Giobbe (ايوب) 21

SMITH VAN DYKE	NEW JERUSALEM
1 فاجاب ايوب وقال	1 Job spoke next. He said:
2 اسمعوا قولي سمعا وليكن هذا تعزيتكم.	2 Listen careful y to my words; let this be the consolation you allow me.
3 احتملوني وانا اتكلم وبعد كلامي استهزئوا.	3 Permit me to speak in my turn; you may jeer when I have spoken.
4 اما انا فهل شكواي من انسان. وان كانت فلماذا لا تضيق روحي.	4 Is my complaint just about a fellow-mortal? I have good grounds to be perturbed!
5 تفرسوا فيّ وتعجبوا وضعوا اليد على الفم	5 Give your attention to me; you wil be dumbfounded and wil place your hand over your mouth.
6 عندما اتذكر ارتاع واخذت بشري رعدة.	6 I myself am appalled at the very thought, and my flesh creeps.
7 لماذا تحيا الاشرار ويشيخون نعم ويتجبّرون قوة.	7 Why do the wicked stil live on, their power increasing with their age?
8 نسلهم قائم امامهم معهم وذريتهم في اعينهم.	8 They see their posterity assured, and their offspring secure before their eyes.
9 بيوتهم آمنة من الخوف وليس عليهم عصا الله.	9 The peace of their houses has nothing to fear, the rod that God wields is not for them.
10 ثورهم يلقح ولا يخطئ. بقرتهم تنتج ولا تسقط.	10 No mishap with their bull at breeding-time, nor miscarriage with their cow at calving.
11 يسرحون مثل الغنم رضّعهم واطفالهم ترقص.	11 They let their infants frisk like lambs, their children dance like deer.
12 يحملون الدف والعود ويطربون بصوت المزمار.	12 They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice to the sound of the pipe.
13 يقضون ايامهم بالخير. في لحظة يهبطون الى الهاوية.	13 They end their lives in happiness and go down in peace to Sheol.
14 فيقولون للّه ابعد عنا. وبمعرفة طرقك لا نسرّ.	14 Yet these are the ones who say to God, 'Go away! We do not want to learn your ways.
15 من هو القدير حتى نعبده وماذا ننتفع ان التمسناه	15 What is the point of our serving Shaddai? What should we gain from praying to him?'
16 هوذا ليس في يدهم خيرهم. لتبعد عني مشورة الاشرار.	16 Surely they have won their own prosperity, since God is kept so far from their plans?
17 كم ينطفئ سراج الاشرار ويأتي عليهم بوارهم او يقسم لهم اوجاعا في غضبه	17 Do we often see the light of the wicked put out, or disaster overtake him, or the retribution of Goddestroy his possessions,
18 او يكونون كالتبن قدام الريح وكالعاصفة التي تسرقها الزوبعة.	18 or the wind blow him away like a straw, or a whirlwind carry him off like chaff?
19 الله يخزن اثمه لبنيه. ليجازه نفسه فيعلم.	19 So God is storing up punishment for his children? But the wicked himself should be punished, andshould know it!
20 لتنظر عيناه هلاكه ومن حمة القدير يشرب.	20 He himself should witness his own ruin, and himself drink the anger of Shaddai.
21 فما هي مسرّته في بيته بعده وقد تعيّن عدد شهوره	21 Once he is gone, what joy can he gain from his family, once the number of his months has been cutoff?
22 أالله يعلم معرفة وهو يقضي على العالين.	22 But who can teach wisdom to God, to him who is judge of those on high?
23 هذا يموت في عين كماله. كله مطمئن وساكن.	23 And again: one person dies in the ful ness of strength, in all possible happiness and ease,
24 احواضه ملآنة لبنا ومخ عظامه طريء.	24 thighs padded with fat and the marrow in the bones good and moist.
25 وذلك يموت بنفس مرة ولم يذق خيرا.	25 Another dies in bitterness of heart, never having tasted happiness.
26 كلاهما يضطجعان معا في التراب والدود يغشاهما	26 They lie together down in the dust and the worms soon cover them both.
27 هوذا قد علمت افكاركم والنيات التي بها تظلمونني.	27 Oh, I know what is in your minds, what you so spiteful y think about me!
28 لانكم تقولون اين بيت العاتي واين خيمة مساكن الاشرار.	28 'What has become of the great lord's house,' you say, 'where is the tent where the wicked used tolive?'
29 أفلم تسالوا عابري السبيل ولم تفطنوا لدلائلهم.	29 Have you never questioned people who travel, do you not understand the testimony they give:
30 انه ليوم البوار يمسك الشرير ليوم السخط يقادون.	30 on the day of disaster, the wicked is spared, on the day of retribution, he is kept safe?
31 من يعلن طريقه لوجهه. ومن يجازيه على ما عمل.	31 And who is there then to reproach him for his deeds and to pay him back for the things he has done?
32 هو الى القبور يقاد وعلى المدفن يسهر.	32 He is carried away to the cemetery, and a watch is kept at his tomb.
33 حلو له مدر الوادي. يزحف كل انسان وراءه وقدامه ما لا عدد له.	33 The clods of the ravine lie easy on him, and the whole population walk behind.
34 فكيف تعزونني باطلا واجوبتكم بقيت خيانة	34 So what sense is there in your empty consolation? your answers are the left-overs of infidelity!