1 “ Since times are not hidden from the Almighty, Why do those who know Him see not His days?

«لِماذا لا يَخفَى شَيءٌ مِنَ الأزمِنَةِ عَلَى القَدِيرِ؟ بَينَما الَّذِينَ يَعرِفُونَهُ لا يَرَوْنَ ماذا سَيَحدُثُ؟

2 “ Some remove landmarks; They seize flocks violently and feed on them;

«يُغَيِّرُ النّاسُ حُدُودَ أراضِي الآخَرِينَ، يَسرِقُونَ المَواشِيَ وَيُطلِقُونَها فِي مَراعِيهِمْ.

3 T hey drive away the donkey of the fatherless; They take the widow’s ox as a pledge.

يَسُوقُونَ حِمارَ اليَتِيمِ، وَيُصادِرُونَ ثَوْرَ الأرمَلَةِ رَهْناً.

4 T hey push the needy off the road; All the poor of the land are forced to hide.

يُبعِدُونَ المُحتاجِينَ عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ، فَيَختَبِئُ مِنهُمْ كُلُّ فُقَراءِ الأرْضِ.

5 I ndeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, They go out to their work, searching for food. The wilderness yields food for them and for their children.

«كَالحَيواناتِ البَرِّيَّةِ يَخْرُجُونَ إلَى عَمَلِهِمْ فِي البَرِّيَّةِ، يُبَكِّرُونَ فِي سَعيِهِمْ إلَى الخُبزِ مِنْ أجلِ صِغارِهِمْ فِي الأرْضِ المُقفِرَةِ.

6 T hey gather their fodder in the field And glean in the vineyard of the wicked.

يَحصُدُ الفُقَراءُ عَلَفَ الشِّرِّيرِ فِي الحَقلِ، وَيَجمَعُونَ البَواقِي مِنْ كَرمِهِ.

7 T hey spend the night naked, without clothing, And have no covering in the cold.

يَبِيتُونَ عُراةً مِنْ غَيرِ كِساءٍ، وَلَيسَ لَهُمْ ما يَحْميهُمْ مِنَ البَرْدِ.

8 T hey are wet with the showers of the mountains, And huddle around the rock for want of shelter.

تُبُلِّلهُمْ أمطارُ الجِبالِ. فَيَلتَصِقُونَ بِصَخْرَةٍ يَحْتَمُونَ بِها.

9 “ Some snatch the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge from the poor.

يَخْطَفُ الأشْرارُ اليَتِيمَ عَنْ ثَديِ أُمِّهِ، وَيَأخُذُونَ ثِيابَ المَساكِينِ رَهناً.

10 T hey cause the poor to go naked, without clothing; And they take away the sheaves from the hungry.

فَيَمشِي المَساكِينُ عُراةً دُونَ كِساءٍ، وَيَحمِلُ الجِياعُ حَفنَةَ حُبُوبٍ.

11 T hey press out oil within their walls, And tread winepresses, yet suffer thirst.

يَعصِرُونَ الزَّيتَ بَينَ أتلامِ الأشرارِ. وَيَدُوسُونَ مَعاصِرَ الخَمرِ وَهُمْ عِطاشٌ.

12 T he dying groan in the city, And the souls of the wounded cry out; Yet God does not charge them with wrong.

فِي المَدِينَةِ يَئِنُّ النّاسُ، وَحَناجِرُ المَجرُوحِينَ تَستَغِيثُ صارِخَةً، لَكِنَّ اللهَ لا يَنتَبِهُ إلَى صَلاتِهِمْ.

13 “ There are those who rebel against the light; They do not know its ways Nor abide in its paths.

«هَؤلاءِ مُتَمَرِّدُونَ عَلَى النُّورِ وَلا يَعتَرِفُونَ بِطُرُقِهِ، وَلا يَسكُنُونَ فِي مَسالِكِهِ.

