Job 24

«لِمَاذَا إِذْ لَمْ تَخْتَبِئِ الأَزْمِنَةُ مِنَ الْقَدِيرِ، لاَ يَرَى عَارِفُوهُ يَوْمَهُ؟

Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?

يَنْقُلُونَ التُّخُومَ. يَغْتَصِبُونَ قَطِيعًا وَيَرْعَوْنَهُ.

Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.

يَسْتَاقُونَ حِمَارَ الْيَتَامَى، وَيَرْتَهِنُونَ ثَوْرَ الأَرْمَلَةِ.

They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.

يَصُدُّونَ الْفُقَرَاءَ عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ. مَسَاكِينُ الأَرْضِ يَخْتَبِئُونَ جَمِيعًا.

They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.

هَا هُمْ كَالْفَرَاءِ فِي الْقَفْرِ يَخْرُجُونَ إِلَى عَمَلِهِمْ يُبَكِّرُونَ لِلطَّعَامِ. الْبَادِيَةُ لَهُمْ خُبْزٌ لأَوْلاَدِهِمْ.

Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.

فِي الْحَقْلِ يَحْصُدُونَ عَلَفَهُمْ، وَيُعَلِّلُونَ كَرْمَ الشِّرِّيرِ.

They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.

يَبِيتُونَ عُرَاةً بِلاَ لِبْسٍ، وَلَيْسَ لَهُمْ كَسْوَةٌ فِي الْبَرْدِ.

They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.

يَبْتَلُّونَ مِنْ مَطَرِ الْجِبَالِ، وَلِعَدَمِ الْمَلْجَإِ يَعْتَنِقُونَ الصَّخْرَ.

They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.

«يَخْطَفُونَ الْيَتِيمَ عَنِ الثُّدِيِّ، وَمِنَ الْمَسَاكِينِ يَرْتَهِنُونَ.

They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.

عُرَاةً يَذْهَبُونَ بِلاَ لِبْسٍ، وَجَائِعِينَ يَحْمِلُونَ حُزَمًا.

They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;

يَعْصِرُونَ الزَّيْتَ دَاخِلَ أَسْوَارِهِمْ. يَدُوسُونَ الْمَعَاصِرَ وَيَعْطَشُونَ.

Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.

مِنَ الْوَجَعِ أُنَاسٌ يَئِنُّونَ، وَنَفْسُ الْجَرْحَى تَسْتَغِيثُ، وَاللهُ لاَ يَنْتَبِهُ إِلَى الظُّلْمِ.

Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.

«أُولئِكَ يَكُونُونَ بَيْنَ الْمُتَمَرِّدِينَ عَلَى النُّورِ. لاَ يَعْرِفُونَ طُرُقَهُ وَلاَ يَلْبَثُونَ فِي سُبُلِهِ.

They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

مَعَ النُّورِ يَقُومُ الْقَاتِلُ، يَقْتُلُ الْمِسْكِينَ وَالْفَقِيرَ، وَفِي اللَّيْلِ يَكُونُ كَاللِّصِّ.

The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

وَعَيْنُ الزَّانِي تُلاَحِظُ الْعِشَاءَ. يَقُولُ: لاَ تُرَاقِبُنِي عَيْنٌ. فَيَجْعَلُ سِتْرًا عَلَى وَجْهِهِ.

The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.

يَنْقُبُونَ الْبُيُوتَ فِي الظَّلاَمِ. فِي النَّهَارِ يُغْلِقُونَ عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ. لاَ يَعْرِفُونَ النُّورَ.

In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.

لأَنَّهُ سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْهِمُ الصَّبَاحُ وَظِلُّ الْمَوْتِ. لأَنَّهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ أَهْوَالَ ظِلِّ الْمَوْتِ.

For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.

خَفِيفٌ هُوَ عَلَى وَجْهِ الْمِيَاهِ. مَلْعُونٌ نَصِيبُهُمْ فِي الأَرْضِ. لاَ يَتَوَجَّهُ إِلَى طَرِيقِ الْكُرُومِ.

He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.

الْقَحْطُ وَالْقَيْظُ يَذْهَبَانِ بِمِيَاهِ الثَّلْجِ، كَذَا الْهَاوِيَةُ بِالَّذِينَ أَخْطَأُوا.

Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.

تَنْسَاهُ الرَّحِمُ، يَسْتَحْلِيهِ الدُّودُ. لاَ يُذْكَرُ بَعْدُ، وَيَنْكَسِرُ الأَثِيمُ كَشَجَرَةٍ.

The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.

يُسِيءُ إِلَى الْعَاقِرِ الَّتِي لَمْ تَلِدْ، وَلاَ يُحْسِنُ إِلَى الأَرْمَلَةِ.

He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.

يُمْسِكُ الأَعِزَّاءَ بِقُوَّتِهِ. يَقُومُ فَلاَ يَأْمَنُ أَحَدٌ بِحَيَاتِهِ.

He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.

يُعْطِيهِ طُمَأْنِينَةً فَيَتَوَكَّلُ، وَلكِنْ عَيْنَاهُ عَلَى طُرُقِهِمْ.

Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.

يَتَرَفَّعُونَ قَلِيلاً ثُمَّ لاَ يَكُونُونَ وَيُحَطُّونَ. كَالْكُلِّ يُجْمَعُونَ، وَكَرَأْسِ السُّنْبُلَةِ يُقْطَعُونَ.

They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ كَذَا، فَمَنْ يُكَذِّبُنِي وَيَجْعَلُ كَلاَمِي لاَ شَيْئًا؟».

And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?