1 GLT فَأَجَابَ بِلْدَدُ ٱلشُّوحِيُّ وَقَالَ: BSB BSB: Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
2 GLT «إِلَى مَتَى تَقُولُ هَذَا، وَتَكُونُ أَقْوَالُ فِيكَ رِيحًا شَدِيدَةً؟ BSB BSB: “How long will you go on saying such things? The words of your mouth are a blustering wind.
3 GLT هَلِ ٱللهُ يُعَوِّجُ ٱلْقَضَاءَ، أَوِ ٱلْقَدِيرُ يَعْكِسُ ٱلْحَقَّ؟ BSB BSB: Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
4 GLT إِذْ أَخْطَأَ إِلَيْهِ بَنُوكَ، دَفَعَهُمْ إِلَى يَدِ مَعْصِيَتِهِمْ. BSB BSB: When your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion.
5 GLT فَإِنْ بَكَّرْتَ أَنْتَ إِلَى ٱللهِ وَتَضَرَّعْتَ إِلَى ٱلْقَدِيرِ، BSB BSB: But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,
6 GLT إِنْ كُنْتَ أَنْتَ زَكِيًّا مُسْتَقِيمًا، فَإِنَّهُ ٱلْآنَ يَتَنَبَّهُ لَكَ وَيُسْلِمُ مَسْكَنَ بِرِّكَ. BSB BSB: if you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous estate.
7 GLT وَإِنْ تَكُنْ أُولَاكَ صَغِيرَةً فَآخِرَتُكَ تَكْثُرُ جِدًّا. BSB BSB: Though your beginnings were modest, your latter days will flourish.
8 GLT «اِسْأَلِ ٱلْقُرُونَ ٱلْأُولَى وَتَأَكَّدْ مَبَاحِثَ آبَائِهِمْ، BSB BSB: Please inquire of past generations and consider the discoveries of their fathers.
9 GLT لِأَنَّنَا نَحْنُ مِنْ أَمْسٍ وَلَا نَعْلَمُ، لِأَنَّ أَيَّامَنَا عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ ظِلٌّ. BSB BSB: For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a shadow.
10 GLT فَهَلَّا يُعْلِمُونَكَ؟ يَقُولُونَ لَكَ، وَمِنْ قُلُوبِهِمْ يُخْرِجُونَ أَقْوَالًا قَائِلِينَ: BSB BSB: Will they not teach you and tell you, and speak from their understanding?
11 GLT هَلْ يَنْمِي ٱلْبَرْدِيُّ فِي غَيْرِ ٱلْغَمَقَةِ، أَوْ تَنْبُتُ ٱلْحَلْفَاءُ بِلَا مَاءٍ؟ BSB BSB: Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?
12 GLT وَهُوَ بَعْدُ فِي نَضَارَتِهِ لَمْ يُقْطَعْ، يَيْبَسُ قَبْلَ كُلِّ ٱلْعُشْبِ. BSB BSB: While the shoots are still uncut, they dry up more quickly than grass.
13 GLT هَكَذَا سُبُلُ كُلِّ ٱلنَّاسِينَ ٱللهَ، وَرَجَاءُ ٱلْفَاجِرِ يَخِيبُ، BSB BSB: Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.
14 GLT فَيَنْقَطِعُ ٱعْتِمَادُهُ، وَمُتَّكَلُهُ بَيْتُ ٱلْعَنْكَبُوتِ! BSB BSB: His confidence is fragile; his security is in a spider’s web.
15 GLT يَسْتَنِدُ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ فَلَا يَثْبُتُ. يَتَمَسَّكُ بِهِ فَلَا يَقُومُ. BSB BSB: He leans on his web, but it gives way; he holds fast, but it does not endure.
16 GLT هُوَ رَطْبٌ تُجَاهَ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَعَلَى جَنَّتِهِ تَنْبُتُ خَرَاعِيبُهُ. BSB BSB: He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden.
17 GLT وَأُصُولُهُ مُشْتَبِكَةٌ فِي ٱلرُّجْمَةِ، فَتَرَى مَحَلَّ ٱلْحِجَارَةِ. BSB BSB: His roots wrap around the rock heap; he looks for a home among the stones.
18 GLT إِنِ ٱقْتَلَعَهُ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ، يَجْحَدُهُ قَائِلًا: مَا رَأَيْتُكَ! BSB BSB: If he is uprooted from his place, it will disown him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’
19 GLT هَذَا هُوَ فَرَحُ طَرِيقِهِ، وَمِنَ ٱلتُّرَابِ يَنْبُتُ آخَرُ. BSB BSB: Surely this is the joy of his way; yet others will spring from the dust.
20 GLT «هُوَذَا ٱللهُ لَا يَرْفُضُ ٱلْكَامِلَ، وَلَا يَأْخُذُ بِيَدِ فَاعِلِي ٱلشَّرِّ. BSB BSB: Behold, God does not reject the blameless, nor will He strengthen the hand of evildoers.
21 GLT عِنْدَمَا يَمْلَأُ فَاكَ ضَحِكًا، وَشَفَتَيْكَ هُتَافًا، BSB BSB: He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with a shout of joy.
22 GLT يَلْبَسُ مُبْغِضُوكَ خِزْيًا، أَمَّا خَيْمَةُ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ فَلَا تَكُونُ». BSB BSB: Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”
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