1فَقَالَ أَيُّوبُ،2اِسْمَعُوا قَوْلِي سَمْعاً، وَلْيَكُنْ هَذَا تَعْزِيَتَكُمْ.3اِحْتَمِلُونِي وَأَنَا أَتَكَلَّمُ، وَبَعْدَ كَلاَمِي اسْتَهْزِئُوا.4أَمَّا أَنَا فَهَلْ شَكْوَايَ مِنْ إِنْسَانٍ. وَإِنْ كَانَتْ، فَلِمَاذَا لاَ تَضِيقُ رُوحِي.5تَفَرَّسُوا فِيَّ وَتَعَجَّبُوا وَضَعُوا الْيَدَ عَلَى الْفَمِ.6عِنْدَمَا أَتَذَكَّرُ أَرْتَاعُ، وَأَخَذَتْ بَشَرِي رَعْدَةٌ.7لِمَاذَا تَحْيَا الأَشْرَارُ وَيَشِيخُونَ، نَعَمْ وَيَتَجَبَّرُونَ قُوَّةً.8نَسْلُهُمْ قَائِمٌ أَمَامَهُمْ مَعَهُمْ، وَذُرِّيَّتُهُمْ فِي أَعْيُنِهِمْ.9بُيُوتُهُمْ آمِنَةٌ مِنَ الْخَوْفِ وَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَصَا اللَّهِ.10ثَوْرُهُمْ يُلْقِحُ وَلاَ يُخْطِئُ. بَقَرَتُهُمْ تُنْتِجُ وَلاَ تُسْقِطُ.11يُسْرِحُونَ مِثْلَ الْغَنَمِ رُضَّعَهُمْ، وَأَطْفَالُهُمْ تَرْقُصُ.12يَحْمِلُونَ الدُّفَّ وَالْعُودَ وَيُطْرِبُونَ بِصَوْتِ الْمِزْمَارِ.13يَقْضُونَ أَيَّامَهُمْ بِالْخَيْرِ. فِي لَحْظَةٍ يَهْبِطُونَ إِلَى الْهَاوِيَةِ.14فَيَقُولُونَ لِلَّهِ، ابْعُدْ عَنَّا. وَبِمَعْرِفَةِ طُرُقِكَ لاَ نُسَرُّ.15مَنْ هُوَ الْقَدِيرُ حَتَّى نَعْبُدَهُ وَمَاذَا نَنْتَفِعُ إِنِ الْتَمَسْنَاهُ..16هُوَذَا لَيْسَ فِي يَدِهِمْ خَيْرُهُمْ. لِتَبْعُدْ عَنِّي مَشُورَةُ الأَشْرَارِ.17كَمْ يَنْطَفِئُ سِرَاجُ الأَشْرَارِ، وَيَأْتِي عَلَيْهِمْ بَوَارُهُمْ، أَوْ يَقْسِمُ لَهُمْ أَوْجَاعاً فِي غَضَبِهِ،18أَوْ يَكُونُونَ كَالتِّبْنِ قُدَّامَ الرِّيحِ وَكَالْعُصَافَةِ الَّتِي تَسْرِقُهَا الزَّوْبَعَةُ.19اَللَّهُ يَخْزِنُ إِثْمَهُ لِبَنِيهِ. لِيُجَازِهِ نَفْسَهُ فَيَعْلَمَ.20لِتَنْظُرْ عَيْنَاهُ هَلاَكَهُ وَمِنْ حُمَةِ الْقَدِيرِ يَشْرَبْ.21فَمَا هِيَ مَسَرَّتُهُ فِي بَيْتِهِ بَعْدَهُ، وَقَدْ تَعَيَّنَ عَدَدُ شُهُورِهِ.22أَاللَّهُ يُعَلَّمُ مَعْرِفَةً، وَهُوَ يَقْضِي عَلَى الْعَالِينَ.23هَذَا يَمُوتُ فِي عَيْنِ كَمَالِهِ. كُلُّهُ مُطْمَئِنٌّ وَسَاكِنٌ.24أَحْوَاضُهُ مَلآنَةٌ لَبَناً، وَمُخُّ عِظَامِهِ طَرِيٌّ.25وَذَلِكَ يَمُوتُ بِنَفْسٍ مُرَّةٍ وَلَمْ يَذُقْ خَيْراً.26كِلاَهُمَا يَضْطَجِعَانِ مَعاً فِي التُّرَابِ وَالدُّودُ يَغْشَاهُمَا.27هُوَذَا قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَفْكَارَكُمْ وَالنِّيَّاتِ الَّتِي بِهَا تَظْلِمُونَنِي.28لأَنَّكُمْ تَقُولُونَ، أَيْنَ بَيْتُ الْعَاتِي وَأَيْنَ خَيْمَةُ مَسَاكِنِ الأَشْرَارِ.29أَفَلَمْ تَسْأَلُوا عَابِرِي السَّبِيلِ وَلَمْ تَفْطَنُوا لِدَلاَئِلِهِمْ.30إِنَّهُ لِيَوْمِ الْبَوَارِ يُمْسَكُ الشِّرِّيرُ. لِيَوْمِ السَّخَطِ يُقَادُونَ.31مَنْ يُعْلِنُ طَرِيقَهُ لِوَجْهِهِ، وَمَنْ يُجَازِيهِ عَلَى مَا عَمِلَ.32هُوَ إِلَى الْقُبُورِ يُقَادُ، وَعَلَى الْمَدْفَنِ يُسْهَرُ.33حُلْوٌ لَهُ طِينُ الْوَادِي. يَزْحَفُ كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ وَرَاءَهُ، وَقُدَّامَهُ مَا لاَ عَدَدَ لَهُ.34فَكَيْفَ تُعَزُّونَنِي بَاطِلاً وَأَجْوِبَتُكُمْ بَقِيَتْ خِيَانَةً..
1But Job answered and said,2Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.3Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.4As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so , why should not my spirit be troubled?5Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.6Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.7Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?8Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.9Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.10Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.11They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.12They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.13They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.14Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.15What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?16Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.17How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.18They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.19God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it .20His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.21For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?22Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.23One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.24His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.25And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.26They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.27Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.28For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?29Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,30That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.31Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?32Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.33The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.34How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?