أَيُّوبَ 22
| فَأَجَابَ أَلِيفَازُ ٱلتَّيْمَانِيُّ وَقَالَ: | ١ 1 |
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
| «هَلْ يَنْفَعُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ ٱللهَ؟ بَلْ يَنْفَعُ نَفْسَهُ ٱلْفَطِنُ! | ٢ 2 |
Can a man, then, profit God? Behold, the wise man profiteth himself.
| هَلْ مِنْ مَسَرَّةٍ لِلْقَدِيرِ إِذَا تَبَرَّرْتَ، أَوْ مِنْ فَائِدَةٍ إِذَا قَوَّمْتَ طُرُقَكَ؟ | ٣ 3 |
Is it a pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous; Or a gain to him, that thou walkest uprightly?
| هَلْ عَلَى تَقْوَاكَ يُوَبِّخُكَ، أَوْ يَدْخُلُ مَعَكَ فِي ٱلْمُحَاكَمَةِ؟ | ٤ 4 |
Will he contend with thee because he feareth thee? Will he enter with thee into judgment?
| أَلَيْسَ شَرُّكَ عَظِيمًا، وَآثَامُكَ لَا نِهَايَةَ لَهَا؟ | ٥ 5 |
Hath not thy wickedness been great? Have not thine iniquities been numberless?
| لِأَنَّكَ ٱرْتَهَنْتَ أَخَاكَ بِلَا سَبَبٍ، وَسَلَبْتَ ثِيَابَ ٱلْعُرَاةِ. | ٦ 6 |
For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother unjustly, And stripped the poor of their clothing.
| مَاءً لَمْ تَسْقِ ٱلْعَطْشَانَ، وَعَنِ ٱلْجَوْعَانِ مَنَعْتَ خُبْزًا. | ٧ 7 |
Thou hast given the weary no water to drink, And withholden bread from the hungry.
| أَمَّا صَاحِبُ ٱلْقُوَّةِ فَلَهُ ٱلْأَرْضُ، وَٱلْمُتَرَفِّعُ ٱلْوَجْهِ سَاكِنٌ فِيهَا. | ٨ 8 |
But the man of power, his was the land, And the honorable man dwelt in it.
| ٱلْأَرَامِلَ أَرْسَلْتَ خَالِيَاتٍ، وَذِرَاعُ ٱلْيَتَامَى ٱنْسَحَقَتْ. | ٩ 9 |
Thou hast sent widows away empty, And broken the arms of the fatherless.
| لِأَجْلِ ذَلِكَ حَوَالَيْكَ فِخَاخٌ، وَيُرِيعُكَ رُعْبٌ بَغْتَةً | ١٠ 10 |
Therefore snares are round about thee, And sudden fear confoundeth thee;
| أَوْ ظُلْمَةٌ فَلَا تَرَى، وَفَيْضُ ٱلْمِيَاهِ يُغَطِّيكَ. | ١١ 11 |
Or darkness, through which thou canst not see, And floods of water cover thee.
| «هُوَذَا ٱللهُ فِي عُلُوِّ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ. وَٱنْظُرْ رَأْسَ ٱلْكَوَاكِبِ مَا أَعْلَاهُ! | ١٢ 12 |
Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the stars, how high they are!
| فَقُلْتَ: كَيْفَ يَعْلَمُ ٱللهُ؟ هَلْ مِنْ وَرَاءِ ٱلضَّبَابِ يَقْضِي؟ | ١٣ 13 |
Hence thou sayest, “What doth God know? Can he govern behind the thick darkness?
| ٱلسَّحَابُ سِتْرٌ لَهُ فَلَا يُرَى، وَعَلَى دَائِرَةِ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ يَتَمَشَّى. | ١٤ 14 |
Dark clouds are a veil to him, and he cannot see; And he walketh upon the arch of heaven.”
| هَلْ تَحْفَظُ طَرِيقَ ٱلْقِدَمِ ٱلَّذِي دَاسَهُ رِجَالُ ٱلْإِثْمِ، | ١٥ 15 |
Wilt thou take the old way Which wicked men have trodden,
| ٱلَّذِينَ قُبِضَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَبْلَ ٱلْوَقْتِ؟ ٱلْغَمْرُ ٱنْصَبَّ عَلَى أَسَاسِهِمِ. | ١٦ 16 |
Who were cut down before their time, And whose foundations were swept away by a flood?
