1 « أتَقدِرُ أنْ تَسحَبَ لَوِياثانَ مِنَ الماءِ بِصِنّارَةٍ؟ أوْ تَقدِرُ أنْ تَربِطَ فَكَّيهِ بِحَبلٍ؟

¶ Canst thou draw out leviathan with a hook or with the cord which thou lettest down on his tongue?

2 أ تَقدِرُ أنْ تَضَعَ رِباطاً فِي أنفِهِ؟ وَهَلْ تَقدِرُ أنْ تَختَرِقَ فَكَّهُ بِخَطّافٍ؟

Canst thou put a hook into his nose or bore his jaw through with a thorn?

3 أ يَسْتَرْحِمُكَ، أوْ يُحاوِلُ أنْ يُرضِيَكَ لِتَعفُو عَنهُ؟

Will he make many supplications unto thee? Will he speak soft words unto thee?

4 أ يَقطَعُ مَعَكَ عَهداً؟ أتَتَّخِذُهُ عَبداً لَكَ دائِماً؟

Will he make a covenant with thee that thou shall take him for a slave for ever?

5 أ تُلاعِبُهُ كَعُصفُورٍ؟ أتَرْبِطُهُ لِتَتَفَرَّجَ عَلَيهِ فَتَياتُكَ؟

Wilt thou play with him as with a bird, or wilt thou tie him up for thy maidens?

6 ه َلْ يُساوِمُ الصَّيادُونَ عَلَى شِرائِهِ؟ وَهَلْ يُقَسِّمُونَهُ بَينَ التُّجّارِ؟

Shall the companions make a banquet of him? Shall they part him among the merchants?

7 أ تَملأُ جِلدَهُ حِراباً، وَرَأسَهُ رِماحاً؟

Canst thou cut his skin with knives or his head with a fish spear?

8 « المِسْهُ مَرَّةً، وَانْظُرْ أيَّةَ مَعْرَكَةٍ سَتُواجِهُ! لَنْ تَمَسَّهُ ثَانِيَةً!

Lay thine hand upon him; thou shalt remember the battle and do no more.

9 ح َقّاً يَخِيبُ أمَلُ الإنْسانِ فِي إخْضاعِهِ. إذْ يَقَعُ أرْضاً لِمُجَرَّدِ رُؤيَتِهِ.

Behold, your hope regarding him shall fail; for even at the sight of him they shall faint.

10 م ا مِنْ شُجاعٍ يَجْرُؤُ أنْ يُوقِظَهُ، فَمَنْ يَقِفُ بِوَجهِي أنا؟

No one is so bold as to dare stir him up; who then shall be able to stand before me?

11 م َنْ واجَهَنِي وَرَبِحَ؟ كُلُّ شَيءٍ تَحتَ السَّماءِ لِي.

¶ Who has preceded me, that I should repay him? All that is under the whole heaven is mine.

12 « لَنْ أسكُتَ عَنِ الحَدِيثِ عَنْ أطرافِهِ أوْ قُوَّتِهِ العَظِيمَةِ أوْ شَكلِهِ الجَمِيلِ.

I will not conceal his lies, nor his might, nor the beauty of his order.

13 م َنْ يَقدِرُ أنْ يَخلَعَ عَنهُ ثَوبَهُ الخارِجِيَّ؟ مَنْ يَقدِرُ أنْ يَختَرِقَ دِرْعَهُ المُزدَوَجَ؟

Who shall uncover the face of his garment? Or who shall come to him with a double bridle?

14 م َنْ يَقدِرُ أنْ يَفتَحَ فَكَّيهِ الجَبّارَيْنِ؟ فَأسنانُهُ دائِرَةُ رُعْبٍ.

Who shall open the doors of his face? The orders of his teeth are terrible.

15 ظ َهرُهُ مِثلَ صُفُوفٍ مِنَ الدُّرُوعِ المُغلَقَةِ بِإحكامٍ كَما بِخَتْمٍ.

His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.

16 ق َريبٌ أحَدُها مِنَ الآخَرِ، فَلا تَستَطِيعُ الرِّيحُ أنْ تَدخُلَ بَينَها.

One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.

17 و َيَتَّصِلُ أحَدُها بِالآخَرِ، فَتَتَشابَكُ وَلا تَنفَصِلُ.

