¹فاجاب ايوب وقال

¹And Job answereth and saith: —

²اسمعوا قولي سمعا وليكن هذا تعزيتكم.

²Hear ye diligently my word, And this is your consolation.

³احتملوني وانا اتكلم وبعد كلامي استهزئوا.

³Bear with me, and I speak, And after my speaking — ye may deride.

⁴اما انا فهل شكواي من انسان. وان كانت فلماذا لا تضيق روحي.

⁴I — to man [is] my complaint? and if [so], wherefore May not my temper become short?

⁵تفرسوا فيّ وتعجبوا وضعوا اليد على الفم

⁵Turn unto me, and be astonished, And put hand to mouth.

⁶عندما اتذكر ارتاع واخذت بشري رعدة.

⁶Yea, if I have remembered, then I have been troubled. And my flesh hath taken fright.

⁷لماذا تحيا الاشرار ويشيخون نعم ويتجبّرون قوة.

⁷Wherefore do the wicked live? They have become old, Yea, they have been mighty in wealth.

⁸نسلهم قائم امامهم معهم وذريتهم في اعينهم.

⁸Their seed is established, Before their face with them, And their offspring before their eyes.

⁹بيوتهم آمنة من الخوف وليس عليهم عصا الله.

⁹Their houses [are] peace without fear, Nor [is] a rod of God upon them.

¹⁰ثورهم يلقح ولا يخطئ. بقرتهم تنتج ولا تسقط.

¹⁰His bullock hath eaten corn, and doth not loath. His cow bringeth forth safely, And doth not miscarry.

¹¹يسرحون مثل الغنم رضّعهم واطفالهم ترقص.

¹¹They send forth as a flock their sucklings, And their children skip,

¹²يحملون الدف والعود ويطربون بصوت المزمار.

¹²They lift [themselves] up at timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of an organ.

¹³يقضون ايامهم بالخير. في لحظة يهبطون الى الهاوية.

¹³They wear out in good their days, And in a moment [to] Sheol go down.

¹⁴فيقولون للّه ابعد عنا. وبمعرفة طرقك لا نسرّ.

¹⁴And they say to God, `Turn aside from us, And the knowledge of Thy ways We have not desired.

¹⁵من هو القدير حتى نعبده وماذا ننتفع ان التمسناه

¹⁵What [is] the Mighty One that we serve Him? And what do we profit when we meet with Him?`

¹⁶هوذا ليس في يدهم خيرهم. لتبعد عني مشورة الاشرار.

¹⁶Lo, not in their hand [is] their good, (The counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)

¹⁷كم ينطفئ سراج الاشرار ويأتي عليهم بوارهم او يقسم لهم اوجاعا في غضبه

¹⁷How oft is the lamp of the wicked extinguished, And come on them doth their calamity? Pangs He apportioneth in His anger.

¹⁸او يكونون كالتبن قدام الريح وكالعاصفة التي تسرقها الزوبعة.

¹⁸They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a hurricane hath stolen away,

¹⁹الله يخزن اثمه لبنيه. ليجازه نفسه فيعلم.

¹⁹God layeth up for his sons his sorrow, He giveth recompense unto him — and he knoweth.

²⁰لتنظر عيناه هلاكه ومن حمة القدير يشرب.

²⁰His own eyes see his destruction, And of the wrath of the Mighty he drinketh.

²¹فما هي مسرّته في بيته بعده وقد تعيّن عدد شهوره

²¹For what [is] his delight in his house after him, And the number of his months cut off?

²²أالله يعلم معرفة وهو يقضي على العالين.

²²To God doth [one] teach knowledge, And He the high doth judge?

²³هذا يموت في عين كماله. كله مطمئن وساكن.

²³This [one] dieth in his perfect strength, Wholly at ease and quiet.

²⁴احواضه ملآنة لبنا ومخ عظامه طريء.

²⁴His breasts have been full of milk, And marrow his bones doth moisten.

²⁵وذلك يموت بنفس مرة ولم يذق خيرا.

²⁵And this [one] dieth with a bitter soul, And have not eaten with gladness.

²⁶كلاهما يضطجعان معا في التراب والدود يغشاهما

²⁶Together — on the dust they lie down, And the worm doth cover them over.

²⁷هوذا قد علمت افكاركم والنيات التي بها تظلمونني.

²⁷Lo, I have known your thoughts, And the devices against me ye do wrongfully.

²⁸لانكم تقولون اين بيت العاتي واين خيمة مساكن الاشرار.

²⁸For ye say, `Where [is] the house of the noble? And where the tent — The tabernacles of the wicked?`

²⁹أفلم تسالوا عابري السبيل ولم تفطنوا لدلائلهم.

²⁹Have ye not asked those passing by the way? And their signs do ye not know?

³⁰انه ليوم البوار يمسك الشرير ليوم السخط يقادون.

³⁰That to a day of calamity is the wicked spared. To a day of wrath they are brought.

³¹من يعلن طريقه لوجهه. ومن يجازيه على ما عمل.

³¹Who doth declare to his face his way? And [for] that which he hath done, Who doth give recompence to him?

³²هو الى القبور يقاد وعلى المدفن يسهر.

³²And he — to the graves he is brought. And over the heap a watch is kept.

³³حلو له مدر الوادي. يزحف كل انسان وراءه وقدامه ما لا عدد له.

³³Sweet to him have been the clods of the valley, And after him every man he draweth, And before him there is no numbering.

³⁴فكيف تعزونني باطلا واجوبتكم بقيت خيانة

³⁴And how do ye comfort me [with] vanity, And in your answers hath been left trespass?