أَيُّوبَ 22

١ 1 فَأَجَابَ أَلِيفَازُ ٱلتَّيْمَانِيُّ وَقَالَ:

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

٢ 2 «هَلْ يَنْفَعُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ ٱللهَ؟ بَلْ يَنْفَعُ نَفْسَهُ ٱلْفَطِنُ!

Can a man be profitable to God, as he that is wise may be profitable to himself?

٣ 3 هَلْ مِنْ مَسَرَّةٍ لِلْقَدِيرِ إِذَا تَبَرَّرْتَ، أَوْ مِنْ فَائِدَةٍ إِذَا قَوَّمْتَ طُرُقَكَ؟

Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

٤ 4 هَلْ عَلَى تَقْوَاكَ يُوَبِّخُكَ، أَوْ يَدْخُلُ مَعَكَ فِي ٱلْمُحَاكَمَةِ؟

Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?

٥ 5 أَلَيْسَ شَرُّكَ عَظِيمًا، وَآثَامُكَ لَا نِهَايَةَ لَهَا؟

Is not thy wickedness great? and thy iniquities without end?

٦ 6 لِأَنَّكَ ٱرْتَهَنْتَ أَخَاكَ بِلَا سَبَبٍ، وَسَلَبْتَ ثِيَابَ ٱلْعُرَاةِ.

For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother without cause, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

٧ 7 مَاءً لَمْ تَسْقِ ٱلْعَطْشَانَ، وَعَنِ ٱلْجَوْعَانِ مَنَعْتَ خُبْزًا.

Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withheld bread from the hungry.

٨ 8 أَمَّا صَاحِبُ ٱلْقُوَّةِ فَلَهُ ٱلْأَرْضُ، وَٱلْمُتَرَفِّعُ ٱلْوَجْهِ سَاكِنٌ فِيهَا.

But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.

٩ 9 ٱلْأَرَامِلَ أَرْسَلْتَ خَالِيَاتٍ، وَذِرَاعُ ٱلْيَتَامَى ٱنْسَحَقَتْ.

Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

١٠ 10 لِأَجْلِ ذَلِكَ حَوَالَيْكَ فِخَاخٌ، وَيُرِيعُكَ رُعْبٌ بَغْتَةً

Therefore snares are around thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;

١١ 11 أَوْ ظُلْمَةٌ فَلَا تَرَى، وَفَيْضُ ٱلْمِيَاهِ يُغَطِّيكَ.

Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.

١٢ 12 «هُوَذَا ٱللهُ فِي عُلُوِّ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ. وَٱنْظُرْ رَأْسَ ٱلْكَوَاكِبِ مَا أَعْلَاهُ!

Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

١٣ 13 فَقُلْتَ: كَيْفَ يَعْلَمُ ٱللهُ؟ هَلْ مِنْ وَرَاءِ ٱلضَّبَابِ يَقْضِي؟

And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

١٤ 14 ٱلسَّحَابُ سِتْرٌ لَهُ فَلَا يُرَى، وَعَلَى دَائِرَةِ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ يَتَمَشَّى.

Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.

١٥ 15 هَلْ تَحْفَظُ طَرِيقَ ٱلْقِدَمِ ٱلَّذِي دَاسَهُ رِجَالُ ٱلْإِثْمِ،

Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?

١٦ 16 ٱلَّذِينَ قُبِضَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَبْلَ ٱلْوَقْتِ؟ ٱلْغَمْرُ ٱنْصَبَّ عَلَى أَسَاسِهِمِ.

Who were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood:

١٧ 17 ٱلْقَائِلِينَ لِلهِ: ٱبْعُدْ عَنَّا. وَمَاذَا يَفْعَلُ ٱلْقَدِيرُ لَهُمْ؟

Who said to God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?

١٨ 18 وَهُوَ قَدْ مَلَأَ بُيُوتَهُمْ خَيْرًا. لِتَبْعُدْ عَنِّي مَشُورَةُ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ.

Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

١٩ 19 ٱلْأَبْرَارُ يَنْظُرُونَ وَيَفْرَحُونَ، وَٱلْبَرِيءُ يَسْتَهْزِئُ بِهِمْ قَائِلِينَ:

The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent mock them.

٢٠ 20 أَلَمْ يُبَدْ مُقَاوِمُونَا، وَبَقِيَّتُهُمْ قَدْ أَكَلَتْهَا ٱلنَّارُ؟

Though our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.

٢١ 21 «تَعَرَّفْ بِهِ وَٱسْلَمْ. بِذَلِكَ يَأْتِيكَ خَيْرٌ.

Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: by this good shall come to thee.

٢٢ 22 ٱقْبَلِ ٱلشَّرِيعَةَ مِنْ فِيهِ، وَضَعْ كَلَامَهُ فِي قَلْبِكَ.

Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.

٢٣ 23 إِنْ رَجَعْتَ إِلَى ٱلْقَدِيرِ تُبْنَى. إِنْ أَبْعَدْتَ ظُلْمًا مِنْ خَيْمَتِكَ،

If thou shalt return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tents.

٢٤ 24 وَأَلْقَيْتَ ٱلتِّبْرَ عَلَى ٱلتُّرَابِ وَذَهَبَ أُوفِيرَ بَيْنَ حَصَا ٱلْأَوْدِيَةِ.

Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

٢٥ 25 يَكُونُ ٱلْقَدِيرُ تِبْرَكَ وَفِضَّةَ أَتْعَابٍ لَكَ،

Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.

٢٦ 26 لِأَنَّكَ حِينَئِذٍ تَتَلَذَّذُ بِٱلْقَدِيرِ وَتَرْفَعُ إِلَى ٱللهِ وَجْهَكَ.

For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face to God.

٢٧ 27 تُصَلِّي لَهُ فَيَسْتَمِعُ لَكَ، وَنُذُورُكَ تُوفِيهَا.

Thou shalt make thy prayer to him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.

٢٨ 28 وَتَجْزِمُ أَمْرًا فَيُثَبَّتُ لَكَ، وَعَلَى طُرُقِكَ يُضِيءُ نُورٌ.

Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established to thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

٢٩ 29 إِذَا وُضِعُوا تَقُولُ: رَفْعٌ. وَيُخَلِّصُ ٱلْمُنْخَفِضَ ٱلْعَيْنَيْنِ.

When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, Lift them up; and he shall save the humble person.

٣٠ 30 يُنَجِّي غَيْرَ ٱلْبَرِيءِ وَيُنْجَى بِطَهَارَةِ يَدَيْكَ».

He shall deliver the isle of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thy hands.