Job 33
1 “And yet, please, O Job, Hear my speech and give ear [to] all my words.
| وَالآنَ يَا أَيُّوبُ أصْغِ إِلَى أَقْوَالِي، وَاسْمَعْ كَلامِي كُلَّهُ: | ١ |
2 Now behold, I have opened my mouth, My tongue has spoken in the palate.
| هَا أَنَا قَدْ فَتَحْتُ فَمِي فَنَطَقَ لِسَانِي فِي حَنَكِي، | ٢ |
3 Of the uprightness of my heart [are] my sayings, And my lips have clearly spoken knowledge.
| كَلِمَاتِي تَصْدُرُ مِنْ قَلْبٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ، وَشَفَتَايَ تَتَحَدَّثَانِ بِإِخْلاصٍ بِمَا أَعْلَمُ. | ٣ |
4 The Spirit of God has made me, And the breath of the Mighty quickens me.
| رُوحُ اللهِ هُوَ الَّذِي كَوَّنَنِي، وَنَسَمَةُ الْقَدِيرِ أَحْيَتْنِي، | ٤ |
5 If you are able—answer me, Set in array before me—station yourself.
| فَأَجِبْنِي إِنْ كُنْتَ تَسْتَطِيعُ. أَحْسِنِ الدَّعْوَى، وَاتَّخِذْ لَكَ مَوْقِفاً. | ٥ |
6 Behold, I [am], according to your word, for God, I have also been formed from the clay.
| إِنَّمَا أَنَا نَظِيرُكَ أَمَامَ اللهِ، مِنَ الطِّينِ جُبِلْتُ، | ٦ |
7 Behold, my terror does not frighten you, And my burden on you is not heavy.
| فَلا هَيْبَتِي تُخِيفُكَ، وَلا يَدِي ثَقِيلَةٌ عَلَيْكَ. | ٧ |
8 Surely you have spoken in my ears, And the sounds of words I hear:
| حَقّاً قَدْ تَكَلَّمْتَ فِي أُذُنَيَّ فَاسْتَمَعْتُ إِلَى أَقْوَالِكَ. | ٨ |
9 I [am] pure, without transgression, I [am] innocent, and I have no iniquity.
| أَنْتَ قُلْتَ: أَنَا نَقِيٌّ بَرِيءٌ مِنْ كُلِّ ذَنْبٍ، أَنَا طَاهِرٌ لَا إِثْمَ فِيَّ، | ٩ |
10 Behold, He develops hindrances against me, He reckons me for an enemy to Him,
| إِنَّمَا اللهُ يَتَرَبَّصُ بِي لِيَجِدَ عِلَّةً عَلَيَّ وَيَحْسِبَنِي عَدُوّاً لَهُ، | ١٠ |
11 He puts my feet in the stocks, He watches all my paths.
| يَضَعُ أَقْدَامِي فِي الْمِقْطَرَةِ، وَيَتَرَصَّدُ سُبُلِي. | ١١ |
12 Behold, you have not been righteous [in] this, I answer you, that God is greater than man.
| وَلَكِنَّكَ مُخْطِئٌ فِي هَذَا، وَأَنَا الَّذِي أُجِيبُكَ. إِنَّ اللهَ أَعْظَمُ مِنَ الإِنْسَانِ، | ١٢ |
13 Why have you striven against Him, When [for] all His matters He does not answer?
| فَمَا بَالُكَ تُخَاصِمُهُ قَائِلاً: إِنَّهُ لَنْ يُجِيبَ عَنْ تَسَاؤُلاتِي؟ | ١٣ |
14 For once God speaks, and twice (he does not behold it),
| إِنَّ اللهَ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِطَرِيقَةٍ أَوْ بِأُخْرَى وَإِنْ كَانَ الإِنْسَانُ لَا يُدْرِكُهَا. | ١٤ |
15 In a dream—a vision of night, In the falling of deep sleep on men, In slumberings on a bed.
| يَتَكَلَّمُ فِي حُلْمٍ، فِي رُؤْيَا اللَّيْلِ عِنْدَمَا يَغْشَى النَّاسَ سُبَاتٌ عَمِيقٌ. | ١٥ |
16 Then He uncovers the ear of men, And seals for their instruction,
| عِنْدَئِذٍ يَفْتَحُ آذَانَ النَّاسِ وَيُرْعِبُهُمْ بِتَحْذِيرَاتِهِ، | ١٦ |
17 To turn aside man [from] doing, And He conceals pride from man.
| لِيَصْرِفَ الإِنْسَانَ عَنْ خَطِيئَتِهِ وَيَسْتَأْصِلَ مِنْهُ الْكِبْرِيَاءَ، | ١٧ |
