Job 38

Job 38

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NAV — Ketab El Hayat (NAV)
Verse 1
Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm. He said:

ثُمَّ قَالَ الرَّبُّ لأَيُّوبَ مِنَ الْعَاصِفَةِ:
Verse 2
“Who is this that obscures my plans
    with words without knowledge?
«مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يُظْلِمُ الْقَضَاءَ بِكَلامٍ مُجَرَّدٍ مِنَ الْمَعْرِفَةِ؟
Verse 3
Brace yourself like a man;
    I will question you,
    and you shall answer me.

اشْدُدْ حَقَوَيْكَ كَرَجُلٍ لأَسْأَلَكَ فَتُجِيبَنِي
Verse 4
“Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?
    Tell me, if you understand.
أَيْنَ كُنْتَ عِنْدَمَا أَسَّسْتُ الأَرْضَ؟ أَخْبِرْنِي إِنْ كُنْتَ ذَا حِكْمَةٍ.
Verse 5
Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know!
    Who stretched a measuring line across it?
مَنْ حَدَّدَ مَقَايِيسَهَا، إِنْ كُنْتَ حَقّاً تَعْرِفُ؟ أَوْ مَنْ مَدَّ عَلَيْهَا خَيْطَ الْقِيَاسِ؟
Verse 6
On what were its footings set,
    or who laid its cornerstone—
عَلَى أَيِّ شَيْءٍ اسْتَقَرَّتْ قَوَاعِدُهَا؟ وَمَنْ وَضَعَ حَجَرَ زَاوِيَتِهَا؟
Verse 7
while the morning stars sang together
    and all the angels[a] shouted for joy?

بَيْنَمَا كَانَتْ كَوَاكِبُ السَّمَاءِ تَتَرَنَّمُ مَعاً وَمَلائِكَةُ اللهِ تَهْتِفُ بِفَرَحٍ.

Verse 8
“Who shut up the sea behind doors
    when it burst forth from the womb,
مَنْ حَجَزَ الْبَحْرَ بِبَوَّابَاتٍ، عِنْدَمَا انْدَفَقَ مِنْ رَحِمِ الأَرْضِ،
Verse 9
when I made the clouds its garment
    and wrapped it in thick darkness,
حِينَ جَعَلْتُ السُّحُبَ لِبَاساً لَهُ وَالظُّلْمَةَ قِمَاطَهُ،
Verse 10
when I fixed limits for it
    and set its doors and bars in place,
عِنْدَمَا عَيَّنْتُ لَهُ حُدُوداً، وَأَثْبَتُّ بَوَّابَاتِهِ وَمَغَالِيقَهُ فِي مَوَاضِعِهَا،
Verse 11
when I said, ‘This far you may come and no farther;
    here is where your proud waves halt’?

وَقُلْتُ لَهُ: إِلَى هُنَا تُخُومُكَ فَلا تَتَعَدَّاهَا، وَهُنَا يَتَوَقَّفُ عُتُوُّ أَمْوَاجِكَ؟

Verse 12
“Have you ever given orders to the morning,
    or shown the dawn its place,
هَلْ أَمَرْتَ مَرَّةً الصُّبْحَ فِي أَيَّامِكَ، وَأَرَيْتَ الْفَجْرَ مَوْضِعَهُ،
Verse 13
that it might take the earth by the edges
    and shake the wicked out of it?
لِيَقْبِضَ عَلَى أَكْنَافِ الأَرْضِ وَيَنْفُضَ الأَشْرَارَ مِنْهَا؟
Verse 14
The earth takes shape like clay under a seal;
    its features stand out like those of a garment.
تَتَشَكَّلُ كَطِينٍ تَحْتَ الْخَاتَمِ، وَتَبْدُو مَعَالِمُهَا كَمَعَالِمِ الرِّدَاءِ.
Verse 15
The wicked are denied their light,
    and their upraised arm is broken.

يَمْتَنِعُ النُّورُ عَنِ الأَشْرَارِ، وَتَتَحَطَّمُ ذِرَاعُهُمُ الْمُرْتَفِعَةُ.

Verse 16
“Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea
    or walked in the recesses of the deep?
هَلْ غُصْتَ إِلَى يَنَابِيعِ الْبَحْرِ، أَمْ دَلَفْتَ إِلَى مَقَاصِيرِ اللُّجَجِ؟
Verse 17
Have the gates of death been shown to you?
    Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness?
هَلِ اطَّلَعْتَ عَلَى أَبْوَابِ الْمَنِيَّةِ، أَمْ رَأَيْتَ بَوَّابَاتِ ظِلالِ الْمَوْتِ؟
Verse 18
Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth?
    Tell me, if you know all this.

هَلْ أَحَطْتَ بِعَرْضِ الأَرْضِ؟ أَخْبِرْنِي إِنْ كُنْتَ بِكُلِّ هَذَا عَلِيماً.

Verse 19
“What is the way to the abode of light?
    And where does darkness reside?
أَيْنَ الطَّرِيقُ إِلَى مَقَرِّ النُّورِ، وَأَيْنَ مُسْتَقَرُّ الظُّلْمَةِ؟
Verse 20
Can you take them to their places?
    Do you know the paths to their dwellings?
حَتَّى تَقُودَهَا إِلَى تُخُومِهَا وَتَعْرِفَ سُبُلَ مَسْكَنِهَا؟
Verse 21
Surely you know, for you were already born!
    You have lived so many years!

حَقّاً أَنْتَ تَعْرِفُهَا لأَنَّكَ آنَئِذٍ كُنْتَ قَدْ وُلِدْتَ وَعِشْتَ أَيَّاماً طَوِيلَةً!

