Job 11

فَأَجَابَ صُوفَرُ النَّعْمَاتِيُّ وَقَالَ:

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

«أَكَثْرَةُ الْكَلاَمِ لاَ يُجَاوَبُ، أَمْ رَجُلٌ مِهْذَارٌ يَتَبَرَّرُ؟

Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?

أَصَلَفُكَ يُفْحِمُ النَّاسَ، أَمْ تَلْغُو وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يُخْزِيكَ؟

Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?

إِذْ تَقُولُ: تَعْلِيمِي زكِيٌّ، وَأَنَا بَارٌّ فِي عَيْنَيْكَ.

For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

وَلكِنْ يَا لَيْتَ اللهَ يَتَكَلَّمُ وَيَفْتَحُ شَفَتَيْهِ مَعَكَ،

But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;

وَيُعْلِنُ لَكَ خَفِيَّاتِ الْحِكْمَةِ! إِنَّهَا مُضَاعَفَةُ الْفَهْمِ، فَتَعْلَمَ أَنَّ اللهَ يُغْرِمُكَ بِأَقَلَّ مِنْ إِثْمِكَ.

And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.

«أَإِلَى عُمْقِ اللهِ تَتَّصِلُ، أَمْ إِلَى نِهَايَةِ الْقَدِيرِ تَنْتَهِي؟

Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

هُوَ أَعْلَى مِنَ السَّمَاوَاتِ، فَمَاذَا عَسَاكَ أَنْ تَفْعَلَ؟ أَعْمَقُ مِنَ الْهَاوِيَةِ، فَمَاذَا تَدْرِي؟

It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?

أَطْوَلُ مِنَ الأَرْضِ طُولُهُ، وَأَعْرَضُ مِنَ الْبَحْرِ.

The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

إِنْ بَطَشَ أَوْ أَغْلَقَ أَوْ جَمَّعَ، فَمَنْ يَرُدُّهُ؟

If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?

لأَنَّهُ هُوَ يَعْلَمُ أُنَاسَ السُّوءِ، وَيُبْصِرُ الإِثْمَ، فَهَلْ لاَ يَنْتَبِهُ؟

For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?

أَمَّا الرَّجُلُ فَفَارِغٌ عَدِيمُ الْفَهْمِ، وَكَجَحْشِ الْفَرَا يُولَدُ الإِنْسَانُ.

For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.

«إِنْ أَعْدَدْتَ أَنْتَ قَلْبَكَ، وَبَسَطْتَ إِلَيْهِ يَدَيْكَ.

If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;

إِنْ أَبْعَدْتَ الإِثْمَ الَّذِي فِي يَدِكَ، وَلاَ يَسْكُنُ الظُّلْمُ فِي خَيْمَتِكَ،

If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.

حِينَئِذٍ تَرْفَعُ وَجْهَكَ بِلاَ عَيْبٍ، وَتَكُونُ ثَابِتًا وَلاَ تَخَافُ.

For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:

لأَنَّكَ تَنْسَى الْمَشَقَّةَ. كَمِيَاهٍ عَبَرَتْ تَذْكُرُهَا.

Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:

وَفَوْقَ الظَّهِيرَةِ يَقُومُ حَظُّكَ. الظَّلاَمُ يَتَحَوَّلُ صَبَاحًا.

And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.

وَتَطْمَئِنُّ لأَنَّهُ يُوجَدُ رَجَاءٌ. تَتَجَسَّسُ حَوْلَكَ وَتَضْطَجِعُ آمِنًا.

And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.

وَتَرْبِضُ وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يُزْعِجُ، وَيَتَضَرَّعُ إِلَى وَجْهِكَ كَثِيرُونَ.

Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.

أَمَّا عُيُونُ الأَشْرَارِ فَتَتْلَفُ، وَمَنَاصُهُمْ يَبِيدُ، وَرَجَاؤُهُمْ تَسْلِيمُ النَّفْسِ».

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.