¹عهدا قطعت لعينيّ فكيف اتطلع في عذراء.

¹I made a covenant with mine eyes; How then should I look upon a virgin?

²وما هي قسمة الله من فوق ونصيب القدير من الاعالي.

²For what is the portion from God above, And the heritage from the Almighty on high?

³أليس البوار لعامل الشر والنكر لفاعلي الاثم.

³Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, And disaster to the workers of iniquity?

⁴أليس هو ينظر طرقي ويحصي جميع خطواتي.

⁴Doth not he see my ways, And number all my steps?

⁵ان كنت قد سلكت مع الكذب او اسرعت رجلي الى الغش.

⁵If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot hath hasted to deceit

⁶ليزنّي في ميزان الحق فيعرف الله كمالي.

⁶(Let me be weighed in an even balance, That God may know mine integrity);

⁷ان حادت خطواتي عن الطريق وذهب قلبي وراء عينيّ او لصق عيب بكفيّ

⁷If my step hath turned out of the way, And my heart walked after mine eyes, And if any spot hath cleaved to my hands:

⁸أزرع وغيري يأكل وفروعي تستأصل

⁸Then let me sow, and let another eat; Yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out.

⁹ان غوي قلبي على امرأة او كمنت على باب قريبي

⁹If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman, And I have laid wait at my neighbor's door;

¹⁰فلتطحن امرأتي لآخر ولينحن عليها آخرون.

¹⁰Then let my wife grind unto another, And let others bow down upon her.

¹¹لان هذه رذيلة وهي اثم يعرض للقضاة.

¹¹For that were a heinous crime; Yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges:

¹²لانها نار تأكل حتى الى الهلاك وتستأصل كل محصولي

¹²For it is a fire that consumeth unto Destruction, And would root out all mine increase.

¹³ان كنت رفضت حق عبدي وامتي في دعواهما عليّ

¹³If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me;

¹⁴فماذا كنت اصنع حين يقوم الله واذا افتقد فبماذا اجيبه.

¹⁴What then shall I do when God riseth up? And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

¹⁵أوليس صانعي في البطن صانعه وقد صوّرنا واحد في الرحم.

¹⁵Did not he that made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?

¹⁶ان كنت منعت المساكين عن مرادهم او افنيت عيني الارملة

¹⁶If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

¹⁷او اكلت لقمتي وحدي فما اكل منها اليتيم.

¹⁷Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless hath not eaten thereof

¹⁸بل منذ صباي كبر عندي كأب ومن بطن امي هديتها

¹⁸(Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And her have I guided from my mother's womb);

¹⁹ان كنت رأيت هالكا لعدم اللبس او فقيرا بلا كسوة

¹⁹If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering;

²⁰ان لم تباركني حقواه وقد استدفأ بجزّة غنمي.

²⁰If his loins have not blessed me, And if he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

²¹ان كنت قد هززت يدي على اليتيم لما رأيت عوني في الباب

²¹If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:

²²فلتسقط عضدي من كتفي ولتنكسر ذراعي من قصبتها.

²²Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, And mine arm be broken from the bone.

²³لان البوار من الله رعب عليّ ومن جلاله لم استطع

²³For calamity from God is a terror to me, And by reason of his majesty I can do nothing.

²⁴ان كنت قد جعلت الذهب عمدتي او قلت للابريز انت متكلي.

²⁴If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, [Thou art] my confidence;

²⁵ان كنت قد فرحت اذ كثرت ثروتي ولان يدي وجدت كثيرا.

²⁵If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten much;

²⁶ان كنت قد نظرت الى النور حين ضاء او الى القمر يسير بالبهاء

²⁶If I have beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness,

²⁷وغوي قلبي سرّا ولثم يدي فمي

²⁷And my heart hath been secretly enticed, And my mouth hath kissed my hand:

²⁸فهذا ايضا اثم يعرض للقضاة لاني اكون قد جحدت الله من فوق

²⁸This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; For I should have denied the God that is above.

²⁹ان كنت قد فرحت ببليّة مبغضي او شمتّ حين اصابه سوء.

²⁹If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him;

³⁰بل لم ادع حنكي يخطئ في طلب نفسه بلعنة.

³⁰(Yea, I have not suffered by mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse);

³¹ان كان اهل خيمتي لم يقولوا من ياتي باحد لم يشبع من طعامه.

³¹If the men of my tent have not said, Who can find one that hath not been filled with his meat?

³²غريب لم يبت في الخارج. فتحت للمسافر ابوابي.

³²(The sojourner hath not lodged in the street; But I have opened my doors to the traveller);

³³ان كنت قد كتمت كالناس ذنبي لاخفاء اثمي في حضني

³³If like Adam I have covered my transgressions, By hiding mine iniquity in my bosom,

³⁴اذ رهبت جمهورا غفيرا وروّعتني اهانة العشائر فكففت ولم اخرج من الباب

³⁴Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, So that I kept silence, and went not out of the door-

³⁵من لي بمن يسمعني. هوذا امضائي ليجبني القدير. ومن لي بشكوى كتبها خصمي.

³⁵Oh that I had one to hear me! (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me); And [that I had] the indictment which mine adversary hath written!

³⁶فكنت احملها على كتفي. كنت اعصبها تاجا لي.

³⁶Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown:

³⁷كنت اخبره بعدد خطواتي وادنو منه كشريف ــ

³⁷I would declare unto him the number of my steps; As a prince would I go near unto him.

³⁸ان كانت ارضي قد صرخت عليّ وتباكت اتلامها جميعا

³⁸If my land crieth out against me, And the furrows thereof weep together;

³⁹ان كنت قد اكلت غلّتها بلا فضة او اطفأت انفس اصحابها

³⁹If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, Or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:

⁴⁰فعوض الحنطة لينبت شوك وبدل الشعير زوان تمت اقوال ايوب

⁴⁰Let thistles grow instead of wheat, And cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.