Verse 22
“Have you entered the storehouses of the snow
    or seen the storehouses of the hail,
هَلْ دَخَلْتَ إِلَى مَخَازِنِ الثَّلْجِ، أَمْ رَأَيْتَ خَزَائِنَ الْبَرَدِ،
Verse 23
which I reserve for times of trouble,
    for days of war and battle?
الَّتِي ادَّخَرْتُهَا لأَوْقَاتِ الضِّيقِ، لِيَوْمِ الْمَعْرَكَةِ وَالْحَرْبِ؟
Verse 24
What is the way to the place where the lightning is dispersed,
    or the place where the east winds are scattered over the earth?
مَا هُوَ السَّبِيلُ إِلَى مَوْضِعِ انْتِشَارِ النُّورِ، أَوْ أَيْنَ تَتَوَزَّعُ الرِّيحُ الشَّرْقِيَّةُ عَلَى الأَرْضِ؟
Verse 25
Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain,
    and a path for the thunderstorm,
مَنْ حَفَرَ قَنَوَاتٍ لِسُيُولِ الْمَطَرِ، وَمَمَرّاً لِلصَّوَاعِقِ،
Verse 26
to water a land where no one lives,
    an uninhabited desert,
لِيُمْطِرَ عَلَى أَرْضٍ مُقْفِرَةٍ لَا إِنْسَانَ فِيهَا،
Verse 27
to satisfy a desolate wasteland
    and make it sprout with grass?
لِيُرْوِيَ الأَرْضَ الْخَرِبَةَ، وَلِيَسْتَنْبِتَ الأَرْضَ عُشْباً؟

Verse 28
Does the rain have a father?
    Who fathers the drops of dew?
هَلْ لِلْمَطَرِ أَبٌ؟ وَمَنْ أَنْجَبَ قَطَرَاتِ النَّدَى؟
Verse 29
From whose womb comes the ice?
    Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens
وَمِنْ أَيِّ أَحْشَاءٍ خَرَجَ الْجَمَدُ، وَمَنْ وَلَدَ صَقِيعَ السَّمَاءِ؟
Verse 30
when the waters become hard as stone,
    when the surface of the deep is frozen?

تَتَجَلَّدُ الْمِيَاهُ كَحِجَارَةٍ وَيَتَجَمَّدُ وَجْهُ الْغَمْرِ.

Verse 31
“Can you bind the chains[b] of the Pleiades?
    Can you loosen Orion’s belt?
هَلْ تَرْبِطُ سَلاسِلَ الثُّرَيَّا، أَمْ تَفُكُّ عُقَدَ الْجَوْزَاءِ؟
Verse 32
Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons[c]
    or lead out the Bear[d] with its cubs?
هَلْ تَهْدِي كَوَاكِبَ الْمَنَازِلِ فِي فُصُولِهَا، أَمْ تَهْدِي النَّعْشَ مَعَ بِنَاتِهِ؟
Verse 33
Do you know the laws of the heavens?
    Can you set up God’s[e] dominion over the earth?

هَلْ تَعْرِفُ أَحْكَامَ السَّمَاوَاتِ، أَمْ أَسَّسْتَ سُلْطَتَهَا عَلَى الأَرْضِ؟
Verse 34
“Can you raise your voice to the clouds
    and cover yourself with a flood of water?
هَلْ تَرْفَعُ صَوْتَكَ آمِراً الْغَمَامَ فَيَغْمُرَكَ فَيْضُ الْمِيَاهِ؟
Verse 35
Do you send the lightning bolts on their way?
    Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
هَلْ فِي وُسْعِكَ أَنْ تُطْلِقَ الْبُرُوقَ فَتَمْضِيَ وَتَقُولَ لَكَ: هَا نَحْنُ طَوْعَ أَمْرِكَ؟
Verse 36
Who gives the ibis wisdom[f]
    or gives the rooster understanding?[g]
مَنْ أَضْفَى عَلَى الْغُيُومِ حِكْمَةً وَأَنْعَمَ عَلَى الضَّبَابِ بِالْفَهْمِ؟
Verse 37
Who has the wisdom to count the clouds?
    Who can tip over the water jars of the heavens
مَنْ لَهُ الْحِكْمَةُ لِيُحْصِيَ النُّجُومَ، وَمَنْ يَصُبُّ الْمَاءَ مِنْ مَيَازِيبِ السَّمَاءِ،
Verse 38
when the dust becomes hard
    and the clods of earth stick together?

حِينَ يَتَلَبَّدُ التُّرَابُ وَتَتَمَاسَكُ كُتَلُ الطِّينِ؟

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Verse 39
“Do you hunt the prey for the lioness
    and satisfy the hunger of the lions
هَلْ تَصْطَادُ الْفَرِيسَةَ لِلَّبُؤَةِ، أَمْ تُشْبِعُ جُوعَ الأَشْبَالِ،
Verse 40
when they crouch in their dens
    or lie in wait in a thicket?
حِينَ تَتَرَبَّصُ فِي الْعَرَائِنِ وَتَكْمُنُ فِي أَوْجَارِهَا؟
Verse 41
Who provides food for the raven
    when its young cry out to God
    and wander about for lack of food?

مَنْ يُزَوِّدُ الْغُرَابَ بِصَيْدِهِ إِذْ تَنْعَبُ فِرَاخُهُ مُسْتَغِيثَةً بِاللهِ، وَتَهِيمُ لاِفْتِقَارِهَا إِلَى الْقُوتِ؟