Job 8

1 And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,

١ فَأَجَابَ بِلْدَدُ الشُّوحِيُّ:

2 How long wilt thou speak these things? and the words of thy mouth be a strong wind?

٢ «إِلَى مَتَى تَظَلُّ تَتَكَلَّمُ بِهَذِهِ الأَقْوَالِ، فَتَخْرُجَ مِنْ فَمِكَ كَرِيحٍ شَدِيدَةٍ؟

3 Doth God pervert judgment, and the Almighty pervert justice?

٣ أَيُحَرِّفُ اللهُ الْقَضَاءَ، أَمْ يَعْكِسُ الْقَدِيرُ مَا هُوَ حَقٌّ؟

4 If thy children have sinned against him, he hath also given them over into the hand of their transgression.

٤ إِنْ كَانَ أَبْنَاؤُكَ أَخْطَأُوا فَقَدْ أَوْقَعَ بِهِمْ جَزَاءَ مَعَاصِيهِمْ.

5 If thou seek earnestly unto God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty,

٥ فَإِنْ أَسْرَعْتَ وَطَلَبْتَ وَجْهَ اللهِ وَتَضَرَّعْتَ إِلَى الْقَدِيرِ،

6 If thou be pure and upright, surely now he will awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous;

٦ وَإِنْ كُنْتَ نَقِيًّا صَالِحاً، فَإِنَّهُ حَتْماً يَلْتَفِتُ إِلَيْكَ وَيُكَافِئُكَ بِمَسْكَنِ بِرٍّ.

7 And though thy beginning was small, yet thine end shall be very great.

٧ وَإِنْ تَكُنْ أُولاكَ مُتَوَاضِعَةً، فَإِنَّ آخِرَتَكَ تَكُونُ عَظِيمَةً جِدّاً.

8 For inquire, I pray thee, of the former generation, and attend to the researches of their fathers;

٨ اسْأَلِ الأَجْيَالَ الْغَابِرَةَ، وَتَأَمَّلْ مَا اخْتَبَرَهُ الآبَاءُ،

9 For we are [but] of yesterday, and know nothing, for our days upon earth are a shadow.

٩ فَإِنَّنَا قَدْ وُلِدْنَا بِالأَمْسِ الْقَرِيبِ، وَلا نَعْرِفُ شَيْئاً، لأَنَّ أَيَّامَنَا عَلَى الأَرْضِ ظِلٌّ.

10 Shall not they teach thee, [and] tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?

١٠ أَلا يُعْلِمُونَكَ وَيُخْبِرُونَكَ وَيَبُثُّونَكَ مَا فِي نُفُوسِهِمْ قَائِلِينَ:

11 Doth the papyrus shoot up without mire? doth the reed-grass grow without water?

١١ أَيَنْمُو الْبَرْدِيُّ حَيْثُ لَا مُسْتَنْقَعَ، أَمْ تَنْبُتُ الْحَلْفَاءُ مِنْ غَيْرِ مَاءٍ؟

12 Whilst it is yet in its greenness [and] not cut down, it withereth before any [other] grass.

١٢ إِنَّهَا تَيْبَسُ قَبْلَ سَائِرِ الْعُشْبِ، وَهِيَ فِي نَضَارَتِهَا لَمْ تُقْطَعْ.

13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the profane man's hope shall perish,

١٣ هَكَذَا يَكُونُ مَصِيرُ كُلِّ مَنْ يَنْسَى اللهَ، وَهَكَذَا يَخِيبُ رَجَاءُ الْفَاجِرِ.

14 Whose confidence shall be cut off, and his reliance is a spider's web.

١٤ يَنْهَارُ مَا يَعْتَمِدُ عَلَيْهِ، وَيُصْبِحُ مِثْلَ بَيْتِ الْعَنْكَبُوتِ.

15 He shall lean upon his house, and it shall not stand; he shall lay hold on it, but it shall not endure.

١٥ يَتَّكِئُ عَلَيْهِ فَيَنْهَدِمُ، وَيَتَعَلَّقُ بِهِ فَلا يَثْبُتُ.

16 He is full of sap before the sun, and his sprout shooteth forth over his garden;

١٦ يَزْدَهِرُ كَشَجَرَةٍ أَمَامَ الشَّمْسِ، تَنْتَشِرُ أَغْصَانُهَا فَوْقَ بُسْتَانِهَا.

17 His roots are entwined about the stoneheap; he seeth the place of stones.

١٧ تَتَشَابَكُ أُصُولُهُ حَوْلَ كَوْمَةِ الْحِجَارَةِ، وَتَلْتَفُّ حَوْلَ الصُّخُورِ.

18 If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him: I have not seen thee!

١٨ وَلَكِنْ حَالَمَا يُسْتَأْصَلُ مِنْ مَوْضِعِهِ يُنْكِرُهُ مَكَانُهُ قَائِلاً:’مَا رَأَيْتُكَ قَطُّ!‘

19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the dust shall others grow.

١٩ هَكَذَا تَكُونُ بَهْجَةُ طَرِيقِهِ. وَلَكِنْ مِنَ التُّرَابِ يَأْتِي آخَرُونَ وَيأْخُذُونَ مَكَانَهُ.

20 Behold, God will not cast off a perfect man, neither will he take evil-doers by the hand.

٢٠ إِنَّ اللهَ لَا يَنْبِذُ الإِنْسَانَ الْكَامِلَ وَلا يَمُدُّ يَدَ الْعَوْنِ لِفَاعِلِي الشَّرِّ.

21 Whilst he would fill thy mouth with laughing and thy lips with shouting,

٢١ يَمْلأُ فَمَكَ ضَحِكاً وَشَفَتَيْكَ هُتَافاً،

22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked be no more.

٢٢ عِنْدَئِذٍ يَرْتَدِي مُبْغِضُوكَ الْخِزْيَ، وَبَيْتُ الأَشْرَارِ يَنْهَارُ».