Job 31
1 I MADE a covenant with mine eyes; how then should I look upon a maid?
| أَبْرَمْتُ عَهْداً مَعَ عَيْنَيَّ، فَكَيْفَ أَرْنُو إِلَى عَذْرَاءَ؟ | ١ |
2 For what [is] the portion of God from above, and the heritage of the Almighty from on high?
| وَمَاذَا يَكُونُ نَصِيبِي عِنْدَ اللهِ مِنْ فَوْقُ، وَمَا هُوَ إِرْثِي مِنْ عِنْدِ الْقَدِيرِ فِي الأَعَالِي؟ | ٢ |
3 Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity?
| أَلَيْسَتِ الْبَلِيَّةُ مِنْ حَظِّ الشِّرِّيرِ، وَالْكَارِثَةُ مِنْ نَصِيبِ فَاعِلِي الإِثْمِ؟ | ٣ |
4 Doth not he see my ways, and number all my steps?
| أَلا يَرَى اللهُ طُرُقِي وَيُحْصِي كُلَّ خَطْوَاتِي؟ | ٤ |
5 If I have walked with vanity, and my foot hath hasted to deceit;
| إِنْ سَلَكْتُ فِي ضَلالٍ وَأَسْرَعَتْ قَدَمِي لاِرْتِكَابِ الْغِشِّ، | ٥ |
6 (Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity; )
| فَلأُوزَنْ فِي قِسْطَاسِ الْعَدْلِ، وَلْيَعْرِفِ اللهُ كَمَالِي. | ٦ |
7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any spot hath cleaved to mine hands:
| إِنْ حَادَتْ خَطْوَاتِي عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ، وَغَوَى قَلْبِي وَرَاءَ عَيْنَيَّ، وَعَلِقَتْ بِيَدِي لَطْخَةُ عَارٍ، | ٧ |
8 Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out.
| فَلأَزْرَعْ أَنَا وَآخَرُ يَأْكُلُ، وَلْيُسْتَأْصَلْ مَحْصُولِي. | ٨ |
9 If mine heart have been enticed unto a woman, and I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door:
| إِنْ هَامَ قَلْبِي وَرَاءَ امْرَأَةٍ، أَوْ طُفْتُ عِنْدَ بَابِ جَارِي، | ٩ |
10 Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
| فَلْتَطْحَنْ زَوْجَتِي لِآخَرَ، وَلْيُضَاجِعْهَا آخَرُونَ. | ١٠ |
11 For that were an heinous crime; yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges:
| لأَنَّ هَذِهِ رَذِيلَةٌ وَإِثْمٌ يُعَاقِبُ عَلَيْهِ الْقُضَاةُ، | ١١ |
12 For it is a fire that consumeth unto Destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
| وَنَارٌ مُلْتَهِمَةٌ تُفْضِي إِلَى الْهَلاكِ وَتَقْضِي عَلَى غَلَّاتِي. | ١٢ |
13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me:
| إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ تَنَكَّرْتُ لِحَقِّ خَادِمِي وَأَمَتِي عِنْدَمَا اشْتَكَيَا عَلَيَّ، | ١٣ |
14 What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
| فَمَاذَا أَصْنَعُ عِنْدَمَا يَقُومُ اللهُ (لِمُحَاكَمَتِي)؟ وَبِمَاذَا أُجِيبُ عِنْدَمَا يَتَقَصَّى (لِيُحَاسِبَنِي)؟ | ١٤ |
15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
| أَلَيْسَ الَّذِي كَوَّنَنِي فِي الرَّحِمِ كَوَّنَهُ أَيْضاً؟ أَوَ لَيْسَ الَّذِي شَكَّلَنَا فِي الرَّحِمِ وَاحِدٌ؟ | ١٥ |
16 If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
| إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ مَنَعْتُ عَنِ الْمِسْكِينِ مَا يَطْلُبُهُ، أَوْ أَوْهَنْتُ عَيْنَيِ الأَرْمَلَةِ مِنْ فَرْطِ الْبُكَاءِ، | ١٦ |
17 Or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
| أَوْ أَكَلْتُ كِسْرَةَ خُبْزِي وَحْدِي وَلَمْ أَتَقَاسَمْهَا مَعَ الْيَتِيمِ، | ١٧ |
18 (Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and I have been her guide from my mother’s womb; )
| إِذْ مُنْذُ حَدَاثَتِي رَعَيْتُهُ كَأَبٍ، وَهَدَيْتُهُ مِنْ رَحِمِ أُمِّهِ. | ١٨ |
19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;
| إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ رَأَيْتُ أَحَداً مُشْرِفاً عَلَى الْهَلاكِ مِنَ الْعُرْيِ، أَوْ مِسْكِيناً مِنْ غَيْرِ كِسَاءٍ، | ١٩ |
20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
| إِنْ لَمْ تُبَارِكْنِي حَقَوَاهُ الْمُسْتَدْفِئَتَانِ بِجَزَّةِ غَنَمِي! | ٢٠ |
21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate:
| إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ رَفَعْتُ يَدِي ضِدَّ الْيَتِيمِ، مُسْتَغِلاً نُفُوذِي فِي الْقَضَاءِ، | ٢١ |
22 Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
| فَلْيَسْقُطْ عَضُدِي مِنْ كَتِفِي، وَلْتَنْكَسِرْ ذِرَاعِي مِنْ قَصَبَتِهَا. | ٢٢ |
