أيُّوب 22
| أَلِيفَازُ | ١ 1 |
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
| «أَيَنْفَعُ الإِنْسَانُ اللهَ؟ إِنَّمَا الْحَكِيمُ يَنْفَعُ نَفْسَهُ! | ٢ 2 |
Can a man be profitable to God, as he that is wise may be profitable to himself?
| هَلْ بِرُّكَ مَدْعَاةٌ لِمَسَرَّةِ الْقَدِيرِ؟ وَأَيُّ كَسْبٍ لَهُ إِنْ كُنْتَ زَكِيًّا؟ | ٣ 3 |
[Is it] any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or [is it] gain [to him], that thou makest thy ways perfect?
| أَمِنْ أَجْلِ تَقْوَاكَ يُوَبِّخُكَ وَيَدْخُلُ فِي مُحَاكَمَةٍ مَعَكَ؟ | ٤ 4 |
Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
| أَوَ لَيْسَ إِثْمُكَ عَظِيماً؟ أَوَلَيْسَتْ خَطَايَاكَ لَا مُتَنَاهِيَةً؟ | ٥ 5 |
[Is] not thy wickedness great? and thy iniquities infinite?
| لَقَدِ ارْتَهَنْتَ أَخَاكَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ، وَجَرَّدْتَ الْعُرَاةَ مِنْ ثِيَابِهِمْ. | ٦ 6 |
For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for naught, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
| لَمْ تَسْقِ الْمُعْيِيَ مَاءً، وَمَنَعْتَ عَنِ الْجَائِعِ طَعَامَكَ. | ٧ 7 |
Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withheld bread from the hungry.
| صَاحِبُ الْقُوَّةِ اسْتَحْوَذَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ، وَذُو الْحُظْوَةِ أَقَامَ فِيهَا. | ٨ 8 |
But [as for] the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honorable man dwelt in it.
| أَرْسَلْتَ الأَرَامِلَ فَارِغَاتٍ وَحَطَّمْتَ أَذْرُعَ الْيَتَامَى، | ٩ 9 |
Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
| لِذَلِكَ أَحْدَقَتْ بِكَ الْفِخَاخُ وَطَغَى عَلَيْكَ رُعْبٌ مُفَاجِئٌ. | ١٠ 10 |
Therefore snares [are] around thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
| اظْلَمَّ نُورُكَ فَلَمْ تَعُدْ تُبْصِرُ، وَغَمَرَكَ فَيَضَانُ مَاءٍ. | ١١ 11 |
Or darkness, [that] thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
| أَلَيْسَ اللهُ فِي أَعَالِي السَّمَاوَاتِ، يُعَايِنُ النُّجُومَ مَهْمَا تَسَامَتْ؟ | ١٢ 12 |
[Is] not God in the hight of heaven? and behold the hight of the stars, how high they are!
| وَمَعَ هَذَا فَأَنْتَ تَقُولُ: مَاذَا يَعْلَمُ اللهُ؟ أَمِنْ خَلْفِ الضَّبَابِ يَدِينُ؟ | ١٣ 13 |
And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
| إِنَّ الْغُيُومَ الْمُتَكَاثِفَةَ تُغَلِّفُهُ فَلا يَرَى، وَعَلَى قُبَّةِ السَّمَاءِ يَخْطُو. | ١٤ 14 |
Thick clouds [are] a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
| هَلْ تَظَلُّ مُلْتَزِماً بِالسَّيْرِ فِي الطَّرِيقِ الَّتِي سَلَكَهَا الأَشْرَارُ؟ | ١٥ 15 |
Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
| الَّذِينَ قُرِضُوا قَبْلَ أَوَانِهِمْ، وَجُرِفُوا مِنْ أَسَاسِهِمْ، | ١٦ 16 |
Who were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood!
| قَائِلِينَ لِلهِ: فَارِقْنَا. وَمَاذَا فِي وُسْعِ اللهِ أَنْ يَفْعَلَ بِهِمْ؟ | ١٧ 17 |
Who said to God, depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them!
| مَعَ أَنَّ اللهَ غَمَرَ بُيُوتَهُمْ بِالْخَيْرَاتِ، فَلْتَبْعُدْ عَنِّي مَشُورَةُ الأَشْرَارِ. | ١٨ 18 |
Yet he filled their houses with good [things]: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
| يَشْهَدُ الصِّدِّيقُونَ (عِقَابَ الأَشْرَارِ) وَيَفْرَحُونَ، وَالأَبْرِيَاءُ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ قَائِلِينَ: | ١٩ 19 |
The righteous see [it], and are glad: and the innocent deride them.
| قَدْ بَادَ مُقَاوِمُونَا، وَمَا تَبَقَّى مِنْهُمُ الْتَهَمَتْهُ النِّيرَانُ. | ٢٠ 20 |
Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.
| اسْتَسْلِمْ إِلَى اللهِ، وَتَصَالَحْ مَعَهُ فَيُصِيبَكَ خَيْرٌ. | ٢١ 21 |
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: by this good shall come to thee.
| تَقَبَّلِ الشَّرِيعَةَ مِنْ فَمِهِ، وَأَوْدِعْ كَلامَهُ فِي قَلْبِكَ. | ٢٢ 22 |
Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.
| إِنْ رَجَعْتَ إِلَى الْقَدِيرِ وَاتَّضَعْتَ، وَإِنْ طَرَحْتَ الإِثْمَ بَعِيداً عَنْ خِيَامِكَ، | ٢٣ 23 |
If thou shalt return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
| وَوَضَعْتَ ذَهَبَكَ فِي التُّرَابِ، وَتِبْرَ أُوفِيرَ بَيْنَ حَصَى الْوَادِي، | ٢٤ 24 |
Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the [gold] of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
| وَإِنْ أَصْبَحَ الْقَدِيرُ ذَهَبَكَ وَفِضَّتَكَ الثَّمِينَةَ، | ٢٥ 25 |
Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defense and thou shalt have plenty of silver.
| عِنْدَئِذٍ تَتَلَذَّذُ نَفْسُكَ بِالْقَدِيرِ، وَيَرْتَفِعُ وَجْهُكَ نَحْوَ اللهِ. | ٢٦ 26 |
For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face to God.
| تُصَلِّي إِلَيْهِ فَيَسْتَجِيبُ، وَتُوْفِي نُذُورَكَ، | ٢٧ 27 |
Thou shalt make thy prayer to him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
| وَيَتَحَقَّقُ لَكَ مَا تَعْزِمُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَمْرٍ، وَيُضِيءُ نُورٌ عَلَى سُبُلِكَ | ٢٨ 28 |
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established to thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
| حَقّاً إِنَّ اللهَ يُذِلُّ الْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ وَيُنْقِذُ الْمُتَوَاضِعِينَ، | ٢٩ 29 |
When [men] are cast down, then thou shalt say, [There is] exaltation; and he shall save the humble person.
| وَيُنَجِّي حَتَّى الْمُذْنِبَ بِفَضْلِ طَهَارَةِ قَلْبِكَ». | ٣٠ 30 |
He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thy hands.
