Job 21
1 And Job answereth and saith: —
| فَأَجَابَ أَيُّوبُ وَقَالَ: | ١ |
2 Hear ye diligently my word, And this is your consolation.
| «اِسْمَعُوا قَوْلِي سَمْعًا، وَلْيَكُنْ هَذَا تَعْزِيَتَكُمْ. | ٢ |
3 Bear with me, and I speak, And after my speaking — ye may deride.
| اِحْتَمِلُونِي وَأَنَا أَتَكَلَّمُ، وَبَعْدَ كَلَامِي ٱسْتَهْزِئُوا. | ٣ |
4 I — to man [is] my complaint? and if [so], wherefore May not my temper become short?
| أَمَّا أَنَا فَهَلْ شَكْوَايَ مِنْ إِنْسَانٍ، وَإِنْ كَانَتْ، فَلِمَاذَا لَا تَضِيقُ رُوحِي؟ | ٤ |
5 Turn unto me, and be astonished, And put hand to mouth.
| تَفَرَّسُوا فِيَّ وَتَعَجَّبُوا وَضَعُوا ٱلْيَدَ عَلَى ٱلْفَمِ. | ٥ |
6 Yea, if I have remembered, then I have been troubled. And my flesh hath taken fright.
| «عِنْدَمَا أَتَذَكَّرُ أَرْتَاعُ، وَأَخَذَتْ بَشَرِي رِعْدَةٌ. | ٦ |
7 Wherefore do the wicked live? They have become old, Yea, they have been mighty in wealth.
| لِمَاذَا تَحْيَا ٱلْأَشْرَارُ وَيَشِيخُونَ، نَعَمْ وَيَتَجَبَّرُونَ قُوَّةً؟ | ٧ |
8 Their seed is established, Before their face with them, And their offspring before their eyes.
| نَسْلُهُمْ قَائِمٌ أَمَامَهُمْ مَعَهُمْ، وَذُرِّيَّتُهُمْ فِي أَعْيُنِهِمْ. | ٨ |
9 Their houses [are] peace without fear, Nor [is] a rod of God upon them.
| بُيُوتُهُمْ آمِنَةٌ مِنَ ٱلْخَوْفِ، وَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَصَا ٱللهِ. | ٩ |
10 His bullock hath eaten corn, and doth not loath. His cow bringeth forth safely, And doth not miscarry.
| ثَوْرُهُمْ يُلْقِحُ وَلَا يُخْطِئُ. بَقَرَتُهُمْ تُنْتِجُ وَلَا تُسْقِطُ. | ١٠ |
11 They send forth as a flock their sucklings, And their children skip,
| يُسْرِحُونَ مِثْلَ ٱلْغَنَمِ رُضَّعَهُمْ، وَأَطْفَالُهُمْ تَرْقُصُ. | ١١ |
12 They lift [themselves] up at timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of an organ.
| يَحْمِلُونَ ٱلدُّفَّ وَٱلْعُودَ، وَيُطْرِبُونَ بِصَوْتِ ٱلْمِزْمَارِ. | ١٢ |
| يَقْضُونَ أَيَّامَهُمْ بِٱلْخَيْرِ. فِي لَحْظَةٍ يَهْبِطُونَ إِلَى ٱلْهَاوِيَةِ. (Sheol h7585) | ١٣ |
14 And they say to God, 'Turn aside from us, And the knowledge of Thy ways We have not desired.
| فَيَقُولُونَ لِلهِ: ٱبْعُدْ عَنَّا، وَبِمَعْرِفَةِ طُرُقِكَ لَا نُسَرُّ. | ١٤ |
15 What [is] the Mighty One that we serve Him? And what do we profit when we meet with Him?'
| مَنْ هُوَ ٱلْقَدِيرُ حَتَّى نَعْبُدَهُ؟ وَمَاذَا نَنْتَفِعُ إِنِ ٱلْتَمَسْنَاهُ؟ | ١٥ |
16 Lo, not in their hand [is] their good, (The counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)
| «هُوَذَا لَيْسَ فِي يَدِهِمْ خَيْرُهُمْ. لِتَبْعُدْ عَنِّي مَشُورَةُ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ. | ١٦ |
17 How oft is the lamp of the wicked extinguished, And come on them doth their calamity? Pangs He apportioneth in His anger.
