< أَيُّوبَ 22 >
فَأَجَابَ أَلِيفَازُ ٱلتَّيْمَانِيُّ وَقَالَ: | ١ 1 |
And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: —
«هَلْ يَنْفَعُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ ٱللهَ؟ بَلْ يَنْفَعُ نَفْسَهُ ٱلْفَطِنُ! | ٢ 2 |
To God is a man profitable, Because a wise man to himself is profitable?
هَلْ مِنْ مَسَرَّةٍ لِلْقَدِيرِ إِذَا تَبَرَّرْتَ، أَوْ مِنْ فَائِدَةٍ إِذَا قَوَّمْتَ طُرُقَكَ؟ | ٣ 3 |
Is it a delight to the Mighty One That thou art righteous? is it gain, That thou makest perfect thy ways?
هَلْ عَلَى تَقْوَاكَ يُوَبِّخُكَ، أَوْ يَدْخُلُ مَعَكَ فِي ٱلْمُحَاكَمَةِ؟ | ٤ 4 |
Because of thy reverence Doth He reason [with] thee? He entereth with thee into judgment:
أَلَيْسَ شَرُّكَ عَظِيمًا، وَآثَامُكَ لَا نِهَايَةَ لَهَا؟ | ٥ 5 |
Is not thy wickedness abundant? And there is no end to thine iniquities.
لِأَنَّكَ ٱرْتَهَنْتَ أَخَاكَ بِلَا سَبَبٍ، وَسَلَبْتَ ثِيَابَ ٱلْعُرَاةِ. | ٦ 6 |
For thou takest a pledge of thy brother for nought, And the garments of the naked Thou dost strip off.
مَاءً لَمْ تَسْقِ ٱلْعَطْشَانَ، وَعَنِ ٱلْجَوْعَانِ مَنَعْتَ خُبْزًا. | ٧ 7 |
Thou causest not the weary to drink water, And from the hungry thou withholdest bread.
أَمَّا صَاحِبُ ٱلْقُوَّةِ فَلَهُ ٱلْأَرْضُ، وَٱلْمُتَرَفِّعُ ٱلْوَجْهِ سَاكِنٌ فِيهَا. | ٨ 8 |
As to the man of arm — he hath the earth, And the accepted of face — he dwelleth in it.
ٱلْأَرَامِلَ أَرْسَلْتَ خَالِيَاتٍ، وَذِرَاعُ ٱلْيَتَامَى ٱنْسَحَقَتْ. | ٩ 9 |
Widows thou hast sent away empty, And the arms of the fatherless are bruised.
لِأَجْلِ ذَلِكَ حَوَالَيْكَ فِخَاخٌ، وَيُرِيعُكَ رُعْبٌ بَغْتَةً | ١٠ 10 |
Therefore round about thee [are] snares, And trouble thee doth fear suddenly.
أَوْ ظُلْمَةٌ فَلَا تَرَى، وَفَيْضُ ٱلْمِيَاهِ يُغَطِّيكَ. | ١١ 11 |
Or darkness — thou dost not see, And abundance of waters doth cover thee.
«هُوَذَا ٱللهُ فِي عُلُوِّ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ. وَٱنْظُرْ رَأْسَ ٱلْكَوَاكِبِ مَا أَعْلَاهُ! | ١٢ 12 |
Is not God high [in] heaven? And see the summit of the stars, That they are high.
فَقُلْتَ: كَيْفَ يَعْلَمُ ٱللهُ؟ هَلْ مِنْ وَرَاءِ ٱلضَّبَابِ يَقْضِي؟ | ١٣ 13 |
And thou hast said, 'What — hath God known? Through thickness doth He judge?
ٱلسَّحَابُ سِتْرٌ لَهُ فَلَا يُرَى، وَعَلَى دَائِرَةِ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ يَتَمَشَّى. | ١٤ 14 |
Thick clouds [are] a secret place to Him, And He doth not see;' And the circle of the heavens He walketh habitually,
هَلْ تَحْفَظُ طَرِيقَ ٱلْقِدَمِ ٱلَّذِي دَاسَهُ رِجَالُ ٱلْإِثْمِ، | ١٥ 15 |
The path of the age dost thou observe, That men of iniquity have trodden?
