أيُّوب 4

١ 1 فَأَجَابَ أَلِيفَازُ التَّيْمَانِيُّ:

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

٢ 2 «إِنْ جَازَفَ أَحَدٌ وَوَجَّهَ إِلَيْكَ كَلِمَةً فَهَلْ يَشُقُّ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْكَ؟ وَلَكِنْ مَنْ يَسْتَطِيعُ الامْتِنَاعَ عَنِ الْكَلامِ؟

If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?

٣ 3 لَكَمْ أَرْشَدْتَ كَثِيرِينَ وَشَدَّدْتَ أَيَادِيَ مُرْتَخِيَةً.

Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.

٤ 4 وَلَكَمْ أَنْهَضَ كَلامُكَ الْعَاثِرَ، وَثَبَّتَّ الرُّكَبَ الْمُرْتَعِشَةَ!

Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.

٥ 5 وَالآنَ إِذْ دَاهَمَكَ الْكَرْبُ اعْتَرَاكَ السَّأَمُ، وَإِذْ مَسَّكَ سَاوَرَكَ الرُّعْبُ.

But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.

٦ 6 أَلَيْسَتْ تَقْوَاكَ هِيَ مُعْتَمَدُكَ، وَكَمَالُ طُرُقِكَ هُوَ رَجَاؤُكَ؟

Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?

٧ 7 اذْكُرْ. هَلْ هَلَكَ أَحَدٌ وَهُوَ بَرِيءٌ؟ أَوْ أَيْنَ أُبِيدَ الصَّالِحُونَ؟

Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?

٨ 8 بَلْ كَمَا شَاهَدْتَ فَإِنَّ الْحَارِثِينَ إِثْماً، وَالزَّارِعِينَ شَقَاوَةً، هُمْ يَحْصُدُونَهُمَا،

Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.

٩ 9 وَبِنَسَمَةِ اللهِ يَفْنَوْنَ وَبِعَاصِفَةِ غَضَبِهِ يَهْلِكُونَ.

By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.

١٠ 10 قَدْ يَزْأَرُ الأَسَدُ وَيُزَمْجِرُ اللَّيْثُ، وَلَكِنْ أَنْيَابُ الأَشْبَالِ تَهَشَّمَتْ.

The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

١١ 11 يَهْلِكُ اللَّيْثُ لِتَعَذُّرِ وُجُودِ الْفَرِيسَةِ، وَتَتَشَتَّتُ أَشْبَالُ اللَّبُؤَةِ.

The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.

١٢ 12 ذَاتَ مَرَّةٍ أُسِرَّ إِلَيَّ بِكَلِمَةٍ، فَتَلَقَّفَتْ أُذُنِي مِنْهَا هَمْساً

Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.

١٣ 13 فَفِي غَمْرَةِ الْهَوَاجِسِ، فِي رُؤَى اللَّيْلِ، عِنْدَمَا طَغَى السُّبَاتُ عَلَى النَّاسِ،

In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,

١٤ 14 انْتَابَنِي رُعْبٌ وَرَعْدَةٌ أَرْجَفَا عِظَامِي،

Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.

١٥ 15 وَخَطَرَتْ رُوحٌ أَمَامَ وَجْهِي، فَاقْشَعَرَّ شَعْرُ جَسَدِي.

Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:

١٦ 16 ثُمَّ وَقَفَتْ، غَيْرَ أَنِّي لَمْ أَتَبَيَّنْ مَلامِحَهَا. تَمَاثَلَ لِي شَكْلٌ مَا، وَبَعْدَ صَمْتٍ سَمِعْتُ صَوْتاً مُنْخَفِضاً يَقُولُ:

It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,

١٧ 17 أَيُمْكِنُ أَنْ يَكُونَ الإِنْسَانُ أَبَرَّ مِنَ اللهِ، أَمِ الرَّجُلُ أَطْهَرَ مِنْ خَالِقِهِ؟

Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?

١٨ 18 هَا إِنَّهُ لَا يَأْتَمِنُ عَبِيدَهُ، وَإِلَى مَلائِكَتِهِ يَنْسِبُ حَمَاقَةً،

Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:

١٩ 19 فَكَمْ بِالْحَرِيِّ الْمَخْلُوقُونَ مِنْ طِينٍ، الَّذِينَ أَسَاسُهُمْ فِي التُّرَابِ، وَيُسْحَقُونَ مِثْلَ الْعُثِّ؟

How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?

٢٠ 20 يَتَحَطَّمُونَ بَيْنَ صَبَاحٍ وَمَسَاءٍ، وَيَبِيدُونَ إِلَى الأَبَدِ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَنْتَبِهَ لَهُمْ أَحَدٌ.

They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.

٢١ 21 أَلا تُنْتَزَعُ مِنهُمْ حِبَالُ خِيَامِهِمْ وَيَمُوتُون مِنْ غَيْرِ حِكْمَةٍ؟

Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.