Job 23

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	SMITH VAN DYKE
1 Again Job answered and said:	1 فاجاب ايوب وقال
2 Though I know my complaint is bitter, his hand is heavy upon me in my groanings.	2 اليوم ايضا شكواي تمرد. ضربتي اثقل من تنهدي.
3 Oh, that today I might find him, that I might come to his judgment seat!	3 من يعطيني ان اجده فآتي الى كرسيه.
4 I would set out my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments;	4 احسن الدعوى امامه واملأ فمي حججا.
5 I would learn the words with which he would answer, and understand what he would reply to me.	5 فاعرف الاقوال التي بها يجيبني وافهم ما يقوله لي.
6 Even should he contend against me with his great power, yet, would that he himself might heed me!	6 أبكثرة قوة يخاصمني. كلا. ولكنه كان ينتبه اليّ.
7 There the upright man might reason with him, and I should once and for all preserve my rights.	7 هنالك كان يحاجه المستقيم وكنت انجو الى الابد من قاضيّ.
8 But if I go to the east, he is not there; or to the west, I cannot perceive him;	8 هانذا اذهب شرقا فليس هو هناك وغربا فلا اشعر به
9 Where the north enfolds him, I behold him not; by the south he is veiled, and I see him not.	9 شمالا حيث عمله فلا انظره. يتعطف الجنوب فلا اراه
10 Yet he knows my way; if he proved me, I should come forth as gold.	10 لانه يعرف طريقي. اذا جربني اخرج كالذهب.
11 My foot has always walked in his steps; his way I have kept and have not turned aside.	11 بخطواته استمسكت رجلي حفظت طريقه ولم أحد.
12 From the commands of his lips I have not departed; the words of his mouth I have treasured in my heart.	12 من وصية شفتيه لم ابرح. اكثر من فريضتي ذخرت كلام فيه.
13 But he had decided, and who can say him nay? What he desires, that he does.	13 اما هو فوحده فمن يردّه. ونفسه تشتهي فيفعل.
14 For he will carry out what is appointed for me; and many such things may yet be in his mind.	14 لانه يتمم المفروض عليّ وكثير مثل هذه عنده.
15 Therefore am I dismayed before him; when I take thought, I fear him.	15 من اجل ذلك ارتاع قدامه. اتأمل فارتعب منه.
16 Indeed God has made my courage fail; the Almighty has put me in dismay.	16 لان الله قد اضعف قلبي والقدير روّعني.
17 Yes, would that I had vanished in darkness, and that thick gloom were before me to conceal me.	17 لاني لم أقطع قبل الظلام ومن وجهي لم يغط الدجى