وَلَمَّا تَوَجَّهَ تِلْقَآءَ مَدْيَنَ قَالَ عَسَىٰ رَبِّىٓ أَن يَهْدِيَنِى سَوَآءَ ٱلسَّبِيلِ

вəлəммəə тəвəджджəhə тильќōō`ə мəдйəнə ќōōлə 'əсəə рōббии əй-йəhдийəнии сəвəə`əс-сəбииль

And when he turned his face toward Midian, he said, ‘Maybe my Lord will show me the right way.’

وَلَمَّا وَرَدَ مَآءَ مَدْيَنَ وَجَدَ عَلَيْهِ أُمَّةً مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْقُونَ وَوَجَدَ مِن دُونِهِمُ ٱمْرَأَتَيْنِ تَذُودَانِ  ۖ قَالَ مَا خَطْبُكُمَا  ۖ قَالَتَا لَا نَسْقِى حَتَّىٰ يُصْدِرَ ٱلرِّعَآءُ  ۖ وَأَبُونَا شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ

вəлəммəə вəрōдə мəə`ə мəдйəнə вəджəдə 'əлэйhи уммəтəмм-минəн-нəəси йəсќуунə вəвəджəдə миŋŋ-дууниhиму-мрō`əтəйни тəз̃уудəəн, ќōōлə мəə хōтбукумəə, ќōōлəтəə лəə нəсќии həттəə йусдирōр-ри'əə, вə`əбуунəə шэйхун кəбиир

When he arrived at the well of Midian, he found there a throng of people watering [their flocks], and he found, besides them, two women holding back [their flock]. He said, ‘What is your business?’ They said, ‘We do not water [our flock] until the shepherds have driven out [their flocks], and our father is an aged man.’

فَسَقَىٰ لَهُمَا ثُمَّ تَوَلَّىٰٓ إِلَى ٱلظِّلِّ فَقَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى لِمَآ أَنزَلْتَ إِلَىَّ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَقِيرٌ

фəсəќōō лəhумəə c̃уммə тəвəльлəə илəəз̃-з̃ылли фəќōōлə рōбби иннии лимəə əŋŋзəльтə илəййə мин хōйрин фəќиир

So he watered [their flock] for them. Then he withdrew toward the shade and said, ‘My Lord! I am indeed in need of any good You may send down to me!’

فَجَآءَتْهُ إِحْدَىٰهُمَا تَمْشِى عَلَى ٱسْتِحْيَآءٍ قَالَتْ إِنَّ أَبِى يَدْعُوكَ لِيَجْزِيَكَ أَجْرَ مَا سَقَيْتَ لَنَا  ۚ فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُۥ وَقَصَّ عَلَيْهِ ٱلْقَصَصَ قَالَ لَا تَخَفْ  ۖ نَجَوْتَ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

фəджəə`əтhу иhдəəhумəə тəмшии 'əлəə-стиhйəə`ин ќōōлəт иннə əбии йəд'уукə лийəджзийəкə əджрō мəə сəќōйтə лəнəə, фəлəммəə джəə`əhу вəќōссō 'əлэйhиль-ќōсōсō ќōōлə лəə тəхōф, нəджəутə минəль-ќōумиз̃-з̃ōōлимиин

Then one of the two women approached him, walking bashfully. She said, ‘Indeed my father invites you to pay you the wages for watering [our flock] for us.’ So when he came to him and recounted the story to him, he said, ‘Do not be afraid. You have been delivered from the wrongdoing lot.’

قَالَتْ إِحْدَىٰهُمَا يَٰٓأَبَتِ ٱسْتَـْٔجِرْهُ  ۖ إِنَّ خَيْرَ مَنِ ٱسْتَـْٔجَرْتَ ٱلْقَوِىُّ ٱلْأَمِينُ

ќōōлəт иhдəəhумəə йəə əбəти-стə`джирh, иннə хōйрō мəни-стə`джəртəль-ќōвиййуль-əмиин

One of the two women said, ‘Father, hire him. Indeed the best you can hire is a powerful and trustworthy man.’

قَالَ إِنِّىٓ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُنكِحَكَ إِحْدَى ٱبْنَتَىَّ هَٰتَيْنِ عَلَىٰٓ أَن تَأْجُرَنِى ثَمَٰنِىَ حِجَجٍ  ۖ فَإِنْ أَتْمَمْتَ عَشْرًا فَمِنْ عِندِكَ  ۖ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَيْكَ  ۚ سَتَجِدُنِىٓ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

ќōōлə иннии урииду əн уŋŋкиhəкə иhдəə-бнəтəййə həəтəйни 'əлəə əŋŋ-тə`джурōнии c̃əмəəнийə hиджəдж, фə`ин əтмəмтə 'əшрōн фəмин 'иŋŋдик, вəмəə урииду əн əшуќќō 'əлэйк, сəтəджидунии иŋŋ-шəə`əл-лаhу минəс-сōōлиhиин

He said, ‘Indeed I desire to marry you to one of these two daughters of mine, on condition that you hire yourself to me for eight years. And if you complete ten, that will be up to you, and I do not want to be hard on you. God willing, you will find me to a righteous person.’

قَالَ ذَٰلِكَ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكَ  ۖ أَيَّمَا ٱلْأَجَلَيْنِ قَضَيْتُ فَلَا عُدْوَٰنَ عَلَىَّ  ۖ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ مَا نَقُولُ وَكِيلٌ

ќōōлə з̃əəликə бэйнии вəбэйнəк, əййəмəəль-əджəлэйни ќōдōйту фəлəə 'удвəəнə 'əлэйй, вəл-лаhу 'əлəə мəə нəќуулю вəкииль

He said, ‘This will be [by consent] between you and me. Whichever of the two terms I complete, there shall be no imposition upon me, and Allah is witness over what we say.’