Job 34
1 And Elihu answers and says:
| فَأَجَابَ أَلِيهُو وَقَالَ: | ١ |
2 “Hear, O wise men, my words, And, O knowing ones, give ear to me.
| «ٱسْمَعُوا أَقْوَالِي أَيُّهَا ٱلْحُكَمَاءُ، وَٱصْغَوْا لِي أَيُّهَا ٱلْعَارِفُونَ. | ٢ |
3 For the ear tries words, And the palate tastes to eat.
| لِأَنَّ ٱلْأُذُنَ تَمْتَحِنُ ٱلْأَقْوَالَ، كَمَا أَنَّ ٱلْحَنَكَ يَذُوقُ طَعَامًا. | ٣ |
4 Let us choose judgment for ourselves, Let us know among ourselves what [is] good.
| لِنَمْتَحِنْ لِأَنْفُسِنَا ٱلْحَقَّ، وَنَعْرِفْ بَيْنَ أَنْفُسِنَا مَا هُوَ طَيِّبٌ. | ٤ |
5 For Job has said, I have been righteous, And God has turned aside my right,
| «لِأَنَّ أَيُّوبَ قَالَ: تَبَرَّرْتُ، وَٱللهُ نَزَعَ حَقِّي. | ٥ |
6 Against my right do I lie? My arrow [is] mortal—without transgression.
| عِنْدَ مُحَاكَمَتِي أُكَذَّبُ. جُرْحِي عَدِيمُ ٱلشِّفَاءِ مِنْ دُونِ ذَنْبٍ. | ٦ |
7 Who [is] a man like Job? He drinks scoffing like water,
| فَأَيُّ إِنْسَانٍ كَأَيُّوبَ يَشْرَبُ ٱلْهُزْءَ كَٱلْمَاءِ، | ٧ |
8 And he has traveled for company With workers of iniquity, So as to go with men of wickedness.
| وَيَسِيرُ مُتَّحِدًا مَعَ فَاعِلِي ٱلْإِثْمِ، وَذَاهِبًا مَعَ أَهْلِ ٱلشَّرِّ؟ | ٨ |
9 For he has said, It does not profit a man When he delights himself with God.
| لِأَنَّهُ قَالَ: لَا يَنْتَفِعُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ بِكَوْنِهِ مَرْضِيًّا عِنْدَ ٱللهِ. | ٩ |
10 Therefore, O men of heart, listen to me; Far be it from God to do wickedness, And [from] the Mighty to do perverseness,
| «لِأَجْلِ ذَلِكَ ٱسْمَعُوا لِي يَا ذَوِي ٱلْأَلْبَابِ. حَاشَا لِلهِ مِنَ ٱلشَّرِّ، وَلِلْقَدِيرِ مِنَ ٱلظُّلْمِ. | ١٠ |
11 For He repays the work of man to him, And according to the path of each He causes him to find.
| لِأَنَّهُ يُجَازِي ٱلْإِنْسَانَ عَلَى فِعْلِهِ، وَيُنِيلُ ٱلرَّجُلَ كَطَرِيقِهِ. | ١١ |
12 Indeed, truly, God does not do wickedly, And the Mighty does not pervert judgment.
| فَحَقًّا إِنَّ ٱللهَ لَا يَفْعَلُ سُوءًا، وَٱلْقَدِيرَ لَا يُعَوِّجُ ٱلْقَضَاءَ. | ١٢ |
13 Who has inspected for Himself the earth? And who has placed all the habitable world?
| مَنْ وَكَّلَهُ بِٱلْأَرْضِ، وَمَنْ صَنَعَ ٱلْمَسْكُونَةَ كُلَّهَا؟ | ١٣ |
14 If He sets His heart on him, [If] He gathers His Spirit and His breath to Himself,
| إِنْ جَعَلَ عَلَيْهِ قَلْبَهُ، إِنْ جَمَعَ إِلَى نَفْسِهِ رُوحَهُ وَنَسَمَتَهُ، | ١٤ |
15 All flesh expires together, And man returns to dust.
| يُسَلِّمُ ٱلرُّوحَ كُلُّ بَشَرٍ جَمِيعًا، وَيَعُودُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ إِلَى ٱلتُّرَابِ. | ١٥ |
16 And if [there is] understanding, hear this, Give ear to the voice of my words.
| فَإِنْ كَانَ لَكَ فَهْمٌ فَٱسْمَعْ هَذَا، وَٱصْغَ إِلَى صَوْتِ كَلِمَاتِي. | ١٦ |
17 Indeed, does one hating justice govern? Or do you condemn the Most Just?
| أَلَعَلَّ مَنْ يُبْغِضُ ٱلْحَقَّ يَتَسَلَّطُ، أَمِ ٱلْبَارَّ ٱلْكَبِيرَ تَسْتَذْنِبُ؟ | ١٧ |
18 Who has said to a king, Worthless, To princes, Wicked?
| أَيُقَالُ لِلْمَلِكِ: يَا لَئِيمُ، وَلِلْنُدَبَاءِ: يَا أَشْرَارُ؟ | ١٨ |
19 That has not accepted the person of princes, Nor has known the rich before the poor, For all of them [are] a work of His hands.
| ٱلَّذِي لَا يُحَابِي بِوُجُوهِ ٱلرُّؤَسَاءِ، وَلَا يَعْتَبِرُ مُوسَعًا دُونَ فَقِيرٍ. لِأَنَّهُمْ جَمِيعَهُمْ عَمَلُ يَدَيْهِ. | ١٩ |
20 [In] a moment they die, And at midnight people shake, And they pass away, And they remove the mighty without hand.
