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

“Can you draw out Leviathan with a fish hook, or press down his tongue with a cord?

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

Can you put a rope into his nose, or pierce his jaw through with a hook?

3 أ يَسْتَرْحِمُكَ، أوْ يُحاوِلُ أنْ يُرضِيَكَ لِتَعفُو عَنهُ؟

Will he make many petitions to you, or will he speak soft words to you?

4 أ يَقطَعُ مَعَكَ عَهداً؟ أتَتَّخِذُهُ عَبداً لَكَ دائِماً؟

Will he make a covenant with you, that you should take him for a servant forever?

5 أ تُلاعِبُهُ كَعُصفُورٍ؟ أتَرْبِطُهُ لِتَتَفَرَّجَ عَلَيهِ فَتَياتُكَ؟

Will you play with him as with a bird? Or will you bind him for your girls?

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

Will traders barter for him? Will they part him among the merchants?

7 أ تَملأُ جِلدَهُ حِراباً، وَرَأسَهُ رِماحاً؟

Can you fill his skin with barbed irons, or his head with fish spears?

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

Lay your hand on him. Remember the battle, and do so no more.

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

Behold, the hope of him is in vain. Won’t one be cast down even at the sight of him?

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

None is so fierce that he dare stir him up. Who then is he who can stand before me?

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

Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Everything under the heavens is mine.

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

“I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, nor his mighty strength, nor his goodly frame.

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

Who can strip off his outer garment? Who shall come within his jaws?

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

Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth is terror.

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

Strong scales are his pride, shut up together 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 to one another. They stick together, so that they can’t be pulled apart.

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

His sneezing flashes out light. His eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

19 م ِنْ فَمِهِ تَخرُجُ مَشاعِلُ لَهَبٍ، تَنفَلِتُ كَالشَّرارِ!

Out of his mouth go burning torches. Sparks of fire leap out.

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

Out of his nostrils a smoke goes, as of a boiling pot over a fire of reeds.

21 ن َفَسُهُ يُشعِلُ الجَمْرَ، وَمِنْ فَمِهِ يَخرُجُ لَهَبٌ.

His breath kindles coals. A flame goes out of his mouth.

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

There is strength in his neck. Terror dances before him.

23 ط َيّاتُ جِلْدِهِ مُتَلاصِقَةٌ، لا يُمكِنُ فَصلُها.

The flakes of his flesh are joined together. They are firm on him. They can’t be moved.

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

His heart is as firm as a stone, yes, firm as the lower millstone.

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

When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid. They retreat before his thrashing.

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

If one attacks him with the sword, it can’t prevail; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.

27 ا لحَدِيدُ عِندَهُ كَالقَشِّ، وَالنُّحاسُ كَالخَشَبِ المَنخُورِ.

He counts iron as straw; and brass as rotten wood.

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

The arrow can’t make him flee. Sling stones are like chaff to him.

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

Clubs are counted as stubble. He laughs at the rushing of the javelin.

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

His undersides are like sharp potsherds, leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.

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 a path shine after him. One would think the deep had white hair.

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

On earth there is not his equal, that is made without fear.

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

He sees everything that is high. He is king over all the sons of pride.”