Job 20
1 Then Sophar the Minaean answered and said,
| فَأَجَابَ صُوفَرُ النَّعْمَاتِيُّ: | ١ |
2 I did not suppose that you would answer thus: neither do you understand more than I.
| «إِنَّ خَوَاطِرِي، مِنْ جَرَّاءِ كَلامِكَ، تَحْفِزُنِي لِلْكَلامِ وَتُثِيرُنِي لِلرَّدِّ عَلَيْكَ. | ٢ |
3 I will hear my shameful reproach; and the spirit of my understanding answers me.
| سَمِعْتُ تَوْبِيخاً يُعَيِّرُنِي، وَأَجَابَنِي رُوحٌ مِنْ فِطْنَتِي. | ٣ |
4 Hast you [not] known these things of old, from the time that man was set upon the earth?
| أَمَا عَلِمْتَ هَذَا مُنْذُ الْقِدَمِ، مُنْذُ أَنْ خُلِقَ الإِنْسَانُ عَلَى الأَرْضِ، | ٤ |
5 But the mirth of the ungodly is a signal downfall, and the joy of transgressors is destruction:
| أَنَّ طَرَبَ الشِّرِّيرِ إِلَى حِينٍ، وَأَنَّ فَرَحَ الْفَاجِرِ إِلَى لَحْظَةٍ؟ | ٥ |
6 although his gifts should go up to heaven, and his sacrifice reach the clouds.
| مَهْمَا بَلَغَتْ كِبْرِيَاؤُهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَسَّتْ هَامَتُهُ الْغَمَامَ، | ٦ |
7 For when he shall seem to be now established, then he shall utterly perish: and they that knew him shall say, Where is he?
| فَإِنَّهُ سَيَبِيدُ كَبِرَازِهِ، فَيَتَسَاءَلُ الَّذِينَ يَعْرِفُونَهُ، مُنْدَهِشِينَ: أَيْنَ هُوَ؟ | ٧ |
8 Like a dream that has fled away, he shall not be found; and he has fled like a vision of the night.
| يَتَلاشَى كَحُلْمٍ وَلا يَبْقَى مِنْهُ أَثَرٌ، وَيَضْمَحِلُّ كَرُؤْيَا اللَّيْلِ، | ٨ |
9 The eye has looked upon him, but shall not [see him] again; and his place shall no longer perceive him.
| وَالْعَيْنُ الَّتِي أَبْصَرَتْهُ لَا تَعُودُ تَرَاهُ ثَانِيَةً، وَلا يُعَايِنُهُ مَكَانُهُ فِيمَا بَعْدُ. | ٩ |
10 Let [his] inferiors destroy his children, and let his hands kindle the fire of sorrow.
| يَسْتَجْدِي أَوْلادُهُ مِنَ الْفُقَرَاءِ، وَتَرُدُّ يَدَاهُ ثَرْوَتَهُ المَسْلُوبَةَ. | ١٠ |
11 His bones have been filled with [vigour of] his youth, and it shall lie down with him in the dust.
| حَيَوِيَّةُ عِظَامِهِ تُدْفَنُ فِي عِزِّ قُوَّتِهِ، | ١١ |
12 Though evil be sweet in his mouth, [though] he will hide it under his tongue;
| يَتَذَوَّقُ الشَّرَّ فَيَحْلُو فِي فَمِهِ، فَيُبْقِيهِ تَحْتَ لِسَانِهِ، | ١٢ |
13 though he will not spare it, and will not leave it, but will keep it in the midst of his throat:
| وَيَمْقُتُ أَنْ يَقْذِفَهُ، بَلْ يَدَّخِرُهُ فِي فَمِهِ! | ١٣ |
14 yet he shall not at all be able to help himself; the gall of an asp is in his belly.
| فَيَتَحَوَّلُ طَعَامُهُ فِي أَمْعَائِهِ إِلَى مَرَارَةٍ كَالسُّمُومِ. | ١٤ |
15 [His] wealth unjustly collected shall be vomited up; a messenger [of wrath] shall drag him out of his house.
