Job 14

1 “Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.

1 الإِنْسَانُ مَوْلُودُ الْمَرْأَةِ. قَصِيرُ الْعُمْرِ وَمُفْعَمٌ بِالشَّقَاءِ،

2 Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.

2 يَتَفَتَّحُ كَالزَّهْرِ ثُمَّ يَنْتَثِرُ، وَيَتَوَارَى كَالشَّبَحِ فَلا يَبْقَى لَهُ أَثَرٌ.

3 Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You?

3 أَعَلَى مِثْلِ هَذَا فَتَحْتَ عَيْنَيْكَ وَأَحْضَرْتَنِي لأَتَحَاجَّ مَعَكَ؟

4 Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!

4 مَنْ يَسْتَوْلِدُ الطَّاهِرَ مِنَ النَّجِسِ؟ لَا أَحَدٌ!

5 Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,

5 فَإِنْ كَانَتْ أَيَّامُهُ مَحْدُودَةً، وَعَدَدُ أَشْهُرِهِ مَكْتُوباً لَدَيْكَ، وَعَيَّنْتَ أَجَلَهُ فَلا يَتَجَاوَزُهُ،

6 look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.

6 فَأَشِحْ بِوَجْهِكَ عَنْهُ وَدَعْهُ يَسْتَرِيحُ مُسْتَمْتِعاً، رَيْثَمَا يَنْتَهِي يَوْمُهُ، كَالأَجِيرِ.

7 For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.

7 لأَنَّ لِلشَّجَرَةِ أَمَلاً، إِذَا قُطِعَتْ أَنْ تُفْرِخَ مِنْ جَدِيدٍ وَلا تَفْنَى بَرَاعِمُهَا.

8 If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,

8 حَتَّى لَوْ شَاخَتْ أُصُولُهَا فِي الأَرْضِ وَمَاتَ جِذْعُهَا فِي التُّرَابِ،

9 at the scent of water it will bud and put forth twigs like a sapling.

9 فَإِنَّهَا حَالَما تَسْتَرْوِحُ الْمَاءَ تُفْرِخُ، وَتُنْبِتُ فُرُوعاً كَالْغَرْسِ.

10 But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?

10 أَمَّا الإِنْسَانُ فَإِنَّهُ يَمُوتُ وَيَبْلَى، يَلْفِظُ آخِرَ أَنْفَاسِهِ، فَأَيْنَ هُوَ؟

11 As water disappears from the sea and a river becomes parched and dry,

11 كَمَا تَنْفَدُ الْمِيَاهُ مِنَ الْبُحَيْرَةِ، وَيَجِفُّ النَّهْرُ،

12 so a man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no more, he will not be awakened or roused from sleep.

12 هَكَذا يَرْقُدُ الإِنْسَانُ وَلا يَقُومُ، وَلا يَسْتَيْقِظُ مِنْ نَوْمِهِ إِلَى أنْ تَزُولَ السَّمَاوَاتُ.

13 If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me!

13 لَيْتَكَ تُوَارِينِي فِي عَالَمِ الأَمْوَاتِ، وَتُخْفِينِي إِلَى أَنْ يَعْبُرَ عَنِّي غَضَبُكَ، وَتُحَدِّدُ لِي أَجَلاً فَتَذْكُرَنِي.

14 When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.

14 إِنْ مَاتَ رَجُلٌ أَفَيَحْيَا؟ إِذَنْ لَصَبِرْتُ كُلَّ أَيَّامِ مُكَابَدَتِي، رَيْثَمَا يَأْتِي زَمَنُ إِعْفَائِي.

15 You will call, and I will answer; You will desire the work of Your hands.

15 أَنْتَ تَدْعُو وَأَنَا أُجِيبُكَ. أَنْتَ تَتُوقُ إِلَى عَمَلِ يَدَيْكَ،

16 For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin.

16 حِينَئِذٍ تُحْصِي خَطْوَاتِي حَقّاً، وَلَكِنَّكَ لَا تُرَاقِبُ خَطِيئَتِي،

17 My transgression would be sealed in a bag, and You would cover over my iniquity.

17 فَتَخْتِمُ مَعْصِيَتِي فِي صُرَّةٍ، وَتَسْتُرُ ذَنْبِي.

18 But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and a rock is dislodged from its place,

18 وَكَمَا يَتَفَتَّتُ الْجَبَلُ السَّاقِطُ، وَيَتَزَحْزَحُ الصَّخْرُ مِنْ مَوْضِعِهِ،

19 as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.

19 وَكَمَا تُبْلِي الْمِيَاهُ الْحِجَارَةَ، وَتَجْرُفُ سُيُولُهَا تُرَابَ الأَرْضِ، هَكَذَا تُبِيدُ أَنْتَ رَجَاءَ الإِنْسَانِ.

20 You forever overpower him, and he passes on; You change his countenance and send him away.

20 تَقْهَرُهُ دَفْعَةً وَاحِدَةً فَيَتَلاشَى، وَتُغَيِّرُ مِنْ مَلامِحِهِ وَتَطْرُدُهُ.

21 If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he is unaware.

21 يُكْرَمُ أَبْنَاؤُهُ وَهُوَ لَا يَعْلَمُ، أَوْ يُذَلُّونَ وَلا يُدْرِكُ ذَلِكَ.

22 He feels only the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself.”

22 لَا يَشْعُرُ بِغَيْرِ آلامِ بَدَنِهِ، وَلا يَنُوحُ إِلّا عَلَى نَفْسِهِ».