أَيُّوبَ 4

١ 1 فَأجَابَ أَلِيفَازُ ٱلتَّيمَانِيُّ وَقَالَ:

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,

٢ 2 «إِنِ ٱمْتَحَنَ أَحَدٌ كَلِمَةً مَعَكَ، فَهَلْ تَسْتَاءُ؟ وَلَكِنْ مَنْ يَسْتَطِيعُ ٱلِٱمْتِنَاعَ عَنِ ٱلْكَلَامِ؟

"If someone ventures to talk with you, will you be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?

٣ 3 هَا أَنْتَ قَدْ أَرْشَدْتَ كَثِيرِينَ، وَشَدَّدْتَ أَيَادِيَ مُرْتَخِيَةً.

Look, you have instructed many, you have strengthened the weak hands.

٤ 4 قَدْ أَقَامَ كَلَامُكَ ٱلْعَاثِرَ، وَثَبَّتَّ ٱلرُّكَبَ ٱلْمُرْتَعِشَةَ!

Your words have supported him who was falling, You have made firm the feeble knees.

٥ 5 وَٱلْآنَ إِذْ جَاءَ عَلَيْكَ ضَجِرْتَ، إِذْ مَسَّكَ ٱرْتَعْتَ.

But now it is come to you, and you faint. It touches you, and you are troubled.

٦ 6 أَلَيْسَتْ تَقْوَاكَ هِيَ مُعْتَمَدَكَ، وَرَجَاؤُكَ كَمَالَ طُرُقِكَ؟

Isn't your piety your confidence? Isn't the integrity of your ways your hope?

٧ 7 اُذْكُرْ: مَنْ هَلَكَ وَهُوَ بَرِيءٌ، وَأَيْنَ أُبِيدَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمُونَ؟

"Remember, now, whoever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?

٨ 8 كَمَا قَدْ رَأَيْتَ: أَنَّ ٱلْحَارِثِينَ إِثْمًا، وَٱلزَّارِعِينَ شَقَاوَةً يَحْصُدُونَهَا.

According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same.

٩ 9 بِنَسَمَةِ ٱللهِ يَبِيدُونَ، وَبِرِيحِ أَنْفِهِ يَفْنَوْنَ.

By the breath of God they perish. By the blast of his anger are they consumed.

١٠ 10 زَمْجَرَةُ ٱلْأَسَدِ وَصَوْتُ ٱلزَّئِيرِ وَأَنْيَابُ ٱلْأَشْبَالِ تَكَسَّرَتْ.

The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

١١ 11 اَللَّيْثُ هَالِكٌ لِعَدَمِ ٱلْفَرِيسَةِ، وَأَشْبَالُ ٱللَّبْوَةِ تَبَدَّدَتْ.

The old lion perishes for lack of prey. The cubs of the lioness are scattered abroad.

١٢ 12 «ثُمَّ إِلَيَّ تَسَلَّلَتْ كَلِمَةٌ، فَقَبِلَتْ أُذُنِي مِنْهَا رِكْزًا.

"Now a thing was secretly brought to me. My ear received a whisper of it.

١٣ 13 فِي ٱلْهَوَاجِسِ مِنْ رُؤَى ٱللَّيْلِ، عِنْدَ وُقُوعِ سُبَاتٍ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ،

In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,

١٤ 14 أَصَابَنِي رُعْبٌ وَرِعْدَةٌ، فَرَجَفَتْ كُلَّ عِظَامِي.

fear came on me, and trembling, which made all my bones shake.

١٥ 15 فَمَرَّتْ رُوحٌ عَلَى وَجْهِي، ٱقْشَعَرَّ شَعْرُ جَسَدِي.

Then a spirit passed before my face. The hair of my flesh stood up.

١٦ 16 وَقَفَتْ وَلَكِنِّي لَمْ أَعْرِفْ مَنْظَرَهَا، شِبْهٌ قُدَّامَ عَيْنَيَّ. سَمِعْتُ صَوْتًا مُنْخَفِضًا:

It stood still, but I couldn't discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes. Silence, then I heard a voice, saying,

١٧ 17 أَٱلْإِنْسَانُ أَبَرُّ مِنَ ٱللهِ؟ أَمِ ٱلرَّجُلُ أَطْهَرُ مِنْ خَالِقِهِ؟

'Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?

١٨ 18 هُوَذَا عَبِيدُهُ لَا يَأْتَمِنُهُمْ، وَإِلَى مَلَائِكَتِهِ يَنْسِبُ حَمَاقَةً،

Look, he puts no trust in his servants. He charges his angels with error.

١٩ 19 فَكَمْ بِٱلْحَرِيِّ سُكَّانُ بُيُوتٍ مِنْ طِينٍ، ٱلَّذِينَ أَسَاسُهُمْ فِي ٱلتُّرَابِ، وَيُسْحَقُونَ مِثْلَ ٱلْعُثِّ؟

How much more, those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth.

٢٠ 20 بَيْنَ ٱلصَّبَاحِ وَٱلْمَسَاءِ يُحَطَّمُونَ. بِدُونِ مُنْتَبِهٍ إِلَيْهِمْ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ يَبِيدُونَ.

Between morning and evening they are destroyed. They perish forever without any regarding it.

٢١ 21 أَمَا ٱنْتُزِعَتْ مِنْهُمْ طُنُبُهُمْ؟ يَمُوتُونَ بِلَا حِكْمَةٍ.

Isn't their tent cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.'