أيُّوب 22

١ 1 أَلِيفَازُ

And Eliphaz the Temanite answers and says:

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

“Is a man profitable to God, Because a wise man is profitable to himself?

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

Is it a delight to the Mighty One That you are righteous? Is it gain, That you make your ways perfect?

٤ 4 أَمِنْ أَجْلِ تَقْوَاكَ يُوَبِّخُكَ وَيَدْخُلُ فِي مُحَاكَمَةٍ مَعَكَ؟

Because of your reverence Does He reason [with] you? He enters with you into judgment:

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

Is your wickedness not abundant? And there is no end to your iniquities.

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

For you take a pledge of your brother for nothing, And you strip off the garments of the naked.

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

You do not cause the weary to drink water, And you withhold bread from the hungry.

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

As for the man of arm—he has the earth, And the accepted of face—he dwells in it.

٩ 9 أَرْسَلْتَ الأَرَامِلَ فَارِغَاتٍ وَحَطَّمْتَ أَذْرُعَ الْيَتَامَى،

You have sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless are bruised.

١٠ 10 لِذَلِكَ أَحْدَقَتْ بِكَ الْفِخَاخُ وَطَغَى عَلَيْكَ رُعْبٌ مُفَاجِئٌ.

Therefore snares [are] all around you, And sudden fear troubles you.

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

Or darkness—you do not see, And abundance of waters covers you.

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

Is God not high [in] the heavens? And see the summit of the stars, That they are high.

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

And you have said, How has God known? Does He judge through thickness?

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

Thick clouds [are] a secret place to Him, And He does not see, And He habitually walks [above] the circle of the heavens.

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

Do you observe the path of the age, That men of iniquity have trodden,

١٦ 16 الَّذِينَ قُرِضُوا قَبْلَ أَوَانِهِمْ، وَجُرِفُوا مِنْ أَسَاسِهِمْ،

Who have been cut down unexpectedly? A flood is poured out on their foundation.

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

Those saying to God, Turn aside from us, And what does the Mighty One do to them?

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

And He has filled their houses [with] good (And the counsel of the wicked Has been far from me).

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

The righteous see and they rejoice, And the innocent mocks at them:

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

Surely our substance has not been cut off, And fire has consumed their excellence.

٢١ 21 اسْتَسْلِمْ إِلَى اللهِ، وَتَصَالَحْ مَعَهُ فَيُصِيبَكَ خَيْرٌ.

Now acquaint yourself with Him, and be at peace, Thereby your increase [is] good.

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

Please receive a law from His mouth, And set His sayings in your heart.

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

If you return to the Mighty you are built up, You put iniquity far from your tents.

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

So as to set a defense on the dust, And a covering on a rock of the valleys.

٢٥ 25 وَإِنْ أَصْبَحَ الْقَدِيرُ ذَهَبَكَ وَفِضَّتَكَ الثَّمِينَةَ،

And the Mighty has been your defense, And silver [is] strength to you.

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

For then you delight yourself on the Mighty, And lift up your face to God,

٢٧ 27 تُصَلِّي إِلَيْهِ فَيَسْتَجِيبُ، وَتُوْفِي نُذُورَكَ،

You make supplication to Him, And He hears you, And you complete your vows.

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

And you decree a saying, And it is established to you, And light has shone on your ways.

٢٩ 29 حَقّاً إِنَّ اللهَ يُذِلُّ الْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ وَيُنْقِذُ الْمُتَوَاضِعِينَ،

For they have made low, And you say, Lift up. And He saves the bowed down of eyes.

٣٠ 30 وَيُنَجِّي حَتَّى الْمُذْنِبَ بِفَضْلِ طَهَارَةِ قَلْبِكَ».

He delivers the one [who is] not innocent, Indeed, he has been delivered By the cleanness of your hands.”