1 “ Why aren’t times laid up by the Almighty? Why don’t those who know him see his days?

«لِماذا لا يَخفَى شَيءٌ مِنَ الأزمِنَةِ عَلَى القَدِيرِ؟ بَينَما الَّذِينَ يَعرِفُونَهُ لا يَرَوْنَ ماذا سَيَحدُثُ؟

2 T here are people who remove the landmarks. They violently take away flocks, and feed them.

«يُغَيِّرُ النّاسُ حُدُودَ أراضِي الآخَرِينَ، يَسرِقُونَ المَواشِيَ وَيُطلِقُونَها فِي مَراعِيهِمْ.

3 T hey drive away the donkey of the fatherless, and they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

يَسُوقُونَ حِمارَ اليَتِيمِ، وَيُصادِرُونَ ثَوْرَ الأرمَلَةِ رَهْناً.

4 T hey turn the needy out of the way. The poor of the earth all hide themselves.

يُبعِدُونَ المُحتاجِينَ عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ، فَيَختَبِئُ مِنهُمْ كُلُّ فُقَراءِ الأرْضِ.

5 B ehold, as wild donkeys in the desert, they go out to their work, seeking diligently for food. The wilderness yields them bread for their children.

«كَالحَيواناتِ البَرِّيَّةِ يَخْرُجُونَ إلَى عَمَلِهِمْ فِي البَرِّيَّةِ، يُبَكِّرُونَ فِي سَعيِهِمْ إلَى الخُبزِ مِنْ أجلِ صِغارِهِمْ فِي الأرْضِ المُقفِرَةِ.

6 T hey cut their food in the field. They glean the vineyard of the wicked.

يَحصُدُ الفُقَراءُ عَلَفَ الشِّرِّيرِ فِي الحَقلِ، وَيَجمَعُونَ البَواقِي مِنْ كَرمِهِ.

7 T hey lie all night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.

يَبِيتُونَ عُراةً مِنْ غَيرِ كِساءٍ، وَلَيسَ لَهُمْ ما يَحْميهُمْ مِنَ البَرْدِ.

8 T hey are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for lack of a shelter.

تُبُلِّلهُمْ أمطارُ الجِبالِ. فَيَلتَصِقُونَ بِصَخْرَةٍ يَحْتَمُونَ بِها.

9 T here are those who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,

يَخْطَفُ الأشْرارُ اليَتِيمَ عَنْ ثَديِ أُمِّهِ، وَيَأخُذُونَ ثِيابَ المَساكِينِ رَهناً.

10 S o that they go around naked without clothing. Being hungry, they carry the sheaves.

فَيَمشِي المَساكِينُ عُراةً دُونَ كِساءٍ، وَيَحمِلُ الجِياعُ حَفنَةَ حُبُوبٍ.

11 T hey make oil within the walls of these men. They tread wine presses, and suffer thirst.

يَعصِرُونَ الزَّيتَ بَينَ أتلامِ الأشرارِ. وَيَدُوسُونَ مَعاصِرَ الخَمرِ وَهُمْ عِطاشٌ.

12 F rom out of the populous city, men groan. The soul of the wounded cries out, yet God doesn’t regard the folly.

فِي المَدِينَةِ يَئِنُّ النّاسُ، وَحَناجِرُ المَجرُوحِينَ تَستَغِيثُ صارِخَةً، لَكِنَّ اللهَ لا يَنتَبِهُ إلَى صَلاتِهِمْ.

13 “ These are of those who rebel against the light. They don’t know its ways, nor stay in its paths.

«هَؤلاءِ مُتَمَرِّدُونَ عَلَى النُّورِ وَلا يَعتَرِفُونَ بِطُرُقِهِ، وَلا يَسكُنُونَ فِي مَسالِكِهِ.

14 T he murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. In the night he is like a thief.

يَقُومُ القاتِلُ فَجراً، وَيَقتُلُ الضَّعِيفَ وَالمِسكِينَ، وَفِي اللَّيلِ يُصبِحُ لِصّاً.

15 T he eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, ‘No eye shall see me.’ He disguises his face.

عَينُ الزّانِي تَتَرَقَّبُ حُلُولَ المَساءِ وَتَقُولُ: ‹لَنْ تَرانِي عَينٌ!› وَعَلَى وَجهِهِ يَضَعُ قِناعاً.

16 I n the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They don’t know the light.

يَسْطُونَ عَلَى البُيُوتِ لَيلاً، وَفِي النَّهارِ يُغلِقُونَ عَلَى أنفُسِهِمْ، لأنَّهُمْ غَيرُ مُتَصالِحِينَ مَعَ النُّورِ.

17 F or the morning is to all of them like thick darkness, for they know the terrors of the thick darkness.

لأنَّ الظُلمَةَ العَمِيقَةَ عِنْدَهُمْ كَالصُّبْحِ، غَيرَ أنَّهُمْ يَعْرِفُونَ أهْوالَ الظُّلمَةِ العَمِيقَةِ.

18 “ They are foam on the surface of the waters. Their portion is cursed in the earth. They don’t turn into the way of the vineyards.

«تَقُولُ: ‹إنَّ الشِّرِّيرَ كَالقَشَّةِ تَجْرُفُها المياهُ، وَمُمتَلَكاتِهِ مَلعُونَةٌ عَلَى الأرْضِ، فَلا يَعْمَلُ أحَدٌ فِي كُرُومِهِ.

19 D rought and heat consume the snow waters, so does Sheol those who have sinned.

فَكَما يَسرِقُ الجَفافُ وَالحَرُّ مِياهَ الثُّلُوجِ الذّائِبَةِ، كَذَلِكَ تَسرِقُ الهاوِيَةُ الخُطاةَ.

20 T he womb shall forget him. The worm shall feed sweetly on him. He shall be no more remembered. Unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree.

يَنساهُ البَطنُ الَّذِي وَلَدَهُ، وَيَستَحلِيهِ الدُّودُ. لا يَعُودُ يُذكَرُ، وَيَنكَسِرُ الشَّرُّ كَالعَصا.

21 H e devours the barren who don’t bear. He shows no kindness to the widow.

الشِّرِّيرُ يَأكُلُ المَرأةَ العاقِرَ، وَلا يُحسِنُ إلَى الأرمَلَةِ.

22 Y et God preserves the mighty by his power. He rises up who has no assurance of life.

يُزِيلُ بِقُوَّتِهِ الأشْرافَ الأشِدّاءَ. وَرُبَّما يَتَقَدَّمُ، لَكِنَّهُ لا يَثِقُ بِالحَياةِ.

23 G od gives them security, and they rest in it. His eyes are on their ways.

رُبَّما يَشعُرُ بِالأمانِ وَالثَّباتِ، وَيُرِيدُ أنْ يَتبَعَ طُرُقَهُمْ نَحْوَ القُوَّةِ،

24 T hey are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone. Yes, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as all others, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.

لَكِنَّهُ مِثلُهُمْ، يَرْتَفِعُ قَلِيلاً، ثُمَّ يَمضِي. يُقْطَعُ كَرُؤُوسِ السَّنابِلِ كَغَيرِهِ مِنَ النّاسِ.›

25 I f it isn’t so now, who will prove me a liar, and make my speech worth nothing?”

«فَإنْ لَمْ تَكُنِ الأُمُورُ هَكَذا، فَمَنْ يُبَرْهِنُ كَذِبِي، وَيُبَيِّنُ أنَّ كَلامِي باطِلٌ.»