Job 14

«اَلإِنْسَانُ مَوْلُودُ الْمَرْأَةِ، قَلِيلُ الأَيَّامِ وَشَبْعَانُ تَعَبًا.

Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.

يَخْرُجُ كَالزَّهْرِ ثُمَّ يَنْحَسِمُ وَيَبْرَحُ كَالظِّلِّ وَلاَ يَقِفُ.

He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

فَعَلَى مِثْلِ هذَا حَدَّقْتَ عَيْنَيْكَ، وَإِيَّايَ أَحْضَرْتَ إِلَى الْمُحَاكَمَةِ مَعَكَ.

And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

مَنْ يُخْرِجُ الطَّاهِرَ مِنَ النَّجِسِ؟ لاَ أَحَدٌ!

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

إِنْ كَانَتْ أَيَّامُهُ مَحْدُودَةً، وَعَدَدُ أَشْهُرِهِ عِنْدَكَ، وَقَدْ عَيَّنْتَ أَجَلَهُ فَلاَ يَتَجَاوَزُهُ،

Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

فَأَقْصِرْ عَنْهُ لِيَسْتَرِيحْ، إِلَى أَنْ يُسَرَّ كَالأَجِيرِ بِانْتِهَاءِ يَوْمِهِ.

Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.

«لأَنَّ لِلشَّجَرَةِ رَجَاءً. إِنْ قُطِعَتْ تُخْلِفْ أَيْضًا وَلاَ تُعْدَمُ خَرَاعِيبُهَا.

For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

وَلَوْ قَدُمَ فِي الأَرْضِ أَصْلُهَا، وَمَاتَ فِي التُّرَابِ جِذْعُهَا،

Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;

فَمِنْ رَائِحَةِ الْمَاءِ تُفْرِخُ وَتُنْبِتُ فُرُوعًا كَالْغِرْسِ.

Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.

أَمَّا الرَّجُلُ فَيَمُوتُ وَيَبْلَى. الإِنْسَانُ يُسْلِمُ الرُّوحَ، فَأَيْنَ هُوَ؟

But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

قَدْ تَنْفَدُ الْمِيَاهُ مِنَ الْبَحْرَةِ، وَالنَّهْرُ يَنْشَفُ وَيَجِفُّ،

As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:

وَالإِنْسَانُ يَضْطَجِعُ وَلاَ يَقُومُ. لاَ يَسْتَيْقِظُونَ حَتَّى لاَ تَبْقَى السَّمَاوَاتُ، وَلاَ يَنْتَبِهُونَ مِنْ نَوْمِهِمْ.

So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

«لَيْتَكَ تُوارِينِي فِي الْهَاوِيَةِ، وَتُخْفِينِي إِلَى أَنْ يَنْصَرِفَ غَضَبُكَ، وَتُعَيِّنُ لِي أَجَلاً فَتَذْكُرَنِي.

O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

إِنْ مَاتَ رَجُلٌ أَفَيَحْيَا؟ كُلَّ أَيَّامِ جِهَادِي أَصْبِرُ إِلَى أَنْ يَأْتِيَ بَدَلِي.

If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.

تَدْعُو فَأَنَا أُجِيبُكَ. تَشْتَاقُ إِلَى عَمَلِ يَدِكَ.

Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.

أَمَّا الآنَ فَتُحْصِي خَطَوَاتِي، أَلاَ تُحَافِظُ عَلَى خَطِيَّتِي!

For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

مَعْصِيَتِي مَخْتُومٌ عَلَيْهَا فِي صُرَّةٍ، وَتُلَفِّقُ عَلَيَّ فَوْقَ إِثْمِي.

My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.

«إِنَّ الْجَبَلَ السَّاقِطَ يَنْتَثِرُ، وَالصَّخْرَ يُزَحْزَحُ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ.

And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.

الْحِجَارَةُ تَبْلِيهَا الْمِيَاهُ وَتَجْرُفُ سُيُولُهَا تُرَابَ الأَرْضِ، وَكَذلِكَ أَنْتَ تُبِيدُ رَجَاءَ الإِنْسَانِ.

The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.

تَتَجَبَّرُ عَلَيْهِ أَبَدًا فَيَذْهَبُ. تُغَيِّرُ وَجْهَهُ وَتَطْرُدُهُ.

Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

يُكْرَمُ بَنُوهُ وَلاَ يَعْلَمُ، أَوْ يَصْغِرُونَ وَلاَ يَفْهَمُ بِهِمْ.

His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

إِنَّمَا عَلَى ذَاتِهِ يَتَوَجَّعُ لَحْمُهُ وَعَلَى ذَاتِهَا تَنُوحُ نَفْسُهُ».

But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.