< أَيُّوبَ 22 >
فَأَجَابَ أَلِيفَازُ ٱلتَّيْمَانِيُّ وَقَالَ: | ١ 1 |
And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
«هَلْ يَنْفَعُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ ٱللهَ؟ بَلْ يَنْفَعُ نَفْسَهُ ٱلْفَطِنُ! | ٢ 2 |
Can a man be profitable to God? surely it is unto himself that the wise man is profitable.
هَلْ مِنْ مَسَرَّةٍ لِلْقَدِيرِ إِذَا تَبَرَّرْتَ، أَوْ مِنْ فَائِدَةٍ إِذَا قَوَّمْتَ طُرُقَكَ؟ | ٣ 3 |
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if thou art righteous? And is it gain [to him] that thou makest thy ways perfect?
هَلْ عَلَى تَقْوَاكَ يُوَبِّخُكَ، أَوْ يَدْخُلُ مَعَكَ فِي ٱلْمُحَاكَمَةِ؟ | ٤ 4 |
Will he reason with thee for fear of thee? Will he enter with thee into judgment?
أَلَيْسَ شَرُّكَ عَظِيمًا، وَآثَامُكَ لَا نِهَايَةَ لَهَا؟ | ٥ 5 |
Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities without end?
لِأَنَّكَ ٱرْتَهَنْتَ أَخَاكَ بِلَا سَبَبٍ، وَسَلَبْتَ ثِيَابَ ٱلْعُرَاةِ. | ٦ 6 |
For thou hast taken a pledge of thy brother for nought, and stripped off the clothing of the naked.
مَاءً لَمْ تَسْقِ ٱلْعَطْشَانَ، وَعَنِ ٱلْجَوْعَانِ مَنَعْتَ خُبْزًا. | ٧ 7 |
Thou hast not given water to the fainting to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
أَمَّا صَاحِبُ ٱلْقُوَّةِ فَلَهُ ٱلْأَرْضُ، وَٱلْمُتَرَفِّعُ ٱلْوَجْهِ سَاكِنٌ فِيهَا. | ٨ 8 |
But the powerful man, he had the land; and the man of high rank dwelt in it.
ٱلْأَرَامِلَ أَرْسَلْتَ خَالِيَاتٍ، وَذِرَاعُ ٱلْيَتَامَى ٱنْسَحَقَتْ. | ٩ 9 |
Widows hast thou sent empty away, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
لِأَجْلِ ذَلِكَ حَوَالَيْكَ فِخَاخٌ، وَيُرِيعُكَ رُعْبٌ بَغْتَةً | ١٠ 10 |
Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
أَوْ ظُلْمَةٌ فَلَا تَرَى، وَفَيْضُ ٱلْمِيَاهِ يُغَطِّيكَ. | ١١ 11 |
Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and floods of waters cover thee.
«هُوَذَا ٱللهُ فِي عُلُوِّ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ. وَٱنْظُرْ رَأْسَ ٱلْكَوَاكِبِ مَا أَعْلَاهُ! | ١٢ 12 |
Is not God in the height of the heavens? And behold the summit of the stars: how exalted are they!
فَقُلْتَ: كَيْفَ يَعْلَمُ ٱللهُ؟ هَلْ مِنْ وَرَاءِ ٱلضَّبَابِ يَقْضِي؟ | ١٣ 13 |
And thou sayest, What doth God know? will he judge through the dark cloud?
ٱلسَّحَابُ سِتْرٌ لَهُ فَلَا يُرَى، وَعَلَى دَائِرَةِ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ يَتَمَشَّى. | ١٤ 14 |
Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh on the vault of the heavens.
هَلْ تَحْفَظُ طَرِيقَ ٱلْقِدَمِ ٱلَّذِي دَاسَهُ رِجَالُ ٱلْإِثْمِ، | ١٥ 15 |
Dost thou mark the ancient path which wicked men have trodden?
