Job 9

NEW JERUSALEM	SMITH VAN DYKE
1 Job spoke next. He said:	1 فاجاب ايوب وقال
2 Indeed, I know it is as you say: how could anyone claim to be upright before God?	2 صحيح. قد علمت انه كذا. فكيف يتبرر الانسان عند الله.
3 Anyone trying to argue matters with him, could not give him one answer in a thousand.	3 ان شاء ان يحاجه لا يجيبه عن واحد من الف.
4 Among the wisest and the hardiest, who then can successful y defy him?	4 هو حكيم القلب وشديد القوة. من تصلب عليه فسلم.
5 He moves the mountains, though they do not know it; he throws them down when he is angry.	5 المزحزح الجبال ولا تعلم. الذي يقلبها في غضبه
6 He shakes the earth, and moves it from its place, making al its pil ars tremble.	6 المزعزع الارض من مقرها فتتزلزل اعمدتها
7 The sun, at his command, forbears to rise, and on the stars he sets a seal.	7 الآمر الشمس فلا تشرق ويختم على النجوم.
8 He and no other has stretched out the heavens and trampled on the back of the Sea.	8 الباسط السموات وحده والماشي على اعالي البحر.
9 He has made the Bear and Orion, the Pleiades and the Mansions of the South.	9 صانع النعش والجبار والثريا ومخادع الجنوب.
10 The works he does are great and unfathomable, and his marvels cannot be counted.	10 فاعل عظائم لا تفحص وعجائب لا تعد
11 If he passes me, I do not see him; he slips by, imperceptible to me.	11 هوذا يمرّ عليّ ولا اراه ويجتاز فلا اشعر به.
12 If he snatches his prey, who is going to stop him or dare to ask, 'What are you doing?'	12 اذا خطف فمن يرده ومن يقول له ماذا تفعل.
13 God does not renounce his anger: beneath him, Rahab's minions stil lie prostrate.	13 الله لا يرد غضبه. ينحني تحته اعوان رهب.
14 And here am I, proposing to defend myself and select my arguments against him!	14 كم بالاقل انا اجاوبه واختار كلامي معه.
15 Even if I am upright, what point is there in answering him? I can only plead for mercy with my judge!	15 لاني وان تبررت لا اجاوب بل استرحم ديّاني.
16 And if he deigned to answer my citation, I cannot believe he would listen to what I said,	16 لو دعوت فاستجاب لي لما آمنت بانه سمع صوتي
17 he who crushes me for one hair, who, for no reason, wounds and wounds again,	17 ذاك الذي يسحقني بالعاصفة ويكثر جروحي بلا سبب.
18 not even letting me regain my breath, with so much bitterness he fills me!	18 لا يدعني آخذ نفسي ولكن يشبعني مرائر.
19 Shal I try force? Look how strong he is! Or go to court? But who wil summon him?	19 ان كان من جهة قوة القوي يقول هانذا. وان كان من جهة القضاء يقول من يحاكمني.
20 If I prove myself upright, his mouth may condemn me, even if I am innocent, he may pronounce meperverse.	20 ان تبررت يحكم عليّ فمي. وان كنت كاملا يستذنبني
21 But am I innocent? I am no longer sure, and life itself I despise!	21 كامل انا. لا ابالي بنفسي. رذلت حياتي.
22 It is al one, and hence I boldly say: he destroys innocent and guilty alike.	22 هي واحدة. لذلك قلت ان الكامل والشرير هو يفنيهما.
23 When a sudden deadly scourge descends, he laughs at the plight of the innocent.	23 اذا قتل السوط بغتة يستهزئ بتجربة الابرياء.
24 When a country falls into the power of the wicked, he veils the faces of its judges. Or if not he, whoelse?	24 الارض مسلّمة ليد الشرير. يغشي وجوه قضاتها. وان لم يكن هو فاذا من.
25 My days pass: more swiftly than a runner they flee away with never a glimpse of happiness,	25 ايامي اسرع من عدّاء. تفر ولا ترى خيرا.
26 they skim past like a reed canoe, like an eagle swooping on its prey.	26 تمرّ مع سفن البردي. كنسر ينقض الى قنصه.
27 If I decide to stifle my complaining, change countenance, and wear a smiling face,	27 ان قلت انسى كربتي اطلق وجهي واتبلج
28 fear seizes me at the thought of al my woes, for I know you do not regard me as innocent.	28 اخاف من كل اوجاعي عالما انك لا تبرئني.
29 And if I have done wrong, why should I put myself to useless trouble?	29 انا مستذنب فلماذا اتعب عبثا.
30 If I wash myself in melted snow, clean my hands with soda,	30 ولو اغتسلت في الثلج ونظفت يدي بالاشنان
31 you wil only plunge me into the dung, til my clothes themselves recoil from me!	31 فانك في النقع تغمسني حتى تكرهني ثيابي.
32 For he is not human like me: impossible for me to answer him or appear alongside him in court.	32 لانه ليس هو انسانا مثلي فاجاوبه فنأتي جميعا الى المحاكمة.
33 There is no arbiter between us, to lay his hand on both,	33 ليس بيننا مصالح يضع يده على كلينا.
34 to stay his rod from me, or keep away his daunting terrors.	34 ليرفع عني عصاه ولا يبغتني رعبه
35 Nonetheless, unafraid of him, I shal speak: since I do not see myself like that at al !	35 اذا اتكلم ولا اخافه. لاني لست هكذا عند نفسي