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١ 1 فَأجَابَ أَلِيفَازُ ٱلتَّيمَانِيُّ وَقَالَ:

Then Eliphaz the Thaemanite answered and said,

٢ 2 «إِنِ ٱمْتَحَنَ أَحَدٌ كَلِمَةً مَعَكَ، فَهَلْ تَسْتَاءُ؟ وَلَكِنْ مَنْ يَسْتَطِيعُ ٱلِٱمْتِنَاعَ عَنِ ٱلْكَلَامِ؟

Hast thou been often spoken to in distress? but who shall endure the force of thy words?

٣ 3 هَا أَنْتَ قَدْ أَرْشَدْتَ كَثِيرِينَ، وَشَدَّدْتَ أَيَادِيَ مُرْتَخِيَةً.

For whereas thou hast instructed many, and hast strengthened the hands of the weak one,

٤ 4 قَدْ أَقَامَ كَلَامُكَ ٱلْعَاثِرَ، وَثَبَّتَّ ٱلرُّكَبَ ٱلْمُرْتَعِشَةَ!

and hast supported the failing with words, and hast imparted courage to feeble knees.

٥ 5 وَٱلْآنَ إِذْ جَاءَ عَلَيْكَ ضَجِرْتَ، إِذْ مَسَّكَ ٱرْتَعْتَ.

Yet now [that] pain has come upon thee, and touched thee, thou art troubled.

٦ 6 أَلَيْسَتْ تَقْوَاكَ هِيَ مُعْتَمَدَكَ، وَرَجَاؤُكَ كَمَالَ طُرُقِكَ؟

Is not thy fear [founded] in folly, thy hope also, and the mischief of thy way?

٧ 7 اُذْكُرْ: مَنْ هَلَكَ وَهُوَ بَرِيءٌ، وَأَيْنَ أُبِيدَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمُونَ؟

Remember then who has perished, being pure? or when were the true-hearted utterly destroyed?

٨ 8 كَمَا قَدْ رَأَيْتَ: أَنَّ ٱلْحَارِثِينَ إِثْمًا، وَٱلزَّارِعِينَ شَقَاوَةً يَحْصُدُونَهَا.

Accordingly as I have seen men ploughing barren places, and they that sow them will reap sorrows for themselves.

٩ 9 بِنَسَمَةِ ٱللهِ يَبِيدُونَ، وَبِرِيحِ أَنْفِهِ يَفْنَوْنَ.

They shall perish by the command of the Lord, and shall be utterly consumed by the breath of his wrath.

١٠ 10 زَمْجَرَةُ ٱلْأَسَدِ وَصَوْتُ ٱلزَّئِيرِ وَأَنْيَابُ ٱلْأَشْبَالِ تَكَسَّرَتْ.

The strength of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the exulting cry of serpents are quenched.

١١ 11 اَللَّيْثُ هَالِكٌ لِعَدَمِ ٱلْفَرِيسَةِ، وَأَشْبَالُ ٱللَّبْوَةِ تَبَدَّدَتْ.

The old lion has perished for want of food, and the lions' whelps have forsaken one another.

١٢ 12 «ثُمَّ إِلَيَّ تَسَلَّلَتْ كَلِمَةٌ، فَقَبِلَتْ أُذُنِي مِنْهَا رِكْزًا.

But if there had been any truth in thy words, none of these evils would have befallen thee. Shall not mine ear receive excellent [revelations] from him?

١٣ 13 فِي ٱلْهَوَاجِسِ مِنْ رُؤَى ٱللَّيْلِ، عِنْدَ وُقُوعِ سُبَاتٍ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ،

But [as when] terror falls upon men, with dread and a sound in the night,

١٤ 14 أَصَابَنِي رُعْبٌ وَرِعْدَةٌ، فَرَجَفَتْ كُلَّ عِظَامِي.

horror and trembling seized me, and caused all my bones greatly to shake.

١٥ 15 فَمَرَّتْ رُوحٌ عَلَى وَجْهِي، ٱقْشَعَرَّ شَعْرُ جَسَدِي.

And a spirit came before my face; and my hair and flesh quivered.

١٦ 16 وَقَفَتْ وَلَكِنِّي لَمْ أَعْرِفْ مَنْظَرَهَا، شِبْهٌ قُدَّامَ عَيْنَيَّ. سَمِعْتُ صَوْتًا مُنْخَفِضًا:

I arose and perceived it not: I looked, and there, was no form before my eyes: but I only heard a breath and a voice, [saying],

١٧ 17 أَٱلْإِنْسَانُ أَبَرُّ مِنَ ٱللهِ؟ أَمِ ٱلرَّجُلُ أَطْهَرُ مِنْ خَالِقِهِ؟

What, shall a mortal be pure before the Lord? or a man be blameless in regard to his works?

١٨ 18 هُوَذَا عَبِيدُهُ لَا يَأْتَمِنُهُمْ، وَإِلَى مَلَائِكَتِهِ يَنْسِبُ حَمَاقَةً،

Whereas he trust not in his servants, and perceives perverseness in his angels.

١٩ 19 فَكَمْ بِٱلْحَرِيِّ سُكَّانُ بُيُوتٍ مِنْ طِينٍ، ٱلَّذِينَ أَسَاسُهُمْ فِي ٱلتُّرَابِ، وَيُسْحَقُونَ مِثْلَ ٱلْعُثِّ؟

But [as for] them that dwell in houses of clay, of whom we also are formed of the same clay, he smites them like a moth.

٢٠ 20 بَيْنَ ٱلصَّبَاحِ وَٱلْمَسَاءِ يُحَطَّمُونَ. بِدُونِ مُنْتَبِهٍ إِلَيْهِمْ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ يَبِيدُونَ.

And from the morning to evening they no longer exist: they have perished, because they cannot help themselves.

٢١ 21 أَمَا ٱنْتُزِعَتْ مِنْهُمْ طُنُبُهُمْ؟ يَمُوتُونَ بِلَا حِكْمَةٍ.

For he blows upon them, and they are withered: they have perished for lack of wisdom.