أيُّوب 22

١ 1 أَلِيفَازُ

And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

٢ 2 «أَيَنْفَعُ الإِنْسَانُ اللهَ؟ إِنَّمَا الْحَكِيمُ يَنْفَعُ نَفْسَهُ!

Can a man be profitable to God? surely it is unto himself that the wise man is profitable.

٣ 3 هَلْ بِرُّكَ مَدْعَاةٌ لِمَسَرَّةِ الْقَدِيرِ؟ وَأَيُّ كَسْبٍ لَهُ إِنْ كُنْتَ زَكِيًّا؟

Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if thou art righteous? And is it gain [to him] that thou makest thy ways perfect?

٤ 4 أَمِنْ أَجْلِ تَقْوَاكَ يُوَبِّخُكَ وَيَدْخُلُ فِي مُحَاكَمَةٍ مَعَكَ؟

Will he reason with thee for fear of thee? Will he enter with thee into judgment?

٥ 5 أَوَ لَيْسَ إِثْمُكَ عَظِيماً؟ أَوَلَيْسَتْ خَطَايَاكَ لَا مُتَنَاهِيَةً؟

Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities without end?

٦ 6 لَقَدِ ارْتَهَنْتَ أَخَاكَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ، وَجَرَّدْتَ الْعُرَاةَ مِنْ ثِيَابِهِمْ.

For thou hast taken a pledge of thy brother for nought, and stripped off the clothing of the naked.

٧ 7 لَمْ تَسْقِ الْمُعْيِيَ مَاءً، وَمَنَعْتَ عَنِ الْجَائِعِ طَعَامَكَ.

Thou hast not given water to the fainting to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

٨ 8 صَاحِبُ الْقُوَّةِ اسْتَحْوَذَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ، وَذُو الْحُظْوَةِ أَقَامَ فِيهَا.

But the powerful man, he had the land; and the man of high rank dwelt in it.

٩ 9 أَرْسَلْتَ الأَرَامِلَ فَارِغَاتٍ وَحَطَّمْتَ أَذْرُعَ الْيَتَامَى،

Widows hast thou sent empty away, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

١٠ 10 لِذَلِكَ أَحْدَقَتْ بِكَ الْفِخَاخُ وَطَغَى عَلَيْكَ رُعْبٌ مُفَاجِئٌ.

Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;

١١ 11 اظْلَمَّ نُورُكَ فَلَمْ تَعُدْ تُبْصِرُ، وَغَمَرَكَ فَيَضَانُ مَاءٍ.

Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and floods of waters cover thee.

١٢ 12 أَلَيْسَ اللهُ فِي أَعَالِي السَّمَاوَاتِ، يُعَايِنُ النُّجُومَ مَهْمَا تَسَامَتْ؟

Is not God in the height of the heavens? And behold the summit of the stars: how exalted are they!

١٣ 13 وَمَعَ هَذَا فَأَنْتَ تَقُولُ: مَاذَا يَعْلَمُ اللهُ؟ أَمِنْ خَلْفِ الضَّبَابِ يَدِينُ؟

And thou sayest, What doth God know? will he judge through the dark cloud?

١٤ 14 إِنَّ الْغُيُومَ الْمُتَكَاثِفَةَ تُغَلِّفُهُ فَلا يَرَى، وَعَلَى قُبَّةِ السَّمَاءِ يَخْطُو.

Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh on the vault of the heavens.

١٥ 15 هَلْ تَظَلُّ مُلْتَزِماً بِالسَّيْرِ فِي الطَّرِيقِ الَّتِي سَلَكَهَا الأَشْرَارُ؟

Dost thou mark the ancient path which wicked men have trodden?

١٦ 16 الَّذِينَ قُرِضُوا قَبْلَ أَوَانِهِمْ، وَجُرِفُوا مِنْ أَسَاسِهِمْ،

Who were carried off before the time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood;

١٧ 17 قَائِلِينَ لِلهِ: فَارِقْنَا. وَمَاذَا فِي وُسْعِ اللهِ أَنْ يَفْعَلَ بِهِمْ؟

Who said unto God, Depart from us! and what could the Almighty do to them?

١٨ 18 مَعَ أَنَّ اللهَ غَمَرَ بُيُوتَهُمْ بِالْخَيْرَاتِ، فَلْتَبْعُدْ عَنِّي مَشُورَةُ الأَشْرَارِ.

Yet he filled their houses with good. But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

١٩ 19 يَشْهَدُ الصِّدِّيقُونَ (عِقَابَ الأَشْرَارِ) وَيَفْرَحُونَ، وَالأَبْرِيَاءُ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ قَائِلِينَ:

The righteous see it, and are glad; and the innocent laugh them to scorn:

٢٠ 20 قَدْ بَادَ مُقَاوِمُونَا، وَمَا تَبَقَّى مِنْهُمُ الْتَهَمَتْهُ النِّيرَانُ.

Is not he who rose against us destroyed, and doth not the fire consume his residue?

٢١ 21 اسْتَسْلِمْ إِلَى اللهِ، وَتَصَالَحْ مَعَهُ فَيُصِيبَكَ خَيْرٌ.

Reconcile thyself now with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.

٢٢ 22 تَقَبَّلِ الشَّرِيعَةَ مِنْ فَمِهِ، وَأَوْدِعْ كَلامَهُ فِي قَلْبِكَ.

Receive, I pray thee, instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.

٢٣ 23 إِنْ رَجَعْتَ إِلَى الْقَدِيرِ وَاتَّضَعْتَ، وَإِنْ طَرَحْتَ الإِثْمَ بَعِيداً عَنْ خِيَامِكَ،

If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up. If thou remove unrighteousness far from thy tents,

٢٤ 24 وَوَضَعْتَ ذَهَبَكَ فِي التُّرَابِ، وَتِبْرَ أُوفِيرَ بَيْنَ حَصَى الْوَادِي،

And put the precious ore with the dust, and [the gold of] Ophir among the stones of the torrents,

٢٥ 25 وَإِنْ أَصْبَحَ الْقَدِيرُ ذَهَبَكَ وَفِضَّتَكَ الثَّمِينَةَ،

Then the Almighty will be thy precious ore, and silver heaped up unto thee;

٢٦ 26 عِنْدَئِذٍ تَتَلَذَّذُ نَفْسُكَ بِالْقَدِيرِ، وَيَرْتَفِعُ وَجْهُكَ نَحْوَ اللهِ.

Yea, then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God:

٢٧ 27 تُصَلِّي إِلَيْهِ فَيَسْتَجِيبُ، وَتُوْفِي نُذُورَكَ،

Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows;

٢٨ 28 وَيَتَحَقَّقُ لَكَ مَا تَعْزِمُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَمْرٍ، وَيُضِيءُ نُورٌ عَلَى سُبُلِكَ

And thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; and light shall shine upon thy ways.

٢٩ 29 حَقّاً إِنَّ اللهَ يُذِلُّ الْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ وَيُنْقِذُ الْمُتَوَاضِعِينَ،

When they are made low, then thou shalt say, Rise up! and he shall save him that is of downcast eyes.

٣٠ 30 وَيُنَجِّي حَتَّى الْمُذْنِبَ بِفَضْلِ طَهَارَةِ قَلْبِكَ».

[Even] him that is not innocent shall he deliver; yea, he shall be delivered by the pureness of thy hands.