Job 15
1 And Eliphaz the Temanite answers and says:
| فَقَالَ أَلِيفَازُ التَّيْمَانِيُّ: | ١ |
2 “Does a wise man answer [with] vain knowledge? And fill his belly [with] an east wind?
| «أَلَعَلَّ الْحَكِيمَ يُجِيبُ عَنْ مَعْرِفَةٍ بَاطِلَةٍ وَيَنْفُخُ بَطْنَهُ بِرِيحٍ شَرْقِيَّةٍ، | ٢ |
3 To reason with a word not useful? And speeches—no profit in them?
| فَيَحْتَجَّ بِكَلامٍ أَجْوَفَ وَبِأَقْوَالٍ خَرْقَاءَ؟ | ٣ |
4 Indeed, you make reverence void, and diminish meditation before God.
| أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَإِنَّكَ تَطْرَحُ جَانِباً مَخَافَةَ اللهِ وَتَنْقُضُ عِبَادَتَهُ. | ٤ |
5 For your mouth teaches your iniquity, And you choose the tongue of the cunning.
| كَلامُكَ يُقِرُّ بِإِثْمِكَ، وَأَنْتَ تُؤْثِرُ أُسْلُوبَ الْمُنَافِقِينَ. | ٥ |
6 Your mouth declares you wicked, and not I, And your lips testify against you.
| فَمُكَ يَدِينُكَ، لَا أَنَا، شَفَتَاكَ تَشْهَدَانِ عَلَيْكَ. | ٦ |
7 Are you the first man born? And were you formed before the heights?
| أَلَعَلَّكَ وُلِدْتَ أَوَّلَ النَّاسِ، أَوْ كُوِّنْتَ قَبْلَ التِّلالِ؟ | ٧ |
8 Do you hear of the secret counsel of God? And withdraw wisdom to you?
| هَلْ تَنَصَّتَّ فِي مَجْلِسِ اللهِ، فَقَصَرْتَ الْحِكْمَةَ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ؟ | ٨ |
9 What have you known, and we do not know? [What] do you understand, and it is not with us?
| أَيُّ شَيْءٍ تَعْرِفُهُ وَنَحْنُ نَجْهَلُهُ؟ وَأَيُّ شَيْءٍ تَفْهَمُهُ وَنَحْنُ لَا نَمْلِكُ إِدْرَاكَهُ؟ | ٩ |
10 Both the gray-headed And the very aged [are] among us—Greater than your father [in] days.
| رُبَّ شَيْخٍ وَأَشْيَبَ بَيْنَنَا أَكْبَرَ سِنّاً مِنْ أَبِيكَ. | ١٠ |
11 Are the comforts of God too few for you? And a gentle word [is] with you,
| أَيَسِيرَةٌ عَلَيْكَ تَعْزِيَاتُ اللهِ؟ حَتَّى هَذِهِ الْكَلِمَاتُ الَّتِي خُوطِبْتَ بِها بِرِفْقٍ؟ | ١١ |
12 Why does your heart take you away? And why are your eyes high?
| لِمَاذَا يَسْتَهْوِيكَ قَلْبُكَ وَتَتَوَهَّجُ عَيْنَاكَ، | ١٢ |
13 Do you turn your spirit against God? And have brought out words from your mouth:
| حَتَّى تَنْفُثَ غَضَبَكَ ضِدَّ اللهِ، وَيَصْدُرَ عَنْ فَمِكَ مِثْلُ هَذِهِ الأَقْوَالِ؟ | ١٣ |
14 What [is] man that he is pure, And that he is righteous, one born of woman?
| مَنْ هُوَ الإِنْسَانُ حَتَّى يَزْكُوَ أَوْ مَوْلُودُ الْمَرْأَةِ حَتَّى يَتَبَرَّرَ؟ | ١٤ |
15 Behold, He puts no credence in His holy ones, And the heavens have not been pure in His eyes.
| فَإِنْ كَانَ اللهُ لَا يَأْتَمِنُ قِدِّيسِيهِ، وَالسَّمَاوَاتُ غَيْرَ طَاهِرَةٍ لَدَيْهِ، | ١٥ |
16 Also—surely abominable and filthy Is man drinking perverseness as water.
| فَكَمْ بِالأَحْرَى يَكُونُ الإِنْسَانُ الشَّارِبُ الإِثْمَ كَالْمَاءِ مَكْرُوهاً وَفَاسِداً! | ١٦ |
17 I show you—listen to me—And this I have seen and declare,
| دَعْنِي أُبَيِّنُ لَكَ، وَاسْمَعْ لِي لأُحَدِّثَكَ بِمَا رَأَيْتُهُ، | ١٧ |
18 Which the wise declare—And have not hid—from their fathers.
| وَبِمَا أَخْبَرَ بِهِ حُكَمَاءُ عَنْ آبَائِهِمْ وَلَمْ يَكْتُمُوهُ، | ١٨ |
19 To them alone was the land given, And a stranger did not pass over into their midst:
| الَّذِينَ لَهُمْ وَحْدَهُمْ وُهِبَتِ الأَرْضُ وَلَمْ يَدْخُلْ بَيْنَهُمْ غَرِيبٌ. | ١٩ |
