أَيُّوبَ 18

١ 1 فَأَجَابَ بِلْدَدُ ٱلشُّوحِيُّ وَقَالَ:

Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

٢ 2 «إِلَى مَتَى تَضَعُونَ أَشْرَاكًا لِلْكَلَامِ؟ تَعَقَّلُوا وَبَعْدُ نَتَكَلَّمُ.

“How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk.

٣ 3 لِمَاذَا حُسِبْنَا كَٱلْبَهِيمَةِ، وَتَنَجَّسْنَا فِي عُيُونِكُمْ؟

Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?

٤ 4 يَا أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُفْتَرِسُ نَفْسَهُ فِي غَيْظِهِ، هَلْ لِأَجْلِكَ تُخْلَى ٱلْأَرْضُ، أَوْ يُزَحْزَحُ ٱلصَّخْرُ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ؟

You who tear yourself in anger— should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?

٥ 5 «نَعَمْ! نُورُ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ يَنْطَفِئُ، وَلَا يُضِيءُ لَهِيبُ نَارِهِ.

Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.

٦ 6 ٱلنُّورُ يُظْلِمُ فِي خَيْمَتِهِ، وَسِرَاجُهُ فَوْقَهُ يَنْطَفِئُ.

The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.

٧ 7 تَقْصُرُ خَطَوَاتُ قُوَّتِهِ، وَتَصْرَعُهُ مَشُورَتُهُ.

His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.

٨ 8 لِأَنَّ رِجْلَيْهِ تَدْفَعَانِهِ فِي ٱلْمِصْلَاةِ فَيَمْشِي إِلَى شَبَكَةٍ.

For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.

٩ 9 يُمْسِكُ ٱلْفَخُّ بِعَقِبِهِ، وَتَتَمَكَّنُ مِنْهُ ٱلشَّرَكُ.

A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.

١٠ 10 مَطْمُورَةٌ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ حِبَالَتُهُ، وَمِصْيَدَتُهُ فِي ٱلسَّبِيلِ.

A noose is hidden in the ground, and a trap lies in his path.

١١ 11 تُرْهِبُهُ أَهْوَالٌ مِنْ حَوْلِهِ، وَتَذْعَرُهُ عِنْدَ رِجْلَيْهِ.

Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.

١٢ 12 تَكُونُ قُوَّتُهُ جَائِعَةً وَٱلْبَوَارُ مُهَيَّأٌ بِجَانِبِهِ.

His strength is depleted, and calamity is ready at his side.

١٣ 13 يَأْكُلُ أَعْضَاءَ جَسَدِهِ. يَأْكُلُ أَعْضَاءَهُ بِكْرُ ٱلْمَوْتِ.

It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs.

١٤ 14 يَنْقَطِعُ عَنْ خَيْمَتِهِ، عَنِ ٱعْتِمَادِهِ، وَيُسَاقُ إِلَى مَلِكِ ٱلْأَهْوَالِ.

He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors.

١٥ 15 يَسْكُنُ فِي خَيْمَتِهِ مَنْ لَيْسَ لَهُ. يُذَرُّ عَلَى مَرْبِضِهِ كِبْرِيتٌ.

Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.

١٦ 16 مِنْ تَحْتُ تَيْبَسُ أُصُولُهُ، وَمِنْ فَوْقُ يُقْطَعُ فَرْعُهُ.

The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.

١٧ 17 ذِكْرُهُ يَبِيدُ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَلَا ٱسْمَ لَهُ عَلَى وَجْهِ ٱلْبَرِّ.

The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.

١٨ 18 يُدْفَعُ مِنَ ٱلنُّورِ إِلَى ٱلظُّلْمَةِ، وَمِنَ ٱلْمَسْكُونَةِ يُطْرَدُ.

He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.

١٩ 19 لَا نَسْلَ وَلَا عَقِبَ لَهُ بَيْنَ شَعْبِهِ، وَلَا شَارِدَ فِي مَحَالِّهِ.

He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived.

٢٠ 20 يَتَعَجَّبُ مِنْ يَوْمِهِ ٱلْمُتَأَخِّرُونَ، وَيَقْشَعِرُّ ٱلْأَقْدَمُونَ.

Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror.

٢١ 21 إِنَّمَا تِلْكَ مَسَاكِنُ فَاعِلِي ٱلشَّرِّ، وَهَذَا مَقَامُ مَنْ لَا يَعْرِفُ ٱللهَ».

Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked and the place of one who does not know God.”