أيُّوب 20
| فَأَجَابَ صُوفَرُ النَّعْمَاتِيُّ: | ١ 1 |
Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,
| «إِنَّ خَوَاطِرِي، مِنْ جَرَّاءِ كَلامِكَ، تَحْفِزُنِي لِلْكَلامِ وَتُثِيرُنِي لِلرَّدِّ عَلَيْكَ. | ٢ 2 |
"Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, even by reason of my haste that is in me.
| سَمِعْتُ تَوْبِيخاً يُعَيِّرُنِي، وَأَجَابَنِي رُوحٌ مِنْ فِطْنَتِي. | ٣ 3 |
I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame. The spirit of my understanding answers me.
| أَمَا عَلِمْتَ هَذَا مُنْذُ الْقِدَمِ، مُنْذُ أَنْ خُلِقَ الإِنْسَانُ عَلَى الأَرْضِ، | ٤ 4 |
Do you not know this from old time, since humankind was placed on earth,
| أَنَّ طَرَبَ الشِّرِّيرِ إِلَى حِينٍ، وَأَنَّ فَرَحَ الْفَاجِرِ إِلَى لَحْظَةٍ؟ | ٥ 5 |
that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?
| مَهْمَا بَلَغَتْ كِبْرِيَاؤُهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَسَّتْ هَامَتُهُ الْغَمَامَ، | ٦ 6 |
Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds,
| فَإِنَّهُ سَيَبِيدُ كَبِرَازِهِ، فَيَتَسَاءَلُ الَّذِينَ يَعْرِفُونَهُ، مُنْدَهِشِينَ: أَيْنَ هُوَ؟ | ٧ 7 |
yet he shall perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him shall say, 'Where is he?'
| يَتَلاشَى كَحُلْمٍ وَلا يَبْقَى مِنْهُ أَثَرٌ، وَيَضْمَحِلُّ كَرُؤْيَا اللَّيْلِ، | ٨ 8 |
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found. Yes, he shall be chased away like a vision of the night.
| وَالْعَيْنُ الَّتِي أَبْصَرَتْهُ لَا تَعُودُ تَرَاهُ ثَانِيَةً، وَلا يُعَايِنُهُ مَكَانُهُ فِيمَا بَعْدُ. | ٩ 9 |
The eye which saw him shall see him no more, neither shall his place any more see him.
| يَسْتَجْدِي أَوْلادُهُ مِنَ الْفُقَرَاءِ، وَتَرُدُّ يَدَاهُ ثَرْوَتَهُ المَسْلُوبَةَ. | ١٠ 10 |
His children shall seek the favor of the poor. His hands shall give back his wealth.
| حَيَوِيَّةُ عِظَامِهِ تُدْفَنُ فِي عِزِّ قُوَّتِهِ، | ١١ 11 |
His bones are full of his youth, but youth shall lie down with him in the dust.
| يَتَذَوَّقُ الشَّرَّ فَيَحْلُو فِي فَمِهِ، فَيُبْقِيهِ تَحْتَ لِسَانِهِ، | ١٢ 12 |
"Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue,
| وَيَمْقُتُ أَنْ يَقْذِفَهُ، بَلْ يَدَّخِرُهُ فِي فَمِهِ! | ١٣ 13 |
though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth;
| فَيَتَحَوَّلُ طَعَامُهُ فِي أَمْعَائِهِ إِلَى مَرَارَةٍ كَالسُّمُومِ. | ١٤ 14 |
yet his food in his bowels is turned. It is cobra venom within him.
| وَيَتَقَيَّأُ مَا ابْتَلَعَهُ مِنْ أَمْوَالٍ، وَيَسْتَخْرِجُهَا اللهُ مِنْ جَوْفِهِ. | ١٥ 15 |
He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly.
| لَقَدْ رَضَعَ سُمَّ الصِّلِّ، فَقَتَلَهُ لِسَانُ الأَفْعَى. | ١٦ 16 |
He shall suck cobra venom. The viper's tongue shall kill him.
