Job 8
1 Then Bildad, from [the] Shuah [area], spoke to Job. He said,
| فَأَجَابَ بِلْدَدُ الشُّوحِيُّ: | ١ |
2 “Job, how much longer will you talk like this? What you say is [only] hot air.
| «إِلَى مَتَى تَظَلُّ تَتَكَلَّمُ بِهَذِهِ الأَقْوَالِ، فَتَخْرُجَ مِنْ فَمِكَ كَرِيحٍ شَدِيدَةٍ؟ | ٢ |
3 Almighty God certainly never does [RHQ] what is unfair/unjust. He always does [LIT] what is right/fair.
| أَيُحَرِّفُ اللهُ الْقَضَاءَ، أَمْ يَعْكِسُ الْقَدِيرُ مَا هُوَ حَقٌّ؟ | ٣ |
4 So, it is evident that your children have sinned against him, therefore he has caused them to be punished for evil things that they have done.
| إِنْ كَانَ أَبْنَاؤُكَ أَخْطَأُوا فَقَدْ أَوْقَعَ بِهِمْ جَزَاءَ مَعَاصِيهِمْ. | ٤ |
5 But, if you will [now] earnestly request [DOU] Almighty [God] to help you,
| فَإِنْ أَسْرَعْتَ وَطَلَبْتَ وَجْهَ اللهِ وَتَضَرَّعْتَ إِلَى الْقَدِيرِ، | ٥ |
6 and if you are pure and honest/righteous, he will surely do something good for you and reward you by giving your family back to you and enabling you to prosper.
| وَإِنْ كُنْتَ نَقِيًّا صَالِحاً، فَإِنَّهُ حَتْماً يَلْتَفِتُ إِلَيْكَ وَيُكَافِئُكَ بِمَسْكَنِ بِرٍّ. | ٦ |
7 And even though you [think that you] were not very prosperous/wealthy before, during the last part of your life you will become very wealthy.
| وَإِنْ تَكُنْ أُولاكَ مُتَوَاضِعَةً، فَإِنَّ آخِرَتَكَ تَكُونُ عَظِيمَةً جِدّاً. | ٧ |
8 “I request you to think about what happened long ago and consider what our ancestors found out.
| اسْأَلِ الأَجْيَالَ الْغَابِرَةَ، وَتَأَمَّلْ مَا اخْتَبَرَهُ الآبَاءُ، | ٨ |
9 [It seems as though] we were born only yesterday and we know very little [HYP]; our time here on the earth [disappears quickly, like] a shadow [MET].
| فَإِنَّنَا قَدْ وُلِدْنَا بِالأَمْسِ الْقَرِيبِ، وَلا نَعْرِفُ شَيْئاً، لأَنَّ أَيَّامَنَا عَلَى الأَرْضِ ظِلٌّ. | ٩ |
10 So, why do you not allow your ancestors to teach you and tell you something? Allow them to tell you from what they learned!
| أَلا يُعْلِمُونَكَ وَيُخْبِرُونَكَ وَيَبُثُّونَكَ مَا فِي نُفُوسِهِمْ قَائِلِينَ: | ١٠ |
11 Papyrus can certainly not [RHQ] grow in places where there is no marsh/swamp; reeds certainly cannot [RHQ] flourish/grow where there is no water.
| أَيَنْمُو الْبَرْدِيُّ حَيْثُ لَا مُسْتَنْقَعَ، أَمْ تَنْبُتُ الْحَلْفَاءُ مِنْ غَيْرِ مَاءٍ؟ | ١١ |
12 [If they do not have enough water], while they are still blossoming, they wither more quickly than other plants wither.
| إِنَّهَا تَيْبَسُ قَبْلَ سَائِرِ الْعُشْبِ، وَهِيَ فِي نَضَارَتِهَا لَمْ تُقْطَعْ. | ١٢ |
13 Those who do not pay attention to what God says are like those [reeds]; godless people stop confidently expecting [that good things will happen to them].
| هَكَذَا يَكُونُ مَصِيرُ كُلِّ مَنْ يَنْسَى اللهَ، وَهَكَذَا يَخِيبُ رَجَاءُ الْفَاجِرِ. | ١٣ |
14 The things they confidently expect to happen do not happen; things they trust [will help them] are [as fragile as] [MET] a spider’s web.
| يَنْهَارُ مَا يَعْتَمِدُ عَلَيْهِ، وَيُصْبِحُ مِثْلَ بَيْتِ الْعَنْكَبُوتِ. | ١٤ |
15 If they lean against a house (OR, trust in their wealth; OR, lean on a spider web), it does not (endure/protect them) [LIT]; they cling to things [to be protected], but those things do not remain firm.
| يَتَّكِئُ عَلَيْهِ فَيَنْهَدِمُ، وَيَتَعَلَّقُ بِهِ فَلا يَثْبُتُ. | ١٥ |
16 Godless people [are like plants] [MET] that are watered before the sun rises; their shoots spread all over the gardens.
| يَزْدَهِرُ كَشَجَرَةٍ أَمَامَ الشَّمْسِ، تَنْتَشِرُ أَغْصَانُهَا فَوْقَ بُسْتَانِهَا. | ١٦ |
17 The roots of those plants twist around piles of stones and cling tightly to rocks.
| تَتَشَابَكُ أُصُولُهُ حَوْلَ كَوْمَةِ الْحِجَارَةِ، وَتَلْتَفُّ حَوْلَ الصُّخُورِ. | ١٧ |
18 But if those plants are pulled out, [it is as though] the place where they were planted says ‘They were never here!’ [And that is what happens to wicked people who do not heed what God says].
| وَلَكِنْ حَالَمَا يُسْتَأْصَلُ مِنْ مَوْضِعِهِ يُنْكِرُهُ مَكَانُهُ قَائِلاً:’مَا رَأَيْتُكَ قَطُّ!‘ | ١٨ |
19 Truly, evil people [MET] are not joyful [IRO] for a long time; other people come and take their places.
| هَكَذَا تَكُونُ بَهْجَةُ طَرِيقِهِ. وَلَكِنْ مِنَ التُّرَابِ يَأْتِي آخَرُونَ وَيأْخُذُونَ مَكَانَهُ. | ١٩ |
20 :So, [I tell you, Job], God will not reject you if you are truly godly/righteous, but he does not help [IDM] evil people.
| إِنَّ اللهَ لَا يَنْبِذُ الإِنْسَانَ الْكَامِلَ وَلا يَمُدُّ يَدَ الْعَوْنِ لِفَاعِلِي الشَّرِّ. | ٢٠ |
21 He will enable you [MTY] to continually laugh and to always shout [joyfully].
| يَمْلأُ فَمَكَ ضَحِكاً وَشَفَتَيْكَ هُتَافاً، | ٢١ |
22 But those who hate you will be very ashamed, and the homes of wicked people will disappear.”
| عِنْدَئِذٍ يَرْتَدِي مُبْغِضُوكَ الْخِزْيَ، وَبَيْتُ الأَشْرَارِ يَنْهَارُ». | ٢٢ |
