1 T hen Job answered and said:

فَأجابَ أيُّوبُ:

2 “ No doubt you are the people, And wisdom will die with you!

«لا بُدَّ أنَّكُمْ أهلُ الحِكْمَةِ. وَتَمُوتُ الحِكْمَةُ بِمَوْتِكُمْ!

3 B ut I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Indeed, who does not know such things as these?

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

4 “ I am one mocked by his friends, Who called on God, and He answered him, The just and blameless who is ridiculed.

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

5 A lamp is despised in the thought of one who is at ease; It is made ready for those whose feet slip.

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

6 T he tents of robbers prosper, And those who provoke God are secure— In what God provides by His hand.

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

7 “ But now ask the beasts, and they will teach you; And the birds of the air, and they will tell you;

«اسْألِ البَهائِمَ فَتُعَلِّمَكَ، وَطُيُورَ السَّماءِ فَسَتُخبِرَكَ.

8 O r speak to the earth, and it will teach you; And the fish of the sea will explain to you.

أوْ حَدِّثِ الأرْضَ فَتُرشِدَكَ، أوْ سَمَكَ البَحرِ فَيَروِيَ لَكَ.

9 W ho among all these does not know That the hand of the Lord has done this,

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

10 I n whose hand is the life of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?

فَهُوَ يَتَحَكَّمُ بِنَفَسِ كُلِّ شَيءٍ حَيٍّ، وَبِرُوحِ كُلِّ بَشَرٍ.

11 D oes not the ear test words And the mouth taste its food?

ألا تَزِنُ الأُذُنُ الكَلامَ، كَما يَفحَصُ اللِّسانُ الطَعامَ؟

12 W isdom is with aged men, And with length of days, understanding.

هَلِ الحِكْمَةُ لِلشُّيُوخِ، وَالفَهُمُ لِمَنْ يَعِيشُونَ طَوِيلاً؟

13 “ With Him are wisdom and strength, He has counsel and understanding.

بَلِ الحِكْمَةُ وَالقُوَّةُ للهِ، لَهُ الحُكمُ الصّائِبُ وَالفَهْمُ.

14 I f He breaks a thing down, it cannot be rebuilt; If He imprisons a man, there can be no release.

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

15 I f He withholds the waters, they dry up; If He sends them out, they overwhelm the earth.

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

16 W ith Him are strength and prudence. The deceived and the deceiver are His.

لَهُ القُوَّةُ وَالحِكْمَةُ. الرّابِحُونَ وَالخاسِرُونَ كُلُّهُمْ للهِ.

17 H e leads counselors away plundered, And makes fools of the judges.

يَنزِعُ الحِكْمَةَ مِنَ النّاصِحِينَ، وَيَجعَلُ القُضاةَ يَبدُونَ كَحَمقَى.

18 H e loosens the bonds of kings, And binds their waist with a belt.

يَنزِعُ قُوَّةَ المُلُوكِ، وَيُطَوِّقُهُمْ بِقُيُودِ.

19 H e leads princes away plundered, And overthrows the mighty.

يَنزِعُ قُوَّةَ الكَهَنَةِ، وَيُنزِلُ ذَوِي المَراكِزَ الَّتِي يَظُنُّونَها خالِدَةً.

20 H e deprives the trusted ones of speech, And takes away the discernment of the elders.

يُخْرِسُ النّاصِحِينَ المُؤتَمَنِينَ، وَيَنزِعُ حُسْنَ التَميِيزِ مِنَ الشُّيُوخِ.

21 H e pours contempt on princes, And disarms the mighty.

يَسكُبُ الخَجَلَ عَلَى النُّبَلاءِ، وَيَنزِعُ قُوَّةَ الأقوِياءِ.

22 H e uncovers deep things out of darkness, And brings the shadow of death to light.

يَكشِفُ أعمَقَ أسرارِ الظُلمَةِ، وَيُعلِنَ ما هُوَ مُظلِمٌ كَالمَوتِ.

23 H e makes nations great, and destroys them; He enlarges nations, and guides them.

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

24 H e takes away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, And makes them wander in a pathless wilderness.

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

25 T hey grope in the dark without light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken man.

فَيَدُورُونَ كَالسُّكارَى، يَتَلَمَّسُونَ طَرِيقَهُمْ فِي الظُّلمَةِ دُونَ نُورٍ.