ایّوب 41
| «آیا لویاتان را با قلاب توانی کشید؟ یازبانش را با ریسمان توانی فشرد؟ | ۱ 1 |
“[Think also about] (crocodiles/great sea dragons). Can you catch them with a fishhook or fasten their jaws with a rope?
| آیادر بینی او مهار توانی کشید؟ یا چانه‌اش را باقلاب توانی سفت؟ | ۲ 2 |
Can you put ropes through their noses [to control them] or thrust hooks through their jaws?
| آیا او نزد تو تضرع زیادخواهد نمود؟ یا سخنان ملایم به تو خواهدگفت؟ | ۳ 3 |
Will they plead with you to act mercifully toward them or (use sweet talk/speak to you nicely) [in order that you will not harm them]?
| آیا با تو عهد خواهد بست یا او را برای بندگی دایمی خواهی گرفت؟ | ۴ 4 |
Will they make an agreement with you to work for you, to be your slaves as long as they live?
| آیا با او مثل گنجشک بازی توانی کرد؟ یا او را برای کنیزان خود توانی بست؟ | ۵ 5 |
Can you cause them to become pets like you cause birds to become your pets? Can you put a leash/rope around their [necks] so that your servant girls [can play with them]?
| آیا جماعت (صیادان ) از اوداد و ستد خواهند کرد؟ یا او را در میان تاجران تقسیم خواهند نمود؟ | ۶ 6 |
Will merchants try to buy them [in the market]? Will they cut them up into pieces and sell the meat?
| آیا پوست او را با نیزه هامملو توانی کرد؟ یا سرش را با خطافهای ماهی گیران؟ | ۷ 7 |
Can you pierce their skins by throwing fishing spears at them? Can you pierce their heads with a harpoon?
| اگر دست خود را بر او بگذاری جنگ را به یاد خواهی داشت و دیگر نخواهی کرد. | ۸ 8 |
If you grab one of them with your hands, it will fight you in a way that you will never forget, and you will never try to do it again!
| اینک امید به او باطل است. آیا از رویتش نیز آدمی به روی درافکنده نمی شود؟ | ۹ 9 |
It is useless to try to subdue them. Anyone who tries to subdue one of them will lose his courage.
| کسی اینقدر متهور نیست که او را برانگیزاند. پس کیست که در حضور من بایستد؟ | ۱۰ 10 |
No one dares/tries to (arouse them/cause them to be angry). So, [since I am much more powerful than they are, ] (who would dare to cause me to be angry?/no one would dare to cause me to be angry!) [RHQ]
| کیست که سبقت جسته، چیزی به من داده، تابه او رد نمایم؟ هرچه زیر آسمان است از آن من می‌باشد. | ۱۱ 11 |
Also, everything on the earth is mine. Therefore, no one [RHQ] is able to give anything to me and require me to pay [money] for it!
| «درباره اعضایش خاموش نخواهم شد و ازجبروت و جمال ترکیب او خبر خواهم داد. | ۱۲ 12 |
I will tell you about [how strong] crocodiles' legs [are] and how strong their well-formed bodies are.
| کیست که روی لباس او را باز تواند نمود؟ وکیست که در میان دو صف دندانش داخل شود؟ | ۱۳ 13 |
(Can anyone strip off their hides?/No one is able to strip off their hides.) [RHQ] (Can anyone try to put bridles on them?/No one can try to put bridles on them.) [RHQ] (OR, Can anyone pierce their very thick hides?)
| کیست که درهای چهره‌اش را بگشاید؟ دایره دندانهایش هولناک است. | ۱۴ 14 |
(Can anyone pry open their jaws, which have terrible teeth in them?/No one can pry open their jaws, which have terrible teeth in them!) [RHQ]
| سپرهای زورآورش فخر او می‌باشد، با مهر محکم وصل شده است. | ۱۵ 15 |
They have rows of scales on their back which are as hard as a rock (OR, tightly fastened together).
| با یکدیگر چنان چسبیده‌اند که باد از میان آنهانمی گذرد. | ۱۶ 16 |
The scales are very close together, with the result that not even air can get between them.