14 T he murderer rises with the light; He kills the poor and needy; And in the night he is like a thief.

يَقُومُ القاتِلُ فَجراً، وَيَقتُلُ الضَّعِيفَ وَالمِسكِينَ، وَفِي اللَّيلِ يُصبِحُ لِصّاً.

15 T he eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, Saying, ‘No eye will see me’; And he disguises his face.

عَينُ الزّانِي تَتَرَقَّبُ حُلُولَ المَساءِ وَتَقُولُ: ‹لَنْ تَرانِي عَينٌ!› وَعَلَى وَجهِهِ يَضَعُ قِناعاً.

16 I n the dark they break into houses Which they marked for themselves in the daytime; They do not know the light.

يَسْطُونَ عَلَى البُيُوتِ لَيلاً، وَفِي النَّهارِ يُغلِقُونَ عَلَى أنفُسِهِمْ، لأنَّهُمْ غَيرُ مُتَصالِحِينَ مَعَ النُّورِ.

17 F or the morning is the same to them as the shadow of death; If someone recognizes them, They are in the terrors of the shadow of death.

لأنَّ الظُلمَةَ العَمِيقَةَ عِنْدَهُمْ كَالصُّبْحِ، غَيرَ أنَّهُمْ يَعْرِفُونَ أهْوالَ الظُّلمَةِ العَمِيقَةِ.

18 “ They should be swift on the face of the waters, Their portion should be cursed in the earth, So that no one would turn into the way of their vineyards.

«تَقُولُ: ‹إنَّ الشِّرِّيرَ كَالقَشَّةِ تَجْرُفُها المياهُ، وَمُمتَلَكاتِهِ مَلعُونَةٌ عَلَى الأرْضِ، فَلا يَعْمَلُ أحَدٌ فِي كُرُومِهِ.

19 A s drought and heat consume the snow waters, So the grave consumes those who have sinned.

فَكَما يَسرِقُ الجَفافُ وَالحَرُّ مِياهَ الثُّلُوجِ الذّائِبَةِ، كَذَلِكَ تَسرِقُ الهاوِيَةُ الخُطاةَ.

20 T he womb should forget him, The worm should feed sweetly on him; He should be remembered no more, And wickedness should be broken like a tree.

يَنساهُ البَطنُ الَّذِي وَلَدَهُ، وَيَستَحلِيهِ الدُّودُ. لا يَعُودُ يُذكَرُ، وَيَنكَسِرُ الشَّرُّ كَالعَصا.

21 F or he preys on the barren who do not bear, And does no good for the widow.

الشِّرِّيرُ يَأكُلُ المَرأةَ العاقِرَ، وَلا يُحسِنُ إلَى الأرمَلَةِ.

22 “ But God draws the mighty away with His power; He rises up, but no man is sure of life.

يُزِيلُ بِقُوَّتِهِ الأشْرافَ الأشِدّاءَ. وَرُبَّما يَتَقَدَّمُ، لَكِنَّهُ لا يَثِقُ بِالحَياةِ.

23 H e gives them security, and they rely on it; Yet His eyes are on their ways.

رُبَّما يَشعُرُ بِالأمانِ وَالثَّباتِ، وَيُرِيدُ أنْ يَتبَعَ طُرُقَهُمْ نَحْوَ القُوَّةِ،

24 T hey are exalted for a little while, Then they are gone. They are brought low; They are taken out of the way like all others; They dry out like the heads of grain.

لَكِنَّهُ مِثلُهُمْ، يَرْتَفِعُ قَلِيلاً، ثُمَّ يَمضِي. يُقْطَعُ كَرُؤُوسِ السَّنابِلِ كَغَيرِهِ مِنَ النّاسِ.›

25 “ Now if it is not so, who will prove me a liar, And make my speech worth nothing?”

«فَإنْ لَمْ تَكُنِ الأُمُورُ هَكَذا، فَمَنْ يُبَرْهِنُ كَذِبِي، وَيُبَيِّنُ أنَّ كَلامِي باطِلٌ.»