Job 18

1 Then responded Bildad the Shuhite, and said: —

١ فَقَالَ بِلْدَدُ الشُّوحِيُّ:

2 How long will ye make a perversion of words? Ye should understand, and, afterwards, we could speak.

٢ «مَتَى تَكُفُّ عَنْ تَرْدِيدِ هَذِهِ الْكَلِمَاتِ؟ تَعَقَّلْ ثُمَّ نَتَكَلَّمُ.

3 Wherefore are we accounted like beasts? or appear stupid, in thine eyes?

٣ لِمَاذَا تَعْتَبِرُنَا كَالْبَهِيمَةِ وَحَمْقَى فِي عَيْنَيْكَ؟

4 One tearing in pieces his own soul in his anger, —For thy sake, shall the earth be forsaken? or the rock be moved out of its place?

٤ يَا مَنْ تُمَزِّقُ نَفْسَكَ إِرْباً غَيْظاً، هَلْ تُهْجَرُ الأَرْضُ مِنْ أَجْلِكَ أَمْ تَتَزَحْزَحُ الصَّخْرَةُ مِنْ مَوْضِعِهَا؟

5 Even the light of the lawless, shall go out, —Neither shall shine the flame of his fire;

٥ أَجَلْ! إِنَّ نُورَ الأَشْرَارِ يَنْطَفِئُ وَلَهِيبَ نَارِهِمْ لَا يُضِيءُ.

6 The light, hath darkened in his tent, Yea, his lamp above him, goeth out;

٦ يَتَحَوَّلُ النُّورُ إِلَى ظُلْمَةٍ فِي خَيْمَتِهِ، وَيَنْطَفِئُ سِرَاجُهُ عَلَيْهِ.

7 The steppings of his strength are hemmed in, and his own counsel casteth him down;

٧ تَقْصُرُ خَطْوَاتُهُ الْقَوِيَّةُ وَتَصْرَعُهُ تَدْبِيرَاتُهُ،

8 For he is thrust into a net by his own feet, and, upon a trap, he marcheth;

٨ لأَنَّ قَدَمَيْهِ تُوْقِعَانِهِ فِي الشَّرَكِ وَتَطْرَحَانِهِ فِي حُفْرَةٍ،

9 There catcheth him—by the heel—a gin, there holdeth him fast—a noose:

٩ يَقْبِضُ الْفَخُّ عَلَى عَقِبَيْهِ وَالشَّرَكُ يَشُدُّ عَلَيْهِ،

10 Concealed in the ground is a cord for him, —and a snare for him, on the path.

١٠ حِبَالَتُهُ مَطْمُورَةٌ فِي الطَّرِيقِ، وَالْمِصْيَدَةُ كَامِنَةٌ فِي سَبِيلِهِ،

11 Round about, terrors have startled him, and have driven him to his feet.

١١ تُرْعِبُهُ أَهْوَالٌ مِنْ حَوْلِهِ وَتُزَاحِمُهُ عِنْدَ رِجْلَيْهِ،

12 Let his strength be famished, and, calamity, be ready at his side;

١٢ قُوَّتُهُ يَلْتَهِمُهَا الْجُوعُ النَّهِمُ، وَالْكَوَارِثُ مُتَأَهِّبَةٌ تَتَرَصَّدُ كَبْوَتَهُ.

13 Let it devour the members of his body, Let the firstborn of death devour his members;

١٣ يَفْتَرِسُ الدَّاءُ جِلْدَهُ وَيَلْتَهِمُ الْمَرَضُ الأَكَّالُ أَعْضَاءَهُ.

14 Uprooted, out of his tent, be his confidence, and let it drive him down to the king of terrors;

١٤ يُؤْخَذُ مِنْ خَيْمَتِهِ رُكْنِ اعْتِمَادِهِ، وَيُسَاقُ أَمَامَ مَلِكِ الأَهْوَالِ.

15 There shall dwell in his tent, what is naught-of-his, Let brimstone be strewed over his dwelling;

١٥ يُقِيمُ فِي خَيْمَتِهِ غَرِيبٌ وَيُذَرُّ كِبْرِيتٌ عَلَى مَرْبِضِهِ.

16 Beneath, let his roots be dried up, and, above, be cut off his branch;

١٦ تَجِفُّ أُصُولُهُ تَحْتَهُ، وَتَتَبَعْثَرُ فُرُوعُهُ مِنْ فَوْقِهِ.

17 His memorial, have perished out of the land, and let him have no name over the face of the open field;

١٧ يَبِيدُ ذِكْرُهُ مِنَ الأَرْضِ، وَلا يَبْقَى لَهُ اسْمٌ فِيهَا.

18 Let them thrust him out of light into darkness, Yea, out of the world, let them chase him;

١٨ يُطْرَدُ مِنَ النُّورِ إِلَى الظُّلْمَةِ، وَيُنْفَى مِنَ الْمَسْكُونَةِ.

19 Let him have neither scion nor seed among his people, neither any survivor in his place of sojourn:

١٩ لَا يَكُونُ لَهُ نَسْلٌ، وَلا عَقِبٌ بَيْنَ شَعْبِهِ، وَلا حَيٌّ فِي أَمَاكِنِ سُكْنَاهُ.

20 Over his day, have they been astounded who come behind, and, them who are in advance, a shudder hath seized.

٢٠ يَرْتَعِبُ مِنْ مَصِيرِهِ أَهْلُ الْغَرْبِ، وَيَسْتَوْلِي الْفَزَعُ عَلَى أَبْنَاءِ الشَّرْقِ.

21 Surely, these, are the dwellings of him that is perverse, and, this, is the place of him that knoweth not GOD.

٢١ حَقّاً تِلْكَ هِيَ مَسَاكِنُ الأَشْرَارِ، وَهَذَا هُوَ مَقَامُ مَنْ لَا يَعْرِفُ اللهَ!»