ایوب 20
| آنگاه صوفر نعماتی پاسخ داد: | 1 |
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said:
| ای ایوب، بیش از این نمی‌توانم حرفهای تو را تحمل کنم و مجبورم جوابت را بدهم. | 2 |
For this do my thoughts lead me to reply, And for this is my ardor within me.
| توهین‌هایت را تحمل کرده‌ام اما الان مجبورم پاسخ تو را بدهم. | 3 |
I have heard my shameful rebuke; And the spirit, from my understanding, answereth for me.
| مگر نمی‌دانی که از دوران قدیم که انسان بر زمین قرار داده شد خوشبختی شریران همیشه زودگذر بوده است؟ | 4 |
Knowest thou not, that from the days of old, From the time when man was placed upon the earth,
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The triumphing of the wicked hath been short, And the joy of the impious but for a moment?
| اگرچه مرد بدکار سرافراز گردد و شوکتش سر به فلک کشد، | 6 |
Though his greatness mount up to the heavens, And his head reach to the clouds,
| ولی به‌زودی مثل فضله به دور انداخته شده، نابود خواهد گردید و کسانی که او را می‌شناختند حیران شده، خواهند گفت که او چه شد؟ | 7 |
Yet shall he perish for ever, and be mingled with dust; They who saw him shall say, Where is he?
| او همچون یک رؤیا محو خواهد شد. | 8 |
He shall flee away like a dream, and shall not be found; Yea, he shall disappear like a vision of the nigh.
| دیگر هرگز نه دوستانش او را خواهند دید و نه خانواده‌اش. | 9 |
The eye also which saw him shall see him no more, And his dwelling-place shall never more behold him.
| فرزندانش از فقیران گدایی خواهند کرد و با زحمت و مشقت قرضهای پدرشان را خواهند پرداخت. | 10 |
His sons shall seek the favor of the poor, And their hands shall give back his wealth.
| هنوز به پیری نرسیده، خواهد مرد و استخوانهایش در خاک خواهد پوسید. | 11 |
His bones are full of his youth, But they shall lie down with him in the dust.
| او از طعم شرارت لذت می‌برد و آن را در دهان خود نگه داشته، مزه‌مزه می‌کند. | 12 |
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue,
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Though he cherish it, and will not part with it, And keep it fast in his mouth,
| اما آنچه که خورده است در معده‌اش ترش می‌شود، و در شکمش به زهرِ مار تبدیل می‌گردد. | 14 |
Yet his meat shall be changed within him, And become to him the poison of asps.
| ثروتی را که بلعیده، قی خواهد کرد؛ خدا آن را از شکمش بیرون خواهد کشید. | 15 |
He hath glutted himself with riches, And he shall throw them up again; Yea, God shall cast them out of his body.
| آنچه خورده است مانند زهر مار تلخ شده، طعم مرگ خواهد داشت. | 16 |
He shall suck the poison of asps; The tongue of the viper shall destroy him.
| او دیگر از نهرهای روغن زیتون، شیر و عسل لذت نخواهد برد. | 17 |
He shall never see the flowing streams, And the rivers of honey and milk.
| زحماتش برای او ثمری نخواهد داشت و ثروتش باعث خوشی او نخواهد شد. | 18 |
The fruits of his toil he shall give back, and shall not enjoy them: It is substance to be restored, and he shall not rejoice therein.
| زیرا به فقرا ظلم کرده، آنها را از خانه و زندگیشان محروم ساخته است. | 19 |
Because he hath oppressed and abandoned the poor, And seized upon the house which he did not build;
| از آنچه با حرص و طمع به چنگ آورده است هرگز ارضا نخواهد شد، | 20 |
Because he knew no rest in his bosom, He shall not save that in which he delighteth.
| و از آنچه با دزدی اندوخته است لذت نخواهد برد و کامیابی او دوام نخواهد داشت. | 21 |
Because nothing escaped his greediness, His prosperity shall not endure.
| وقتی به اوج کامیابی برسد بدبختی دامنگیر او خواهد شد. | 22 |
In the fulness of his abundance he shall be brought low; Every hand of the wretched shall come upon him.
| هنگامی که او می‌خورد و شکم خود را پر می‌کند، خدا خشم خود را بر او نازل خواهد کرد. | 23 |
He shall, indeed, have wherewith to fill himself: God shall send upon him the fury of his anger, And rain it down upon him for his food.
| در حالی که می‌کوشد از شمشیر آهنین فرار کند، تیری از کمانی مفرغین رها شده، در بدن او فرو خواهد رفت. | 24 |
If he fleeth from the iron weapon, The bow of brass shall pierce him through.
| هنگامی که تیر را از بدنش بیرون می‌کشد نوک براق آن جگرش را پاره خواهد کرد و وحشت مرگ بر او چیره خواهد شد. | 25 |
He draweth the arrow, and it cometh forth from his body; Yea, the glittering steel cometh out of his gall. Terrors are upon him;
| دارایی او نابود خواهد شد و آتشی ناگهانی به اموالش خواهد افتاد و آنچه را که برایش باقی مانده است خواهد بلعید. | 26 |
Calamity of every kind is treasured up for him. A fire not blown shall consume him; It shall consume whatever is left in his tent.
| آسمانها گناهان او را آشکار خواهند ساخت و زمین علیه او شهادت خواهد داد. | 27 |
The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, And the earth shall rise up against him.
| مال و ثروتش در اثر خشم خدا نابود خواهد گردید. | 28 |
The substance of his house shall disappear; It shall flow away in the day of His wrath.
| این است سرنوشتی که خدای قادر مطلق برای بدکاران تعیین کرده است. | 29 |
Such is the portion of the wicked man from God, And the inheritance appointed for him by the Almighty.
