Job 23
1 Then Job answered and said,
| أَيُّوبُ: | ١ |
2 Even to-day [is] my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
| «إِنَّ شَكْوَايَ الْيَوْمَ مُرَّةٌ، وَلَكِنَّ الْيَدَ الَّتِي عَلَيَّ أَثْقَلُ مِنْ أَنِينِي. | ٢ |
3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! [that] I might come [even] to his seat!
| أَيْنَ لِي أَنْ أَجِدَهُ فَأَمْثُلَ أَمَامَ كُرْسِيِّهِ، | ٣ |
4 I would order [my] cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
| وَأَعْرِضَ عَلَيْهِ قَضِيَّتِي وَأَمْلأَ فَمِي حُجَجاً، | ٤ |
5 I would know the words [which] he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.
| فَأَطَّلِعَ عَلَى جَوَابِهِ وَأَفْهَمَ مَا يَقُولُهُ لِي؟ | ٥ |
6 Would he plead against me with [his] great power? No; but he would put [strength] in me.
| أَيُخَاصِمُنِي بِعَظَمَةِ قُوَّتِهِ؟ لا! بَلْ يَلْتَفِتُ مُتَرَئِّفاً عَلَيَّ. | ٦ |
7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
| هُنَاكَ يُمْكِنُ لِلْمُسْتَقِيمِ أَنْ يُحَاجَّهُ، وَأُبْرِئُ سَاحَتِي إِلَى الأَبَدِ مِنْ قَاضِيَّ. | ٧ |
8 Behold, I go forward, but he [is] not [there]; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
| وَلَكِنْ هَا أَنَا أَتَّجِهُ شَرْقاً فَلا أَجِدُهُ، وَإِنْ قَصَدْتُ غَرْباً لَا أَشْعُرُ بِهِ، | ٨ |
9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold [him]: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see [him]:
| أَطْلُبُهُ عَنْ شِمَالِي فَلا أَرَاهُ وَأَلْتَفِتُ إِلَى يَمِينِي فَلا أُبْصِرُهُ. | ٩ |
10 But he knoweth the way that I take: [when] he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
| وَلَكِنَّهُ يَعْرِفُ الطَّرِيقَ الَّتِي أَسْلُكُهَا، وَإذَا امْتَحَنَنِي أَخْرُجُ كَالذَّهَبِ | ١٠ |
11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
| اقْتَفَتْ قَدَمَايَ إِثْرَ خُطَاهُ، وَسَلَكْتُ بِحِرْصٍ فِي سُبُلِهِ وَلَمْ أَحِدْ. | ١١ |
12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary [food].
| لَمْ أَتَعَدَّ عَلَى وَصَايَاهُ، وَذَخَرْتُ فِي قَلْبِي كَلِمَاتِهِ. | ١٢ |
13 But he [is] in one [mind], and who can turn him? and [what] his soul desireth, even [that] he doeth.
| وَلَكِنَّهُ مُتَفَرِّدٌ وَحْدَهُ فَمَنْ يَرُدُّهُ؟ يَفْعَلُ مَا يَشَاءُ، | ١٣ |
14 For he performeth [the thing that is] appointed for me: and many such [things are] with him.
| لأَنَّهُ يُتَمِّمُ مَا رَسَمَهُ لِي، وَمَازَالَ لَدَيْهِ وَفْرَةٌ مِنْهَا. | ١٤ |
15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
| لِذَلِكَ أَرْتَعِبُ فِي حَضْرَتِهِ، وَعِنْدَمَا أَتَأَمَّلُ، يُخَامِرُنِي الْخَوْفُ مِنْهُ. | ١٥ |
16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
| فَقَدْ أَضْعَفَ اللهُ قَلْبِي، وَرَوَّعَنِي الْقَدِيرُ. | ١٦ |
17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, [neither] hath he covered the darkness from my face.
| وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ لَمْ تَسْكُنْنِي الظُّلْمَةُ، وَلا الدُّجَى غَشَّى وَجْهِي. | ١٧ |
