Job 9
1 Then Job replied,
| آنگاه ایوب پاسخ داد: |
2 “Yes, I certainly know that [much of] what you said is true. But (how can anyone say to God, ‘I (am innocent/have not done what is wrong) and prove it?’/no one can say to God ‘I (am innocent/have not done what is wrong) and prove it.’) [RHQ]
| آنچه گفتی کاملاً درست است. اما انسان چگونه می‌تواند در نظر خدا بی‌گناه محسوب شود؟ |
3 If someone wanted to argue with God [about that], God could ask him 1,000 questions, and that person would not be able to answer any of them!
| اگر بخواهد با او بحث کند نمی‌تواند حتی به یکی از هزار سؤالی که می‌کند پاسخ دهد؛ |
4 God is very wise [IDM] and very powerful; no one who has tried to challenge God has been able to win.
| زیرا خدا دانا و تواناست و کسی را یارای مقاومت با او نیست. |
5 He even moves mountains, without them (OR, anyone) knowing about it. When he is angry, he turns them upside down.
| ناگهان کوهها را به حرکت درمی‌آورد و با خشم آنها را واژگون می‌سازد، |
6 He sends earthquakes that shake the ground; he causes the pillars that support the earth to tremble.
| زمین را از جایش تکان می‌دهد و پایه‌های آن را می‌لرزاند. |
7 [Some days] he speaks to the sun, and it does not rise, and [some nights] he prevents the stars from shining.
| اگر او فرمان دهد آفتاب طلوع نمی‌کند و ستارگان نمی‌درخشند. |
8 He alone (stretched out/put in place) the sky; he alone puts his feet on the waves (OR, on the huge sea monster).
| او بر دریاها حرکت می‌کند. او به تنهایی آسمانها را گسترانیده |
9 He put in their places [the clusters/groups of stars that are called] The Dipper/Bear, Orion, the Pleiades, and the stars in the southern sky.
| و دب اکبر، جبار، ثریا و ستارگان جنوبی را آفریده است. |
10 Only he does great things that we cannot understand; he does more marvelous things than we are able to count.
| او اعمال حیرت‌آور می‌کند و کارهای عجیب او را حد و مرزی نیست. |
11 He passes by where I am, but I do not see him; he moves further on, but I do not see him go.
| از کنار من می‌گذرد و او را نمی‌بینم، عبور می‌نماید و او را احساس نمی‌کنم. |
12 If he [wants to] snatch something away, no one [RHQ] can hinder him; no one dares to ask him, ‘Why are you doing that?’ [RHQ]
| هر که را بخواهد از این دنیا می‌برد و هیچ‌کس نمی‌تواند به او اعتراض کرده، بگوید که چه می‌کنی؟ |
13 God will not very easily stop being angry; he defeated [MTY] those who [tried to] help Rahab, [the great sea monster].
| خدا خشم خود را فرو نمی‌نشاند. حتی هیولاهای دریا را زیر پا له می‌کند. |
14 “So, [if God took me to court], what could I say [MTY] to answer him?
| پس من کیستم که پاسخ او را بدهم و یا با او مجادله کنم؟ |
15 Even though I (would be innocent/would not have done what is wrong), I would not be able to answer him. All I could do would be to request God, my judge/accuser, to act mercifully toward me.
| حتی اگر بی‌گناه هم می‌بودم کلامی به زبان نمی‌آوردم و تنها از او تقاضای رحمت می‌کردم. |
16 If I summoned him to [come to the courtroom] and he said that he would come, I would not believe that he would pay attention to what I would say.
| حتی اگر او را بخوانم و او حاضر شود، می‌دانم که به حرفهایم گوش نخواهد داد. |
17 He sends storms to batter me, and he bruises me many times (without any reason to do that/even though I am innocent).
| زیرا گردبادی می‌فرستد و مرا در هم می‌کوبد و بی‌جهت زخمهایم را زیاد می‌کند. |
18 [It is as though] he will not let me get/catch my breath, because he causes me to suffer all the time.
| نمی‌گذارد نفس بکشم؛ زندگی را بر من تلخ کرده است. |
19 If I would try to (wrestle with/fight against) him, [there is no way that I could defeat him, ] [because] he is stronger than I am. If I would request him to appear in court, there is no one who could [RHQ] force him to go there.
