أيُّوب 15

١ 1 فَقَالَ أَلِيفَازُ التَّيْمَانِيُّ:

Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

٢ 2 «أَلَعَلَّ الْحَكِيمَ يُجِيبُ عَنْ مَعْرِفَةٍ بَاطِلَةٍ وَيَنْفُخُ بَطْنَهُ بِرِيحٍ شَرْقِيَّةٍ،

Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind?

٣ 3 فَيَحْتَجَّ بِكَلامٍ أَجْوَفَ وَبِأَقْوَالٍ خَرْقَاءَ؟

Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

٤ 4 أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَإِنَّكَ تَطْرَحُ جَانِباً مَخَافَةَ اللهِ وَتَنْقُضُ عِبَادَتَهُ.

Yea, thou doest away with fear, And hinderest devotion before God.

٥ 5 كَلامُكَ يُقِرُّ بِإِثْمِكَ، وَأَنْتَ تُؤْثِرُ أُسْلُوبَ الْمُنَافِقِينَ.

For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

٦ 6 فَمُكَ يَدِينُكَ، لَا أَنَا، شَفَتَاكَ تَشْهَدَانِ عَلَيْكَ.

Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; Yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

٧ 7 أَلَعَلَّكَ وُلِدْتَ أَوَّلَ النَّاسِ، أَوْ كُوِّنْتَ قَبْلَ التِّلالِ؟

Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou brought forth before the hills?

٨ 8 هَلْ تَنَصَّتَّ فِي مَجْلِسِ اللهِ، فَقَصَرْتَ الْحِكْمَةَ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ؟

Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? And dost thou limit wisdom to thyself?

٩ 9 أَيُّ شَيْءٍ تَعْرِفُهُ وَنَحْنُ نَجْهَلُهُ؟ وَأَيُّ شَيْءٍ تَفْهَمُهُ وَنَحْنُ لَا نَمْلِكُ إِدْرَاكَهُ؟

What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us?

١٠ 10 رُبَّ شَيْخٍ وَأَشْيَبَ بَيْنَنَا أَكْبَرَ سِنّاً مِنْ أَبِيكَ.

With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, Much elder than thy father.

١١ 11 أَيَسِيرَةٌ عَلَيْكَ تَعْزِيَاتُ اللهِ؟ حَتَّى هَذِهِ الْكَلِمَاتُ الَّتِي خُوطِبْتَ بِها بِرِفْقٍ؟

Are the consolations of God too small for thee, Even the word that is gentle toward thee?

١٢ 12 لِمَاذَا يَسْتَهْوِيكَ قَلْبُكَ وَتَتَوَهَّجُ عَيْنَاكَ،

Why doth thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes flash,

١٣ 13 حَتَّى تَنْفُثَ غَضَبَكَ ضِدَّ اللهِ، وَيَصْدُرَ عَنْ فَمِكَ مِثْلُ هَذِهِ الأَقْوَالِ؟

That against God thou turnest thy spirit, And lettest words go out of thy mouth?

١٤ 14 مَنْ هُوَ الإِنْسَانُ حَتَّى يَزْكُوَ أَوْ مَوْلُودُ الْمَرْأَةِ حَتَّى يَتَبَرَّرَ؟

What is man, that he should be clean? And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

١٥ 15 فَإِنْ كَانَ اللهُ لَا يَأْتَمِنُ قِدِّيسِيهِ، وَالسَّمَاوَاتُ غَيْرَ طَاهِرَةٍ لَدَيْهِ،

Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones; Yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight:

١٦ 16 فَكَمْ بِالأَحْرَى يَكُونُ الإِنْسَانُ الشَّارِبُ الإِثْمَ كَالْمَاءِ مَكْرُوهاً وَفَاسِداً!

How much less one that is abominable and corrupt, A man that drinketh iniquity like water!

١٧ 17 دَعْنِي أُبَيِّنُ لَكَ، وَاسْمَعْ لِي لأُحَدِّثَكَ بِمَا رَأَيْتُهُ،

I will show thee, hear thou me; And that which I have seen I will declare

١٨ 18 وَبِمَا أَخْبَرَ بِهِ حُكَمَاءُ عَنْ آبَائِهِمْ وَلَمْ يَكْتُمُوهُ،

(Which wise men have told From their fathers, and have not hid it;

١٩ 19 الَّذِينَ لَهُمْ وَحْدَهُمْ وُهِبَتِ الأَرْضُ وَلَمْ يَدْخُلْ بَيْنَهُمْ غَرِيبٌ.

