أَيُّوبَ 8
| فَأَجَابَ بِلْدَدُ ٱلشُّوحِيُّ وَقَالَ: | ١ 1 |
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
| «إِلَى مَتَى تَقُولُ هَذَا، وَتَكُونُ أَقْوَالُ فِيكَ رِيحًا شَدِيدَةً؟ | ٢ 2 |
How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
| هَلِ ٱللهُ يُعَوِّجُ ٱلْقَضَاءَ، أَوِ ٱلْقَدِيرُ يَعْكِسُ ٱلْحَقَّ؟ | ٣ 3 |
Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
| إِذْ أَخْطَأَ إِلَيْهِ بَنُوكَ، دَفَعَهُمْ إِلَى يَدِ مَعْصِيَتِهِمْ. | ٤ 4 |
If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
| فَإِنْ بَكَّرْتَ أَنْتَ إِلَى ٱللهِ وَتَضَرَّعْتَ إِلَى ٱلْقَدِيرِ، | ٥ 5 |
If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
| إِنْ كُنْتَ أَنْتَ زَكِيًّا مُسْتَقِيمًا، فَإِنَّهُ ٱلْآنَ يَتَنَبَّهُ لَكَ وَيُسْلِمُ مَسْكَنَ بِرِّكَ. | ٦ 6 |
If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
| وَإِنْ تَكُنْ أُولَاكَ صَغِيرَةً فَآخِرَتُكَ تَكْثُرُ جِدًّا. | ٧ 7 |
Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
| «اِسْأَلِ ٱلْقُرُونَ ٱلْأُولَى وَتَأَكَّدْ مَبَاحِثَ آبَائِهِمْ، | ٨ 8 |
For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
| لِأَنَّنَا نَحْنُ مِنْ أَمْسٍ وَلَا نَعْلَمُ، لِأَنَّ أَيَّامَنَا عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ ظِلٌّ. | ٩ 9 |
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow: )
| فَهَلَّا يُعْلِمُونَكَ؟ يَقُولُونَ لَكَ، وَمِنْ قُلُوبِهِمْ يُخْرِجُونَ أَقْوَالًا قَائِلِينَ: | ١٠ 10 |
Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
| هَلْ يَنْمِي ٱلْبَرْدِيُّ فِي غَيْرِ ٱلْغَمَقَةِ، أَوْ تَنْبُتُ ٱلْحَلْفَاءُ بِلَا مَاءٍ؟ | ١١ 11 |
Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
| وَهُوَ بَعْدُ فِي نَضَارَتِهِ لَمْ يُقْطَعْ، يَيْبَسُ قَبْلَ كُلِّ ٱلْعُشْبِ. | ١٢ 12 |
Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
| هَكَذَا سُبُلُ كُلِّ ٱلنَّاسِينَ ٱللهَ، وَرَجَاءُ ٱلْفَاجِرِ يَخِيبُ، | ١٣ 13 |
So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:
| فَيَنْقَطِعُ ٱعْتِمَادُهُ، وَمُتَّكَلُهُ بَيْتُ ٱلْعَنْكَبُوتِ! | ١٤ 14 |
Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s web.
| يَسْتَنِدُ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ فَلَا يَثْبُتُ. يَتَمَسَّكُ بِهِ فَلَا يَقُومُ. | ١٥ 15 |
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
| هُوَ رَطْبٌ تُجَاهَ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَعَلَى جَنَّتِهِ تَنْبُتُ خَرَاعِيبُهُ. | ١٦ 16 |
He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
| وَأُصُولُهُ مُشْتَبِكَةٌ فِي ٱلرُّجْمَةِ، فَتَرَى مَحَلَّ ٱلْحِجَارَةِ. | ١٧ 17 |
His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
| إِنِ ٱقْتَلَعَهُ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ، يَجْحَدُهُ قَائِلًا: مَا رَأَيْتُكَ! | ١٨ 18 |
If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
| هَذَا هُوَ فَرَحُ طَرِيقِهِ، وَمِنَ ٱلتُّرَابِ يَنْبُتُ آخَرُ. | ١٩ 19 |
Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
| «هُوَذَا ٱللهُ لَا يَرْفُضُ ٱلْكَامِلَ، وَلَا يَأْخُذُ بِيَدِ فَاعِلِي ٱلشَّرِّ. | ٢٠ 20 |
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:
| عِنْدَمَا يَمْلَأُ فَاكَ ضَحِكًا، وَشَفَتَيْكَ هُتَافًا، | ٢١ 21 |
Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
| يَلْبَسُ مُبْغِضُوكَ خِزْيًا، أَمَّا خَيْمَةُ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ فَلَا تَكُونُ». | ٢٢ 22 |
They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.
