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فَأَجَابَ صُوفَرُ ٱلنَّعْمَاتِيُّ وَقَالَ: ١ 1
Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,
«مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ هَوَاجِسِي تُجِيبُنِي، وَلِهَذَا هَيَجَانِي فِيَّ. ٢ 2
“I'm forced to reply because I'm really upset!
تَعْيِيرَ تَوْبِيخِي أَسْمَعُ. وَرُوحٌ مِنْ فَهْمِي يُجِيبُنِي. ٣ 3
What I hear you say insults me, but I know how to reply to you!
«أَمَا عَلِمْتَ هَذَا مِنَ ٱلْقَدِيمِ، مُنْذُ وُضِعَ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، ٤ 4
Don't you know that since ancient times, since human beings were put on this earth,
أَنَّ هُتَافَ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ مِنْ قَرِيبٍ، وَفَرَحَ ٱلْفَاجِرِ إِلَى لَحْظَةٍ! ٥ 5
that the triumph of the wicked doesn't last long, that those who reject God are only happy for a short time?
وَلَوْ بَلَغَ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ طُولُهُ، وَمَسَّ رَأْسُهُ ٱلسَّحَابَ، ٦ 6
Even though they are so tall they reach the heavens, even though their heads reach the clouds,
كَجُلَّتِهِ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ يَبِيدُ. ٱلَّذِينَ رَأَوْهُ يَقُولُونَ: أَيْنَ هُوَ؟ ٧ 7
they will vanish forever like their own excrement. People who knew them will ask, ‘Where have they gone?’
كَٱلْحُلْمِ يَطِيرُ فَلَا يُوجَدُ، وَيُطْرَدُ كَطَيْفِ ٱللَّيْلِ. ٨ 8
They will vanish like a dream, never to be found, fleeing like a vision of the night.
عَيْنٌ أَبْصَرَتْهُ لَا تَعُودُ تَرَاهُ، وَمَكَانُهُ لَنْ يَرَاهُ بَعْدُ. ٩ 9
Those who once saw them will not see them anymore; their families will never set eyes on them again.
بَنُوهُ يَتَرَضَّوْنَ ٱلْفُقَرَاءَ، وَيَدَاهُ تَرُدَّانِ ثَرْوَتَهُ. ١٠ 10
Their children will have to pay back the poor; they will have to return their wealth.
عِظَامُهُ مَلآنَةٌ شَبِيبَةً، وَمَعَهُ فِي ٱلتُّرَابِ تَضْطَجِعُ. ١١ 11
Though the wicked have bodies that are young and strong, they will die and be buried.
إِنْ حَلَا فِي فَمِهِ ٱلشَّرُّ، وَأَخْفَاهُ تَحْتَ لِسَانِهِ، ١٢ 12
Though evil tastes sweet in their mouths and they hide it under their tongues,
أَشْفَقَ عَلَيْهِ وَلَمْ يَتْرُكْهُ، بَلْ حَبَسَهُ وَسَطَ حَنَكِهِ، ١٣ 13
not letting it go but keeping it in their mouths,
فَخُبْزُهُ فِي أَمْعَائِهِ يَتَحَوَّلُ، مَرَارَةَ أَصْلَالٍ فِي بَطْنِهِ. ١٤ 14
in their stomachs it turns bitter, becoming like snake venom inside them.
قَدْ بَلَعَ ثَرْوَةً فَيَتَقَيَّأُهَا. ٱللهُ يَطْرُدُهَا مِنْ بَطْنِهِ. ١٥ 15
They swallow wealth and vomit it up again; God forces it from their stomachs.
سَمَّ ٱلْأَصْلَالِ يَرْضَعُ. يَقْتُلُهُ لِسَانُ ٱلْأَفْعَى. ١٦ 16
They suck in snake venom; the bite of the viper will kill them.
لَا يَرَى ٱلْجَدَاوِلَ أَنْهَارَ سَوَاقِيَ عَسَلٍ وَلَبَنٍ. ١٧ 17
They will not live to enjoy the streams, the rivers of milk and honey.
يَرُدُّ تَعَبَهُ وَلَا يَبْلَعُهُ. كَمَالٍ تَحْتَ رَجْعٍ. وَلَا يَفْرَحُ. ١٨ 18
They will have to give back what they have gained and will not have any benefit; they will not enjoy any of their profits.
لِأَنَّهُ رَضَّضَ ٱلْمَسَاكِينَ، وَتَرَكَهُمْ، وَٱغْتَصَبَ بَيْتًا وَلَمْ يَبْنِهِ. ١٩ 19
For they have oppressed and abandoned the poor; they have seized houses they did not build.
لِأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَعْرِفْ فِي بَطْنِهِ قَنَاعَةً، لَا يَنْجُو بِمُشْتَهَاهُ. ٢٠ 20
Because their greed was never satisfied, nothing they liked is left that they didn't consume.
لَيْسَتْ مِنْ أَكْلِهِ بَقِيَّةٌ، لِأَجْلِ ذَلِكَ لَا يَدُومُ خَيْرُهُ. ٢١ 21
Nothing escapes their ravenous appetites, so their happiness doesn't last long.
مَعَ مِلْءِ رَغْدِهِ يَتَضَايَقُ. تَأْتِي عَلَيْهِ يَدُ كُلِّ شَقِيٍّ. ٢٢ 22
Even when the wicked have all that they want they run into trouble; all kinds of misery will fall upon them.
يَكُونُ عِنْدَمَا يَمْلَأُ بَطْنَهُ، أَنَّ ٱللهَ يُرْسِلُ عَلَيْهِ حُمُوَّ غَضَبِهِ، وَيُمْطِرُهُ عَلَيْهِ عِنْدَ طَعَامِهِ. ٢٣ 23
While they are busy filling their bellies, God's hostility will burn against them, raining down on them.
يَفِرُّ مِنْ سِلَاحِ حَدِيدٍ. تَخْرِقُهُ قَوْسُ نُحَاسٍ. ٢٤ 24
As they flee to escape an iron weapon, a bronze arrow will strike them down.
جَذَبَهُ فَخَرَجَ مِنْ بَطْنِهِ، وَٱلْبَارِقُ مِنْ مَرَارَتِهِ مَرَقَ. عَلَيْهِ رُعُوبٌ. ٢٥ 25
The arrow is pulled out of their gall bladder, glistening with blood. They are absolutely terrified!
كُلُّ ظُلْمَةٍ مُخْتَبَأَةٌ لِذَخَائِرِهِ. تَأْكُلُهُ نَارٌ لَمْ تُنْفَخْ. تَرْعَى ٱلْبَقِيَّةَ فِي خَيْمَتِهِ. ٢٦ 26
All they value will disappear into the darkness; divine fire will destroy them; all they have left will go up in smoke.
ٱلسَّمَاوَاتُ تُعْلِنُ إِثْمَهُ، وَٱلْأَرْضُ تَنْهَضُ عَلَيْهِ. ٢٧ 27
The heavens reveal what they have done wrong; the earth will rise up against them.
تَزُولُ غَلَّةُ بَيْتِهِ. تُهْرَاقُ فِي يَوْمِ غَضَبِهِ. ٢٨ 28
All their possessions will be carried from their homes; they will be dragged off on the day of God's judgment.
هَذَا نَصِيبُ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ ٱلشِّرِّيرِ مِنْ عِنْدِ ٱللهِ، وَمِيرَاثُ أَمْرِهِ مِنَ ٱلْقَدِيرِ». ٢٩ 29
This is the share the wicked receive from God, the inheritance God says they should have.”

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