Job 8
1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
| فَأَجَابَ بِلْدَدُ الشُّوحِيُّ: | ١ |
2 “How long will you go on saying such things? The words of your mouth are a blustering wind.
| «إِلَى مَتَى تَظَلُّ تَتَكَلَّمُ بِهَذِهِ الأَقْوَالِ، فَتَخْرُجَ مِنْ فَمِكَ كَرِيحٍ شَدِيدَةٍ؟ | ٢ |
3 Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
| أَيُحَرِّفُ اللهُ الْقَضَاءَ، أَمْ يَعْكِسُ الْقَدِيرُ مَا هُوَ حَقٌّ؟ | ٣ |
4 When your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion.
| إِنْ كَانَ أَبْنَاؤُكَ أَخْطَأُوا فَقَدْ أَوْقَعَ بِهِمْ جَزَاءَ مَعَاصِيهِمْ. | ٤ |
5 But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,
| فَإِنْ أَسْرَعْتَ وَطَلَبْتَ وَجْهَ اللهِ وَتَضَرَّعْتَ إِلَى الْقَدِيرِ، | ٥ |
6 if you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous estate.
| وَإِنْ كُنْتَ نَقِيًّا صَالِحاً، فَإِنَّهُ حَتْماً يَلْتَفِتُ إِلَيْكَ وَيُكَافِئُكَ بِمَسْكَنِ بِرٍّ. | ٦ |
7 Though your beginnings were modest, your latter days will flourish.
| وَإِنْ تَكُنْ أُولاكَ مُتَوَاضِعَةً، فَإِنَّ آخِرَتَكَ تَكُونُ عَظِيمَةً جِدّاً. | ٧ |
8 Please inquire of past generations and consider the discoveries of their fathers.
| اسْأَلِ الأَجْيَالَ الْغَابِرَةَ، وَتَأَمَّلْ مَا اخْتَبَرَهُ الآبَاءُ، | ٨ |
9 For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a shadow.
| فَإِنَّنَا قَدْ وُلِدْنَا بِالأَمْسِ الْقَرِيبِ، وَلا نَعْرِفُ شَيْئاً، لأَنَّ أَيَّامَنَا عَلَى الأَرْضِ ظِلٌّ. | ٩ |
10 Will they not teach you and tell you, and speak from their understanding?
| أَلا يُعْلِمُونَكَ وَيُخْبِرُونَكَ وَيَبُثُّونَكَ مَا فِي نُفُوسِهِمْ قَائِلِينَ: | ١٠ |
11 Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?
| أَيَنْمُو الْبَرْدِيُّ حَيْثُ لَا مُسْتَنْقَعَ، أَمْ تَنْبُتُ الْحَلْفَاءُ مِنْ غَيْرِ مَاءٍ؟ | ١١ |
12 While the shoots are still uncut, they dry up quicker than grass.
| إِنَّهَا تَيْبَسُ قَبْلَ سَائِرِ الْعُشْبِ، وَهِيَ فِي نَضَارَتِهَا لَمْ تُقْطَعْ. | ١٢ |
13 Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.
| هَكَذَا يَكُونُ مَصِيرُ كُلِّ مَنْ يَنْسَى اللهَ، وَهَكَذَا يَخِيبُ رَجَاءُ الْفَاجِرِ. | ١٣ |
14 His confidence is fragile; his security is in a spider’s web.
| يَنْهَارُ مَا يَعْتَمِدُ عَلَيْهِ، وَيُصْبِحُ مِثْلَ بَيْتِ الْعَنْكَبُوتِ. | ١٤ |
15 He leans on his web, but it gives way; he holds fast, but it does not endure.
| يَتَّكِئُ عَلَيْهِ فَيَنْهَدِمُ، وَيَتَعَلَّقُ بِهِ فَلا يَثْبُتُ. | ١٥ |
16 He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden.
| يَزْدَهِرُ كَشَجَرَةٍ أَمَامَ الشَّمْسِ، تَنْتَشِرُ أَغْصَانُهَا فَوْقَ بُسْتَانِهَا. | ١٦ |
17 His roots wrap around the rock heap; he looks for a home among the stones.
| تَتَشَابَكُ أُصُولُهُ حَوْلَ كَوْمَةِ الْحِجَارَةِ، وَتَلْتَفُّ حَوْلَ الصُّخُورِ. | ١٧ |
18 If he is uprooted from his place, it will disown him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’
| وَلَكِنْ حَالَمَا يُسْتَأْصَلُ مِنْ مَوْضِعِهِ يُنْكِرُهُ مَكَانُهُ قَائِلاً:’مَا رَأَيْتُكَ قَطُّ!‘ | ١٨ |
19 Surely this is the joy of his way; yet others will spring from the dust.
| هَكَذَا تَكُونُ بَهْجَةُ طَرِيقِهِ. وَلَكِنْ مِنَ التُّرَابِ يَأْتِي آخَرُونَ وَيأْخُذُونَ مَكَانَهُ. | ١٩ |
20 Behold, God does not reject the blameless, nor will He strengthen the hand of evildoers.
| إِنَّ اللهَ لَا يَنْبِذُ الإِنْسَانَ الْكَامِلَ وَلا يَمُدُّ يَدَ الْعَوْنِ لِفَاعِلِي الشَّرِّ. | ٢٠ |
21 He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with a shout of joy.
| يَمْلأُ فَمَكَ ضَحِكاً وَشَفَتَيْكَ هُتَافاً، | ٢١ |
22 Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”
| عِنْدَئِذٍ يَرْتَدِي مُبْغِضُوكَ الْخِزْيَ، وَبَيْتُ الأَشْرَارِ يَنْهَارُ». | ٢٢ |
