1 GLT وَعَادَ أَيُّوبُ يَنْطِقُ بِمَثَلِهِ فَقَالَ: BSB BSB: And Job continued his discourse:
2 GLT «يَا لَيْتَنِي كَمَا فِي ٱلشُّهُورِ ٱلسَّالِفَةِ وَكَٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلَّتِي حَفِظَنِي ٱللهُ فِيهَا، BSB BSB: “How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,
3 GLT حِينَ أَضَاءَ سِرَاجَهُ عَلَى رَأْسِي، وَبِنُورِهِ سَلَكْتُ ٱلظُّلْمَةَ. BSB BSB: when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,
4 GLT كَمَا كُنْتُ فِي أَيَّامِ خَرِيفِي، وَرِضَا ٱللهِ عَلَى خَيْمَتِي، BSB BSB: when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,
5 GLT وَٱلْقَدِيرُ بَعْدُ مَعِي وَحَوْلِي غِلْمَانِي، BSB BSB: when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,
6 GLT إِذْ غَسَلْتُ خَطَوَاتِي بِٱللَّبَنِ، وَٱلصَّخْرُ سَكَبَ لِي جَدَاوِلَ زَيْتٍ. BSB BSB: when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!
7 GLT حِينَ كُنْتُ أَخْرُجُ إِلَى ٱلْبَابِ فِي ٱلْقَرْيَةِ، وَأُهَيِّئُ فِي ٱلسَّاحَةِ مَجْلِسِي. BSB BSB: When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,
8 GLT رَآنِي ٱلْغِلْمَانُ فَٱخْتَبَأُوا، وَٱلْأَشْيَاخُ قَامُوا وَوَقَفُوا. BSB BSB: the young men saw me and withdrew, and the old men rose to their feet.
9 GLT ٱلْعُظَمَاءُ أَمْسَكُوا عَنِ ٱلْكَلَامِ، وَوَضَعُوا أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَلَى أَفْوَاهِهِمْ. BSB BSB: The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.
10 GLT صَوْتُ ٱلشُّرَفَاءِ ٱخْتَفَى، وَلَصِقَتْ أَلْسِنَتُهُمْ بِأَحْنَاكِهِمْ. BSB BSB: The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.
11 GLT لِأَنَّ ٱلْأُذُنَ سَمِعَتْ فَطَوَّبَتْنِي، وَٱلْعَيْنَ رَأَتْ فَشَهِدَتْ لِي، BSB BSB: For those who heard me called me blessed, and those who saw me commended me,
12 GLT لِأَنِّي أَنْقَذْتُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ ٱلْمُسْتَغِيثَ وَٱلْيَتِيمَ وَلَا مُعِينَ لَهُ. BSB BSB: because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
13 GLT بَرَكَةُ ٱلْهَالِكِ حَلَّتْ عَلَيَّ، وَجَعَلْتُ قَلْبَ ٱلْأَرْمَلَةِ يُسَرُّ. BSB BSB: The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.
14 GLT لَبِسْتُ ٱلْبِرَّ فَكَسَانِي. كَجُبَّةٍ وَعِمَامَةٍ كَانَ عَدْلِي. BSB BSB: I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.
15 GLT كُنْتُ عُيُونًا لِلْعُمْيِ، وَأَرْجُلًا لِلْعُرْجِ. BSB BSB: I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame.
16 GLT أَبٌ أَنَا لِلْفُقَرَاءِ، وَدَعْوَى لَمْ أَعْرِفْهَا فَحَصْتُ عَنْهَا. BSB BSB: I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.
17 GLT هَشَّمْتُ أَضْرَاسَ ٱلظَّالِمِ، وَمِنْ بَيْنِ أَسْنَانِهِ خَطَفْتُ ٱلْفَرِيسَةَ. BSB BSB: I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.
18 GLT فَقُلْتُ: إِنِّي فِي وَكْرِي أُسَلِّمُ ٱلرُّوحَ، وَمِثْلَ ٱلسَّمَنْدَلِ أُكَثِّرُ أَيَّامًا. BSB BSB: So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand.
19 GLT أَصْلِي كَانَ مُنْبَسِطًا إِلَى ٱلْمِيَاهِ، وَٱلطَّلُّ بَاتَ عَلَى أَغْصَانِي. BSB BSB: My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.
20 GLT كَرَامَتِي بَقِيَتْ حَدِيثَةً عِنْدِي، وَقَوْسِي تَجَدَّدَتْ فِي يَدِي. BSB BSB: My glory is ever new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.’
21 GLT لِي سَمِعُوا وَٱنْتَظَرُوا، وَنَصَتُوا عِنْدَ مَشُورَتِي. BSB BSB: Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.
22 GLT بَعْدَ كَلَامِي لَمْ يُثَنُّوا، وَقَوْلِي قَطَرَ عَلَيْهِمْ. BSB BSB: After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.
23 GLT وَٱنْتَظَرُونِي مِثْلَ ٱلْمَطَرِ، وَفَغَرُوا أَفْوَاهَهُمْ كَمَا لِلْمَطَرِ ٱلْمُتَأَخِّرِ. BSB BSB: They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.
24 GLT إِنْ ضَحِكْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ لَمْ يُصَدِّقُوا، وَنُورَ وَجْهِي لَمْ يُعَبِّسُوا. BSB BSB: If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.
25 GLT كُنْتُ أَخْتَارُ طَرِيقَهُمْ وَأَجْلِسُ رَأْسًا، وَأَسْكُنُ كَمَلِكٍ فِي جَيْشٍ، كَمَنْ يُعَزِّي ٱلنَّائِحِينَ. BSB BSB: I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.
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