Job 14
1 “Man, who is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.
| الإِنْسَانُ مَوْلُودُ الْمَرْأَةِ. قَصِيرُ الْعُمْرِ وَمُفْعَمٌ بِالشَّقَاءِ، | ١ |
2 He grows up like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn’t continue.
| يَتَفَتَّحُ كَالزَّهْرِ ثُمَّ يَنْتَثِرُ، وَيَتَوَارَى كَالشَّبَحِ فَلا يَبْقَى لَهُ أَثَرٌ. | ٢ |
3 Do you open your eyes on such a one, and bring me into judgment with you?
| أَعَلَى مِثْلِ هَذَا فَتَحْتَ عَيْنَيْكَ وَأَحْضَرْتَنِي لأَتَحَاجَّ مَعَكَ؟ | ٣ |
4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.
| مَنْ يَسْتَوْلِدُ الطَّاهِرَ مِنَ النَّجِسِ؟ لَا أَحَدٌ! | ٤ |
5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his bounds that he can’t pass.
| فَإِنْ كَانَتْ أَيَّامُهُ مَحْدُودَةً، وَعَدَدُ أَشْهُرِهِ مَكْتُوباً لَدَيْكَ، وَعَيَّنْتَ أَجَلَهُ فَلا يَتَجَاوَزُهُ، | ٥ |
6 Look away from him, that he may rest, until he accomplishes, as a hireling, his day.
| فَأَشِحْ بِوَجْهِكَ عَنْهُ وَدَعْهُ يَسْتَرِيحُ مُسْتَمْتِعاً، رَيْثَمَا يَنْتَهِي يَوْمُهُ، كَالأَجِيرِ. | ٦ |
7 “For there is hope for a tree if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, that the tender branch of it will not cease.
| لأَنَّ لِلشَّجَرَةِ أَمَلاً، إِذَا قُطِعَتْ أَنْ تُفْرِخَ مِنْ جَدِيدٍ وَلا تَفْنَى بَرَاعِمُهَا. | ٧ |
8 Though its root grows old in the earth, and its stock dies in the ground,
| حَتَّى لَوْ شَاخَتْ أُصُولُهَا فِي الأَرْضِ وَمَاتَ جِذْعُهَا فِي التُّرَابِ، | ٨ |
9 yet through the scent of water it will bud, and sprout boughs like a plant.
| فَإِنَّهَا حَالَما تَسْتَرْوِحُ الْمَاءَ تُفْرِخُ، وَتُنْبِتُ فُرُوعاً كَالْغَرْسِ. | ٩ |
10 But man dies, and is laid low. Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?
| أَمَّا الإِنْسَانُ فَإِنَّهُ يَمُوتُ وَيَبْلَى، يَلْفِظُ آخِرَ أَنْفَاسِهِ، فَأَيْنَ هُوَ؟ | ١٠ |
11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the river wastes and dries up,
| كَمَا تَنْفَدُ الْمِيَاهُ مِنَ الْبُحَيْرَةِ، وَيَجِفُّ النَّهْرُ، | ١١ |
12 so man lies down and doesn’t rise. Until the heavens are no more, they will not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.
| هَكَذا يَرْقُدُ الإِنْسَانُ وَلا يَقُومُ، وَلا يَسْتَيْقِظُ مِنْ نَوْمِهِ إِلَى أنْ تَزُولَ السَّمَاوَاتُ. | ١٢ |
13 “Oh that you would hide me in Sheol, that you would keep me secret until your wrath is past, that you would appoint me a set time and remember me! (Sheol h7585)
| لَيْتَكَ تُوَارِينِي فِي عَالَمِ الأَمْوَاتِ، وَتُخْفِينِي إِلَى أَنْ يَعْبُرَ عَنِّي غَضَبُكَ، وَتُحَدِّدُ لِي أَجَلاً فَتَذْكُرَنِي. (Sheol h7585) | ١٣ |
14 If a man dies, will he live again? I would wait all the days of my warfare, until my release should come.
| إِنْ مَاتَ رَجُلٌ أَفَيَحْيَا؟ إِذَنْ لَصَبِرْتُ كُلَّ أَيَّامِ مُكَابَدَتِي، رَيْثَمَا يَأْتِي زَمَنُ إِعْفَائِي. | ١٤ |
15 You would call, and I would answer you. You would have a desire for the work of your hands.
| أَنْتَ تَدْعُو وَأَنَا أُجِيبُكَ. أَنْتَ تَتُوقُ إِلَى عَمَلِ يَدَيْكَ، | ١٥ |
16 But now you count my steps. Don’t you watch over my sin?
| حِينَئِذٍ تُحْصِي خَطْوَاتِي حَقّاً، وَلَكِنَّكَ لَا تُرَاقِبُ خَطِيئَتِي، | ١٦ |
17 My disobedience is sealed up in a bag. You fasten up my iniquity.
| فَتَخْتِمُ مَعْصِيَتِي فِي صُرَّةٍ، وَتَسْتُرُ ذَنْبِي. | ١٧ |
18 “But the mountain falling comes to nothing. The rock is removed out of its place.
| وَكَمَا يَتَفَتَّتُ الْجَبَلُ السَّاقِطُ، وَيَتَزَحْزَحُ الصَّخْرُ مِنْ مَوْضِعِهِ، | ١٨ |
19 The waters wear the stones. The torrents of it wash away the dust of the earth. So you destroy the hope of man.
| وَكَمَا تُبْلِي الْمِيَاهُ الْحِجَارَةَ، وَتَجْرُفُ سُيُولُهَا تُرَابَ الأَرْضِ، هَكَذَا تُبِيدُ أَنْتَ رَجَاءَ الإِنْسَانِ. | ١٩ |
20 You forever prevail against him, and he departs. You change his face, and send him away.
| تَقْهَرُهُ دَفْعَةً وَاحِدَةً فَيَتَلاشَى، وَتُغَيِّرُ مِنْ مَلامِحِهِ وَتَطْرُدُهُ. | ٢٠ |
21 His sons come to honor, and he doesn’t know it. They are brought low, but he doesn’t perceive it of them.
| يُكْرَمُ أَبْنَاؤُهُ وَهُوَ لَا يَعْلَمُ، أَوْ يُذَلُّونَ وَلا يُدْرِكُ ذَلِكَ. | ٢١ |
22 But his flesh on him has pain, and his soul within him mourns.”
| لَا يَشْعُرُ بِغَيْرِ آلامِ بَدَنِهِ، وَلا يَنُوحُ إِلّا عَلَى نَفْسِهِ». | ٢٢ |
