¹فاجاب ايوب وقال

¹Then Job answered and said,

²اليوم ايضا شكواي تمرد. ضربتي اثقل من تنهدي.

²Even to-day is my complaint rebellious: My stroke is heavier than my groaning.

³من يعطيني ان اجده فآتي الى كرسيه.

³Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!

⁴احسن الدعوى امامه واملأ فمي حججا.

⁴I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments.

⁵فاعرف الاقوال التي بها يجيبني وافهم ما يقوله لي.

⁵I would know the words which he would answer me, And understand what he would say unto me.

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

⁶Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me.

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

⁷There the upright might reason with him; So should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

⁸هانذا اذهب شرقا فليس هو هناك وغربا فلا اشعر به

⁸Behold, I go forward, but he is not [there]; And backward, but I cannot perceive him;

⁹شمالا حيث عمله فلا انظره. يتعطف الجنوب فلا اراه

⁹On the left hand, when he doth work, but I cannot behold him; He hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him.

¹⁰لانه يعرف طريقي. اذا جربني اخرج كالذهب.

¹⁰But he knoweth the way that I take; When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

¹¹بخطواته استمسكت رجلي حفظت طريقه ولم أحد.

¹¹My foot hath held fast to his steps; His way have I kept, and turned not aside.

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

¹²I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

¹³اما هو فوحده فمن يردّه. ونفسه تشتهي فيفعل.

¹³But he is in one [mind], and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

¹⁴لانه يتمم المفروض عليّ وكثير مثل هذه عنده.

¹⁴For he performeth that which is appointed for me: And many such things are with him.

¹⁵من اجل ذلك ارتاع قدامه. اتأمل فارتعب منه.

¹⁵Therefore am I terrified at his presence; When I consider, I am afraid of him.

¹⁶لان الله قد اضعف قلبي والقدير روّعني.

¹⁶For God hath made my heart faint, And the Almighty hath terrified me;

¹⁷لاني لم أقطع قبل الظلام ومن وجهي لم يغط الدجى

¹⁷Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.