< Job 19 >

1 Then Job replied:
فَأَجَابَ أَيُّوبُ وَقَالَ:١
2 “How long will you [three] torment me and crush my spirit by saying to me [that I am wicked]?
«حَتَّى مَتَى تُعَذِّبُونَ نَفْسِي وَتَسْحَقُونَنِي بِٱلْكَلَامِ؟٢
3 You have already insulted me many [HYP] times; (are you not ashamed for saying these things to me?/you should be ashamed for saying these things to me.) [RHQ]
هَذِهِ عَشَرَ مَرَّاتٍ أَخْزَيْتُمُونِي. لَمْ تَخْجَلُوا مِنْ أَنْ تَحْكِرُونِي.٣
4 Even if it were true that I have done things that are wrong, I have not injured you!
وَهَبْنِي ضَلَلْتُ حَقًّا. عَلَيَّ تَسْتَقِرُّ ضَلَالَتِي!٤
5 If you truly think that you are better than I am, and you think that my being miserable now proves that I (am guilty/have committed many sins),
إِنْ كُنْتُمْ بِٱلْحَقِّ تَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَلَيَّ، فَثَبِّتُوا عَلَيَّ عَارِي.٥
6 you need to realize that it is God who has caused me to suffer. [It is as though] he has trapped me with his net.
فَٱعْلَمُوا إِذًا أَنَّ ٱللهَ قَدْ عَوَّجَنِي، وَلَفَّ عَلَيَّ أُحْبُولَتَهُ.٦
7 “I cry out, ‘Help me!’, but no one answers me. I call out loudly, but there is no one, [not even God, ] who acts fairly toward me.
هَا إِنِّي أَصْرُخُ ظُلْمًا فَلَا أُسْتَجَابُ. أَدْعُو وَلَيْسَ حُكْمٌ.٧
8 [It is as though] [MET] God has blocked my way, with the result that I cannot go where I want to; [it is as though] he has forced me to try to find my way in the darkness.
قَدْ حَوَّطَ طَرِيقِي فَلَا أَعْبُرُ، وَعَلَى سُبُلِي جَعَلَ ظَلَامًا.٨
9 He has (taken away my good reputation/caused people not to honor me any more); [it is as though] he removed [MET] a crown from my head.
أَزَالَ عَنِّي كَرَامَتِي وَنَزَعَ تَاجَ رَأْسِي.٩
10 He batters me from every side, and I will soon die. He has caused me to no longer confidently expect [him to do good things for me].
هَدَمَنِي مِنْ كُلِّ جِهَةٍ فَذَهَبْتُ، وَقَلَعَ مِثْلَ شَجَرَةٍ رَجَائِي،١٠
11 He attacks me because he is extremely angry with me [MET], and he considers that I am his enemy.
وَأَضْرَمَ عَلَيَّ غَضَبَهُ، وَحَسِبَنِي كَأَعْدَائِهِ.١١
12 [It is as though] he sends his army to attack me; they surround my tent, preparing to attack me.
مَعًا جَاءَتْ غُزَاتُهُ، وَأَعَدُّوا عَلَيَّ طَرِيقَهُمْ، وَحَلُّوا حَوْلَ خَيْمَتِي.١٢
13 “God has caused my brothers to abandon me, and all those who know me act like strangers to me.
قَدْ أَبْعَدَ عَنِّي إِخْوَتِي، وَمَعَارِفِي زَاغُوا عَنِّي.١٣
14 All my relatives and good friends have left me.
أَقَارِبِي قَدْ خَذَلُونِي، وَٱلَّذِينَ عَرَفُونِي نَسُونِي.١٤
15 The people who were guests in my house have forgotten me, and my female servants consider that I am a stranger or that I am a foreigner.
