Job 41
1 “[Think also about] (crocodiles/great sea dragons). Can you catch them with a fishhook or fasten their jaws with a rope?
| آیا می‌توانی لِویاتان را با قلاب صید کنی یا به دور زبانش کمند بیندازی؟ |
2 Can you put ropes through their noses [to control them] or thrust hooks through their jaws?
| آیا می‌توانی از بینی او طناب رد کنی یا چانه‌اش را با نیزه سوراخ نمایی؟ |
3 Will they plead with you to act mercifully toward them or (use sweet talk/speak to you nicely) [in order that you will not harm them]?
| آیا از تو خواهش خواهد کرد که دست از سرش برداری؟ |
4 Will they make an agreement with you to work for you, to be your slaves as long as they live?
| آیا می‌پذیرد که تا آخر عمر، او را بردهٔ خود سازی؟ |
5 Can you cause them to become pets like you cause birds to become your pets? Can you put a leash/rope around their [necks] so that your servant girls [can play with them]?
| آیا می‌توانی با او مثل یک پرنده بازی کنی یا به او افسار زده، او را به دخترانت هدیه نمایی؟ |
6 Will merchants try to buy them [in the market]? Will they cut them up into pieces and sell the meat?
| آیا ماهیگیران می‌توانند او را تکه‌تکه کرده، به تاجران بفروشند؟ |
7 Can you pierce their skins by throwing fishing spears at them? Can you pierce their heads with a harpoon?
| آیا تیر به پوست او فرو می‌رود یا نیزهٔ ماهیگیری سر او را سوراخ می‌کند؟ |
8 If you grab one of them with your hands, it will fight you in a way that you will never forget, and you will never try to do it again!
| اگر به او دست بزنی چنان آشوبی به پا می‌کند که دیگر هرگز هوس نکنی به او نزدیک شوی! |
9 It is useless to try to subdue them. Anyone who tries to subdue one of them will lose his courage.
| هر که بخواهد او را بگیرد از دیدنش به لرزه می‌افتد و تلاشش نافرجام می‌ماند. |
10 No one dares/tries to (arouse them/cause them to be angry). So, [since I am much more powerful than they are, ] (who would dare to cause me to be angry?/no one would dare to cause me to be angry!) [RHQ]
| هیچ‌کس جرأت ندارد او را تحریک کند یا در مقابلش بایستد. |
11 Also, everything on the earth is mine. Therefore, no one [RHQ] is able to give anything to me and require me to pay [money] for it!
| در تمام دنیا کسی نیست که با او درگیر شود و جان به در برد. |
12 I will tell you about [how strong] crocodiles' legs [are] and how strong their well-formed bodies are.
| از عظمت و قدرت اعضای بدن او دیگر چه گویم؟ |
13 (Can anyone strip off their hides?/No one is able to strip off their hides.) [RHQ] (Can anyone try to put bridles on them?/No one can try to put bridles on them.) [RHQ] (OR, Can anyone pierce their very thick hides?)
| کیست که بتواند پوستش را از او بِکَنَد؟ کیست که بتواند به زِرۀ دو لایۀ او نفوذ کند؟ |
14 (Can anyone pry open their jaws, which have terrible teeth in them?/No one can pry open their jaws, which have terrible teeth in them!) [RHQ]
| کیست که بتواند دروازۀ دهان او را باز کند؟ دندانهایش بسیار ترسناکند. |
15 They have rows of scales on their back which are as hard as a rock (OR, tightly fastened together).
| پشت او از فلسهایی که محکم به هم چسبیده‌اند پوشیده شده است، به طوری که هیچ چیز قادر نیست آنها را از هم جدا کند و حتی هوا نیز نمی‌تواند به داخل آنها نفوذ نماید. |
16 The scales are very close together, with the result that not even air can get between them.
17 The scales are joined very closely to each other, and they cannot be separated.
18 When crocodiles sneeze, [the tiny drops of water that come out of their noses] sparkle in the sunlight. Their eyes are red like the rising sun.
| وقتی عطسه می‌کند بخار آن در پرتو نور خورشید می‌درخشد. چشمانش مانند طلوع خورشید درخشان است. |
19 [It is as though] sparks of fire pour out of their mouths [DOU].
| از دهانش آتش زبانه می‌کشد. |
20 Smoke pours out of their nostrils/noses like steam comes out of a pot that is put over a fire made from dry reeds.
| دودی که از سوراخهای بینی‌اش خارج می‌شود مانند بخاری است که از دیگ جوشان برمی‌خیزد. |
21 Their breath can cause coals to blaze, and flames shoot out from their mouths.
| نفس او هیزم را به آتش می‌کشد؛ شعله‌های سوزان از دهانش می‌جهد. |
22 Their necks are very strong; wherever they go, they cause people to be very afraid.
| قدرت حیرت‌آوری در گردن او نهفته است و هر که او را می‌بیند به وحشت می‌افتد. |
23 The folds in their flesh are very close together and are very hard/firm.
| لایه‌های گوشت بدنش سفت و محکم به هم چسبیده است. |
24 [They are fearless, because] the inner parts of their bodies are as hard as a rock, as hard as the lower millstone [on which grain is ground].
| دلش مثل سنگ زیرین آسیاب سخت است. |
25 When they rise up, they cause [even] very strong people to be terrified. As a result, people (fall back/run away) when crocodiles thrash around.
| وقتی برمی‌خیزد زورمندان هراسان می‌شوند و از ترس بیهوش می‌گردند. |
26 [People] [PRS] cannot injure them with swords, and spears or darts or javelins cannot injure them, either.
| شمشیر، نیزه، تیر یا زوبین بر او کارگر نیست. |
27 They [certainly are not afraid of weapons made of] straw or rotten wood, but [they are not even afraid of weapons made of] iron or bronze!
| آهن برایش مثل کاه است و مفرغ مانند چوب پوسیده. |
28 [Shooting] arrows [at them] does not cause them to run away. [Hurling] stones at them from a sling is like [hurling] bits of chaff at them.
| تیرهای کمان نمی‌توانند او را فراری دهند. سنگهای فلاخن چون پر کاه بر او بی‌اثرند. |
29 They are not afraid of clubs [any more than they would be afraid of men throwing] bits of straw [at them], and they laugh when they hear the whirl/sound of javelins [being thrown at them].
| چماق برای او مانند کاه است. او به تیرهایی که به طرفش پرتاب می‌شوند، می‌خندد. |
30 Their bellies are covered with scales that are as sharp as broken pieces of pottery. When they drag themselves through the mud, their bellies tear up the ground like a plow.
| پوست شکمش مانند تکه‌های سفال، تیز است و مانند چنگال خرمنکوب روی زمین شیار به وجود می‌آورد. |
31 They stir up the water and cause it to foam [as they churn/swim through it].
| با حرکات خود اعماق دریا را مانند یک ظرف جوشان به جوش و خروش می‌آورد و دریا را مثل دیگ عطاران به هم می‌زند. |
32 As they go through the water, the (wakes/trails in the water behind them) glisten. People [who see it] would think that the foam in those wakes had become white hair.
| ردپایی درخشان به دنبال خود برجای می‌گذارد، به طوری که دریا از کف سفید پوشیده می‌شود. |
33 There are no creatures on earth that are as fearless as crocodiles.
| در روی زمین هیچ موجودی مانند او بی‌باک نیست. |
34 They are the proudest of all the creatures; [it is as though] they [rule like] kings over all the other wild animals.”
| او سلطان حیوانات وحشی است و هیچ جانوری به پای او نمی‌رسد. |
