1وعاد ايوب ينطق بمثله فقال
1And Job continued his parable and said,
2يا ليتني كما في الشهور السالفة وكالايام التي حفظني الله فيها
2Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when +God preserved me;
3حين اضاء سراجه على راسي وبنوره سلكت الظلمة.
3When his lamp shone over my head, [and] by his light I walked through darkness;
4كما كنت في ايام خريفي ورضا الله على خيمتي
4As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret counsel of +God was over my tent,
5والقدير بعد معي وحولي غلماني
5When the Almighty was yet with me, my young men round about me;
6اذ غسلت خطواتي باللبن والصخر سكب لي جداول زيت
6When my steps were bathed in milk, and the rock poured out beside me rivers of oil! ...
7حين كنت اخرج الى الباب في القرية واهيّئ في الساحة مجلسي.
7When I went out to the gate by the city, when I prepared my seat on the broadway,
8رآني الغلمان فاختبأوا والاشياخ قاموا ووقفوا.
8The young men saw me, and hid themselves; and the aged arose [and] stood up;
9العظماء امسكوا عن الكلام ووضعوا ايديهم على افواههم.
9Princes refrained from talking, and laid the hand on their mouth;
10صوت الشرفاء اختفى ولصقت ألسنتهم باحناكهم.
10The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue cleaved to their palate.
11لان الاذن سمعت فطوّبتني والعين رأت فشهدت لي.
11When the ear heard [me], then it blessed me, and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me;
12لاني انقذت المسكين المستغيث واليتيم ولا معين له.
12For I delivered the afflicted that cried, and the fatherless who had no helper.
13بركة الهالك حلت عليّ وجعلت قلب الارملة يسرّ.
13The blessing of him that was perishing came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
14لبست البر فكساني. كجبّة وعمامة كان عدلي.
14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was as a mantle and a turban.
15كنت عيونا للعمي وارجلا للعرج.
15I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame;
16اب انا للفقراء ودعوى لم اعرفها فحصت عنها.
16I was a father to the needy, and the cause which I knew not I searched out;
17هشمت اضراس الظالم ومن بين اسنانه خطفت الفريسة.
17And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
18فقلت اني في وكري اسلم الروح ومثل السمندل اكثر اياما.
18And I said, I shall die in my nest, and multiply my days as the sand;
19أصلي كان منبسطا الى المياه والطل بات على اغصاني.
19My root shall be spread out to the waters, and the dew will lie all night on my branch;
20كرامتي بقيت حديثة عندي وقوسي تجددت في يدي.
20My glory shall be fresh in me, and my bow be renewed in my hand.
21لي سمعوا وانتظروا ونصتوا عند مشورتي.
21Unto me they listened, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel:
22بعد كلامي لم يثنّوا وقولي قطر عليهم.
22After my words they spoke not again, and my speech dropped upon them;
23وانتظروني مثل المطر وفغروا افواههم كما للمطر المتأخر.
23And they waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
24ان ضحكت عليم لم يصدقوا ونور وجهي لم يعبسوا.
24[If] I laughed on them, they believed [it] not; and they troubled not the serenity of my countenance.
25كنت اختار طريقهم واجلس راسا واسكن كملك في جيش كمن يعزي النائحين
25I chose their way, and sat as chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth mourners.