1 « عاهَدْتُ عَينَيَّ، فَكَيفَ أنْظُرُ إلَى عَذْراءَ.

“I have made a covenant with my eyes; Why then should I look upon a young woman?

2 ف َماذا كانَ نَصِيبِي مِنَ اللهِ مِنْ فَوقٍ، وَماذا كانَ مِيراثِي مِنَ القَدِيرِ السّاكِنِ فِي الأعالِي؟

For what is the allotment of God from above, And the inheritance of the Almighty from on high?

3 أ لَيسَ الدَّمارُ للِشِّرِّيرِ، وَالكارِثَةُ مِنْ نَصِيبِ فاعِلِي الإثمِ؟

Is it not destruction for the wicked, And disaster for the workers of iniquity?

4 أ لا يَرَى اللهُ ما أفعَلُهُ، وَيُراقِبُ كُلَّ حَرَكاتِي؟

Does He not see my ways, And count all my steps?

5 « إنْ كُنتُ تَصَرَّفتُ بِالغِشِّ، أوْ أسْرَعتُ إلَى الخِداعِ،

“If I have walked with falsehood, Or if my foot has hastened to deceit,

6 ف َليَزِّنِي اللهُ فِي مِيزانِ البِرِّ، وَسَيَعرِفُ عِندَ ذَلِكَ استِقامَتِي.

Let me be weighed on honest scales, That God may know my integrity.

7 إ نْ حادَتْ خُطُواتِي عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ، وَإنْ ذَهَبَ قَلبِي وَراءَ شَهَواتِي، وَإنْ تَلَطَّخَتْ يَدَايَ بِالخَطِيَّةِ،

If my step has turned from the way, Or my heart walked after my eyes, Or if any spot adheres to my hands,

8 ف َليَأكُلْ ما زَرَعتُهُ رَجُلٌ آخَرَ، وَلْتُقلَعْ مَحاصِيلِي.

Then let me sow, and another eat; Yes, let my harvest be rooted out.

9 « إذا تَغابَى قَلبِي فَاشْتَهَى امْرأةً، وَاقْتَنَصْتُ الفُرصَةَ للِتَسَلُّلِ إلَى امْرأةِ صاحِبِي،

“If my heart has been enticed by a woman, Or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door,

10 ف َلتَطحَنِ امرَأتِي حُبُوباً لِآخَرَ، وَلِيَضطَجِعْ مَعَها آخَرُونَ!

Then let my wife grind for another, And let others bow down over her.

11 ل أنَّ هَذا شَرٌّ مُخْزٍ جَرِيمَةٌ تَستَحِقُّ الدَينُونَةَ.

For that would be wickedness; Yes, it would be iniquity deserving of judgment.

12 ف َمِثلُ هَذا نارٌ تَأكُلُ كُلَّ شَيءٍ حَتَّى إلَى مَوْضِعِ الهَلاكِ، وَتَستَأصِلُ كُلَّ ما أُنتِجُ.

For that would be a fire that consumes to destruction, And would root out all my increase.

13 « لَوْ كُنْتُ قَدْ أنكَرتُ حُقُوقَ خَادِمِي أوْ خادِمَتِي، إذا جاءا يَتَظَلَّمانِ،

“If I have despised the cause of my male or female servant When they complained against me,

14 ف َماذا سَأفعَلُ حِينَ يَقُومُ اللهُ لِيَتَّهِمَنِي؟ وَحِينَ يَأتِي اللهُ لِيَسألَنِي، فَماذا أقُولُ، وَأيَّ جَوابٍ أُعطِيهِ؟

What then shall I do when God rises up? When He punishes, how shall I answer Him?

15 أ لَيسَ الَّذِي صَنَعَنِي فِي بَطنِ أُمِّي هُوَ الَّذِي صَنَعَ خادِمِي؟ ألَمْ يُشَكِّلْنا الإلَهُ ذاتُهُ فِي البَطنِ؟

Did not He who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same One fashion us in the womb?

16 « لَوْ كُنْتُ قَدْ مَنَعْتُ عَنِ المَساكِينِ مُرادَهُمْ، لَوْ لَمْ أمسَحْ دُمُوعَ الأرمَلَةِ،

“If I have kept the poor from their desire, Or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

17 ل َوِ احتَفَظتُ بِخُبزِي لِنَفسِي، وَلَمْ أُطْعِمِ اليَتِيمَ،

Or eaten my morsel by myself, So that the fatherless could not eat of it

18 م َعَ أنَّهُ اعتَبَرَنِي أباً لَهُ مُنذُ شَبابِي. اهتَمَمتُ بِالأرمَلَةِ مُنذُ وِلادَتِي،

(But from my youth I reared him as a father, And from my mother’s womb I guided the widow );

19 ه َل رَأيتُ مَنْ يَتَعَذَّبُ لِقِلَّةِ مَلابِسِهِ، أوْ رَأيتُ فَقيراً دُونَ غِطاءٍ،

If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, Or any poor man without covering;

20 و َلَمْ يَشْكُرْنِي مِنْ قَلْبِهِ، أوْ لَمْ يَتَدَفَّأْ بِصُوفِ خِرافِي؟

If his heart has not blessed me, And if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

21 إ نْ هَدَّدْتُ اليَتِيمَ، مُعتَمِداً عَلَى مَركِزِي وَنُفُوذِي،

If I have raised my hand against the fatherless, When I saw I had help in the gate;

22 ف َلْيَنفَصِلْ كَتِفِي مِنْ أصلِهِ، وَلْتُكسَرْ ذِراعِي مِنْ مَفْصِلِها.