| لَنْ تَكْتَحِلَ عَيْنَاهُ بِمَرْأَى الأَنْهَارِ الْجَارِيَةِ، وَلا بِالْجَدَاوِلِ الْفَيَّاضَةِ بِالْعَسَلِ وَالزُّبْدِ. | ١٧ 17 |
He shall not look at the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter.
| يَرُدُّ ثِمَارَ تَعَبِهِ وَلا يَبْلَعُهُ وَلا يَسْتَمْتِعُ بِكَسْبِ تِجَارَتِهِ. | ١٨ 18 |
That for which he labored he shall restore, and shall not swallow it down. According to the substance that he has gotten, he shall not rejoice.
| لأَنَّهُ هَضَمَ حَقَّ الْفُقَرَاءِ وَخَذَلَهُمْ وَسَلَبَ بُيُوتاً لَمْ يَبْنِهَا. | ١٩ 19 |
For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
| وَإِذْ لَا يَعْرِفُ طَمَعُهُ قَنَاعَةً، فَإِنَّهُ لَنْ يَدَّخِرَ شَيْئاً يَسْتَمْتِعُ بِهِ. | ٢٠ 20 |
"Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save anything of that in which he delights.
| لَمْ يُبْقِ نَهَمُهُ عَلَى شَيْءٍ، لِذَلِكَ لَنْ يَدُومَ خَيْرُهُ. | ٢١ 21 |
There was nothing left that he did not devour, therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
| فِي وَفْرَةِ سِعَتِهِ يُصِيبُهُ الضَّنْكُ، وَتَحُلُّ بِهِ أَقْسَى الْكَوَارِثِ. | ٢٢ 22 |
In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress shall overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery shall come on him.
| وَعِنْدَمَا يَمْلأُ بَطْنَهُ يَنْفُثُ عَلَيْهِ اللهُ غَضَبَهُ الْحَارِقَ وَيُمْطِرُهُ عَلَيْهِ طَعَاماً لَهُ. | ٢٣ 23 |
When he is about to fill his belly, he will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating.
| إِنْ فَرَّ مِنْ آلَةِ حَرْبٍ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ، تَخْتَرِقْهُ قَوْسُ النُّحَاسِ. | ٢٤ 24 |
He shall flee from the iron weapon. The bronze arrow shall strike him through.
| اخْتَرَقَتْهُ عَمِيقاً وَخَرَجَتْ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ، وَنَفَذَ حَدُّهَا اللّامِعُ مِنْ مَرَارَتِهِ، وَحَلَّ بِهِ رُعْبٌ. | ٢٥ 25 |
He draws it forth, and it comes out of his body. Yes, the glittering point comes out of his liver. Terrors are on him.
| كُلُّ ظُلْمَةٍ تَتَرَبَّصُ بِذَخَائِرِهِ، وَتَأْكُلُهُ نَارٌ لَمْ تُنْفَخْ، وَتَلْتَهِمُ مَا بَقِيَ مِنْ خَيْمَتِهِ. | ٢٦ 26 |
All darkness is laid up for his treasures. An unfanned fire shall devour him. It shall consume that which is left in his tent.
| تَفْضَحُ السَّمَاوَاتُ إِثْمَهُ، وَتَتَمَرَّدُ الأَرْضُ عَلَيْهِ، | ٢٧ 27 |
The heavens shall reveal his iniquity. The earth shall rise up against him.
| تَفْنَى مُدَّخَرَاتُ بَيْتِهِ وَتحْتَرِقُ فِي يَوْمِ غَضَبِ الرَّبِّ. | ٢٨ 28 |
The increase of his house shall depart. They shall rush away in the day of his wrath.
| هَذَا هُوَ الْمَصِيرُ الَّذِي يُعِدُّهُ اللهُ للأَشْرَارِ، وَالْمِيرَاثُ الَّذِي كَتَبَهُ اللهُ لَهُمْ». | ٢٩ 29 |
This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the heritage appointed to him by God."
