أَيُّوبَ 15

١ 1 فَأَجَابَ أَلِيفَازُ ٱلتَّيْمَانِيُّ وَقَالَ:

Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

٢ 2 «أَلَعَلَّ ٱلْحَكِيمَ يُجِيبُ عَنْ مَعْرِفَةٍ بَاطِلَةٍ، وَيَمْلَأُ بَطْنَهُ مِنْ رِيحٍ شَرْقِيَّةٍ،

Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

٣ 3 فَيَحْتَجَّ بِكَلَامٍ لَا يُفِيدُ، وَبِأَحَادِيثَ لَا يَنْتَفِعُ بِهَا؟

Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

٤ 4 أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَتُنَافِي ٱلْمَخَافَةَ، وَتُنَاقِضُ ٱلتَّقْوَى لَدَى ٱللهِ.

Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.

٥ 5 لِأَنَّ فَمَكَ يُذِيعُ إِثْمَكَ، وَتَخْتَارُ لِسَانَ ٱلْمُحْتَالِينَ.

For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

٦ 6 إِنَّ فَمَكَ يَسْتَذْنِبُكَ، لَا أَنَا، وَشَفَتَاكَ تَشْهَدَانِ عَلَيْكَ.

Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

٧ 7 «أَصُوِّرْتَ أَوَّلَ ٱلنَّاسِ أَمْ أُبْدِئْتَ قَبْلَ ٱلتِّلَالِ؟

[Art] thou the first man [that] was born? or wast thou made before the hills?

٨ 8 هَلْ تَنَصَّتَّ فِي مَجْلِسِ ٱللهِ، أَوْ قَصَرْتَ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ؟

Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?

٩ 9 مَاذَا تَعْرِفُهُ وَلَا نَعْرِفُهُ نَحْنُ؟ وَمَاذَا تَفْهَمُ وَلَيْسَ هُوَ عِنْدَنَا؟

What knowest thou, that we know not? [what] understandest thou, which [is] not in us?

١٠ 10 عِنْدَنَا ٱلشَّيْخُ وَٱلْأَشْيَبُ، أَكْبَرُ أَيَّامًا مِنْ أَبِيكَ.

With us [are] both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.

١١ 11 أَقَلِيلَةٌ عِنْدَكَ تَعْزِيَاتُ ٱللهِ، وَٱلْكَلَامُ مَعَكَ بِٱلرِّفْقِ؟

[Are] the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?

١٢ 12 «لِمَاذَا يَأْخُذُكَ قَلْبُكَ؟ وَلِمَاذَا تَخْتَلِجُ عَيْنَاكَ

Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,

١٣ 13 حَتَّى تَرُدَّ عَلَى ٱللهِ وَتُخْرِجَ مِنْ فِيكَ أَقْوَالًا؟

That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest [such] words go out of thy mouth?

١٤ 14 مَنْ هُوَ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ حَتَّى يَزْكُوَ، أَوْ مَوْلُودُ ٱلْمَرْأَةِ حَتَّى يَتَبَرَّرَ؟

What [is] man, that he should be clean? and [he which is] born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

١٥ 15 هُوَذَا قِدِّيسُوهُ لَا يَأْتَمِنُهُمْ، وَٱلسَّمَاوَاتُ غَيْرُ طَاهِرَةٍ بِعَيْنَيْهِ،

Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.

١٦ 16 فَبِالْحَرِيِّ مَكْرُوهٌ وَفَاسِدٌ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ ٱلشَّارِبُ ٱلْإِثْمَ كَٱلْمَاءِ!

How much more abominable and filthy [is] man, which drinketh iniquity like water?

١٧ 17 «أُوحِي إِلَيْكَ، ٱسْمَعْ لِي فَأُحَدِّثَ بِمَا رَأَيْتُهُ،

I will shew thee, hear me; and that [which] I have seen I will declare;

١٨ 18 مَا أَخْبَرَ بِهِ حُكَمَاءُ عَنْ آبَائِهِمْ فَلَمْ يَكْتُمُوهُ.

Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid [it: ]

١٩ 19 ٱلَّذِينَ لَهُمْ وَحْدَهُمْ أُعْطِيَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ، وَلَمْ يَعْبُرْ بَيْنَهُمْ غَرِيبٌ.

Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.

٢٠ 20 ٱلشِّرِّيرُ هُوَ يَتَلَوَّى كُلَّ أَيَّامِهِ، وَكُلَّ عَدَدِ ٱلسِّنِينَ ٱلْمَعْدُودَةِ لِلْعَاتِي.

The wicked man travaileth with pain all [his] days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.

٢١ 21 صَوْتُ رُعُوبٍ فِي أُذُنَيْهِ. فِي سَاعَةِ سَلَامٍ يَأْتِيهِ ٱلْمُخَرِّبُ.

A dreadful sound [is] in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

٢٢ 22 لَا يَأْمُلُ ٱلرُّجُوعَ مِنَ ٱلظُّلْمَةِ، وَهُوَ مُرْتَقَبٌ لِلسَّيْفِ.

He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.

٢٣ 23 تَائِهٌ هُوَ لِأَجْلِ ٱلْخُبْزِ حَيْثُمَا يَجِدْهُ، وَيَعْلَمُ أَنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلظُّلْمَةِ مُهَيَّأٌ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ.

He wandereth abroad for bread, [saying], Where [is it]? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

٢٤ 24 يُرْهِبُهُ ٱلضُّرُّ وَٱلضَّيْقُ. يَتَجَبَّرَانِ عَلَيْهِ كَمَلِكٍ مُسْتَعِدٍّ لِلْوَغَى.

Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

٢٥ 25 لِأَنَّهُ مَدَّ عَلَى ٱللهِ يَدَهُ، وَعَلَى ٱلْقَدِيرِ تَجَبَّرَ

For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.

٢٦ 26 عَادِيًا عَلَيْهِ، مُتَصَلِّبُ ٱلْعُنُقِ بِأَوْقَافِ مَجَانِّهِ مُعَبَّأَةً.

He runneth upon him, [even] on [his] neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:

٢٧ 27 لِأَنَّهُ قَدْ كَسَا وَجْهَهُ سَمْنًا، وَرَبَّى شَحْمًا عَلَى كِلْيَتَيْهِ،

Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on [his] flanks.

٢٨ 28 فَيَسْكُنُ مُدُنًا خَرِبَةً، بُيُوتًا غَيْرَ مَسْكُونَةٍ عَتِيدَةً أَنْ تَصِيرَ رُجَمًا.

And he dwelleth in desolate cities, [and] in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.

٢٩ 29 لَا يَسْتَغْنِي، وَلَا تَثْبُتُ ثَرْوَتُهُ، وَلَا يَمْتَدُّ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ مُقْتَنَاهُ.

He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

٣٠ 30 لَا تَزُولُ عَنْهُ ٱلظُّلْمَةُ. خَرَاعِيبُهُ تُيَبِّسُهَا ٱلسُّمُومُ، وَبِنَفْخَةِ فَمِهِ يَزُولُ.

He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

٣١ 31 لَا يَتَّكِلْ عَلَى ٱلسُّوءِ. يَضِلُّ. لِأَنَّ ٱلسُّوءَ يَكُونُ أُجْرَتَهُ.

Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.

٣٢ 32 قَبْلَ يَوْمِهِ يُتَوَفَّى، وَسَعَفُهُ لَا يَخْضَرُّ.

It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.

٣٣ 33 يُسَاقِطُ كَٱلْجَفْنَةِ حِصْرِمَهُ، وَيَنْثُرُ كَٱلزَّيْتُونِ زَهْرُهُ.

He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.

٣٤ 34 لِأَنَّ جَمَاعَةَ ٱلْفُجَّارِ عَاقِرٌ، وَٱلنَّارُ تَأْكُلُ خِيَامَ ٱلرَّشْوَةِ.

For the congregation of hypocrites [shall be] desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.

٣٥ 35 حَبِلَ شَقَاوَةً وَوَلَدَ إِثْمًا، وَبَطْنُهُ أَنْشَأَ غِشًّا».

They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.