| وَيَتَقَيَّأُ مَا ابْتَلَعَهُ مِنْ أَمْوَالٍ، وَيَسْتَخْرِجُهَا اللهُ مِنْ جَوْفِهِ. | ١٥ |
16 And let him suck the poison of serpents, and let the serpent's tongue kill him.
| لَقَدْ رَضَعَ سُمَّ الصِّلِّ، فَقَتَلَهُ لِسَانُ الأَفْعَى. | ١٦ |
17 Let him not see the milk of the pastures, nor the supplies of honey and butter.
| لَنْ تَكْتَحِلَ عَيْنَاهُ بِمَرْأَى الأَنْهَارِ الْجَارِيَةِ، وَلا بِالْجَدَاوِلِ الْفَيَّاضَةِ بِالْعَسَلِ وَالزُّبْدِ. | ١٧ |
18 He has laboured unprofitably and in vain, [for] wealth of which he shall not taste: [it is] as a lean thing, unfit for food, which he can’t swallow.
| يَرُدُّ ثِمَارَ تَعَبِهِ وَلا يَبْلَعُهُ وَلا يَسْتَمْتِعُ بِكَسْبِ تِجَارَتِهِ. | ١٨ |
19 For he has broken down the houses of many mighty men: and he has plundered an habitation, though he built [it] not.
| لأَنَّهُ هَضَمَ حَقَّ الْفُقَرَاءِ وَخَذَلَهُمْ وَسَلَبَ بُيُوتاً لَمْ يَبْنِهَا. | ١٩ |
20 There is no security to his possessions; he shall not be saved by his desire.
| وَإِذْ لَا يَعْرِفُ طَمَعُهُ قَنَاعَةً، فَإِنَّهُ لَنْ يَدَّخِرَ شَيْئاً يَسْتَمْتِعُ بِهِ. | ٢٠ |
21 There is nothing remaining of his provisions; therefore his goods shall not flourish.
| لَمْ يُبْقِ نَهَمُهُ عَلَى شَيْءٍ، لِذَلِكَ لَنْ يَدُومَ خَيْرُهُ. | ٢١ |
22 But when he shall seem to be just satisfied, he shall be straitened; and all distress shall come upon him.
| فِي وَفْرَةِ سِعَتِهِ يُصِيبُهُ الضَّنْكُ، وَتَحُلُّ بِهِ أَقْسَى الْكَوَارِثِ. | ٢٢ |
23 If by any means he would fill his belly, let [God] send upon him the fury of wrath; let him bring a torrent of pains upon him.
| وَعِنْدَمَا يَمْلأُ بَطْنَهُ يَنْفُثُ عَلَيْهِ اللهُ غَضَبَهُ الْحَارِقَ وَيُمْطِرُهُ عَلَيْهِ طَعَاماً لَهُ. | ٢٣ |
24 And he shall by no means escape from the power of the sword; let the brazen bow wound him.
| إِنْ فَرَّ مِنْ آلَةِ حَرْبٍ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ، تَخْتَرِقْهُ قَوْسُ النُّحَاسِ. | ٢٤ |
25 And let the arrow pierce through his body; and let the stars be against his dwelling-place: let terrors come upon him.
| اخْتَرَقَتْهُ عَمِيقاً وَخَرَجَتْ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ، وَنَفَذَ حَدُّهَا اللّامِعُ مِنْ مَرَارَتِهِ، وَحَلَّ بِهِ رُعْبٌ. | ٢٥ |
26 And let all darkness wait for him: a fire that burns not out shall consume him; and let a stranger plague his house.
| كُلُّ ظُلْمَةٍ تَتَرَبَّصُ بِذَخَائِرِهِ، وَتَأْكُلُهُ نَارٌ لَمْ تُنْفَخْ، وَتَلْتَهِمُ مَا بَقِيَ مِنْ خَيْمَتِهِ. | ٢٦ |
27 And let the heaven reveal his iniquities, and the earth rise up against him.
| تَفْضَحُ السَّمَاوَاتُ إِثْمَهُ، وَتَتَمَرَّدُ الأَرْضُ عَلَيْهِ، | ٢٧ |
28 Let destruction bring his house to an end; let a day of wrath come upon him.
| تَفْنَى مُدَّخَرَاتُ بَيْتِهِ وَتحْتَرِقُ فِي يَوْمِ غَضَبِ الرَّبِّ. | ٢٨ |
29 This is the portion of an ungodly man from the Lord, and the possession of his goods [appointed him] by the all-seeing [God].
| هَذَا هُوَ الْمَصِيرُ الَّذِي يُعِدُّهُ اللهُ للأَشْرَارِ، وَالْمِيرَاثُ الَّذِي كَتَبَهُ اللهُ لَهُمْ». | ٢٩ |
