Job 21
1 Then Job answered,
| أَيُّوبُ: | ١ |
2 "Listen diligently to my speech. Let this be your consolation.
| «اسْتَمِعُوا سَمْعاً إِلَى أَقْوَالِي، وَلْتَكُنْ لِي هَذِهِ تَعْزِيَةً مِنْكُمْ. | ٢ |
3 Allow me, and I also will speak; After I have spoken, mock on.
| احْتَمِلُونِي فَأَتَكَلَّمَ، ثُمَّ اسْخَرُوا مِنِّي. | ٣ |
4 As for me, is my complaint to man? Why shouldn't I be impatient?
| هَلْ شَكْوَايَ هِيَ ضِدُّ إِنْسَانٍ؟ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ، فَلِمَاذَا لَا أَكُونُ ضَيِّقَ الْخُلُقِ؟ | ٤ |
5 Look at me, and be astonished. Lay your hand on your mouth.
| تَفَرَّسُوا فِيَّ وَانْدَهِشُوا، وَضَعُوا أَيْدِيَكُمْ عَلَى أَفْوَاهِكُمْ. | ٥ |
6 When I remember, I am troubled. Horror takes hold of my flesh.
| عِنْدَمَا أُفَكِّرُ فِي الأَمْرِ أَرْتَاعُ، وَتَعْتَرِي جَسَدِي رِعْدَةٌ. | ٦ |
7 "Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?
| لِمَاذَا يَحْيَا الأَشْرَارُ وَيَطْعَنُونَ فِي السِّنِّ وَيَزْدَادُونَ قُوَّةً؟ | ٧ |
8 Their child is established with them in their sight, their offspring before their eyes.
| ذُرِّيَّتُهُمْ تَتَأَصَّلُ أَمَامَهُمْ، وَنَسْلُهُمْ يَتَكَاثَرُونَ فِي أَثْنَاءِ حَيَاتِهِمْ. | ٨ |
9 Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
| بُيُوتُهُمْ آمِنَةٌ مِنَ الْمَخَاوِفِ، وَعَصَا اللهِ لَا تَنْزِلُ عَلَيْهِمْ. | ٩ |
10 Their bulls breed without fail. Their cows calve, and do not miscarry.
| ثَوْرُهُمْ يُلْقِحُ وَلا يُخْفِقُ، وَبَقَرَتُهُمْ تَلِدُ وَلا تُسْقِطُ. | ١٠ |
11 They send forth their little ones like a flock. Their children dance.
| يُسْرِحُونَ صِبْيَانَهُمْ كَسِرْبٍ، وَأَطْفَالُهُمْ يَرْقُصُونَ. | ١١ |
12 They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
| يُغَنُّونَ بِالدُّفِّ وَالْعُودِ وَيَطْرَبُونَ لِصَوْتِ الْمِزْمَارِ، | ١٢ |
| يَقْضُونَ أَيَّامَهُمْ فِي الرَّغْدِ، ثُمَّ فِي لَحْظَةٍ يَهْبِطُونَ إِلَى الْهَاوِيَةِ. (Sheol h7585) | ١٣ |
14 They tell God, 'Depart from us, for we do not want to know about your ways.
| يَقُولُونَ لِلرَّبِّ: فَارِقْنَا فَإِنَّنَا لَا نَعْبَأُ بِمَعْرِفَةِ طُرُقِكَ. | ١٤ |
15 What is Shaddai, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, if we pray to him?'
| مَنْ هُوَ الْقَدِيرُ حَتَّى نَعْبُدَهُ؟ وَأَيُّ كَسْبٍ نَجْنِيهِ إِنْ صَلَّيْنَا إِلَيْهِ؟ | ١٥ |
16 Look, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
| وَلَكِنَّ فَلاحَهُمْ لَيْسَ فِي أَيْدِيهِمْ، لِذَلِكَ تَظَلُّ مَشُورَةُ الأَشْرَارِ بَعِيدَةً عَنِّي. | ١٦ |
17 "How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out, that their calamity comes on them, that he distributes sorrows in his anger?
| كَمْ مَرَّةٍ يَنْطَفِئُ مِصْبَاحُ الأَشْرَارِ؟ وَكَمْ مَرَّةٍ تَتَوَالَى عَلَيْهِمِ النَّكَبَاتُ، إِذْ يَقْسِمُ اللهُ لَهُمْ نَصِيباً فِي غَضَبِهِ؟ | ١٧ |
18 How often is it that they are as stubble before the wind, as chaff that the storm carries away?
| يُصْبِحُونَ كَالتِّبْنِ فِي وَجْهِ الرِّيحِ، وَكَالْعُصَافَةِ الَّتِي تُطَوِّحُ بِها الزَّوْبَعَةُ. | ١٨ |
