< Job 22 >

1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
أَلِيفَازُ١
2 "Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
«أَيَنْفَعُ الإِنْسَانُ اللهَ؟ إِنَّمَا الْحَكِيمُ يَنْفَعُ نَفْسَهُ!٢
3 Is it any pleasure to Shaddai, that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him, that you make your ways perfect?
هَلْ بِرُّكَ مَدْعَاةٌ لِمَسَرَّةِ الْقَدِيرِ؟ وَأَيُّ كَسْبٍ لَهُ إِنْ كُنْتَ زَكِيًّا؟٣
4 Is it for your piety that he reproves you, that he enters with you into judgment?
أَمِنْ أَجْلِ تَقْوَاكَ يُوَبِّخُكَ وَيَدْخُلُ فِي مُحَاكَمَةٍ مَعَكَ؟٤
5 Isn't your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities.
أَوَ لَيْسَ إِثْمُكَ عَظِيماً؟ أَوَلَيْسَتْ خَطَايَاكَ لَا مُتَنَاهِيَةً؟٥
6 For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
لَقَدِ ارْتَهَنْتَ أَخَاكَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ، وَجَرَّدْتَ الْعُرَاةَ مِنْ ثِيَابِهِمْ.٦
7 You haven't given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.
لَمْ تَسْقِ الْمُعْيِيَ مَاءً، وَمَنَعْتَ عَنِ الْجَائِعِ طَعَامَكَ.٧
8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honorable man, he lived in it.
صَاحِبُ الْقُوَّةِ اسْتَحْوَذَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ، وَذُو الْحُظْوَةِ أَقَامَ فِيهَا.٨
9 You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
أَرْسَلْتَ الأَرَامِلَ فَارِغَاتٍ وَحَطَّمْتَ أَذْرُعَ الْيَتَامَى،٩
10 Therefore snares are around you. Sudden fear troubles you,
لِذَلِكَ أَحْدَقَتْ بِكَ الْفِخَاخُ وَطَغَى عَلَيْكَ رُعْبٌ مُفَاجِئٌ.١٠
11 or darkness, so that you can not see, and floods of waters cover you.
اظْلَمَّ نُورُكَ فَلَمْ تَعُدْ تُبْصِرُ، وَغَمَرَكَ فَيَضَانُ مَاءٍ.١١
12 "Isn't God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are.
أَلَيْسَ اللهُ فِي أَعَالِي السَّمَاوَاتِ، يُعَايِنُ النُّجُومَ مَهْمَا تَسَامَتْ؟١٢
13 You say, 'What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
وَمَعَ هَذَا فَأَنْتَ تَقُولُ: مَاذَا يَعْلَمُ اللهُ؟ أَمِنْ خَلْفِ الضَّبَابِ يَدِينُ؟١٣
14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn't see. He walks on the vault of the sky.'
إِنَّ الْغُيُومَ الْمُتَكَاثِفَةَ تُغَلِّفُهُ فَلا يَرَى، وَعَلَى قُبَّةِ السَّمَاءِ يَخْطُو.١٤
15 Will you keep the old way, which wicked men have trodden,
هَلْ تَظَلُّ مُلْتَزِماً بِالسَّيْرِ فِي الطَّرِيقِ الَّتِي سَلَكَهَا الأَشْرَارُ؟١٥
16 who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
الَّذِينَ قُرِضُوا قَبْلَ أَوَانِهِمْ، وَجُرِفُوا مِنْ أَسَاسِهِمْ،١٦
17 who said to God, 'Depart from us;' and, 'What can Shaddai do for us?'
قَائِلِينَ لِلهِ: فَارِقْنَا. وَمَاذَا فِي وُسْعِ اللهِ أَنْ يَفْعَلَ بِهِمْ؟١٧
18 Yet he filled their houses with good things, but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
مَعَ أَنَّ اللهَ غَمَرَ بُيُوتَهُمْ بِالْخَيْرَاتِ، فَلْتَبْعُدْ عَنِّي مَشُورَةُ الأَشْرَارِ.١٨
19 The righteous see it, and are glad. The innocent ridicule them,
يَشْهَدُ الصِّدِّيقُونَ (عِقَابَ الأَشْرَارِ) وَيَفْرَحُونَ، وَالأَبْرِيَاءُ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ قَائِلِينَ:١٩
20 saying, 'Surely those who rose up against us are cut off. The fire has consumed the remnant of them.'
قَدْ بَادَ مُقَاوِمُونَا، وَمَا تَبَقَّى مِنْهُمُ الْتَهَمَتْهُ النِّيرَانُ.٢٠
21 "Acquaint yourself with him, now, and be at peace. Thereby good shall come to you.
اسْتَسْلِمْ إِلَى اللهِ، وَتَصَالَحْ مَعَهُ فَيُصِيبَكَ خَيْرٌ.٢١
22 Please receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.
تَقَبَّلِ الشَّرِيعَةَ مِنْ فَمِهِ، وَأَوْدِعْ كَلامَهُ فِي قَلْبِكَ.٢٢
23 If you return to Shaddai, you shall be built up, if you put away unrighteousness far from your tents.
إِنْ رَجَعْتَ إِلَى الْقَدِيرِ وَاتَّضَعْتَ، وَإِنْ طَرَحْتَ الإِثْمَ بَعِيداً عَنْ خِيَامِكَ،٢٣
24 Lay your treasure in the dust, the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.
وَوَضَعْتَ ذَهَبَكَ فِي التُّرَابِ، وَتِبْرَ أُوفِيرَ بَيْنَ حَصَى الْوَادِي،٢٤
25 Shaddai will be your treasure, and precious silver to you.
وَإِنْ أَصْبَحَ الْقَدِيرُ ذَهَبَكَ وَفِضَّتَكَ الثَّمِينَةَ،٢٥
26 For then you will delight yourself in Shaddai, and shall lift up your face to God.
عِنْدَئِذٍ تَتَلَذَّذُ نَفْسُكَ بِالْقَدِيرِ، وَيَرْتَفِعُ وَجْهُكَ نَحْوَ اللهِ.٢٦
27 You shall make your prayer to him, and he will hear you. You shall pay your vows.
تُصَلِّي إِلَيْهِ فَيَسْتَجِيبُ، وَتُوْفِي نُذُورَكَ،٢٧
28 And you will also decree a thing, and it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways.
وَيَتَحَقَّقُ لَكَ مَا تَعْزِمُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَمْرٍ، وَيُضِيءُ نُورٌ عَلَى سُبُلِكَ٢٨
29 When they cast down, you shall say, 'be lifted up.' And he will save the humble.
حَقّاً إِنَّ اللهَ يُذِلُّ الْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ وَيُنْقِذُ الْمُتَوَاضِعِينَ،٢٩
30 He will even deliver him who is not innocent. Yes, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of your hands."
وَيُنَجِّي حَتَّى الْمُذْنِبَ بِفَضْلِ طَهَارَةِ قَلْبِكَ».٣٠

< Job 22 >