1 و َتابَعَ أيُّوبُ كَلامَهُ فَقالَ:

Job again took up his discourse and said,

2 « أُقسِمُ بِاللهِ الحَيِّ، الَّذِي يَمنَعُنِي مِنْ أخذِ حَقِّي، وَيُمِرِّرُ حَياتِي،

As God lives, Who has taken away my right and denied me justice, and the Almighty, Who has vexed and embittered my life,

3 أ نَّهُ ما دامَ فِيَّ نَفَسٌ، وَما دُامَتْ نَسَمَةُ اللهِ الَّتِي تُعطِينِي الحَياةَ فِي أنفِي،

As long as my life is still whole within me, and the breath of God is in my nostrils,

4 ل َنْ تَقُولَ شَفَتايَ شَرّاً، وَلَنْ يَنطِقَ لِسانِي غِشّاً.

My lips shall not speak untruth, nor shall my tongue utter deceit.

5 ح اشا لِي أنْ أقُولَ إنَّكُمْ مُحِقُّونَ. فَلَنْ أتَخَلَّى عَنِ استِقامَتِي حَتَّى أمُوتَ.

God forbid that I should justify you—saying you are right; till I die, I will not put away my integrity from me.

6 أ تَمَسَّكُ بِبَراءَتِي وَلا أتَخَلَّى عَنْها، وَضَمِيرِي لا يُوَبِّخُنِي عَلَى خَطِيَّةٍ.

My uprightness and my right standing with God I hold fast and will not let them go; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days and it shall not reproach me as long as I live.

7 ل ِيُحْسَبْ عَدُوِّي فاعِلَ شَرٍّ، وَمَن يَقِفُ ضِدِّي مُنحَرِفاً.

Let my enemy be as the wicked, and let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.

8 ل أنَّهُ أيُّ رَجاءٍ للِمُرائِي، عِندَما يُدَمِّرُهُ اللهُ، وَيَنْزِعُ نَفْسَهُ؟

For what is the hope of the godless and polluted, even though he has gained, when God cuts him off and takes away his life?

9 ه َلْ يَسمَعُ اللهُ صَرخَةَ استِغاثَتِهِ عِندَما يَأتِي عَلَيهِ ضِيقٌ؟

Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him?

10 ه َلْ سَيُسَرُّ بِالقَدِيرِ؟ هَلْ سَيَدعُو اللهَ فِي كُلِّ حِينٍ؟

Will he take delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?

11 « سَأُعَلِّمُكُمْ عَنْ قُوَّةِ اللهِ. وَلَنْ أُخفِيَ أُمُورَ القَدِيرِ.

I will teach you regarding the hand and handiwork of God; that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

12 ل َقَدْ رَأيتُمُوها جَمِيعاً، فَلِماذا تَقُولُونَ هَذِهِ الأشياءَ الغَبِيَّةَ؟

Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain ?

13 « هَذا هُوَ النَّصِيبُ الَّذِي قَسَمَهُ اللهُ للِشِّرِّيرِ، وَهَذا هُوَ المِيراثُ الَّذِي يَنالُهُ المُضطَهِدُونَ القُساةُ مِنَ القَدِيرِ:

This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage which oppressors shall receive from the Almighty:

14 ف َحَتَّى إنْ كَثُرَ أبناؤُهُ فَسَيُقتَلُونَ بِالسَّيفِ، وَذُرِيَّتُهُ تَجُوعُ، إذْ لَيْسَ لَها ما يَكْفِيها.

If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword; and his offspring will not have sufficient bread.

15 و َالباقُونَ يُدفَنُونَ بِسَبَبِ الوَباءِ، وَأرامِلُهُ لا يَنُحْنَ عَلَيهِ.

Those who survive him, will bury, and widows will make no lamentation.

16 إ نْ كَوَّمَ الشِّرِّيرُ المالَ كَالتُّرابِ، وَإنْ جَمَعَ الثِّيابَ كَأكوامٍ مِنَ الطِّينِ،

Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up clothing like clay,

17 ف َالأشرارُ يَجمَعُونَ، لَكِنَّ الصّالِحِينَ يَلبِسُونَها، وَالأبرِياءَ يَقتَسِمُونَ المالَ.

He may prepare it, but the just will wear it, and the innocent will divide the silver.

18 ب َنَى الشِّرِّيرُ بَيتَهُ كَخُيُوطِ العَنكَبُوتِ، وَكَكُوخٍ يَبنِيهِ حارِسٌ.

He builds his house like a moth or a spider, like a booth which a watchman makes.

19 ي َضطَجِعُ لِيَنامَ وَهُوَ غَنِيٌّ، لَكِنَّهُ يَفتَحُ عَينَيهِ فَيَرَى أنَّ ثَروَتَهُ قَدْ طارَتْ.

will lie down rich, but does it not again; he opens his eyes, and is gone.

20 ك َمِياهِ الفَيَضاناتِ تَجْرِفُهُ الأهْوالُ، وَفِي اللَّيلِ تَخْطَفُهُ الرِّيحُ.

Terrors overtake him like a flood; a windstorm steals him away in the night.

21 ت َرْفَعُهُ الرِّيحُ الشَّرقِيَّةُ فَيَذهَبُ، وَتَقتَلِعُهُ مِنْ بَيتِهِ.

The east wind lifts him up, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.

22 ت َرمِي الرِّيحُ بِثِقَلِها عَلَيهِ بِلا شَفَقَةٍ، وَيَهْرُبُ هَرَباً مِنْ قُوَّتِها.

For hurl at him without pity and unsparingly; he flees in haste before His power.

23 ت ُصَفِّقُ بَيَدَيها وَهُوَ يَركُضُ أمامَها، وَتُصَفِّرُ عَلَيهِ وَهُوَ يَهرُبُ مِنْ بَيتِهِ.»

men to clap their hands at him and hiss him out of his place.