أَيُّوبَ 15
| فَأَجَابَ أَلِيفَازُ ٱلتَّيْمَانِيُّ وَقَالَ: | ١ 1 |
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
| «أَلَعَلَّ ٱلْحَكِيمَ يُجِيبُ عَنْ مَعْرِفَةٍ بَاطِلَةٍ، وَيَمْلَأُ بَطْنَهُ مِنْ رِيحٍ شَرْقِيَّةٍ، | ٢ 2 |
"Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?
| فَيَحْتَجَّ بِكَلَامٍ لَا يُفِيدُ، وَبِأَحَادِيثَ لَا يَنْتَفِعُ بِهَا؟ | ٣ 3 |
Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches with which he can do no good?
| أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَتُنَافِي ٱلْمَخَافَةَ، وَتُنَاقِضُ ٱلتَّقْوَى لَدَى ٱللهِ. | ٤ 4 |
Yes, you do away with fear, and hinder devotion before God.
| لِأَنَّ فَمَكَ يُذِيعُ إِثْمَكَ، وَتَخْتَارُ لِسَانَ ٱلْمُحْتَالِينَ. | ٥ 5 |
For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.
| إِنَّ فَمَكَ يَسْتَذْنِبُكَ، لَا أَنَا، وَشَفَتَاكَ تَشْهَدَانِ عَلَيْكَ. | ٦ 6 |
Your own mouth condemns you, and not I. Yes, your own lips testify against you.
| «أَصُوِّرْتَ أَوَّلَ ٱلنَّاسِ أَمْ أُبْدِئْتَ قَبْلَ ٱلتِّلَالِ؟ | ٧ 7 |
"Are you the first man who was born? Or were you brought forth before the hills?
| هَلْ تَنَصَّتَّ فِي مَجْلِسِ ٱللهِ، أَوْ قَصَرْتَ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ؟ | ٨ 8 |
Have you heard the secret counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
| مَاذَا تَعْرِفُهُ وَلَا نَعْرِفُهُ نَحْنُ؟ وَمَاذَا تَفْهَمُ وَلَيْسَ هُوَ عِنْدَنَا؟ | ٩ 9 |
What do you know, that we do not know? What do you understand, which is not in us?
| عِنْدَنَا ٱلشَّيْخُ وَٱلْأَشْيَبُ، أَكْبَرُ أَيَّامًا مِنْ أَبِيكَ. | ١٠ 10 |
With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much elder than your father.
| أَقَلِيلَةٌ عِنْدَكَ تَعْزِيَاتُ ٱللهِ، وَٱلْكَلَامُ مَعَكَ بِٱلرِّفْقِ؟ | ١١ 11 |
Are the consolations of God too small for you, even the word that is gentle toward you?
| «لِمَاذَا يَأْخُذُكَ قَلْبُكَ؟ وَلِمَاذَا تَخْتَلِجُ عَيْنَاكَ | ١٢ 12 |
Why does your heart carry you away? Why do your eyes flash,
| حَتَّى تَرُدَّ عَلَى ٱللهِ وَتُخْرِجَ مِنْ فِيكَ أَقْوَالًا؟ | ١٣ 13 |
That you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?
| مَنْ هُوَ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ حَتَّى يَزْكُوَ، أَوْ مَوْلُودُ ٱلْمَرْأَةِ حَتَّى يَتَبَرَّرَ؟ | ١٤ 14 |
What is man, that he should be clean? What is he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
| هُوَذَا قِدِّيسُوهُ لَا يَأْتَمِنُهُمْ، وَٱلسَّمَاوَاتُ غَيْرُ طَاهِرَةٍ بِعَيْنَيْهِ، | ١٥ 15 |
Look, he puts no trust in his holy ones. Yes, the heavens are not clean in his sight;
| فَبِالْحَرِيِّ مَكْرُوهٌ وَفَاسِدٌ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ ٱلشَّارِبُ ٱلْإِثْمَ كَٱلْمَاءِ! | ١٦ 16 |
how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water.
