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 utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly 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 castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.

٥ 5 كَلامُكَ يُقِرُّ بِإِثْمِكَ، وَأَنْتَ تُؤْثِرُ أُسْلُوبَ الْمُنَافِقِينَ.

For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, 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 made before the hills?

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

Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain 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 grayheaded and 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 small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?

١٢ 12 لِمَاذَا يَسْتَهْوِيكَ قَلْبُكَ وَتَتَوَهَّجُ عَيْنَاكَ،

Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,

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

That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such 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 which 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 saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.

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

How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?

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

I will shew thee, hear 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 earth 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, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.

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

A dreadful sound 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.

Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

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

For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.

٢٦ 26 وَأَغَارَ عَلَيْهِ بِعِنَادٍ مُتَصَلِّفٍ، بِمَجَانٍّ غَلِيظَةٍ مَتِينَةٍ.

He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:

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

Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.

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

And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are 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 he prolong the perfection thereof upon 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 his mouth shall he go away.

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

Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.

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.

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

For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.

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

They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.