1فاجاب ايوب وقال
1Then Job answered and said,
2صحيح انكم انتم شعب ومعكم تموت الحكمة.
2No doubt but ye are the people, And wisdom shall die with you.
3غير انه لي فهم مثلكم. لست انا دونكم. ومن ليس عنده مثل هذه.
3But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: Yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
4رجلا سخرة لصاحبه صرت. دعا الله فاستجابه. سخرة هو الصديق الكامل.
4I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbor, I who called upon God, and he answered: The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock.
5للمبتلي هوان في افكار المطمئن مهيّا لمن زلت قدمه.
5In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; It is ready for them whose foot slippeth.
6خيام المخربين مستريحة والذين يغيظون الله مطمئنون الذين ياتون بالههم في يدهم
6The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth [abundantly].
7فاسأل البهائم فتعلمك وطيور السماء فتخبرك.
7But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; And the birds of the heavens, and they shall tell thee:
8او كلم الارض فتعلمك ويحدثك سمك البحر.
8Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; And the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
9من لا يعلم من كل هؤلاء ان يد الرب صنعت هذا.
9Who knoweth not in all these, That the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this,
10الذي بيده نفس كل حيّ وروح كل البشر.
10In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?
11أفليست الاذن تمتحن الاقوال كما ان الحنك يستطعم طعامه.
11Doth not the ear try words, Even as the palate tasteth its food?
12عند الشيب حكمة وطول الايام فهم
12With aged men is wisdom, And in length of days understanding.
13عنده الحكمة والقدرة. له المشورة والفطنة
13With [God] is wisdom and might; He hath counsel and understanding.
14هوذا يهدم فلا يبنى. يغلق على انسان فلا يفتح.
14Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
15يمنع المياه فتيبس . يطلقها فتقلب الارض.
15Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
16عنده العزّ والفهم . له المضل والمضل.
16With him is strength and wisdom; The deceived and the deceiver are his.
17يذهب بالمشيرين اسرى ويحمق القضاة.
17He leadeth counsellors away stripped, And judges maketh he fools.
18يحل مناطق الملوك ويشد احقاءهم بوثاق.
18He looseth the bond of kings, And he bindeth their loins with a girdle.
19يذهب بالكهنة اسرى ويقلب الاقوياء.
19He leadeth priests away stripped, And overthroweth the mighty.
20يقطع كلام الامناء وينزع ذوق الشيوخ.
20He removeth the speech of the trusty, And taketh away the understanding of the elders.
21يلقي هوانا على الشرفاء ويرخي منطقة الاشداء.
21He poureth contempt upon princes, And looseth the belt of the strong.
22يكشف العمائق من الظلام ويخرج ظل الموت الى النور.
22He uncovereth deep things out of darkness, And bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
23يكثر الامم ثم يبيدها. يوسع للامم ثم يجليها.
23He increaseth the nations, and he destroyeth them: He enlargeth the nations, and he leadeth them captive.
24ينزع عقول رؤساء شعب الارض ويضلهم في تيه بلا طريق.
24He taketh away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, And causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
25يتلمسون في الظلام وليس نور ويرنحهم مثل السكران
25They grope in the dark without light; And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.