| «أُوحِي إِلَيْكَ، ٱسْمَعْ لِي فَأُحَدِّثَ بِمَا رَأَيْتُهُ، | ١٧ 17 |
"I will show you, listen to me; that which I have seen I will declare:
| مَا أَخْبَرَ بِهِ حُكَمَاءُ عَنْ آبَائِهِمْ فَلَمْ يَكْتُمُوهُ. | ١٨ 18 |
(Which wise men have told by their fathers, and have not hidden it;
| ٱلَّذِينَ لَهُمْ وَحْدَهُمْ أُعْطِيَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ، وَلَمْ يَعْبُرْ بَيْنَهُمْ غَرِيبٌ. | ١٩ 19 |
to whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them):
| ٱلشِّرِّيرُ هُوَ يَتَلَوَّى كُلَّ أَيَّامِهِ، وَكُلَّ عَدَدِ ٱلسِّنِينَ ٱلْمَعْدُودَةِ لِلْعَاتِي. | ٢٠ 20 |
the wicked man writhes in pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
| صَوْتُ رُعُوبٍ فِي أُذُنَيْهِ. فِي سَاعَةِ سَلَامٍ يَأْتِيهِ ٱلْمُخَرِّبُ. | ٢١ 21 |
A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer shall come on him.
| لَا يَأْمُلُ ٱلرُّجُوعَ مِنَ ٱلظُّلْمَةِ، وَهُوَ مُرْتَقَبٌ لِلسَّيْفِ. | ٢٢ 22 |
He doesn't believe that he shall return out of darkness. He is waited for by the sword.
| تَائِهٌ هُوَ لِأَجْلِ ٱلْخُبْزِ حَيْثُمَا يَجِدْهُ، وَيَعْلَمُ أَنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلظُّلْمَةِ مُهَيَّأٌ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ. | ٢٣ 23 |
He wanders abroad for bread, saying, 'Where is it?' He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
| يُرْهِبُهُ ٱلضُّرُّ وَٱلضَّيْقُ. يَتَجَبَّرَانِ عَلَيْهِ كَمَلِكٍ مُسْتَعِدٍّ لِلْوَغَى. | ٢٤ 24 |
Distress and anguish make him afraid. They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
| لِأَنَّهُ مَدَّ عَلَى ٱللهِ يَدَهُ، وَعَلَى ٱلْقَدِيرِ تَجَبَّرَ | ٢٥ 25 |
Because he has stretched out his hand against God, and behaves himself proudly against Shaddai;
| عَادِيًا عَلَيْهِ، مُتَصَلِّبُ ٱلْعُنُقِ بِأَوْقَافِ مَجَانِّهِ مُعَبَّأَةً. | ٢٦ 26 |
he runs at him with a stiff neck, with the thick shields of his bucklers;
| لِأَنَّهُ قَدْ كَسَا وَجْهَهُ سَمْنًا، وَرَبَّى شَحْمًا عَلَى كِلْيَتَيْهِ، | ٢٧ 27 |
because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat on his thighs.
| فَيَسْكُنُ مُدُنًا خَرِبَةً، بُيُوتًا غَيْرَ مَسْكُونَةٍ عَتِيدَةً أَنْ تَصِيرَ رُجَمًا. | ٢٨ 28 |
He has lived in desolate cities, in houses which no one inhabited, which were ready to become heaps.
| لَا يَسْتَغْنِي، وَلَا تَثْبُتُ ثَرْوَتُهُ، وَلَا يَمْتَدُّ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ مُقْتَنَاهُ. | ٢٩ 29 |
He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.
| لَا تَزُولُ عَنْهُ ٱلظُّلْمَةُ. خَرَاعِيبُهُ تُيَبِّسُهَا ٱلسُّمُومُ، وَبِنَفْخَةِ فَمِهِ يَزُولُ. | ٣٠ 30 |
He shall not depart out of darkness. The flame shall dry up his branches. By the breath of God's mouth shall he go away.
| لَا يَتَّكِلْ عَلَى ٱلسُّوءِ. يَضِلُّ. لِأَنَّ ٱلسُّوءَ يَكُونُ أُجْرَتَهُ. | ٣١ 31 |
Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself; for emptiness shall be his reward.
| قَبْلَ يَوْمِهِ يُتَوَفَّى، وَسَعَفُهُ لَا يَخْضَرُّ. | ٣٢ 32 |
It shall be accomplished before his time. His branch shall not be green.
| يُسَاقِطُ كَٱلْجَفْنَةِ حِصْرِمَهُ، وَيَنْثُرُ كَٱلزَّيْتُونِ زَهْرُهُ. | ٣٣ 33 |
He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive tree.
| لِأَنَّ جَمَاعَةَ ٱلْفُجَّارِ عَاقِرٌ، وَٱلنَّارُ تَأْكُلُ خِيَامَ ٱلرَّشْوَةِ. | ٣٤ 34 |
For the company of the godless shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
| حَبِلَ شَقَاوَةً وَوَلَدَ إِثْمًا، وَبَطْنُهُ أَنْشَأَ غِشًّا». | ٣٥ 35 |
They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. Their heart prepares deceit."
