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