¹فاجاب بلدد الشوحي وقال

¹Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

²الى متى تقول هذا وتكون اقوال فيك ريحا شديدة.

²How long wilt thou speak these things? And [how long] shall the words of thy mouth be [like] a mighty wind?

³هل الله يعوّج القضاء او القدير يعكس الحق.

³Doth God pervert justice? Or doth the Almighty pervert righteousness?

⁴اذ اخطأ اليه بنوك دفعهم الى يد معصيتهم.

⁴If thy children have sinned against him, And he hath delivered them into the hand of their transgression;

⁵فان بكرت انت الى الله وتضرعت الى القدير.

⁵If thou wouldest seek diligently unto God, And make thy supplication to the Almighty;

⁶ان كنت انت زكيا مستقيما فانه الآن يتنبه لك ويسلم مسكن برك.

⁶If thou wert pure and upright: Surely now he would awake for thee, And make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

⁷وان تكن اولاك صغيرة فآخرتك تكثر جدا

⁷And though thy beginning was small, Yet thy latter end would greatly increase.

⁸اسأل القرون الاولى وتأكد مباحث آبائهم.

⁸For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out:

⁹لاننا نحن من امس ولا نعلم لان ايامنا على الارض ظل.

⁹(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days upon earth are a shadow);

¹⁰فهلا يعلمونك. يقولون لك ومن قلوبهم يخرجون اقوالا قائلين

¹⁰Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, And utter words out of their heart?

¹¹هل ينمي البردي في غير الغمقة او تنبت الحلفاء بلا ماء.

¹¹Can the rush grow up without mire? Can the flag grow without water?

¹²وهو بعد في نضارته لم يقطع ييبس قبل كل العشب.

¹²Whilst it is yet in its greenness, [and] not cut down, It withereth before any [other] herb.

¹³هكذا سبل كل الناسين الله ورجاء الفاجر يخيب

¹³So are the paths of all that forget God; And the hope of the godless man shall perish:

¹⁴فينقطع اعتماده ومتكله بيت العنكبوت.

¹⁴Whose confidence shall break in sunder, And whose trust is a spider's web.

¹⁵يستند الى بيته فلا يثبت. يتمسك به فلا يقوم.

¹⁵He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: He shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.

¹⁶هو رطب تجاه الشمس وعلى جنته تنبت خراعيبه.

¹⁶He is green before the sun, And his shoots go forth over his garden.

¹⁷واصوله مشتبكة في الرجمة فترى محل الحجارة.

¹⁷His roots are wrapped about the [stone] -heap, He beholdeth the place of stones.

¹⁸ان اقتلعه من مكانه يجحده قائلا ما رايتك.

¹⁸If he be destroyed from his place, Then it shall deny him, [saying], I have not seen thee.

¹⁹هذا هو فرح طريقه ومن التراب ينبت آخر

¹⁹Behold, this is the joy of his way; And out of the earth shall others spring.

²⁰هوذا الله لا يرفض الكامل ولا يأخذ بيد فاعلي الشر.

²⁰Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, Neither will he uphold the evil-doers.

²¹عندما يملأ فاك ضحكا وشفتيك هتافا.

²¹He will yet fill thy mouth with laughter, And thy lips with shouting.

²²يلبس مبغضوك خزيا. اما خيمة الاشرار فلا تكون

²²They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; And the tent of the wicked shall be no more.