Job 15
1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
| فَقَالَ أَلِيفَازُ التَّيْمَانِيُّ: | ١ |
2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
| «أَلَعَلَّ الْحَكِيمَ يُجِيبُ عَنْ مَعْرِفَةٍ بَاطِلَةٍ وَيَنْفُخُ بَطْنَهُ بِرِيحٍ شَرْقِيَّةٍ، | ٢ |
3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
| فَيَحْتَجَّ بِكَلامٍ أَجْوَفَ وَبِأَقْوَالٍ خَرْقَاءَ؟ | ٣ |
4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
| أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَإِنَّكَ تَطْرَحُ جَانِباً مَخَافَةَ اللهِ وَتَنْقُضُ عِبَادَتَهُ. | ٤ |
5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
| كَلامُكَ يُقِرُّ بِإِثْمِكَ، وَأَنْتَ تُؤْثِرُ أُسْلُوبَ الْمُنَافِقِينَ. | ٥ |
6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
| فَمُكَ يَدِينُكَ، لَا أَنَا، شَفَتَاكَ تَشْهَدَانِ عَلَيْكَ. | ٦ |
7 [Art] thou the first man [that] was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
| أَلَعَلَّكَ وُلِدْتَ أَوَّلَ النَّاسِ، أَوْ كُوِّنْتَ قَبْلَ التِّلالِ؟ | ٧ |
8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
| هَلْ تَنَصَّتَّ فِي مَجْلِسِ اللهِ، فَقَصَرْتَ الْحِكْمَةَ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ؟ | ٨ |
9 What knowest thou, that we know not? [what] understandest thou, which [is] not in us?
| أَيُّ شَيْءٍ تَعْرِفُهُ وَنَحْنُ نَجْهَلُهُ؟ وَأَيُّ شَيْءٍ تَفْهَمُهُ وَنَحْنُ لَا نَمْلِكُ إِدْرَاكَهُ؟ | ٩ |
10 With us [are] both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.
| رُبَّ شَيْخٍ وَأَشْيَبَ بَيْنَنَا أَكْبَرَ سِنّاً مِنْ أَبِيكَ. | ١٠ |
11 [Are] the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?
| أَيَسِيرَةٌ عَلَيْكَ تَعْزِيَاتُ اللهِ؟ حَتَّى هَذِهِ الْكَلِمَاتُ الَّتِي خُوطِبْتَ بِها بِرِفْقٍ؟ | ١١ |
12 Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
| لِمَاذَا يَسْتَهْوِيكَ قَلْبُكَ وَتَتَوَهَّجُ عَيْنَاكَ، | ١٢ |
13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest [such] words go out of thy mouth?
| حَتَّى تَنْفُثَ غَضَبَكَ ضِدَّ اللهِ، وَيَصْدُرَ عَنْ فَمِكَ مِثْلُ هَذِهِ الأَقْوَالِ؟ | ١٣ |
14 What [is] man, that he should be clean? and [he which is] born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
| مَنْ هُوَ الإِنْسَانُ حَتَّى يَزْكُوَ أَوْ مَوْلُودُ الْمَرْأَةِ حَتَّى يَتَبَرَّرَ؟ | ١٤ |
15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
| فَإِنْ كَانَ اللهُ لَا يَأْتَمِنُ قِدِّيسِيهِ، وَالسَّمَاوَاتُ غَيْرَ طَاهِرَةٍ لَدَيْهِ، | ١٥ |
16 How much more abominable and filthy [is] man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
| فَكَمْ بِالأَحْرَى يَكُونُ الإِنْسَانُ الشَّارِبُ الإِثْمَ كَالْمَاءِ مَكْرُوهاً وَفَاسِداً! | ١٦ |
17 I will shew thee, hear me; and that [which] I have seen I will declare;
| دَعْنِي أُبَيِّنُ لَكَ، وَاسْمَعْ لِي لأُحَدِّثَكَ بِمَا رَأَيْتُهُ، | ١٧ |
18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid [it: ]
| وَبِمَا أَخْبَرَ بِهِ حُكَمَاءُ عَنْ آبَائِهِمْ وَلَمْ يَكْتُمُوهُ، | ١٨ |
19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
