< أَيُّوبَ 22 >

فَأَجَابَ أَلِيفَازُ ٱلتَّيْمَانِيُّ وَقَالَ: ١ 1
Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded and said,
«هَلْ يَنْفَعُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ ٱللهَ؟ بَلْ يَنْفَعُ نَفْسَهُ ٱلْفَطِنُ! ٢ 2
“How can anyone be of help to God? Even wise people are only helpful to themselves.
هَلْ مِنْ مَسَرَّةٍ لِلْقَدِيرِ إِذَا تَبَرَّرْتَ، أَوْ مِنْ فَائِدَةٍ إِذَا قَوَّمْتَ طُرُقَكَ؟ ٣ 3
Is it any benefit to the Almighty if you're a good person? What does he gain if you do what's right?
هَلْ عَلَى تَقْوَاكَ يُوَبِّخُكَ، أَوْ يَدْخُلُ مَعَكَ فِي ٱلْمُحَاكَمَةِ؟ ٤ 4
Does he correct you and bring charges against you because of your reverence?
أَلَيْسَ شَرُّكَ عَظِيمًا، وَآثَامُكَ لَا نِهَايَةَ لَهَا؟ ٥ 5
No: it's because you're so wicked! Your sins are never-ending!
لِأَنَّكَ ٱرْتَهَنْتَ أَخَاكَ بِلَا سَبَبٍ، وَسَلَبْتَ ثِيَابَ ٱلْعُرَاةِ. ٦ 6
For no reason at all you took your brother's clothing as a security for a debt, and left them stripped naked.
مَاءً لَمْ تَسْقِ ٱلْعَطْشَانَ، وَعَنِ ٱلْجَوْعَانِ مَنَعْتَ خُبْزًا. ٧ 7
You refused water to the thirsty; you denied food to the hungry.
أَمَّا صَاحِبُ ٱلْقُوَّةِ فَلَهُ ٱلْأَرْضُ، وَٱلْمُتَرَفِّعُ ٱلْوَجْهِ سَاكِنٌ فِيهَا. ٨ 8
Is it because the land belongs to the powerful, and only the privileged have a right to live there?
ٱلْأَرَامِلَ أَرْسَلْتَ خَالِيَاتٍ، وَذِرَاعُ ٱلْيَتَامَى ٱنْسَحَقَتْ. ٩ 9
You have sent widows away empty-handed; you have crushed the outstretched arms of orphans, begging for help.
لِأَجْلِ ذَلِكَ حَوَالَيْكَ فِخَاخٌ، وَيُرِيعُكَ رُعْبٌ بَغْتَةً ١٠ 10
That's why you're surrounded by traps to catch you, and why you suddenly panic in terror.
أَوْ ظُلْمَةٌ فَلَا تَرَى، وَفَيْضُ ٱلْمِيَاهِ يُغَطِّيكَ. ١١ 11
That's why it's so dark you cannot see, and why you feel like you're drowning.
«هُوَذَا ٱللهُ فِي عُلُوِّ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ. وَٱنْظُرْ رَأْسَ ٱلْكَوَاكِبِ مَا أَعْلَاهُ! ١٢ 12
Doesn't God live in highest heaven and looks down on even the highest stars?
فَقُلْتَ: كَيْفَ يَعْلَمُ ٱللهُ؟ هَلْ مِنْ وَرَاءِ ٱلضَّبَابِ يَقْضِي؟ ١٣ 13
But you ask, ‘What does God know? How can he see and judge what happens in down here in darkness?
ٱلسَّحَابُ سِتْرٌ لَهُ فَلَا يُرَى، وَعَلَى دَائِرَةِ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ يَتَمَشَّى. ١٤ 14
Thick clouds cover him so he can't see anything as he walks around in heaven.’
هَلْ تَحْفَظُ طَرِيقَ ٱلْقِدَمِ ٱلَّذِي دَاسَهُ رِجَالُ ٱلْإِثْمِ، ١٥ 15
Why do you insist on following the traditional thinking of the wicked?
