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فَأَجَابَ أَلِيفَازُ ٱلتَّيْمَانِيُّ وَقَالَ: ١ 1
Then Eliphaz the Thaemanite answered and said,
«أَلَعَلَّ ٱلْحَكِيمَ يُجِيبُ عَنْ مَعْرِفَةٍ بَاطِلَةٍ، وَيَمْلَأُ بَطْنَهُ مِنْ رِيحٍ شَرْقِيَّةٍ، ٢ 2
Will a wise man give for answer a [mere] breath of wisdom? and does he fill up the pain of his belly,
فَيَحْتَجَّ بِكَلَامٍ لَا يُفِيدُ، وَبِأَحَادِيثَ لَا يَنْتَفِعُ بِهَا؟ ٣ 3
reasoning with improper sayings, and with words wherein is no profit?
أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَتُنَافِي ٱلْمَخَافَةَ، وَتُنَاقِضُ ٱلتَّقْوَى لَدَى ٱللهِ. ٤ 4
Hast not thou moreover cast off fear, and accomplished such words before the Lord?
لِأَنَّ فَمَكَ يُذِيعُ إِثْمَكَ، وَتَخْتَارُ لِسَانَ ٱلْمُحْتَالِينَ. ٥ 5
Thou art guilty by the words of thy mouth, neither hast thou discerned the words of the mighty.
إِنَّ فَمَكَ يَسْتَذْنِبُكَ، لَا أَنَا، وَشَفَتَاكَ تَشْهَدَانِ عَلَيْكَ. ٦ 6
Let thine own mouth, and not me, reprove thee: and thy lips shall testify against thee.
«أَصُوِّرْتَ أَوَّلَ ٱلنَّاسِ أَمْ أُبْدِئْتَ قَبْلَ ٱلتِّلَالِ؟ ٧ 7
What! art thou the first man that was born? or wert thou established before the hills?
هَلْ تَنَصَّتَّ فِي مَجْلِسِ ٱللهِ، أَوْ قَصَرْتَ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ؟ ٨ 8
Or hast thou heard the ordinance of the Lord? or has God used thee as [his] counsellor? and has wisdom come [only] to thee?
مَاذَا تَعْرِفُهُ وَلَا نَعْرِفُهُ نَحْنُ؟ وَمَاذَا تَفْهَمُ وَلَيْسَ هُوَ عِنْدَنَا؟ ٩ 9
For what knowest thou, that, we know not? or what understandest thou, which we do not also?
عِنْدَنَا ٱلشَّيْخُ وَٱلْأَشْيَبُ، أَكْبَرُ أَيَّامًا مِنْ أَبِيكَ. ١٠ 10
Truly among us [are] both the old and very aged man, more advanced in days than thy father.
أَقَلِيلَةٌ عِنْدَكَ تَعْزِيَاتُ ٱللهِ، وَٱلْكَلَامُ مَعَكَ بِٱلرِّفْقِ؟ ١١ 11
Thou hast been scourged for [but] few of thy sins: thou hast spoken haughtily [and] extravagantly.
«لِمَاذَا يَأْخُذُكَ قَلْبُكَ؟ وَلِمَاذَا تَخْتَلِجُ عَيْنَاكَ ١٢ 12
What has thine heart dared? or what have thine eyes [aimed at],
حَتَّى تَرُدَّ عَلَى ٱللهِ وَتُخْرِجَ مِنْ فِيكَ أَقْوَالًا؟ ١٣ 13
that thou hast vented [thy] rage before the Lord, and delivered such words from [thy] mouth?
مَنْ هُوَ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ حَتَّى يَزْكُوَ، أَوْ مَوْلُودُ ٱلْمَرْأَةِ حَتَّى يَتَبَرَّرَ؟ ١٤ 14
For who, being a mortal, [is such] that he shall be blameless? or, [who that is] born of a woman, that he should be just?
هُوَذَا قِدِّيسُوهُ لَا يَأْتَمِنُهُمْ، وَٱلسَّمَاوَاتُ غَيْرُ طَاهِرَةٍ بِعَيْنَيْهِ، ١٥ 15
Forasmuch as he trusts not his saints; and the heaven is not pure before him.
فَبِالْحَرِيِّ مَكْرُوهٌ وَفَاسِدٌ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ ٱلشَّارِبُ ٱلْإِثْمَ كَٱلْمَاءِ! ١٦ 16
Alas then, abominable and unclean is man, drinking unrighteousness as a draught.
«أُوحِي إِلَيْكَ، ٱسْمَعْ لِي فَأُحَدِّثَ بِمَا رَأَيْتُهُ، ١٧ 17
But I will tell thee, hearken to me; I will tell thee now what I have seen;
مَا أَخْبَرَ بِهِ حُكَمَاءُ عَنْ آبَائِهِمْ فَلَمْ يَكْتُمُوهُ. ١٨ 18
things wise men say, and their fathers have not hidden.