19 You say, 'God lays up his iniquity for his children.' Let him recompense it to himself, that he may know it.
| أَنْتُمْ تَقُولُونَ: إِنَّ اللهَ يَدَّخِرُ إِثْمَ الشِّرِّيرِ لأَبْنَائِهِ، لا! إِنَّهُ يُنْزِلُ الْعِقَابَ بِالأَثِيمِ نَفْسِهِ، فَيَعْلَمُ. | ١٩ |
20 Let his own eyes see his destruction. Let him drink of the wrath of Shaddai.
| فَلْيَشْهَدْ هَلاكَهُ بِعَيْنَيْهِ، وَلْيَجْرَعْ غُصَصَ غَضَبِ الْقَدِيرِ. | ٢٠ |
21 For what does he care for his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off?
| إِذْ مَا بُغْيَتُهُ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ بَعْدَ فَنَائِهِ، وَقَدْ بُتِرَ عَدَدُ شُهُورِ حَيَاتِهِ؟ | ٢١ |
22 "Shall any teach God knowledge, seeing he judges those who are high?
| أَهُنَاكَ مَنْ يُلَقِّنُ اللهَ عِلْماً، وَهُوَ الَّذِي يَدِينُ الْمُتَشَامِخِينَ؟ | ٢٢ |
23 One dies in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
| قَدْ يَمُوتُ الْمَرْءُ فِي وَفْرَةِ رَغْدِهِ، وَهُوَ يَنْعَمُ بِالسَّعَادَةِ وَالطُّمَأْنِينَةِ، | ٢٣ |
24 His pails are full of milk. The marrow of his bones is moistened.
| وَالْعَافِيَةُ تَكْسُو جَنْبَيْهِ، وَمُخُّ عِظَامِهِ طَرِيٌّ. | ٢٤ |
25 Another dies in bitterness of soul, and never tastes of good.
| وَقَدْ يَمُوتُ آخَرُ بِمَرَارَةِ نَفْسٍ وَلَمْ يَذُقْ خَيْراً | ٢٥ |
26 They lie down alike in the dust. The worm covers them.
| غَيْرَ أَنَّ كِلَيْهِمَا يُوَارِيهُمَا التُّرَابُ وَيَغْشَاهُمَا الدُّودُ. | ٢٦ |
27 "Look, I know your thoughts, the devices with which you would wrong me.
| انْظُرُوا، أَنَا مُطَّلِعٌ عَلَى أَفْكَارِكُمْ وَمَا تَتَّهِمُونَنِي بِهِ جَوْراً، | ٢٧ |
28 For you say, 'Where is the house of the prince? Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?'
| لأَنَّكُمْ تَقُولُونَ: أَيْنَ هُوَ مَنْزِلُ الرَّجُلِ الْعَظِيمِ، وَأَيْنَ هِيَ خِيَامُ الأَشْرَارِ الْمُقِيمِينَ فِيهَا؟ | ٢٨ |
29 Haven't you asked wayfaring men? Do you not know their evidences,
| هَلّا سَأَلْتُمْ عَابِرِي السَّبِيلِ؟ أَلا تَكْتَرِثُونَ لِشَهَادَتِهِمْ؟ | ٢٩ |
30 that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, That they are led forth to the day of wrath?
| إِنَّ الشِّرِّيرَ قَدْ أَفْلَتَ مِن يَوْمِ الْبَوَارِ، وَنَجَا مِنَ الْعِقَابِ فِي يَوْمِ الْغَضَبِ. | ٣٠ |
31 Who shall declare his way to his face? Who shall repay him what he has done?
| فَمَنْ يُوَاجِهُهُ بِسُوءِ أَعْمَالِهِ، وَمَنْ يَدِينُهُ عَلَى رَدَاءَةِ تَصَرُّفَاتِهِ؟ | ٣١ |
32 Yet he will be borne to the grave. Men shall keep watch over the tomb.
| عِنْدَمَا يُوَارَى فِي قَبْرِهِ يَقُومُ حَارِسٌ عَلَى ضَرِيحِهِ. | ٣٢ |
33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him. All men shall draw after him, as there were innumerable before him.
| تَطِيبُ لَهُ تُرْبَةُ الْوَادِي، وَيَمْشِي خَلْفَهُ جُمْهُورٌ غَفِيرٌ، وَالَّذِينَ يَتَقَدَّمُونَهُ لَا يُحْصَى لَهُمْ عَدَدٌ. | ٣٣ |
34 So how can you comfort me with nonsense, seeing that in your answers there remains only falsehood?"
| فَكَيْفَ، بَعْدَ هَذَا، تُعَزُّونَنِي بِلَغْوِ الْكَلامِ؟ لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْ أَجْوِبَتِكُمْ إِلّا كُلُّ مَا هُوَ بَاطِلٌ». | ٣٤ |
