1 ¶ And Job answered and said,

فَأجابَ أيُّوبُ:

2 N o doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.

«لا بُدَّ أنَّكُمْ أهلُ الحِكْمَةِ. وَتَمُوتُ الحِكْمَةُ بِمَوْتِكُمْ!

3 B ut I have a heart as well as you; I am not inferior to you; and who shall not be able to say as much again?

لَكِنْ لِي أنا أيضاً عَقلٌ مِثلَكُمْ، فَلَسْتُ أقِلَّ مِنكُمْ. فَمَنْ لا يَعْرِفُ هَذا الَّذِي تَقُولُونَهُ؟

4 H e who invokes God and he answers him is mocked by his friend; the just and perfect man is laughed to scorn.

«ها قَد أصبَحْتُ أُضْحُوكَةً لِأصدِقائِي. يَقُولُونَ دَعا اللهَ، فَاسْتَجابَ إلَيهِ بِالآلامِ. فَها هُوَ البّارُّ وَالمُستَقِيمُ يُصبِحُ أُضْحُوكَةً.

5 T he torch is held in low esteem in the thought of him that is prosperous, which was prepared to guard against a slip of the feet.

فَالَّذِينَ يَعِيشُونَ حَياةً هانِئَةً، يَستَخِفُّونَ بِمَصائِبِ الآخَرِينَ، يَضرِبُونَ الإنسانَ بَعْدَ أنْ يَسقُطَ!

6 ¶ The tents of robbers are at ease, and those that provoke God and those who carry gods in their hands live secure.

بُيُوتُ اللُّصُوصِ تَسلَمُ، وَالَّذِينَ يُغِيظُونَ اللهَ يَعِيشُونَ بِأمانٍ! مَعَ أنَّ مَصَائِرَهُمْ فِي يَدِ اللهِ!

7 B ut ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the heavens, and they shall show thee;

«اسْألِ البَهائِمَ فَتُعَلِّمَكَ، وَطُيُورَ السَّماءِ فَسَتُخبِرَكَ.

8 o r speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; the fishes of the sea shall declare it unto thee also.

أوْ حَدِّثِ الأرْضَ فَتُرشِدَكَ، أوْ سَمَكَ البَحرِ فَيَروِيَ لَكَ.

9 W hat thing of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD made them?

مَنْ مِنْها لا يَعرِفُ أنَّ يَدَ اللهِ هِيَ الَّتِي فَعَلَتْ هَذا بِكَ،

10 I n his hand is the soul of every living thing and the spirit of all flesh of man.

فَهُوَ يَتَحَكَّمُ بِنَفَسِ كُلِّ شَيءٍ حَيٍّ، وَبِرُوحِ كُلِّ بَشَرٍ.

11 C ertainly the ear proves words and the mouth tastes foods.

ألا تَزِنُ الأُذُنُ الكَلامَ، كَما يَفحَصُ اللِّسانُ الطَعامَ؟

12 ¶ With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days intelligence.

هَلِ الحِكْمَةُ لِلشُّيُوخِ، وَالفَهُمُ لِمَنْ يَعِيشُونَ طَوِيلاً؟

13 W ith him is wisdom and strength; he has counsel and intelligence.

بَلِ الحِكْمَةُ وَالقُوَّةُ للهِ، لَهُ الحُكمُ الصّائِبُ وَالفَهْمُ.

14 B ehold, he shall break down, and it shall not be built again; he shall shut up a man, and no one shall be able to open unto him.

إذا هَدَمَ، فَلا أحَدَ يَبنِي. إذا أغلَقَ عَلَى أحَدٍ، فَلا أحَدَ يَفتَحُ.

15 B ehold, he shall withhold the waters, and they shall dry up; also he shall send them forth, and they shall destroy the earth.

إذا حَجَزَ المَطَرَ، يَجِفُّ كُلَّ شَيءٍ، وَإذا أرْسَلَهُ، فَإنَّهُ يَغمُرُ الأرْضَ.

16 W ith him is strength and existence; he who errs and he who leads astray are his.

لَهُ القُوَّةُ وَالحِكْمَةُ. الرّابِحُونَ وَالخاسِرُونَ كُلُّهُمْ للهِ.

17 H e causes the counsellors to walk away stripped of counsel and makes the judges to be fools.

يَنزِعُ الحِكْمَةَ مِنَ النّاصِحِينَ، وَيَجعَلُ القُضاةَ يَبدُونَ كَحَمقَى.

18 H e looses the bond of kings and girds their loins with a girdle.

يَنزِعُ قُوَّةَ المُلُوكِ، وَيُطَوِّقُهُمْ بِقُيُودِ.

19 H e leads priests away spoiled and overthrows the mighty.

يَنزِعُ قُوَّةَ الكَهَنَةِ، وَيُنزِلُ ذَوِي المَراكِزَ الَّتِي يَظُنُّونَها خالِدَةً.

20 H e impedes the lips of those that speak the truth and takes away the counsel of the aged.

يُخْرِسُ النّاصِحِينَ المُؤتَمَنِينَ، وَيَنزِعُ حُسْنَ التَميِيزِ مِنَ الشُّيُوخِ.

21 H e pours contempt upon princes and weakens the strength of the mighty.

يَسكُبُ الخَجَلَ عَلَى النُّبَلاءِ، وَيَنزِعُ قُوَّةَ الأقوِياءِ.

22 H e uncovers the depths of the darkness and brings out to light the shadow of death.

يَكشِفُ أعمَقَ أسرارِ الظُلمَةِ، وَيُعلِنَ ما هُوَ مُظلِمٌ كَالمَوتِ.

23 H e multiplies the Gentiles and destroys them; he scatters the Gentiles and gathers them again.

يُقَوِّي الأُمَمَ، ثُمَّ يُدَمِّرُها، يُوَسِّعُ حُدُودَ البِلادِ، ثُمَّ يُشَتِّتُ شُعُوبَها.

24 H e takes away the heart of the heads of the people of the earth and causes them to become lost, wandering without a way.

يَنزِعُ فَهْمَ قادَةِ شَعبِ الأرْضِ، وَيُضِلُّهُمْ فِي أرْضٍ قاحِلَةٍ بِلا طَرِيقٍ.

25 T hey grope in the darkness and not the light, and he causes them to err like drunken men.

فَيَدُورُونَ كَالسُّكارَى، يَتَلَمَّسُونَ طَرِيقَهُمْ فِي الظُّلمَةِ دُونَ نُورٍ.