18 He keeps back his soul from corruption, And his life from passing away by a dart.
| لِيُنْقِذَ نَفْسَهُ مِنَ الْهَاوِيَةِ وَحَيَاتَهُ مِنَ الْهَلاكِ بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ. | ١٨ |
19 And he has been reproved With pain on his bed, And the strife of his bones [is] enduring.
| قَدْ يُقَوَّمُ الإِنْسَانُ بِالأَلَمِ عَلَى مَضْجَعِهِ، وَبِالأَوْجَاعِ النَّاشِبَةِ فِي عِظَامِهِ، | ١٩ |
20 And his life has nauseated bread, And his soul desirable food.
| حَتَّى تَعَافَ حَيَاتُهُ الطَّعَامَ، وَشَهِيَّتُهُ لَذِيذَ الْمَأْكَلِ. | ٢٠ |
21 His flesh is consumed from being seen, And his bones are high, they were not seen!
| يَبْلَى لَحْمُهُ فَيَخْتَفِي عَنِ الْعَيَانِ، وَتَنْبَرِي عِظَامُهُ الَّتِي كَانَتْ خَافِيَةً مِنْ قَبْلُ. | ٢١ |
22 And his soul draws near to the pit, And his life to those causing death.
| تَدْنُو نَفْسُهُ مِنَ الْهَاوِيَةِ، وَحَيَاتُهُ مِنْ زَبَانِيَةِ الْمَوْتِ. | ٢٢ |
23 If there is a messenger by him, An interpreter—one of a thousand, To declare for man his uprightness,
| إِنْ وُجِدَ لَهُ مَلاكٌ، شَفِيعٌ، وَاحِدٌ مِنْ بَيْنِ أَلْفٍ، لِيُعْلِنَ لِلإِنْسَانِ مَا هُوَ صَالِحٌ لَهُ، | ٢٣ |
24 Then He favors him and says, Ransom him from going down to the pit, I have found an atonement.
| يتَرَأَّفُ عَلَيْهِ قَائِلاً: أَنْقِذْهُ يَا رَبُّ مِنَ الانْحِدَارِ إِلَى الْهَاوِيَةِ، فَقَدْ وَجَدْتُ لَهُ فِدْيَةً. | ٢٤ |
25 Fresher [is] his flesh than a child’s, He returns to the days of his youth.
| فَيَصِيرَ لَحْمُهُ أَكْثَرَ غَضَاضَةً مِن أَيَّامِ صِبَاهُ وَيَعُودَ إِلَى عَهْدِ رَيعَانِ شَبَابِهِ | ٢٥ |
26 He makes supplication to God, And He accepts him. And he sees His face with shouting, And He returns to man His righteousness.
| عِنْدَئِذٍ يَدْعُو الْمَرْءُ اللهَ فَيَرْضَى عَنْهُ، وَيَمْثُلُ فِي حَضْرَتِهِ بِفَرَحٍ، وَيَرُدُّ لَهُ اللهُ بِرَّهُ، | ٢٦ |
27 [Then] he looks on men and says, I sinned, and I have perverted uprightness, And it has not been profitable to me.
| ثُمَّ يُرَنِّمُ أَمَامَ النَّاسِ قَائِلاً: لَقَدْ أَخْطَأْتُ وَحَرَّفْتُ مَا هُوَ حَقٌّ وَلَمْ أُجَازَ عَلَيْهِ، | ٢٧ |
28 He has ransomed my soul From going over into the pit, And my life looks on the light.
| قَدِ افْتَدَى اللهُ حَيَاتِي مِنَ الانْحِدَارِ إِلَى الْهَاوِيَةِ، فَتَنْتَعِشُ حَيَاتِي لِتَرَى النُّورَ. | ٢٨ |
29 Behold, God works all these, Twice, [even] three times with man,
| هَذَا كُلُّهُ يُجْرِيهِ اللهُ عَلَى الإِنْسَانِ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَثَلاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، | ٢٩ |
30 To bring back his soul from the pit, To be enlightened with the light of the living.
| لِيَرُدَّ نَفْسَهُ عَنِ الْهَاوِيَةِ لِيَسْتَضِيءَ بِنُورِ الْحَيَاةِ. | ٣٠ |
31 Attend, O Job, listen to me, Keep silent, and I speak.
| فَأَصْغِ يَا أَيُّوبُ وَأَنْصِتْ إِلَيَّ. اُصْمُتْ وَدَعْنِي أَتَكَلَّمُ. | ٣١ |
32 If there are words—answer me, Speak, for I have a desire to justify you.
| وَإِنْ كَانَ لَدَيْكَ مَا تَقُولُهُ فَأَجِبْنِي، تَكَلَّمْ، فَإِنِّي أَرْغَبُ فِي تَبْرِيرِكَ. | ٣٢ |
33 If there are not—listen to me, Keep silent, and I teach you wisdom.”
| وَإلَّا فَأَصْغِ إِلَيَّ، أَنْصِتْ فَأُعَلِّمَكَ الْحِكْمَةَ». | ٣٣ |