ٱلَّذِينَ قُبِضَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَبْلَ ٱلْوَقْتِ؟ ٱلْغَمْرُ ٱنْصَبَّ عَلَى أَسَاسِهِمِ. | ١٦ 16 |
Who have been cut down unexpectedly, A flood is poured out on their foundation.
ٱلْقَائِلِينَ لِلهِ: ٱبْعُدْ عَنَّا. وَمَاذَا يَفْعَلُ ٱلْقَدِيرُ لَهُمْ؟ | ١٧ 17 |
Those saying to God, 'Turn aside from us,' And what doth the Mighty One to them?
وَهُوَ قَدْ مَلَأَ بُيُوتَهُمْ خَيْرًا. لِتَبْعُدْ عَنِّي مَشُورَةُ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ. | ١٨ 18 |
And he hath filled their houses [with] good: (And the counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)
ٱلْأَبْرَارُ يَنْظُرُونَ وَيَفْرَحُونَ، وَٱلْبَرِيءُ يَسْتَهْزِئُ بِهِمْ قَائِلِينَ: | ١٩ 19 |
See do the righteous and they rejoice, And the innocent mocketh at them,
أَلَمْ يُبَدْ مُقَاوِمُونَا، وَبَقِيَّتُهُمْ قَدْ أَكَلَتْهَا ٱلنَّارُ؟ | ٢٠ 20 |
'Surely our substance hath not been cut off, And their excellency hath fire consumed.'
«تَعَرَّفْ بِهِ وَٱسْلَمْ. بِذَلِكَ يَأْتِيكَ خَيْرٌ. | ٢١ 21 |
Acquaint thyself, I pray thee, with Him, And be at peace, Thereby thine increase [is] good.
ٱقْبَلِ ٱلشَّرِيعَةَ مِنْ فِيهِ، وَضَعْ كَلَامَهُ فِي قَلْبِكَ. | ٢٢ 22 |
Receive, I pray thee, from His mouth a law, And set His sayings in thy heart.
إِنْ رَجَعْتَ إِلَى ٱلْقَدِيرِ تُبْنَى. إِنْ أَبْعَدْتَ ظُلْمًا مِنْ خَيْمَتِكَ، | ٢٣ 23 |
If thou dost return unto the Mighty Thou art built up, Thou puttest iniquity far from thy tents.
وَأَلْقَيْتَ ٱلتِّبْرَ عَلَى ٱلتُّرَابِ وَذَهَبَ أُوفِيرَ بَيْنَ حَصَا ٱلْأَوْدِيَةِ. | ٢٤ 24 |
So as to set on the dust a defence, And on a rock of the valleys a covering.
يَكُونُ ٱلْقَدِيرُ تِبْرَكَ وَفِضَّةَ أَتْعَابٍ لَكَ، | ٢٥ 25 |
And the Mighty hath been thy defence, And silver [is] strength to thee.
لِأَنَّكَ حِينَئِذٍ تَتَلَذَّذُ بِٱلْقَدِيرِ وَتَرْفَعُ إِلَى ٱللهِ وَجْهَكَ. | ٢٦ 26 |
For then on the Mighty thou delightest thyself, And dost lift up unto God thy face,
تُصَلِّي لَهُ فَيَسْتَمِعُ لَكَ، وَنُذُورُكَ تُوفِيهَا. | ٢٧ 27 |
Thou dost make supplication unto Him, And He doth hear thee, And thy vows thou completest.
وَتَجْزِمُ أَمْرًا فَيُثَبَّتُ لَكَ، وَعَلَى طُرُقِكَ يُضِيءُ نُورٌ. | ٢٨ 28 |
And thou decreest a saying, And it is established to thee, And on thy ways hath light shone.
إِذَا وُضِعُوا تَقُولُ: رَفْعٌ. وَيُخَلِّصُ ٱلْمُنْخَفِضَ ٱلْعَيْنَيْنِ. | ٢٩ 29 |
For they have made low, And thou sayest, 'Lift up.' And the bowed down of eyes he saveth.
يُنَجِّي غَيْرَ ٱلْبَرِيءِ وَيُنْجَى بِطَهَارَةِ يَدَيْكَ». | ٣٠ 30 |
He delivereth the not innocent, Yea, he hath been delivered By the cleanness of thy hands.