Job 20

1 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,

١ فَأَجَابَ صُوفَرُ ٱلنَّعْمَاتِيُّ وَقَالَ:

2 "Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, even by reason of my haste that is in me.

٢ «مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ هَوَاجِسِي تُجِيبُنِي، وَلِهَذَا هَيَجَانِي فِيَّ.

3 I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame. The spirit of my understanding answers me.

٣ تَعْيِيرَ تَوْبِيخِي أَسْمَعُ. وَرُوحٌ مِنْ فَهْمِي يُجِيبُنِي.

4 Do you not know this from old time, since humankind was placed on earth,

٤ «أَمَا عَلِمْتَ هَذَا مِنَ ٱلْقَدِيمِ، مُنْذُ وُضِعَ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ،

5 that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?

٥ أَنَّ هُتَافَ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ مِنْ قَرِيبٍ، وَفَرَحَ ٱلْفَاجِرِ إِلَى لَحْظَةٍ!

6 Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds,

٦ وَلَوْ بَلَغَ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ طُولُهُ، وَمَسَّ رَأْسُهُ ٱلسَّحَابَ،

7 yet he shall perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him shall say, 'Where is he?'

٧ كَجُلَّتِهِ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ يَبِيدُ. ٱلَّذِينَ رَأَوْهُ يَقُولُونَ: أَيْنَ هُوَ؟

8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found. Yes, he shall be chased away like a vision of the night.

٨ كَٱلْحُلْمِ يَطِيرُ فَلَا يُوجَدُ، وَيُطْرَدُ كَطَيْفِ ٱللَّيْلِ.

9 The eye which saw him shall see him no more, neither shall his place any more see him.

٩ عَيْنٌ أَبْصَرَتْهُ لَا تَعُودُ تَرَاهُ، وَمَكَانُهُ لَنْ يَرَاهُ بَعْدُ.

10 His children shall seek the favor of the poor. His hands shall give back his wealth.

١٠ بَنُوهُ يَتَرَضَّوْنَ ٱلْفُقَرَاءَ، وَيَدَاهُ تَرُدَّانِ ثَرْوَتَهُ.

11 His bones are full of his youth, but youth shall lie down with him in the dust.

١١ عِظَامُهُ مَلآنَةٌ شَبِيبَةً، وَمَعَهُ فِي ٱلتُّرَابِ تَضْطَجِعُ.

12 "Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue,

١٢ إِنْ حَلَا فِي فَمِهِ ٱلشَّرُّ، وَأَخْفَاهُ تَحْتَ لِسَانِهِ،

13 though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth;

١٣ أَشْفَقَ عَلَيْهِ وَلَمْ يَتْرُكْهُ، بَلْ حَبَسَهُ وَسَطَ حَنَكِهِ،

14 yet his food in his bowels is turned. It is cobra venom within him.

١٤ فَخُبْزُهُ فِي أَمْعَائِهِ يَتَحَوَّلُ، مَرَارَةَ أَصْلَالٍ فِي بَطْنِهِ.

15 He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly.

١٥ قَدْ بَلَعَ ثَرْوَةً فَيَتَقَيَّأُهَا. ٱللهُ يَطْرُدُهَا مِنْ بَطْنِهِ.

16 He shall suck cobra venom. The viper's tongue shall kill him.

١٦ سَمَّ ٱلْأَصْلَالِ يَرْضَعُ. يَقْتُلُهُ لِسَانُ ٱلْأَفْعَى.

17 He shall not look at the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter.

١٧ لَا يَرَى ٱلْجَدَاوِلَ أَنْهَارَ سَوَاقِيَ عَسَلٍ وَلَبَنٍ.

18 That for which he labored he shall restore, and shall not swallow it down. According to the substance that he has gotten, he shall not rejoice.

١٨ يَرُدُّ تَعَبَهُ وَلَا يَبْلَعُهُ. كَمَالٍ تَحْتَ رَجْعٍ. وَلَا يَفْرَحُ.

19 For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.

١٩ لِأَنَّهُ رَضَّضَ ٱلْمَسَاكِينَ، وَتَرَكَهُمْ، وَٱغْتَصَبَ بَيْتًا وَلَمْ يَبْنِهِ.

20 "Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save anything of that in which he delights.

٢٠ لِأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَعْرِفْ فِي بَطْنِهِ قَنَاعَةً، لَا يَنْجُو بِمُشْتَهَاهُ.

21 There was nothing left that he did not devour, therefore his prosperity shall not endure.

٢١ لَيْسَتْ مِنْ أَكْلِهِ بَقِيَّةٌ، لِأَجْلِ ذَلِكَ لَا يَدُومُ خَيْرُهُ.

22 In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress shall overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery shall come on him.

٢٢ مَعَ مِلْءِ رَغْدِهِ يَتَضَايَقُ. تَأْتِي عَلَيْهِ يَدُ كُلِّ شَقِيٍّ.

23 When he is about to fill his belly, he will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating.

٢٣ يَكُونُ عِنْدَمَا يَمْلَأُ بَطْنَهُ، أَنَّ ٱللهَ يُرْسِلُ عَلَيْهِ حُمُوَّ غَضَبِهِ، وَيُمْطِرُهُ عَلَيْهِ عِنْدَ طَعَامِهِ.

24 He shall flee from the iron weapon. The bronze arrow shall strike him through.

٢٤ يَفِرُّ مِنْ سِلَاحِ حَدِيدٍ. تَخْرِقُهُ قَوْسُ نُحَاسٍ.

25 He draws it forth, and it comes out of his body. Yes, the glittering point comes out of his liver. Terrors are on him.

٢٥ جَذَبَهُ فَخَرَجَ مِنْ بَطْنِهِ، وَٱلْبَارِقُ مِنْ مَرَارَتِهِ مَرَقَ. عَلَيْهِ رُعُوبٌ.

26 All darkness is laid up for his treasures. An unfanned fire shall devour him. It shall consume that which is left in his tent.

٢٦ كُلُّ ظُلْمَةٍ مُخْتَبَأَةٌ لِذَخَائِرِهِ. تَأْكُلُهُ نَارٌ لَمْ تُنْفَخْ. تَرْعَى ٱلْبَقِيَّةَ فِي خَيْمَتِهِ.

27 The heavens shall reveal his iniquity. The earth shall rise up against him.

٢٧ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتُ تُعْلِنُ إِثْمَهُ، وَٱلْأَرْضُ تَنْهَضُ عَلَيْهِ.

28 The increase of his house shall depart. They shall rush away in the day of his wrath.

٢٨ تَزُولُ غَلَّةُ بَيْتِهِ. تُهْرَاقُ فِي يَوْمِ غَضَبِهِ.

29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the heritage appointed to him by God."

٢٩ هَذَا نَصِيبُ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ ٱلشِّرِّيرِ مِنْ عِنْدِ ٱللهِ، وَمِيرَاثُ أَمْرِهِ مِنَ ٱلْقَدِيرِ».