أَيُّوبَ 8

١ 1 فَأَجَابَ بِلْدَدُ ٱلشُّوحِيُّ وَقَالَ:

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said:

٢ 2 «إِلَى مَتَى تَقُولُ هَذَا، وَتَكُونُ أَقْوَالُ فِيكَ رِيحًا شَدِيدَةً؟

How long wilt thou speak these things, seeing that the words of thy mouth are as a mighty wind?

٣ 3 هَلِ ٱللهُ يُعَوِّجُ ٱلْقَضَاءَ، أَوِ ٱلْقَدِيرُ يَعْكِسُ ٱلْحَقَّ؟

Doth God pervert judgment? Or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

٤ 4 إِذْ أَخْطَأَ إِلَيْهِ بَنُوكَ، دَفَعَهُمْ إِلَى يَدِ مَعْصِيَتِهِمْ.

If thy children sinned against Him, He delivered them into the hand of their transgression.

٥ 5 فَإِنْ بَكَّرْتَ أَنْتَ إِلَى ٱللهِ وَتَضَرَّعْتَ إِلَى ٱلْقَدِيرِ،

If thou wouldest seek earnestly unto God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;

٦ 6 إِنْ كُنْتَ أَنْتَ زَكِيًّا مُسْتَقِيمًا، فَإِنَّهُ ٱلْآنَ يَتَنَبَّهُ لَكَ وَيُسْلِمُ مَسْكَنَ بِرِّكَ.

If thou wert pure and upright; surely now He would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

٧ 7 وَإِنْ تَكُنْ أُولَاكَ صَغِيرَةً فَآخِرَتُكَ تَكْثُرُ جِدًّا.

And though thy beginning was small, yet thy end should greatly increase.

٨ 8 «اِسْأَلِ ٱلْقُرُونَ ٱلْأُولَى وَتَأَكَّدْ مَبَاحِثَ آبَائِهِمْ،

For inquire, I pray thee, of the former generation, and apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out —

٩ 9 لِأَنَّنَا نَحْنُ مِنْ أَمْسٍ وَلَا نَعْلَمُ، لِأَنَّ أَيَّامَنَا عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ ظِلٌّ.

For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow —

١٠ 10 فَهَلَّا يُعْلِمُونَكَ؟ يَقُولُونَ لَكَ، وَمِنْ قُلُوبِهِمْ يُخْرِجُونَ أَقْوَالًا قَائِلِينَ:

Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?

١١ 11 هَلْ يَنْمِي ٱلْبَرْدِيُّ فِي غَيْرِ ٱلْغَمَقَةِ، أَوْ تَنْبُتُ ٱلْحَلْفَاءُ بِلَا مَاءٍ؟

Can the rush shoot up without mire? Can the reed-grass grow without water?

١٢ 12 وَهُوَ بَعْدُ فِي نَضَارَتِهِ لَمْ يُقْطَعْ، يَيْبَسُ قَبْلَ كُلِّ ٱلْعُشْبِ.

Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.

١٣ 13 هَكَذَا سُبُلُ كُلِّ ٱلنَّاسِينَ ٱللهَ، وَرَجَاءُ ٱلْفَاجِرِ يَخِيبُ،

So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hope of the godless man shall perish;

١٤ 14 فَيَنْقَطِعُ ٱعْتِمَادُهُ، وَمُتَّكَلُهُ بَيْتُ ٱلْعَنْكَبُوتِ!

Whose confidence is gossamer, and whose trust is a spider's web.

١٥ 15 يَسْتَنِدُ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ فَلَا يَثْبُتُ. يَتَمَسَّكُ بِهِ فَلَا يَقُومُ.

He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand; he shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.

١٦ 16 هُوَ رَطْبٌ تُجَاهَ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَعَلَى جَنَّتِهِ تَنْبُتُ خَرَاعِيبُهُ.

He is green before the sun, and his shoots go forth over his garden.

١٧ 17 وَأُصُولُهُ مُشْتَبِكَةٌ فِي ٱلرُّجْمَةِ، فَتَرَى مَحَلَّ ٱلْحِجَارَةِ.

His roots are wrapped about the heap, he beholdeth the place of stones.

١٨ 18 إِنِ ٱقْتَلَعَهُ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ، يَجْحَدُهُ قَائِلًا: مَا رَأَيْتُكَ!

If he be destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him: 'I have not seen thee.'

١٩ 19 هَذَا هُوَ فَرَحُ طَرِيقِهِ، وَمِنَ ٱلتُّرَابِ يَنْبُتُ آخَرُ.

Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others spring.

٢٠ 20 «هُوَذَا ٱللهُ لَا يَرْفُضُ ٱلْكَامِلَ، وَلَا يَأْخُذُ بِيَدِ فَاعِلِي ٱلشَّرِّ.

Behold, God will not cast away an innocent man, neither will He uphold the evil-doers;

٢١ 21 عِنْدَمَا يَمْلَأُ فَاكَ ضَحِكًا، وَشَفَتَيْكَ هُتَافًا،

Till He fill thy mouth with laughter, and thy lips with shouting.

٢٢ 22 يَلْبَسُ مُبْغِضُوكَ خِزْيًا، أَمَّا خَيْمَةُ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ فَلَا تَكُونُ».

They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the tent of the wicked shall be no more.