23 For calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his excellency I could do nothing.
| لأَنَّنِي أَرْتَعِبُ مِنْ نِقْمَةِ اللهِ، وَمَا كُنْتُ أَقْوَى عَلَى مُوَاجَهَةِ جَلالِهِ. | ٢٣ |
24 If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, [Thou art] my confidence;
| إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ جَعَلْتُ الذَّهَبَ مُتَّكَلِي، أَوْ قُلْتُ لِلإِبْرِيزِ أَنْتَ مُعْتَمَدِي، | ٢٤ |
25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
| إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدِ اغْتَبَطْتُ بِعُظْمِ ثَرْوَتِي، أَوْ لأَنَّ يَدَيَّ فَاضَتَا بِوَفْرَةِ الْكَسْبِ، | ٢٥ |
26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
| إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ نَظَرْتُ إِلَى الشَّمْسِ حِينَ أَضَاءَتْ، أَوْ إِلَى الْقَمَرِ السَّائِرِ بِبَهَاءٍ، | ٢٦ |
27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, and my mouth hath kissed my hand:
| فَغَوِيَ قَلْبِي سِرّاً وَقَبَّلْتُ يَدَيَّ تَوْقِيراً لَهُمَا، | ٢٧ |
28 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges: for I should have lied to God that is above.
| فَإِنَّ هَذَا أَيْضاً إِثْمٌ يُعَاقِبُ عَلَيْهِ الْقُضَاةُ، لأَنِّي أَكُونُ قَدْ جَحَدْتُ اللهَ الْعَلِيَّ. | ٢٨ |
29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him;
| إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ فَرِحْتُ بِدَمَارِ مُبْغِضِي أَوْ شَمِتُّ حِينَ أَصَابَهُ شَرٌّ، | ٢٩ |
30 (Yea, I suffered not my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse; )
| لا! لَمْ أَدَعْ لِسَانِي يُخْطِئُ بالدُّعَاءِ عَلَى حَيَاتِهِ بِلَعْنَةٍ. | ٣٠ |
31 If the men of my tent said not, Who can find one that hath not been satisfied with his flesh?
| إِنْ كَانَ أَهْلُ خَيْمَتِي لَمْ يَقُولُوا: أَهُنَاكَ مَنْ لَمْ يَشْبَعْ مِنْ طَعَامِ أَيُّوبَ؟ | ٣١ |
32 The stranger did not lodge in the street; but I opened my doors to the traveller;
| فَالْغَرِيبُ لَمْ يَبِتْ فِي الشَّارِعِ لأَنِّي فَتَحْتُ أَبْوَابِي لِعَابِرِي السَّبِيلِ. | ٣٢ |
33 If like Adam I covered my transgressions, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom;
| إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ كَتَمْتُ آثَامِي كَبَقِيَّةِ النَّاسِ، طَاوِياً ذُنُوبِي فِي حِضْنِي، | ٣٣ |
34 Because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and went not out of the door—
| رَهْبَةً مِنَ الْجَمَاهِيرِ الْغَفِيرَةِ، وَخَوْفاً مِنْ إِهَانَةِ الْعَشَائِرِ، وصَمَتُّ وَاعْتَصَمْتُ دَاخِلَ الأَبْوَابِ. | ٣٤ |
35 Oh that I had one to hear me! (lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me; ) and [that I had] the indictment which mine adversary hath written!
| آهِ، مَنْ لِي بِمَنْ يَسْتَمِعُ لِي! هُوَذَا تَوْقِيعِي، فَلْيُجِبْنِي الْقَدِيرُ. لَيْتَ خَصْمِي يَكْتُبُ شَكْوَاهُ ضِدِّي، | ٣٥ |
36 Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown.
| فَأَحْمِلَهَا عَلَى كَتِفِي وَأَعْصِبَهَا تَاجاً لِي، | ٣٦ |
37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
| لَكُنْتُ أُقَدِّمُ لَهُ حِسَاباً عَنْ كُلِّ خَطْوَاتِي، وَأَدْنُو مِنْهُ كَمَا أَدْنُو مِنْ أَمِيرٍ. | ٣٧ |
38 If my land cry out against me, and the furrows thereof weep together;
| إِنْ كَانَتْ أَرْضِي قَدِ احْتَجَّتْ عَلَيَّ وَتَبَاكَتْ أَتْلامُهَا جَمِيعاً، | ٣٨ |
39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
| إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ أَكَلْتُ غَلّاتِهَا بِلا ثَمَنٍ، أَوْ سَحَقْتُ نُفُوسَ أَصْحَابِهَا، | ٣٩ |
40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
| فَلْيَنْبُتْ فِيهَا الشَّوْكُ بَدَلَ الْحِنْطَةِ وَالزَّوَانُ بَدَلَ الشَّعِيرِ». تَمَّتْ هُنَا أَقْوَالُ أَيُّوبَ. | ٤٠ |
