أيُّوب 18

١ 1 فَقَالَ بِلْدَدُ الشُّوحِيُّ:

Then answered Bildad the Shuchite, and said,

٢ 2 «مَتَى تَكُفُّ عَنْ تَرْدِيدِ هَذِهِ الْكَلِمَاتِ؟ تَعَقَّلْ ثُمَّ نَتَكَلَّمُ.

When will ye at length put an end to words? Come to an understanding, and afterward let us speak.

٣ 3 لِمَاذَا تَعْتَبِرُنَا كَالْبَهِيمَةِ وَحَمْقَى فِي عَيْنَيْكَ؟

For what cause are we counted as beasts, reputed stupid your eyes?

٤ 4 يَا مَنْ تُمَزِّقُ نَفْسَكَ إِرْباً غَيْظاً، هَلْ تُهْجَرُ الأَرْضُ مِنْ أَجْلِكَ أَمْ تَتَزَحْزَحُ الصَّخْرَةُ مِنْ مَوْضِعِهَا؟

Thou, the one that teareth himself to pieces in his anger— shall for thy sake the earth be forsaken, and the rock be moved away out of its place?

٥ 5 أَجَلْ! إِنَّ نُورَ الأَشْرَارِ يَنْطَفِئُ وَلَهِيبَ نَارِهِمْ لَا يُضِيءُ.

Ah, truly the light of the wicked will be quenched, and the spark of his fire shall not give light.

٦ 6 يَتَحَوَّلُ النُّورُ إِلَى ظُلْمَةٍ فِي خَيْمَتِهِ، وَيَنْطَفِئُ سِرَاجُهُ عَلَيْهِ.

The light becometh dark in his tent, and his lamp will be quenched above him.

٧ 7 تَقْصُرُ خَطْوَاتُهُ الْقَوِيَّةُ وَتَصْرَعُهُ تَدْبِيرَاتُهُ،

His powerful steps will be narrowed, and his own counsel will cast him down.

٨ 8 لأَنَّ قَدَمَيْهِ تُوْقِعَانِهِ فِي الشَّرَكِ وَتَطْرَحَانِهِ فِي حُفْرَةٍ،

For he is driven into the net by his own feet, and he taketh his walk upon a snare.

٩ 9 يَقْبِضُ الْفَخُّ عَلَى عَقِبَيْهِ وَالشَّرَكُ يَشُدُّ عَلَيْهِ،

The trap will seize him by the heel, and the robber will prevail over him.

١٠ 10 حِبَالَتُهُ مَطْمُورَةٌ فِي الطَّرِيقِ، وَالْمِصْيَدَةُ كَامِنَةٌ فِي سَبِيلِهِ،

The cord is hidden for him in the ground, and a trap is set for him on the pathway.

١١ 11 تُرْعِبُهُ أَهْوَالٌ مِنْ حَوْلِهِ وَتُزَاحِمُهُ عِنْدَ رِجْلَيْهِ،

All around do terrors scare him, and chase him as he walketh along.

١٢ 12 قُوَّتُهُ يَلْتَهِمُهَا الْجُوعُ النَّهِمُ، وَالْكَوَارِثُ مُتَأَهِّبَةٌ تَتَرَصَّدُ كَبْوَتَهُ.

His first-born will suffer hunger, and calamity will be ready for his wife.

١٣ 13 يَفْتَرِسُ الدَّاءُ جِلْدَهُ وَيَلْتَهِمُ الْمَرَضُ الأَكَّالُ أَعْضَاءَهُ.

It will devour the limbs of his body: yea, the first-born of death will devour his limbs.

١٤ 14 يُؤْخَذُ مِنْ خَيْمَتِهِ رُكْنِ اعْتِمَادِهِ، وَيُسَاقُ أَمَامَ مَلِكِ الأَهْوَالِ.

Then will be plucked up out of his tent his confidence, and [the evil] will urge him forward to the king of terrors.

١٥ 15 يُقِيمُ فِي خَيْمَتِهِ غَرِيبٌ وَيُذَرُّ كِبْرِيتٌ عَلَى مَرْبِضِهِ.

It will dwell in his tent, because it is no more his: there will be strewed sulphur on his habitation.

١٦ 16 تَجِفُّ أُصُولُهُ تَحْتَهُ، وَتَتَبَعْثَرُ فُرُوعُهُ مِنْ فَوْقِهِ.

Beneath, his roots will be dried up, and above will his boughs he cut away.

١٧ 17 يَبِيدُ ذِكْرُهُ مِنَ الأَرْضِ، وَلا يَبْقَى لَهُ اسْمٌ فِيهَا.

His resemblance vanisheth from the earth, and no name remaineth for him in the streets.

١٨ 18 يُطْرَدُ مِنَ النُّورِ إِلَى الظُّلْمَةِ، وَيُنْفَى مِنَ الْمَسْكُونَةِ.

Men will thrust him out from light into darkness, and out of the world will they drive him.

١٩ 19 لَا يَكُونُ لَهُ نَسْلٌ، وَلا عَقِبٌ بَيْنَ شَعْبِهِ، وَلا حَيٌّ فِي أَمَاكِنِ سُكْنَاهُ.

He will have neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any that escapeth in the places of his sojourning.

٢٠ 20 يَرْتَعِبُ مِنْ مَصِيرِهِ أَهْلُ الْغَرْبِ، وَيَسْتَوْلِي الْفَزَعُ عَلَى أَبْنَاءِ الشَّرْقِ.

Because of his [calamitous] day are they that come after him astonished, and they that went before are seized with shuddering.

٢١ 21 حَقّاً تِلْكَ هِيَ مَسَاكِنُ الأَشْرَارِ، وَهَذَا هُوَ مَقَامُ مَنْ لَا يَعْرِفُ اللهَ!»

Yea, such are the dwellings of the unjust, and this is the place of one that knew not God.