| چه کسی می‌تواند بر خدای قادر غالب شود؟ چه کسی می‌تواند خدای عادل را به دادگاه احضار کند؟ |
20 Even though I was innocent, what I would say would cause him to say that I must be punished [MTY]; even though I had not done anything wrong, he would prove that I am guilty.
| اگر بی‌گناه هم باشم حرفهایم مرا محکوم خواهد کرد؛ و اگر بی عیب هم باشم در نظر او شریر هستم. |
21 “I have not done what is wrong, but that is not important. I despise continuing to remain alive.
| هر چند بی‌گناه هستم، ولی این برای من اهمیتی ندارد، زیرا از زندگی خود بیزارم. |
22 But it doesn’t matter, because God will get rid of [all of us, ] both those who are innocent and those who are wicked.
| شریر و بی‌گناه در نظر خدا یکی است. او هر دو را هلاک می‌کند. |
23 When people experience disaster and it causes them to suddenly die, God laughs at it, even if they are innocent.
| وقتی بلایی دامنگیر بی‌گناهی شده، او را می‌کشد، خدا می‌خندد. |
24 God has allowed wicked people to control [what happens in] the world. [It is as though] he has caused judges to be blindfolded, [with the result that they cannot judge fairly]. If it is not God who has put wicked people in control, who has done it?
| جهان به دست شریران سپرده شده و خدا چشمان قضات را کور کرده است. اگر این کار خدا نیست، پس کار کیست؟ |
25 “My days go by very quickly, like a fast runner; [it is as though] they run away, and nothing good happens to me on those days.
| زندگی مصیبت‌بارم مثل دونده‌ای تیزرو، به سرعت سپری می‌شود. روزهای زندگی‌ام می‌گریزد بدون اینکه روی خوشبختی را ببینم. |
26 My life goes by very rapidly, like a boat made from reeds sailing swiftly, or like an eagle that swoops down to seize a small animal.
| سالهای عمرم چون زورقهای تندرو و مانند عقابی که بر صید خود فرود می‌آید، به تندی می‌گذرند. |
27 If I smile and say [to God], ‘I will forget what I am complaining about; I will stop looking sad and try to be cheerful/happy,’
| حتی اگر شکایاتم را فراموش کنم، صورت غمگینم را کنار گذاشته و شاد باشم، |
28 then I become afraid because of all that I am suffering, because I know that God does not consider that I am innocent.
| باز هم از تمامی دردهای خویش به وحشت می‌افتم زیرا می‌دانم که تو، ای خدا، مرا بی‌گناه نخواهی شمرد. |
29 He will (condemn me/declare that I should be punished), so why should I keep trying in vain [to defend myself]?
| پس اگر در هر صورت گناهکارم تلاشم چه فایده دارد؟ |
30 If I washed myself with snow or cleansed my hands with lye/soap [to get rid of my guilt],
| حتی اگر خود را با صابون بشویم و دستان خود را با اُشنان پاک کنم |
31 he would still throw me into a filthy pit; as a result [it would be as though] even my clothes would detest me.
| تو مرا در گل و لجن فرو می‌بری، تا آنجا که حتی لباسهایم نیز از من کراهت داشته باشند. |
32 “God is not a human, as I am, so there is no way that I could answer him [to prove that I am innocent] if we went together to have a trial [in a courtroom].
| خدا مثل من فانی نیست که بتوانم به او جواب دهم و با او به محکمه روم. |
33 There is no one to (mediate/hear us and decide who is right), no one who has authority over both of us [IDM].
| ای کاش بین ما شفیعی می‌بود تا ما را با هم آشتی می‌داد، |
34 I wish/desire that he would stop punishing [MTY] me, and that he would not continue to terrify me.
| آنگاه تو از تنبیه کردن من دست می‌کشیدی و من از تو وحشتی نمی‌داشتم. |
35 If he did that, I would declare [that I am innocent] without being afraid of him, because I know that I really have not [done what is wrong like God thinks that I have].”
| آنگاه می‌توانستم بدون ترس با تو سخن بگویم؛ ولی افسوس که توان آن را ندارم. |
