Job 23
1 And Job answers and says:
| أَيُّوبُ: | ١ |
2 “Also—today my complaint [is] bitter, My hand has been heavy because of my sighing.
| «إِنَّ شَكْوَايَ الْيَوْمَ مُرَّةٌ، وَلَكِنَّ الْيَدَ الَّتِي عَلَيَّ أَثْقَلُ مِنْ أَنِينِي. | ٢ |
3 O that I had known—and I find Him, I come to His seat,
| أَيْنَ لِي أَنْ أَجِدَهُ فَأَمْثُلَ أَمَامَ كُرْسِيِّهِ، | ٣ |
4 I arrange the cause before Him, And fill my mouth [with] arguments.
| وَأَعْرِضَ عَلَيْهِ قَضِيَّتِي وَأَمْلأَ فَمِي حُجَجاً، | ٤ |
5 I know the words He answers me, And understand what He says to me.
| فَأَطَّلِعَ عَلَى جَوَابِهِ وَأَفْهَمَ مَا يَقُولُهُ لِي؟ | ٥ |
6 Does He strive with me in the abundance of power? No! Surely He puts [it] in me.
| أَيُخَاصِمُنِي بِعَظَمَةِ قُوَّتِهِ؟ لا! بَلْ يَلْتَفِتُ مُتَرَئِّفاً عَلَيَّ. | ٦ |
7 There the upright reason with Him, And I escape from mine who is judging—forever.
| هُنَاكَ يُمْكِنُ لِلْمُسْتَقِيمِ أَنْ يُحَاجَّهُ، وَأُبْرِئُ سَاحَتِي إِلَى الأَبَدِ مِنْ قَاضِيَّ. | ٧ |
8 Behold, I go forward—and He is not, And backward—and I do not perceive Him.
| وَلَكِنْ هَا أَنَا أَتَّجِهُ شَرْقاً فَلا أَجِدُهُ، وَإِنْ قَصَدْتُ غَرْباً لَا أَشْعُرُ بِهِ، | ٨ |
9 [To] the left in His working—and I do not see, He is covered [on] the right, and I do not behold.
| أَطْلُبُهُ عَنْ شِمَالِي فَلا أَرَاهُ وَأَلْتَفِتُ إِلَى يَمِينِي فَلا أُبْصِرُهُ. | ٩ |
10 For He has known the way with me, He has tried me—I go forth as gold.
| وَلَكِنَّهُ يَعْرِفُ الطَّرِيقَ الَّتِي أَسْلُكُهَا، وَإذَا امْتَحَنَنِي أَخْرُجُ كَالذَّهَبِ | ١٠ |
11 My foot has laid hold on His step, I have kept His way, and do not turn aside,
| اقْتَفَتْ قَدَمَايَ إِثْرَ خُطَاهُ، وَسَلَكْتُ بِحِرْصٍ فِي سُبُلِهِ وَلَمْ أَحِدْ. | ١١ |
12 The command of His lips, and I do not depart. I have laid up above my allotted portion The sayings of His mouth.
| لَمْ أَتَعَدَّ عَلَى وَصَايَاهُ، وَذَخَرْتُ فِي قَلْبِي كَلِمَاتِهِ. | ١٢ |
13 And He [is] in one [mind], And who turns Him back? And His soul has desired—and He does [it].
| وَلَكِنَّهُ مُتَفَرِّدٌ وَحْدَهُ فَمَنْ يَرُدُّهُ؟ يَفْعَلُ مَا يَشَاءُ، | ١٣ |
14 For He completes my portion, And many such things [are] with Him.
| لأَنَّهُ يُتَمِّمُ مَا رَسَمَهُ لِي، وَمَازَالَ لَدَيْهِ وَفْرَةٌ مِنْهَا. | ١٤ |
15 Therefore, I am troubled at His presence, I consider, and am afraid of Him.
| لِذَلِكَ أَرْتَعِبُ فِي حَضْرَتِهِ، وَعِنْدَمَا أَتَأَمَّلُ، يُخَامِرُنِي الْخَوْفُ مِنْهُ. | ١٥ |
16 And God has made my heart soft, And the Mighty has troubled me.
| فَقَدْ أَضْعَفَ اللهُ قَلْبِي، وَرَوَّعَنِي الْقَدِيرُ. | ١٦ |
17 For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.”
| وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ لَمْ تَسْكُنْنِي الظُّلْمَةُ، وَلا الدُّجَى غَشَّى وَجْهِي. | ١٧ |
