Job 18

1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

1 فَقَالَ بِلْدَدُ الشُّوحِيُّ:

2 “How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk.

2 «مَتَى تَكُفُّ عَنْ تَرْدِيدِ هَذِهِ الْكَلِمَاتِ؟ تَعَقَّلْ ثُمَّ نَتَكَلَّمُ.

3 Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?

3 لِمَاذَا تَعْتَبِرُنَا كَالْبَهِيمَةِ وَحَمْقَى فِي عَيْنَيْكَ؟

4 You who tear yourself in anger—should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?

4 يَا مَنْ تُمَزِّقُ نَفْسَكَ إِرْباً غَيْظاً، هَلْ تُهْجَرُ الأَرْضُ مِنْ أَجْلِكَ أَمْ تَتَزَحْزَحُ الصَّخْرَةُ مِنْ مَوْضِعِهَا؟

5 Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.

5 أَجَلْ! إِنَّ نُورَ الأَشْرَارِ يَنْطَفِئُ وَلَهِيبَ نَارِهِمْ لَا يُضِيءُ.

6 The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.

6 يَتَحَوَّلُ النُّورُ إِلَى ظُلْمَةٍ فِي خَيْمَتِهِ، وَيَنْطَفِئُ سِرَاجُهُ عَلَيْهِ.

7 His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.

7 تَقْصُرُ خَطْوَاتُهُ الْقَوِيَّةُ وَتَصْرَعُهُ تَدْبِيرَاتُهُ،

8 For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.

8 لأَنَّ قَدَمَيْهِ تُوْقِعَانِهِ فِي الشَّرَكِ وَتَطْرَحَانِهِ فِي حُفْرَةٍ،

9 A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.

9 يَقْبِضُ الْفَخُّ عَلَى عَقِبَيْهِ وَالشَّرَكُ يَشُدُّ عَلَيْهِ،

10 A noose is hidden in the ground, and a trap lies in his path.

10 حِبَالَتُهُ مَطْمُورَةٌ فِي الطَّرِيقِ، وَالْمِصْيَدَةُ كَامِنَةٌ فِي سَبِيلِهِ،

11 Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.

11 تُرْعِبُهُ أَهْوَالٌ مِنْ حَوْلِهِ وَتُزَاحِمُهُ عِنْدَ رِجْلَيْهِ،

12 His strength is depleted, and calamity is ready at his side.

12 قُوَّتُهُ يَلْتَهِمُهَا الْجُوعُ النَّهِمُ، وَالْكَوَارِثُ مُتَأَهِّبَةٌ تَتَرَصَّدُ كَبْوَتَهُ.

13 It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs.

13 يَفْتَرِسُ الدَّاءُ جِلْدَهُ وَيَلْتَهِمُ الْمَرَضُ الأَكَّالُ أَعْضَاءَهُ.

14 He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors.

14 يُؤْخَذُ مِنْ خَيْمَتِهِ رُكْنِ اعْتِمَادِهِ، وَيُسَاقُ أَمَامَ مَلِكِ الأَهْوَالِ.

15 Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.

15 يُقِيمُ فِي خَيْمَتِهِ غَرِيبٌ وَيُذَرُّ كِبْرِيتٌ عَلَى مَرْبِضِهِ.

16 The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.

16 تَجِفُّ أُصُولُهُ تَحْتَهُ، وَتَتَبَعْثَرُ فُرُوعُهُ مِنْ فَوْقِهِ.

17 The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.

17 يَبِيدُ ذِكْرُهُ مِنَ الأَرْضِ، وَلا يَبْقَى لَهُ اسْمٌ فِيهَا.

18 He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.

18 يُطْرَدُ مِنَ النُّورِ إِلَى الظُّلْمَةِ، وَيُنْفَى مِنَ الْمَسْكُونَةِ.

19 He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived.

19 لَا يَكُونُ لَهُ نَسْلٌ، وَلا عَقِبٌ بَيْنَ شَعْبِهِ، وَلا حَيٌّ فِي أَمَاكِنِ سُكْنَاهُ.

20 Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror.

20 يَرْتَعِبُ مِنْ مَصِيرِهِ أَهْلُ الْغَرْبِ، وَيَسْتَوْلِي الْفَزَعُ عَلَى أَبْنَاءِ الشَّرْقِ.

21 Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked and the place of one who does not know God.”

21 حَقّاً تِلْكَ هِيَ مَسَاكِنُ الأَشْرَارِ، وَهَذَا هُوَ مَقَامُ مَنْ لَا يَعْرِفُ اللهَ!»