Job 7
1 “Is there not warfare to man on earth? And his days as the days of a hired worker?
| «أَلَيْسَ جِهَادٌ لِلْإِنْسَانِ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَكَأَيَّامِ ٱلْأَجِيرِ أَيَّامُهُ؟ | ١ |
2 As a servant desires the shadow, And as a hired worker expects his wage,
| كَمَا يَتَشَوَّقُ ٱلْعَبْدُ إِلَى ٱلظِّلِّ، وَكَمَا يَتَرَجَّى ٱلْأَجِيرُ أُجْرَتَهُ، | ٢ |
3 So I have been caused to inherit months of vanity, And they numbered nights of misery to me.
| هَكَذَا تَعَيَّنَ لِي أَشْهُرُ سُوءٍ، وَلَيَالِي شَقَاءٍ قُسِمَتْ لِي. | ٣ |
4 If I lay down, then I have said, When do I rise, And evening has been measured? And I have been full of tossings until dawn.
| إِذَا ٱضْطَجَعْتُ أَقُولُ: مَتَى أَقُومُ؟ ٱللَّيْلُ يَطُولُ، وَأَشْبَعُ قَلَقًا حَتَّى ٱلصُّبْحِ. | ٤ |
5 My flesh has been clothed [with] worms, And a clod of dust, My skin has been shriveled and is loathsome,
| لَبِسَ لَحْمِيَ ٱلدُّودُ مَعَ مَدَرِ ٱلتُّرَابِ. جِلْدِي كَرِشَ وَسَاخَ. | ٥ |
6 My days swifter than a loom, And they are consumed without hope.
| أَيَّامِي أَسْرَعُ مِنَ ٱلْوَشِيعَةِ، وَتَنْتَهِي بِغَيْرِ رَجَاءٍ. | ٦ |
7 Remember that my life [is] a breath, My eye does not turn back to see good.
| «اُذْكُرْ أَنَّ حَيَاتِي إِنَّمَا هِيَ رِيحٌ، وَعَيْنِي لَا تَعُودُ تَرَى خَيْرًا. | ٧ |
8 The eye of my beholder does not behold me. Your eyes [are] on me—and I am not.
| لَا تَرَانِي عَيْنُ نَاظِرِي. عَيْنَاكَ عَلَيَّ وَلَسْتُ أَنَا. | ٨ |
9 A cloud has been consumed, and it goes, So he who is going down to Sheol does not come up. (Sheol h7585)
| ٱلسَّحَابُ يَضْمَحِلُّ وَيَزُولُ، هَكَذَا ٱلَّذِي يَنْزِلُ إِلَى ٱلْهَاوِيَةِ لَا يَصْعَدُ. (Sheol h7585) | ٩ |
10 He does not turn to his house again, Nor does his place discern him again.
| لَا يَرْجِعُ بَعْدُ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ، وَلَا يَعْرِفُهُ مَكَانُهُ بَعْدُ. | ١٠ |
11 Also I do not withhold my mouth—I speak in the distress of my spirit, I talk in the bitterness of my soul.
| أَنَا أَيْضًا لَا أَمْنَعُ فَمِي. أَتَكَلَّمُ بِضِيقِ رُوحِي. أَشْكُو بِمَرَارَةِ نَفْسِي. | ١١ |
12 Am I a sea [monster], or a dragon, That You set a watch over me?
| أَبَحْرٌ أَنَا أَمْ تِنِّينٌ، حَتَّى جَعَلْتَ عَلَيَّ حَارِسًا؟ | ١٢ |
13 When I said, My bed comforts me, In my talking He takes away my couch.
| إِنْ قُلْتُ: فِرَاشِي يُعَزِّينِي، مَضْجَعِي يَنْزِعُ كُرْبَتِي، | ١٣ |
14 And You have frightened me with dreams, And You terrify me from visions,
| تُرِيعُنِي بِٱلْأَحْلَامِ، وَتُرْهِبُنِي بِرُؤًى، | ١٤ |
15 And my soul chooses strangling, Death rather than my bones.
| فَٱخْتَارَتْ نَفْسِي ٱلْخَنِقَ، ٱلْمَوْتَ عَلَى عِظَامِي هَذِهِ. | ١٥ |
16 I have wasted away—I do not live for all time. Cease from me, for my days [are] vanity.
| قَدْ ذُبْتُ. لَا إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ أَحْيَا. كُفَّ عَنِّي لِأَنَّ أَيَّامِي نَفْخَةٌ. | ١٦ |
17 What [is] man that You magnify him? And that You set Your heart to him?
| مَا هُوَ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ حَتَّى تَعْتَبِرَهُ، وَحَتَّى تَضَعَ عَلَيْهِ قَلْبَكَ؟ | ١٧ |
18 And inspect him in the mornings, [And] in the evenings try him?
| وَتَتَعَهَّدَهُ كُلَّ صَبَاحٍ، وَكُلَّ لَحْظَةٍ تَمْتَحِنَهُ؟ | ١٨ |
19 How long do You not look from me? You do not desist until I swallow my spittle.
| حَتَّى مَتَى لَا تَلْتَفِتُ عَنِّي وَلَا تُرْخِينِي رَيْثَمَا أَبْلَعُ رِيقِي؟ | ١٩ |
20 I have sinned, what do I do to You, O watcher of man? Why have You set me for a mark to You, And I am for a burden to myself—and what?
| أَأَخْطَأْتُ؟ مَاذَا أَفْعَلُ لَكَ يَا رَقِيبَ ٱلنَّاسِ؟ لِمَاذَا جَعَلْتَنِي عَاثُورًا لِنَفْسِكَ حَتَّى أَكُونَ عَلَى نَفْسِي حِمْلًا؟ | ٢٠ |
21 You do not take away my transgression, And [do not] cause my iniquity to pass away, Because now, I lie down in dust, And You have sought me—and I am not!”
| وَلِمَاذَا لَا تَغْفِرُ ذَنْبِي، وَلَا تُزِيلُ إِثْمِي؟ لِأَنِّي ٱلْآنَ أَضْطَجِعُ فِي ٱلتُّرَابِ، تَطْلُبُنِي فَلَا أَكُونُ». | ٢١ |
