أيُّوب 8
| فَأَجَابَ بِلْدَدُ الشُّوحِيُّ: | ١ 1 |
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,
| «إِلَى مَتَى تَظَلُّ تَتَكَلَّمُ بِهَذِهِ الأَقْوَالِ، فَتَخْرُجَ مِنْ فَمِكَ كَرِيحٍ شَدِيدَةٍ؟ | ٢ 2 |
"How long will you speak these things? Shall the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?
| أَيُحَرِّفُ اللهُ الْقَضَاءَ، أَمْ يَعْكِسُ الْقَدِيرُ مَا هُوَ حَقٌّ؟ | ٣ 3 |
Does God pervert justice? Or does Shaddai pervert righteousness?
| إِنْ كَانَ أَبْنَاؤُكَ أَخْطَأُوا فَقَدْ أَوْقَعَ بِهِمْ جَزَاءَ مَعَاصِيهِمْ. | ٤ 4 |
If your children have sinned against him, He has delivered them into the hand of their disobedience.
| فَإِنْ أَسْرَعْتَ وَطَلَبْتَ وَجْهَ اللهِ وَتَضَرَّعْتَ إِلَى الْقَدِيرِ، | ٥ 5 |
If you want to seek God diligently, make your petition to Shaddai.
| وَإِنْ كُنْتَ نَقِيًّا صَالِحاً، فَإِنَّهُ حَتْماً يَلْتَفِتُ إِلَيْكَ وَيُكَافِئُكَ بِمَسْكَنِ بِرٍّ. | ٦ 6 |
If you were pure and upright, surely now he would awaken for you, and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.
| وَإِنْ تَكُنْ أُولاكَ مُتَوَاضِعَةً، فَإِنَّ آخِرَتَكَ تَكُونُ عَظِيمَةً جِدّاً. | ٧ 7 |
Though your beginning was small, yet your latter end would greatly increase.
| اسْأَلِ الأَجْيَالَ الْغَابِرَةَ، وَتَأَمَّلْ مَا اخْتَبَرَهُ الآبَاءُ، | ٨ 8 |
"Please inquire of past generations. Find out about the learning of their fathers.
| فَإِنَّنَا قَدْ وُلِدْنَا بِالأَمْسِ الْقَرِيبِ، وَلا نَعْرِفُ شَيْئاً، لأَنَّ أَيَّامَنَا عَلَى الأَرْضِ ظِلٌّ. | ٩ 9 |
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days on earth are a shadow.)
| أَلا يُعْلِمُونَكَ وَيُخْبِرُونَكَ وَيَبُثُّونَكَ مَا فِي نُفُوسِهِمْ قَائِلِينَ: | ١٠ 10 |
Shall they not teach you, tell you, and utter words out of their heart?
| أَيَنْمُو الْبَرْدِيُّ حَيْثُ لَا مُسْتَنْقَعَ، أَمْ تَنْبُتُ الْحَلْفَاءُ مِنْ غَيْرِ مَاءٍ؟ | ١١ 11 |
"Can the papyrus grow up without mire? Can the rushes grow without water?
| إِنَّهَا تَيْبَسُ قَبْلَ سَائِرِ الْعُشْبِ، وَهِيَ فِي نَضَارَتِهَا لَمْ تُقْطَعْ. | ١٢ 12 |
While it is yet in its greenness, not cut down, it withers before any other reed.
| هَكَذَا يَكُونُ مَصِيرُ كُلِّ مَنْ يَنْسَى اللهَ، وَهَكَذَا يَخِيبُ رَجَاءُ الْفَاجِرِ. | ١٣ 13 |
So are the paths of all who forget God. The hope of the godless man shall perish,
| يَنْهَارُ مَا يَعْتَمِدُ عَلَيْهِ، وَيُصْبِحُ مِثْلَ بَيْتِ الْعَنْكَبُوتِ. | ١٤ 14 |
Whose confidence shall break apart, Whose trust is a spider's web.
| يَتَّكِئُ عَلَيْهِ فَيَنْهَدِمُ، وَيَتَعَلَّقُ بِهِ فَلا يَثْبُتُ. | ١٥ 15 |
He shall lean on his house, but it shall not stand. He shall cling to it, but it shall not endure.
| يَزْدَهِرُ كَشَجَرَةٍ أَمَامَ الشَّمْسِ، تَنْتَشِرُ أَغْصَانُهَا فَوْقَ بُسْتَانِهَا. | ١٦ 16 |
He is green before the sun. His shoots go forth over his garden.
| تَتَشَابَكُ أُصُولُهُ حَوْلَ كَوْمَةِ الْحِجَارَةِ، وَتَلْتَفُّ حَوْلَ الصُّخُورِ. | ١٧ 17 |
His roots are wrapped around the rock pile. He sees the place of stones.
| وَلَكِنْ حَالَمَا يُسْتَأْصَلُ مِنْ مَوْضِعِهِ يُنْكِرُهُ مَكَانُهُ قَائِلاً:’مَا رَأَيْتُكَ قَطُّ!‘ | ١٨ 18 |
If he is destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, 'I have not seen you.'
| هَكَذَا تَكُونُ بَهْجَةُ طَرِيقِهِ. وَلَكِنْ مِنَ التُّرَابِ يَأْتِي آخَرُونَ وَيأْخُذُونَ مَكَانَهُ. | ١٩ 19 |
Look, this is the joy of his way: out of the earth, others shall spring.
| إِنَّ اللهَ لَا يَنْبِذُ الإِنْسَانَ الْكَامِلَ وَلا يَمُدُّ يَدَ الْعَوْنِ لِفَاعِلِي الشَّرِّ. | ٢٠ 20 |
"Look, God will not cast away a blameless man, neither will he uphold the evildoers.
| يَمْلأُ فَمَكَ ضَحِكاً وَشَفَتَيْكَ هُتَافاً، | ٢١ 21 |
He will still fill your mouth with laughter, your lips with shouting.
| عِنْدَئِذٍ يَرْتَدِي مُبْغِضُوكَ الْخِزْيَ، وَبَيْتُ الأَشْرَارِ يَنْهَارُ». | ٢٢ 22 |
Those who hate you shall be clothed with shame. The tent of the wicked shall be no more."
