Job 23 23 Job Job and his friends Arabic Literal Text 1 GLT فَأَجَابَ أَيُّوبُ وَقَالَ: BSB BSB: Then Job answered:
2 GLT «ٱلْيَوْمَ أَيْضًا شَكْوَايَ تَمَرُّدٌ. ضَرْبَتِي أَثْقَلُ مِنْ تَنَهُّدِي. BSB BSB: “Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
4 GLT أُحْسِنُ ٱلدَّعْوَى أَمَامَهُ، وَأَمْلَأُ فَمِي حُجَجًا، BSB BSB: I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 GLT فَأَعْرِفُ ٱلْأَقْوَالَ ٱلَّتِي بِهَا يُجِيبُنِي، وَأَفْهَمُ مَا يَقُولُهُ لِي؟ BSB BSB: I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.
6 GLT أَبِكَثْرَةِ قُوَّةٍ يُخَاصِمُنِي؟ كَّلَّا! وَلَكِنَّهُ كَانَ يَنْتَبِهُ إِلَيَّ. BSB BSB: Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.
7 GLT هُنَالِكَ كَانَ يُحَاجُّهُ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمُ، وَكُنْتُ أَنْجُو إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ مِنْ قَاضِيَّ. BSB BSB: Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
9 GLT شِمَالًا حَيْثُ عَمَلُهُ فَلَا أَنْظُرُهُ. يَتَعَطَّفُ ٱلْجَنُوبَ فَلَا أَرَاهُ. BSB BSB: When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.
10 GLT «لِأَنَّهُ يَعْرِفُ طَرِيقِي. إِذَا جَرَّبَنِي أَخْرُجُ كَٱلذَّهَبِ. BSB BSB: Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
11 GLT بِخَطَوَاتِهِ ٱسْتَمْسَكَتْ رِجْلِي. حَفِظْتُ طَرِيقَهُ وَلَمْ أَحِدْ. BSB BSB: My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.
12 GLT مِنْ وَصِيَّةِ شَفَتَيْهِ لَمْ أَبْرَحْ. أَكْثَرَ مِنْ فَرِيضَتِي ذَخَرْتُ كَلَامَ فِيهِ. BSB BSB: I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
13 GLT أَمَّا هُوَ فَوَحْدَهُ، فَمَنْ يَرُدُّهُ؟ وَنَفْسُهُ تَشْتَهِي فَيَفْعَلُ. BSB BSB: But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.
14 GLT لِأَنَّهُ يُتَمِّمُ ٱلْمَفْرُوضَ عَلَيَّ، وَكَثِيرٌ مِثْلُ هَذِهِ عِنْدَهُ. BSB BSB: For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.
15 GLT مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ أَرْتَاعُ قُدَّامَهُ. أَتَأَمَّلُ فَأَرْتَعِبُ مِنْهُ. BSB BSB: Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.
16 GLT لِأَنَّ ٱللهَ قَدْ أَضْعَفَ قَلْبِي، وَٱلْقَدِيرَ رَوَّعَنِي. BSB BSB: God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
17 GLT لِأَنِّي لَمْ أُقْطَعْ قَبْلَ ٱلظَّلَامِ، وَمِنْ وَجْهِي لَمْ يُغَطِّ ٱلدُّجَى. BSB BSB: Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.
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