Job 4
1 Then spake Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:
| فَأَجَابَ أَلِيفَازُ التَّيْمَانِيُّ: | ١ |
2 If one attempt a word with thee, wilt thou be offended? But who can refrain from speaking?
| «إِنْ جَازَفَ أَحَدٌ وَوَجَّهَ إِلَيْكَ كَلِمَةً فَهَلْ يَشُقُّ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْكَ؟ وَلَكِنْ مَنْ يَسْتَطِيعُ الامْتِنَاعَ عَنِ الْكَلامِ؟ | ٢ |
3 Behold, thou hast admonished many; Thou hast strengthened feeble hands;
| لَكَمْ أَرْشَدْتَ كَثِيرِينَ وَشَدَّدْتَ أَيَادِيَ مُرْتَخِيَةً. | ٣ |
4 Thy words have upheld him that was falling, And thou hast given strength to feeble knees.
| وَلَكَمْ أَنْهَضَ كَلامُكَ الْعَاثِرَ، وَثَبَّتَّ الرُّكَبَ الْمُرْتَعِشَةَ! | ٤ |
5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; It toucheth thee, and thou art confounded!
| وَالآنَ إِذْ دَاهَمَكَ الْكَرْبُ اعْتَرَاكَ السَّأَمُ، وَإِذْ مَسَّكَ سَاوَرَكَ الرُّعْبُ. | ٥ |
6 Is not thy fear of God thy hope, And the uprightness of thy ways thy confidence?
| أَلَيْسَتْ تَقْوَاكَ هِيَ مُعْتَمَدُكَ، وَكَمَالُ طُرُقِكَ هُوَ رَجَاؤُكَ؟ | ٦ |
7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished being innocent? Or where have the righteous been cut off?
| اذْكُرْ. هَلْ هَلَكَ أَحَدٌ وَهُوَ بَرِيءٌ؟ أَوْ أَيْنَ أُبِيدَ الصَّالِحُونَ؟ | ٧ |
8 According to what I have seen, they who plough iniquity, And sow mischief, reap the same.
| بَلْ كَمَا شَاهَدْتَ فَإِنَّ الْحَارِثِينَ إِثْماً، وَالزَّارِعِينَ شَقَاوَةً، هُمْ يَحْصُدُونَهُمَا، | ٨ |
9 By the blast of God they perish, And by the breath of his nostrils they are consumed.
| وَبِنَسَمَةِ اللهِ يَفْنَوْنَ وَبِعَاصِفَةِ غَضَبِهِ يَهْلِكُونَ. | ٩ |
10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions are broken.
| قَدْ يَزْأَرُ الأَسَدُ وَيُزَمْجِرُ اللَّيْثُ، وَلَكِنْ أَنْيَابُ الأَشْبَالِ تَهَشَّمَتْ. | ١٠ |
11 The fierce lion perisheth for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.
| يَهْلِكُ اللَّيْثُ لِتَعَذُّرِ وُجُودِ الْفَرِيسَةِ، وَتَتَشَتَّتُ أَشْبَالُ اللَّبُؤَةِ. | ١١ |
12 A word was once secretly brought to me, And mine ear caught a whisper thereof.
| ذَاتَ مَرَّةٍ أُسِرَّ إِلَيَّ بِكَلِمَةٍ، فَتَلَقَّفَتْ أُذُنِي مِنْهَا هَمْساً | ١٢ |
13 Amid thoughts from visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth upon men,
| فَفِي غَمْرَةِ الْهَوَاجِسِ، فِي رُؤَى اللَّيْلِ، عِنْدَمَا طَغَى السُّبَاتُ عَلَى النَّاسِ، | ١٣ |
14 A fear and a horror came upon me, Which made all my bones to shake.
| انْتَابَنِي رُعْبٌ وَرَعْدَةٌ أَرْجَفَا عِظَامِي، | ١٤ |
15 Then a spirit passed before my face, The hair of my flesh rose on end;
| وَخَطَرَتْ رُوحٌ أَمَامَ وَجْهِي، فَاقْشَعَرَّ شَعْرُ جَسَدِي. | ١٥ |
16 It stood still, but its form I could not discern; An image was before mine eyes; There was silence, and I heard a voice:
| ثُمَّ وَقَفَتْ، غَيْرَ أَنِّي لَمْ أَتَبَيَّنْ مَلامِحَهَا. تَمَاثَلَ لِي شَكْلٌ مَا، وَبَعْدَ صَمْتٍ سَمِعْتُ صَوْتاً مُنْخَفِضاً يَقُولُ: | ١٦ |
17 “Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall man be more pure than his Maker?
| أَيُمْكِنُ أَنْ يَكُونَ الإِنْسَانُ أَبَرَّ مِنَ اللهِ، أَمِ الرَّجُلُ أَطْهَرَ مِنْ خَالِقِهِ؟ | ١٧ |
18 Behold, he putteth no trust in his ministering spirits, And his angels he chargeth with frailty.
| هَا إِنَّهُ لَا يَأْتَمِنُ عَبِيدَهُ، وَإِلَى مَلائِكَتِهِ يَنْسِبُ حَمَاقَةً، | ١٨ |
19 What then are they who dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who crumble to pieces, as if moth-eaten!
| فَكَمْ بِالْحَرِيِّ الْمَخْلُوقُونَ مِنْ طِينٍ، الَّذِينَ أَسَاسُهُمْ فِي التُّرَابِ، وَيُسْحَقُونَ مِثْلَ الْعُثِّ؟ | ١٩ |
20 Between morning and evening are they destroyed; They perish for ever, and none regardeth it.
| يَتَحَطَّمُونَ بَيْنَ صَبَاحٍ وَمَسَاءٍ، وَيَبِيدُونَ إِلَى الأَبَدِ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَنْتَبِهَ لَهُمْ أَحَدٌ. | ٢٠ |
21 The excellency that is in them is torn away; They die before they have become wise.”
| أَلا تُنْتَزَعُ مِنهُمْ حِبَالُ خِيَامِهِمْ وَيَمُوتُون مِنْ غَيْرِ حِكْمَةٍ؟ | ٢١ |