| كَمْ يَنْطَفِئُ سِرَاجُ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ، وَيَأْتِي عَلَيْهِمْ بَوَارُهُمْ؟ أَوْ يَقْسِمُ لَهُمْ أَوْجَاعًا فِي غَضَبِهِ؟ | ١٧ |
18 They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a hurricane hath stolen away,
| أَوْ يَكُونُونَ كَٱلتِّبْنِ قُدَّامَ ٱلرِّيحِ، وَكَالْعُصَافَةِ ٱلَّتِي تَسْرِقُهَا ٱلزَّوْبَعَةُ؟ | ١٨ |
19 God layeth up for his sons his sorrow, He giveth recompense unto him — and he knoweth.
| ٱللهُ يَخْزِنُ إِثْمَهُ لِبَنِيهِ. لِيُجَازِهِ نَفْسَهُ فَيَعْلَمَ. | ١٩ |
20 His own eyes see his destruction, And of the wrath of the Mighty he drinketh.
| لِتَنْظُرْ عَيْنَاهُ هَلَاكَهُ، وَمِنْ حُمَةِ ٱلْقَدِيرِ يَشْرَبْ. | ٢٠ |
21 For what [is] his delight in his house after him, And the number of his months cut off?
| فَمَا هِيَ مَسَرَّتُهُ فِي بَيْتِهِ بَعْدَهُ، وَقَدْ تَعَيَّنَ عَدَدُ شُهُورِهِ؟ | ٢١ |
22 To God doth [one] teach knowledge, And He the high doth judge?
| «أَٱللهُ يُعَلَّمُ مَعْرِفَةً، وَهُوَ يَقْضِي عَلَى ٱلْعَالِينَ؟ | ٢٢ |
23 This [one] dieth in his perfect strength, Wholly at ease and quiet.
| هَذَا يَمُوتُ فِي عَيْنِ كَمَالِهِ. كُلُّهُ مُطْمَئِنٌّ وَسَاكِنٌ. | ٢٣ |
24 His breasts have been full of milk, And marrow his bones doth moisten.
| أَحْوَاضُهُ مَلآنَةٌ لَبَنًا، وَمُخُّ عِظَامِهِ طَرِيٌّ. | ٢٤ |
25 And this [one] dieth with a bitter soul, And have not eaten with gladness.
| وَذَلِكَ يَمُوتُ بِنَفْسٍ مُرَّةٍ وَلَمْ يَذُقْ خَيْرًا. | ٢٥ |
26 Together — on the dust they lie down, And the worm doth cover them over.
| كِلَاهُمَا يَضْطَجِعَانِ مَعًا فِي ٱلتُّرَابِ وَٱلدُّودُ يَغْشَاهُمَا. | ٢٦ |
27 Lo, I have known your thoughts, And the devices against me ye do wrongfully.
| «هُوَذَا قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَفْكَارَكُمْ وَٱلنِّيَّاتِ ٱلَّتِي بِهَا تَظْلِمُونَنِي. | ٢٧ |
28 For ye say, 'Where [is] the house of the noble? And where the tent — The tabernacles of the wicked?'
| لِأَنَّكُمْ تَقُولُونَ: أَيْنَ بَيْتُ ٱلْعَاتِي؟ وَأَيْنَ خَيْمَةُ مَسَاكِنِ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ؟ | ٢٨ |
29 Have ye not asked those passing by the way? And their signs do ye not know?
| أَفَلَمْ تَسْأَلُوا عَابِرِي ٱلسَّبِيلِ، وَلَمْ تَفْطِنُوا لِدَلَائِلِهِمْ؟ | ٢٩ |
30 That to a day of calamity is the wicked spared. To a day of wrath they are brought.
| إِنَّهُ لِيَوْمِ ٱلْبَوَارِ يُمْسَكُ ٱلشِّرِّيرُ. لِيَوْمِ ٱلسَّخَطِ يُقَادُونَ. | ٣٠ |
31 Who doth declare to his face his way? And [for] that which he hath done, Who doth give recompence to him?
| مَنْ يُعْلِنُ طَرِيقَهُ لِوَجْهِهِ؟ وَمَنْ يُجَازِيهِ عَلَى مَا عَمِلَ؟ | ٣١ |
32 And he — to the graves he is brought. And over the heap a watch is kept.
| هُوَ إِلَى ٱلْقُبُورِ يُقَادُ، وَعَلَى ٱلْمَدْفَنِ يُسْهَرُ. | ٣٢ |
33 Sweet to him have been the clods of the valley, And after him every man he draweth, And before him there is no numbering.
| حُلْوٌ لَهُ مَدَرُ ٱلْوَادِي. يَزْحَفُ كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ وَرَاءَهُ، وَقُدَّامَهُ مَا لَا عَدَدَ لَهُ. | ٣٣ |
34 And how do ye comfort me [with] vanity, And in your answers hath been left trespass?
| فَكَيْفَ تُعَزُّونَنِي بَاطِلًا وَأَجْوِبَتُكُمْ بَقِيَتْ خِيَانَةً؟». | ٣٤ |
