Job 4

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

فَأجَابَ أَلِيفَازُ التَّيمَانِيُّ وَقَالَ:

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

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

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

هَا أَنْتَ قَدْ أَرْشَدْتَ كَثِيرِينَ، وَشَدَّدْتَ أَيَادِيَ مُرْتَخِيَةً.

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

قَدْ أَقَامَ كَلاَمُكَ الْعَاثِرَ، وَثَبَّتَّ الرُّكَبَ الْمُرْتَعِشَةَ!

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

وَالآنَ إِذْ جَاءَ عَلَيْكَ ضَجِرْتَ، إِذْ مَسَّكَ ارْتَعْتَ.

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

أَلَيْسَتْ تَقْوَاكَ هِيَ مُعْتَمَدَكَ، وَرَجَاؤُكَ كَمَالَ طُرُقِكَ؟

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

اُذْكُرْ: مَنْ هَلَكَ وَهُوَ بَرِيءٌ، وَأَيْنَ أُبِيدَ الْمُسْتَقِيمُونَ؟

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

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

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

بِنَسَمَةِ اللهِ يَبِيدُونَ، وَبِرِيحِ أَنْفِهِ يَفْنَوْنَ.

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

زَمْجَرَةُ الأَسَدِ وَصَوْتُ الزَّئِيرِ وَأَنْيَابُ الأَشْبَالِ تَكَسَّرَتْ.

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

اَللَّيْثُ هَالِكٌ لِعَدَمِ الْفَرِيسَةِ، وَأَشْبَالُ اللَّبْوَةِ تَبَدَّدَتْ.

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

«ثُمَّ إِلَيَّ تَسَلَّلَتْ كَلِمَةٌ، فَقَبِلَتْ أُذُنِي مِنْهَا رِكْزًا.

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

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

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

أَصَابَنِي رُعْبٌ وَرَعْدَةٌ، فَرَجَفَتْ كُلَّ عِظَامِي.

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

فَمَرَّتْ رُوحٌ عَلَى وَجْهِي، اقْشَعَرَّ شَعْرُ جَسَدِي.

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,

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

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

أَالإِنْسَانُ أَبَرُّ مِنَ اللهِ؟ أَمِ الرَّجُلُ أَطْهَرُ مِنْ خَالِقِهِ؟

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

هُوَذَا عَبِيدُهُ لاَ يَأْتَمِنُهُمْ، وَإِلَى مَلاَئِكَتِهِ يَنْسِبُ حَمَاقَةً،

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

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

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

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

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

أَمَا انْتُزِعَتْ مِنْهُمْ طُنُبُهُمْ؟ يَمُوتُونَ بِلاَ حِكْمَةٍ.