1 و َتابَعَ أيُّوبُ كَلامَهُ فَقالَ:

¶ Moreover, Job continued his parable and said,

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

As God lives, who has taken away my rights; and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,

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

that all the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils,

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

my lips shall not speak iniquity, nor my tongue utter deceit.

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

In no wise should I justify you; until I die I will not remove my integrity from me.

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

I hold fast to my righteousness and will not let it go; my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

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

¶ Let my enemy be as the wicked and my adversary as the unrighteous.

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

For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he has stolen much, when God takes away his soul?

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

Will God hear his cry when the tribulation comes upon him?

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

Will he delight himself in the Almighty? Will he always call upon God?

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

¶ I will teach you what there is in the hand of God; I will not conceal that which is regarding the Almighty.

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

Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye so completely 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 of the violent, which they shall receive of the Almighty.

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

If their sons are multiplied, it is for the sword; and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

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

Those that remain of him shall be buried in death; and their widows shall not weep.

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

Though he heaps up silver as the dust and prepares raiment as the clay,

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

he may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

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

He built his house as a moth and as a booth that the keeper makes.

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

The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered; he shall open his eyes and not see anyone.

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

Terrors shall take hold on him as waters; a whirlwind shall carry him away in the night.

21 ت َرْفَعُهُ الرِّيحُ الشَّرقِيَّةُ فَيَذهَبُ، وَتَقتَلِعُهُ مِنْ بَيتِهِ.

The east wind shall take him away, and he shall depart; the storm shall catch him up out of his place.

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

For God shall cast down on him and not spare; he would attempt to flee out of his hand.

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

Men shall clap their hands at him, and from his place they shall hiss at him.