1 T hen Job answered,

فَأجابَ أيُّوبُ:

2 “ Oh that my anguish were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!

«آهِ لَو أمْكَنَ وَزْنُ عَذابِي وَوَضْعُ مَصائِبِي كُلِّها عَلَى المَوازِينِ.

3 F or now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas, therefore have my words been rash.

فَسَتَكُونُ أثقَلَ مِنْ رَملِ البَحرِ. لِذا كَلِماتِي طائِشَةٌ.

4 F or the arrows of the Almighty are within me. My spirit drinks up their poison. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.

لأنَّ سِهامَ القَدِيرِ فِيَّ، وَرُوحِي تَشرَبُ سُمَّها اللّاذِعَ. حُشِدَتْ أسلِحَةُ اللهِ المُخِيفَةُ لِقِتالِي. سَهلٌ عَلَيْكَ أنْ تَقُولَ كَلامَكَ هَذا، حِينَ لا تُواجِهُ مُصِيبَةً.

5 D oes the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?

لَكِنْ حَتَّى الحِمارُ لا يَتَذَمَّرُ حِينَ يَتَوَفَّرُ لَهُ عُشْبٌ. وَلا الثَّورُ يَخُورُ وَلَدَيْهِ عَلَفٌ.

6 C an that which has no flavor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

هَلْ يُؤكَلُ الطَعامُ بِلا مِلْحٍ؟ أمْ هُناكَ نَكْهَةٌ فِي بَياضِ البَيْضِ؟

7 M y soul refuses to touch them. They are as loathsome food to me.

كَذَلِكَ لا رَغبَةَ لِي فِي سَماعِ كَلِماتِكَ، فَهِيَ أشبَهُ بِالطَعامِ الفاسِدِ!

8 “ Oh that I might have my request, that God would grant the thing that I long for,

«لَيتَ طِلبَتِي تُستَجابُ، فَيُعطِينِي اللهُ ما أشتَهِيهِ.

9 e ven that it would please God to crush me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

لَيتَ اللهَ يَشاءُ أنْ يَسحَقَنِي. لَيتَهُ يُدَمِّرُنِي تَدمِيراً بِضَربَةٍ خاطِفَةٍ مِنْ يَدِهِ.

10 B e it still my consolation, yes, let me exult in pain that doesn’t spare, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

فَفِي هَذا تَكُونُ راحَتِي: أنَّنِي لَمْ أتَجاهَلْ كَلامَ القُدُّوسِ، رَغْمَ كُلِّ هَذا الألَمِ.

11 W hat is my strength, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should be patient?

«ما هِيَ القُوَّةُ الَّتِي سَتُعْطينِي رَجاءَ الانتِظارِ، وَمِن أجلِ ماذا أتَمَنَّى طُولَ العُمْرِ؟

12 I s my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of brass?

هَلْ لَدَيَّ قُوَّةُ الصُّخُورِ، أمْ أنَّ جَسَدِي مَصنُوعٌ مِنَ البُرونْزِ؟

13 I sn’t it that I have no help in me, That wisdom is driven quite from me?

لَيسَتْ فِيَّ قُوَّةٌ تُعِينُنِي، وَالرَأيُ الصّائِبُ أُخِذَ مِنِّي.

14 “ To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend; even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

«يَحْتاجُ اليائِسُ إلَى إخلاصِ أصْدِقائِهِ، حَتَّى وَإنِ ابْتَعَدَ عَن تَقوَى القَدِيرِ.

15 M y brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away;

إخْوَتِي غَدَرُوا بِي كَسَيلِ مِياهٍ، كَسُيُولِ الوادِي يَعبُرُونَ.

16 W hich are black by reason of the ice, in which the snow hides itself.

فِي الشِّتاءِ، تَتَصّلَّبُ بِالجَليدِ الَّذي يُغَطِّي الثِّلْجَ.

17 I n the dry season, they vanish. When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

وَفِي الصَّيفِ تَجِفُّ، تَختَفِي مِنَ مَكانِها بِسَبَبِ الحَرِّ.

18 T he caravans that travel beside them turn aside. They go up into the waste, and perish.

تَتَلّوَّى الجَداوِلُ فِي طَرِيقِها، ثُمَّ تَختَفِي فِي الصَّحراءِ.

19 T he caravans of Tema looked. The companies of Sheba waited for them.

تَبْحَثُ قَوافِلُ تَيْماءُ عَنِ الماءِ بِلَهفَةٍ، وَتَرجُو قَوافِلُ سَبَأَ الماءَ.

20 T hey were distressed because they were confident. They came there, and were confounded.

كانُوا وَاثِقِينَ مِنْ أنَّ الماءَ هُناكَ، فَخابَتْ آمالُهُمْ!

21 F or now you are nothing. You see a terror, and are afraid.

أنْتُمْ مِثلُ هَذِهِ الجَداوِلِ، رَأيْتُمْ تَعاسَتِي فارْتَعَبْتُمْ.

22 D id I say, ‘Give to me?’ or, ‘Offer a present for me from your substance?’

فَهَلْ قُلْتُ لَكُمْ أعطُونِي شَيئاً؟ أمْ طَلَبتُ مِنكُمْ أنْ تَدفَعُوا رِشْوَةً مِنْ مالِكُمْ لِأحَدٍ لِأجلِي؟

23 o r, ‘Deliver me from the adversary’s hand?’ or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?’

هَلْ قُلْتُ لَكُمْ أنقِذُونِي مِنْ يَدِ مَنْ يَضطَهِدُنِي؟ أوِ اشتَرُونِي مِنْ يَدِ الَّذِينَ يُرعِبُونَنِي؟

24 “ Teach me, and I will hold my peace. Cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

«عَلِّمُونِي وَأنا أصْمِتُ، وَأفهِمُونِي أينَ أخطَأتُ.

25 H ow forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what does it reprove?

ما أقوَى الكَلِماتُ الصّائِبَةُ! لَكِنْ ماذا تُبَرهِنُ أقوالُكُمْ؟

26 D o you intend to reprove words, since the speeches of one who is desperate are as wind?

أتَنْوُونَ انْتِقادَ كَلامِي، وَتَحْسِبُونَ كَلِماتِ اليَأسِ الّتِي أقُولُها مُجَرَّدَ رِيحٍ؟

27 Y es, you would even cast lots for the fatherless, and make merchandise of your friend.

حَتَّى إنَّكُمْ تُلقُونَ قُرعَةً عَلَى مالِ اليَتِيمِ، وَتُساوِمُونَ عَلَى صَدِيقِكُمْ.

28 N ow therefore be pleased to look at me, for surely I shall not lie to your face.

وَالآنَ تَمَعَّنُوا فِي وَجْهِي، فَإنِّي لَسْتُ أكذِبَ عَلَيكُمْ.

29 P lease return. Let there be no injustice. Yes, return again. My cause is righteous.

أعِيدُوا النَّظَرَ فِي ما قُلْتُمْ وَكُفُّوا عَنْ ظُلْمِي. أعِيدُوا النَّظَرَ الآنَ لأنَّنِي بَريءٌ.

30 I s there injustice on my tongue? Can’t my taste discern mischievous things?

هَلْ أخْطأ لِسانِي بِشَيءٍ، أمْ لَمْ يَعُدْ يُمَيِّزُ مَذاقَ الظُّلمِ؟