1 GLT فَأَجَابَ صُوفَرُ ٱلنَّعْمَاتِيُّ وَقَالَ: BSB BSB: Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
2 GLT «مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ هَوَاجِسِي تُجِيبُنِي، وَلِهَذَا هَيَجَانِي فِيَّ. BSB BSB: “So my anxious thoughts compel me to answer, because of the turmoil within me.
3 GLT تَعْيِيرَ تَوْبِيخِي أَسْمَعُ. وَرُوحٌ مِنْ فَهْمِي يُجِيبُنِي. BSB BSB: I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding prompts a reply.
4 GLT «أَمَا عَلِمْتَ هَذَا مِنَ ٱلْقَدِيمِ، مُنْذُ وُضِعَ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، BSB BSB: Do you not know that from antiquity, since man was placed on the earth,
5 GLT أَنَّ هُتَافَ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ مِنْ قَرِيبٍ، وَفَرَحَ ٱلْفَاجِرِ إِلَى لَحْظَةٍ! BSB BSB: the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
6 GLT وَلَوْ بَلَغَ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ طُولُهُ، وَمَسَّ رَأْسُهُ ٱلسَّحَابَ، BSB BSB: Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds,
7 GLT كَجُلَّتِهِ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ يَبِيدُ. ٱلَّذِينَ رَأَوْهُ يَقُولُونَ: أَيْنَ هُوَ؟ BSB BSB: he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’
8 GLT كَٱلْحُلْمِ يَطِيرُ فَلَا يُوجَدُ، وَيُطْرَدُ كَطَيْفِ ٱللَّيْلِ. BSB BSB: He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.
9 GLT عَيْنٌ أَبْصَرَتْهُ لَا تَعُودُ تَرَاهُ، وَمَكَانُهُ لَنْ يَرَاهُ بَعْدُ. BSB BSB: The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him.
10 GLT بَنُوهُ يَتَرَضَّوْنَ ٱلْفُقَرَاءَ، وَيَدَاهُ تَرُدَّانِ ثَرْوَتَهُ. BSB BSB: His sons will seek the favor of the poor, for his own hands must return his wealth.
11 GLT عِظَامُهُ مَلآنَةٌ شَبِيبَةً، وَمَعَهُ فِي ٱلتُّرَابِ تَضْطَجِعُ. BSB BSB: The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.
12 GLT إِنْ حَلَا فِي فَمِهِ ٱلشَّرُّ، وَأَخْفَاهُ تَحْتَ لِسَانِهِ، BSB BSB: Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue,
13 GLT أَشْفَقَ عَلَيْهِ وَلَمْ يَتْرُكْهُ، بَلْ حَبَسَهُ وَسَطَ حَنَكِهِ، BSB BSB: though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth,
14 GLT فَخُبْزُهُ فِي أَمْعَائِهِ يَتَحَوَّلُ، مَرَارَةَ أَصْلَالٍ فِي بَطْنِهِ. BSB BSB: yet in his stomach his food sours into the venom of cobras within him.
15 GLT قَدْ بَلَعَ ثَرْوَةً فَيَتَقَيَّأُهَا. ٱللهُ يَطْرُدُهَا مِنْ بَطْنِهِ. BSB BSB: He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.
16 GLT سَمَّ ٱلْأَصْلَالِ يَرْضَعُ. يَقْتُلُهُ لِسَانُ ٱلْأَفْعَى. BSB BSB: He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him.
17 GLT لَا يَرَى ٱلْجَدَاوِلَ أَنْهَارَ سَوَاقِيَ عَسَلٍ وَلَبَنٍ. BSB BSB: He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.
18 GLT يَرُدُّ تَعَبَهُ وَلَا يَبْلَعُهُ. كَمَالٍ تَحْتَ رَجْعٍ. وَلَا يَفْرَحُ. BSB BSB: He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.
19 GLT لِأَنَّهُ رَضَّضَ ٱلْمَسَاكِينَ، وَتَرَكَهُمْ، وَٱغْتَصَبَ بَيْتًا وَلَمْ يَبْنِهِ. BSB BSB: For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.
20 GLT لِأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَعْرِفْ فِي بَطْنِهِ قَنَاعَةً، لَا يَنْجُو بِمُشْتَهَاهُ. BSB BSB: Because his appetite is never satisfied, he cannot escape with his treasure.
21 GLT لَيْسَتْ مِنْ أَكْلِهِ بَقِيَّةٌ، لِأَجْلِ ذَلِكَ لَا يَدُومُ خَيْرُهُ. BSB BSB: Nothing is left for him to consume; thus his prosperity will not endure.
22 GLT مَعَ مِلْءِ رَغْدِهِ يَتَضَايَقُ. تَأْتِي عَلَيْهِ يَدُ كُلِّ شَقِيٍّ. BSB BSB: In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him.
23 GLT يَكُونُ عِنْدَمَا يَمْلَأُ بَطْنَهُ، أَنَّ ٱللهَ يُرْسِلُ عَلَيْهِ حُمُوَّ غَضَبِهِ، وَيُمْطِرُهُ عَلَيْهِ عِنْدَ طَعَامِهِ. BSB BSB: When he has filled his stomach, God will vent His fury upon him, raining it down on him as he eats.
24 GLT يَفِرُّ مِنْ سِلَاحِ حَدِيدٍ. تَخْرِقُهُ قَوْسُ نُحَاسٍ. BSB BSB: Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.
25 GLT جَذَبَهُ فَخَرَجَ مِنْ بَطْنِهِ، وَٱلْبَارِقُ مِنْ مَرَارَتِهِ مَرَقَ. عَلَيْهِ رُعُوبٌ. BSB BSB: It is drawn out of his back, the gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over him.
26 GLT كُلُّ ظُلْمَةٍ مُخْتَبَأَةٌ لِذَخَائِرِهِ. تَأْكُلُهُ نَارٌ لَمْ تُنْفَخْ. تَرْعَى ٱلْبَقِيَّةَ فِي خَيْمَتِهِ. BSB BSB: Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.
27 GLT ٱلسَّمَاوَاتُ تُعْلِنُ إِثْمَهُ، وَٱلْأَرْضُ تَنْهَضُ عَلَيْهِ. BSB BSB: The heavens will expose his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him.
28 GLT تَزُولُ غَلَّةُ بَيْتِهِ. تُهْرَاقُ فِي يَوْمِ غَضَبِهِ. BSB BSB: The possessions of his house will be removed, flowing away on the day of God’s wrath.
29 GLT هَذَا نَصِيبُ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ ٱلشِّرِّيرِ مِنْ عِنْدِ ٱللهِ، وَمِيرَاثُ أَمْرِهِ مِنَ ٱلْقَدِيرِ». BSB BSB: This is the wicked man’s portion from God, the inheritance God has appointed him.”
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