ایوب 18
| آنگاه بلدد شوحی پاسخ داد: | 1 |
Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
| تا کی می‌خواهی به این حرفها ادامه دهی؟ اگر می‌خواهی ما هم سخن بگوییم قدری عاقلانه‌تر صحبت کن. | 2 |
How long ere ye make an end of words? Understand, and then we will speak!
| آیا تو فکر می‌کنی ما مثل حیوان بی‌شعور هستیم؟ | 3 |
Why are we accounted as brutes, And reputed vile in your sight?
| چرا بی‌جهت خشمگین می‌شوی و به خود صدمه می‌زنی؟ آیا انتظار داری به خاطر تو زمین بلرزد و صخره‌ها واژگون شوند. | 4 |
Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger! Must the earth be deserted for thee, And the rock removed from its place?
| چراغ مرد بدکار خاموش خواهد شد و شعله‌اش نوری نخواهد داد. | 5 |
Behold, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the flame of his fire shall not shine.
| در هر خانه‌ای که شرارت وجود داشته باشد، تاریکی حکمفرما خواهد بود. | 6 |
Light shall become darkness in his tent, And his lamp over him shall go out.
| قدمهای شرور سست می‌شوند و او قربانی نقشه‌های خود می‌گردد. | 7 |
His strong steps shall be straitened, And his own plans shall cast him down.
| او با پای خود به دام می‌افتد و تله پاشنهٔ پای او را می‌گیرد و او را رها نمی‌کند. | 8 |
He is brought into the net by his own feet, And he walketh upon snares.
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The trap layeth hold of him by the heel, And the snare holdeth him fast.
| سر راه او تله‌ها پنهان شده است. | 10 |
A net is secretly laid for him on the ground, And a trap for him in the pathway.
| ترسها از هر طرف به او هجوم می‌آورند و او را قدم به قدم تعقیب می‌کنند. | 11 |
Terrors affright him on every side, And harass him at his heels.
| مصیبت دهان خود را برای او باز کرده و فلاکت آماده است تا او را به کام خود فرو برد. | 12 |
His strength is wasted by hunger, And destruction is ready at his side.
| مرض مهلک به جان او می‌افتد و او را به کام مرگ می‌کشاند. | 13 |
His limbs are consumed, Yea, his limbs are devoured by the first-born of death.
| از خانهٔ امن خود جدا شده، نزد پادشاه مرگ برده می‌شود. | 14 |
He is torn from his tent, which was his confidence, And is borne away to the king of terrors.
| خانه‌اش در زیر آتش گوگرد نابود می‌گردد. | 15 |
They who are none of his shall dwell in his tent; Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
| ریشه و شاخه‌هایش می‌خشکند و از بین می‌روند. | 16 |
His roots below shall be dried up, And his branches above shall be withered.
| خاطرهٔ وجود او تمام از روی زمین محو می‌گردد و هیچ‌کس او را به یاد نمی‌آورد. | 17 |
His memory perisheth from the earth, And no name hath he in the land.
| از دنیای زندگان بیرون انداخته شده، از نور به تاریکی رانده می‌شود. | 18 |
He shall be thrust from light into darkness, And driven out of the world.
| در میان قومش نسلی از او باقی نمی‌ماند. | 19 |
He hath no son, nor kinsman among his people, Nor any survivor in his dwelling-place.
| قومهای مغرب و مشرق از سرنوشت او حیران و هراسان می‌شوند. | 20 |
They that come after him shall be amazed at his fate, As they that were before them were struck with horror.
| آری، این بلایی است که بر سر گناهکاران می‌آید، بر سر آنانی که خدا را نمی‌شناسند. | 21 |
Yea, such is the dwelling of the unrighteous man; Such is the place of him who knoweth not God!