| بَغْتَةً يَمُوتُونَ وَفِي نِصْفِ ٱللَّيْلِ. يَرْتَجُّ ٱلشَّعْبُ وَيَزُولُونَ، وَيُنْزَعُ ٱلْأَعِزَّاءُ لَا بِيَدٍ. | ٢٠ |
21 For His eyes [are] on the ways of each, And He sees all his steps.
| لِأَنَّ عَيْنَيْهِ عَلَى طُرُقِ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ، وَهُوَ يَرَى كُلَّ خَطَوَاتِهِ. | ٢١ |
22 There is no darkness nor death-shade, For workers of iniquity to be hidden there;
| لَا ظَلَامَ وَلَا ظِلَّ مَوْتٍ حَيْثُ تَخْتَفِي عُمَّالُ ٱلْإِثْمِ. | ٢٢ |
23 For He does not permit man anymore, To go to God in judgment,
| لِأَنَّهُ لَا يُلَاحِظُ ٱلْإِنْسَانَ زَمَانًا لِلدُّخُولِ فِي ٱلْمُحَاكَمَةِ مَعَ ٱللهِ. | ٢٣ |
24 He breaks the mighty—no searching! And He appoints others in their stead.
| يُحَطِّمُ ٱلْأَعِزَّاءَ مِنْ دُونِ فَحْصٍ، وَيُقِيمُ آخَرِينَ مَكَانَهُمْ. | ٢٤ |
25 Therefore He knows their works, And He has overturned by night, And they are bruised.
| لَكِنَّهُ يَعْرِفُ أَعْمَالَهُمْ، وَيُقَلِّبُهُمْ لَيْلًا فَيَنْسَحِقُونَ. | ٢٥ |
26 As wicked He has struck them, In the place of beholders.
| لِكَوْنِهِمْ أَشْرَارًا، يَصْفِقُهُمْ فِي مَرْأَى ٱلنَّاظِرِينَ. | ٢٦ |
27 Because that against right They have turned aside from after Him, And have considered none of His ways,
| لِأَنَّهُمُ ٱنْصَرَفُوا مِنْ وَرَائِهِ، وَكُلُّ طُرُقِهِ لَمْ يَتَأَمَّلُوهَا، | ٢٧ |
28 To cause to come to Him The cry of the poor, And He hears the cry of the afflicted.
| حَتَّى بَلَّغُوا إِلَيْهِ صُرَاخَ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ، فَسَمِعَ زَعْقَةَ ٱلْبَائِسِينَ. | ٢٨ |
29 And He gives rest, and who makes wrong? And hides the face, and who beholds it? And in reference to a nation and to a man, [It is] the same.
| إِذَا هُوَ سَكَّنَ، فَمَنْ يَشْغَبُ؟ وَإِذَا حَجَبَ وَجْهَهُ، فَمَنْ يَرَاهُ سَوَاءٌ كَانَ عَلَى أُمَّةٍ أَوْ عَلَى إِنْسَانٍ؟ | ٢٩ |
30 From the reigning of a profane man, From the snares of a people;
| حَتَّى لَا يَمْلِكَ ٱلْفَاجِرُ وَلَا يَكُونَ شَرَكًا لِلشَّعْبِ. | ٣٠ |
31 For has any said to God: I have taken away, I do not do corruptly,
| «وَلَكِنْ هَلْ لِلهِ قَالَ: ٱحْتَمَلْتُ. لَا أَعُودُ أُفْسِدُ؟ | ٣١ |
32 Besides [that which] I see, You show me, If I have done iniquity—I do not add?
| مَا لَمْ أُبْصِرْهُ فَأَرِنِيهِ أَنْتَ. إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ فَعَلْتُ إِثْمًا فَلَا أَعُودُ أَفْعَلُهُ. | ٣٢ |
33 Does He repay by you, that you have refused—That you choose, and not I? And what you have known, speak.
| هَلْ كَرَأْيِكَ يُجَازِيهِ، قَائِلًا: لِأَنَّكَ رَفَضْتَ؟ فَأَنْتَ تَخْتَارُ لَا أَنَا، وَبِمَا تَعْرِفُهُ تَكَلَّمْ. | ٣٣ |
34 Let men of heart say to me, And a wise man is listening to me:
| ذَوُو ٱلْأَلْبَابِ يَقُولُونَ لِي، بَلِ ٱلرَّجُلُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلَّذِي يَسْمَعُنِي يَقُولُ: | ٣٤ |
35 Job—he does not speak with knowledge, And his words [are] not with wisdom.
| إِنَّ أَيُّوبَ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِلَا مَعْرِفَةٍ، وَكَلَامُهُ لَيْسَ بِتَعَقُّلٍ. | ٣٥ |
36 My Father! Let Job be tried—to victory, Because of answers for men of iniquity,
| فَلَيْتَ أَيُّوبَ كَانَ يُمْتَحَنُ إِلَى ٱلْغَايَةِ مِنْ أَجْلِ أَجْوِبَتِهِ كَأَهْلِ ٱلْإِثْمِ. | ٣٦ |
37 For he adds to his sin, He vomits transgression among us, And multiplies his sayings to God.”
| لَكِنَّهُ أَضَافَ إِلَى خَطِيَّتِهِ مَعْصِيَةً. يُصَفِّقُ بَيْنَنَا، وَيُكْثِرُ كَلَامَهُ عَلَى ٱللهِ». | ٣٧ |
