< Job 5 >

1 "Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
ادْعُ الآنَ، فَهَلْ مِنْ مُجِيبٍ؟ وَإِلَى أَيِّ القِدِّيسِينَ تَلْتَفِتُ؟١
2 For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.
الْغَيْظُ يَقْتُلُ الأَحْمَقَ، وَالْغَيْرَةُ تُمِيتُ الأَبْلَهَ.٢
3 I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
لَقَدْ شَاهَدْتُ الْغَبِيَّ يَتَأَصَّلُ، ثُمَّ لَمْ أَلْبَثْ أَنْ لَعَنْتُ مَسْكَنَهُ.٣
4 His children are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,
أَبْنَاؤُهُ لَا أَمْنَ لَهُمْ. يَتَحَطَّمُونَ عِنْدَ الْبَابِ وَلا مُنْقِذَ.٤
5 whose harvest the hungry eats up, and take it even out of the thorns. And the thirsty swallow up their wealth.
يَأْكُلُ الْجَائِعُ حَصِيدَهُمْ، وَيَلْتَهِمُهُ حَتَّى مِنْ بَيْنِ الشَّوْكِ، وَيَمْتَصُّ الظَّامِئُ ثَرْوَتَهُمْ.٥
6 For affliction doesn't come forth from the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;
إِنَّ الْبَلِيَّةَ لَا تَخْرُجُ مِنَ التُّرَابِ، وَالْمَشَقَّاتِ لَا تَنْبُتُ مِنَ الأَرْضِ،٦
7 but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّ الإِنْسَانَ مَوْلُودٌ لِمُعَانَاةِ الْمَتَاعِبِ، كَمَا وُلِدَتِ الْجَوَارِحُ لِتُحَلِّقَ بِأَجْنِحَتِهَا.٧
8 "But as for me, I would seek God. I would commit my cause to God,
لَوْ كُنْتُ فِي مَكَانِكَ لاتَّجَهْتُ إِلَى اللهِ وَعَرَضْتُ أَمْرِي عَلَيْهِ.٨
9 who does great things that can't be fathomed, marvelous things without number;
هُوَ صَانِعُ عَجَائِبَ لَا تُفْحَصُ وَعَظَائِمَ لَا تُحْصَى.٩
10 who gives rain on the earth, and sends waters on the fields;
يُهْطِلُ الْغَيْثَ عَلَى وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ، وَيُرْسِلُ الْمِيَاهَ إِلَى الْحُقُولِ.١٠
11 so that he sets up on high those who are low, those who mourn are exalted to safety.
يُقِيمُ الْمُتَوَاضِعِينَ فِي الْعُلَى، وَيَرْفَعُ النَّائِحِينَ إِلَى مَكَانِ الطُّمَأْنِينَةِ.١١
12 He frustrates the devices of the crafty, So that their hands can't perform their enterprise.
يُبْطِلُ تَدْبِيرَاتِ الْمُحْتَالِينَ فَيُخْفِقُونَ،١٢
13 He traps the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning are brought to a quick end.
أَوْ يُوْقِعُ الْحُكَمَاءَ فِي خِدْعَتِهِمْ، فَتَتَلاشَى مَشُورَةُ الْمَاكِرِينَ.١٣
14 They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope at noonday as in the night.
يَكْتَنِفُهُمْ ظَلامٌ فِي النَّهَارِ، وَيَتَحَسَّسُونَ طَرِيقَهُمْ فِي الظَّهِيرَةِ، كَمَنْ يَمْشِي فِي اللَّيْلِ.١٤
15 But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
يُنَجِّي الْبَائِسِينَ مِنْ سَيْفِ فَمِهِمْ، وَمِنْ قَبْضَةِ الْقَوِيِّ يُنْقِذُهُمْ،١٥
16 So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.
فَيُصْبِحُ لِلْمِسْكِينِ رَجَاءٌ، وَالظُّلْمُ يَسُدُّ فَمَهُ.١٦
17 "Look, blessed is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of Shaddai.
طُوبَى لِلرَّجُلِ الَّذِي يُقَوِّمُهُ اللهُ، فَلا تَرْفُضْ تَأْدِيبَ الْقَدِيرِ.١٧
18 For he wounds, and binds up. He injures, and his hands make whole.
لأَنَّ اللهَ يَجْرَحُ وَيَعْصِبُ، يَسْحَقُ وَيَدَاهُ تُبْرِئَانِ.١٨
19 He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven there shall no evil touch you.
مِنْ سِتِّ بَلايَا يُنَجِّيكَ، وَفِي سَبْعٍ لَا يَقَعُ بِكَ أَذىً.١٩
20 In famine he will redeem you from death; in war, from the power of the sword.
يَفْدِيكَ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ جُوعاً، وَفِي الْحَرْبِ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ.٢٠
21 You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, neither shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes.
يَقِيكَ مِنْ لَذَعَاتِ اللِّسَانِ، فَلا تَخَافُ مِنَ الدَّمَارِ إِذَا أَقْبَلَ.٢١
22 At destruction and famine you shall laugh, neither shall you be afraid of the animals of the earth.
تَسْخَرُ مِنَ الدَّمَارِ وَالْمَجَاعَةِ، وَلا تَخْشَى وُحُوشَ الأَرْضِ،٢٢
23 For you shall be in league with the stones of the field. The animals of the field shall be at peace with you.
لأَنَّ عَهْدَكَ مَعَ حِجَارَةِ الْحَقْلِ، وَوُحُوشُ الصَّحْرَاءِ تُسَالِمُكَ.٢٣
24 You shall know that your tent is in peace. You shall visit your fold, and shall miss nothing.
فَتُدْرِكُ أَنَّ خَيْمَتَكَ آمِنَةٌ، وَتَتَعَهَّدُ حَظِيرَتَكَ فَلا تَفْقِدُ شَيْئاً.٢٤
25 You shall know also that your descendants shall be great, and your offspring as the grass of the earth.
عِنْدَئِذٍ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ ذُرِّيَّتَكَ كَثِيرَةٌ، وَأَنَّ نَسْلَكَ كَعُشْبِ الأَرْضِ،٢٥
26 You shall come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.
وَتَدْخُلُ الْقَبْرَ فِي شَيْبَةٍ نَاضِجَةٍ، كَمَا يُرْفَعُ كُدْسُ الْقَمْحِ فِي مَوْسِمِهِ.٢٦
27 Look this, we have searched it, so it is. Hear it, and know it for your good."
فَانْظُرْ. هَذَا مَا بَحَثْنَا عَنْهُ، وَهُوَ حَقٌّ، فَاسْمَعْهُ وَاخْتَبِرْهُ بِنَفْسِكَ».٢٧

< Job 5 >