أيُّوب 11
| فَأَجَابَ صُوفَرُ النَّعْمَاتِيُّ: | ١ 1 |
Then responded Zophar the Naamathite, and said: —
| «هَلْ يُتْرَكُ هَذَا الْكَلاَمُ الْمُفَرِّطُ مِنْ غَيْرِ جَوَابٍ، أَمْ يَتَبَرَّأُ الرَّجُلُ الْمِهْذَارُ؟ | ٢ 2 |
Should, the multitude of words, not be answered? Or should, a man full of talk, be justified?
| أَيُفْحِمُ لَغْوُكَ النَّاسَ، أَمْ تَهَكُّمُكَ يَحُولُ دُونَ تَسْفِيهِكَ؟ | ٣ 3 |
Shall, thy pratings, cause men to hold their peace? When thou hast mocked, shall there be none to put thee to shame?
| إِذْ تَدَّعِي قَائِلاً: مَذْهَبِي صَالِحٌ، وَأَنَا بَارٌّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ. | ٤ 4 |
Since thou hast said, Right is my doctrine, and pure am I in his eyes.
| وَلَكِنْ لَيْتَ اللهَ يَتَكَلَّمُ وَيَفْتَحُ شَفَتَيْهِ لِيَرُدَّ عَلَيْكَ، | ٥ 5 |
But, in very deed, oh that GOD would speak, that he would open his lips with thee:
| وَيَكْشِفَ لَكَ أَسْرَارَ حِكْمَتِهِ، فَلِلْحِكْمَةِ الصَّالِحَةِ وَجْهَانِ، فَتُدْرِكَ آنَئِذٍ أَنَّ اللهَ عَاقَبَكَ عَلَى إِثْمِكَ بِأَقَلَّ مِمَّا تَسْتَحِقُّ. | ٦ 6 |
That he would declare to thee the secrets of wisdom, for they are double to that which actually is, —Know then that GOD could bring into forgetfulness for thee, a portion of thine iniquity.
| أَلَعَلَّكَ تُدْرِكُ أَعْمَاقَ اللهِ، أَمْ تَبْلُغُ أَقْصَى قُوَّةِ الْقَدِيرِ؟ | ٧ 7 |
The hidden depth of GOD canst thou discover? Or, unto the furthest limit of the Almighty, canst thou attain?
| هُوَ أَسْمَى مِنَ السَّمَاوَاتِ، فَمَاذَا يُمْكِنُكَ أَنْ تَفْعَلَ؟ وَهُوَ أَبْعَدُ غَوْراً مِنَ الْهَاوِيَةِ، فَمَاذَا تَعْلَمُ؟ (Sheol h7585) | ٨ 8 |
The heights of the heavens, what canst thou do? Depths deeper than hades, what canst thou know? (Sheol h7585)
| هُوَ أَطْوَلُ مِنَ الأَرْضِ وَأَعْرَضُ مِنَ الْبَحْرِ. | ٩ 9 |
Longer than the earth, is the measure thereof, and broader than the sea.
| فَإِنِ اجْتَازَ وَاعْتَقَلَكَ وَحَاكَمَكَ فَمَنْ يَرُدُّهُ؟ | ١٠ 10 |
If he sweep on, or shut up, or call together, Who then shall hinder him?
| لأَنَّهُ عَالِمٌ بِالْمُنَافِقِينَ. إِنْ رَأَى الإِثْمَ، أَفَلاَ يَنْظُرُ فِي أَمْرِهِ؟ | ١١ 11 |
For, he, knoweth men of falsity, and seeth iniquity, and him that doth not diligently consider.
| يُصْبِحُ الأَحْمَقُ حَكِيماً عِنْدَمَا يَلِدُ حِمَارُ الْوَحْشِ إِنْسَاناً. | ١٢ 12 |
But, an empty person, will get sense, when, a wild ass’s colt, is born a man!
| إِنْ هَيَّأْتَ قَلْبَكَ وَبَسَطْتَ إِلَيْهِ يَدَيْكَ، | ١٣ 13 |
If, thou, hast prepared thy heart, and wilt spread forth, unto him, thy hands—
| وَإِنْ نَبَذْتَ الإِثْمَ الَّذِي تَلَطَّخَتْ بِهِ كَفَّاكَ، فَلَمْ يَعُدِ الْجَوْرُ يُقِيمُ فِي خَيْمَتِكَ. | ١٤ 14 |
If, iniquity, be in thy hand, Put it far away, and let there not dwell in thy tents perversity,
| حِينَئِذٍ تَرْفَعُ وَجْهَكَ بِكَرَامَةٍ، وَتَكُونُ رَاسِخاً مِنْ غَيْرِ خَوْفٍ، | ١٥ 15 |
Surely, then, shalt thou lift up thy face free from blemish, and shalt be established, and not fear.
| فَتَنْسَى مَا قَاسَيْتَ مِنْ مَشَقَّةٍ، وَلاَ تَذْكُرُهَا إِلاَّ كَمِيَاهٍ عَبَرَتْ. | ١٦ 16 |
For, now, shalt thou forget, sorrow, Like waters passed away, shalt thou remember it.
| وَتُصْبِحُ حَيَاتُكَ أَكْثَرَ إِشْرَاقاً مِنْ نُورِ الظَّهِيرَةِ، وَيَتَحَوَّلُ ظَلاَمُهَا إِلَى صَبَاحٍ، | ١٧ 17 |
Above high noon, shall rise life’s continuance, Darkness, like a morning, shall appear,
| وَتَطْمَئِنُّ لأَنَّ هُنَاكَ رَجَاءً، وَتَتَلَفَّتُ حَوْلَكَ وَتَرْقُدُ آمِناً. | ١٨ 18 |
And thou shalt he confident, that there is hope, and, when thou hast searched, securely shalt thou lie down;
| تَسْتَكِينُ إِذْ لَيْسَ مِنْ مُرَوِّعٍ، وَكَثِيرُونَ يَتَرَجَّوْنَ رِضَاكَ | ١٩ 19 |
And shalt rest, with none to put thee in terror, —and many shall entreat thy favour.
| أَمَّا عُيُونُ الأَشْرَارِ فَيُصِيبُهَا التَّلَفُ، وَمَنَافِذُ الْهَرَبِ تَخْتَفِي مِنْ أَمَامِهِمْ، وَلاَ أَمَلَ لَهُمْ إِلاَّ فِي الْمَوْتِ». | ٢٠ 20 |
But, the eyes of the lawless, shall fail, —and, place of refuge, shall have vanished from them, and, their hope, be a breathing out of life.
