Job 8

فَأَجَابَ بِلْدَدُ الشُّوحِيُّ وَقَالَ:

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

«إِلَى مَتَى تَقُولُ هذَا، وَتَكُونُ أَقْوَالُ فِيكَ رِيحًا شَدِيدَةً؟

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

هَلِ اللهُ يُعَوِّجُ الْقَضَاءَ، أَوِ الْقَدِيرُ يَعْكِسُ الْحَقَّ؟

Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

إِذْ أَخْطَأَ إِلَيْهِ بَنُوكَ، دَفَعَهُمْ إِلَى يَدِ مَعْصِيَتِهِمْ.

If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;

فَإِنْ بَكَّرْتَ أَنْتَ إِلَى اللهِ وَتَضَرَّعْتَ إِلَى الْقَدِيرِ،

If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;

إِنْ كُنْتَ أَنْتَ زَكِيًّا مُسْتَقِيمًا، فَإِنَّهُ الآنَ يَتَنَبَّهُ لَكَ وَيُسْلِمُ مَسْكَنَ بِرِّكَ.

If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

وَإِنْ تَكُنْ أُولاَكَ صَغِيرَةً فَآخِرَتُكَ تَكْثُرُ جِدًّا.

Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.

«اِسْأَلِ الْقُرُونَ الأُولَى وَتَأَكَّدْ مَبَاحِثَ آبَائِهِمْ،

For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:

لأَنَّنَا نَحْنُ مِنْ أَمْسٍ وَلاَ نَعْلَمُ، لأَنَّ أَيَّامَنَا عَلَى الأَرْضِ ظِلٌّ.

(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)

فَهَلاَّ يُعْلِمُونَكَ؟ يَقُولُونَ لَكَ، وَمِنْ قُلُوبِهِمْ يُخْرِجُونَ أَقْوَالاً قَائِلِينَ:

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

هَلْ يَنْمُي الْبَرْدِيُّ فِي غَيْرِ الْغَمِقَةِ، أَوْ تَنْبُتُ الْحَلْفَاءُ بِلاَ مَاءٍ؟

Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?

وَهُوَ بَعْدُ فِي نَضَارَتِهِ لَمْ يُقْطَعْ، يَيْبَسُ قَبْلَ كُلِّ الْعُشْبِ.

Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.

هكَذَا سُبُلُ كُلِّ النَّاسِينَ اللهَ، وَرَجَاءُ الْفَاجِرِ يَخِيبُ،

So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:

فَيَنْقَطِعُ اعْتِمَادُهُ، وَمُتَّكَلُهُ بَيْتُ الْعَنْكَبُوتِ!

Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web.

يَسْتَنِدُ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ فَلاَ يَثْبُتُ. يَتَمَسَّكُ بِهِ فَلاَ يَقُومُ.

He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.

هُوَ رَطْبٌ تُجَاهَ الشَّمْسِ وَعَلَى جَنَّتِهِ تَنْبُتُ خَرَاعِيبُبهُ.

He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.

وَأُصُولُهُ مُشْتَبِكَةٌ فِي الرُّجْمَةِ، فَتَرَى مَحَلَّ الْحِجَارَةِ.

His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.

إِنِ اقْتَلَعَهُ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ، يَجْحَدُهُ قَائِلاً: مَا رَأَيْتُكَ!

If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.

هذَا هُوَ فَرَحُ طَرِيقِهِ، وَمِنَ التُّرَابِ يَنْبُتُ آخَرُ.

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

«هُوَذَا اللهُ لاَ يَرْفُضُ الْكَامِلَ، وَلاَ يَأْخُذُ بِيَدِ فَاعِلِي الشَّرِّ.

Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:

عِنْدَمَا يَمْلأُ فَاكَ ضِحْكًا، وَشَفَتَيْكَ هُتَافًا،

Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.

يَلْبِسُ مُبْغِضُوكَ خَزْيًا، أَمَّا خَيْمَةُ الأَشْرَارِ فَلاَ تَكُونُ».

They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.