1 ف َأجابَ أيُّوبُ اللهَ وَقالَ:

Then Job said to the Lord,

2 « أعلَمُ أنَّكَ تَستَطِيعُ كُلَّ شَيءٍ، وَلا يُحْبَطُ لَكَ هَدَفٌ.

I know that You can do all things, and that no thought or purpose of Yours can be restrained or thwarted.

3 ق ُلْتَ: ‹مَنْ هَذا الَّذِي يُشِيعُ الفَوضَى حَولَ مَقاصِدِي بِقِلَّةِ الفَهْمِ؟› حَقّاً تَكَلَّمْتُ عَنْ أُمُورٍ لَمْ أفهَمْها، أُمُورٍ مُذهِلَةٍ أعلَى مِنِّي لَمْ أستَوعِبها.

Who is this that darkens and obscures counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.

4 ق ُلْتَ لِي: ‹اسمَعْنِي فَأتَكَلَّمَ، وَأسألُكَ فَأجِبْنِي.›

Hear, I beseech You, and I will speak; I will demand of You, and You declare to me.

5 ق َدْ سَمِعْتُ عَنكَ بِسَماعِ الأُذُنِ فَقَطْ، أمّا الآنَ فَقَدْ رَأتكَ عَيْنيَ.

I had heard of You by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees You.

6 ل ِهَذا أخْجَلُ مِنْ نَفْسِي، وَأندَمُ جالِساً فِي التُّرابِ وَالرَّمادِ.» اللهُ يُعَوّضُ أيُّوب

Therefore I loathe and abhor myself and repent in dust and ashes.

7 و َبَعدَ أنْ كَلَّمَ اللهُ أيُّوبَ حَولَ هَذِهِ الأُمُورِ، قالَ لألِيفازَ التَّيْمانِيِّ: «غَضَبِي مُتَّقِدٌ عَلَيكَ وَعَلَى صاحِبَيْكَ لأنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَقُولُوا فِيَّ الصَّوابَ كَما فَعَلَ عَبدِي أيُّوبُ.

After the Lord had spoken the previous words to Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me the thing that is right, as My servant Job has.

8 و َالآنَ خُذُوا لِأنفُسِكُمْ سَبعَةَ ثِيرانٍ وَسَبعَةَ كِباشٍ وَاذْهَبُوا إلَى عَبدِي أيُّوبَ، وَقَدِّمُوا ذَبِيحَةً عَنكُمْ. وَسَيُصَلِّي عَبدِي أيُّوبُ مِنْ أجلِكُمْ. لأنِّي سَأُكرِمُ طَلَباتِ أيُّوبَ. وَلَنْ أتَعامَلَ مَعَكُمْ حَسَبَ حَماقَتِكُمْ، لأنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَقُولُوا فِيَّ الصَّوابَ كَعَبدِي أيُّوبَ.»

Now therefore take seven bullocks and seven rams and go to My servant Job and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and My servant Job shall pray for you, for I will accept that I deal not with you after your folly, in that you have not spoken of Me the thing that is right, as My servant Job has.

9 ف َذَهَبَ ألِيفازُ التَّيْمانِيُّ وَبِلْدَدُ الشُّوحِيُّ وَصُوفَرُ النَّعْماتِيُّ وَفَعَلُوا كَما أمَرَهُمْ اللهُ. وَأكرَمَ اللهُ طِلبَةَ أيُّوبَ.

So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the Lord commanded them; and the Lord accepted.

10 و َرَدَّ اللهُ ثَرَواتِ أيُّوبَ السّابِقَةِ بَعدَ أنْ صَلَّى مِنْ أجلِ أصحابِهِ. وَأعطاهُ اللهُ ضِعفَيِّ ما كانَ لَهُ مِنْ مُقتَنَياتٍ.

And the Lord turned the captivity of Job and restored his fortunes, when he prayed for his friends; also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.

11 و َجاءَ إلَيهِ جَمِيعُ إخْوَتِهِ وَأخَواتِهِ وَكُلُّ الَّذِينَ كانُوا قَدْ عَرَفُوهُ، وَتَناوَلُوا مَعَهُ الطَعامَ فِي بَيتِهِ. وَأظهَرُوا تَعاطُفاً مَعَهُ، وَعَزُّوهُ عَنْ كُلِّ الضِّيقِ الَّذِي جَلَبَهُ اللهُ عَلَيهِ. وَأعطاهُ كُلٌّ مِنهُمْ قِطعَةً مِنَ الفِضَّةِ وَخاتِماً مِنَ الذَّهَبِ.

Then there came to him all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and they ate bread with him in his house; and they sympathized with him and comforted him over all the calamities that the Lord had brought upon him. Every man also gave him a piece of money, and every man an earring of gold.

12 و َبارَكَ اللهُ أيُّوبَ فِي النِّهايَةِ أكثَرَ مِنَ البِدايَةِ. فَكانَ لَهُ أربَعَةَ عَشَرَ ألفَ رَأسٍ مِنَ الغَنَمِ وَسِتَّةُ آلافِ رَأسٍ مِنَ الجِمالِ وَألفُ زَوجٍ مِنَ البَقَرِ وَألفُ حِمارٍ.

And the Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; for he had 14, 000 sheep, 6, 000 camels, 1, 000 yoke of oxen, and 1, 000 female donkeys.

13 و َكانَ لَهُ سَبعَةُ أبناءٍ وَثَلاثُ بَناتٍ.

He had also seven sons and three daughters.

14 و َسَمَّى ابنَتَهُ الأُولَى يَمِيمَةَ، وَالثّانِيَةَ قَصِيعَةَ، وَالثّالِثَةَ قَرْنَ هَفُّوكَ.

And he called the name of the first Jemimah, and the name of the second Keziah, and the name of the third Keren-happuch.

15 و َلَمْ تَكُنْ فِي الأرْضِ نِساءٌ أجمَلَ مِنْ بَناتِ أيُّوبَ. وَأعطاهُنَّ أبُوهُنَّ أيُّوبُ جُزءاً مِنَ المِيراثِ كَما فَعَلَ مَعَ إخْوَتِهِنَّ.

And in all the land there were no women so fair as the daughters of Job, and their father gave them inheritance among their brothers.

16 و َعاشَ أيُّوبُ بَعدَ هَذا مِئَةً وَأربَعِينَ سَنَةً. وَرَأى أيُّوبُ أربَعَةَ أجيالٍ مِنْ نَسلِهِ.

After this, Job lived 140 years, and saw his sons and his sons’ sons, even to four generations.

17 و َماتَ أيُّوبُ عَجُوزاً مُكتَفِياً مِنَ الأيّامِ.

So Job died, an old man and full of days.