Giobbe (ايوب) 21

SMITH VAN DYKE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 فاجاب ايوب وقال	1 Then Job responded by saying:
2 اسمعوا قولي سمعا وليكن هذا تعزيتكم.	2 I beseech you to hear my words and to do penance.
3 احتملوني وانا اتكلم وبعد كلامي استهزئوا.	3 Permit me, and I will speak, and afterwards, if you see fit, you can laugh at my words.
4 اما انا فهل شكواي من انسان. وان كانت فلماذا لا تضيق روحي.	4 Is my dispute against man, so that I would have no reason to be discouraged?
5 تفرسوا فيّ وتعجبوا وضعوا اليد على الفم	5 Listen to me and be astonished, and place a finger over your mouth.
6 عندما اتذكر ارتاع واخذت بشري رعدة.	6 As for me, when I think it over, I am afraid, and trembling convulses my body.
7 لماذا تحيا الاشرار ويشيخون نعم ويتجبّرون قوة.	7 Why then do the impious live, having been lifted up and strengthened with riches?
8 نسلهم قائم امامهم معهم وذريتهم في اعينهم.	8 They see their offspring continue before them: a commotion of close relatives and of children’s children in their sight.
9 بيوتهم آمنة من الخوف وليس عليهم عصا الله.	9 Their houses have been secure and peaceable, and there is no staff of God over them.
10 ثورهم يلقح ولا يخطئ. بقرتهم تنتج ولا تسقط.	10 Their cattle have conceived and have not miscarried; their cow has given birth and is not deprived of her newborn.
11 يسرحون مثل الغنم رضّعهم واطفالهم ترقص.	11 Their little ones go out like a flock, and their children jump around playfully.
12 يحملون الدف والعود ويطربون بصوت المزمار.	12 They take up the timbrel and the lyre, and they rejoice at the sound of the organ.
13 يقضون ايامهم بالخير. في لحظة يهبطون الى الهاوية.	13 Their days are prolonged in wealth, yet, in an instant, they descend into hell.
14 فيقولون للّه ابعد عنا. وبمعرفة طرقك لا نسرّ.	14 Who has said to God, “Depart from us, for we do not want the knowledge of your ways.
15 من هو القدير حتى نعبده وماذا ننتفع ان التمسناه	15 Who is the Almighty that we should serve him? And how is it helpful to us if we pray to him?”
16 هوذا ليس في يدهم خيرهم. لتبعد عني مشورة الاشرار.	16 It is true that their good things are not in their power. May the counsel of the impious be far from me!
17 كم ينطفئ سراج الاشرار ويأتي عليهم بوارهم او يقسم لهم اوجاعا في غضبه	17 How often will the lamp of the wicked be extinguished, and a deluge overtake them, and how often will he distribute the afflictions of his wrath?
18 او يكونون كالتبن قدام الريح وكالعاصفة التي تسرقها الزوبعة.	18 They will be like chaff before the face of the wind, and like ashes that the whirlwind scatters.
19 الله يخزن اثمه لبنيه. ليجازه نفسه فيعلم.	19 God will preserve the grief of the father for his sons, and, when he repays, then he will understand.
20 لتنظر عيناه هلاكه ومن حمة القدير يشرب.	20 His eyes will see his own destruction, and he will drink from the wrath of the Almighty.
21 فما هي مسرّته في بيته بعده وقد تعيّن عدد شهوره	21 For what does he care what happens to his house after him, or if the number of its months are reduced by half?
22 أالله يعلم معرفة وهو يقضي على العالين.	22 Can anyone teach holy knowledge to God, who judges the exalted?
23 هذا يموت في عين كماله. كله مطمئن وساكن.	23 This one dies strong and healthy, rich and happy.
24 احواضه ملآنة لبنا ومخ عظامه طريء.	24 His gut is full of fat and his bones are moistened with marrow.
25 وذلك يموت بنفس مرة ولم يذق خيرا.	25 In truth, another dies in bitterness of soul, without any resources.
26 كلاهما يضطجعان معا في التراب والدود يغشاهما	26 And yet they will sleep together in the dust, and worms will cover them.
27 هوذا قد علمت افكاركم والنيات التي بها تظلمونني.	27 Surely, I know your thoughts and your sinful judgments against me.
28 لانكم تقولون اين بيت العاتي واين خيمة مساكن الاشرار.	28 For you say, “Where is the house of the ruler, and where are the tabernacles of the impious?”
29 أفلم تسالوا عابري السبيل ولم تفطنوا لدلائلهم.	29 Ask any passerby whom you wish, and you will realize that he understands these same things:
30 انه ليوم البوار يمسك الشرير ليوم السخط يقادون.	30 that the evil-doer is reserved for the day of destruction, and he will be led to the day of wrath.
31 من يعلن طريقه لوجهه. ومن يجازيه على ما عمل.	31 Who will reprove his way to his face, and who will repay him for what he has done?
32 هو الى القبور يقاد وعلى المدفن يسهر.	32 He will be led to the tomb, and he will remain awake in the chaos of the dead.
33 حلو له مدر الوادي. يزحف كل انسان وراءه وقدامه ما لا عدد له.	33 He has been found acceptable to the banks of the River of Lamentation, and he will draw any man towards him, and there are countless before him.
34 فكيف تعزونني باطلا واجوبتكم بقيت خيانة	34 Therefore, how long will you console me in vain, when your answer is shown to be repugnant to truth?