أَيُّوبَ 20
| فَأَجَابَ صُوفَرُ ٱلنَّعْمَاتِيُّ وَقَالَ: | ١ 1 |
Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,
| «مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ هَوَاجِسِي تُجِيبُنِي، وَلِهَذَا هَيَجَانِي فِيَّ. | ٢ 2 |
“I'm forced to reply because I'm really upset!
| تَعْيِيرَ تَوْبِيخِي أَسْمَعُ. وَرُوحٌ مِنْ فَهْمِي يُجِيبُنِي. | ٣ 3 |
What I hear you say insults me, but I know how to reply to you!
| «أَمَا عَلِمْتَ هَذَا مِنَ ٱلْقَدِيمِ، مُنْذُ وُضِعَ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، | ٤ 4 |
Don't you know that since ancient times, since human beings were put on this earth,
| أَنَّ هُتَافَ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ مِنْ قَرِيبٍ، وَفَرَحَ ٱلْفَاجِرِ إِلَى لَحْظَةٍ! | ٥ 5 |
that the triumph of the wicked doesn't last long, that those who reject God are only happy for a short time?
| وَلَوْ بَلَغَ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ طُولُهُ، وَمَسَّ رَأْسُهُ ٱلسَّحَابَ، | ٦ 6 |
Even though they are so tall they reach the heavens, even though their heads reach the clouds,
| كَجُلَّتِهِ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ يَبِيدُ. ٱلَّذِينَ رَأَوْهُ يَقُولُونَ: أَيْنَ هُوَ؟ | ٧ 7 |
they will vanish forever like their own excrement. People who knew them will ask, ‘Where have they gone?’
| كَٱلْحُلْمِ يَطِيرُ فَلَا يُوجَدُ، وَيُطْرَدُ كَطَيْفِ ٱللَّيْلِ. | ٨ 8 |
They will vanish like a dream, never to be found, fleeing like a vision of the night.
| عَيْنٌ أَبْصَرَتْهُ لَا تَعُودُ تَرَاهُ، وَمَكَانُهُ لَنْ يَرَاهُ بَعْدُ. | ٩ 9 |
Those who once saw them will not see them anymore; their families will never set eyes on them again.
| بَنُوهُ يَتَرَضَّوْنَ ٱلْفُقَرَاءَ، وَيَدَاهُ تَرُدَّانِ ثَرْوَتَهُ. | ١٠ 10 |
Their children will have to pay back the poor; they will have to return their wealth.
| عِظَامُهُ مَلآنَةٌ شَبِيبَةً، وَمَعَهُ فِي ٱلتُّرَابِ تَضْطَجِعُ. | ١١ 11 |
Though the wicked have bodies that are young and strong, they will die and be buried.
| إِنْ حَلَا فِي فَمِهِ ٱلشَّرُّ، وَأَخْفَاهُ تَحْتَ لِسَانِهِ، | ١٢ 12 |
Though evil tastes sweet in their mouths and they hide it under their tongues,
| أَشْفَقَ عَلَيْهِ وَلَمْ يَتْرُكْهُ، بَلْ حَبَسَهُ وَسَطَ حَنَكِهِ، | ١٣ 13 |
not letting it go but keeping it in their mouths,
| فَخُبْزُهُ فِي أَمْعَائِهِ يَتَحَوَّلُ، مَرَارَةَ أَصْلَالٍ فِي بَطْنِهِ. | ١٤ 14 |
in their stomachs it turns bitter, becoming like snake venom inside them.
| قَدْ بَلَعَ ثَرْوَةً فَيَتَقَيَّأُهَا. ٱللهُ يَطْرُدُهَا مِنْ بَطْنِهِ. | ١٥ 15 |
They swallow wealth and vomit it up again; God forces it from their stomachs.
| سَمَّ ٱلْأَصْلَالِ يَرْضَعُ. يَقْتُلُهُ لِسَانُ ٱلْأَفْعَى. | ١٦ 16 |
They suck in snake venom; the bite of the viper will kill them.
