1I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
1عهدا قطعت لعينيّ فكيف اتطلع في عذراء.
2For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
2وما هي قسمة الله من فوق ونصيب القدير من الاعالي.
3Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
3أليس البوار لعامل الشر والنكر لفاعلي الاثم.
4Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
4أليس هو ينظر طرقي ويحصي جميع خطواتي.
5If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
5ان كنت قد سلكت مع الكذب او اسرعت رجلي الى الغش.
6Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity.
6ليزنّي في ميزان الحق فيعرف الله كمالي.
7If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
7ان حادت خطواتي عن الطريق وذهب قلبي وراء عينيّ او لصق عيب بكفيّ
8Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
8أزرع وغيري يأكل وفروعي تستأصل
9If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;
9ان غوي قلبي على امرأة او كمنت على باب قريبي
10Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
10فلتطحن امرأتي لآخر ولينحن عليها آخرون.
11For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
11لان هذه رذيلة وهي اثم يعرض للقضاة.
12For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
12لانها نار تأكل حتى الى الهلاك وتستأصل كل محصولي
13If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
13ان كنت رفضت حق عبدي وامتي في دعواهما عليّ
14What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
14فماذا كنت اصنع حين يقوم الله واذا افتقد فبماذا اجيبه.
15Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
15أوليس صانعي في البطن صانعه وقد صوّرنا واحد في الرحم.
16If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
16ان كنت منعت المساكين عن مرادهم او افنيت عيني الارملة
17Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
17او اكلت لقمتي وحدي فما اكل منها اليتيم.
18(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)
18بل منذ صباي كبر عندي كأب ومن بطن امي هديتها
19If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
19ان كنت رأيت هالكا لعدم اللبس او فقيرا بلا كسوة
20If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
20ان لم تباركني حقواه وقد استدفأ بجزّة غنمي.
21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
21ان كنت قد هززت يدي على اليتيم لما رأيت عوني في الباب
22Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
22فلتسقط عضدي من كتفي ولتنكسر ذراعي من قصبتها.
23For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
23لان البوار من الله رعب عليّ ومن جلاله لم استطع
24If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
24ان كنت قد جعلت الذهب عمدتي او قلت للابريز انت متكلي.
25If I rejoice because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
25ان كنت قد فرحت اذ كثرت ثروتي ولان يدي وجدت كثيرا.
26If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
26ان كنت قد نظرت الى النور حين ضاء او الى القمر يسير بالبهاء
27And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
27وغوي قلبي سرّا ولثم يدي فمي
28This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.
28فهذا ايضا اثم يعرض للقضاة لاني اكون قد جحدت الله من فوق
29If I rejoice at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
29ان كنت قد فرحت ببليّة مبغضي او شمتّ حين اصابه سوء.
30Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
30بل لم ادع حنكي يخطئ في طلب نفسه بلعنة.
31If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
31ان كان اهل خيمتي لم يقولوا من ياتي باحد لم يشبع من طعامه.
32The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.
32غريب لم يبت في الخارج. فتحت للمسافر ابوابي.
33If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
33ان كنت قد كتمت كالناس ذنبي لاخفاء اثمي في حضني
34Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
34اذ رهبت جمهورا غفيرا وروّعتني اهانة العشائر فكففت ولم اخرج من الباب
35Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
35من لي بمن يسمعني. هوذا امضائي ليجبني القدير. ومن لي بشكوى كتبها خصمي.
36Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
36فكنت احملها على كتفي. كنت اعصبها تاجا لي.
37I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
37كنت اخبره بعدد خطواتي وادنو منه كشريف ــ
38If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
38ان كانت ارضي قد صرخت عليّ وتباكت اتلامها جميعا
39If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
39ان كنت قد اكلت غلّتها بلا فضة او اطفأت انفس اصحابها
40Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
40فعوض الحنطة لينبت شوك وبدل الشعير زوان تمت اقوال ايوب