Job 21

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	SMITH VAN DYKE
1 Then Job said in reply:	1 فاجاب ايوب وقال
2 At least listen to my words, and let that be the consolation you offer.	2 اسمعوا قولي سمعا وليكن هذا تعزيتكم.
3 Bear with me while I speak; and after I have spoken, you can mock!	3 احتملوني وانا اتكلم وبعد كلامي استهزئوا.
4 Is my complaint toward man? And why should I not be impatient?	4 اما انا فهل شكواي من انسان. وان كانت فلماذا لا تضيق روحي.
5 Look at me and be astonished, put your hands over your mouths.	5 تفرسوا فيّ وتعجبوا وضعوا اليد على الفم
6 When I think of it, I am dismayed, and horror takes hold on my flesh.	6 عندما اتذكر ارتاع واخذت بشري رعدة.
7 Why do the wicked survive, grow old, become mighty in power?	7 لماذا تحيا الاشرار ويشيخون نعم ويتجبّرون قوة.
8 Their progeny is secure in their sight; they see before them their kinsfolk and their offspring.	8 نسلهم قائم امامهم معهم وذريتهم في اعينهم.
9 Their homes are safe and without fear, nor is the scourge of God upon them.	9 بيوتهم آمنة من الخوف وليس عليهم عصا الله.
10 Their bulls gender without fail; their cows calve and do not miscarry.	10 ثورهم يلقح ولا يخطئ. بقرتهم تنتج ولا تسقط.
11 These folk have infants numerous as lambs, and their children dance.	11 يسرحون مثل الغنم رضّعهم واطفالهم ترقص.
12 They sing to the timbrel and harp, and make merry to the sound of the flute.	12 يحملون الدف والعود ويطربون بصوت المزمار.
13 They live out their days in prosperity, and tranquilly go down to the nether world.	13 يقضون ايامهم بالخير. في لحظة يهبطون الى الهاوية.
14 Yet they say to God, "Depart from us, for we have no wish to learn your ways!	14 فيقولون للّه ابعد عنا. وبمعرفة طرقك لا نسرّ.
15 What is the Almighty that we should serve him? And what gain shall we have if we pray to him?"	15 من هو القدير حتى نعبده وماذا ننتفع ان التمسناه
16 If their happiness is not in their own hands and if the counsel of the wicked is repulsive to God,	16 هوذا ليس في يدهم خيرهم. لتبعد عني مشورة الاشرار.
17 How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? How often does destruction come upon them, the portion he allots in his anger?	17 كم ينطفئ سراج الاشرار ويأتي عليهم بوارهم او يقسم لهم اوجاعا في غضبه
18 Let them be like straw before the wind, and like chaff which the storm snatches away!	18 او يكونون كالتبن قدام الريح وكالعاصفة التي تسرقها الزوبعة.
19 May God not store up the man's misery for his children; let him requite the man himself so that he feels it,	19 الله يخزن اثمه لبنيه. ليجازه نفسه فيعلم.
20 Let his own eyes see the calamity, and the wrath of the Almighty let him drink!	20 لتنظر عيناه هلاكه ومن حمة القدير يشرب.
21 For what interest has he in his family after him, when the number of his months is finished?	21 فما هي مسرّته في بيته بعده وقد تعيّن عدد شهوره
22 Can anyone teach God knowledge, seeing that he judges those on high?	22 أالله يعلم معرفة وهو يقضي على العالين.
23 One dies in his full vigor, wholly at ease and content;	23 هذا يموت في عين كماله. كله مطمئن وساكن.
24 His figure is full and nourished, and his bones are rich in marrow.	24 احواضه ملآنة لبنا ومخ عظامه طريء.
25 Another dies in bitterness of soul, having never tasted happiness.	25 وذلك يموت بنفس مرة ولم يذق خيرا.
26 Alike they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.	26 كلاهما يضطجعان معا في التراب والدود يغشاهما
27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the arguments you rehearse against me.	27 هوذا قد علمت افكاركم والنيات التي بها تظلمونني.
28 For you say, "Where is the house of the magnate, and where the dwelling place of the wicked?"	28 لانكم تقولون اين بيت العاتي واين خيمة مساكن الاشرار.
29 Have you not asked the wayfarers and do you not recognize their monuments?	29 أفلم تسالوا عابري السبيل ولم تفطنوا لدلائلهم.
30 Nay, the evil man is spared calamity when it comes;	30 انه ليوم البوار يمسك الشرير ليوم السخط يقادون.
31 Who will charge him with his conduct to his face, and for what he has done who will repay him?	31 من يعلن طريقه لوجهه. ومن يجازيه على ما عمل.
32 and on the day he is carried to the grave	32 هو الى القبور يقاد وعلى المدفن يسهر.
33 Sweet to him are the clods of the valley, and over him the funeral mound keeps watch, While all the line of mankind follows him, and the countless others who have gone before.	33 حلو له مدر الوادي. يزحف كل انسان وراءه وقدامه ما لا عدد له.
34 How then can you offer me vain comfort, while in your answers perfidy remains?	34 فكيف تعزونني باطلا واجوبتكم بقيت خيانة