Job 27
1 Moreover Job continued his discourse, and said:
| وَاسْتَطْرَدَ أَيُّوبُ يَضْرِبُ مَثَلَهُ قَائِلاً: | ١ |
2 As God liveth, who hath rejected my cause, And the Almighty, who hath afflicted my soul;
| «حَيٌّ هُوَ اللهُ الَّذِي نَزَعَ حَقِّي، وَالْقَدِيرُ الَّذِي أَمَرَّ حَيَاتِي، | ٢ |
3 As long as my breath is in me, And the spirit of God is in my nostrils,
| وَلَكِنْ مَادَامَتْ نَسَمَتِي فِيَّ، وَنَفْخَةُ اللهِ فِي أَنْفِي، | ٣ |
4 Never shall my lips speak falsehood, Nor my tongue utter deceit.
| فَإِنَّ شَفَتَيَّ لَنْ تَنْطِقَا بِالسُّوءِ، وَلِسَانِي لَنْ يَتَلَفَّظَ بِالْغِشِّ. | ٤ |
5 God forbid that I should acknowledge you to be just: To my last breath will I assert my integrity.
| حَاشَا لِي أَنْ أُقِرَّ بِصَوَابِ أَقْوَالِكُمْ، وَلَنْ أَتَخَلَّى عَنْ كَمَالِي حَتَّى الْمَوْتِ. | ٥ |
6 I will hold fast my innocence, and not let it go; My heart reproacheth me for no part of my life.
| أَتَشَبَّثُ بِبِرِّي وَلَنْ أَرْخِيَهُ، لأَنَّ ضَمِيرِي لَا يُؤَنِّبُنِي عَلَى يَوْمٍ مِنْ أَيَّامِي. | ٦ |
7 May mine enemy be as the wicked, And he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous!
| لِيَكُنْ عَدُوِّي نَظِيرَ الشِّرِّيرِ، وَمُقَاوِمِي كَالْفَاجِرِ، | ٧ |
8 For what is the hope of the wicked, when God cutteth off his web, And taketh away his life?
| إِذْ مَا هُوَ رَجَاءُ الْفَاجِرِ عِنْدَمَا يَسْتَأْصِلُهُ اللهُ وَيُزْهِقُ أَنْفَاسَهُ؟ | ٨ |
9 Will he listen to his cry, When trouble cometh upon him?
| هَلْ يَسْتَمِعُ اللهُ إِلَى صَرْخَتِهِ إِذَا حَلَّ بِهِ ضِيقٌ؟ | ٩ |
10 Can he delight himself in the Almighty, And call at all times upon God?
| هَلْ يُسَرُّ بِالْقَدِيرِ وَيَسْتَغِيثُ بِهِ فِي كُلِّ الأَزْمِنَةِ؟ | ١٠ |
11 I will teach you concerning the hand of God; That which is with the Almighty I will not conceal.
| إِنِّي أُعَلِّمُكُمْ عَنْ قُوَّةِ اللهِ، وَلا أَكْتُمُ عَنْكُمْ مَا لَدَى الْقَدِيرِ. | ١١ |
12 Behold, ye yourselves have all seen it; Why then do ye cherish such vain thoughts?
| فَأَنْتُمْ جَمِيعاً قَدْ عَايَنْتُمْ ذَلِكَ بِأَنْفُسِكُمْ، فَمَا بَالُكُمْ تَنْطِقُونَ بِالْبَاطِلِ قَائِلِينَ: | ١٢ |
13 This is the portion of the wicked man from God, —The inheritance which oppressors receive from the Almighty.
| هَذَا هُوَ نَصِيبُ الشِّرِّيرِ عِنْدَ اللهِ وَالْمِيرَاثُ الَّذِي يَنَالُهُ الظَّالِمُ مِنَ الْقَدِيرِ. | ١٣ |
14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
| إِنْ تَكَاثَرَ بَنُوهُ فَلِيَكُونُوا طَعَاماً لِلسَّيْفِ، وَنَسْلُهُ لَا يَشْبَعُ خُبْزاً. | ١٤ |
15 Those of them that escape shall be buried by Death, And their widows shall not bewail them.
| ذُرِّيَّتُهُ تَمُوتُ بِالْوَبَأِ، وَأَرَامِلُهُمْ لَا تَنُوحُ عَلَيْهِمْ. | ١٥ |
16 Though he heap up silver as dust, And procure raiment as clay, —
| إِنْ جَمَعَ فِضَّتَهُ كَأَكْوَامِ التُّرَابِ، وَكَوَّمَ مَلابِسَ كَالطِّينِ، | ١٦ |
17 He may procure, but the righteous shall wear it, And the innocent shall share the silver.
| فَإِنَّ مَا يُعِدُّهُ مِنْ ثِيَابٍ يَرْتَدِيهِ الصِّدِّيقُ، وَالْبَرِيءُ يُوَزِّعُ الْفِضَّةَ. | ١٧ |
18 He buildeth his house like the moth, Or like the shed which the watchman maketh.
| يَبْنِي بَيْتَهُ كَبَيْتِ الْعَنْكَبُوتِ، أَوْ كَمَظَلَّةٍ صَنَعَهَا حَارِسُ الْكُرُومِ. | ١٨ |
19 The rich man lieth down, and is not buried; In the twinkling of an eye he is no more.
| يَضْطَجِعُ غَنِيًّا وَيَسْتَيْقِظُ مُعْدَماً. يَفْتَحُ عَيْنَيْهِ وَإذَا بِثَرْوَتِهِ قَدْ تَلاشَتْ. | ١٩ |
20 Terrors pursue him like a flood; A tempest stealeth him away in the night.
| يَطْغَى عَلَيْهِ رُعْبٌ كَفَيَضَانٍ، وَتَخْطِفُهُ فِي اللَّيْلِ زَوْبَعَةٌ. | ٢٠ |
21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he perisheth; Yea, it sweepeth him away from his place.
| تُطَوِّحُ بِهِ الرِّيحُ الشَّرْقِيَّةُ فَيَخْتَفِي وَتَقْتَلِعُهُ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ. | ٢١ |
22 God sendeth his arrows at him, and doth not spare; He would fain escape from His hand.
| تُطْبِقُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ رَحْمَةٍ وَهُوَ هَارِبٌ مِنْ وَجْهِ عُنْفُوانِهَا. | ٢٢ |
23 Men clap their hands at him, And hiss him away from his place.
| تُصَفِّرُ الرِّيحُ عَلَيْهِ، وَتُرْعِبُهُ بِقُوَّتِهَا الْمُدَمِّرَةِ. | ٢٣ |
