أيُّوب 18

١ 1 فَقَالَ بِلْدَدُ الشُّوحِيُّ:

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,

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

“How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

٣ 3 لِمَاذَا تَعْتَبِرُنَا كَالْبَهِيمَةِ وَحَمْقَى فِي عَيْنَيْكَ؟

Why are we counted as animals, which have become unclean in your sight?

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

You who tear yourself in your anger, will the earth be forsaken for you? Or will the rock be removed out of its place?

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

“Yes, the light of the wicked will be put out. The spark of his fire won’t shine.

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

The light will be dark in his tent. His lamp above him will be put out.

٧ 7 تَقْصُرُ خَطْوَاتُهُ الْقَوِيَّةُ وَتَصْرَعُهُ تَدْبِيرَاتُهُ،

The steps of his strength will be shortened. His own counsel will cast him down.

٨ 8 لأَنَّ قَدَمَيْهِ تُوْقِعَانِهِ فِي الشَّرَكِ وَتَطْرَحَانِهِ فِي حُفْرَةٍ،

For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh.

٩ 9 يَقْبِضُ الْفَخُّ عَلَى عَقِبَيْهِ وَالشَّرَكُ يَشُدُّ عَلَيْهِ،

A snare will take him by the heel. A trap will catch him.

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

A noose is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him on the path.

١١ 11 تُرْعِبُهُ أَهْوَالٌ مِنْ حَوْلِهِ وَتُزَاحِمُهُ عِنْدَ رِجْلَيْهِ،

Terrors will make him afraid on every side, and will chase him at his heels.

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

His strength will be famished. Calamity will be ready at his side.

١٣ 13 يَفْتَرِسُ الدَّاءُ جِلْدَهُ وَيَلْتَهِمُ الْمَرَضُ الأَكَّالُ أَعْضَاءَهُ.

The members of his body will be devoured. The firstborn of death will devour his members.

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

He will be rooted out of the security of his tent. He will be brought to the king of terrors.

١٥ 15 يُقِيمُ فِي خَيْمَتِهِ غَرِيبٌ وَيُذَرُّ كِبْرِيتٌ عَلَى مَرْبِضِهِ.

There will dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Sulphur will be scattered on his habitation.

١٦ 16 تَجِفُّ أُصُولُهُ تَحْتَهُ، وَتَتَبَعْثَرُ فُرُوعُهُ مِنْ فَوْقِهِ.

His roots will be dried up beneath. His branch will be cut off above.

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

His memory will perish from the earth. He will have no name in the street.

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

He will be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

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

He will have neither son nor grandson amongst his people, nor any remaining where he lived.

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

Those who come after will be astonished at his day, as those who went before were frightened.

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

Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous. This is the place of him who doesn’t know God.”