Job 22
1 And Eliphaz the Temanite answers and says:
| فَأَجَابَ أَلِيفَازُ ٱلتَّيْمَانِيُّ وَقَالَ: | ١ |
2 “Is a man profitable to God, Because a wise man is profitable to himself?
| «هَلْ يَنْفَعُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ ٱللهَ؟ بَلْ يَنْفَعُ نَفْسَهُ ٱلْفَطِنُ! | ٢ |
3 Is it a delight to the Mighty One That you are righteous? Is it gain, That you make your ways perfect?
| هَلْ مِنْ مَسَرَّةٍ لِلْقَدِيرِ إِذَا تَبَرَّرْتَ، أَوْ مِنْ فَائِدَةٍ إِذَا قَوَّمْتَ طُرُقَكَ؟ | ٣ |
4 Because of your reverence Does He reason [with] you? He enters with you into judgment:
| هَلْ عَلَى تَقْوَاكَ يُوَبِّخُكَ، أَوْ يَدْخُلُ مَعَكَ فِي ٱلْمُحَاكَمَةِ؟ | ٤ |
5 Is your wickedness not abundant? And there is no end to your iniquities.
| أَلَيْسَ شَرُّكَ عَظِيمًا، وَآثَامُكَ لَا نِهَايَةَ لَهَا؟ | ٥ |
6 For you take a pledge of your brother for nothing, And you strip off the garments of the naked.
| لِأَنَّكَ ٱرْتَهَنْتَ أَخَاكَ بِلَا سَبَبٍ، وَسَلَبْتَ ثِيَابَ ٱلْعُرَاةِ. | ٦ |
7 You do not cause the weary to drink water, And you withhold bread from the hungry.
| مَاءً لَمْ تَسْقِ ٱلْعَطْشَانَ، وَعَنِ ٱلْجَوْعَانِ مَنَعْتَ خُبْزًا. | ٧ |
8 As for the man of arm—he has the earth, And the accepted of face—he dwells in it.
| أَمَّا صَاحِبُ ٱلْقُوَّةِ فَلَهُ ٱلْأَرْضُ، وَٱلْمُتَرَفِّعُ ٱلْوَجْهِ سَاكِنٌ فِيهَا. | ٨ |
9 You have sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless are bruised.
| ٱلْأَرَامِلَ أَرْسَلْتَ خَالِيَاتٍ، وَذِرَاعُ ٱلْيَتَامَى ٱنْسَحَقَتْ. | ٩ |
10 Therefore snares [are] all around you, And sudden fear troubles you.
| لِأَجْلِ ذَلِكَ حَوَالَيْكَ فِخَاخٌ، وَيُرِيعُكَ رُعْبٌ بَغْتَةً | ١٠ |
11 Or darkness—you do not see, And abundance of waters covers you.
| أَوْ ظُلْمَةٌ فَلَا تَرَى، وَفَيْضُ ٱلْمِيَاهِ يُغَطِّيكَ. | ١١ |
12 Is God not high [in] the heavens? And see the summit of the stars, That they are high.
| «هُوَذَا ٱللهُ فِي عُلُوِّ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ. وَٱنْظُرْ رَأْسَ ٱلْكَوَاكِبِ مَا أَعْلَاهُ! | ١٢ |
13 And you have said, How has God known? Does He judge through thickness?
| فَقُلْتَ: كَيْفَ يَعْلَمُ ٱللهُ؟ هَلْ مِنْ وَرَاءِ ٱلضَّبَابِ يَقْضِي؟ | ١٣ |
14 Thick clouds [are] a secret place to Him, And He does not see, And He habitually walks [above] the circle of the heavens.
