Job 2
1 And the day is, that sons of God come in to station themselves by Jehovah, and there doth come also the Adversary in their midst to station himself by Jehovah.
| ثُمَّ مَثَلَ بَنُو اللهِ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى فِي حَضْرَةِ الرَّبِّ، وَانْدَسَّ الشَّيْطَانُ أَيْضاً فِي وَسَطِهِمْ، | ١ |
2 And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, 'Whence camest thou?' And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, 'From going to and fro in the land, and from walking up and down in it.'
| فَسَأَلَ الرَّبُّ الشَّيْطَانَ: «مِنْ أَيْنَ جِئْتَ؟» فَأَجَابَ الشَّيْطَانُ: «مِنَ الطَّوَافِ فِي الأَرْضِ وَالتَّجَوُّلِ فِيهَا». | ٢ |
3 And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, 'Hast thou set thy heart unto My servant Job because there is none like him in the land, a man perfect and upright, fearing God and turning aside from evil? and still he is keeping hold on his integrity, and thou dost move Me against him to swallow him up for nought!'
| فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِلشَّيْطَانِ: «هَلْ رَاقَبْتَ عَبْدِي أَيُّوبَ فَإِنَّهُ لَا نَظِيرَ لَهُ فِي الأَرْضِ، فَهُوَ رَجُلٌ كَامِلٌ صَالِحٌ، يَتَّقِي اللهَ وَيَحِيدُ عَنِ الشَّرِّ، وَحَتَّى الآنَ لَا يَزَالُ مُعْتَصِماً بِكَمَالِهِ، مَعَ أَنَّكَ أَثَرْتَنِي عَلَيْهِ لأُهْلِكَهُ مِنْ غَيْرِ دَاعٍ». | ٣ |
4 And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, 'A skin for a skin, and all that a man hath he doth give for his life.
| فَأَجَابَ الشَّيْطَانُ: «جِلْدٌ بِجِلْدٍ، فَالإِنْسَانُ يَبْذُلُ كُلَّ مَا يَمْلِكُ فِدَاءَ نَفْسِهِ. | ٤ |
5 Yet, put forth, I pray Thee, Thy hand, and strike unto his bone and unto his flesh — if not: unto Thy face he doth bless Thee!'
| وَلَكِنْ حَالَمَا تَمُدُّ يَدَكَ إِلَيْهِ وَتَمَسُّ عَظْمَهُ وَلَحْمَهُ فَإِنَّهُ فِي وَجْهِكَ يُجَدِّفُ عَلَيْكَ». | ٥ |
6 And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, 'Lo, he [is] in thy hand; only his life take care of.'
| فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِلشَّيْطَانِ: «هَا أَنَا أُسَلِّمُهُ إِلَيْكَ، وَلَكِنِ احْفَظْ نَفْسَهُ». | ٦ |
7 And the Adversary goeth forth from the presence of Jehovah, and smiteth Job with a sore ulcer from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
| فَانْصَرَفَ الشَّيْطَانُ مِنْ حَضْرَةِ الرَّبِّ، وَابْتَلَى أَيُّوبَ بِقُرُوحٍ انْتَشَرَتْ فِي بَدَنِهِ كُلِّهِ، مِنْ قِمَّةِ الرَّأْسِ إِلَى أَخْمَصِ الْقَدَمِ، | ٧ |
8 And he taketh to him a potsherd to scrape himself with it, and he is sitting in the midst of the ashes.
| فَجَلَسَ أَيُّوبُ وَسَطَ الرَّمَادِ وَتَنَاوَلَ شَقْفَةً يَحُكُّ بِها قُرُوحَهُ. | ٨ |
9 And his wife saith to him, 'Still thou art keeping hold on thine integrity: bless God and die.'
| فَقَالَتْ لَهُ زَوْجَتُهُ: «أَمَازِلْتَ مُعْتَصِماً بِكَمَالِكَ؟ جَدِّفْ عَلَى اللهِ وَمُتْ». | ٩ |
10 And he saith unto her, 'As one of the foolish women speaketh, thou speakest; yea, the good we receive from God, and the evil we do not receive.' In all this Job hath not sinned with his lips.
| فَأَجَابَهَا: «أَنْتِ تَتَكَلَّمِينَ كَالْجَاهِلاتِ! أَنَقْبَلُ الْخَيْرَ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ وَالشَّرَّ لَا نَقْبَلُ؟». فِي هَذَا كُلِّهِ لَمْ تَرْتَكِبْ شَفَتَا أَيُّوبَ خَطَأً فِي حَقِّ اللهِ. | ١٠ |
11 And three of the friends of Job hear of all this evil that hath come upon him, and they come in each from his place — Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite — and they are met together to come in to bemoan him, and to comfort him;
| وَعِنْدَمَا سَمِعَ أَصْحَابُ أَيُّوبَ الثَّلاثَةُ بِمَا حَاقَ بِهِ مِنْ شَرٍّ، تَوَافَدُوا إِلَيْهِ مِنْ مَقَرِّ إِقَامَتِهِمْ، وَهُمْ أَلِيفَازُ التَّيْمَانِيُّ، وَبِلْدَدُ الشُّوحِيُّ، وَصُوفَرُ النَّعْمَاتِيُّ، بَعْدَ أَنْ تَوَاعَدُوا عَلَى الاجْتِمَاعِ عِنْدَهُ لِلرِّثَاءِ لَهُ وَلِتَعْزِيَتِهِ. | ١١ |
12 and they lift up their eyes from afar and have not discerned him, and they lift up their voice and weep, and rend each his robe, and sprinkle dust on their heads — heavenward.
| وَإِذْ رَأَوْهُ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ لَمْ يَعْرِفُوهُ لِفَرْطِ مَا حَلَّ بِهِ، فَرَفَعُوا أَصْوَاتَهُمْ بِالْبُكَاءِ، وَمَزَّقَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ جُبَّتَهُ وَذَرَّوْا تُرَاباً فَوْقَ رُؤُوسِهِمْ نَحْوَ السَّمَاءِ، | ١٢ |
13 And they sit with him on the earth seven days and seven nights, and there is none speaking unto him a word when they have seen that the pain hath been very great.
| وَمَكَثُوا جَالِسِينَ مَعَهُ عَلَى الأَرْضِ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ وَسَبْعَ لَيَالٍ، لَمْ يُكَلِّمْهُ فِيهَا أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ بِكَلِمَةٍ لِشِدَّةِ مَا كَانَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ كَآبَةٍ. | ١٣ |
