Job 23
1 Then Job replied again,
| أَيُّوبُ: | ١ |
2 “Today I am again complaining bitterly/strongly [to God]; I [continue] groaning, but he [SYN] [continues to] (punish me/cause me to suffer).
| «إِنَّ شَكْوَايَ الْيَوْمَ مُرَّةٌ، وَلَكِنَّ الْيَدَ الَّتِي عَلَيَّ أَثْقَلُ مِنْ أَنِينِي. | ٢ |
3 I (wish that I knew/want to know) where I could meet/talk with him, so that I could go to the place where he lives.
| أَيْنَ لِي أَنْ أَجِدَهُ فَأَمْثُلَ أَمَامَ كُرْسِيِّهِ، | ٣ |
4 If I could do that, I would tell him why [I know that] I am innocent; I would tell [MTY] to him all my (arguments/evidence [to show that I have not done what is evil]).
| وَأَعْرِضَ عَلَيْهِ قَضِيَّتِي وَأَمْلأَ فَمِي حُجَجاً، | ٤ |
5 Then I would find out what he would reply to me [DOU].
| فَأَطَّلِعَ عَلَى جَوَابِهِ وَأَفْهَمَ مَا يَقُولُهُ لِي؟ | ٥ |
6 Would he use his great power to argue with me? No, he would listen to me carefully.
| أَيُخَاصِمُنِي بِعَظَمَةِ قُوَّتِهِ؟ لا! بَلْ يَلْتَفِتُ مُتَرَئِّفاً عَلَيَّ. | ٦ |
7 I am (an honest/a righteous) man; so I would be able to discuss things with him [fairly], and then he would declare that I am innocent, [and that decision would endure] forever.
| هُنَاكَ يُمْكِنُ لِلْمُسْتَقِيمِ أَنْ يُحَاجَّهُ، وَأُبْرِئُ سَاحَتِي إِلَى الأَبَدِ مِنْ قَاضِيَّ. | ٧ |
8 “But, I have gone to the east, and he is not there; I have gone to the west, but I have not found him there.
| وَلَكِنْ هَا أَنَا أَتَّجِهُ شَرْقاً فَلا أَجِدُهُ، وَإِنْ قَصَدْتُ غَرْباً لَا أَشْعُرُ بِهِ، | ٨ |
9 I have gone north and I have gone south, but I have not seen him anywhere.
| أَطْلُبُهُ عَنْ شِمَالِي فَلا أَرَاهُ وَأَلْتَفِتُ إِلَى يَمِينِي فَلا أُبْصِرُهُ. | ٩ |
10 But he knows how I have conducted my life; and when he has finished testing me, [he] will [see that] I [am] as pure as [SIM] gold [whose impurities have all been burned out].
| وَلَكِنَّهُ يَعْرِفُ الطَّرِيقَ الَّتِي أَسْلُكُهَا، وَإذَا امْتَحَنَنِي أَخْرُجُ كَالذَّهَبِ | ١٠ |
11 I [SYN] have faithfully walked on the path that he showed me; I have not stopped [obeying] him.
| اقْتَفَتْ قَدَمَايَ إِثْرَ خُطَاهُ، وَسَلَكْتُ بِحِرْصٍ فِي سُبُلِهِ وَلَمْ أَحِدْ. | ١١ |
12 I have always obeyed what he [SYN] commanded; I have treasured the words that he has spoken.
| لَمْ أَتَعَدَّ عَلَى وَصَايَاهُ، وَذَخَرْتُ فِي قَلْبِي كَلِمَاتِهِ. | ١٢ |
13 “He never changes. There is no one who can [RHQ] stop him [from doing what he desires]. Whatever he wants to do, he does.
| وَلَكِنَّهُ مُتَفَرِّدٌ وَحْدَهُ فَمَنْ يَرُدُّهُ؟ يَفْعَلُ مَا يَشَاءُ، | ١٣ |
14 And he will finish doing for me the things that he has planned for me; [and I am sure that] he has thought about doing many things for me.
| لأَنَّهُ يُتَمِّمُ مَا رَسَمَهُ لِي، وَمَازَالَ لَدَيْهِ وَفْرَةٌ مِنْهَا. | ١٤ |
15 So I am terrified in his presence; when I think [about what he can do], I am very afraid [DOU].
| لِذَلِكَ أَرْتَعِبُ فِي حَضْرَتِهِ، وَعِنْدَمَا أَتَأَمَّلُ، يُخَامِرُنِي الْخَوْفُ مِنْهُ. | ١٥ |
16 Almighty God has caused me [SYN] to feel terrified [DOU].
| فَقَدْ أَضْعَفَ اللهُ قَلْبِي، وَرَوَّعَنِي الْقَدِيرُ. | ١٦ |
17 [It is as though] there is only thick darkness in front of me, but it is God that I am afraid of, not the darkness.”
| وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ لَمْ تَسْكُنْنِي الظُّلْمَةُ، وَلا الدُّجَى غَشَّى وَجْهِي. | ١٧ |