ٱلَّذِينَ لَهُمْ وَحْدَهُمْ أُعْطِيَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ، وَلَمْ يَعْبُرْ بَيْنَهُمْ غَرِيبٌ. ١٩ 19
To them alone the earth was given, and no stranger came upon them.
ٱلشِّرِّيرُ هُوَ يَتَلَوَّى كُلَّ أَيَّامِهِ، وَكُلَّ عَدَدِ ٱلسِّنِينَ ٱلْمَعْدُودَةِ لِلْعَاتِي. ٢٠ 20
All the life of the ungodly [is spent] in care, and the years granted to the oppressor are numbered.
صَوْتُ رُعُوبٍ فِي أُذُنَيْهِ. فِي سَاعَةِ سَلَامٍ يَأْتِيهِ ٱلْمُخَرِّبُ. ٢١ 21
And his terror is in his ears: just when he seems to be at peace, his overthrow will come.
لَا يَأْمُلُ ٱلرُّجُوعَ مِنَ ٱلظُّلْمَةِ، وَهُوَ مُرْتَقَبٌ لِلسَّيْفِ. ٢٢ 22
Let him not trust that he shall return from darkness, for he has been already made over to the power of the sword.
تَائِهٌ هُوَ لِأَجْلِ ٱلْخُبْزِ حَيْثُمَا يَجِدْهُ، وَيَعْلَمُ أَنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلظُّلْمَةِ مُهَيَّأٌ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ. ٢٣ 23
And he has been appointed to be food for vultures; and he knows within himself that he is doomed to be a carcass: and a dark day shall carry him away as with a whirlwind.
يُرْهِبُهُ ٱلضُّرُّ وَٱلضَّيْقُ. يَتَجَبَّرَانِ عَلَيْهِ كَمَلِكٍ مُسْتَعِدٍّ لِلْوَغَى. ٢٤ 24
Distress also and anguish shall come upon him: he shall fall as a captain in the first rank.
لِأَنَّهُ مَدَّ عَلَى ٱللهِ يَدَهُ، وَعَلَى ٱلْقَدِيرِ تَجَبَّرَ ٢٥ 25
For he has lifted his hands against the Lord, and he has hardened his neck against the Almighty Lord.
عَادِيًا عَلَيْهِ، مُتَصَلِّبُ ٱلْعُنُقِ بِأَوْقَافِ مَجَانِّهِ مُعَبَّأَةً. ٢٦ 26
And he has run against him with insolence, on the thickness of the back of his shield.
لِأَنَّهُ قَدْ كَسَا وَجْهَهُ سَمْنًا، وَرَبَّى شَحْمًا عَلَى كِلْيَتَيْهِ، ٢٧ 27
For he has covered his face with his fat, and made layers of fat upon his thighs.
فَيَسْكُنُ مُدُنًا خَرِبَةً، بُيُوتًا غَيْرَ مَسْكُونَةٍ عَتِيدَةً أَنْ تَصِيرَ رُجَمًا. ٢٨ 28
And let him lodge in desolate cities, and enter into houses without inhabitant: and what they have prepared, others shall carry away.
لَا يَسْتَغْنِي، وَلَا تَثْبُتُ ثَرْوَتُهُ، وَلَا يَمْتَدُّ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ مُقْتَنَاهُ. ٢٩ 29
Neither shall he at all grow rich, nor shall his substance remain: he shall not cast a shadow upon the earth.
لَا تَزُولُ عَنْهُ ٱلظُّلْمَةُ. خَرَاعِيبُهُ تُيَبِّسُهَا ٱلسُّمُومُ، وَبِنَفْخَةِ فَمِهِ يَزُولُ. ٣٠ 30
Neither shall he in any wise escape the darkness: let the wind blast his blossom, and let his flower fall off.
لَا يَتَّكِلْ عَلَى ٱلسُّوءِ. يَضِلُّ. لِأَنَّ ٱلسُّوءَ يَكُونُ أُجْرَتَهُ. ٣١ 31
Let him not think that he shall endure; for his end shall be vanity.
قَبْلَ يَوْمِهِ يُتَوَفَّى، وَسَعَفُهُ لَا يَخْضَرُّ. ٣٢ 32
His harvest shall perish before the time, and his branch shall not flourish.
يُسَاقِطُ كَٱلْجَفْنَةِ حِصْرِمَهُ، وَيَنْثُرُ كَٱلزَّيْتُونِ زَهْرُهُ. ٣٣ 33
And let him be gathered as the unripe grape before the time, and let him fall as the blossom of the olive.
لِأَنَّ جَمَاعَةَ ٱلْفُجَّارِ عَاقِرٌ، وَٱلنَّارُ تَأْكُلُ خِيَامَ ٱلرَّشْوَةِ. ٣٤ 34
For death is the witness of an ungodly man, and fire shall burn the houses of them that receive gifts.
حَبِلَ شَقَاوَةً وَوَلَدَ إِثْمًا، وَبَطْنُهُ أَنْشَأَ غِشًّا». ٣٥ 35
And he shall conceive sorrows, and his end shall be vanity, and his belly shall bear deceit.

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