Job 19

فَأَجَابَ أَيُّوبُ وَقَالَ:

Then Job answered and said,

«حَتَّى مَتَى تُعَذِّبُونَ نَفْسِي وَتَسْحَقُونَنِي بِالْكَلاَمِ؟

How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?

هذِهِ عَشَرَ مَرَّاتٍ أَخْزَيْتُمُونِي. لَمْ تَخْجَلُوا مِنْ أَنْ تَحْكِرُونِي.

These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.

وَهَبْنِي ضَلَلْتُ حَقًّا. عَلَيَّ تَسْتَقِرُّ ضَلاَلَتِي!

And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.

إِنْ كُنْتُمْ بِالْحَقِّ تَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَلَيَّ، فَثَبِّتُوا عَلَيَّ عَارِي.

If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:

فَاعْلَمُوا إِذًا أَنَّ اللهَ قَدْ عَوَّجَنِي، وَلَفَّ عَلَيَّ أُحْبُولَتَهُ.

Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.

هَا إِنِّي أَصْرُخُ ظُلْمًا فَلاَ أُسْتَجَابُ. أَدْعُو وَلَيْسَ حُكْمٌ.

Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.

قَدْ حَوَّطَ طَرِيقِي فَلاَ أَعْبُرُ، وَعَلَى سُبُلِي جَعَلَ ظَلاَمًا.

He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

أَزَالَ عَنِّي كَرَامَتِي وَنَزَعَ تَاجَ رَأْسِي.

He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.

هَدَمَنِي مِنْ كُلِّ جِهَةٍ فَذَهَبْتُ، وَقَلَعَ مِثْلَ شَجَرَةٍ رَجَائِي،

He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.

وَأَضْرَمَ عَلَيَّ غَضَبَهُ، وَحَسِبَنِي كَأَعْدَائِهِ.

He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.

مَعًا جَاءَتْ غُزَاتُهُ، وَأَعَدُّوا عَلَيَّ طَرِيقَهُمْ، وَحَلُّوا حَوْلَ خَيْمَتِي.

His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.

قَدْ أَبْعَدَ عَنِّي إِخْوَتِي، وَمَعَارِفِي زَاغُوا عَنِّي.

He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.

أَقَارِبِي قَدْ خَذَلُونِي، وَالَّذِينَ عَرَفُونِي نَسُونِي.

My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.

نُزَلاَءُ بَيْتِي وَإِمَائِي يَحْسِبُونَنِي أَجْنَبِيًّا. صِرْتُ فِي أَعْيُنِهِمْ غَرِيبًا.

They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.

عَبْدِي دَعَوْتُ فَلَمْ يُجِبْ. بِفَمِي تَضَرَّعْتُ إِلَيْهِ.

I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.

نَكْهَتِي مَكْرُوهَةٌ عِنْدَ امْرَأَتِي، وَخَمَمْتُ عِنْدَ أَبْنَاءِ أَحْشَائِي.

My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children's sake of mine own body.

اَلأَوْلاَدُ أَيْضًا قَدْ رَذَلُونِي. إِذَا قُمْتُ يَتَكَلَّمُونَ عَلَيَّ.

Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.

كَرِهَنِي كُلُّ رِجَالِي، وَالَّذِينَ أَحْبَبْتُهُمُ انْقَلَبُوا عَلَيَّ.

All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.

عَظْمِي قَدْ لَصِقَ بِجِلْدِي وَلَحْمِي، وَنَجَوْتُ بِجِلْدِ أَسْنَانِي.

My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

تَرَاءَفُوا، تَرَاءَفُوا أَنْتُمْ عَلَيَّ يَا أَصْحَابِي، لأَنَّ يَدَ اللهِ قَدْ مَسَّتْنِي.

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

لِمَاذَا تُطَارِدُونَنِي كَمَا اللهُ، وَلاَ تَشْبَعُونَ مِنْ لَحْمِي؟

Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

«لَيْتَ كَلِمَاتِي الآنَ تُكْتَبُ. يَا لَيْتَهَا رُسِمَتْ فِي سِفْرٍ،

Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!

وَنُقِرَتْ إِلَى الأَبَدِ فِي الصَّخْرِ بِقَلَمِ حَدِيدٍ وَبِرَصَاصٍ.

That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!

أَمَّا أَنَا فَقَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ وَلِيِّي حَيٌّ، وَالآخِرَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ يَقُومُ،

For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:

وَبَعْدَ أَنْ يُفْنَى جِلْدِي هذَا، وَبِدُونِ جَسَدِي أَرَى اللهَ.

And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:

الَّذِي أَرَاهُ أَنَا لِنَفْسِي، وَعَيْنَايَ تَنْظُرَانِ وَلَيْسَ آخَرُ. إِلَى ذلِكَ تَتُوقُ كُلْيَتَايَ فِي جَوْفِي.

Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.

فَإِنَّكُمْ تَقُولُونَ: لِمَاذَا نُطَارِدُهُ؟ وَالْكَلاَمُ الأَصْلِيُّ يُوجَدُ عِنْدِي.

But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?

خَافُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ مِنَ السَّيْفِ، لأَنَّ الْغَيْظَ مِنْ آثَامِ السَّيْفِ. لِكَيْ تَعْلَمُوا مَا هُوَ الْقَضَاءُ».

Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.