ایوب 41
| آیا می‌توانی لِویاتان را با قلاب صید کنی یا به دور زبانش کمند بیندازی؟ | 1 |
“[Think also about] (crocodiles/great sea dragons). Can you catch them with a fishhook or fasten their jaws with a rope?
| آیا می‌توانی از بینی او طناب رد کنی یا چانه‌اش را با نیزه سوراخ نمایی؟ | 2 |
Can you put ropes through their noses [to control them] or thrust hooks through their jaws?
| آیا از تو خواهش خواهد کرد که دست از سرش برداری؟ | 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 می‌پذیرد که تا آخر عمر، او را بردهٔ خود سازی؟ | 4 |
Will they make an agreement with you to work for you, to be your slaves as long as they live?
| آیا می‌توانی با او مثل یک پرنده بازی کنی یا به او افسار زده، او را به دخترانت هدیه نمایی؟ | 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 ماهیگیران می‌توانند او را تکه‌تکه کرده، به تاجران بفروشند؟ | 6 |
Will merchants try to buy them [in the market]? Will they cut them up into pieces and sell the meat?
| آیا تیر به پوست او فرو می‌رود یا نیزهٔ ماهیگیری سر او را سوراخ می‌کند؟ | 7 |
Can you pierce their skins by throwing fishing spears at them? Can you pierce their heads with a harpoon?
| اگر به او دست بزنی چنان آشوبی به پا می‌کند که دیگر هرگز هوس نکنی به او نزدیک شوی! | 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!
| هر که بخواهد او را بگیرد از دیدنش به لرزه می‌افتد و تلاشش نافرجام می‌ماند. | 9 |
It is useless to try to subdue them. Anyone who tries to subdue one of them will lose his courage.
| هیچ‌کس جرأت ندارد او را تحریک کند یا در مقابلش بایستد. | 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]
| در تمام دنیا کسی نیست که با او درگیر شود و جان به در برد. | 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!
| از عظمت و قدرت اعضای بدن او دیگر چه گویم؟ | 12 |
I will tell you about [how strong] crocodiles' legs [are] and how strong their well-formed bodies are.
| کیست که بتواند پوستش را از او بِکَنَد؟ کیست که بتواند به زِرۀ دو لایۀ او نفوذ کند؟ | 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 بتواند دروازۀ دهان او را باز کند؟ دندانهایش بسیار ترسناکند. | 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]
| پشت او از فلسهایی که محکم به هم چسبیده‌اند پوشیده شده است، به طوری که هیچ چیز قادر نیست آنها را از هم جدا کند و حتی هوا نیز نمی‌تواند به داخل آنها نفوذ نماید. | 15 |
They have rows of scales on their back which are as hard as a rock (OR, tightly fastened together).
| 16 |
The scales are very close together, with the result that not even air can get between them.
| 17 |
The scales are joined very closely to each other, and they cannot be separated.
| وقتی عطسه می‌کند بخار آن در پرتو نور خورشید می‌درخشد. چشمانش مانند طلوع خورشید درخشان است. | 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 آتش زبانه می‌کشد. | 19 |
[It is as though] sparks of fire pour out of their mouths [DOU].
| دودی که از سوراخهای بینی‌اش خارج می‌شود مانند بخاری است که از دیگ جوشان برمی‌خیزد. | 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.
| نفس او هیزم را به آتش می‌کشد؛ شعله‌های سوزان از دهانش می‌جهد. | 21 |
Their breath can cause coals to blaze, and flames shoot out from their mouths.
| قدرت حیرت‌آوری در گردن او نهفته است و هر که او را می‌بیند به وحشت می‌افتد. | 22 |
Their necks are very strong; wherever they go, they cause people to be very afraid.
| لایه‌های گوشت بدنش سفت و محکم به هم چسبیده است. | 23 |
The folds in their flesh are very close together and are very hard/firm.
| دلش مثل سنگ زیرین آسیاب سخت است. | 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].
| وقتی برمی‌خیزد زورمندان هراسان می‌شوند و از ترس بیهوش می‌گردند. | 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.
| شمشیر، نیزه، تیر یا زوبین بر او کارگر نیست. | 26 |
[People] [PRS] cannot injure them with swords, and spears or darts or javelins cannot injure them, either.
| آهن برایش مثل کاه است و مفرغ مانند چوب پوسیده. | 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 نمی‌توانند او را فراری دهند. سنگهای فلاخن چون پر کاه بر او بی‌اثرند. | 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.
| چماق برای او مانند کاه است. او به تیرهایی که به طرفش پرتاب می‌شوند، می‌خندد. | 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].
| پوست شکمش مانند تکه‌های سفال، تیز است و مانند چنگال خرمنکوب روی زمین شیار به وجود می‌آورد. | 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.
| با حرکات خود اعماق دریا را مانند یک ظرف جوشان به جوش و خروش می‌آورد و دریا را مثل دیگ عطاران به هم می‌زند. | 31 |
They stir up the water and cause it to foam [as they churn/swim through it].
| ردپایی درخشان به دنبال خود برجای می‌گذارد، به طوری که دریا از کف سفید پوشیده می‌شود. | 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.
| در روی زمین هیچ موجودی مانند او بی‌باک نیست. | 33 |
There are no creatures on earth that are as fearless as crocodiles.
| او سلطان حیوانات وحشی است و هیچ جانوری به پای او نمی‌رسد. | 34 |
They are the proudest of all the creatures; [it is as though] they [rule like] kings over all the other wild animals.”
