Job 40

NEW JERUSALEM	SMITH VAN DYKE
1 Stil speaking to Job, Yahweh said:	1 فاجاب الرب ايوب فقال
2 Is Yahweh's opponent going to give way? Has God's critic thought up an answer?	2 هل يخاصم القدير موبّخه ام المحاجّ الله يجاوبه
3 Job replied to Yahweh:	3 فاجاب ايوب الرب وقال
4 My words have been frivolous: what can I reply? I had better lay my hand over my mouth.	4 ها انا حقير فماذا اجاوبك. وضعت يدي على فمي.
5 I have spoken once, I shal not speak again; I have spoken twice, I have nothing more to say.	5 مرة تكلمت فلا اجيب ومرتين فلا ازيد
6 Yahweh gave Job his answer from the heart of the tempest. He said:	6 فاجاب الرب ايوب من العاصفة فقال
7 Brace yourself like a fighter, I am going to ask the questions, and you are to inform me!	7 الآن شدّ حقويك كرجل. اسألك فتعلمني.
8 Do you real y want to reverse my judgement, put me in the wrong and yourself in the right?	8 لعلك تناقض حكمي. تستذنبني لكي تتبرر انت.
9 Has your arm the strength of God's, can your voice thunder as loud?	9 هل لك ذراع كما لله وبصوت مثل صوته ترعد.
10 Come on, display your majesty and grandeur, robe yourself in splendour and glory.	10 تزيّن الآن بالجلال والعزّ والبس المجد والبهاء.
11 Let the fury of your anger burst forth, humble the haughty at a glance!	11 فرّق فيض غضبك وانظر كل متعظم واخفضه.
12 At a glance, bring down al the proud, strike down the wicked where they stand.	12 انظر الى كل متعظم وذلّله ودس الاشرار في مكانهم.
13 Bury the lot of them in the ground, shut them, every one, in the Dungeon.	13 اطمرهم في التراب معا واحبس وجوههم في الظلام.
14 And I shal be the first to pay you homage, since your own right hand is strong enough to save you.	14 فانا ايضا احمدك لان يمينك تخلصك
15 But look at Behemoth, my creature, just as you are! He feeds on greenstuff like the ox,	15 هوذا بهيموث الذي صنعته معك. ياكل العشب مثل البقر.
16 but what strength he has in his loins, what power in his stomach muscles!	16 ها هي قوته في متنيه وشدته في عضل بطنه.
17 His tail is as stiff as a cedar, the sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.	17 يخفض ذنبه كارزة. عروق فخذيه مضفورة.
18 His bones are bronze tubes, his frame like forged iron.	18 عظامه انابيب نحاس. جرمها حديد ممطول.
19 He is the first of the works of God. His Maker threatened him with the sword,	19 هو اول اعمال الله. الذي صنعه اعطاه سيفه.
20 forbidding him the mountain regions and al the wild animals that play there.	20 لان الجبال تخرج له مرعى وجميع وحوش البر تلعب هناك.
21 Under the lotus he lies, he hides among the reeds in the swamps.	21 تحت السدرات يضطجع في ستر القصب والغمقة.
22 The leaves of the lotus give him shade, the willows by the stream shelter him.	22 تظلله السدرات بظلها. يحيط به صفصاف السواقي.
23 If the river overflows, he does not worry: Jordan might come up to his mouth, but he would not care.	23 هوذا النهر يفيض فلا يفر هو. يطمئن ولو اندفق الاردن في فمه.
24 Who is going to catch him by the eyes or put poles through his nose?	24 هل يؤخذ من امامه. هل يثقب انفه بخزامة
25 Leviathan, too! Can you catch him with a fish-hook or hold his tongue down with a rope?
26 Can you put a cane through his nostrils or pierce his jaw with a hook?
27 Will he plead lengthily with you, addressing you in diffident tones?
28 Will he strike a bargain with you to become your slave for life?
29 Will you make a pet of him, like a bird, keep him on a lead to amuse your little girls?
30 Is he to be sold by the fishing guild and then retailed by merchants?
31 Riddle his hide with darts? Or his head with fishing spears?
32 You have only to lay a finger on him never to forget the struggle or risk it again!