Job 38

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

فَأَجَابَ الرَّبُّ أَيُّوبَ مِنَ الْعَاصِفَة وَقَالَ:

Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

«مَنْ هذَا الَّذِي يُظْلِمُ الْقَضَاءَ بِكَلاَمٍ بِلاَ مَعْرِفَةٍ؟

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

اُشْدُدِ الآنَ حَقْوَيْكَ كَرَجُل، فَإِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ فَتُعَلِّمُنِي.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

عِنْدَمَا تَرَنَّمَتْ كَوَاكِبُ الصُّبْحِ مَعًا، وَهَتَفَ جَمِيعُ بَنِي اللهِ؟

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

«وَمَنْ حَجَزَ الْبَحْرَ بِمَصَارِيعَ حِينَ انْدَفَقَ فَخَرَجَ مِنَ الرَّحِمِ.

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

إِذْ جَعَلْتُ السَّحَابَ لِبَاسَهُ، وَالضَّبَابَ قِمَاطَهُ،

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

وَجَزَمْتُ عَلَيْهِ حَدِّي، وَأَقَمْتُ لَهُ مَغَالِيقَ وَمَصَارِيعَ،

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

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

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

«هَلْ فِي أَيَّامِكَ أَمَرْتَ الصُّبْحَ؟ هَلْ عَرَّفْتَ الْفَجْرَ مَوْضِعَهُ

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

لِيُمْسِكَ بِأَكْنَافِ الأَرْضِ، فَيُنْفَضَ الأَشْرَارُ مِنْهَا؟

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

تَتَحَوَّلُ كَطِينِ الْخَاتِمِ، وَتَقِفُ كَأَنَّهَا لاَبِسَةٌ.

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

وَيُمْنَعُ عَنِ الأَشْرَارِ نُورُهُمْ، وَتَنْكَسِرُ الذِّرَاعُ الْمُرْتَفِعَةُ.

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

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

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

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

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

هَلْ أَدْرَكْتَ عَرْضَ الأَرْضِ؟ أَخْبِرْ إِنْ عَرَفْتَهُ كُلَّهُ.

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

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

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

حَتَّى تَأْخُذَهَا إِلَى تُخُومِهَا وَتَعْرِفَ سُبُلَ بَيْتِهَا؟

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

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

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

«أَدَخَلْتَ إِلَى خَزَائِنِ الثَّلْجِ، أَمْ أَبْصَرْتَ مَخَازِنَ الْبَرَدِ،

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

الَّتِي أَبْقَيْتَهَا لِوَقْتِ الضَّرِّ، لِيَوْمِ الْقِتَالِ وَالْحَرْبِ؟

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

فِي أَيِّ طَرِيق يَتَوَزَّعُ النُّورُ، وَتَتَفَرَّقُ الشَّرْقِيَّةُ عَلَى الأَرْضِ؟

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

مَنْ فَرَّعَ قَنَوَاتٍ لِلْهَطْلِ، وَطَرِيقًا لِلصَّوَاعِقِ،

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

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

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

لِيُرْوِيَ الْبَلْقَعَ وَالْخَلاَءَ وَيُنْبِتَ مَخْرَجَ الْعُشْبِ؟

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

«هَلْ لِلْمَطَرِ أَبٌ؟ وَمَنْ وَلَدَ مَآجِلَ الطَّلِّ؟

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

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

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

كَحَجَرٍ صَارَتِ الْمِيَاهُ. اخْتَبَأَتْ. وَتَلَكَّدَ وَجْهُ الْغَمْرِ.

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

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

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

أَتُخْرِجُ الْمَنَازِلَ فِي أَوْقَاتِهَا وَتَهْدِي النَّعْشَ مَعَ بَنَاتِهِ؟

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

هَلْ عَرَفْتَ سُنَنَ السَّمَاوَاتِ، أَوْ جَعَلْتَ تَسَلُّطَهَا عَلَى الأَرْضِ؟

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

أَتَرْفَعُ صَوْتَكَ إِلَى السُّحُبِ فَيُغَطِّيَكَ فَيْضُ الْمِيَاهِ؟

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

أَتُرْسِلُ الْبُرُوقَ فَتَذْهَبَ وَتَقُولَ لَكَ: هَا نَحْنُ؟

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

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

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

مَنْ يُحْصِي الْغُيُومَ بِالْحِكْمَةِ، وَمَنْ يَسْكُبُ أَزْقَاقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ،

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

إِذْ يَنْسَبِكُ التُّرَابُ سَبْكًا وَيَتَلاَصَقُ الْمَدَرُ؟

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

«أَتَصْطَادُ لِلَّبْوَةِ فَرِيسَةً، أَمْ تُشْبعُ نَفْسَ الأَشْبَالِ،

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

حِينَ تَجْرَمِزُّ فِي عَرِيسِهَا وَتَجْلِسُ فِي عِيصِهَا لِلْكُمُونِ؟

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

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