Job 34
1 Furthermore Elihu answered and said,
| وَأَضَافَ أَلِيهُو قَائِلاً: | ١ |
2 Hear my words, O ye wise [men]; and give ear to me, ye that have knowledge.
| «اسْتَمِعُوا إِلَى أَقْوَالِي أَيُّهَا الْحُكَمَاءُ، وَأَصْغُوا إِلَيَّ يَا ذَوِي الْمَعْرِفَةِ، | ٢ |
3 For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth food.
| لأَنَّ الأُذُنَ تُمَحِّصُ الأَقْوَالَ كَمَا يَتَذَوَّقُ الْحَنَكُ الطَّعَامَ. | ٣ |
4 Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what [is] good.
| لِنَتَدَاوَلْ فِيمَا بَيْنَنَا لِنُمَيِّزَ مَا هُوَ أَصْوَبُ لَنَا، وَنَتَعَلَّمَ مَعاً مَا هُوَ صَالِحٌ. | ٤ |
5 For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
| يَقُولُ أَيُّوبُ:’إِنِّي بَارٌّ، وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ قَدْ تَنَكَّرَ لِحَقِّي، | ٥ |
6 Should I lie against my right? my wound [is] incurable without transgression.
| وَمَعَ أَنِّي مُحِقٌّ فَأَنَا أُدْعَى كَاذِباً، وَمَعَ أَنِّي بَرِيءٌ فَإِنَّ سَهْمَهُ أَصَابَنِي بِجُرْحٍ مُسْتَعْصٍ‘. | ٦ |
7 What man [is] like Job, [who] drinketh up scorning like water?
| فَمَنْ هُوَ نَظِيرُ أَيُّوبَ الَّذِي يَجْرَعُ الْهُزْءَ كَالْمَاءِ، | ٧ |
8 Who goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
| يُوَاظِبُ عَلَى مُعَاشَرَةِ فَاعِلِي الإِثْمِ، وَيَأْتَلِفُ مَعَ الأَشْرَارِ، | ٨ |
9 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
| لأَنَّهُ يَقُولُ: لَا يَنْتَفِعُ الإِنْسَانُ شَيْئاً مِنْ إِرْضَاءِ اللهِ. | ٩ |
10 Therefore hearken to me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, [that he should do] wickedness; and [from] the Almighty, [that he should commit] iniquity.
| لِذَلِكَ أَصْغُوا إِلَيَّ يَا ذَوِي الْفَهْمِ: حَاشَا لِلهِ أَنْ يَرْتَكِبَ شَرّاً أَوْ لِلْقَدِيرِ أَنْ يَقْتَرِفَ خَطَأً، | ١٠ |
11 For the work of a man he shall render to him, and cause every man to find according to [his] ways.
| لأَنَّهُ يُجَازِي الإِنْسَانَ بِمُوْجِبِ أَعْمَالِهِ، وَبِمُقْتَضَى طَرِيقِهِ يُحَاسِبُهُ. | ١١ |
12 Yes, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
| إِذْ حَاشَا لِلهِ أَنْ يَرْتَكِبَ شَرّاً، وَالْقَدِيرِ أَنْ يُعَوِّجَ الْقَضَاءَ. | ١٢ |
13 Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?
| مَنْ وَكَّلَ اللهَ بِالأَرْضِ؟ وَمَنْ عَهِدَ إِلَيْهِ بِالْمَسْكُونَةِ؟ | ١٣ |
14 If he should set his heart upon man, [if] he should gather to himself his spirit and his breath;
| إِنِ اسْتَرْجَعَ رُوحَهُ إِلَيْهِ وَاسْتَجْمَعَ نَسَمَتَهُ إِلَى نَفْسِهِ | ١٤ |
15 All flesh would perish together, and man would turn again to dust.
| فَالْبَشَرُ جَمِيعاً يَفْنَوْنَ مَعاً، وَيَعُودُ الإِنْسَانُ إِلَى التُّرَابِ. | ١٥ |
16 If now [thou hast] understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.
| فَإِنْ كُنْتَ مِنْ أُولِي الْفَهْمِ، فَاسْتَمِعْ إِلَى هَذَا، وَأَنْصِتْ لِمَا أَقُولُ: | ١٦ |
17 Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?
| أَيُمْكِنُ لِمُبْغِضِ الْعَدْلِ أَنْ يَحْكُمَ؟ أَتَدِينُ الْبَارَّ الْقَدِيرَ؟ | ١٧ |
18 [Is it fit] to say to a king, [Thou art] wicked? [and] to princes, [Ye are] ungodly?
| الَّذِي يَقُولُ لِلْمَلِكِ: أَنْتَ عَدِيمُ الْقِيمَةِ، وَلِلنُّبَلاءِ: أَنْتُمْ أَشْرَارٌ؟ | ١٨ |
19 [How much less to him] that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all [are] the work of his hands.
