1 و َتابَعَ أيُّوبُ كَلامَهُ فَقالَ:

Then Job continued 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 the Almighty, who has embittered my soul,

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

For as long as life is in me, And the breath of God is in my nostrils,

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

My lips certainly will not speak unjustly, Nor will my tongue mutter deceit.

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

“Far be it from me that I should declare you 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.

“I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go. My heart does not reproach any of my days. The State of the Godless

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

“May my enemy be as the wicked And my opponent as the unjust.

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

“For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, When God requires his life?

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

“Will God hear his cry When distress comes upon him?

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

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

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

“I will instruct you in the power of God; What is with the Almighty I will not conceal.

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

“Behold, all of you have seen it; Why then do you act foolishly?

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 from God, And the inheritance which tyrants receive from the Almighty.

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

“Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; And his descendants will not be satisfied with bread.

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

“His survivors will be buried because of the plague, And their widows will not be able to weep.

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

“Though he piles up silver like dust And prepares garments as plentiful as the 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 has built his house like the spider’s web, Or as a hut which the watchman has made.

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

“He lies down rich, but never again; He opens his eyes, and it is no longer.

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

“ Terrors overtake him like a flood; A tempest steals him away in the night.

21 ت َرْفَعُهُ الرِّيحُ الشَّرقِيَّةُ فَيَذهَبُ، وَتَقتَلِعُهُ مِنْ بَيتِهِ.

“The east wind carries him away, and he is gone, For it whirls him away from his place.

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

“For it will hurl at him without sparing; He will surely try to flee from its power.

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

“ Men will clap their hands at him And will hiss him from his place.