¹فاجاب الرب ايوب فقال

¹And Jehovah doth answer Job, and saith: —

²هل يخاصم القدير موبّخه ام المحاجّ الله يجاوبه

²Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.

³فاجاب ايوب الرب وقال

³And Job answereth Jehovah, and saith: —

⁴ها انا حقير فماذا اجاوبك. وضعت يدي على فمي.

⁴Lo, I have been vile, What do I return to Thee? My hand I have placed on my mouth.

⁵مرة تكلمت فلا اجيب ومرتين فلا ازيد

⁵Once I have spoken, and I answer not, And twice, and I add not.

⁶فاجاب الرب ايوب من العاصفة فقال

⁶And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: —

⁷الآن شدّ حقويك كرجل. اسألك فتعلمني.

⁷Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.

⁸لعلك تناقض حكمي. تستذنبني لكي تتبرر انت.

⁸Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?

⁹هل لك ذراع كما لله وبصوت مثل صوته ترعد.

⁹And an arm like God hast thou? And with a voice like Him dost thou thunder?

¹⁰تزيّن الآن بالجلال والعزّ والبس المجد والبهاء.

¹⁰Put on, I pray thee, excellency and loftiness, Yea, honour and beauty put on.

¹¹فرّق فيض غضبك وانظر كل متعظم واخفضه.

¹¹Scatter abroad the wrath of thine anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.

¹²انظر الى كل متعظم وذلّله ودس الاشرار في مكانهم.

¹²See every proud one — humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.

¹³اطمرهم في التراب معا واحبس وجوههم في الظلام.

¹³Hide them in the dust together, Their faces bind in secret.

¹⁴فانا ايضا احمدك لان يمينك تخلصك

¹⁴And even I — I do praise thee, For thy right hand giveth salvation to thee.

¹⁵هوذا بهيموث الذي صنعته معك. ياكل العشب مثل البقر.

¹⁵Lo, I pray thee, Behemoth, that I made with thee: Grass as an ox he eateth.

¹⁶ها هي قوته في متنيه وشدته في عضل بطنه.

¹⁶Lo, I pray thee, his power [is] in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly.

¹⁷يخفض ذنبه كارزة. عروق فخذيه مضفورة.

¹⁷He doth bend his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,

¹⁸عظامه انابيب نحاس. جرمها حديد ممطول.

¹⁸His bones [are] tubes of brass, His bones [are] as a bar of iron.

¹⁹هو اول اعمال الله. الذي صنعه اعطاه سيفه.

¹⁹He [is] a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker bringeth nigh his sword;

²⁰لان الجبال تخرج له مرعى وجميع وحوش البر تلعب هناك.

²⁰For food do mountains bear for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.

²¹تحت السدرات يضطجع في ستر القصب والغمقة.

²¹Under shades he lieth down, In a secret place of reed and mire.

²²تظلله السدرات بظلها. يحيط به صفصاف السواقي.

²²Cover him do shades, [with] their shadow, Cover him do willows of the brook.

²³هوذا النهر يفيض فلا يفر هو. يطمئن ولو اندفق الاردن في فمه.

²³Lo, a flood oppresseth — he doth not haste, He is confident though Jordan Doth come forth unto his mouth.

²⁴هل يؤخذ من امامه. هل يثقب انفه بخزامة

²⁴Before his eyes doth [one] take him, With snares doth [one] pierce the nose?