| با همدیگر چنان وصل شده‌اند و باهم ملتصقند که جدا نمی شوند. | ۱۷ 17 |
The scales are joined very closely to each other, and they cannot be separated.
| از عطسه های او نور ساطع می‌گردد و چشمان او مثل پلکهای فجر است. | ۱۸ 18 |
When crocodiles sneeze, [the tiny drops of water that come out of their noses] sparkle in the sunlight. Their eyes are red like the rising sun.
| از دهانش مشعلها بیرون می‌آید وشعله های آتش برمی جهد. | ۱۹ 19 |
[It is as though] sparks of fire pour out of their mouths [DOU].
| از بینی های او دودبرمی آید مثل دیگ جوشنده و پاتیل. | ۲۰ 20 |
Smoke pours out of their nostrils/noses like steam comes out of a pot that is put over a fire made from dry reeds.
| از نفس او اخگرها افروخته می‌شود و از دهانش شعله بیرون می‌آید. | ۲۱ 21 |
Their breath can cause coals to blaze, and flames shoot out from their mouths.
| بر گردنش قوت نشیمن دارد، وهیبت پیش رویش رقص می‌نماید. | ۲۲ 22 |
Their necks are very strong; wherever they go, they cause people to be very afraid.
| طبقات گوشت او بهم چسبیده است، و بر وی مستحکم است که متحرک نمی شود. | ۲۳ 23 |
The folds in their flesh are very close together and are very hard/firm.
| دلش مثل سنگ مستحکم است، و مانند سنگ زیرین آسیا محکم می‌باشد. | ۲۴ 24 |
[They are fearless, because] the inner parts of their bodies are as hard as a rock, as hard as the lower millstone [on which grain is ground].
| چون او برمی خیزد نیرومندان هراسان می‌شوند، و از خوف بی‌خود می‌گردند. | ۲۵ 25 |
When they rise up, they cause [even] very strong people to be terrified. As a result, people (fall back/run away) when crocodiles thrash around.
| اگر شمشیر به او انداخته شود اثر نمی کند، و نه نیزه و نه مزراق و نه تیر. | ۲۶ 26 |
[People] [PRS] cannot injure them with swords, and spears or darts or javelins cannot injure them, either.
| آهن را مثل کاه می‌شمارد و برنج را مانند چوب پوسیده. | ۲۷ 27 |
They [certainly are not afraid of weapons made of] straw or rotten wood, but [they are not even afraid of weapons made of] iron or bronze!
| تیرهای کمان او را فرار نمی دهد و سنگهای فلاخن نزد او به کاه مبدل می‌شود. | ۲۸ 28 |
[Shooting] arrows [at them] does not cause them to run away. [Hurling] stones at them from a sling is like [hurling] bits of chaff at them.
| عمود مثل کاه شمرده می‌شود و بر حرکت مزراق می‌خندد. | ۲۹ 29 |
They are not afraid of clubs [any more than they would be afraid of men throwing] bits of straw [at them], and they laugh when they hear the whirl/sound of javelins [being thrown at them].
| در زیرش پاره های سفال تیز است و گردون پرمیخ را بر گل پهن می‌کند. | ۳۰ 30 |
Their bellies are covered with scales that are as sharp as broken pieces of pottery. When they drag themselves through the mud, their bellies tear up the ground like a plow.
| لجه را مثل دیگ می‌جوشاند و دریا را مانند پاتیلچه عطاران می‌گرداند. | ۳۱ 31 |
They stir up the water and cause it to foam [as they churn/swim through it].
| راه را در عقب خویش تابان می‌سازد به نوعی که لجه را سفیدمو گمان می‌برند. | ۳۲ 32 |
As they go through the water, the (wakes/trails in the water behind them) glisten. People [who see it] would think that the foam in those wakes had become white hair.
| بر روی خاک نظیر او نیست، که بدون خوف آفریده شده باشد. | ۳۳ 33 |
There are no creatures on earth that are as fearless as crocodiles.
| بر هرچیز بلند نظر می‌افکندو بر جمیع حیوانات سرکش پادشاه است.» | ۳۴ 34 |
They are the proudest of all the creatures; [it is as though] they [rule like] kings over all the other wild animals.”