They are joined one to another; they stick together, that they cannot be separated.

18 ع ِطاسُهُ يُشْبِهُ وَميضَ النُّورِ، وَالشَّرُّ فِي عَينَيهِ مِثلُ أشِعَّةِ الفَجْرِ.

By his sneezings lights are lit, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

19 م ِنْ فَمِهِ تَخرُجُ مَشاعِلُ لَهَبٍ، تَنفَلِتُ كَالشَّرارِ!

Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.

20 و َمِنْ أنفِهِ يَخْرُجُ دُخّانٌ، كَأنَّهُ بُخارٌ مِنْ قِدْرٍ يَغلِي فَوقَ نارٍ مِنْ قَصَبٍ.

Out of his nostrils goes forth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.

21 ن َفَسُهُ يُشعِلُ الجَمْرَ، وَمِنْ فَمِهِ يَخرُجُ لَهَبٌ.

His breath kindles coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth.

22 ف ِي عُنُقِهِ قُوَّةٌ هائِلَةٌ، وَكُلُّ مَنْ يَراهُ يَرتَعِبُ.

In his neck dwells strength, and before him the work is undone.

23 ط َيّاتُ جِلْدِهِ مُتَلاصِقَةٌ، لا يُمكِنُ فَصلُها.

The failings of his flesh are joined together; his flesh is firm in him and does not move.

24 ق َلبُهُ مَسبُوكٌ كَصَخرَةٍ. كَحَجَرِ الرَّحَى السُّفلِي فَلا يَتَزَحزَحُ.

His heart is as firm as a stone; as hard as a piece of the lower millstone.

25 ي َنهَضُ فَيَخافُ حَتَّى الأقوِياءُ، وَيَرتَبِكُونَ مِنَ الضَرَباتِ الشَّدِيدَةِ.

Of his greatness, the mighty are afraid; by reason of breakings they remove sin from themselves.

26 ي َصِلُ إلَيهِ السَّيفُ وَلا يُخْتَرِقُ جِلْدَهُ، وَكَذَلِكَ الحَربَةُ وَالسَّهمُ وَالرُّمحُ.

When one catches up to him, no sword or spear or dart or coat of mail shall endure against him.

27 ا لحَدِيدُ عِندَهُ كَالقَشِّ، وَالنُّحاسُ كَالخَشَبِ المَنخُورِ.

He esteems iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood.

28 ل ا يَهرُبُ مِنْ سَهمٍ، وَحِجارَةُ المِقلاعِ تَرتَدُّ عَنهُ كَالقَشِّ.

The arrow cannot make him flee; with him, slingstones are turned into stubble.

29 إ نْ ضَرَبَتهُ عَصاً غَليظَةٌ، يَحْسَبُها قَشَّةً، وَيَهزَأُ بِأصْواتِ الرِّماحِ.

He counts any weapon as stubble; he laughs at the shaking of a spear.

30 ب َطنُهُ أشبَهُ بِشَظايا فَخّارٍ مُكَسَّرَةٍ حادَّةٍ، يَترُكُ عَلاماتٍ فِي الوَحلِ كَدَرّاسَةٍ.

Broken clay vessels are under him; he carves his imprint upon the mire.

31 ي ُقَلِّبُ البَحرَ كَحِساءٍ يَغلِي فِي قِدْرٍ، وَيَجعَلُ البَحرَ يُزْبِدُ كَقِدْرٍ تُمزَجُ فِيهِ المَراهِمُ.

He makes the deep to boil like a pot; he makes the sea like a pot of ointment.

32 ي َتْرُكُ أثَراً خَلْفَهُ، فَتَظُنُّ البَحرَ العَمِيقَ أشْيَبَ!

He makes the path shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.

33 ه ُوَ بِلا نَظِيرٍ عَلَى الأرْضِ، مَخلُوقٌ بِلا خَوفٍ.

Upon earth there is not his like, who behaves without fear.

34 ي َحتَقِرُ كُلَّ مُتَعالٍ هُوَ مَلِكٌ عَلَى كُلِّ مَخلُوقٍ مُتَكَبِّرٍ.»

He despises all exalted things; he is king over all the sons of pride.