1 A nd Job answered and said,

فَأجابَ أيُّوبُ:

2 H ear attentively my speech, and let this replace your consolations.

«اسْمَعُونِي جَيِّداً، فَهَكَذا تُعَزُّونَنِي.

3 S uffer me and I will speak; and after I have spoken, mock on!

احتَمِلُونِي وَدَعُونِي أتَكَلَّمْ، وَبَعدَ ذَلِكَ استَهزِئُوا بِي.

4 A s for me, is my complaint to a man? or wherefore should not my spirit be impatient?

«شَكوايَ لَيسَتْ مِنْ إنسانٍ، وَلِهَذا لا صَبْرَ لِي.

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

تَفَرَّسُوا فِي وَجهِي وَاندَهِشُوا، وَضَعُوا أيدِيكُمْ عَلَى أفواهِكُمْ.

6 E ven when I think, I am affrighted, and trembling taketh hold of my flesh.

حِينَ أُفَكِّرُ فِي الأمرِ أرْتَعِبُ، وَيَرتَجِفُ كُلُّ كِيانِي.

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

لِماذا يَحيا الأشرارُ؟ نَعَم! يُعَمِّرُونَ طَويلاً وَتَزدادُ ثَرَواتُهُمْ؟

8 T heir seed is established with them in their sight, 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 shout to the tambour and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

يَعزِفُونَ عَلَى الدُّفِّ وَالقِيثارَةِ وَيَحتَفِلُونَ بِالعَزفِ عَلَى النّايِ.

13 T hey spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment go down to Sheol.

يَقضُونَ كُلَّ حَياتِهِمْ سُعَداءَ، وَيَهبِطُونَ إلَى الهاوِيَةِ فِي سَلامٍ.

14 A nd 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 are we profited if we pray unto him?

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

16 B ehold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked be far from me!

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

17 H ow often is the lamp of the wicked put out, and cometh their calamity upon them? Doth he distribute sorrows in his anger?

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

18 D o they become 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 + God layeth up his iniquity for his children; he rewardeth him, and he shall know:

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 fury of the Almighty.

لِيَرَ الشِّرِّيرُ دَمارَهُ بِعَينَيهِ، وَلِيَشرَبْ مِنْ غَضَبِ القَدِيرِ.

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

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

22 C an any teach God knowledge? And he it is that 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 sides are full of fat, and the marrow of his bones is moistened;

أوعِيَتُهُ مَلِيئَةٌ بِاللَّبَنِ، وَمُخُّ عِظامِهِ مَملُوءٌ حَياةً.

25 A nd another dieth in bitterness of soul, and hath not tasted good:

وَيَمُوتُ آخَرُ بِمَرارَةِ نَفسِهِ، دُونَ أنْ يَتَذَوَّقَ خَيراً.

26 T ogether they lie down in the dust, and the worms cover them.

فَيَضْطَجِعُ الاثنانُ مَعاً فِي التُّرابِ، وَسَرْعانَ ما يُغَطِّيهِما الدُّودُ.

27 L o, I know your thoughts, and the devices ye wrongfully imagine against me.

«أنا أعرِفُ أفكارَكُمْ، وَكَيفَ تَتَّفِقُونَ لاتِّهامي ظُلماً.

28 F or ye say, Where is the house of the noble? and where the tent of the dwellings of the wicked?

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

29 H ave ye not asked the wayfarers? and do ye not regard their tokens:

«ألَمْ تَسألُوا عابِرِي السَّبِيلِ؟ قَدْ سَمِعْتُمْ شِهاداتِهِمْ:

30 T hat the wicked is reserved for the day of calamity? They are led 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 is he carried to the graves, and watch is kept over the tomb.

يُحمَلُ إلَى المَقابِرِ، وَيَسهَرُ حارِسٌ عَلَى قَبرِهِ لِيَحْرُسَهُ.

33 T he clods of the valley are sweet unto him; and every man followeth suit after him, as there were innumerable before him.

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

34 H ow then comfort ye me in vain? Your answers remain perfidious.

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