نُزَلَاءُ بَيْتِي وَإِمَائِي يَحْسِبُونَنِي أَجْنَبِيًّا. صِرْتُ فِي أَعْيُنِهِمْ غَرِيبًا.١٥
16 When I summon my servants, they do not answer; I plead with them to come [to help me, but they do not come].
عَبْدِي دَعَوْتُ فَلَمْ يُجِبْ. بِفَمِي تَضَرَّعْتُ إِلَيْهِ.١٦
17 My wife does not want to come close to me because my breath [smells very bad], and even my brothers detest me.
نَكْهَتِي مَكْرُوهَةٌ عِنْدَ ٱمْرَأَتِي، وَخَمَمْتُ عِنْدَ أَبْنَاءِ أَحْشَائِي.١٧
18 Even young children despise me; when I stand up [to talk to them], they laugh at me.
اَلْأَوْلَادُ أَيْضًا قَدْ رَذَلُونِي. إِذَا قُمْتُ يَتَكَلَّمُونَ عَلَيَّ.١٨
19 My dearest friends detest me, and those whom I love [very much] have turned against me.
كَرِهَنِي كُلُّ رِجَالِي، وَٱلَّذِينَ أَحْبَبْتُهُمُ ٱنْقَلَبُوا عَلَيَّ.١٩
20 My body is [only] skin and bones; I am barely alive [IDM].
عَظْمِي قَدْ لَصِقَ بِجِلْدِي وَلَحْمِي، وَنَجَوْتُ بِجِلْدِ أَسْنَانِي.٢٠
21 [“I plead with] you, my [three] friends, pity me, because God has (struck [EUP] me with his hand/caused me to suffer greatly).
تَرَاءَفُوا، تَرَاءَفُوا أَنْتُمْ عَلَيَّ يَا أَصْحَابِي، لِأَنَّ يَدَ ٱللهِ قَدْ مَسَّتْنِي.٢١
22 Why do you cause me to suffer like God does? Why do you continue to slander [MET] me?
لِمَاذَا تُطَارِدُونَنِي كَمَا ٱللهُ، وَلَا تَشْبَعُونَ مِنْ لَحْمِي؟٢٢
23 “I wish/desire that someone would take these words of mine and write them permanently in a book [in order that people can read them].
«لَيْتَ كَلِمَاتِي ٱلْآنَ تُكْتَبُ. يَا لَيْتَهَا رُسِمَتْ فِي سِفْرٍ،٢٣
24 Or else, I wish that he would carve them on a rock with (a chisel/an iron tool) in order that they would last forever.
وَنُقِرَتْ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ فِي ٱلصَّخْرِ بِقَلَمِ حَدِيدٍ وَبِرَصَاصٍ.٢٤
25 But I know that the one who vindicates/defends me in court is alive, and that some day he will stand [here] on the earth [and make the final decision about whether I deserve to be punished].
أَمَّا أَنَا فَقَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ وَلِيِّي حَيٌّ، وَٱلْآخِرَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ يَقُومُ،٢٥
26 And even after diseases have eaten away my skin, while I still have my body, I will see God.
وَبَعْدَ أَنْ يُفْنَى جِلْدِي هَذَا، وَبِدُونِ جَسَدِي أَرَى ٱللهَ.٢٦
27 I will see him myself; I will see him with my own eyes! I am overwhelmed [as I think about that]!
ٱلَّذِي أَرَاهُ أَنَا لِنَفْسِي، وَعَيْنَايَ تَنْظُرَانِ وَلَيْسَ آخَرُ. إِلَى ذَلِكَ تَتُوقُ كُلْيَتَايَ فِي جَوْفِي.٢٧
28 “If you three men say, ‘What more can we do to cause Job to suffer?’ and if you say, ‘He has caused his own [troubles],’
فَإِنَّكُمْ تَقُولُونَ: لِمَاذَا نُطَارِدُهُ؟ وَٱلْكَلَامُ ٱلْأَصْلِيُّ يُوجَدُ عِنْدِي.٢٨
29 you should be afraid that God will punish [MTY] you; he punishes those [like you] with whom he is angry; and when that happens, you will know that there is [someone who] judges [people].”
خَافُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ مِنَ ٱلسَّيْفِ، لِأَنَّ ٱلْغَيْظَ مِنْ آثَامِ ٱلسَّيْفِ. لِكَيْ تَعْلَمُوا مَا هُوَ ٱلْقَضَاءُ».٢٩

< Job 19 >