1 “ I have made an agreement with my eyes not to look with desire at a young woman.

«عاهَدْتُ عَينَيَّ، فَكَيفَ أنْظُرُ إلَى عَذْراءَ.

2 W hat would be my share from God above? What would my gift be from the All-powerful on high?

فَماذا كانَ نَصِيبِي مِنَ اللهِ مِنْ فَوقٍ، وَماذا كانَ مِيراثِي مِنَ القَدِيرِ السّاكِنِ فِي الأعالِي؟

3 D oes not trouble come to those who are not right and good? Do not hard times come to those who do wrong?

ألَيسَ الدَّمارُ للِشِّرِّيرِ، وَالكارِثَةُ مِنْ نَصِيبِ فاعِلِي الإثمِ؟

4 D oes He not see my ways and number all my steps?

ألا يَرَى اللهُ ما أفعَلُهُ، وَيُراقِبُ كُلَّ حَرَكاتِي؟

5 “ If I have walked in ways that are false, and my foot has been quick to follow false ways,

«إنْ كُنتُ تَصَرَّفتُ بِالغِشِّ، أوْ أسْرَعتُ إلَى الخِداعِ،

6 l et Him weigh me with a true weight. Let God know that I am honest.

فَليَزِّنِي اللهُ فِي مِيزانِ البِرِّ، وَسَيَعرِفُ عِندَ ذَلِكَ استِقامَتِي.

7 I f my step has turned from the way, and my heart has followed my eyes, or if my hands have held on to sin,

إنْ حادَتْ خُطُواتِي عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ، وَإنْ ذَهَبَ قَلبِي وَراءَ شَهَواتِي، وَإنْ تَلَطَّخَتْ يَدَايَ بِالخَطِيَّةِ،

8 t hen let me plant and another eat. Let what grows be pulled out by the roots.

فَليَأكُلْ ما زَرَعتُهُ رَجُلٌ آخَرَ، وَلْتُقلَعْ مَحاصِيلِي.

9 “ If my heart has been tempted by a woman, or I have waited at my neighbor’s door,

«إذا تَغابَى قَلبِي فَاشْتَهَى امْرأةً، وَاقْتَنَصْتُ الفُرصَةَ للِتَسَلُّلِ إلَى امْرأةِ صاحِبِي،

10 m ay my wife grind grain for another. And let others bow down upon her.

فَلتَطحَنِ امرَأتِي حُبُوباً لِآخَرَ، وَلِيَضطَجِعْ مَعَها آخَرُونَ!

11 F or that would be a very sinful thing to do. It would be a sin that would be punished by the judges.

لأنَّ هَذا شَرٌّ مُخْزٍ جَرِيمَةٌ تَستَحِقُّ الدَينُونَةَ.

12 F or that would be a fire that burns at the Place That Destroys. It would dig out all I have planted.

فَمِثلُ هَذا نارٌ تَأكُلُ كُلَّ شَيءٍ حَتَّى إلَى مَوْضِعِ الهَلاكِ، وَتَستَأصِلُ كُلَّ ما أُنتِجُ.

13 “ If I did not listen to my men servants and women servants when they complained against me,

«لَوْ كُنْتُ قَدْ أنكَرتُ حُقُوقَ خَادِمِي أوْ خادِمَتِي، إذا جاءا يَتَظَلَّمانِ،

14 w hat will I do when God speaks to me? When He asks me why, what will I answer Him?

فَماذا سَأفعَلُ حِينَ يَقُومُ اللهُ لِيَتَّهِمَنِي؟ وَحِينَ يَأتِي اللهُ لِيَسألَنِي، فَماذا أقُولُ، وَأيَّ جَوابٍ أُعطِيهِ؟

15 D id not He Who made me inside my mother make him also? Did not the same One give us life from our mothers?

ألَيسَ الَّذِي صَنَعَنِي فِي بَطنِ أُمِّي هُوَ الَّذِي صَنَعَ خادِمِي؟ ألَمْ يُشَكِّلْنا الإلَهُ ذاتُهُ فِي البَطنِ؟

16 “ If I have kept what the poor should have or have caused the eyes of the woman whose husband has died to be tired,

«لَوْ كُنْتُ قَدْ مَنَعْتُ عَنِ المَساكِينِ مُرادَهُمْ، لَوْ لَمْ أمسَحْ دُمُوعَ الأرمَلَةِ،

17 i f I have eaten my food alone without sharing it with the child who has no parents,

لَوِ احتَفَظتُ بِخُبزِي لِنَفسِي، وَلَمْ أُطْعِمِ اليَتِيمَ،

18 ( but from the time I was young, he grew up with me as a father, and I have helped the woman without a husband since I was born,)

مَعَ أنَّهُ اعتَبَرَنِي أباً لَهُ مُنذُ شَبابِي. اهتَمَمتُ بِالأرمَلَةِ مُنذُ وِلادَتِي،

19 i f I have seen anyone die because he had no clothing, or left any poor person without clothes,

هَل رَأيتُ مَنْ يَتَعَذَّبُ لِقِلَّةِ مَلابِسِهِ، أوْ رَأيتُ فَقيراً دُونَ غِطاءٍ،

20 i f he has not thanked me for the clothing on his body, and been made warm with the wool of my sheep,

وَلَمْ يَشْكُرْنِي مِنْ قَلْبِهِ، أوْ لَمْ يَتَدَفَّأْ بِصُوفِ خِرافِي؟

21 i f I have not done these things, or if I have lifted up my hand against the child who has no parents, because I saw I had help in the gate,

إنْ هَدَّدْتُ اليَتِيمَ، مُعتَمِداً عَلَى مَركِزِي وَنُفُوذِي،

22 l et my shoulder fall out of place, and let my arm be broken off at the joint.

