ایوب 31

1 با چشمان خود عهد بستم که هرگز با نظر شهوت به دختری نگاه نکنم.

“I solemnly promised myself that I would not look at a young woman with a desire [to have sex with her].

2 خدای قادر مطلق که در بالاست برای ما چه تدارک دیده است؟

[If I did not do what I promised, ] what would God who is in heaven [MTY] do to me [RHQ]? Almighty [God] would certainly not [RHQ] give me any reward!

3 آیا مصیبت و بلا سرنوشت شریران و بدکاران نیست؟

[Previously I thought that] surely [RHQ] it was unrighteous people who would experience calamities, and that it was those who do what is wrong who would experience disasters.

4 آیا او هر کاری را که می‌کنم و هر قدمی را که برمی‌دارم نمی‌بیند.

God certainly sees [RHQ] everything that I do, [so why is he causing me to suffer?] [It is as though] he counts every step that I take.

5 من هرگز دروغ نگفته و کسی را فریب نداده‌ام.

[“I solemnly declare that] I have never acted wickedly and have never tried to deceive people.

6 بگذار خدا خودش مرا با ترازوی عدل بسنجد و ببیند که بی‌گناهم.

I request only that God judge me fairly [MET], and if he does that, he will know that I (am innocent/have not done what is wrong).

7 اگر پایم را از راه خدا بیرون گذاشته‌ام، یا اگر دلم در طمع چیزهایی بوده که چشمانم دیده است، یا اگر دستهایم به گناه آلوده شده است،

If [it were true that] I have stopped living righteously, or [that] I [SYN] have desired the things that I look at [MTY], or [that] I am guilty of any other sin,

8 باشد که غله‌ای که کاشته‌ام از ریشه کنده شود و یا شخص دیگری آن را درو کند.

then I hope/wish that when I plant [seeds], someone else will [harvest the crops and] eat [them] and that others will uproot the [fruit trees] that I planted.

9 اگر شیفتهٔ زن مرد دیگری شده، در کمین او نشسته‌ام،

“If [it were true that] I [SYN] have been attracted by some other man’s wife, or [that] I have hidden myself and waited outside [the] door [to] her [house],

10 باشد که همسرم را مرد دیگری تصاحب کند؛

I hope/desire that my wife will become the servant/slave of another man and have sex [EUP] with him.

11 زیرا این کار زشت سزاوار مجازات است،

[For me to do] that would be a terrible sin, and the judges would decide that I should be punished.

12 و مانند آتشی جهنمی می‌تواند تمام هستی مرا بسوزاند و از بین ببرد.

My [committing adultery] would [produce in me a fire like] [MET] the fire that burns people in hell, and it would burn up everything that I own. (questioned)

13 اگر نسبت به غلام یا کنیز خود بی‌انصافی می‌کردم، وقتی که از من شکایت داشتند،

“And, if [it were true that] I have ever refused to listen to one of my male or female servants when they complained to me about something,

14 چگونه می‌توانستم با خدا روبرو شوم؟ و هنگامی که در این باره از من سؤال می‌کرد، چه جوابی می‌دادم؟

God would arise [and declare that he would punish me]; and when he would do that, what would I do? If he would ask me [about what I have done], (what would I answer?/I would not be able to answer.) [RHQ]

15 چون هم من و هم خدمتگزارانم، به دست یک خدا سرشته شده‌ایم.

God, who created me, certainly also created my servants [RHQ]; surely he is the one who formed them and me in our mothers’ wombs [RHQ]; [so we all should behave toward each other equally].

16 هرگز از کمک کردن به فقرا کوتاهی نکرده‌ام. هرگز نگذاشته‌ام بیوه‌زنی در ناامیدی بماند،

“I have guided orphans from the time that they were born; I have taken care of them since they were young. So, if [it were true that] I ate all my food myself and did not share some of it with orphans, or [that] I refused to give poor people the things that they wanted, or [that] I caused widows to live (in despair/without hope [that they would receive any help from anyone]),

17 یا یتیمی گرسنگی بکشد، بلکه خوراک خود را با آنها قسمت کرده‌ام

18 و تمام عمر خود را صرف نگهداری از آنها نموده‌ام.

