< أَيُّوبَ 22 >
فَأَجَابَ أَلِيفَازُ ٱلتَّيْمَانِيُّ وَقَالَ: | ١ 1 |
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
«هَلْ يَنْفَعُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ ٱللهَ؟ بَلْ يَنْفَعُ نَفْسَهُ ٱلْفَطِنُ! | ٢ 2 |
“Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
هَلْ مِنْ مَسَرَّةٍ لِلْقَدِيرِ إِذَا تَبَرَّرْتَ، أَوْ مِنْ فَائِدَةٍ إِذَا قَوَّمْتَ طُرُقَكَ؟ | ٣ 3 |
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him that you make your ways perfect?
هَلْ عَلَى تَقْوَاكَ يُوَبِّخُكَ، أَوْ يَدْخُلُ مَعَكَ فِي ٱلْمُحَاكَمَةِ؟ | ٤ 4 |
Is it for your piety that he reproves you, that he enters with you into judgement?
أَلَيْسَ شَرُّكَ عَظِيمًا، وَآثَامُكَ لَا نِهَايَةَ لَهَا؟ | ٥ 5 |
Isn’t your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities.
لِأَنَّكَ ٱرْتَهَنْتَ أَخَاكَ بِلَا سَبَبٍ، وَسَلَبْتَ ثِيَابَ ٱلْعُرَاةِ. | ٦ 6 |
For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
مَاءً لَمْ تَسْقِ ٱلْعَطْشَانَ، وَعَنِ ٱلْجَوْعَانِ مَنَعْتَ خُبْزًا. | ٧ 7 |
You haven’t given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.
أَمَّا صَاحِبُ ٱلْقُوَّةِ فَلَهُ ٱلْأَرْضُ، وَٱلْمُتَرَفِّعُ ٱلْوَجْهِ سَاكِنٌ فِيهَا. | ٨ 8 |
But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honourable man, he lived in it.
ٱلْأَرَامِلَ أَرْسَلْتَ خَالِيَاتٍ، وَذِرَاعُ ٱلْيَتَامَى ٱنْسَحَقَتْ. | ٩ 9 |
You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
لِأَجْلِ ذَلِكَ حَوَالَيْكَ فِخَاخٌ، وَيُرِيعُكَ رُعْبٌ بَغْتَةً | ١٠ 10 |
Therefore snares are around you. Sudden fear troubles you,
أَوْ ظُلْمَةٌ فَلَا تَرَى، وَفَيْضُ ٱلْمِيَاهِ يُغَطِّيكَ. | ١١ 11 |
or darkness, so that you can not see, and floods of waters cover you.
«هُوَذَا ٱللهُ فِي عُلُوِّ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ. وَٱنْظُرْ رَأْسَ ٱلْكَوَاكِبِ مَا أَعْلَاهُ! | ١٢ 12 |
“Isn’t God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!
فَقُلْتَ: كَيْفَ يَعْلَمُ ٱللهُ؟ هَلْ مِنْ وَرَاءِ ٱلضَّبَابِ يَقْضِي؟ | ١٣ 13 |
You say, ‘What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
ٱلسَّحَابُ سِتْرٌ لَهُ فَلَا يُرَى، وَعَلَى دَائِرَةِ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ يَتَمَشَّى. | ١٤ 14 |
Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn’t see. He walks on the vault of the sky.’
هَلْ تَحْفَظُ طَرِيقَ ٱلْقِدَمِ ٱلَّذِي دَاسَهُ رِجَالُ ٱلْإِثْمِ، | ١٥ 15 |
Will you keep the old way, which wicked men have trodden,
ٱلَّذِينَ قُبِضَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَبْلَ ٱلْوَقْتِ؟ ٱلْغَمْرُ ٱنْصَبَّ عَلَى أَسَاسِهِمِ. | ١٦ 16 |
who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
ٱلْقَائِلِينَ لِلهِ: ٱبْعُدْ عَنَّا. وَمَاذَا يَفْعَلُ ٱلْقَدِيرُ لَهُمْ؟ | ١٧ 17 |
who said to God, ‘Depart from us!’ and, ‘What can the Almighty do for us?’
وَهُوَ قَدْ مَلَأَ بُيُوتَهُمْ خَيْرًا. لِتَبْعُدْ عَنِّي مَشُورَةُ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ. | ١٨ 18 |
Yet he filled their houses with good things, 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. The innocent ridicule them,
أَلَمْ يُبَدْ مُقَاوِمُونَا، وَبَقِيَّتُهُمْ قَدْ أَكَلَتْهَا ٱلنَّارُ؟ | ٢٠ 20 |
saying, ‘Surely those who rose up against us are cut off. The fire has consumed their remnant.’
«تَعَرَّفْ بِهِ وَٱسْلَمْ. بِذَلِكَ يَأْتِيكَ خَيْرٌ. | ٢١ 21 |
“Acquaint yourself with him now, and be at peace. By it, good will come to you.
ٱقْبَلِ ٱلشَّرِيعَةَ مِنْ فِيهِ، وَضَعْ كَلَامَهُ فِي قَلْبِكَ. | ٢٢ 22 |
Please receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.
إِنْ رَجَعْتَ إِلَى ٱلْقَدِيرِ تُبْنَى. إِنْ أَبْعَدْتَ ظُلْمًا مِنْ خَيْمَتِكَ، | ٢٣ 23 |
If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up, if you put away unrighteousness far from your tents.
وَأَلْقَيْتَ ٱلتِّبْرَ عَلَى ٱلتُّرَابِ وَذَهَبَ أُوفِيرَ بَيْنَ حَصَا ٱلْأَوْدِيَةِ. | ٢٤ 24 |
Lay your treasure in the dust, the gold of Ophir amongst the stones of the brooks.
يَكُونُ ٱلْقَدِيرُ تِبْرَكَ وَفِضَّةَ أَتْعَابٍ لَكَ، | ٢٥ 25 |
The Almighty will be your treasure, and precious silver to you.
لِأَنَّكَ حِينَئِذٍ تَتَلَذَّذُ بِٱلْقَدِيرِ وَتَرْفَعُ إِلَى ٱللهِ وَجْهَكَ. | ٢٦ 26 |
For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and will lift up your face to God.
تُصَلِّي لَهُ فَيَسْتَمِعُ لَكَ، وَنُذُورُكَ تُوفِيهَا. | ٢٧ 27 |
You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you. You will pay your vows.
وَتَجْزِمُ أَمْرًا فَيُثَبَّتُ لَكَ، وَعَلَى طُرُقِكَ يُضِيءُ نُورٌ. | ٢٨ 28 |
You will also decree a thing, and it will be established to you. Light will shine on your ways.
إِذَا وُضِعُوا تَقُولُ: رَفْعٌ. وَيُخَلِّصُ ٱلْمُنْخَفِضَ ٱلْعَيْنَيْنِ. | ٢٩ 29 |
When they cast down, you will say, ‘be lifted up.’ He will save the humble person.
يُنَجِّي غَيْرَ ٱلْبَرِيءِ وَيُنْجَى بِطَهَارَةِ يَدَيْكَ». | ٣٠ 30 |
He will even deliver him who is not innocent. Yes, he will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”