1 GLT فَأَجَابَ بِلْدَدُ ٱلشُّوحِيُّ وَقَالَ: BSB BSB: Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
2 GLT «إِلَى مَتَى تَضَعُونَ أَشْرَاكًا لِلْكَلَامِ؟ تَعَقَّلُوا وَبَعْدُ نَتَكَلَّمُ. BSB BSB: “How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk.
3 GLT لِمَاذَا حُسِبْنَا كَٱلْبَهِيمَةِ، وَتَنَجَّسْنَا فِي عُيُونِكُمْ؟ BSB BSB: Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?
4 GLT يَا أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُفْتَرِسُ نَفْسَهُ فِي غَيْظِهِ، هَلْ لِأَجْلِكَ تُخْلَى ٱلْأَرْضُ، أَوْ يُزَحْزَحُ ٱلصَّخْرُ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ؟ BSB BSB: You who tear yourself in anger—should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?
5 GLT «نَعَمْ! نُورُ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ يَنْطَفِئُ، وَلَا يُضِيءُ لَهِيبُ نَارِهِ. BSB BSB: Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
6 GLT ٱلنُّورُ يُظْلِمُ فِي خَيْمَتِهِ، وَسِرَاجُهُ فَوْقَهُ يَنْطَفِئُ. BSB BSB: The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.
7 GLT تَقْصُرُ خَطَوَاتُ قُوَّتِهِ، وَتَصْرَعُهُ مَشُورَتُهُ. BSB BSB: His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.
8 GLT لِأَنَّ رِجْلَيْهِ تَدْفَعَانِهِ فِي ٱلْمِصْلَاةِ فَيَمْشِي إِلَى شَبَكَةٍ. BSB BSB: For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.
9 GLT يُمْسِكُ ٱلْفَخُّ بِعَقِبِهِ، وَتَتَمَكَّنُ مِنْهُ ٱلشَّرَكُ. BSB BSB: A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.
10 GLT مَطْمُورَةٌ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ حِبَالَتُهُ، وَمِصْيَدَتُهُ فِي ٱلسَّبِيلِ. BSB BSB: A noose is hidden in the ground, and a trap lies in his path.
11 GLT تُرْهِبُهُ أَهْوَالٌ مِنْ حَوْلِهِ، وَتَذْعَرُهُ عِنْدَ رِجْلَيْهِ. BSB BSB: Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.
12 GLT تَكُونُ قُوَّتُهُ جَائِعَةً وَٱلْبَوَارُ مُهَيَّأٌ بِجَانِبِهِ. BSB BSB: His strength is depleted, and calamity is ready at his side.
13 GLT يَأْكُلُ أَعْضَاءَ جَسَدِهِ. يَأْكُلُ أَعْضَاءَهُ بِكْرُ ٱلْمَوْتِ. BSB BSB: It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs.
14 GLT يَنْقَطِعُ عَنْ خَيْمَتِهِ، عَنِ ٱعْتِمَادِهِ، وَيُسَاقُ إِلَى مَلِكِ ٱلْأَهْوَالِ. BSB BSB: He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors.
15 GLT يَسْكُنُ فِي خَيْمَتِهِ مَنْ لَيْسَ لَهُ. يُذَرُّ عَلَى مَرْبِضِهِ كِبْرِيتٌ. BSB BSB: Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.
16 GLT مِنْ تَحْتُ تَيْبَسُ أُصُولُهُ، وَمِنْ فَوْقُ يُقْطَعُ فَرْعُهُ. BSB BSB: The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.
17 GLT ذِكْرُهُ يَبِيدُ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَلَا ٱسْمَ لَهُ عَلَى وَجْهِ ٱلْبَرِّ. BSB BSB: The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.
18 GLT يُدْفَعُ مِنَ ٱلنُّورِ إِلَى ٱلظُّلْمَةِ، وَمِنَ ٱلْمَسْكُونَةِ يُطْرَدُ. BSB BSB: He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.
19 GLT لَا نَسْلَ وَلَا عَقِبَ لَهُ بَيْنَ شَعْبِهِ، وَلَا شَارِدَ فِي مَحَالِّهِ. BSB BSB: He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived.
20 GLT يَتَعَجَّبُ مِنْ يَوْمِهِ ٱلْمُتَأَخِّرُونَ، وَيَقْشَعِرُّ ٱلْأَقْدَمُونَ. BSB BSB: Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror.
21 GLT إِنَّمَا تِلْكَ مَسَاكِنُ فَاعِلِي ٱلشَّرِّ، وَهَذَا مَقَامُ مَنْ لَا يَعْرِفُ ٱللهَ». BSB BSB: Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked and the place of one who does not know God.”
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