Job 4
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
| فَأَجَابَ أَلِيفَازُ التَّيْمَانِيُّ: | ١ |
2 [If] we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
| «إِنْ جَازَفَ أَحَدٌ وَوَجَّهَ إِلَيْكَ كَلِمَةً فَهَلْ يَشُقُّ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْكَ؟ وَلَكِنْ مَنْ يَسْتَطِيعُ الامْتِنَاعَ عَنِ الْكَلامِ؟ | ٢ |
3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
| لَكَمْ أَرْشَدْتَ كَثِيرِينَ وَشَدَّدْتَ أَيَادِيَ مُرْتَخِيَةً. | ٣ |
4 Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
| وَلَكَمْ أَنْهَضَ كَلامُكَ الْعَاثِرَ، وَثَبَّتَّ الرُّكَبَ الْمُرْتَعِشَةَ! | ٤ |
5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
| وَالآنَ إِذْ دَاهَمَكَ الْكَرْبُ اعْتَرَاكَ السَّأَمُ، وَإِذْ مَسَّكَ سَاوَرَكَ الرُّعْبُ. | ٥ |
6 [Is] not [this] thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?
| أَلَيْسَتْ تَقْوَاكَ هِيَ مُعْتَمَدُكَ، وَكَمَالُ طُرُقِكَ هُوَ رَجَاؤُكَ؟ | ٦ |
7 Remember, I pray thee, who [ever] perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
| اذْكُرْ. هَلْ هَلَكَ أَحَدٌ وَهُوَ بَرِيءٌ؟ أَوْ أَيْنَ أُبِيدَ الصَّالِحُونَ؟ | ٧ |
8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
| بَلْ كَمَا شَاهَدْتَ فَإِنَّ الْحَارِثِينَ إِثْماً، وَالزَّارِعِينَ شَقَاوَةً، هُمْ يَحْصُدُونَهُمَا، | ٨ |
9 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
| وَبِنَسَمَةِ اللهِ يَفْنَوْنَ وَبِعَاصِفَةِ غَضَبِهِ يَهْلِكُونَ. | ٩ |
10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
| قَدْ يَزْأَرُ الأَسَدُ وَيُزَمْجِرُ اللَّيْثُ، وَلَكِنْ أَنْيَابُ الأَشْبَالِ تَهَشَّمَتْ. | ١٠ |
11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.
| يَهْلِكُ اللَّيْثُ لِتَعَذُّرِ وُجُودِ الْفَرِيسَةِ، وَتَتَشَتَّتُ أَشْبَالُ اللَّبُؤَةِ. | ١١ |
12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.
| ذَاتَ مَرَّةٍ أُسِرَّ إِلَيَّ بِكَلِمَةٍ، فَتَلَقَّفَتْ أُذُنِي مِنْهَا هَمْساً | ١٢ |
13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
| فَفِي غَمْرَةِ الْهَوَاجِسِ، فِي رُؤَى اللَّيْلِ، عِنْدَمَا طَغَى السُّبَاتُ عَلَى النَّاسِ، | ١٣ |
14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
| انْتَابَنِي رُعْبٌ وَرَعْدَةٌ أَرْجَفَا عِظَامِي، | ١٤ |
15 Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
| وَخَطَرَتْ رُوحٌ أَمَامَ وَجْهِي، فَاقْشَعَرَّ شَعْرُ جَسَدِي. | ١٥ |
16 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],
| ثُمَّ وَقَفَتْ، غَيْرَ أَنِّي لَمْ أَتَبَيَّنْ مَلامِحَهَا. تَمَاثَلَ لِي شَكْلٌ مَا، وَبَعْدَ صَمْتٍ سَمِعْتُ صَوْتاً مُنْخَفِضاً يَقُولُ: | ١٦ |
17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
| أَيُمْكِنُ أَنْ يَكُونَ الإِنْسَانُ أَبَرَّ مِنَ اللهِ، أَمِ الرَّجُلُ أَطْهَرَ مِنْ خَالِقِهِ؟ | ١٧ |
18 Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
| هَا إِنَّهُ لَا يَأْتَمِنُ عَبِيدَهُ، وَإِلَى مَلائِكَتِهِ يَنْسِبُ حَمَاقَةً، | ١٨ |
19 How much less [in] them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation [is] in the dust, [which] are crushed before the moth?
| فَكَمْ بِالْحَرِيِّ الْمَخْلُوقُونَ مِنْ طِينٍ، الَّذِينَ أَسَاسُهُمْ فِي التُّرَابِ، وَيُسْحَقُونَ مِثْلَ الْعُثِّ؟ | ١٩ |
20 They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding [it].
| يَتَحَطَّمُونَ بَيْنَ صَبَاحٍ وَمَسَاءٍ، وَيَبِيدُونَ إِلَى الأَبَدِ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَنْتَبِهَ لَهُمْ أَحَدٌ. | ٢٠ |
21 Doth not their excellency [which is] in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
| أَلا تُنْتَزَعُ مِنهُمْ حِبَالُ خِيَامِهِمْ وَيَمُوتُون مِنْ غَيْرِ حِكْمَةٍ؟ | ٢١ |
