| 1 هذا كله رأته عيني. سمعته اذني وفطنت به. | 1 "Lo, my eye has seen all this, my ear has heard and understood it. |
| 2 ما تعرفونه عرفته انا ايضا. لست دونكم. | 2 What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you. |
| 3 ولكني اريد ان اكلم القدير وان أحاكم الى الله. | 3 But I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God. |
| 4 اما انتم فملفقو كذب. اطباء بطالون كلكم. | 4 As for you, you whitewash with lies; worthless physicians are you all. |
| 5 ليتكم تصمتون صمتا. يكون ذلك لكم حكمة. | 5 Oh that you would keep silent, and it would be your wisdom! |
| 6 اسمعوا الآن حجتي واصغوا الى دعاوي شفتيّ. | 6 Hear now my reasoning, and listen to the pleadings of my lips. |
| 7 أتقولون لاجل الله ظلما وتتكلمون بغش لاجله. | 7 Will you speak falsely for God, and speak deceitfully for him? |
| 8 أتحابون وجهه ام عن الله تخاصمون. | 8 Will you show partiality toward him, will you plead the case for God? |
| 9 أخير لكم ان يفحصكم ام تخاتلونه كما يخاتل الانسان. | 9 Will it be well with you when he searches you out? Or can you deceive him, as one deceives a man? |
| 10 توبيخا يوبخكم ان حابيتم الوجوه خفية. | 10 He will surely rebuke you if in secret you show partiality. |
| 11 فهلا يرهبكم جلاله ويسقط عليكم رعبه. | 11 Will not his majesty terrify you, and the dread of him fall upon you? |
| 12 خطبكم امثال رماد وحصونكم حصون من طين | 12 Your maxims are proverbs of ashes, your defenses are defenses of clay. |
| 13 اسكتوا عني فاتكلم انا وليصبني مهما اصاب. | 13 "Let me have silence, and I will speak, and let come on me what may. |
| 14 لماذا آخذ لحمي باسناني واضع نفسي في كفي. | 14 I will take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand. |
| 15 هوذا يقتلني. لا انتظر شيئا. فقط ازكي طريقي قدامه. | 15 Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope; yet I will defend my ways to his face. |
| 16 فهذا يعود الى خلاصي ان الفاجر لا يأتي قدامه. | 16 This will be my salvation, that a godless man shall not come before him. |
| 17 سمعا اسمعوا اقوالي وتصريحي بمسامعكم. | 17 Listen carefully to my words, and let my declaration be in your ears. |
| 18 هانذا قد احسنت الدعوى. اعلم اني اتبرر. | 18 Behold, I have prepared my case; I know that I shall be vindicated. |
| 19 من هو الذي يخاصمني حتى اصمت الآن واسلم الروح | 19 Who is there that will contend with me? For then I would be silent and die. |
| 20 انما أمرين لا تفعل بي فحينئذ لا اختفي من حضرتك. | 20 Only grant two things to me, then I will not hide myself from thy face: |
| 21 ابعد يديك عني ولا تدع هيبتك ترعبني | 21 withdraw thy hand far from me, and let not dread of thee terrify me. |
| 22 ثم ادع فانا اجيب او اتكلم فتجاوبني. | 22 Then call, and I will answer; or let me speak, and do thou reply to me. |
| 23 كم لي من الآثام والخطايا. اعلمني ذنبي وخطيتي. | 23 How many are my iniquities and my sins? Make me know my transgression and my sin. |
| 24 لماذا تحجب وجهك وتحسبني عدوا لك. | 24 Why dost thou hide thy face, and count me as thy enemy? |
| 25 اترعب ورقة مندفعة وتطارد قشا يابسا. | 25 Wilt thou frighten a driven leaf and pursue dry chaff? |
| 26 لانك كتبت عليّ أمورا مرّة وورثتني اثام صباي | 26 For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me inherit the iniquities of my youth. |
| 27 فجعلت رجليّ في المقطرة ولاحظت جميع مسالكي وعلى اصول رجليّ نبشت. | 27 Thou puttest my feet in the stocks, and watchest all my paths; thou settest a bound to the soles of my feet. |
| 28 وانا كمتسوس يبلى كثوب اكله العث | 28 Man wastes away like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten. |
