Job 38

فَأَجَابَ الرَّبُّ أَيُّوبَ مِنَ الْعَاصِفَة وَقَالَ:

Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

«مَنْ هذَا الَّذِي يُظْلِمُ الْقَضَاءَ بِكَلاَمٍ بِلاَ مَعْرِفَةٍ؟

Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

اُشْدُدِ الآنَ حَقْوَيْكَ كَرَجُل، فَإِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ فَتُعَلِّمُنِي.

Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

أَيْنَ كُنْتَ حِينَ أَسَّسْتُ الأَرْضَ؟ أَخْبِرْ إِنْ كَانَ عِنْدَكَ فَهْمٌ.

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

مَنْ وَضَعَ قِيَاسَهَا؟ لأَنَّكَ تَعْلَمُ! أَوْ مَنْ مَدَّ عَلَيْهَا مِطْمَارًا؟

Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

عَلَى أَيِّ شَيْءٍ قَرَّتْ قَوَاعِدُهَا؟ أَوْ مَنْ وَضَعَ حَجَرَ زَاوِيَتِهَا،

Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;

عِنْدَمَا تَرَنَّمَتْ كَوَاكِبُ الصُّبْحِ مَعًا، وَهَتَفَ جَمِيعُ بَنِي اللهِ؟

When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

«وَمَنْ حَجَزَ الْبَحْرَ بِمَصَارِيعَ حِينَ انْدَفَقَ فَخَرَجَ مِنَ الرَّحِمِ.

Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

إِذْ جَعَلْتُ السَّحَابَ لِبَاسَهُ، وَالضَّبَابَ قِمَاطَهُ،

When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,

وَجَزَمْتُ عَلَيْهِ حَدِّي، وَأَقَمْتُ لَهُ مَغَالِيقَ وَمَصَارِيعَ،

And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,

وَقُلْتُ: إِلَى هُنَا تَأْتِي وَلاَ تَتَعَدَّى، وَهُنَا تُتْخَمُ كِبْرِيَاءُ لُجَجِكَ؟

And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

«هَلْ فِي أَيَّامِكَ أَمَرْتَ الصُّبْحَ؟ هَلْ عَرَّفْتَ الْفَجْرَ مَوْضِعَهُ

Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;

لِيُمْسِكَ بِأَكْنَافِ الأَرْضِ، فَيُنْفَضَ الأَشْرَارُ مِنْهَا؟

That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

تَتَحَوَّلُ كَطِينِ الْخَاتِمِ، وَتَقِفُ كَأَنَّهَا لاَبِسَةٌ.

It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.

وَيُمْنَعُ عَنِ الأَشْرَارِ نُورُهُمْ، وَتَنْكَسِرُ الذِّرَاعُ الْمُرْتَفِعَةُ.

And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.

«هَلِ انْتَهَيْتَ إِلَى يَنَابِيعِ الْبَحْرِ، أَوْ فِي مَقْصُورَةِ الْغَمْرِ تَمَشَّيْتَ؟

Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?

هَلِ انْكَشَفَتْ لَكَ أَبْوَابُ الْمَوْتِ، أَوْ عَايَنْتَ أَبْوَابَ ظِلِّ الْمَوْتِ؟

Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

هَلْ أَدْرَكْتَ عَرْضَ الأَرْضِ؟ أَخْبِرْ إِنْ عَرَفْتَهُ كُلَّهُ.

Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.

«أَيْنَ الطَّرِيقُ إِلَى حَيْثُ يَسْكُنُ النُّورُ؟ وَالظُّلْمَةُ أَيْنَ مَقَامُهَا،

Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

حَتَّى تَأْخُذَهَا إِلَى تُخُومِهَا وَتَعْرِفَ سُبُلَ بَيْتِهَا؟

That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?

تَعْلَمُ، لأَنَّكَ حِينَئِذٍ كُنْتَ قَدْ وُلِدْتَ، وَعَدَدُ أَيَّامِكَ كَثِيرٌ!

Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?

«أَدَخَلْتَ إِلَى خَزَائِنِ الثَّلْجِ، أَمْ أَبْصَرْتَ مَخَازِنَ الْبَرَدِ،

Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

الَّتِي أَبْقَيْتَهَا لِوَقْتِ الضَّرِّ، لِيَوْمِ الْقِتَالِ وَالْحَرْبِ؟

Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

فِي أَيِّ طَرِيق يَتَوَزَّعُ النُّورُ، وَتَتَفَرَّقُ الشَّرْقِيَّةُ عَلَى الأَرْضِ؟

By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

مَنْ فَرَّعَ قَنَوَاتٍ لِلْهَطْلِ، وَطَرِيقًا لِلصَّوَاعِقِ،

Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;

لِيَمْطُرَ عَلَى أَرْضٍ حَيْثُ لاَ إِنْسَانَ، عَلَى قَفْرٍ لاَ أَحَدَ فِيهِ،

To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;

لِيُرْوِيَ الْبَلْقَعَ وَالْخَلاَءَ وَيُنْبِتَ مَخْرَجَ الْعُشْبِ؟

To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

«هَلْ لِلْمَطَرِ أَبٌ؟ وَمَنْ وَلَدَ مَآجِلَ الطَّلِّ؟

Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

مِنْ بَطْنِ مَنْ خَرَجَ الْجَمَدُ؟ صَقِيعُ السَّمَاءِ، مَنْ وَلَدَهُ؟

Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

كَحَجَرٍ صَارَتِ الْمِيَاهُ. اخْتَبَأَتْ. وَتَلَكَّدَ وَجْهُ الْغَمْرِ.

The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

«هَلْ تَرْبِطُ أَنْتَ عُقْدَ الثُّرَيَّا، أَوْ تَفُكُّ رُبُطَ الْجَبَّارِ؟

Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?

أَتُخْرِجُ الْمَنَازِلَ فِي أَوْقَاتِهَا وَتَهْدِي النَّعْشَ مَعَ بَنَاتِهِ؟

Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?

هَلْ عَرَفْتَ سُنَنَ السَّمَاوَاتِ، أَوْ جَعَلْتَ تَسَلُّطَهَا عَلَى الأَرْضِ؟

Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?

أَتَرْفَعُ صَوْتَكَ إِلَى السُّحُبِ فَيُغَطِّيَكَ فَيْضُ الْمِيَاهِ؟

Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

أَتُرْسِلُ الْبُرُوقَ فَتَذْهَبَ وَتَقُولَ لَكَ: هَا نَحْنُ؟

Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?

مَنْ وَضَعَ فِي الطَّخَاءِ حِكْمَةً، أَوْ مَنْ أَظْهَرَ فِي الشُّهُبِ فِطْنَةً؟

Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?

مَنْ يُحْصِي الْغُيُومَ بِالْحِكْمَةِ، وَمَنْ يَسْكُبُ أَزْقَاقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ،

Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

إِذْ يَنْسَبِكُ التُّرَابُ سَبْكًا وَيَتَلاَصَقُ الْمَدَرُ؟

When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?

«أَتَصْطَادُ لِلَّبْوَةِ فَرِيسَةً، أَمْ تُشْبعُ نَفْسَ الأَشْبَالِ،

Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,

حِينَ تَجْرَمِزُّ فِي عَرِيسِهَا وَتَجْلِسُ فِي عِيصِهَا لِلْكُمُونِ؟

When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?

مَنْ يُهَيِّئُ لِلْغُرَابِ صَيْدَهُ، إِذْ تَنْعَبُ فِرَاخُهُ إِلَى اللهِ، وَتَتَرَدَّدُ لِعَدَمِ الْقُوتِ؟

Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.