1 « لِماذا لا يَخفَى شَيءٌ مِنَ الأزمِنَةِ عَلَى القَدِيرِ؟ بَينَما الَّذِينَ يَعرِفُونَهُ لا يَرَوْنَ ماذا سَيَحدُثُ؟

¶ Why, seeing that times are not hidden from the Almighty, do those that know him not see his days?

2 « يُغَيِّرُ النّاسُ حُدُودَ أراضِي الآخَرِينَ، يَسرِقُونَ المَواشِيَ وَيُطلِقُونَها فِي مَراعِيهِمْ.

Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks and feed thereof.

3 ي َسُوقُونَ حِمارَ اليَتِيمِ، وَيُصادِرُونَ ثَوْرَ الأرمَلَةِ رَهْناً.

They drive away the ass of the fatherless; they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

4 ي ُبعِدُونَ المُحتاجِينَ عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ، فَيَختَبِئُ مِنهُمْ كُلُّ فُقَراءِ الأرْضِ.

They turn the needy out of the way; and all the poor of the earth hide themselves from them.

5 « كَالحَيواناتِ البَرِّيَّةِ يَخْرُجُونَ إلَى عَمَلِهِمْ فِي البَرِّيَّةِ، يُبَكِّرُونَ فِي سَعيِهِمْ إلَى الخُبزِ مِنْ أجلِ صِغارِهِمْ فِي الأرْضِ المُقفِرَةِ.

Behold, as wild asses in the desert, they go forth to their work, rising early for a prey; the wilderness yields food for them and for their children.

6 ي َحصُدُ الفُقَراءُ عَلَفَ الشِّرِّيرِ فِي الحَقلِ، وَيَجمَعُونَ البَواقِي مِنْ كَرمِهِ.

In the field they reap their fodder, and the wicked gather the vintage that is not theirs.

7 ي َبِيتُونَ عُراةً مِنْ غَيرِ كِساءٍ، وَلَيسَ لَهُمْ ما يَحْميهُمْ مِنَ البَرْدِ.

They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.

8 ت ُبُلِّلهُمْ أمطارُ الجِبالِ. فَيَلتَصِقُونَ بِصَخْرَةٍ يَحْتَمُونَ بِها.

They are wet with the floods of the mountains and embrace the rock for want of a covering.

9 ي َخْطَفُ الأشْرارُ اليَتِيمَ عَنْ ثَديِ أُمِّهِ، وَيَأخُذُونَ ثِيابَ المَساكِينِ رَهناً.

They pluck the fatherless from the breast and take a pledge of the poor.

10 ف َيَمشِي المَساكِينُ عُراةً دُونَ كِساءٍ، وَيَحمِلُ الجِياعُ حَفنَةَ حُبُوبٍ.

They cause the naked to go without clothing, and they take away the sheaves from the hungry.

11 ي َعصِرُونَ الزَّيتَ بَينَ أتلامِ الأشرارِ. وَيَدُوسُونَ مَعاصِرَ الخَمرِ وَهُمْ عِطاشٌ.

They press oil within their walls and tread their winepresses and suffer thirst.

12 ف ِي المَدِينَةِ يَئِنُّ النّاسُ، وَحَناجِرُ المَجرُوحِينَ تَستَغِيثُ صارِخَةً، لَكِنَّ اللهَ لا يَنتَبِهُ إلَى صَلاتِهِمْ.

Men groan from out of the city, and the souls of the dead cry out; yet God did not hinder them.

13 « هَؤلاءِ مُتَمَرِّدُونَ عَلَى النُّورِ وَلا يَعتَرِفُونَ بِطُرُقِهِ، وَلا يَسكُنُونَ فِي مَسالِكِهِ.

¶ They are among those that rebel against the light; they have never known its ways nor abided in its paths.

14 ي َقُومُ القاتِلُ فَجراً، وَيَقتُلُ الضَّعِيفَ وَالمِسكِينَ، وَفِي اللَّيلِ يُصبِحُ لِصّاً.

The murderer rises with the light, kills the poor and the needy, and in the night is as a thief.

15 ع َينُ الزّانِي تَتَرَقَّبُ حُلُولَ المَساءِ وَتَقُولُ: ‹لَنْ تَرانِي عَينٌ!› وَعَلَى وَجهِهِ يَضَعُ قِناعاً.

The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me; and disguises his face.

16 ي َسْطُونَ عَلَى البُيُوتِ لَيلاً، وَفِي النَّهارِ يُغلِقُونَ عَلَى أنفُسِهِمْ، لأنَّهُمْ غَيرُ مُتَصالِحِينَ مَعَ النُّورِ.

In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime; they do not know the light.

17 ل أنَّ الظُلمَةَ العَمِيقَةَ عِنْدَهُمْ كَالصُّبْحِ، غَيرَ أنَّهُمْ يَعْرِفُونَ أهْوالَ الظُّلمَةِ العَمِيقَةِ.

For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death; if they are known, the terrors of the shadow of death come over them.

18 « تَقُولُ: ‹إنَّ الشِّرِّيرَ كَالقَشَّةِ تَجْرُفُها المياهُ، وَمُمتَلَكاتِهِ مَلعُونَةٌ عَلَى الأرْضِ، فَلا يَعْمَلُ أحَدٌ فِي كُرُومِهِ.

¶ They are swift upon the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth; they never come by the way of the vineyards.

19 ف َكَما يَسرِقُ الجَفافُ وَالحَرُّ مِياهَ الثُّلُوجِ الذّائِبَةِ، كَذَلِكَ تَسرِقُ الهاوِيَةُ الخُطاةَ.

Drought and heat consume the snow waters; so does Sheol consume those who have sinned.

20 ي َنساهُ البَطنُ الَّذِي وَلَدَهُ، وَيَستَحلِيهِ الدُّودُ. لا يَعُودُ يُذكَرُ، وَيَنكَسِرُ الشَّرُّ كَالعَصا.

The Merciful One shall forget them; the worm shall feed sweetly on them; they shall never be remembered again; and iniquity shall be broken as a tree.

21 ا لشِّرِّيرُ يَأكُلُ المَرأةَ العاقِرَ، وَلا يُحسِنُ إلَى الأرمَلَةِ.

He afflicted the barren woman that did not conceive and never did good unto the widow.

22 ي ُزِيلُ بِقُوَّتِهِ الأشْرافَ الأشِدّاءَ. وَرُبَّما يَتَقَدَّمُ، لَكِنَّهُ لا يَثِقُ بِالحَياةِ.

He furthered the violent with his power; he did not lend to anyone in his life.

23 ر ُبَّما يَشعُرُ بِالأمانِ وَالثَّباتِ، وَيُرِيدُ أنْ يَتبَعَ طُرُقَهُمْ نَحْوَ القُوَّةِ،

If he gave credit to some to take them over, his eyes were upon their ways.

24 ل َكِنَّهُ مِثلُهُمْ، يَرْتَفِعُ قَلِيلاً، ثُمَّ يَمضِي. يُقْطَعُ كَرُؤُوسِ السَّنابِلِ كَغَيرِهِ مِنَ النّاسِ.›

They were exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all others and cut off as the tops of the heads of grain.

25 « فَإنْ لَمْ تَكُنِ الأُمُورُ هَكَذا، فَمَنْ يُبَرْهِنُ كَذِبِي، وَيُبَيِّنُ أنَّ كَلامِي باطِلٌ.»

And if it is not so now, who will make me a liar or reduce my speech to nothing?