| الَّذِينَ لَهُمْ وَحْدَهُمْ وُهِبَتِ الأَرْضُ وَلَمْ يَدْخُلْ بَيْنَهُمْ غَرِيبٌ. | ١٩ |
20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all [his] days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
| يَتَلَوَّى الشِّرِّيرُ أَلَماً كُلَّ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِهِ، وَمَعْدُودَةٌ هِيَ سِنُو الْجَائِرِ. | ٢٠ |
21 A dreadful sound [is] in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
| يَضِجُّ صَوْتٌ مُرْعِبٌ فِي أُذُنَيْهِ، وَفِي أَوَانِ السَّلامِ يُفَاجِئُهُ الْمُخَرِّبُ. | ٢١ |
22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
| لَا يَأْمُلُ الرُّجُوعَ مِنَ الظُّلُمَاتِ، وَمَصِيرُهُ الْهَلاكُ بِالسَّيْفِ. | ٢٢ |
23 He wandereth abroad for bread, [saying], Where [is it]? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
| يَهِيمُ بَحْثاً عَنْ لُقْمَةِ الْعَيْشِ، وَهُوَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّ يَوْمَ الظُّلْمَةِ آتٍ وَشِيكاً. | ٢٣ |
24 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
| يُرْهِبُهُ الضِّيقُ وَالضَّنْكُ، وَيَطْغَيَانِ عَلَيْهِ كَمَلِكٍ مُتَأَهِّبٍ لِلْحَرْبِ. | ٢٤ |
25 For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
| لأَنَّهُ هَزَّ قَبْضَتَهُ مُتَحَدِّياً اللهَ، وَعَلَى الْقَدِيرِ يَتَجَبَّرُ، | ٢٥ |
26 He runneth upon him, [even] on [his] neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
| وَأَغَارَ عَلَيْهِ بِعِنَادٍ مُتَصَلِّفٍ، بِمَجَانٍّ غَلِيظَةٍ مَتِينَةٍ. | ٢٦ |
27 Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on [his] flanks.
| وَمَعَ أَنَّهُ كَسَا وَجْهَهُ سَمْناً، وَغَشَّى الشَّحْمُ كُلْيَتَيْهِ. | ٢٧ |
28 And he dwelleth in desolate cities, [and] in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
| فَإِنَّهُ يُقِيمُ فِي مُدُنٍ خَرِبَةٍ وَبُيُوتٍ مَهْجُورَةٍ عَتِيدَةٍ أَنْ تُصْبِحَ رُكَاماً. | ٢٨ |
29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
| يَفْقِدُ غِنَاهُ، وَتَتَبَخَّرُ ثَرْوَتُهُ، وَلا يَثْبُتُ لَهُ فِي الأَرْضِ مُقْتَنىً. | ٢٩ |
30 He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
| تَكْتَنِفُهُ دَائِماً الظُّلْمَةُ، وتُيَبِّسُ النَّارُ أَغْصَانَهُ، وَتُزِيلُهُ نَفْخَةٌ مِنْ فَمِ الرَّبِّ. | ٣٠ |
31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
| لَا يَخْدَعَنَّ نَفْسَهُ بِاتِّكَالِهِ عَلَى السُّوءِ، لأَنَّ السُّوءَ يَكُونُ جَزَاءَهُ. | ٣١ |
32 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
| يَسْتَوْفِيهِ كَامِلاً قَبْلَ يَوْمِهِ، وَتَكُونُ (حَيَاتُهُ) كَسُعُفٍ يَابِسَةٍ. | ٣٢ |
33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
| وَكَكَرْمَةٍ تَسَاقَطَتْ عَنَاقِيدُ حِصْرِمِهَا، وَتَنَاثَرَ زَهْرُهَا كَالزَّيْتُونِ، | ٣٣ |
34 For the congregation of hypocrites [shall be] desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
| لأَنَّ جَمَاعَةَ الْفُجَّارِ عَقِيمُونَ، وَالنَّارُ تَلْتَهِمُ خِيَامَ الْمُرْتَشِينَ. | ٣٤ |
35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
| حَبِلُوا شَقَاوَةً وَأَنْجَبُوا إِثْماً، وَوَلَدَتْ بُطُونُهُمْ غِشّاً». | ٣٥ |
