< Job 18 >

1 Then answered Bildad the Shuchite, and said,
فَأَجَابَ بِلْدَدُ ٱلشُّوحِيُّ وَقَالَ:١
2 When will ye at length put an end to words? Come to an understanding, and afterward let us speak.
«إِلَى مَتَى تَضَعُونَ أَشْرَاكًا لِلْكَلَامِ؟ تَعَقَّلُوا وَبَعْدُ نَتَكَلَّمُ.٢
3 For what cause are we counted as beasts, reputed stupid your eyes?
لِمَاذَا حُسِبْنَا كَٱلْبَهِيمَةِ، وَتَنَجَّسْنَا فِي عُيُونِكُمْ؟٣
4 Thou, the one that teareth himself to pieces in his anger— shall for thy sake the earth be forsaken, and the rock be moved away out of its place?
يَا أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُفْتَرِسُ نَفْسَهُ فِي غَيْظِهِ، هَلْ لِأَجْلِكَ تُخْلَى ٱلْأَرْضُ، أَوْ يُزَحْزَحُ ٱلصَّخْرُ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ؟٤
5 Ah, truly the light of the wicked will be quenched, and the spark of his fire shall not give light.
«نَعَمْ! نُورُ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ يَنْطَفِئُ، وَلَا يُضِيءُ لَهِيبُ نَارِهِ.٥
6 The light becometh dark in his tent, and his lamp will be quenched above him.
ٱلنُّورُ يُظْلِمُ فِي خَيْمَتِهِ، وَسِرَاجُهُ فَوْقَهُ يَنْطَفِئُ.٦
7 His powerful steps will be narrowed, and his own counsel will cast him down.
تَقْصُرُ خَطَوَاتُ قُوَّتِهِ، وَتَصْرَعُهُ مَشُورَتُهُ.٧
8 For he is driven into the net by his own feet, and he taketh his walk upon a snare.
لِأَنَّ رِجْلَيْهِ تَدْفَعَانِهِ فِي ٱلْمِصْلَاةِ فَيَمْشِي إِلَى شَبَكَةٍ.٨
9 The trap will seize him by the heel, and the robber will prevail over him.
يُمْسِكُ ٱلْفَخُّ بِعَقِبِهِ، وَتَتَمَكَّنُ مِنْهُ ٱلشَّرَكُ.٩
10 The cord is hidden for him in the ground, and a trap is set for him on the pathway.
مَطْمُورَةٌ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ حِبَالَتُهُ، وَمِصْيَدَتُهُ فِي ٱلسَّبِيلِ.١٠
11 All around do terrors scare him, and chase him as he walketh along.
تُرْهِبُهُ أَهْوَالٌ مِنْ حَوْلِهِ، وَتَذْعَرُهُ عِنْدَ رِجْلَيْهِ.١١
12 His first-born will suffer hunger, and calamity will be ready for his wife.
تَكُونُ قُوَّتُهُ جَائِعَةً وَٱلْبَوَارُ مُهَيَّأٌ بِجَانِبِهِ.١٢
13 It will devour the limbs of his body: yea, the first-born of death will devour his limbs.
يَأْكُلُ أَعْضَاءَ جَسَدِهِ. يَأْكُلُ أَعْضَاءَهُ بِكْرُ ٱلْمَوْتِ.١٣
14 Then will be plucked up out of his tent his confidence, and [the evil] will urge him forward to the king of terrors.
يَنْقَطِعُ عَنْ خَيْمَتِهِ، عَنِ ٱعْتِمَادِهِ، وَيُسَاقُ إِلَى مَلِكِ ٱلْأَهْوَالِ.١٤
15 It will dwell in his tent, because it is no more his: there will be strewed sulphur on his habitation.
يَسْكُنُ فِي خَيْمَتِهِ مَنْ لَيْسَ لَهُ. يُذَرُّ عَلَى مَرْبِضِهِ كِبْرِيتٌ.١٥
16 Beneath, his roots will be dried up, and above will his boughs he cut away.
مِنْ تَحْتُ تَيْبَسُ أُصُولُهُ، وَمِنْ فَوْقُ يُقْطَعُ فَرْعُهُ.١٦
17 His resemblance vanisheth from the earth, and no name remaineth for him in the streets.
ذِكْرُهُ يَبِيدُ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَلَا ٱسْمَ لَهُ عَلَى وَجْهِ ٱلْبَرِّ.١٧
18 Men will thrust him out from light into darkness, and out of the world will they drive him.
يُدْفَعُ مِنَ ٱلنُّورِ إِلَى ٱلظُّلْمَةِ، وَمِنَ ٱلْمَسْكُونَةِ يُطْرَدُ.١٨
19 He will have neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any that escapeth in the places of his sojourning.
لَا نَسْلَ وَلَا عَقِبَ لَهُ بَيْنَ شَعْبِهِ، وَلَا شَارِدَ فِي مَحَالِّهِ.١٩
20 Because of his [calamitous] day are they that come after him astonished, and they that went before are seized with shuddering.
يَتَعَجَّبُ مِنْ يَوْمِهِ ٱلْمُتَأَخِّرُونَ، وَيَقْشَعِرُّ ٱلْأَقْدَمُونَ.٢٠
21 Yea, such are the dwellings of the unjust, and this is the place of one that knew not God.
إِنَّمَا تِلْكَ مَسَاكِنُ فَاعِلِي ٱلشَّرِّ، وَهَذَا مَقَامُ مَنْ لَا يَعْرِفُ ٱللهَ».٢١

< Job 18 >