Job 5
1 Pray, call, is there any to answer thee? And unto which of the holy ones dost thou turn?
| ادْعُ الآنَ، فَهَلْ مِنْ مُجِيبٍ؟ وَإِلَى أَيِّ القِدِّيسِينَ تَلْتَفِتُ؟ | ١ |
2 For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,
| الْغَيْظُ يَقْتُلُ الأَحْمَقَ، وَالْغَيْرَةُ تُمِيتُ الأَبْلَهَ. | ٢ |
3 I — I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,
| لَقَدْ شَاهَدْتُ الْغَبِيَّ يَتَأَصَّلُ، ثُمَّ لَمْ أَلْبَثْ أَنْ لَعَنْتُ مَسْكَنَهُ. | ٣ |
4 Far are his sons from safety, And they are bruised in the gate, And there is no deliverer.
| أَبْنَاؤُهُ لَا أَمْنَ لَهُمْ. يَتَحَطَّمُونَ عِنْدَ الْبَابِ وَلا مُنْقِذَ. | ٤ |
5 Whose harvest the hungry doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, And the designing swallowed their wealth.
| يَأْكُلُ الْجَائِعُ حَصِيدَهُمْ، وَيَلْتَهِمُهُ حَتَّى مِنْ بَيْنِ الشَّوْكِ، وَيَمْتَصُّ الظَّامِئُ ثَرْوَتَهُمْ. | ٥ |
6 For sorrow cometh not forth from the dust, Nor from the ground springeth up misery.
| إِنَّ الْبَلِيَّةَ لَا تَخْرُجُ مِنَ التُّرَابِ، وَالْمَشَقَّاتِ لَا تَنْبُتُ مِنَ الأَرْضِ، | ٦ |
7 For man to misery is born, And the sparks go high to fly.
| وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّ الإِنْسَانَ مَوْلُودٌ لِمُعَانَاةِ الْمَتَاعِبِ، كَمَا وُلِدَتِ الْجَوَارِحُ لِتُحَلِّقَ بِأَجْنِحَتِهَا. | ٧ |
8 Yet I — I inquire for God, And for God I give my word,
| لَوْ كُنْتُ فِي مَكَانِكَ لاتَّجَهْتُ إِلَى اللهِ وَعَرَضْتُ أَمْرِي عَلَيْهِ. | ٨ |
9 Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, till there is no numbering.
| هُوَ صَانِعُ عَجَائِبَ لَا تُفْحَصُ وَعَظَائِمَ لَا تُحْصَى. | ٩ |
10 Who is giving rain on the face of the land, And is sending waters on the out-places.
| يُهْطِلُ الْغَيْثَ عَلَى وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ، وَيُرْسِلُ الْمِيَاهَ إِلَى الْحُقُولِ. | ١٠ |
11 To set the low on a high place, And the mourners have been high [in] safety.
| يُقِيمُ الْمُتَوَاضِعِينَ فِي الْعُلَى، وَيَرْفَعُ النَّائِحِينَ إِلَى مَكَانِ الطُّمَأْنِينَةِ. | ١١ |
12 Making void thoughts of the subtile, And their hands do not execute wisdom.
| يُبْطِلُ تَدْبِيرَاتِ الْمُحْتَالِينَ فَيُخْفِقُونَ، | ١٢ |
13 Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened,
| أَوْ يُوْقِعُ الْحُكَمَاءَ فِي خِدْعَتِهِمْ، فَتَتَلاشَى مَشُورَةُ الْمَاكِرِينَ. | ١٣ |
14 By day they meet darkness, And as night — they grope at noon.
| يَكْتَنِفُهُمْ ظَلامٌ فِي النَّهَارِ، وَيَتَحَسَّسُونَ طَرِيقَهُمْ فِي الظَّهِيرَةِ، كَمَنْ يَمْشِي فِي اللَّيْلِ. | ١٤ |
15 And He saveth the wasted from their mouth, And from a strong hand the needy,
| يُنَجِّي الْبَائِسِينَ مِنْ سَيْفِ فَمِهِمْ، وَمِنْ قَبْضَةِ الْقَوِيِّ يُنْقِذُهُمْ، | ١٥ |
16 And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth.
| فَيُصْبِحُ لِلْمِسْكِينِ رَجَاءٌ، وَالظُّلْمُ يَسُدُّ فَمَهُ. | ١٦ |
17 Lo, the happiness of mortal man, God doth reprove him: And the chastisement of the Mighty despise not,
| طُوبَى لِلرَّجُلِ الَّذِي يُقَوِّمُهُ اللهُ، فَلا تَرْفُضْ تَأْدِيبَ الْقَدِيرِ. | ١٧ |
18 For He doth pain, and He bindeth up, He smiteth, and His hands heal.
| لأَنَّ اللهَ يَجْرَحُ وَيَعْصِبُ، يَسْحَقُ وَيَدَاهُ تُبْرِئَانِ. | ١٨ |
19 In six distresses He delivereth thee, And in seven evil striketh not on thee.
| مِنْ سِتِّ بَلايَا يُنَجِّيكَ، وَفِي سَبْعٍ لَا يَقَعُ بِكَ أَذىً. | ١٩ |
20 In famine He hath redeemed thee from death, And in battle from the hands of the sword.
| يَفْدِيكَ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ جُوعاً، وَفِي الْحَرْبِ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ. | ٢٠ |
21 When the tongue scourgeth thou art hid, And thou art not afraid of destruction, When it cometh.
| يَقِيكَ مِنْ لَذَعَاتِ اللِّسَانِ، فَلا تَخَافُ مِنَ الدَّمَارِ إِذَا أَقْبَلَ. | ٢١ |
22 At destruction and at hunger thou mockest, And of the beast of the earth, Thou art not afraid.
| تَسْخَرُ مِنَ الدَّمَارِ وَالْمَجَاعَةِ، وَلا تَخْشَى وُحُوشَ الأَرْضِ، | ٢٢ |
23 (For with sons of the field [is] thy covenant, And the beast of the field Hath been at peace with thee.)
| لأَنَّ عَهْدَكَ مَعَ حِجَارَةِ الْحَقْلِ، وَوُحُوشُ الصَّحْرَاءِ تُسَالِمُكَ. | ٢٣ |
24 And thou hast known that thy tent [is] peace, And inspected thy habitation, and errest not,
| فَتُدْرِكُ أَنَّ خَيْمَتَكَ آمِنَةٌ، وَتَتَعَهَّدُ حَظِيرَتَكَ فَلا تَفْقِدُ شَيْئاً. | ٢٤ |
25 And hast known that numerous [is] Thy seed, And thine offspring as the herb of the earth;
| عِنْدَئِذٍ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ ذُرِّيَّتَكَ كَثِيرَةٌ، وَأَنَّ نَسْلَكَ كَعُشْبِ الأَرْضِ، | ٢٥ |
26 Thou comest in full age unto the grave, As the going up of a stalk in its season.
| وَتَدْخُلُ الْقَبْرَ فِي شَيْبَةٍ نَاضِجَةٍ، كَمَا يُرْفَعُ كُدْسُ الْقَمْحِ فِي مَوْسِمِهِ. | ٢٦ |
27 Lo, this — we searched it out — it [is] right, hearken; And thou, know for thyself!
| فَانْظُرْ. هَذَا مَا بَحَثْنَا عَنْهُ، وَهُوَ حَقٌّ، فَاسْمَعْهُ وَاخْتَبِرْهُ بِنَفْسِكَ». | ٢٧ |