ٱلَّذِينَ قُبِضَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَبْلَ ٱلْوَقْتِ؟ ٱلْغَمْرُ ٱنْصَبَّ عَلَى أَسَاسِهِمِ. ١٦ 16
They were taken before their time; all they had built was washed away.
ٱلْقَائِلِينَ لِلهِ: ٱبْعُدْ عَنَّا. وَمَاذَا يَفْعَلُ ٱلْقَدِيرُ لَهُمْ؟ ١٧ 17
They had told God, ‘Get lost! What can the Almighty do to us?’
وَهُوَ قَدْ مَلَأَ بُيُوتَهُمْ خَيْرًا. لِتَبْعُدْ عَنِّي مَشُورَةُ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ. ١٨ 18
And yet he was the one who had filled their homes with good things—but I don't accept their way of thinking.
ٱلْأَبْرَارُ يَنْظُرُونَ وَيَفْرَحُونَ، وَٱلْبَرِيءُ يَسْتَهْزِئُ بِهِمْ قَائِلِينَ: ١٩ 19
Those who do right rejoice when they see the destruction of the wicked, and the innocent mock them,
أَلَمْ يُبَدْ مُقَاوِمُونَا، وَبَقِيَّتُهُمْ قَدْ أَكَلَتْهَا ٱلنَّارُ؟ ٢٠ 20
saying, ‘Our enemies are destroyed, and fire has burned up all that's left of them.’
«تَعَرَّفْ بِهِ وَٱسْلَمْ. بِذَلِكَ يَأْتِيكَ خَيْرٌ. ٢١ 21
Come back to God and be reconciled to him, and you'll be prosperous again.
ٱقْبَلِ ٱلشَّرِيعَةَ مِنْ فِيهِ، وَضَعْ كَلَامَهُ فِي قَلْبِكَ. ٢٢ 22
Listen to what he tells you and keep his words in mind.
إِنْ رَجَعْتَ إِلَى ٱلْقَدِيرِ تُبْنَى. إِنْ أَبْعَدْتَ ظُلْمًا مِنْ خَيْمَتِكَ، ٢٣ 23
If you return to God you will be restored. If you renounce your sinful life
وَأَلْقَيْتَ ٱلتِّبْرَ عَلَى ٱلتُّرَابِ وَذَهَبَ أُوفِيرَ بَيْنَ حَصَا ٱلْأَوْدِيَةِ. ٢٤ 24
and give up your love of money and desire for possessions,
يَكُونُ ٱلْقَدِيرُ تِبْرَكَ وَفِضَّةَ أَتْعَابٍ لَكَ، ٢٥ 25
then the Almighty will be your gold and your precious silver.
لِأَنَّكَ حِينَئِذٍ تَتَلَذَّذُ بِٱلْقَدِيرِ وَتَرْفَعُ إِلَى ٱللهِ وَجْهَكَ. ٢٦ 26
Then you will find delight in the Almighty, and be able to face him without feeling ashamed.
تُصَلِّي لَهُ فَيَسْتَمِعُ لَكَ، وَنُذُورُكَ تُوفِيهَا. ٢٧ 27
You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will keep your promises to him.
وَتَجْزِمُ أَمْرًا فَيُثَبَّتُ لَكَ، وَعَلَى طُرُقِكَ يُضِيءُ نُورٌ. ٢٨ 28
Whatever you decide to do will be successful, and wherever you go, light will shine on you.
إِذَا وُضِعُوا تَقُولُ: رَفْعٌ. وَيُخَلِّصُ ٱلْمُنْخَفِضَ ٱلْعَيْنَيْنِ. ٢٩ 29
When others are humbled, and you say, ‘please help them,’ God will save them.
يُنَجِّي غَيْرَ ٱلْبَرِيءِ وَيُنْجَى بِطَهَارَةِ يَدَيْكَ». ٣٠ 30
God saves those who are innocent, and you will be saved if you do what is right.”

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