19 اگر کسی را می‌دیدم که لباس ندارد و از سرما می‌لرزد،

or [that] I had seen people die [from cold] because they had no clothes, or [that] I had seen poor people who did not have clothes [to keep them warm],

20 لباسی از پشم گوسفندانم به او می‌دادم تا از سرما در امان بماند و او با تمام وجود برای من دعای خیر می‌کرد.

and they were not able to become warm [from clothes made] from the wool of my sheep with the result that they thanked me for [giving them clothes, ]

21 اگر من با استفاده از نفوذی که در دادگاه داشته‌ام حق یتیمی را پایمال نموده باشم

or if [it were true that] I threatened to strike any orphan because I knew that the elders at the city gates would (decide in my favor);

22 بازویم از کتفم بیفتد و دستم بشکند.

[if those things were true about me], I hope/desire that my shoulder blade would be torn out and my arm be torn from my shoulder.

23 هرگز جرأت نمی‌کردم چنین کاری را انجام دهم، زیرا از مجازات و عظمت خدا می‌ترسیدم.

I always feared that God would cause me to experience a great disaster [if I did any of those evil things], and I would not have been able to endure the powerful [things that he would do to punish me].

24 هرگز به طلا و نقره تکیه نکرده‌ام

“If [it were true that] I trusted in my gold/money [DOU],

25 و شادی من متکی به مال و ثروت نبوده است.

or that I rejoiced because I had acquired many things and had become very rich,

26 هرگز فریفتهٔ خورشید تابان و ماه درخشان نشده‌ام و آنها را از دور نبوسیده و پرستش نکرده‌ام؛

or that I looked at the sun when it was shining or looked at the beautiful moon

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and I [SYN] had been tempted [to worship them] by kissing my hand to revere them,

28 چون اگر مرتکب چنین کارهایی شده بودم مفهومش این بود که خدای متعال را انکار کرده‌ام، و چنین گناهی بی‌سزا نمی‌ماند.

those things also would be sins for which the judges would say that I must be punished, because I would have been rejecting God [by doing those things].

29 هرگز از مصیبت دشمن شادی نکرده‌ام،

“[It is not true that] I [SYN] sinned by requesting God to curse people who hated me with the result that God would cause them to die. It is also not true that I was glad when they were ruined or that I rejoiced when they experienced disasters [DOU].

30 هرگز آنها را نفرین نکرده‌ام و زبانم را از این گناه باز داشته‌ام.

31 هرگز نگذاشته‌ام خدمتگزارانم گرسنه بمانند.

[It is also not true that] I never welcomed travelers to stay in my tent or that I did not open my doors to them, but [forced them to] sleep in the streets. [All] the men who work for me certainly know that [RHQ]!

32 هرگز نگذاشته‌ام غریبه‌ای شب را در کوچه بخوابد، بلکه در خانهٔ خود را به روی او باز گذاشته‌ام.

33 هرگز مانند دیگران به خاطر ترس از سرزنش مردم، سعی نکرده‌ام گناهانم را پنهان سازم و خاموش در داخل خانهٔ خود بنشینم.

Some people try to hide their sins, but I have never done that;

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and I never remained silent and refused to go outside of my home because I was very (afraid of/worried about) what people would say [about me], and that they would hate/scorn me.

35 ای کاش کسی پیدا می‌شد که به حرفهایم گوش بدهد! من دفاعیهٔ خود را تقدیم می‌کنم. بگذار قادر مطلق جواب مرا بدهد و اتهاماتی را که به من نسبت داده شده به من نشان دهد،

“I wish/desire that there was someone who would hear what I am saying! I solemnly declare [that all that I have said is true]. I wish that those who oppose me would write down [on a scroll] the evil things that they say that I did.

36 و من آنها را مانند تاجی بر سر می‌گذارم!

[If they did that, ] I would wear that scroll on my shoulder, or wear it on top of my head, [in order that everyone could see it].

37 تمام کارهایی را که کرده‌ام برای او تعریف می‌کنم و سربلند در حضور او می‌ایستم.

I would tell [God] everything that I have done, and I would approach him [confidently], like a ruler would.

38 اگر زمینی که در آن کشت می‌کنم مرا متهم سازد به اینکه صاحبش را کشته‌ام و آن را تصاحب کرده‌ام تا از محصولش استفاده برم،

If [it were true that] I have stolen land, with the result that [it was as though] its furrows cried out to accuse me of stealing;

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or [if it were true that] I have eaten the crops that grew in someone else’s fields without paying [for those crops], with the result that those farmers who grew those crops died [from hunger];

40 باشد که در آن زمین به جای گندم، خار و به عوض جو، علفهای هرز بروید. پایان سخنان ایوب.

then I wish/desire that thorns would grow [in my fields] instead of wheat. May bad weeds grow instead of barley!” That is the end of what Job said [to his three friends].