أيُّوب 4

١ 1 فَأَجَابَ أَلِيفَازُ التَّيْمَانِيُّ:

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,

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

"If someone ventures to talk with you, will you be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?

٣ 3 لَكَمْ أَرْشَدْتَ كَثِيرِينَ وَشَدَّدْتَ أَيَادِيَ مُرْتَخِيَةً.

Look, you have instructed many, you have strengthened the weak hands.

٤ 4 وَلَكَمْ أَنْهَضَ كَلامُكَ الْعَاثِرَ، وَثَبَّتَّ الرُّكَبَ الْمُرْتَعِشَةَ!

Your words have supported him who was falling, You have made firm the feeble knees.

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

But now it is come to you, and you faint. It touches you, and you are troubled.

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

Isn't your piety your confidence? Isn't the integrity of your ways your hope?

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

"Remember, now, whoever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?

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

According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same.

٩ 9 وَبِنَسَمَةِ اللهِ يَفْنَوْنَ وَبِعَاصِفَةِ غَضَبِهِ يَهْلِكُونَ.

By the breath of God they perish. By the blast of his anger 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, the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

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

The old lion perishes for lack of prey. The cubs of the lioness are scattered abroad.

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

"Now a thing was secretly brought to me. My ear received a whisper of it.

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

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

١٤ 14 انْتَابَنِي رُعْبٌ وَرَعْدَةٌ أَرْجَفَا عِظَامِي،

fear came on me, and trembling, which made all my bones 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 couldn't discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes. Silence, then 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،

Look, he puts no trust in his servants. He charges his angels with error.

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

How much more, those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth.

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

Between morning and evening they are destroyed. They perish forever without any regarding it.

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

Isn't their tent cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.'