Then let my arm fall from my shoulder, Let my arm be torn from the socket.

23 ل أنَّ أكثَرَ ما أخشاهُ هُوَ مُصِيبَةٌ يُرسِلُها اللهُ، فَلا أنجُو إذا قامَ لِمُقاوَمَتِي.

For destruction from God is a terror to me, And because of His magnificence I cannot endure.

24 « إنِ اتَكَلتُ عَلَى الغِنَى، وَقُلتُ لِلذَّهَبِ: ‹أنتَ أمانِي،›

“If I have made gold my hope, Or said to fine gold, ‘ You are my confidence’;

25 إ نْ فَرِحتُ كَثِيراً بِثَروَتِي الكَثِيرَةِ، أوْ لأنِّي جَمَعتُ مالاً كَثِيراً،

If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gained much;

26 إ نْ لاحَظتُ شُعاعَ الشَّمسِ الجَمِيلَ، وَرَوعَةَ القَمَرِ فِي حَرَكَتِهِ،

If I have observed the sun when it shines, Or the moon moving in brightness,

27 ف َغَوَى قَلبِي سِرّاً، وَقَبَّلتُ يَدَيَّ عِبادَةً لَهُما،

So that my heart has been secretly enticed, And my mouth has kissed my hand;

28 ف َهَذِهِ أيضاً جَرِيمَةٌ تَستَوجِبُ الدَّينُونَةَ، لأنِّي سَأكُونُ قَدْ خَذَلْتُ العَلِيَّ.

This also would be an iniquity deserving of judgment, For I would have denied God who is above.

29 « إنِ ابْتَهَجْتُ بِمُصِيبَةٍ حَلَّتْ بِعَدُوِّي، أوْ هَتَفتُ لأنَّ سوءاً أصابَهُ …

“If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, Or lifted myself up when evil found him

30 ل َكِنِّي لَمْ أُخطِئْ بِكَلامِي، لَمْ أنْطِقْ بِلَعْنَةٍ عَلَى حَياتِهِ.

(Indeed I have not allowed my mouth to sin By asking for a curse on his soul);

31 أ ُقسِمُ أنَّ لا أحَدَ مِنْ أهلِي وَبَيتِي طَلَبَ طَعَاماً وَلَمْ يَأخُذْ كِفايَتَهُ.

If the men of my tent have not said, ‘Who is there that has not been satisfied with his meat?’

32 ل َمْ يَبِتْ غَرِيبٌ لَيلَتَهُ فِي الطَّرِيقِ، بَلْ فَتَحتُ بَيتِي لِلمُسافِرِ.

( But no sojourner had to lodge in the street, For I have opened my doors to the traveler );

33 إ نْ أخفَيتُ إثمِي كَآدَمَ، فَكَتَمْتُ جَرِيمَتِي فِي صَدرِي،

If I have covered my transgressions as Adam, By hiding my iniquity in my bosom,

34 ل أنِّي خِفْتُ مِنَ النّاسِ، أوْ لأنِّي خَشِيتُ أنْ لا يَرْضَى أقارِبِي، فَسَكَتُّ وَلَمْ أُغادِرْ مَدخَلَ بَيتِي.

Because I feared the great multitude, And dreaded the contempt of families, So that I kept silence And did not go out of the door—

35 « لَيْتَ هُناكَ مَنْ يَرْضَى أنْ يَستَمِعَ إلَيَّ! فَلْيُجِبْنِي خَصمِيَ القَدِيرُ، وَلِيَكتُبِ اتِّهاماتِهِ عَلَى مَخطُوطَةٍ، وَأنا سَأُوَقِّعُ عَلَيها.

Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my mark. Oh, that the Almighty would answer me, That my Prosecutor had written a book!

36 س َأضَعُها عَلَى كَتِفِي، وَألبَسُها تاجاً عَلَى رَأسِي.

Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, And bind it on me like a crown;

37 س َأذكُرُ لَهُ كُلَّ ما فَعَلْتُ، وَأدنُو مِنهُ كَقائِدٍ مَرْفُوعِ الرَّأْسِ.

I would declare to Him the number of my steps; Like a prince I would approach Him.

38 « إنْ صَرَخَتْ أرْضِي ضِدِّي، وَبَكَتْ أتلامُها مَعاً.

“If my land cries out against me, And its furrows weep together;

39 إ نْ كُنتُ قَدْ أكَلْتُ غَلَّتَها، دُونَ أنْ أدفَعَ أُجرَةً. أوْ سَلَبْتُ حِصَّةَ مالِكِيها،

If I have eaten its fruit without money, Or caused its owners to lose their lives;

40 ف َليَنبُتِ الشَّوكُ فِيها عِوَضاً عَنِ القَمحِ، وَالأعشابُ عِوَضاً عَنِ الشَّعِيرِ.» اكتَمَلَتْ أقوالُ أيُّوبَ.

Then let thistles grow instead of wheat, And weeds instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended.