¹فاجاب ايوب وقال

¹And Job answereth and saith: —

²اليوم ايضا شكواي تمرد. ضربتي اثقل من تنهدي.

²Also — to-day [is] my complaint bitter, My hand hath been heavy because of my sighing.

³من يعطيني ان اجده فآتي الى كرسيه.

³O that I had known — and I find Him, I come in unto His seat,

⁴احسن الدعوى امامه واملأ فمي حججا.

⁴I arrange before Him the cause, And my mouth fill [with] arguments.

⁵فاعرف الاقوال التي بها يجيبني وافهم ما يقوله لي.

⁵I know the words He doth answer me, And understand what He saith to me.

⁶أبكثرة قوة يخاصمني. كلا. ولكنه كان ينتبه اليّ.

⁶In the abundance of power doth He strive with me? No! surely He putteth [it] in me.

⁷هنالك كان يحاجه المستقيم وكنت انجو الى الابد من قاضيّ.

⁷There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.

⁸هانذا اذهب شرقا فليس هو هناك وغربا فلا اشعر به

⁸Lo, forward I go — and He is not, And backward — and I perceive him not.

⁹شمالا حيث عمله فلا انظره. يتعطف الجنوب فلا اراه

⁹[To] the left in His working — and I see not, He is covered [on] the right, and I behold not.

¹⁰لانه يعرف طريقي. اذا جربني اخرج كالذهب.

¹⁰For He hath known the way with me, He hath tried me — as gold I go forth.

¹¹بخطواته استمسكت رجلي حفظت طريقه ولم أحد.

¹¹On His step hath my foot laid hold, His way I have kept, and turn not aside,

¹²من وصية شفتيه لم ابرح. اكثر من فريضتي ذخرت كلام فيه.

¹²The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.

¹³اما هو فوحده فمن يردّه. ونفسه تشتهي فيفعل.

¹³And He [is] in one [mind], And who doth turn Him back? And His soul hath desired — and He doth [it].

¹⁴لانه يتمم المفروض عليّ وكثير مثل هذه عنده.

¹⁴For He doth complete my portion, And many such things [are] with Him.

¹⁵من اجل ذلك ارتاع قدامه. اتأمل فارتعب منه.

¹⁵Therefore, from His presence I am troubled, I consider, and am afraid of Him.

¹⁶لان الله قد اضعف قلبي والقدير روّعني.

¹⁶And God hath made my heart soft, And the Mighty hath troubled me.

¹⁷لاني لم أقطع قبل الظلام ومن وجهي لم يغط الدجى

¹⁷For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.