1 T hen Job answered and said:

فَأجابَ أيُّوبُ:

2 “ I have heard many such things; Miserable comforters are you all!

«استَمَعتُ إلَى هَذِهِ الأفكارِ كُلَّها، وَكُلُّكُمْ مُعَزُّونَ مُتْعِبُونَ.

3 S hall words of wind have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?

أَما مِنْ نِهايَةٍ لِهَذا الكَلامِ الفارِغِ؟ فَما الَّذِي يُزعِجُكُمْ فَتُضْطَرُّونَ لِلكَلامِ؟

4 I also could speak as you do, If your soul were in my soul’s place. I could heap up words against you, And shake my head at you;

لَوْ كَنتُمْ مَكانِي، لَكُنتُ أستَطِيعُ أنا أيضاً أنْ أتَكَلَّمَ مِثلَكُمْ. أُهاجِمُكُمْ بِالِاتِّهاماتِ، وَأهُزُّ رَأسِي لَكُمْ.

5 B ut I would strengthen you with my mouth, And the comfort of my lips would relieve your grief.

«لَكِنِّي كُنتُ سَأُشَجِّعُكُمْ بِكَلِماتِي، وَأُخَفِّفُ أوجاعَكُمْ بِكَلامٍ مُعَزٍّ.

6 “ Though I speak, my grief is not relieved; And if I remain silent, how am I eased?

«إنْ تَكَلَّمْتُ، لا يَخِفُّ ألَمِي، وَإنِ امتَنَعْتُ عَنِ الكَلامِ، لا يَتَوَقَفُ.

7 B ut now He has worn me out; You have made desolate all my company.

ها هُوَ اللهُ يُضعِفُنِي، ألَمْ تُدَمِّرْ يا اللهُ كُلَّ أهلِي؟

8 Y ou have shriveled me up, And it is a witness against me; My leanness rises up against me And bears witness to my face.

مَلأتَ وَجهِي بِالتَّجاعِيدِ، فَصارَ هَذا شاهِداً ضِدِّي. قامَ جِسْمِي الهَزِيلُ لِيَشهَدَ عَن ذَنبِي.

9 H e tears me in His wrath, and hates me; He gnashes at me with His teeth; My adversary sharpens His gaze on me.

«يُهاجِمُنِي فِي غَضَبِهِ وَيُمَزِّقُنِي، وَهُوَ يَصِّرُّ بِأسنانِهِ عَلَيَّ. وَيَنظُرُ إلَيَّ عَدُوِّي بِكُرْهٍ.

10 T hey gape at me with their mouth, They strike me reproachfully on the cheek, They gather together against me.

يَفتَحُ النّاسُ أفواهَهُمْ لِيَفتَرِسُونِي. لَطَمُونِي عَلَى وَجهِي استِهزاءً، وَاصطَفُّوا مَعاً ضِدِّي.

11 G od has delivered me to the ungodly, And turned me over to the hands of the wicked.

أسلَمَنِي اللهُ إلَى الشِّرِّيرِ، وَرَمانِي بَينَ يَدَي الأشْرارِ.

12 I was at ease, but He has shattered me; He also has taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces; He has set me up for His target,

كُنتُ مُرتاحاً فَحَطَّمَنِي. أمسَكَ بِرَقَبَتِي وَكَسَّرَنِي تَكسِيراً. نَصَبَنِي لَهُ هَدَفاً،

13 H is archers surround me. He pierces my heart and does not pity; He pours out my gall on the ground.

وَأحاطَ بِي رُماةُ سِهامِهِ. شَقَّ كُلْيَتَيَّ شَقّاً دُونَ شَفَقَةٍ. يَسكُبُ مَرارَتِي عَلَى الأرْضِ.

14 H e breaks me with wound upon wound; He runs at me like a warrior.

يَسحَقُنِي مَرَّةً بَعدَ مَرَّةٍ، وَيَهجُمُ عَلَيَّ كَمُقاتِلٍ.

15 “ I have sewn sackcloth over my skin, And laid my head in the dust.

«لَبِستُ خَيْشاً عَلَى جِلْدِي، وَمَرَّغتُ كِبرِيائِي فِي التُّرابِ.

16 M y face is flushed from weeping, And on my eyelids is the shadow of death;

احمَرَّ وَجهِي مِنَ البُكاءِ، وَبَدَتْ حَولَ عَينَيَّ دَوائِرُ سَوداءُ.

17 A lthough no violence is in my hands, And my prayer is pure.

مَعَ أنَّ يَدَيَّ لَمْ تُسِيئا لأحَدٍ، وَصَلاتِي نَقِيَّةٌ.

18 “ O earth, do not cover my blood, And let my cry have no resting place!

«لا تُغَطِّي دَمِي يا أرْضُ، وَلا تَمنَعِي صَرَخاتِي مِنْ أنْ تُسمَعَ.

19 S urely even now my witness is in heaven, And my evidence is on high.

الآنَ يُوجَدُ شاهِدٌ فِي السَّماءِ، وَدَلِيلُ بَراءَتِي فِي الأعالِي.

20 M y friends scorn me; My eyes pour out tears to God.

صاحِبِي يُدافِعُ عَنِّي، بَينَما تَذْرِفُ عَينايَ الدُمُوعَ للهِ.

21 O h, that one might plead for a man with God, As a man pleads for his neighbor!

سَيُحاجِجُ عَنِّي فِي حَضْرَةِ اللهِ، كَإنسانٍ يُدافِعُ عَنْ صَدِيقِهِ.

22 F or when a few years are finished, I shall go the way of no return.

«لأنَّهُ بَعْدَ سَنَواتٍ قَلِيلَةٍ، سَأمضِي فِي طَرِيقٍ لا أعُودَ مِنها.