| الَّذِي لَا يُحَابِي الأُمَرَاءَ، وَلا يُؤْثِرُ الأَغْنِيَاءَ عَلَى الْفُقَرَاءِ، لأَنَّهُمْ جَمِيعاً عَمَلُ يَدَيْهِ. | ١٩ |
20 In a moment they shall die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.
| فِي لَحْظَةٍ يَمُوتُونَ، تُفَاجِئُهُمُ الْمَنِيَّةُ فِي مُنْتَصَفِ اللَّيْلِ، تَتَزَعْزَعُ الشُّعُوبُ فَيَفْنَوْنَ، وَيُسْتَأْصَلُ الأَعِزَّاءُ مِنْ غَيْرِ عَوْنٍ بَشَرِيٍّ، | ٢٠ |
21 For his eyes [are] upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
| لأَنَّ عَيْنَيْهِ عَلَى طُرُقِ الإِنْسَانِ وَهُوَ يُرَاقِبُ خَطْوَاتِهِ. | ٢١ |
22 [There is] no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
| لَا تُوجَدُ ظُلْمَةٌ، وَلا ظِلُّ مَوْتٍ، يَتَوَارَى فِيهِمَا فَاعِلُو الإِثْمِ، | ٢٢ |
23 For he will not lay upon man more [than right]; that he should enter into judgment with God.
| لأَنَّهُ لَا يَحْتَاجُ أَنْ يَفْحَصَ الإِنْسَانَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى حَتَّى يَدْعُوهُ لِلْمُثُولِ أَمَامَهُ فِي مُحَاكَمَةٍ. | ٢٣ |
24 He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
| يُحَطِّمُ الأَعِزَّاءَ مِنْ غَيْرِ إِجْرَاءِ تَحْقِيقٍ، وَيُقِيمُ آخَرِينَ مَكَانَهُمْ | ٢٤ |
25 Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth [them] in the night, so that they are destroyed.
| لِذَلِكَ هُوَ مُطَّلِعٌ عَلَى أَعْمَالِهِمْ، فَيُطِيحُ بِهِمْ فِي اللَّيْلِ فَيُسْحَقُونَ. | ٢٥ |
26 He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
| يَضْرِبُهُمْ لِشَرِّهِمْ عَلَى مَرْأَى مِنَ النَّاسِ، | ٢٦ |
27 Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
| لأَنَّهُمُ انْحَرَفُوا عَنِ اتِّبَاعِهِ، وَلَمْ يَتَأَمَّلُوا فِي طُرُقِهِ، | ٢٧ |
28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come to him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
| فَكَانُوا سَبَباً فِي ارْتِفَاعِ صُرَاخِ الْبَائِسِ إِلَيْهِ، وَاللهُ يَسْتَجِيبُ اسْتِغَاثَةَ الْمِسْكِينِ. | ٢٨ |
29 When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth [his] face, who then can behold him? whether [it be done] against a nation, or against a man only:
| فَإِنْ هَيْمَنَ بِسَكِينَتِهِ فَمَنْ يَدِينُهُ؟ وَإِنْ وَارَى وَجْهَهُ فَمَنْ يُعَايِنُهُ؟ سَوَاءٌ أَكَانُوا شَعْباً أَمْ فَرْداً | ٢٩ |
30 That the hypocrite may not reign, lest the people should be ensnared.
| لِكَيْ لَا يَسُودَ الْفَاجِرُ، لِئَلّا تَعْثُرَ الأُمَّةُ. | ٣٠ |
31 Surely it is meet to be said to God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more]:
| هَلْ قَالَ أَحَدٌ للهِ: لَقَدْ تَحَمَّلْتُ الْعِقَابَ فَلَنْ أَعُودَ إِلَى الإِسَاءَةِ؟ | ٣١ |
32 [That which] I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
| عَلِّمْنِي مَا لَا أَرَاهُ، وَإِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ أَثِمْتُ فَإِنَّنِي عَنْهُ أَرْتَدِعُ. | ٣٢ |
33 [Should it be] according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou shalt refuse, or whether thou shalt choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.
| أَيُجْزِيكَ اللهُ إِذاً بِمُقْتَضَى رَأْيِكَ إِذَا رَفَضْتَ التَّوْبَةَ؟ لأَنَّ عَلَيْكَ أَنْتَ أَنْ تَخْتَارَ لَا أَنَا، فَأَخْبِرْنِي بِمَا تَعْرِفُ. | ٣٣ |
34 Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken to me.
| إِنَّ ذَوِي الْفَهْمِ يُعْلِنُونَ، وَالْحُكَمَاءَ الَّذِينَ يُنْصِتُونَ إِلَى كَلامِي يَقُولُونَ لِي: | ٣٤ |
35 Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words [were] without wisdom.
| إِنَّ أَيُّوبَ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِجَهْلٍ، وَكَلامُهُ يَفْتَقِرُ إِلَى التَّعَقُّلِ. | ٣٥ |
36 My desire [is that] Job may be tried to the end, because of [his] answers for wicked men.
| يَا لَيْتَ أَيُّوبَ يُمْتَحَنُ أَقْسَى امْتِحَانٍ، لأَنَّهُ أَجَابَ كَمَا يُجِيبُ أَهْلُ الشَّرِّ. | ٣٦ |
37 For he addeth rebellion to his sin, he clappeth [his hands] among us, and multiplieth his words against God.
| لَكِنَّهُ أَضَافَ إِلَى خَطِيئَتِهِ عِصْيَاناً، إِذْ يُصَفِّقُ بَيْنَنَا بِاحْتِقَارٍ، مُثَرْثِراً بِأَقْوَالٍ ضِدَّ اللهِ!» | ٣٧ |