| ٱلْقَائِلِينَ لِلهِ: ٱبْعُدْ عَنَّا. وَمَاذَا يَفْعَلُ ٱلْقَدِيرُ لَهُمْ؟ | ١٧ 17 |
Who said unto God, “Depart from us!” And, “What can the Almighty do to us?”
| وَهُوَ قَدْ مَلَأَ بُيُوتَهُمْ خَيْرًا. لِتَبْعُدْ عَنِّي مَشُورَةُ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ. | ١٨ 18 |
And yet he filled their houses with good things!—Far from me be the counsel of the wicked!
| ٱلْأَبْرَارُ يَنْظُرُونَ وَيَفْرَحُونَ، وَٱلْبَرِيءُ يَسْتَهْزِئُ بِهِمْ قَائِلِينَ: | ١٩ 19 |
The righteous see their fate, and rejoice; And the innocent hold them in derision.
| أَلَمْ يُبَدْ مُقَاوِمُونَا، وَبَقِيَّتُهُمْ قَدْ أَكَلَتْهَا ٱلنَّارُ؟ | ٢٠ 20 |
“Truly our adversary is destroyed, And fire hath consumed his abundance!”
| «تَعَرَّفْ بِهِ وَٱسْلَمْ. بِذَلِكَ يَأْتِيكَ خَيْرٌ. | ٢١ 21 |
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: Thus shall prosperity return to thee.
| ٱقْبَلِ ٱلشَّرِيعَةَ مِنْ فِيهِ، وَضَعْ كَلَامَهُ فِي قَلْبِكَ. | ٢٢ 22 |
Receive, I pray thee, instruction from his mouth, And lay up his words in thy heart.
| إِنْ رَجَعْتَ إِلَى ٱلْقَدِيرِ تُبْنَى. إِنْ أَبْعَدْتَ ظُلْمًا مِنْ خَيْمَتِكَ، | ٢٣ 23 |
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up; If thou put away iniquity from thy tent.
| وَأَلْقَيْتَ ٱلتِّبْرَ عَلَى ٱلتُّرَابِ وَذَهَبَ أُوفِيرَ بَيْنَ حَصَا ٱلْأَوْدِيَةِ. | ٢٤ 24 |
Cast to the dust thy gold, And the gold of Ophir to the stones of the brook:
| يَكُونُ ٱلْقَدِيرُ تِبْرَكَ وَفِضَّةَ أَتْعَابٍ لَكَ، | ٢٥ 25 |
Then shall the Almighty be thy gold, Yea, treasures of silver unto thee;
| لِأَنَّكَ حِينَئِذٍ تَتَلَذَّذُ بِٱلْقَدِيرِ وَتَرْفَعُ إِلَى ٱللهِ وَجْهَكَ. | ٢٦ 26 |
For then shalt thou have delight in the Almighty, And shalt lift up thy face unto God.
| تُصَلِّي لَهُ فَيَسْتَمِعُ لَكَ، وَنُذُورُكَ تُوفِيهَا. | ٢٧ 27 |
Thou shalt pray to him, and he shall hear thee, And thou shalt perform thy vows.
| وَتَجْزِمُ أَمْرًا فَيُثَبَّتُ لَكَ، وَعَلَى طُرُقِكَ يُضِيءُ نُورٌ. | ٢٨ 28 |
The purpose which thou formest shall prosper with thee, And light shall shine upon thy ways.
| إِذَا وُضِعُوا تَقُولُ: رَفْعٌ. وَيُخَلِّصُ ٱلْمُنْخَفِضَ ٱلْعَيْنَيْنِ. | ٢٩ 29 |
When men are cast down, thou shalt say, “There lifting up!” And the humble person he will save.
| يُنَجِّي غَيْرَ ٱلْبَرِيءِ وَيُنْجَى بِطَهَارَةِ يَدَيْكَ». | ٣٠ 30 |
He will deliver even him that is not innocent. The purity of thy hands shall save him.
