Job 4

فَأجَابَ أَلِيفَازُ التَّيمَانِيُّ وَقَالَ:

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

«إِنِ امْتَحَنَ أَحَدٌ كَلِمَةً مَعَكَ، فَهَلْ تَسْتَاءُ؟ وَلكِنْ مَنْ يَسْتَطِيعُ الامْتِنَاعَ عَنِ الْكَلاَمِ؟

If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?

هَا أَنْتَ قَدْ أَرْشَدْتَ كَثِيرِينَ، وَشَدَّدْتَ أَيَادِيَ مُرْتَخِيَةً.

Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.

قَدْ أَقَامَ كَلاَمُكَ الْعَاثِرَ، وَثَبَّتَّ الرُّكَبَ الْمُرْتَعِشَةَ!

Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.

وَالآنَ إِذْ جَاءَ عَلَيْكَ ضَجِرْتَ، إِذْ مَسَّكَ ارْتَعْتَ.

But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.

أَلَيْسَتْ تَقْوَاكَ هِيَ مُعْتَمَدَكَ، وَرَجَاؤُكَ كَمَالَ طُرُقِكَ؟

Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?

اُذْكُرْ: مَنْ هَلَكَ وَهُوَ بَرِيءٌ، وَأَيْنَ أُبِيدَ الْمُسْتَقِيمُونَ؟

Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?

كَمَا قَدْ رَأَيْتَ: أَنَّ الْحَارِثِينَ إِثْمًا، وَالزَّارِعِينَ شَقَاوَةً يَحْصُدُونَهَا.

Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.

بِنَسَمَةِ اللهِ يَبِيدُونَ، وَبِرِيحِ أَنْفِهِ يَفْنَوْنَ.

By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.

زَمْجَرَةُ الأَسَدِ وَصَوْتُ الزَّئِيرِ وَأَنْيَابُ الأَشْبَالِ تَكَسَّرَتْ.

The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

اَللَّيْثُ هَالِكٌ لِعَدَمِ الْفَرِيسَةِ، وَأَشْبَالُ اللَّبْوَةِ تَبَدَّدَتْ.

The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.

«ثُمَّ إِلَيَّ تَسَلَّلَتْ كَلِمَةٌ، فَقَبِلَتْ أُذُنِي مِنْهَا رِكْزًا.

Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.

فِي الْهَوَاجِسِ مِنْ رُؤَى اللَّيْلِ، عِنْدَ وُقُوعِ سَبَاتٍ عَلَى النَّاسِ،

In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,

أَصَابَنِي رُعْبٌ وَرَعْدَةٌ، فَرَجَفَتْ كُلَّ عِظَامِي.

Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.

فَمَرَّتْ رُوحٌ عَلَى وَجْهِي، اقْشَعَرَّ شَعْرُ جَسَدِي.

Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:

وَقَفَتْ وَلكِنِّي لَمْ أَعْرِفْ مَنْظَرَهَا، شِبْهٌ قُدَّامَ عَيْنَيَّ. سَمِعْتُ صَوْتًا مُنْخَفِضًا:

It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,

أَالإِنْسَانُ أَبَرُّ مِنَ اللهِ؟ أَمِ الرَّجُلُ أَطْهَرُ مِنْ خَالِقِهِ؟

Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?

هُوَذَا عَبِيدُهُ لاَ يَأْتَمِنُهُمْ، وَإِلَى مَلاَئِكَتِهِ يَنْسِبُ حَمَاقَةً،

Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:

فَكَمْ بِالْحَرِيِّ سُكَّانُ بُيُوتٍ مِنْ طِينٍ، الَّذِينَ أَسَاسُهُمْ فِي التُّرَابِ، وَيُسْحَقُونَ مِثْلَ الْعُثِّ؟

How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?

بَيْنَ الصَّبَاحِ وَالْمَسَاءِ يُحَطَّمُونَ. بِدُونِ مُنْتَبِهٍ إِلَيْهِمْ إِلَى الأَبَدِ يَبِيدُونَ.

They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.

أَمَا انْتُزِعَتْ مِنْهُمْ طُنُبُهُمْ؟ يَمُوتُونَ بِلاَ حِكْمَةٍ.

Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.