أَيُّوبَ 11

١ 1 فَأَجَابَ صُوفَرُ ٱلنَّعْمَاتِيُّ وَقَالَ:

And Zophar the Naamathite answers and says:

٢ 2 «أَكَثْرَةُ ٱلْكَلَامِ لَا يُجَاوَبُ، أَمْ رَجُلٌ مِهْذَارٌ يَتَبَرَّرُ؟

“Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified?

٣ 3 أَصَلَفُكَ يُفْحِمُ ٱلنَّاسَ، أَمْ تَلِخُّ وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يُخْزِيكَ؟

Your boastings make men keep silent, You scorn, and none is causing blushing!

٤ 4 إِذْ تَقُولُ: تَعْلِيمِي زَكِيٌّ، وَأَنَا بَارٌّ فِي عَيْنَيْكَ.

And you say, My discourse [is] pure, And I have been clean in Your eyes.

٥ 5 وَلَكِنْ يَا لَيْتَ ٱللهَ يَتَكَلَّمُ وَيَفْتَحُ شَفَتَيْهِ مَعَكَ،

And yet, O that God had spoken! And opens His lips with you.

٦ 6 وَيُعْلِنُ لَكَ خَفِيَّاتِ ٱلْحِكْمَةِ! إِنَّهَا مُضَاعَفَةُ ٱلْفَهْمِ، فَتَعْلَمَ أَنَّ ٱللهَ يُغْرِمُكَ بِأَقَلَّ مِنْ إِثْمِكَ.

And declares to you secrets of wisdom, for counsel has foldings. And know that God forgets of your iniquity for you.

٧ 7 «أَإِلَى عُمْقِ ٱللهِ تَتَّصِلُ، أَمْ إِلَى نِهَايَةِ ٱلْقَدِيرِ تَنْتَهِي؟

Do you find out God by searching? To perfection find out the Mighty One?

٨ 8 هُوَ أَعْلَى مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ، فَمَاذَا عَسَاكَ أَنْ تَفْعَلَ؟ أَعْمَقُ مِنَ ٱلْهَاوِيَةِ، فَمَاذَا تَدْرِي؟ (Sheol h7585)

Heights of the heavens—what [can] you do? Deeper than Sheol—what [can] you know? (Sheol h7585)

٩ 9 أَطْوَلُ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ طُولُهُ، وَأَعْرَضُ مِنَ ٱلْبَحْرِ.

Its measure [is] longer than earth, and broader than the sea.

١٠ 10 إِنْ بَطَشَ أَوْ أَغْلَقَ أَوْ جَمَّعَ، فَمَنْ يَرُدُّهُ؟

If He passes on, and shuts up, and assembles, Who then reverses it?

١١ 11 لِأَنَّهُ هُوَ يَعْلَمُ أُنَاسَ ٱلسُّوءِ، وَيُبْصِرُ ٱلْإِثْمَ، فَهَلْ لَا يَنْتَبِهُ؟

For He has known men of vanity, And He sees iniquity, And one does not consider [it]!

١٢ 12 أَمَّا ٱلرَّجُلُ فَفَارِغٌ عَدِيمُ ٱلْفَهْمِ، وَكَجَحْشِ ٱلْفَرَا يُولَدُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ.

And empty man is bold, And man is born [as] the colt of a wild donkey.

١٣ 13 «إِنْ أَعْدَدْتَ أَنْتَ قَلْبَكَ، وَبَسَطْتَ إِلَيْهِ يَدَيْكَ.

If you have prepared your heart, And have spread out your hands to Him,

١٤ 14 إِنْ أَبْعَدْتَ ٱلْإِثْمَ ٱلَّذِي فِي يَدِكَ، وَلَا يَسْكُنُ ٱلظُّلْمُ فِي خَيْمَتِكَ،

If iniquity [is] in your hand, put it far off, And do not let perverseness dwell in your tents.

١٥ 15 حِينَئِذٍ تَرْفَعُ وَجْهَكَ بِلَا عَيْبٍ، وَتَكُونُ ثَابِتًا وَلَا تَخَافُ.

For then you lift up your face from blemish, And you have been firm, and do not fear.

١٦ 16 لِأَنَّكَ تَنْسَى ٱلْمَشَقَّةَ. كَمِيَاهٍ عَبَرَتْ تَذْكُرُهَا.

For you forget misery, As waters passed away you remember.

١٧ 17 وَفَوْقَ ٱلظَّهِيرَةِ يَقُومُ حَظُّكَ. ٱلظَّلَامُ يَتَحَوَّلُ صَبَاحًا.

And age rises above the noon, You fly—you are as the morning.

١٨ 18 وَتَطْمَئِنُّ لِأَنَّهُ يُوجَدُ رَجَاءٌ. تَتَجَسَّسُ حَوْلَكَ وَتَضْطَجِعُ آمِنًا.

And you have trusted because there is hope, And searched—in confidence you lie down,

١٩ 19 وَتَرْبِضُ وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يُزْعِجُ، وَيَتَضَرَّعُ إِلَى وَجْهِكَ كَثِيرُونَ.

And you have rested, And none is causing trembling, And many have begged [at] your face;

٢٠ 20 أَمَّا عُيُونُ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ فَتَتْلَفُ، وَمَنَاصُهُمْ يَبِيدُ، وَرَجَاؤُهُمْ تَسْلِيمُ ٱلنَّفْسِ».

And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge has perished from them, And their hope [is] a breathing out of soul!”