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١ 1 فَأجَابَ أَلِيفَازُ ٱلتَّيمَانِيُّ وَقَالَ:

Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

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

If one assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?

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

Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.

٤ 4 قَدْ أَقَامَ كَلَامُكَ ٱلْعَاثِرَ، وَثَبَّتَّ ٱلرُّكَبَ ٱلْمُرْتَعِشَةَ!

Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast confirmed the feeble knees.

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

But now it is come unto thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.

٦ 6 أَلَيْسَتْ تَقْوَاكَ هِيَ مُعْتَمَدَكَ، وَرَجَاؤُكَ كَمَالَ طُرُقِكَ؟

Is not thy fear [of God] thy confidence, [and] thy hope the integrity of thy ways?

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

Remember, I pray thee, who [ever] perished, being innocent? or where were the upright cut off?

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

According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same.

٩ 9 بِنَسَمَةِ ٱللهِ يَبِيدُونَ، وَبِرِيحِ أَنْفِهِ يَفْنَوْنَ.

By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger are they consumed.

١٠ 10 زَمْجَرَةُ ٱلْأَسَدِ وَصَوْتُ ٱلزَّئِيرِ وَأَنْيَابُ ٱلْأَشْبَالِ تَكَسَّرَتْ.

The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

١١ 11 اَللَّيْثُ هَالِكٌ لِعَدَمِ ٱلْفَرِيسَةِ، وَأَشْبَالُ ٱللَّبْوَةِ تَبَدَّدَتْ.

The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.

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

Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a whisper thereof.

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

In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,

١٤ 14 أَصَابَنِي رُعْبٌ وَرِعْدَةٌ، فَرَجَفَتْ كُلَّ عِظَامِي.

Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.

١٥ 15 فَمَرَّتْ رُوحٌ عَلَى وَجْهِي، ٱقْشَعَرَّ شَعْرُ جَسَدِي.

Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up.

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

It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof; a form was before mine eyes: [there was] silence, and I heard a voice, [saying],

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

Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his Maker?

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

Behold, he putteth no trust in his servants; and his angels he chargeth with folly:

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

How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth!

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

Betwixt morning and evening they are destroyed: they perish for ever without any regarding it.

٢١ 21 أَمَا ٱنْتُزِعَتْ مِنْهُمْ طُنُبُهُمْ؟ يَمُوتُونَ بِلَا حِكْمَةٍ.

Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? they die, and that without wisdom.