| لَا يَرَى ٱلْجَدَاوِلَ أَنْهَارَ سَوَاقِيَ عَسَلٍ وَلَبَنٍ. | ١٧ 17 |
They will not live to enjoy the streams, the rivers of milk and honey.
| يَرُدُّ تَعَبَهُ وَلَا يَبْلَعُهُ. كَمَالٍ تَحْتَ رَجْعٍ. وَلَا يَفْرَحُ. | ١٨ 18 |
They will have to give back what they have gained and will not have any benefit; they will not enjoy any of their profits.
| لِأَنَّهُ رَضَّضَ ٱلْمَسَاكِينَ، وَتَرَكَهُمْ، وَٱغْتَصَبَ بَيْتًا وَلَمْ يَبْنِهِ. | ١٩ 19 |
For they have oppressed and abandoned the poor; they have seized houses they did not build.
| لِأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَعْرِفْ فِي بَطْنِهِ قَنَاعَةً، لَا يَنْجُو بِمُشْتَهَاهُ. | ٢٠ 20 |
Because their greed was never satisfied, nothing they liked is left that they didn't consume.
| لَيْسَتْ مِنْ أَكْلِهِ بَقِيَّةٌ، لِأَجْلِ ذَلِكَ لَا يَدُومُ خَيْرُهُ. | ٢١ 21 |
Nothing escapes their ravenous appetites, so their happiness doesn't last long.
| مَعَ مِلْءِ رَغْدِهِ يَتَضَايَقُ. تَأْتِي عَلَيْهِ يَدُ كُلِّ شَقِيٍّ. | ٢٢ 22 |
Even when the wicked have all that they want they run into trouble; all kinds of misery will fall upon them.
| يَكُونُ عِنْدَمَا يَمْلَأُ بَطْنَهُ، أَنَّ ٱللهَ يُرْسِلُ عَلَيْهِ حُمُوَّ غَضَبِهِ، وَيُمْطِرُهُ عَلَيْهِ عِنْدَ طَعَامِهِ. | ٢٣ 23 |
While they are busy filling their bellies, God's hostility will burn against them, raining down on them.
| يَفِرُّ مِنْ سِلَاحِ حَدِيدٍ. تَخْرِقُهُ قَوْسُ نُحَاسٍ. | ٢٤ 24 |
As they flee to escape an iron weapon, a bronze arrow will strike them down.
| جَذَبَهُ فَخَرَجَ مِنْ بَطْنِهِ، وَٱلْبَارِقُ مِنْ مَرَارَتِهِ مَرَقَ. عَلَيْهِ رُعُوبٌ. | ٢٥ 25 |
The arrow is pulled out of their gall bladder, glistening with blood. They are absolutely terrified!
| كُلُّ ظُلْمَةٍ مُخْتَبَأَةٌ لِذَخَائِرِهِ. تَأْكُلُهُ نَارٌ لَمْ تُنْفَخْ. تَرْعَى ٱلْبَقِيَّةَ فِي خَيْمَتِهِ. | ٢٦ 26 |
All they value will disappear into the darkness; divine fire will destroy them; all they have left will go up in smoke.
| ٱلسَّمَاوَاتُ تُعْلِنُ إِثْمَهُ، وَٱلْأَرْضُ تَنْهَضُ عَلَيْهِ. | ٢٧ 27 |
The heavens reveal what they have done wrong; the earth will rise up against them.
| تَزُولُ غَلَّةُ بَيْتِهِ. تُهْرَاقُ فِي يَوْمِ غَضَبِهِ. | ٢٨ 28 |
All their possessions will be carried from their homes; they will be dragged off on the day of God's judgment.
| هَذَا نَصِيبُ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ ٱلشِّرِّيرِ مِنْ عِنْدِ ٱللهِ، وَمِيرَاثُ أَمْرِهِ مِنَ ٱلْقَدِيرِ». | ٢٩ 29 |
This is the share the wicked receive from God, the inheritance God says they should have.”
