1 GLT وَعَادَ أَيُّوبُ يَنْطِقُ بِمَثَلِهِ فَقَالَ: BSB BSB: Job continued his discourse:
2 GLT «حَيٌّ هُوَ ٱللهُ ٱلَّذِي نَزَعَ حَقِّي، وَٱلْقَدِيرُ ٱلَّذِي أَمَرَّ نَفْسِي، BSB BSB: “As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice—the Almighty, who has embittered my soul—
3 GLT إِنَّهُ مَا دَامَتْ نَسَمَتِي فِيَّ، وَنَفْخَةُ ٱللهِ فِي أَنْفِي، BSB BSB: as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,
4 GLT لَنْ تَتَكَلَّمَ شَفَتَايَ إِثْمًا، وَلَا يَلْفِظَ لِسَانِي بِغِشٍّ. BSB BSB: my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
5 GLT حَاشَا لِي أَنْ أُبَرِّرَكُمْ! حَتَّى أُسْلِمَ ٱلرُّوحَ لَا أَعْزِلُ كَمَالِي عَنِّي. BSB BSB: I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.
6 GLT تَمَسَّكْتُ بِبِرِّي وَلَا أَرْخِيهِ. قَلْبِي لَا يُعَيِّرُ يَوْمًا مِنْ أَيَّامِي. BSB BSB: I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me.
7 GLT لِيَكُنْ عَدُوِّي كَٱلشِّرِّيرِ، وَمُعَانِدِي كَفَاعِلِ ٱلشَّرِّ. BSB BSB: May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust.
8 GLT لِأَنَّهُ مَا هُوَ رَجَاءُ ٱلْفَاجِرِ عِنْدَمَا يَقْطَعُهُ، عِنْدَمَا يَسْلُبُ ٱللهُ نَفْسَهُ؟ BSB BSB: For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
9 GLT أَفَيَسْمَعُ ٱللهُ صُرَاخَهُ إِذَا جَاءَ عَلَيْهِ ضِيقٌ؟ BSB BSB: Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?
10 GLT أَمْ يَتَلَذَّذُ بِٱلْقَدِيرِ؟ هَلْ يَدْعُو ٱللهَ فِي كُلِّ حِينٍ؟ BSB BSB: Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?
11 GLT «إِنِّي أُعَلِّمُكُمْ بِيَدِ ٱللهِ. لَا أَكْتُمُ مَا هُوَ عِنْدَ ٱلْقَدِيرِ. BSB BSB: I will instruct you in the power of God. I will not conceal the ways of the Almighty.
12 GLT هَا أَنْتُمْ كُلُّكُمْ قَدْ رَأَيْتُمْ، فَلِمَاذَا تَتَبَطَّلُونَ تَبَطُّلًا؟ قَائِلِينَ: BSB BSB: Surely all of you have seen it for yourselves. Why then do you keep up this empty talk?
13 GLT هَذَا نَصِيبُ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ ٱلشِّرِّيرِ مِنْ عِنْدِ ٱللهِ، وَمِيرَاثُ ٱلْعُتَاةِ ٱلَّذِي يَنَالُونَهُ مِنَ ٱلْقَدِيرِ. BSB BSB: This is the wicked man’s portion from God—the heritage the ruthless receive from the Almighty.
14 GLT إِنْ كَثُرَ بَنُوهُ فَلِلسَّيْفِ، وَذُرِّيَّتُهُ لَا تَشْبَعُ خُبْزًا. BSB BSB: Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food.
15 GLT بَقِيَّتُهُ تُدْفَنُ بِٱلْمَوْتَانِ، وَأَرَامِلُهُ لَا تَبْكِي. BSB BSB: His survivors will be buried by the plague, and their widows will not weep for them.
16 GLT إِنْ كَنَزَ فِضَّةً كَٱلتُّرَابِ، وَأَعَدَّ مَلَابِسَ كَٱلطِّينِ، BSB BSB: Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,
17 GLT فَهُوَ يُعِدُّ وَٱلْبَارُّ يَلْبَسُهُ، وَٱلْبَرِئُ يَقْسِمُ ٱلْفِضَّةَ. BSB BSB: what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent.
18 GLT يَبْنِي بَيْتَهُ كَٱلْعُثِّ، أَوْ كَمَظَلَّةٍ صَنَعَهَا ٱلنَّاطُورُ. BSB BSB: The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut set up by a watchman.
19 GLT يَضْطَجِعُ غَنِيًّا وَلَكِنَّهُ لَا يُضَمُّ. يَفْتَحُ عَيْنَيْهِ وَلَا يَكُونُ. BSB BSB: He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.
20 GLT ٱلْأَهْوَالُ تُدْرِكُهُ كَٱلْمِيَاهِ. لَيْلًا تَخْتَطِفُهُ ٱلزَّوْبَعَةُ. BSB BSB: Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night.
21 GLT تَحْمِلُهُ ٱلشَّرْقِيَّةُ فَيَذْهَبُ، وَتَجْرُفُهُ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ. BSB BSB: The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.
22 GLT يُلْقِي ٱللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَلَا يُشْفِقُ. مِنْ يَدِهِ يَهْرُبُ هَرَبًا. BSB BSB: It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.
23 GLT يَصْفِقُونَ عَلَيْهِ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ، وَيَصْفِرُونَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ. BSB BSB: It claps its hands at him and hisses him out of his place.
Select verses for actions: Enter goes to them and Escape comes back.