1فاجاب اليفاز التيماني وقال
1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
2هل ينفع الانسان الله. بل ينفع نفسه الفطن.
2“Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
3هل من مسرّة للقدير اذا تبررت او من فائدة اذا قوّمت طرقك.
3Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him, that you make your ways perfect?
4هل على تقواك يوبّخك او يدخل معك في المحاكمة.
4Is it for your piety that he reproves you, that he enters with you into judgment?
5أليس شرك عظيما وآثامك لا نهاية لها.
5Isn’t your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities.
6لانك ارتهنت اخاك بلا سبب وسلبت ثياب العراة.
6For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
7ماء لم تسق العطشان وعن الجوعان منعت خبزا
7You haven’t given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.
8اما صاحب القوة فله الارض والمترفّع الوجه ساكن فيها.
8But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honorable man, he lived in it.
9الارامل ارسلت خاليات وذراع اليتامى انسحقت.
9You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
10لاجل ذلك حواليك فخاخ ويريعك رعب بغتة
10Therefore snares are around you. Sudden fear troubles you,
11او ظلمة فلا ترى وفيض المياه يغطيك
11or darkness, so that you can not see, and floods of waters cover you.
12هوذا الله في علو السموات. وانظر راس الكواكب ما اعلاه.
12“Isn’t God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!
13فقلت كيف يعلم الله. هل من وراء الضباب يقضي.
13You say, ‘What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
14السحاب ستر له فلا يرى وعلى دائرة السموات يتمشى.
14Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn’t see. He walks on the vault of the sky.’
15هل تحفظ طريق القدم الذي داسه رجال الاثم
15Will you keep the old way, which wicked men have trodden,
16الذين قبض عليهم قبل الوقت. الغمر انصبّ على اساسهم.
16who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
17القائلين لله ابعد عنا. وماذا يفعل القدير لهم.
17who said to God, ‘Depart from us;’ and, ‘What can the Almighty do for us?’
18وهو قد ملأ بيوتهم خيرا. لتبعد عني مشورة الاشرار.
18Yet he filled their houses with good things, but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
19الابرار ينظرون ويفرحون والبريء يستهزئ بهم قائلين
19The righteous see it, and are glad. The innocent ridicule them,
20ألم يبد مقاومونا وبقيتهم قد اكلها النار
20saying, ‘Surely those who rose up against us are cut off. The fire has consumed their remnant.’
21تعرّف به واسلم. بذلك ياتيك خير.
21“Acquaint yourself with him, now, and be at peace. Thereby good shall come to you.
22اقبل الشريعة من فيه وضع كلامه في قلبك.
22Please receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.
23ان رجعت الى القدير تبنى. ان ابعدت ظلما من خيمتك
23If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, if you put away unrighteousness far from your tents.
24والقيت التبر على التراب وذهب اوفير بين حصا الاودية.
24Lay your treasure in the dust, the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.
25يكون القدير تبرك وفضة اتعاب لك.
25The Almighty will be your treasure, and precious silver to you.
26لانك حينئذ تتلذذ بالقدير وترفع الى الله وجهك.
26For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and shall lift up your face to God.
27تصلّي له فيستمع لك ونذورك توفيها.
27You shall make your prayer to him, and he will hear you. You shall pay your vows.
28وتجزم امرا فيثبت لك وعلى طرقك يضيء نور.
28You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to you. Light shall shine on your ways.
29اذا وضعوا تقول رفع. ويخلص المنخفض العينين.
29When they cast down, you shall say, ‘be lifted up.’ He will save the humble person.
30ينجي غير البريء وينجي بطهارة يديك
30He will even deliver him who is not innocent. Yes, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”