20 All [the] days of the wicked he is paining himself, And few years have been laid up for the terrible one.
| يَتَلَوَّى الشِّرِّيرُ أَلَماً كُلَّ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِهِ، وَمَعْدُودَةٌ هِيَ سِنُو الْجَائِرِ. | ٢٠ |
21 A fearful voice [is] in his ears, In peace a destroyer comes to him.
| يَضِجُّ صَوْتٌ مُرْعِبٌ فِي أُذُنَيْهِ، وَفِي أَوَانِ السَّلامِ يُفَاجِئُهُ الْمُخَرِّبُ. | ٢١ |
22 He does not believe to return from darkness, And he watches for the sword.
| لَا يَأْمُلُ الرُّجُوعَ مِنَ الظُّلُمَاتِ، وَمَصِيرُهُ الْهَلاكُ بِالسَّيْفِ. | ٢٢ |
23 He is wandering for bread: Where [is] it? He has known that ready at his hand Is a day of darkness.
| يَهِيمُ بَحْثاً عَنْ لُقْمَةِ الْعَيْشِ، وَهُوَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّ يَوْمَ الظُّلْمَةِ آتٍ وَشِيكاً. | ٢٣ |
24 Adversity and distress terrify him, They prevail over him as a king ready for a boaster.
| يُرْهِبُهُ الضِّيقُ وَالضَّنْكُ، وَيَطْغَيَانِ عَلَيْهِ كَمَلِكٍ مُتَأَهِّبٍ لِلْحَرْبِ. | ٢٤ |
25 For he stretched out his hand against God, And against the Mighty he makes himself mighty.
| لأَنَّهُ هَزَّ قَبْضَتَهُ مُتَحَدِّياً اللهَ، وَعَلَى الْقَدِيرِ يَتَجَبَّرُ، | ٢٥ |
26 He runs to Him with a neck, With thick bosses of his shields.
| وَأَغَارَ عَلَيْهِ بِعِنَادٍ مُتَصَلِّفٍ، بِمَجَانٍّ غَلِيظَةٍ مَتِينَةٍ. | ٢٦ |
27 For he has covered his face with his fat, And makes vigor over [his] confidence.
| وَمَعَ أَنَّهُ كَسَا وَجْهَهُ سَمْناً، وَغَشَّى الشَّحْمُ كُلْيَتَيْهِ. | ٢٧ |
28 And he inhabits cities cut off, houses not dwelt in, That have been ready to become heaps.
| فَإِنَّهُ يُقِيمُ فِي مُدُنٍ خَرِبَةٍ وَبُيُوتٍ مَهْجُورَةٍ عَتِيدَةٍ أَنْ تُصْبِحَ رُكَاماً. | ٢٨ |
29 He is not rich, nor does his wealth rise, Nor does he stretch out their continuance on earth.
| يَفْقِدُ غِنَاهُ، وَتَتَبَخَّرُ ثَرْوَتُهُ، وَلا يَثْبُتُ لَهُ فِي الأَرْضِ مُقْتَنىً. | ٢٩ |
30 He does not turn aside from darkness, A flame dries up his tender branch, And he turns aside at the breath of His mouth!
| تَكْتَنِفُهُ دَائِماً الظُّلْمَةُ، وتُيَبِّسُ النَّارُ أَغْصَانَهُ، وَتُزِيلُهُ نَفْخَةٌ مِنْ فَمِ الرَّبِّ. | ٣٠ |
31 Do not let him put credence in vanity, He has been deceived, For vanity is his exchange.
| لَا يَخْدَعَنَّ نَفْسَهُ بِاتِّكَالِهِ عَلَى السُّوءِ، لأَنَّ السُّوءَ يَكُونُ جَزَاءَهُ. | ٣١ |
32 It is not completed in his day, And his bending branch is not green.
| يَسْتَوْفِيهِ كَامِلاً قَبْلَ يَوْمِهِ، وَتَكُونُ (حَيَاتُهُ) كَسُعُفٍ يَابِسَةٍ. | ٣٢ |
33 He shakes off his unripe fruit as a vine, And casts off his blossom as an olive.
| وَكَكَرْمَةٍ تَسَاقَطَتْ عَنَاقِيدُ حِصْرِمِهَا، وَتَنَاثَرَ زَهْرُهَا كَالزَّيْتُونِ، | ٣٣ |
34 For the company of the profane [is] barren, And fire has consumed tents of bribery.
| لأَنَّ جَمَاعَةَ الْفُجَّارِ عَقِيمُونَ، وَالنَّارُ تَلْتَهِمُ خِيَامَ الْمُرْتَشِينَ. | ٣٤ |
35 To conceive misery, and to bear iniquity, Even their heart prepares deceit.”
| حَبِلُوا شَقَاوَةً وَأَنْجَبُوا إِثْماً، وَوَلَدَتْ بُطُونُهُمْ غِشّاً». | ٣٥ |
