1 B ut Job answered and said,

فَأجابَ أيُّوبُ:

2 H ear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.

«اسْمَعُونِي جَيِّداً، فَهَكَذا تُعَزُّونَنِي.

3 S uffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.

احتَمِلُونِي وَدَعُونِي أتَكَلَّمْ، وَبَعدَ ذَلِكَ استَهزِئُوا بِي.

4 A s for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?

«شَكوايَ لَيسَتْ مِنْ إنسانٍ، وَلِهَذا لا صَبْرَ لِي.

5 M ark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.

تَفَرَّسُوا فِي وَجهِي وَاندَهِشُوا، وَضَعُوا أيدِيكُمْ عَلَى أفواهِكُمْ.

6 E ven when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.

حِينَ أُفَكِّرُ فِي الأمرِ أرْتَعِبُ، وَيَرتَجِفُ كُلُّ كِيانِي.

7 W herefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

لِماذا يَحيا الأشرارُ؟ نَعَم! يُعَمِّرُونَ طَويلاً وَتَزدادُ ثَرَواتُهُمْ؟

8 T heir seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.

نَسلُهُمْ قائِمٌ أمامَهُمْ، وَيَرَوْنَ أحفادَهُمْ بِعُيُونِهِمْ.

9 T heir houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.

بُيُوتُهُمْ آمِنَةٌ مُطمَئِنَّةٌ، وَاللهُ لا يُعاقِبُهُمْ.

10 T heir bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.

ثَوْرُ الشِّرِّيرِ يُلْقِحُ وَلا يَفشَلُ، وَبَقَرَتُهُ تَلِدُ وَلا تُجهِضُ.

11 T hey send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.

يُطلِقُونَ صِغارَهُمْ لِيَلعَبُوا كَالحِملانِ، وَيَرقُصُ أبناؤُهُمْ.

12 T hey take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

يَعزِفُونَ عَلَى الدُّفِّ وَالقِيثارَةِ وَيَحتَفِلُونَ بِالعَزفِ عَلَى النّايِ.

13 T hey spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.

يَقضُونَ كُلَّ حَياتِهِمْ سُعَداءَ، وَيَهبِطُونَ إلَى الهاوِيَةِ فِي سَلامٍ.

14 T herefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

يَقُولُونَ للهِ: ‹دَعنا! لا نُرِيدُ أنْ نَعرِفَ طُرُقَكَ.

15 W hat is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

وَمَنْ هُوَ القَدِيرُ حَتَّى نَعبُدَهُ؟ وَماذا نَنتَفِعُ إنْ صَلَّينا إلَيهِ؟›

16 L o, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

«حَقّاً، خَيرُهُمْ لَيسَ فِي يَدِهِمْ. لَكِنِّي لا أقبَلُ نَصِيحَةَ الأشرارِ.

17 H ow oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.

فَكَثِيراً ما يَنطَفِئُ نُورُ حَياةِ الأشرارِ، أوْ تُصِيبُهُمْ مَصائِبٌ، أوْ يُخَصِّصُ اللهُ لَهُمْ فِي غَضَبِهِ أوجاعاً؟

18 T hey are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.

كَثِيراً ما يَكُونُونَ كَالقَشِّ أمامَ الرِّيحِ، أوْ كَالتِّبْنِ الَّذِي تَحْمِلُهُ العاصِفَةُ؟

19 G od layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.

تَقُولُونَ: ‹يَحْفَظُ اللهُ عِقابَ الشِّرِّيرَ لأبنائِهِ.› وَأقُولُ: «بَلْ لِيُجازِهِ هُوَ فَيَعْرِفَ إثمَهُ.»

20 H is eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

لِيَرَ الشِّرِّيرُ دَمارَهُ بِعَينَيهِ، وَلِيَشرَبْ مِنْ غَضَبِ القَدِيرِ.

21 F or what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?

لأنَّهُ ماذا يُرِيدُ مِنْ بَيتِهِ بَعدَهُ، عِندَما تَنقَضِي شُهُورُ حَياتِهِ؟

22 S hall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.

«هَلْ يُعَلِّمُ أحَدٌ اللهَ شَيئاً، وَهُوَ الَّذِي يُدِينُ أعلَى النّاسِ شأناً؟

23 O ne dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.

يَمُوتُ أحَدُهُمْ فِي قِمَّةِ نَجاحِهِ مُرتاحاً مُطمَئِنّاً.

24 H is breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.

أوعِيَتُهُ مَلِيئَةٌ بِاللَّبَنِ، وَمُخُّ عِظامِهِ مَملُوءٌ حَياةً.

25 A nd another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.

وَيَمُوتُ آخَرُ بِمَرارَةِ نَفسِهِ، دُونَ أنْ يَتَذَوَّقَ خَيراً.

26 T hey shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.

فَيَضْطَجِعُ الاثنانُ مَعاً فِي التُّرابِ، وَسَرْعانَ ما يُغَطِّيهِما الدُّودُ.

27 B ehold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.

«أنا أعرِفُ أفكارَكُمْ، وَكَيفَ تَتَّفِقُونَ لاتِّهامي ظُلماً.

28 F or ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?

تَقُولُونَ: ‹شَتّانَ بَينَ بَيتِ الشَّرِيفِ، وَبَينَ خَيمَةِ الأشرارِ!›

29 H ave ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,

«ألَمْ تَسألُوا عابِرِي السَّبِيلِ؟ قَدْ سَمِعْتُمْ شِهاداتِهِمْ:

30 t hat the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

إنَّ الشِّرِّيرَ يَنجُو يَومَ البَلوَى، وَأنَّ الأشرارَ يُنقَذُونَ فِي يَومِ الغَضَبِ؟

31 W ho shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?

مَنِ وَاجَهَ الشِّرِّيرَ بِأفْعالِهِ يَوماً؟ وَمَن يُجازيهِ بِمِثلِ ما فَعَلَهُ بِالآخَرِينَ؟

32 Y et shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.

يُحمَلُ إلَى المَقابِرِ، وَيَسهَرُ حارِسٌ عَلَى قَبرِهِ لِيَحْرُسَهُ.

33 T he clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.

يُسَرُّ بِتُرابِ الوادِي، وَيَمشِي الجَمِيعُ وَراءَ مَوكِبِ جَنازَتِهِ، وَأمامَهُ جُمهُورٌ بِلا عَدَدٍ.

34 H ow then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?

«فَكَيفَ تُعَزُّونَنِي بِكَلِماتٍ فارِغَةٍ، وَأجوِبَتُكُمْ بَعيدَةٌ عَنِ الحَقِّ؟»