Job 20
1 Then answered Zophar the Na'amathite, and said,
| فَأَجَابَ صُوفَرُ النَّعْمَاتِيُّ: | ١ |
2 Even therefore do my inmost thoughts give me an answer, and for this reason do I feel a strong excitement within me.
| «إِنَّ خَوَاطِرِي، مِنْ جَرَّاءِ كَلامِكَ، تَحْفِزُنِي لِلْكَلامِ وَتُثِيرُنِي لِلرَّدِّ عَلَيْكَ. | ٢ |
3 Reproof which casteth shame on me must I hear; yet out of my understanding will the spirit give me an answer.
| سَمِعْتُ تَوْبِيخاً يُعَيِّرُنِي، وَأَجَابَنِي رُوحٌ مِنْ فِطْنَتِي. | ٣ |
4 Dost thou know this? from the very beginning of things, from the very time when man was placed upon earth it was,
| أَمَا عَلِمْتَ هَذَا مُنْذُ الْقِدَمِ، مُنْذُ أَنْ خُلِقَ الإِنْسَانُ عَلَى الأَرْضِ، | ٤ |
5 That the triumphal shouting of the wicked is ever of but a recent date, and the joy of the hypocrite endureth only for a moment.
| أَنَّ طَرَبَ الشِّرِّيرِ إِلَى حِينٍ، وَأَنَّ فَرَحَ الْفَاجِرِ إِلَى لَحْظَةٍ؟ | ٥ |
6 Though his exaltation should mount up to the heavens, and his head should reach unto the clouds;
| مَهْمَا بَلَغَتْ كِبْرِيَاؤُهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَسَّتْ هَامَتُهُ الْغَمَامَ، | ٦ |
7 Yet when he but turneth round will he vanish for ever; those who have seen him will say, Where is he?
| فَإِنَّهُ سَيَبِيدُ كَبِرَازِهِ، فَيَتَسَاءَلُ الَّذِينَ يَعْرِفُونَهُ، مُنْدَهِشِينَ: أَيْنَ هُوَ؟ | ٧ |
8 Like a dream will he fly away, and men will find him no more; yea, he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
| يَتَلاشَى كَحُلْمٍ وَلا يَبْقَى مِنْهُ أَثَرٌ، وَيَضْمَحِلُّ كَرُؤْيَا اللَّيْلِ، | ٨ |
9 If an eye have surveyed him, it will not do so again, and it will not behold him any more in his place.
| وَالْعَيْنُ الَّتِي أَبْصَرَتْهُ لَا تَعُودُ تَرَاهُ ثَانِيَةً، وَلا يُعَايِنُهُ مَكَانُهُ فِيمَا بَعْدُ. | ٩ |
10 His children will suffer oppression from the indigent, and his hands will have to restore his [ill-gotten] wealth.
| يَسْتَجْدِي أَوْلادُهُ مِنَ الْفُقَرَاءِ، وَتَرُدُّ يَدَاهُ ثَرْوَتَهُ المَسْلُوبَةَ. | ١٠ |
11 [Now] his bones are full of his youthful vigor; but it will [suddenly] lie down with him in the dust.
| حَيَوِيَّةُ عِظَامِهِ تُدْفَنُ فِي عِزِّ قُوَّتِهِ، | ١١ |
12 If the evil be sweet in his mouth, he will conceal it under his tongue;
| يَتَذَوَّقُ الشَّرَّ فَيَحْلُو فِي فَمِهِ، فَيُبْقِيهِ تَحْتَ لِسَانِهِ، | ١٢ |
13 He will cherish it, and not forsake it; and hold it back within his palate;
| وَيَمْقُتُ أَنْ يَقْذِفَهُ، بَلْ يَدَّخِرُهُ فِي فَمِهِ! | ١٣ |
14 His food is thus changed within his bowels, and becometh the venom of asps within him.
| فَيَتَحَوَّلُ طَعَامُهُ فِي أَمْعَائِهِ إِلَى مَرَارَةٍ كَالسُّمُومِ. | ١٤ |
15 The wealth which he hath swallowed, will he have to vomit up again; God will drive it out of his belly.
| وَيَتَقَيَّأُ مَا ابْتَلَعَهُ مِنْ أَمْوَالٍ، وَيَسْتَخْرِجُهَا اللهُ مِنْ جَوْفِهِ. | ١٥ |
