Job 11

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
فَأَجَابَ صُوفَرُ النَّعْمَاتِيُّ وَقَالَ:
Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
«أَكَثْرَةُ الْكَلاَمِ لاَ يُجَاوَبُ، أَمْ رَجُلٌ مِهْذَارٌ يَتَبَرَّرُ؟
Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
أَصَلَفُكَ يُفْحِمُ النَّاسَ، أَمْ تَلْغُو وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يُخْزِيكَ؟
For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
إِذْ تَقُولُ: تَعْلِيمِي زكِيٌّ، وَأَنَا بَارٌّ فِي عَيْنَيْكَ.
But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
وَلكِنْ يَا لَيْتَ اللهَ يَتَكَلَّمُ وَيَفْتَحُ شَفَتَيْهِ مَعَكَ،
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.
وَيُعْلِنُ لَكَ خَفِيَّاتِ الْحِكْمَةِ! إِنَّهَا مُضَاعَفَةُ الْفَهْمِ، فَتَعْلَمَ أَنَّ اللهَ يُغْرِمُكَ بِأَقَلَّ مِنْ إِثْمِكَ.
Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
«أَإِلَى عُمْقِ اللهِ تَتَّصِلُ، أَمْ إِلَى نِهَايَةِ الْقَدِيرِ تَنْتَهِي؟
It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
هُوَ أَعْلَى مِنَ السَّمَاوَاتِ، فَمَاذَا عَسَاكَ أَنْ تَفْعَلَ؟ أَعْمَقُ مِنَ الْهَاوِيَةِ، فَمَاذَا تَدْرِي؟
The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
أَطْوَلُ مِنَ الأَرْضِ طُولُهُ، وَأَعْرَضُ مِنَ الْبَحْرِ.
If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
إِنْ بَطَشَ أَوْ أَغْلَقَ أَوْ جَمَّعَ، فَمَنْ يَرُدُّهُ؟
For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
لأَنَّهُ هُوَ يَعْلَمُ أُنَاسَ السُّوءِ، وَيُبْصِرُ الإِثْمَ، فَهَلْ لاَ يَنْتَبِهُ؟
For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
أَمَّا الرَّجُلُ فَفَارِغٌ عَدِيمُ الْفَهْمِ، وَكَجَحْشِ الْفَرَا يُولَدُ الإِنْسَانُ.
If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
«إِنْ أَعْدَدْتَ أَنْتَ قَلْبَكَ، وَبَسَطْتَ إِلَيْهِ يَدَيْكَ.
If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
إِنْ أَبْعَدْتَ الإِثْمَ الَّذِي فِي يَدِكَ، وَلاَ يَسْكُنُ الظُّلْمُ فِي خَيْمَتِكَ،
For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
حِينَئِذٍ تَرْفَعُ وَجْهَكَ بِلاَ عَيْبٍ، وَتَكُونُ ثَابِتًا وَلاَ تَخَافُ.
Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:
لأَنَّكَ تَنْسَى الْمَشَقَّةَ. كَمِيَاهٍ عَبَرَتْ تَذْكُرُهَا.
And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
وَفَوْقَ الظَّهِيرَةِ يَقُومُ حَظُّكَ. الظَّلاَمُ يَتَحَوَّلُ صَبَاحًا.
And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
وَتَطْمَئِنُّ لأَنَّهُ يُوجَدُ رَجَاءٌ. تَتَجَسَّسُ حَوْلَكَ وَتَضْطَجِعُ آمِنًا.
Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
وَتَرْبِضُ وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يُزْعِجُ، وَيَتَضَرَّعُ إِلَى وَجْهِكَ كَثِيرُونَ.
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.
أَمَّا عُيُونُ الأَشْرَارِ فَتَتْلَفُ، وَمَنَاصُهُمْ يَبِيدُ، وَرَجَاؤُهُمْ تَسْلِيمُ النَّفْسِ».