< أَيُّوبَ 8 >
فَأَجَابَ بِلْدَدُ ٱلشُّوحِيُّ وَقَالَ: | ١ 1 |
But Baldad the Suhite, responding, said:
«إِلَى مَتَى تَقُولُ هَذَا، وَتَكُونُ أَقْوَالُ فِيكَ رِيحًا شَدِيدَةً؟ | ٢ 2 |
How long will you speak this way, so that the words of your mouth are like a changeable wind?
هَلِ ٱللهُ يُعَوِّجُ ٱلْقَضَاءَ، أَوِ ٱلْقَدِيرُ يَعْكِسُ ٱلْحَقَّ؟ | ٣ 3 |
Does God supplant judgment, or does the Almighty subvert that which is just?
إِذْ أَخْطَأَ إِلَيْهِ بَنُوكَ، دَفَعَهُمْ إِلَى يَدِ مَعْصِيَتِهِمْ. | ٤ 4 |
And if now your children have sinned against him, and he has dismissed them into the power of their iniquity,
فَإِنْ بَكَّرْتَ أَنْتَ إِلَى ٱللهِ وَتَضَرَّعْتَ إِلَى ٱلْقَدِيرِ، | ٥ 5 |
even so, you should arise early to God, so as to beseech the Almighty.
إِنْ كُنْتَ أَنْتَ زَكِيًّا مُسْتَقِيمًا، فَإِنَّهُ ٱلْآنَ يَتَنَبَّهُ لَكَ وَيُسْلِمُ مَسْكَنَ بِرِّكَ. | ٦ 6 |
If you approach with purity and honesty, he will quickly be attentive to you, and a peaceful life will repay your righteousness,
وَإِنْ تَكُنْ أُولَاكَ صَغِيرَةً فَآخِرَتُكَ تَكْثُرُ جِدًّا. | ٧ 7 |
so much so that, if your former things were small, your latter things would be multiplied greatly.
«اِسْأَلِ ٱلْقُرُونَ ٱلْأُولَى وَتَأَكَّدْ مَبَاحِثَ آبَائِهِمْ، | ٨ 8 |
For inquire of the earliest generation, and investigate diligently the history of the fathers,
لِأَنَّنَا نَحْنُ مِنْ أَمْسٍ وَلَا نَعْلَمُ، لِأَنَّ أَيَّامَنَا عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ ظِلٌّ. | ٩ 9 |
(of course, we are but of yesterday and are ignorant that our days on earth are like a shadow, )
فَهَلَّا يُعْلِمُونَكَ؟ يَقُولُونَ لَكَ، وَمِنْ قُلُوبِهِمْ يُخْرِجُونَ أَقْوَالًا قَائِلِينَ: | ١٠ 10 |
and they will teach you; they will speak with you and will offer you the eloquence of their hearts.
هَلْ يَنْمِي ٱلْبَرْدِيُّ فِي غَيْرِ ٱلْغَمَقَةِ، أَوْ تَنْبُتُ ٱلْحَلْفَاءُ بِلَا مَاءٍ؟ | ١١ 11 |
Can the marsh plant live without moisture? Or can sedges grow without water?
وَهُوَ بَعْدُ فِي نَضَارَتِهِ لَمْ يُقْطَعْ، يَيْبَسُ قَبْلَ كُلِّ ٱلْعُشْبِ. | ١٢ 12 |
When it is still in flower, and has not been pulled up by hand, it withers before all other plants.
هَكَذَا سُبُلُ كُلِّ ٱلنَّاسِينَ ٱللهَ، وَرَجَاءُ ٱلْفَاجِرِ يَخِيبُ، | ١٣ 13 |
Just so are the ways of all who forget God, and the hope of the hypocrite will perish.
فَيَنْقَطِعُ ٱعْتِمَادُهُ، وَمُتَّكَلُهُ بَيْتُ ٱلْعَنْكَبُوتِ! | ١٤ 14 |
His frenzy will not please him, and his faith will be like a spider’s web.
يَسْتَنِدُ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ فَلَا يَثْبُتُ. يَتَمَسَّكُ بِهِ فَلَا يَقُومُ. | ١٥ 15 |
He will lean on his house, and it will not stand; he will prop it up, but it will not rise.
هُوَ رَطْبٌ تُجَاهَ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَعَلَى جَنَّتِهِ تَنْبُتُ خَرَاعِيبُهُ. | ١٦ 16 |
He seems to have moisture before the sun arrives; and at sunrise, his sprout shoots forth.
وَأُصُولُهُ مُشْتَبِكَةٌ فِي ٱلرُّجْمَةِ، فَتَرَى مَحَلَّ ٱلْحِجَارَةِ. | ١٧ 17 |
His roots will crowd together over a heap of stones, and among the stones he will remain.
إِنِ ٱقْتَلَعَهُ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ، يَجْحَدُهُ قَائِلًا: مَا رَأَيْتُكَ! | ١٨ 18 |
If someone is devoured right beside him, he will deny him and will say: “I do not know you.”
هَذَا هُوَ فَرَحُ طَرِيقِهِ، وَمِنَ ٱلتُّرَابِ يَنْبُتُ آخَرُ. | ١٩ 19 |
For this is the benefit of his way, that others in turn may spring up from the earth.
«هُوَذَا ٱللهُ لَا يَرْفُضُ ٱلْكَامِلَ، وَلَا يَأْخُذُ بِيَدِ فَاعِلِي ٱلشَّرِّ. | ٢٠ 20 |
God will not discard the simple, nor will he extend his hand to the spiteful,
عِنْدَمَا يَمْلَأُ فَاكَ ضَحِكًا، وَشَفَتَيْكَ هُتَافًا، | ٢١ 21 |
even until your mouth is filled with laughter and your lips with rejoicing.
يَلْبَسُ مُبْغِضُوكَ خِزْيًا، أَمَّا خَيْمَةُ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ فَلَا تَكُونُ». | ٢٢ 22 |
Those who hate you, will be clothed with confusion, and the tabernacle of the impious will not continue.