¹فاجاب ايوب وقال

¹Then Job answered and said,

²قد سمعت كثيرا مثل هذا. معزون متعبون كلكم.

²I have heard many such things: Miserable comforters are ye all.

³هل من نهاية لكلام فارغ. او ماذا يهيجك حتى تجاوب.

³Shall vain words have an end? Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?

⁴انا ايضا استطيع ان اتكلم مثلكم لو كانت انفسكم مكان نفسي وان اسرد عليكم اقوالا وأنغض راسي اليكم.

⁴I also could speak as ye do; If your soul were in my soul's stead, I could join words together against you, And shake my head at you.

⁵بل كنت اشددكم بفمي وتعزية شفتيّ تمسككم

⁵[But] I would strengthen you with my mouth, And the solace of my lips would assuage [your grief].

⁶ان تكلمت لم تمتنع كآبتي. وان سكت فماذا يذهب عني.

⁶Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged; And though I forbear, what am I eased?

⁷انه الآن ضجّرني. خربت كل جماعتي.

⁷But now he hath made me weary: Thou hast made desolate all my company.

⁸قبضت عليّ. وجد شاهد. قام عليّ هزالي يجاوب في وجهي.

⁸And thou hast laid fast hold on me, [which] is a witness [against me]: And my leanness riseth up against me, It testifieth to my face.

⁹غضبه افترسني واضطهدني. حرّق عليّ اسنانه. عدوي يحدد عينيه عليّ.

⁹He hath torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me; He hath gnashed upon me with his teeth: Mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

¹⁰فغروا عليّ افواههم. لطموني على فكّي تعييرا. تعاونوا عليّ جميعا.

¹⁰They have gaped upon me with their mouth; They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: They gather themselves together against me.

¹¹دفعني الله الى الظالم وفي ايدي الاشرار طرحني.

¹¹God delivereth me to the ungodly, And casteth me into the hands of the wicked.

¹²كنت مستريحا فزعزعني وامسك بقفاي فحطمني ونصبني له غرضا.

¹²I was at ease, and he brake me asunder; Yea, he hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces: He hath also set me up for his mark.

¹³احاطت بي رماته. شق كليتيّ ولم يشفق. سفك مرارتي على الارض.

¹³His archers compass me round about; He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground.

¹⁴يقتحمني اقتحاما على اقتحام. يعدو عليّ كجبار.

¹⁴He breaketh me with breach upon breach; He runneth upon me like a giant.

¹⁵خطت مسحا على جلدي ودسست في التراب قرني.

¹⁵I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, And have laid my horn in the dust.

¹⁶احمر وجهي من البكاء وعلى هدبي ظل الموت.

¹⁶My face is red with weeping, And on my eyelids is the shadow of death;

¹⁷مع انه لا ظلم في يدي وصلاتي خالصة

¹⁷Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.

¹⁸يا ارض لا تغطي دمي ولا يكن مكان لصراخي.

¹⁸O earth, cover not thou my blood, And let my cry have no [resting] -place.

¹⁹ايضا الآن هوذا في السموات شهيدي وشاهدي في الاعالي.

¹⁹Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, And he that voucheth for me is on high.

²⁰المستهزئون بي هم اصحابي. لله تقطر عيني

²⁰My friends scoff at me: [But] mine eye poureth out tears unto God,

²¹لكي يحاكم الانسان عند الله كابن آدم لدى صاحبه.

²¹That he would maintain the right of a man with God, And of a son of man with his neighbor!

²²اذا مضت سنون قليلة اسلك في طريق لا اعود منها

²²For when a few years are come, I shall go the way whence I shall not return.