فَلْيَنفَصِلْ كَتِفِي مِنْ أصلِهِ، وَلْتُكسَرْ ذِراعِي مِنْ مَفْصِلِها.

23 F or trouble sent by God fills me with fear. Because of His great power I could not do these things.

لأنَّ أكثَرَ ما أخشاهُ هُوَ مُصِيبَةٌ يُرسِلُها اللهُ، فَلا أنجُو إذا قامَ لِمُقاوَمَتِي.

24 “ If I have put my faith in gold and said fine gold is my trust,

«إنِ اتَكَلتُ عَلَى الغِنَى، وَقُلتُ لِلذَّهَبِ: ‹أنتَ أمانِي،›

25 i f I have had pride because of my many riches and have received much by my hand,

إنْ فَرِحتُ كَثِيراً بِثَروَتِي الكَثِيرَةِ، أوْ لأنِّي جَمَعتُ مالاً كَثِيراً،

26 i f I have looked at the sun shining or the bright moon going on its way,

إنْ لاحَظتُ شُعاعَ الشَّمسِ الجَمِيلَ، وَرَوعَةَ القَمَرِ فِي حَرَكَتِهِ،

27 a nd have in secret worshiped them in my heart, and have honored them by throwing them a kiss with my hand,

فَغَوَى قَلبِي سِرّاً، وَقَبَّلتُ يَدَيَّ عِبادَةً لَهُما،

28 t hese also would be sins to be judged. It would say I did not know the God above.

فَهَذِهِ أيضاً جَرِيمَةٌ تَستَوجِبُ الدَّينُونَةَ، لأنِّي سَأكُونُ قَدْ خَذَلْتُ العَلِيَّ.

29 “ Have I been glad when a person who hated me was destroyed? Have I been filled with joy when trouble came to him?

«إنِ ابْتَهَجْتُ بِمُصِيبَةٍ حَلَّتْ بِعَدُوِّي، أوْ هَتَفتُ لأنَّ سوءاً أصابَهُ …

30 N o, I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life to be cursed.

لَكِنِّي لَمْ أُخطِئْ بِكَلامِي، لَمْ أنْطِقْ بِلَعْنَةٍ عَلَى حَياتِهِ.

31 H ave the men of my tent not said, ‘Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat’?

أُقسِمُ أنَّ لا أحَدَ مِنْ أهلِي وَبَيتِي طَلَبَ طَعَاماً وَلَمْ يَأخُذْ كِفايَتَهُ.

32 T he stranger has not stayed in the street, for I have opened my doors to the traveler.

لَمْ يَبِتْ غَرِيبٌ لَيلَتَهُ فِي الطَّرِيقِ، بَلْ فَتَحتُ بَيتِي لِلمُسافِرِ.

33 H ave I hidden my sins like Adam? Have I hidden my wrong-doing in my heart,

إنْ أخفَيتُ إثمِي كَآدَمَ، فَكَتَمْتُ جَرِيمَتِي فِي صَدرِي،

34 b ecause I was afraid of all the people, and of families who hated me? Did I keep quiet and not go out of the door?

لأنِّي خِفْتُ مِنَ النّاسِ، أوْ لأنِّي خَشِيتُ أنْ لا يَرْضَى أقارِبِي، فَسَكَتُّ وَلَمْ أُغادِرْ مَدخَلَ بَيتِي.

35 I f only I had one to hear me! See, here my name is written. Let the All-powerful answer me! May what is against me be written down!

«لَيْتَ هُناكَ مَنْ يَرْضَى أنْ يَستَمِعَ إلَيَّ! فَلْيُجِبْنِي خَصمِيَ القَدِيرُ، وَلِيَكتُبِ اتِّهاماتِهِ عَلَى مَخطُوطَةٍ، وَأنا سَأُوَقِّعُ عَلَيها.

36 F or sure I would carry it on my shoulder. I would tie it around my head like a crown.

سَأضَعُها عَلَى كَتِفِي، وَألبَسُها تاجاً عَلَى رَأسِي.

37 I would tell Him the number of my every step. I would come near Him like a prince.

سَأذكُرُ لَهُ كُلَّ ما فَعَلْتُ، وَأدنُو مِنهُ كَقائِدٍ مَرْفُوعِ الرَّأْسِ.

38 “ If my land cries out against me and the ditches made by the plow cry together,

«إنْ صَرَخَتْ أرْضِي ضِدِّي، وَبَكَتْ أتلامُها مَعاً.

39 i f I have eaten its fruit without paying for it, and caused its owners to die,

إنْ كُنتُ قَدْ أكَلْتُ غَلَّتَها، دُونَ أنْ أدفَعَ أُجرَةً. أوْ سَلَبْتُ حِصَّةَ مالِكِيها،

40 l et thorns grow instead of grain. And let weeds with a bad smell grow instead of barley.” The words of Job are finished.

فَليَنبُتِ الشَّوكُ فِيها عِوَضاً عَنِ القَمحِ، وَالأعشابُ عِوَضاً عَنِ الشَّعِيرِ.» اكتَمَلَتْ أقوالُ أيُّوبَ.