< Job 40 >

1 And YHWH answers Job and says:
فَأَجَابَ ٱلرَّبُّ أَيُّوبَ فَقَالَ:١
2 “Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.”
«هَلْ يُخَاصِمُ ٱلْقَدِيرَ مُوَبِّخُهُ، أَمِ ٱلْمُحَاجُّ ٱللهَ يُجَاوِبُهُ؟».٢
3 And Job answers YHWH and says:
فَأَجَابَ أَيُّوبُ ٱلرَّبَّ وَقَالَ:٣
4 “Behold, I have been vile, What do I return to You? I have placed my hand on my mouth.
«هَا أَنَا حَقِيرٌ، فَمَاذَا أُجَاوِبُكَ؟ وَضَعْتُ يَدِي عَلَى فَمِي.٤
5 I have spoken once, and I do not answer, And twice, and I do not add.”
مَرَّةً تَكَلَّمْتُ فَلَا أُجِيبُ، وَمَرَّتَيْنِ فَلَا أَزِيدُ».٥
6 And YHWH answers Job out of the whirlwind and says:
فَأَجَابَ ٱلرَّبُّ أَيُّوبَ مِنَ ٱلْعَاصِفَةِ فَقَالَ:٦
7 “Now gird your loins as a man, I ask you, and you cause Me to know.
«ٱلْآنَ شُدَّ حَقْوَيْكَ كَرَجُلٍ. أَسْأَلُكَ فَتُعْلِمُنِي.٧
8 Do you also make My judgment void? Do you condemn Me, That you may be righteous?
لَعَلَّكَ تُنَاقِضُ حُكْمِي، تَسْتَذْنِبُنِي لِكَيْ تَتَبَرَّرَ أَنْتَ؟٨
9 And do you have an arm like God? And do you thunder with a voice like His?
هَلْ لَكَ ذِرَاعٌ كَمَا لِلهِ، وَبِصَوْتٍ مِثْلِ صَوْتِهِ تُرْعِدُ؟٩
10 Now put on excellence and loftiness, Indeed, put on splendor and beauty.
تَزَيَّنِ ٱلْآنَ بِٱلْجَلَالِ وَٱلْعِزِّ، وَٱلْبَسِ ٱلْمَجْدَ وَٱلْبَهَاءَ.١٠
11 Scatter abroad the wrath of your anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.
فَرِّقْ فَيْضَ غَضَبِكَ، وَٱنْظُرْ كُلَّ مُتَعَظِّمٍ وَٱخْفِضْهُ.١١
12 See every proud one—humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.
اُنْظُرْ إِلَى كُلِّ مُتَعَظِّمٍ وَذَلِّلْهُ، وَدُسِ ٱلْأَشْرَارَ فِي مَكَانِهِمِ.١٢
13 Hide them in the dust together, Bind their faces in secret.
ٱطْمِرْهُمْ فِي ٱلتُّرَابِ مَعًا، وَٱحْبِسْ وُجُوهَهُمْ فِي ٱلظَّلَامِ.١٣
14 And even I praise you, For your right hand gives salvation to you.
فَأَنَا أَيْضًا أَحْمَدُكَ لِأَنَّ يَمِينَكَ تُخَلِّصُكَ.١٤
15 Now behold, behemoth, That I made with you: He eats grass as an ox.
«هُوَذَا بَهِيمُوثُ ٱلَّذِي صَنَعْتُهُ مَعَكَ يَأْكُلُ ٱلْعُشْبَ مِثْلَ ٱلْبَقَرِ.١٥
16 Now behold, his power [is] in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly.
هَا هِيَ قُوَّتُهُ فِي مَتْنَيْهِ، وَشِدَّتُهُ فِي عَضَلِ بَطْنِهِ.١٦
17 He bends his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,
يَخْفِضُ ذَنَبَهُ كَأَرْزَةٍ. عُرُوقُ فَخِذَيْهِ مَضْفُورَةٌ.١٧
18 His bones [are] tubes of bronze, His bones [are] as a bar of iron.
عِظَامُهُ أَنَابِيبُ نُحَاسٍ، جِرْمُهَا حَدِيدٌ مَمْطُولٌ.١٨
19 He [is] a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker [alone] brings His sword near;
هُوَ أَوَّلُ أَعْمَالِ ٱللهِ. ٱلَّذِي صَنَعَهُ أَعْطَاهُ سَيْفَهُ.١٩
20 For mountains bear food for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.
لِأَنَّ ٱلْجِبَالَ تُخْرِجُ لَهُ مَرْعًى، وَجَمِيعَ وُحُوشِ ٱلْبَرِّ تَلْعَبُ هُنَاكَ.٢٠
21 He lies down under shades, In a secret place of reed and marsh.
تَحْتَ ٱلسِّدْرَاتِ يَضْطَجِعُ فِي سِتْرِ ٱلْقَصَبِ وَٱلْغَمِقَةِ.٢١
22 Shades cover him, [with] their shadow, Willows of the brook cover him.
تُظَلِّلُهُ ٱلسِّدْرَاتُ بِظِلِّهَا. يُحِيطُ بِهِ صَفْصَافُ ٱلسَّوَاقِي.٢٢
23 Behold, a flood oppresses—he does not hurry, He is confident though Jordan Comes forth to his mouth.
هُوَذَا ٱلنَّهْرُ يَفِيضُ فَلَا يَفِرُّ هُوَ. يَطْمَئِنُّ وَلَوِ ٱنْدَفَقَ ٱلْأُرْدُنُّ فِي فَمِهِ.٢٣
24 Does [one] take him by his eyes? Does [one] pierce the nose with snares?”
هَلْ يُؤْخَذُ مِنْ أَمَامِهِ؟ هَلْ يُثْقَبُ أَنْفُهُ بِخِزَامَةٍ؟٢٤

< Job 40 >