Job 29
1 And Job adds to lift up his allegory and says:
| وَاسْتَطْرَدَ أَيُّوبُ فِي ضَرْبِ مَثَلِهِ: | ١ |
2 “Who makes me as [in] months past, As [in] the days of God’s preserving me?
| «يَا لَيْتَنِي مَازِلْتُ كَمَا كُنْتُ فِي الشُّهُورِ الْغَابِرَةِ، فِي الأَيَّامِ الَّتِي حَفِظَنِي فِيهَا اللهُ، | ٢ |
3 In His causing His lamp to shine on my head, By His light I walk [through] darkness.
| كَانَ مِصْبَاحُهُ يُضِيءُ فَوْقَ رَأْسِي، فَأَسْلُكُ عَبْرَ الظُّلْمَةِ فِي نُورِهِ. | ٣ |
4 As I have been in days of my maturity, And the counsel of God on my tent.
| يَوْمَ كُنْتُ فِي رَيعَانِ قُوَّتِي وَرِضَى اللهِ مُخَيِّماً فَوْقَ بَيْتِي. | ٤ |
5 When yet the Mighty One [is] with me. Around me—my young ones,
| وَالْقَدِيرُ مَا بَرِحَ مَعِي، وَأَوْلادِي مَازَالُوا حَوْلِي. | ٥ |
6 When washing my goings with butter, And the firm rock [is] with me—streams of oil.
| حِينَ كُنْتُ أَغْسِلُ خَطْوَاتِي بِاللَّبَنِ، وَالصَّخْرُ يَفِيضُ لِي أَنْهَاراً مِنَ الزَّيْتِ. | ٦ |
7 When I go out to the gate by the city, In a broad place I prepare my seat.
| حِينَ كُنْتُ أَخْرُجُ إِلَى بَوَّابَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَأَحْتَلُّ فِي السَّاحَةِ مَجْلِسِي، | ٧ |
8 Youths have seen me, and they have been hidden, And the aged have risen—they stood up.
| فَيَرَانِي الشُّبَّانُ وَيَتَوَارَوْنَ، وَيَقِفُ الشُّيُوخُ احْتِرَاماً لِي. | ٨ |
9 Princes have kept in words, And they place a hand on their mouth.
| يَمْتَنِعُ الْعُظَمَاءُ عَنِ الْكَلامِ وَيَضَعُونَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَلَى أَفْوَاهِهِمْ. | ٩ |
10 The voice of leaders has been hidden, And their tongue has cleaved to the palate.
| يَتَلاشَى صَوْتُ النُّبَلاءِ، وَتَلْتَصِقُ أَلْسِنَتُهُمْ بِأَحْنَاكِهِمْ. | ١٠ |
11 For the ear heard, and declares me blessed, And the eye has seen, and testifies [to] me.
| إِذَا سَمِعَتْ لِيَ الأُذُنُ تُطَوِّبُنِي، وَإذَا شَهِدَتْنِي الْعَيْنُ تُثْنِي عَلَيَّ، | ١١ |
12 For I deliver the afflicted who is crying, And the fatherless who has no helper.
| لأَنِّي أَنْقَذْتُ الْبَائِسَ الْمُسْتَغِيثَ، وَأَجَرْتُ الْيَتِيمَ طَالِبَ الْعَوْنِ، | ١٢ |
13 The blessing of the perishing comes on me, And I cause the heart of the widow to sing.
| فَحَلَّتْ عَلَيَّ بَرَكَةُ الْمُشْرِفِ عَلَى الْمَوْتِ، وَجَعَلْتُ قَلْبَ الأَرْمَلَةِ يَتَهَلَّلُ فَرَحاً. | ١٣ |
14 I have put on righteousness, and it clothes me, My justice as a robe and a crown.
| ارْتَدَيْتُ الْبِرَّ فَكَسَانِي، وَكَجُبَّةٍ وَعِمَامَةٍ كَانَ عَدْلِي. | ١٤ |
15 I have been eyes to the blind, And I [am] feet to the lame.
| كُنْتُ عُيُوناً لِلأَعْمَى، وَأَقْدَاماً لِلأَعْرَجِ، | ١٥ |
16 I [am] a father to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.
| وَكُنْتُ أَباً لِلْمِسْكِينِ، أَتَقَصَّى دَعْوَى مَنْ لَمْ أَعْرِفْهُ. | ١٦ |
17 And I break the jaw-teeth of the perverse, And from his teeth I cast away prey.
| هَشَّمْتُ أَنْيَابَ الظَّالِمِ وَمِنْ بَيْنِ أَسْنَانِهِ نَزَعْتُ الْفَرِيسَةَ، | ١٧ |
18 And I say, I expire with my nest, And I multiply days as the sand.
| ثُمَّ حَدَّثْتُ نَفْسِي: إِنِّي سَأَمُوتُ فِي خَيْمَتِي وَتَتَكَاثَرُ أَيَّامِي كَحَبَّاتِ الرَّمْلِ. | ١٨ |
19 My root is open to the waters, And dew lodges on my branch.
| سَتَمْتَدُّ أُصُولِي إِلَى الْمِيَاهِ، وَالطَّلُّ يَبِيتُ عَلَى أَغْصَانِي. | ١٩ |
20 My glory [is] fresh with me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.
| يَتَجَدَّدُ مَجْدِي دَائِماً، وَقَوْسِي أَبَداً جَدِيدَةٌ فِي يَدِي. | ٢٠ |
21 They have listened to me, Indeed, they wait, and are silent for my counsel.
| يَسْتَمِعُ النَّاسُ لِي وَيَنْتَظِرُونَ، وَيَصْمُتُونَ مُنْصِتِينَ لِمَشُورَتِي. | ٢١ |
22 After my word they do not change, And my speech drops on them,
| بَعْدَ كَلامِي لَا يُثَنُّونَ عَلَى أَقْوَالِي، وَحَدِيثِي يَقْطُرُ عَلَيْهِمْ كَالنَّدَى. | ٢٢ |
23 And they wait for me as [for] rain, And they have opened wide their mouth [As] for the spring rain.
| يَتَرَقَّبُونَنِي كَالْغَيْثِ، وَيَفْتَحُونَ أَفْوَاهَهُمْ كَمَنْ يَنْهَلُ مِنْ مَطَرِ الرَّبِيعِ | ٢٣ |
24 I laugh at them—they give no credence, And do not cause the light of my face to fall.
| إِنِ ابْتَسَمْتُ لَهُمْ لَا يُصَدِّقُونَ، وَنُورُ وَجْهِي لَمْ يَطْرَحُوهُ عَنْهُمْ بَعِيداً. | ٢٤ |
25 I choose their way, and sit [as] head, And I dwell as a king in a troop, When he comforts mourners.”
| أَخْتَارُ لَهُمْ طَرِيقَهُمْ وَأَتَصَدَّرُ مَجْلِسَهُمْ، وَأَكُونُ بَيْنَهُمْ كَمَلِكٍ بَيْنَ جُيُوشِهِ، وَكَالْمُعَزِّي بَيْنَ النَّائِحِينَ. | ٢٥ |
