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 answer with arguments of wind, Or fill his bosom with the east wind?

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

Should he argue with speech that helpeth him not, And with words which do not profit him?

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

Behold, thou makest the fear of God a vain thing, And discouragest prayer before him.

٥ 5 لِأَنَّ فَمَكَ يُذِيعُ إِثْمَكَ، وَتَخْتَارُ لِسَانَ ٱلْمُحْتَالِينَ.

Yea, thy own mouth proclaimeth thy iniquity, Though thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

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

Thy own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; Thy own lips testify against thee.

٧ 7 «أَصُوِّرْتَ أَوَّلَ ٱلنَّاسِ أَمْ أُبْدِئْتَ قَبْلَ ٱلتِّلَالِ؟

Art thou the first man that was born? Wast thou formed before the hills?

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

Hast thou listened in the council of God, And drawn all wisdom to thyself?

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

What dost thou know, that we know not also? What dost thou understand, that is a secret to us?

١٠ 10 عِنْدَنَا ٱلشَّيْخُ وَٱلْأَشْيَبُ، أَكْبَرُ أَيَّامًا مِنْ أَبِيكَ.

With us are the aged and hoary-headed; Much older than thy father.

١١ 11 أَقَلِيلَةٌ عِنْدَكَ تَعْزِيَاتُ ٱللهِ، وَٱلْكَلَامُ مَعَكَ بِٱلرِّفْقِ؟

Dost thou despise the consolations of God, And words so full of kindness to thee?

١٢ 12 «لِمَاذَا يَأْخُذُكَ قَلْبُكَ؟ وَلِمَاذَا تَخْتَلِجُ عَيْنَاكَ

Why hath thy passion taken possession of thee? And why this winking of thine eyes?

١٣ 13 حَتَّى تَرُدَّ عَلَى ٱللهِ وَتُخْرِجَ مِنْ فِيكَ أَقْوَالًا؟

For against God hast thou turned thy spirit, And uttered such words from thy mouth.

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

What is man, that he should be pure, And he that is born of woman, that he should be innocent?

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

Behold, He putteth no trust in his ministering spirits, And the heavens are not pure in his sight;

١٦ 16 فَبِالْحَرِيِّ مَكْرُوهٌ وَفَاسِدٌ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ ٱلشَّارِبُ ٱلْإِثْمَ كَٱلْمَاءِ!

Much less, abominable and polluted man, Who drinketh iniquity as water.

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

Hear me, and I will show thee, And that which I have seen will I declare;

١٨ 18 مَا أَخْبَرَ بِهِ حُكَمَاءُ عَنْ آبَائِهِمْ فَلَمْ يَكْتُمُوهُ.

Which the wise men have told, And not kept concealed, as received from their fathers;

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

To whom alone the land was given, And among whom not a stranger wandered.

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

“All his days the wicked man is in pain; Yea, all the years, that are laid up for the oppressor.

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

A fearful sound is in his ears; In peace the destroyer cometh upon him.

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

He hath no hope that he shall escape from darkness; He is set apart for the sword.

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

He wandereth about, seeking bread; He knoweth that a day of darkness is at hand.

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

Distress and anguish fill him with dread; They prevail against him like a king ready for the battle.

٢٥ 25 لِأَنَّهُ مَدَّ عَلَى ٱللهِ يَدَهُ، وَعَلَى ٱلْقَدِيرِ تَجَبَّرَ

Because he stretched forth his hand against God, And bade defiance to the Almighty,

٢٦ 26 عَادِيًا عَلَيْهِ، مُتَصَلِّبُ ٱلْعُنُقِ بِأَوْقَافِ مَجَانِّهِ مُعَبَّأَةً.

And ran against him with outstretched neck, With the thick bosses of his bucklers;

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

Because he covered his face with fatness, And gathered fat upon his loins,

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

And dwelt in desolated cities, In houses which no man inhabiteth, That are ready to become heaps.

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

He shall not be rich; his substance shall not endure, And his possessions shall not be extended upon the earth.

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

He shall not escape from darkness, And the flame shall dry up his branches; Yea, by the breath of His mouth shall he be taken away.

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

“Let not man trust in vanity! he will be deceived; For vanity shall be his recompense.

٣٢ 32 قَبْلَ يَوْمِهِ يُتَوَفَّى، وَسَعَفُهُ لَا يَخْضَرُّ.

He shall come to his end before his time, And his branch shall not be green.

٣٣ 33 يُسَاقِطُ كَٱلْجَفْنَةِ حِصْرِمَهُ، وَيَنْثُرُ كَٱلزَّيْتُونِ زَهْرُهُ.

He shall shake off his unripe fruit like the vine, And shed his blossoms like the olive-tree.

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

The house of the unrighteous shall be famished, And fire shall consume the tents of bribery.

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

They conceive mischief, and bring forth misery, And their breast deviseth deceit.”