Giobbe (ايوب) 9

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