16 The poison of asps will he have to suck; the viper's tongue will slay him.
| لَقَدْ رَضَعَ سُمَّ الصِّلِّ، فَقَتَلَهُ لِسَانُ الأَفْعَى. | ١٦ |
17 He shall not look with pleasure on streams, on flowing brooks of honey and cream.
| لَنْ تَكْتَحِلَ عَيْنَاهُ بِمَرْأَى الأَنْهَارِ الْجَارِيَةِ، وَلا بِالْجَدَاوِلِ الْفَيَّاضَةِ بِالْعَسَلِ وَالزُّبْدِ. | ١٧ |
18 He restoreth what he hath labored for, and will not swallow it down; however much he may have obtained by toil, he will not have any joy of it.
| يَرُدُّ ثِمَارَ تَعَبِهِ وَلا يَبْلَعُهُ وَلا يَسْتَمْتِعُ بِكَسْبِ تِجَارَتِهِ. | ١٨ |
19 Because he oppressed and forsook the indigent; because he took violently away a house, shall he not rebuild it;
| لأَنَّهُ هَضَمَ حَقَّ الْفُقَرَاءِ وَخَذَلَهُمْ وَسَلَبَ بُيُوتاً لَمْ يَبْنِهَا. | ١٩ |
20 Because he knew not quietness in his bosom, shall he not escape through what is the most precious to him.
| وَإِذْ لَا يَعْرِفُ طَمَعُهُ قَنَاعَةً، فَإِنَّهُ لَنْ يَدَّخِرَ شَيْئاً يَسْتَمْتِعُ بِهِ. | ٢٠ |
21 Nothing was spared from his craving to eat: therefore shall his wealth not prosper.
| لَمْ يُبْقِ نَهَمُهُ عَلَى شَيْءٍ، لِذَلِكَ لَنْ يَدُومَ خَيْرُهُ. | ٢١ |
22 In the fulness of his abundance will distress assail him: every hand of [those he] troubled will come against him.
| فِي وَفْرَةِ سِعَتِهِ يُصِيبُهُ الضَّنْكُ، وَتَحُلُّ بِهِ أَقْسَى الْكَوَارِثِ. | ٢٢ |
23 In order to fill his belly, [God] will send out against him the fury of his wrath, and will rain it upon him for his eating.
| وَعِنْدَمَا يَمْلأُ بَطْنَهُ يَنْفُثُ عَلَيْهِ اللهُ غَضَبَهُ الْحَارِقَ وَيُمْطِرُهُ عَلَيْهِ طَعَاماً لَهُ. | ٢٣ |
24 If he flee from the iron weapon, the brazen bow will strike him through.
| إِنْ فَرَّ مِنْ آلَةِ حَرْبٍ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ، تَخْتَرِقْهُ قَوْسُ النُّحَاسِ. | ٢٤ |
25 He draweth it, and it cometh out of the body; yea, out of his gall the glittering [arrow] cometh forth: over him come the terrors [of death].
| اخْتَرَقَتْهُ عَمِيقاً وَخَرَجَتْ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ، وَنَفَذَ حَدُّهَا اللّامِعُ مِنْ مَرَارَتِهِ، وَحَلَّ بِهِ رُعْبٌ. | ٢٥ |
26 Entire darkness is laid by for his treasures: a fire not urged by blowing will consume him; it will destroy any one that is left in his tent.
| كُلُّ ظُلْمَةٍ تَتَرَبَّصُ بِذَخَائِرِهِ، وَتَأْكُلُهُ نَارٌ لَمْ تُنْفَخْ، وَتَلْتَهِمُ مَا بَقِيَ مِنْ خَيْمَتِهِ. | ٢٦ |
27 The heavens will lay open his iniquity; and the earth will raise herself up against him.
| تَفْضَحُ السَّمَاوَاتُ إِثْمَهُ، وَتَتَمَرَّدُ الأَرْضُ عَلَيْهِ، | ٢٧ |
28 The product of his house will be banished, flowing away on the day of his wrath.
| تَفْنَى مُدَّخَرَاتُ بَيْتِهِ وَتحْتَرِقُ فِي يَوْمِ غَضَبِ الرَّبِّ. | ٢٨ |
29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and his decreed heritage from God.
| هَذَا هُوَ الْمَصِيرُ الَّذِي يُعِدُّهُ اللهُ للأَشْرَارِ، وَالْمِيرَاثُ الَّذِي كَتَبَهُ اللهُ لَهُمْ». | ٢٩ |
