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١ 1 فَأجَابَ أَلِيفَازُ ٱلتَّيمَانِيُّ وَقَالَ:

Then responded Eliphaz the Temanite, and said: —

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

If one attempt a word unto thee, wilt thou be impatient? But, to restrain speech, who, can endure?

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

Lo! thou hast admonished many, and, slack hands, hast thou been wont to uphold:

٤ 4 قَدْ أَقَامَ كَلَامُكَ ٱلْعَاثِرَ، وَثَبَّتَّ ٱلرُّكَبَ ٱلْمُرْتَعِشَةَ!

Him that was stumbling, have thy words raised up, and, sinking knees, hast thou strengthened.

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

But, now, it cometh upon thee, and thou despairest, It smiteth even thee, and thou art dismayed.

٦ 6 أَلَيْسَتْ تَقْوَاكَ هِيَ مُعْتَمَدَكَ، وَرَجَاؤُكَ كَمَالَ طُرُقِكَ؟

Is not, thy reverence, thy confidence? And is not, thy hope, the very integrity of thy ways?

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

Remember, I pray thee, who, being innocent, hath perished, or when, the upright, have been cut off.

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

So far as I have seen, They who plow for iniquity and sow misery, reap the same:

٩ 9 بِنَسَمَةِ ٱللهِ يَبِيدُونَ، وَبِرِيحِ أَنْفِهِ يَفْنَوْنَ.

By the blast of GOD, they perish, And, by the breath of his nostrils, are they consumed:

١٠ 10 زَمْجَرَةُ ٱلْأَسَدِ وَصَوْتُ ٱلزَّئِيرِ وَأَنْيَابُ ٱلْأَشْبَالِ تَكَسَّرَتْ.

[Notwithstanding] the roaring of the lion, and the noise of the howling lion, yet, the teeth of the fierce lions, are broken:

١١ 11 اَللَّيْثُ هَالِكٌ لِعَدَمِ ٱلْفَرِيسَةِ، وَأَشْبَالُ ٱللَّبْوَةِ تَبَدَّدَتْ.

The strong lion perishing for lack of prey, Even the whelps of the lioness, are scattered.

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

But, unto me, something was brought by stealth, —and mine ear caught a whispering of the same:

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

When there were thoughts, from visions of the night, —When deep sleep falleth upon men,

١٤ 14 أَصَابَنِي رُعْبٌ وَرِعْدَةٌ، فَرَجَفَتْ كُلَّ عِظَامِي.

Dread, came upon me, and trembling, The multitude of my bones, it put in dread:

١٥ 15 فَمَرَّتْ رُوحٌ عَلَى وَجْهِي، ٱقْشَعَرَّ شَعْرُ جَسَدِي.

Then, a spirit, over my face, floated along, The hair of my flesh bristled-up:

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

It stood still, but I could not distinguish its appearance, I looked, but there was no form before mine eyes, —A whispering voice, I heard: —

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

Shall, mortal man, be more just than GOD? Or a man be more pure than, his Maker?

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

Lo! in his own servants, he trusteth not, and, his own messengers, he chargeth with error:

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

How much more the dwellers in houses of clay, which, in the dust, have their foundation, which are crushed sooner than a moth:

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

Betwixt morning and evening, are they broken in pieces, With none to save, they utterly perish:

٢١ 21 أَمَا ٱنْتُزِعَتْ مِنْهُمْ طُنُبُهُمْ؟ يَمُوتُونَ بِلَا حِكْمَةٍ.

Is not their tent-rope within them, torn away? They die, disrobed of wisdom!