أَيُّوبَ 8
| فَأَجَابَ بِلْدَدُ ٱلشُّوحِيُّ وَقَالَ: | ١ 1 |
Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
| «إِلَى مَتَى تَقُولُ هَذَا، وَتَكُونُ أَقْوَالُ فِيكَ رِيحًا شَدِيدَةً؟ | ٢ 2 |
“How long will you go on saying such things? The words of your mouth are a blustering wind.
| هَلِ ٱللهُ يُعَوِّجُ ٱلْقَضَاءَ، أَوِ ٱلْقَدِيرُ يَعْكِسُ ٱلْحَقَّ؟ | ٣ 3 |
Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
| إِذْ أَخْطَأَ إِلَيْهِ بَنُوكَ، دَفَعَهُمْ إِلَى يَدِ مَعْصِيَتِهِمْ. | ٤ 4 |
When your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion.
| فَإِنْ بَكَّرْتَ أَنْتَ إِلَى ٱللهِ وَتَضَرَّعْتَ إِلَى ٱلْقَدِيرِ، | ٥ 5 |
But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,
| إِنْ كُنْتَ أَنْتَ زَكِيًّا مُسْتَقِيمًا، فَإِنَّهُ ٱلْآنَ يَتَنَبَّهُ لَكَ وَيُسْلِمُ مَسْكَنَ بِرِّكَ. | ٦ 6 |
if you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous estate.
| وَإِنْ تَكُنْ أُولَاكَ صَغِيرَةً فَآخِرَتُكَ تَكْثُرُ جِدًّا. | ٧ 7 |
Though your beginnings were modest, your latter days will flourish.
| «اِسْأَلِ ٱلْقُرُونَ ٱلْأُولَى وَتَأَكَّدْ مَبَاحِثَ آبَائِهِمْ، | ٨ 8 |
Please inquire of past generations and consider the discoveries of their fathers.
| لِأَنَّنَا نَحْنُ مِنْ أَمْسٍ وَلَا نَعْلَمُ، لِأَنَّ أَيَّامَنَا عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ ظِلٌّ. | ٩ 9 |
For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a shadow.
| فَهَلَّا يُعْلِمُونَكَ؟ يَقُولُونَ لَكَ، وَمِنْ قُلُوبِهِمْ يُخْرِجُونَ أَقْوَالًا قَائِلِينَ: | ١٠ 10 |
Will they not teach you and tell you, and speak from their understanding?
| هَلْ يَنْمِي ٱلْبَرْدِيُّ فِي غَيْرِ ٱلْغَمَقَةِ، أَوْ تَنْبُتُ ٱلْحَلْفَاءُ بِلَا مَاءٍ؟ | ١١ 11 |
Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?
| وَهُوَ بَعْدُ فِي نَضَارَتِهِ لَمْ يُقْطَعْ، يَيْبَسُ قَبْلَ كُلِّ ٱلْعُشْبِ. | ١٢ 12 |
While the shoots are still uncut, they dry up quicker than grass.
| هَكَذَا سُبُلُ كُلِّ ٱلنَّاسِينَ ٱللهَ، وَرَجَاءُ ٱلْفَاجِرِ يَخِيبُ، | ١٣ 13 |
Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.
| فَيَنْقَطِعُ ٱعْتِمَادُهُ، وَمُتَّكَلُهُ بَيْتُ ٱلْعَنْكَبُوتِ! | ١٤ 14 |
His confidence is fragile; his security is in a spider’s web.
| يَسْتَنِدُ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ فَلَا يَثْبُتُ. يَتَمَسَّكُ بِهِ فَلَا يَقُومُ. | ١٥ 15 |
He leans on his web, but it gives way; he holds fast, but it does not endure.
| هُوَ رَطْبٌ تُجَاهَ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَعَلَى جَنَّتِهِ تَنْبُتُ خَرَاعِيبُهُ. | ١٦ 16 |
He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden.
| وَأُصُولُهُ مُشْتَبِكَةٌ فِي ٱلرُّجْمَةِ، فَتَرَى مَحَلَّ ٱلْحِجَارَةِ. | ١٧ 17 |
His roots wrap around the rock heap; he looks for a home among the stones.
| إِنِ ٱقْتَلَعَهُ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ، يَجْحَدُهُ قَائِلًا: مَا رَأَيْتُكَ! | ١٨ 18 |
If he is uprooted from his place, it will disown him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’
| هَذَا هُوَ فَرَحُ طَرِيقِهِ، وَمِنَ ٱلتُّرَابِ يَنْبُتُ آخَرُ. | ١٩ 19 |
Surely this is the joy of his way; yet others will spring from the dust.
| «هُوَذَا ٱللهُ لَا يَرْفُضُ ٱلْكَامِلَ، وَلَا يَأْخُذُ بِيَدِ فَاعِلِي ٱلشَّرِّ. | ٢٠ 20 |
Behold, God does not reject the blameless, nor will He strengthen the hand of evildoers.
| عِنْدَمَا يَمْلَأُ فَاكَ ضَحِكًا، وَشَفَتَيْكَ هُتَافًا، | ٢١ 21 |
He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with a shout of joy.
| يَلْبَسُ مُبْغِضُوكَ خِزْيًا، أَمَّا خَيْمَةُ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ فَلَا تَكُونُ». | ٢٢ 22 |
Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”
