1وعاد ايوب ينطق بمثله فقال
1And Job addeth to lift up his simile, and saith: —
2حيّ هو الله الذي نزع حقي والقدير الذي امرّ نفسي
2God liveth! He turned aside my judgment, And the Mighty — He made my soul bitter.
3انه ما دامت نسمتي فيّ ونفخة الله في انفي
3For all the while my breath [is] in me, And the spirit of God in my nostrils.
4لن تتكلم شفتاي اثما ولا يلفظ لساني بغش.
4My lips do not speak perverseness, And my tongue doth not utter deceit.
5حاشا لي ان ابرركم. حتى اسلم الروح لا اعزل كمالي عني.
5Pollution to me — if I justify you, Till I expire I turn not aside mine integrity from me.
6تمسكت ببري ولا ارخيه. قلبي لا يعير يوما من ايامي.
6On my righteousness I have laid hold, And I do not let it go, My heart doth not reproach me while I live.
7ليكن عدوي كالشرير ومعاندي كفاعل الشر.
7As the wicked is my enemy, And my withstander as the perverse.
8لانه ما هو رجاء الفاجر عندما يقطعه عندما يسلب الله نفسه.
8For what [is] the hope of the profane, When He doth cut off? When God doth cast off his soul?
9أفيسمع الله صراخه اذا جاء عليه ضيق.
9His cry doth God hear, When distress cometh on him?
10ام يتلذذ بالقدير. هل يدعو الله في كل حين
10On the Mighty doth he delight himself? Call God at all times?
11اني اعلمكم بيد الله. لا اكتم ما هو عند القدير.
11I shew you by the hand of God, That which [is] with the Mighty I hide not.
12ها انتم كلكم قد رأيتم فلماذا تتبطلون تبطلا قائلين
12Lo, ye — all of you — have seen, And why [is] this — ye are altogether vain?
13هذا نصيب الانسان الشرير من عند الله وميراث العتاة الذي ينالونه من القدير.
13This [is] the portion of wicked man with God, And the inheritance of terrible ones From the Mighty they receive.
14ان كثر بنوه فللسيف وذريته لا تشبع خبزا.
14If his sons multiply — for them [is] a sword. And his offspring [are] not satisfied [with] bread.
15بقيته تدفن بالموتان وارامله لا تبكي.
15His remnant in death are buried, And his widows do not weep.
16ان كنز فضة كالتراب واعدّ ملابس كالطين
16If he heap up as dust silver, And as clay prepare clothing,
17فهو يعدّ والبار يلبسه والبري يقسم الفضة.
17He prepareth — and the righteous putteth [it] on, And the silver the innocent doth apportion.
18يبني بيته كالعث او كمظله صنعها الناطور.
18He hath built as a moth his house, And as a booth a watchman hath made.
19يضطجع غنيا ولكنه لا يضم. يفتح عينيه ولا يكون.
19Rich he lieth down, and he is not gathered, His eyes he hath opened, and he is not.
20الاهوال تدركه كالمياه. ليلا تختطفه الزوبعة
20Overtake him as waters do terrors, By night stolen him away hath a whirlwind.
21تحمله الشرقية فيذهب وتجرفه من مكانه.
21Take him up doth an east wind, and he goeth, And it frighteneth him from his place,
22يلقي الله عليه ولا يشفق. من يده يهرب هربا.
22And it casteth at him, and doth not spare, From its hand he diligently fleeth.
23يصفقون عليه بايديهم ويصفرون عليه من مكانه
23It clappeth at him its hands, And it hisseth at him from his place.