ٱلَّذِينَ قُبِضَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَبْلَ ٱلْوَقْتِ؟ ٱلْغَمْرُ ٱنْصَبَّ عَلَى أَسَاسِهِمِ. | ١٦ 16 |
Who were carried off before the time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood;
ٱلْقَائِلِينَ لِلهِ: ٱبْعُدْ عَنَّا. وَمَاذَا يَفْعَلُ ٱلْقَدِيرُ لَهُمْ؟ | ١٧ 17 |
Who said unto God, Depart from us! and what could the Almighty do to them?
وَهُوَ قَدْ مَلَأَ بُيُوتَهُمْ خَيْرًا. لِتَبْعُدْ عَنِّي مَشُورَةُ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ. | ١٨ 18 |
Yet he filled their houses with good. But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
ٱلْأَبْرَارُ يَنْظُرُونَ وَيَفْرَحُونَ، وَٱلْبَرِيءُ يَسْتَهْزِئُ بِهِمْ قَائِلِينَ: | ١٩ 19 |
The righteous see it, and are glad; and the innocent laugh them to scorn:
أَلَمْ يُبَدْ مُقَاوِمُونَا، وَبَقِيَّتُهُمْ قَدْ أَكَلَتْهَا ٱلنَّارُ؟ | ٢٠ 20 |
Is not he who rose against us destroyed, and doth not the fire consume his residue?
«تَعَرَّفْ بِهِ وَٱسْلَمْ. بِذَلِكَ يَأْتِيكَ خَيْرٌ. | ٢١ 21 |
Reconcile thyself now with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
ٱقْبَلِ ٱلشَّرِيعَةَ مِنْ فِيهِ، وَضَعْ كَلَامَهُ فِي قَلْبِكَ. | ٢٢ 22 |
Receive, I pray thee, instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.
إِنْ رَجَعْتَ إِلَى ٱلْقَدِيرِ تُبْنَى. إِنْ أَبْعَدْتَ ظُلْمًا مِنْ خَيْمَتِكَ، | ٢٣ 23 |
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up. If thou remove unrighteousness far from thy tents,
وَأَلْقَيْتَ ٱلتِّبْرَ عَلَى ٱلتُّرَابِ وَذَهَبَ أُوفِيرَ بَيْنَ حَصَا ٱلْأَوْدِيَةِ. | ٢٤ 24 |
And put the precious ore with the dust, and [the gold of] Ophir among the stones of the torrents,
يَكُونُ ٱلْقَدِيرُ تِبْرَكَ وَفِضَّةَ أَتْعَابٍ لَكَ، | ٢٥ 25 |
Then the Almighty will be thy precious ore, and silver heaped up unto thee;
لِأَنَّكَ حِينَئِذٍ تَتَلَذَّذُ بِٱلْقَدِيرِ وَتَرْفَعُ إِلَى ٱللهِ وَجْهَكَ. | ٢٦ 26 |
Yea, then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God:
تُصَلِّي لَهُ فَيَسْتَمِعُ لَكَ، وَنُذُورُكَ تُوفِيهَا. | ٢٧ 27 |
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows;
وَتَجْزِمُ أَمْرًا فَيُثَبَّتُ لَكَ، وَعَلَى طُرُقِكَ يُضِيءُ نُورٌ. | ٢٨ 28 |
And thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; and light shall shine upon thy ways.
إِذَا وُضِعُوا تَقُولُ: رَفْعٌ. وَيُخَلِّصُ ٱلْمُنْخَفِضَ ٱلْعَيْنَيْنِ. | ٢٩ 29 |
When they are made low, then thou shalt say, Rise up! and he shall save him that is of downcast eyes.
يُنَجِّي غَيْرَ ٱلْبَرِيءِ وَيُنْجَى بِطَهَارَةِ يَدَيْكَ». | ٣٠ 30 |
[Even] him that is not innocent shall he deliver; yea, he shall be delivered by the pureness of thy hands.