Unto whom alone the land was given, And no stranger passed among them):

٢٠ 20 يَتَلَوَّى الشِّرِّيرُ أَلَماً كُلَّ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِهِ، وَمَعْدُودَةٌ هِيَ سِنُو الْجَائِرِ.

The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, Even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.

٢١ 21 يَضِجُّ صَوْتٌ مُرْعِبٌ فِي أُذُنَيْهِ، وَفِي أَوَانِ السَّلامِ يُفَاجِئُهُ الْمُخَرِّبُ.

A sound of terrors is in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

٢٢ 22 لَا يَأْمُلُ الرُّجُوعَ مِنَ الظُّلُمَاتِ، وَمَصِيرُهُ الْهَلاكُ بِالسَّيْفِ.

He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, And he is waited for of the sword.

٢٣ 23 يَهِيمُ بَحْثاً عَنْ لُقْمَةِ الْعَيْشِ، وَهُوَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّ يَوْمَ الظُّلْمَةِ آتٍ وَشِيكاً.

He wandereth abroad for bread, [saying], Where is it? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

٢٤ 24 يُرْهِبُهُ الضِّيقُ وَالضَّنْكُ، وَيَطْغَيَانِ عَلَيْهِ كَمَلِكٍ مُتَأَهِّبٍ لِلْحَرْبِ.

Distress and anguish make him afraid; They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

٢٥ 25 لأَنَّهُ هَزَّ قَبْضَتَهُ مُتَحَدِّياً اللهَ، وَعَلَى الْقَدِيرِ يَتَجَبَّرُ،

Because he hath stretched out his hand against God, And behaveth himself proudly against the Almighty;

٢٦ 26 وَأَغَارَ عَلَيْهِ بِعِنَادٍ مُتَصَلِّفٍ، بِمَجَانٍّ غَلِيظَةٍ مَتِينَةٍ.

He runneth upon him with a [stiff] neck, With the thick bosses of his bucklers;

٢٧ 27 وَمَعَ أَنَّهُ كَسَا وَجْهَهُ سَمْناً، وَغَشَّى الشَّحْمُ كُلْيَتَيْهِ.

Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, And gathered fat upon his loins;

٢٨ 28 فَإِنَّهُ يُقِيمُ فِي مُدُنٍ خَرِبَةٍ وَبُيُوتٍ مَهْجُورَةٍ عَتِيدَةٍ أَنْ تُصْبِحَ رُكَاماً.

And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, In houses which no man inhabited, Which were ready to become heaps;

٢٩ 29 يَفْقِدُ غِنَاهُ، وَتَتَبَخَّرُ ثَرْوَتُهُ، وَلا يَثْبُتُ لَهُ فِي الأَرْضِ مُقْتَنىً.

He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, Neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.

٣٠ 30 تَكْتَنِفُهُ دَائِماً الظُّلْمَةُ، وتُيَبِّسُ النَّارُ أَغْصَانَهُ، وَتُزِيلُهُ نَفْخَةٌ مِنْ فَمِ الرَّبِّ.

He shall not depart out of darkness; The flame shall dry up his branches, And by the breath of [God’s] mouth shall he go away.

٣١ 31 لَا يَخْدَعَنَّ نَفْسَهُ بِاتِّكَالِهِ عَلَى السُّوءِ، لأَنَّ السُّوءَ يَكُونُ جَزَاءَهُ.

Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; For vanity shall be his recompense.

٣٢ 32 يَسْتَوْفِيهِ كَامِلاً قَبْلَ يَوْمِهِ، وَتَكُونُ (حَيَاتُهُ) كَسُعُفٍ يَابِسَةٍ.

It shall be accomplished before his time, And his branch shall not be green.

٣٣ 33 وَكَكَرْمَةٍ تَسَاقَطَتْ عَنَاقِيدُ حِصْرِمِهَا، وَتَنَاثَرَ زَهْرُهَا كَالزَّيْتُونِ،

He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, And shall cast off his flower as the olive-tree.

٣٤ 34 لأَنَّ جَمَاعَةَ الْفُجَّارِ عَقِيمُونَ، وَالنَّارُ تَلْتَهِمُ خِيَامَ الْمُرْتَشِينَ.

For the company of the godless shall be barren, And fire shall consume the tents of bribery.

٣٥ 35 حَبِلُوا شَقَاوَةً وَأَنْجَبُوا إِثْماً، وَوَلَدَتْ بُطُونُهُمْ غِشّاً».

They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, And their heart prepareth deceit.