Job 18
1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said:
| آنگاه بلدد شوحی پاسخ داد: |
2 How long will ye lay snares for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
| تا کی می‌خواهی به این حرفها ادامه دهی؟ اگر می‌خواهی ما هم سخن بگوییم قدری عاقلانه‌تر صحبت کن. |
3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed dull in your sight?
| آیا تو فکر می‌کنی ما مثل حیوان بی‌شعور هستیم؟ |
4 Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?
| چرا بی‌جهت خشمگین می‌شوی و به خود صدمه می‌زنی؟ آیا انتظار داری به خاطر تو زمین بلرزد و صخره‌ها واژگون شوند. |
5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
| چراغ مرد بدکار خاموش خواهد شد و شعله‌اش نوری نخواهد داد. |
6 The light shall be dark in his tent, and his lamp over him shall be put out.
| در هر خانه‌ای که شرارت وجود داشته باشد، تاریکی حکمفرما خواهد بود. |
7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
| قدمهای شرور سست می‌شوند و او قربانی نقشه‌های خود می‌گردد. |
8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon the toils.
| او با پای خود به دام می‌افتد و تله پاشنهٔ پای او را می‌گیرد و او را رها نمی‌کند. |
9 A gin shall take him by the heel, and a snare shall lay hold on him.
10 A noose is hid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
| سر راه او تله‌ها پنهان شده است. |
11 Terrors shall overwhelm him on every side, and shall entrap him at his feet.
| ترسها از هر طرف به او هجوم می‌آورند و او را قدم به قدم تعقیب می‌کنند. |
12 His trouble shall be ravenous, and calamity shall be ready for his fall.
| مصیبت دهان خود را برای او باز کرده و فلاکت آماده است تا او را به کام خود فرو برد. |
13 It shall devour the members of his body, yea, the first-born of death shall devour his members.
| مرض مهلک به جان او می‌افتد و او را به کام مرگ می‌کشاند. |
14 That wherein he trusteth shall be plucked out of his tent; and he shall be brought to the king of terrors.
| از خانهٔ امن خود جدا شده، نزد پادشاه مرگ برده می‌شود. |
15 There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his; brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
| خانه‌اش در زیر آتش گوگرد نابود می‌گردد. |
16 His roots shall dry up beneath, and above shall his branch wither.
| ریشه و شاخه‌هایش می‌خشکند و از بین می‌روند. |
17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name abroad.
| خاطرهٔ وجود او تمام از روی زمین محو می‌گردد و هیچ‌کس او را به یاد نمی‌آورد. |
18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
| از دنیای زندگان بیرون انداخته شده، از نور به تاریکی رانده می‌شود. |
19 He shall have neither son nor son's son among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
| در میان قومش نسلی از او باقی نمی‌ماند. |
20 They that come after shall be astonished at his day, as they that went before are affrighted.
| قومهای مغرب و مشرق از سرنوشت او حیران و هراسان می‌شوند. |
21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
| آری، این بلایی است که بر سر گناهکاران می‌آید، بر سر آنانی که خدا را نمی‌شناسند. |
