Job 23

Then Job answered and said,

فَأَجَابَ أَيُّوبُ وَقَالَ:

Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.

«الْيَوْمَ أَيْضًا شَكْوَايَ تَمَرُّدٌ. ضَرْبَتِي أَثْقَلُ مِنْ تَنَهُّدِي.

Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!

مَنْ يُعْطِينِي أَنْ أَجِدَهُ، فَآتِيَ إِلَى كُرْسِيِّهِ،

I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

أُحْسِنُ الدَّعْوَى أَمَامَهُ، وَأَمْلأُ فَمِي حُجَجًا،

I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.

فَأَعْرِفُ الأَقْوَالَ الَّتِي بِهَا يُجِيبُنِي، وَأَفْهَمُ مَا يَقُولُهُ لِي؟

Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.

أَبِكَثْرَةِ قُوَّةٍ يُخَاصِمُنِي؟ كَلاَّّ! وَلكِنَّهُ كَانَ يَنْتَبِهُ إِلَيَّ.

There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

هُنَالِكَ كَانَ يُحَاجُّهُ الْمُسْتَقِيمُ، وَكُنْتُ أَنْجُو إِلَى الأَبَدِ مِنْ قَاضِيَّ.

Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:

هأَنَذَا أَذْهَبُ شَرْقًا فَلَيْسَ هُوَ هُنَاكَ، وَغَرْبًا فَلاَ أَشْعُرُ بِهِ.

On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:

شِمَالاً حَيْثُ عَمَلُهُ فَلاَ أَنْظُرُهُ. يَتَعَطَّفُ الْجَنُوبَ فَلاَ أَرَاهُ.

But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

«لأَنَّهُ يَعْرِفُ طَرِيقِي. إِذَا جَرَّبَنِي أَخْرُجُ كَالذَّهَبِ.

My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

بِخَطَوَاتِهِ اسْتَمْسَكَتْ رِجْلِي. حَفِظْتُ طَرِيقَهُ وَلَمْ أَحِدْ.

Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

مِنْ وَصِيَّةِ شَفَتَيْهِ لَمْ أَبْرَحْ. أَكْثَرَ مِنْ فَرِيضَتِي ذَخَرْتُ كَلاَمَ فِيهِ.

But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

أَمَّا هُوَ فَوَحْدَهُ، فَمَنْ يَرُدُّهُ؟ وَنَفْسُهُ تَشْتَهِي فَيَفْعَلُ.

For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.

لأَنَّهُ يُتَمِّمُ الْمَفْرُوضَ عَلَيَّ، وَكَثِيرٌ مِثْلُ هذِهِ عِنْدَهُ.

Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.

مِنْ أَجْلِ ذلِكَ أَرْتَاعُ قُدَّامَهُ. أَتَأَمَّلُ فَأَرْتَعِبُ مِنْهُ.

For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:

لأَنَّ اللهَ قَدْ أَضْعَفَ قَلْبِي، وَالْقَدِيرَ رَوَّعَنِي.

Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.

لأَنِّي لَمْ أُقْطَعْ قَبْلَ الظَّلاَمِ، وَمِنْ وَجْهِي لَمْ يُغَطِّ الدُّجَى.