسْأَلُوا عَابِرِي ٱلسَّبِيلِ، وَلَمْ تَفْطِنُوا لِدَلَائِلِهِمْ؟ | ٢٩ |
30 That the wicked is spared to a day of calamity. They are brought to a day of wrath.
| إِنَّهُ لِيَوْمِ ٱلْبَوَارِ يُمْسَكُ ٱلشِّرِّيرُ. لِيَوْمِ ٱلسَّخَطِ يُقَادُونَ. | ٣٠ |
31 Who declares his way to his face? And [for] that which he has done, Who gives repayment to him?
| مَنْ يُعْلِنُ طَرِيقَهُ لِوَجْهِهِ؟ وَمَنْ يُجَازِيهِ عَلَى مَا عَمِلَ؟ | ٣١ |
32 And he is brought to the graves, And a watch is kept over the heap.
| هُوَ إِلَى ٱلْقُبُورِ يُقَادُ، وَعَلَى ٱلْمَدْفَنِ يُسْهَرُ. | ٣٢ |
33 The clods of the valley have been sweet to him, And he draws every man after him, And there is no numbering before him.
| حُلْوٌ لَهُ مَدَرُ ٱلْوَادِي. يَزْحَفُ كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ وَرَاءَهُ، وَقُدَّامَهُ مَا لَا عَدَدَ لَهُ. | ٣٣ |
34 And how do you comfort me [with] vanity, And trespass has been left in your answers?”
| فَكَيْفَ تُعَزُّونَنِي بَاطِلًا وَأَجْوِبَتُكُمْ بَقِيَتْ خِيَانَةً؟». | ٣٤ |
