Job 19

1 Then Job answered:

1 فَأَجَابَ أَيُّوبُ:

2 “How long will you torment me and crush me with your words?

2 «حَتَّى مَتَى تُعَذِّبُونَ نَفْسِي وَتَسْحَقُونَنِي بِالْكَلامِ الْمُوْجِعِ؟

3 Ten times now you have reproached me; you shamelessly mistreat me.

3 فَهَذِهِ عَشَرُ مَرَّاتٍ انْهَلْتُمْ عَلَيَّ تَعْيِيراً، وَلَمْ تَخْجَلُوا مِنَ التَّنْدِيدِ بِي!

4 Even if I have truly gone astray, my error concerns me alone.

4 فَإِنْ كُنْتُ حَقّاً قَدْ ضَلَلْتُ فَإِنَّ أَخْطَائِي هِيَ مِنْ شَأْنِي وَحْدِي.

5 If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my disgrace against me,

5 وَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ حَقّاً تَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَلَيَّ وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مِنْ عَارِي بُرْهَاناً ضِدِّي،

6 then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me.

6 فَاعْلَمُوا إِذاً أَنَّ اللهَ هُوَ الَّذِي أَوْقَعَنِي فِي الْخَطَأِ وَأَلْقَى شِبَاكَهُ عَلَيَّ.

7 Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.

7 هَا إِنِّي أَسْتَغِيثُ مِنَ الظُّلْمِ وَلا مُجِيبَ، وَأَهْتِفُ عَالِياً وَلَيْسَ مِنْ مُنْصِفٍ.

8 He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.

8 قَدْ سَيَّجَ عَلَى طَرِيقِي فَلا أَعْبُرُ، وَخَيَّمَ عَلَى سُبُلِي بِالظُّلُمَاتِ.

9 He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.

9 جَرَّدَنِي مِنْ مَجْدِي وَنَزَعَ تَاجِي عَنْ رَأْسِي.

10 He tears me down on every side until I am gone; He uproots my hope like a tree.

10 هَدَمَنِي مِنْ كُلِّ جِهَةٍ، فَتَلاشَيْتُ، وَاسْتَأْصَلَ مِثْلَ غَرْسٍ رَجَائِي.

11 His anger burns against me, and He counts me among His enemies.

11 أَضْرَمَ عَلَيَّ غَضَبَهُ وَحَسِبَنِي مِنْ أَعْدَائِهِ.

12 His troops advance together; they construct a ramp against me and encamp around my tent.

12 زَحَفَتْ قُوَّاتُهُ دَفْعَةً وَاحِدَةً لِيُمَهِّدُوا طَرِيقَ حِصَارٍ ضِدِّي، وَعَسْكَرُوا حَوْلَ خَيْمَتِي.

13 He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.

13 أَبْعَدَ عَنِّي إِخْوَتِي، فَاعْتَزَلَ عَنِّي مَعَارِفِي.

14 My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me.

14 خَذَلَنِي ذَوُو قَرَابَتِي وَنَسِيَنِي أَصْدِقَائِي.

15 My guests and maidservants count me as a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight.

15 وَحَسِبَنِي ضُيُوفِي وَإِمَائِي غَرِيباً، أَصْبَحْتُ فِي أَعْيُنِهِمْ أَجْنَبِيًّا.

16 I call for my servant, but he does not answer, though I implore him with my own mouth.

16 أَدْعُو خَادِمِي فَلا يُجِيبُ، مَعَ أَنِّي تَوَسَّلْتُ إِلَيْهِ.

17 My breath is repulsive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own family.

17 عَافَتْ زَوْجَتِي رَائِحَةَ أَنْفَاسِي الْخَبِيثَةَ، وَكَرِهَنِي إخْوَتِي فَابْتَعَدُوا عَنِّي.

18 Even little boys scorn me; when I appear, they deride me.

18 حَتَّى الصِّبْيَانُ يَزْدَرُونَنِي. إذَا قُمْتُ يَسْخَرُونَ مِنِّي.

19 All my best friends despise me, and those I love have turned against me.

19 مَقَتَنِي أَصْدِقَائِي الْحَمِيمُونَ، وَالَّذِينَ أَحْبَبْتُهُمُ انْقَلَبُوا عَلَيَّ.

20 My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

20 لَصِقَتْ عِظَامِي بِجِلْدِي وَلَحْمِي، وَنَجَوْتُ بِجِلْدِ أَسْنَانِي!

21 Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.

21 ارْفُقُوا بِي يَا أَصْدِقَائِي، لأَنَّ يَدَ الرَّبِّ قَدْ حَطَّمَتْنِي.

22 Why do you persecute me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?

22 لِمَاذَا تُطَارِدُونَنِي كَمَا يُطَارِدُنِي اللهُ؟ أَلا تَشْبَعُونَ أَبَداً مِنْ لَحْمِي؟

23 I wish that my words were recorded and inscribed in a book,

23 مَنْ لِي بِأَنْ تُدَوَّنَ أَقْوَالِي! يَا لَيْتَهَا تُسَجَّلُ فِي كِتَابٍ!

24 by an iron stylus on lead, or chiseled in stone forever.

24 يَا لَيْتَهَا تُنْقَشُ بِقَلَمِ حَدِيدٍ وَبِرَصَاصٍ عَلَى صَخْرٍ إِلَى الأَبَدِ!

25 But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.

25 أَمَّا أَنَا فَإِنِّي مُوْقِنٌ أَنَّ فَادِيَّ حَيٌّ، وَأَنَّهُ لابُدَّ فِي النِّهَايَةِ أَنْ يَقُومَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ.

26 Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.

26 وَبَعْدَ أَنْ يَفْنَى جِلْدِي، فَإِنِّي بِذَاتِي أُعَايِنُ اللهَ.

27 I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me!

27 الَّذِي أُشَاهِدُهُ لِنَفْسِي فَتَنْظُرُهُ عَيْنَايَ وَلَيْسَ عَيْنَا آخَرَ، قَدْ فَنِيَتْ كُلْيَتَايَ شَوْقاً فِي دَاخِلِي.

28 If you say, ‘Let us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him,’

28 وَإِنْ قُلْتُمْ مَاذَا نَعْمَلُ لِنَضْطَهِدَهُ، لأَنَّ مَصْدَرَ الْمَتَاعِبِ كَامِنٌ فِيهِ؟

29 then you should fear the sword yourselves, because wrath brings punishment by the sword, so that you may know there is a judgment.”

29 فَاخْشَوْا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ مِنَ السَّيْفِ، لأَنَّ الْغَيْظَ يَجْلِبُ عِقَابَ السَّيْفِ، وَتَعْلَمُونَ آنَئِذٍ أَنَّ هُنَاكَ قَضَاءً».