| 1 I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid? | 1 عهدا قطعت لعينيّ فكيف اتطلع في عذراء. |
| 2 For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high? | 2 وما هي قسمة الله من فوق ونصيب القدير من الاعالي. |
| 3 Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity? | 3 أليس البوار لعامل الشر والنكر لفاعلي الاثم. |
| 4 Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps? | 4 أليس هو ينظر طرقي ويحصي جميع خطواتي. |
| 5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; | 5 ان كنت قد سلكت مع الكذب او اسرعت رجلي الى الغش. |
| 6 Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity. | 6 ليزنّي في ميزان الحق فيعرف الله كمالي. |
| 7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands; | 7 ان حادت خطواتي عن الطريق وذهب قلبي وراء عينيّ او لصق عيب بكفيّ |
| 8 Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out. | 8 أزرع وغيري يأكل وفروعي تستأصل |
| 9 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door; | 9 ان غوي قلبي على امرأة او كمنت على باب قريبي |
| 10 Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. | 10 فلتطحن امرأتي لآخر ولينحن عليها آخرون. |
| 11 For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges. | 11 لان هذه رذيلة وهي اثم يعرض للقضاة. |
| 12 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase. | 12 لانها نار تأكل حتى الى الهلاك وتستأصل كل محصولي |
| 13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; | 13 ان كنت رفضت حق عبدي وامتي في دعواهما عليّ |
| 14 What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? | 14 فماذا كنت اصنع حين يقوم الله واذا افتقد فبماذا اجيبه. |
| 15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb? | 15 أوليس صانعي في البطن صانعه وقد صوّرنا واحد في الرحم. |
| 16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; | 16 ان كنت منعت المساكين عن مرادهم او افنيت عيني الارملة |
| 17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; | 17 او اكلت لقمتي وحدي فما اكل منها اليتيم. |
| 18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;) | 18 بل منذ صباي كبر عندي كأب ومن بطن امي هديتها |
| 19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; | 19 ان كنت رأيت هالكا لعدم اللبس او فقيرا بلا كسوة |
| 20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; | 20 ان لم تباركني حقواه وقد استدفأ بجزّة غنمي. |
| 21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate: | 21 ان كنت قد هززت يدي على اليتيم لما رأيت عوني في الباب |
| 22 Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone. | 22 فلتسقط عضدي من كتفي ولتنكسر ذراعي من قصبتها. |
| 23 For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure. | 23 لان البوار من الله رعب عليّ ومن جلاله لم استطع |
| 24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence; | 24 ان كنت قد جعلت الذهب عمدتي او قلت للابريز انت متكلي. |
| 25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much; | 25 ان كنت قد فرحت اذ كثرت ثروتي ولان يدي وجدت كثيرا. |
| 26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; | 26 ان كنت قد نظرت الى النور حين ضاء او الى القمر يسير بالبهاء |
| 27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: | 27 وغوي قلبي سرّا ولثم يدي فمي |
| 28 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above. | 28 فهذا ايضا اثم يعرض للقضاة لاني اكون قد جحدت الله من فوق |
| 29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him: | 29 ان كنت قد فرحت ببليّة مبغضي او شمتّ حين اصابه سوء. |
| 30 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul. | 30 بل لم ادع حنكي يخطئ في طلب نفسه بلعنة. |
| 31 If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied. | 31 ان كان اهل خيمتي لم يقولوا من ياتي باحد لم يشبع من طعامه. |
| 32 The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller. | 32 غريب لم يبت في الخارج. فتحت للمسافر ابوابي. |
| 33 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom: | 33 ان كنت قد كتمت كالناس ذنبي لاخفاء اثمي في حضني |
| 34 Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door? | 34 اذ رهبت جمهورا غفيرا وروّعتني اهانة العشائر فكففت ولم اخرج من الباب |
| 35 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book. | 35 من لي بمن يسمعني. هوذا امضائي ليجبني القدير. ومن لي بشكوى كتبها خصمي. |
| 36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me. | 36 فكنت احملها على كتفي. كنت اعصبها تاجا لي. |
| 37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him. | 37 كنت اخبره بعدد خطواتي وادنو منه كشريف ــ |
| 38 If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain; | 38 ان كانت ارضي قد صرخت عليّ وتباكت اتلامها جميعا |
| 39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life: | 39 ان كنت قد اكلت غلّتها بلا فضة او اطفأت انفس اصحابها |
| 40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. | 40 فعوض الحنطة لينبت شوك وبدل الشعير زوان تمت اقوال ايوب |