| ٱلسَّحَابُ سِتْرٌ لَهُ فَلَا يُرَى، وَعَلَى دَائِرَةِ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ يَتَمَشَّى. | ١٤ |
15 Do you observe the path of the age, That men of iniquity have trodden,
| هَلْ تَحْفَظُ طَرِيقَ ٱلْقِدَمِ ٱلَّذِي دَاسَهُ رِجَالُ ٱلْإِثْمِ، | ١٥ |
16 Who have been cut down unexpectedly? A flood is poured out on their foundation.
| ٱلَّذِينَ قُبِضَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَبْلَ ٱلْوَقْتِ؟ ٱلْغَمْرُ ٱنْصَبَّ عَلَى أَسَاسِهِمِ. | ١٦ |
17 Those saying to God, Turn aside from us, And what does the Mighty One do to them?
| ٱلْقَائِلِينَ لِلهِ: ٱبْعُدْ عَنَّا. وَمَاذَا يَفْعَلُ ٱلْقَدِيرُ لَهُمْ؟ | ١٧ |
18 And He has filled their houses [with] good (And the counsel of the wicked Has been far from me).
| وَهُوَ قَدْ مَلَأَ بُيُوتَهُمْ خَيْرًا. لِتَبْعُدْ عَنِّي مَشُورَةُ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ. | ١٨ |
19 The righteous see and they rejoice, And the innocent mocks at them:
| ٱلْأَبْرَارُ يَنْظُرُونَ وَيَفْرَحُونَ، وَٱلْبَرِيءُ يَسْتَهْزِئُ بِهِمْ قَائِلِينَ: | ١٩ |
20 Surely our substance has not been cut off, And fire has consumed their excellence.
| أَلَمْ يُبَدْ مُقَاوِمُونَا، وَبَقِيَّتُهُمْ قَدْ أَكَلَتْهَا ٱلنَّارُ؟ | ٢٠ |
21 Now acquaint yourself with Him, and be at peace, Thereby your increase [is] good.
| «تَعَرَّفْ بِهِ وَٱسْلَمْ. بِذَلِكَ يَأْتِيكَ خَيْرٌ. | ٢١ |
22 Please receive a law from His mouth, And set His sayings in your heart.
| ٱقْبَلِ ٱلشَّرِيعَةَ مِنْ فِيهِ، وَضَعْ كَلَامَهُ فِي قَلْبِكَ. | ٢٢ |
23 If you return to the Mighty you are built up, You put iniquity far from your tents.
| إِنْ رَجَعْتَ إِلَى ٱلْقَدِيرِ تُبْنَى. إِنْ أَبْعَدْتَ ظُلْمًا مِنْ خَيْمَتِكَ، | ٢٣ |
24 So as to set a defense on the dust, And a covering on a rock of the valleys.
| وَأَلْقَيْتَ ٱلتِّبْرَ عَلَى ٱلتُّرَابِ وَذَهَبَ أُوفِيرَ بَيْنَ حَصَا ٱلْأَوْدِيَةِ. | ٢٤ |
25 And the Mighty has been your defense, And silver [is] strength to you.
| يَكُونُ ٱلْقَدِيرُ تِبْرَكَ وَفِضَّةَ أَتْعَابٍ لَكَ، | ٢٥ |
26 For then you delight yourself on the Mighty, And lift up your face to God,
| لِأَنَّكَ حِينَئِذٍ تَتَلَذَّذُ بِٱلْقَدِيرِ وَتَرْفَعُ إِلَى ٱللهِ وَجْهَكَ. | ٢٦ |
27 You make supplication to Him, And He hears you, And you complete your vows.
| تُصَلِّي لَهُ فَيَسْتَمِعُ لَكَ، وَنُذُورُكَ تُوفِيهَا. | ٢٧ |
28 And you decree a saying, And it is established to you, And light has shone on your ways.
| وَتَجْزِمُ أَمْرًا فَيُثَبَّتُ لَكَ، وَعَلَى طُرُقِكَ يُضِيءُ نُورٌ. | ٢٨ |
29 For they have made low, And you say, Lift up. And He saves the bowed down of eyes.
| إِذَا وُضِعُوا تَقُولُ: رَفْعٌ. وَيُخَلِّصُ ٱلْمُنْخَفِضَ ٱلْعَيْنَيْنِ. | ٢٩ |
30 He delivers the one [who is] not innocent, Indeed, he has been delivered By the cleanness of your hands.”
| يُنَجِّي غَيْرَ ٱلْبَرِيءِ وَيُنْجَى بِطَهَارَةِ يَدَيْكَ». | ٣٠ |
