| 1 فَأَجَابَ صُوفَرُ النَّعْمَاتِيُّ وَقَالَ: | 1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, |
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| 2 «أَكَثْرَةُ الْكَلاَمِ لاَ يُجَاوَبُ، أَمْ رَجُلٌ مِهْذَارٌ يَتَبَرَّرُ؟ | 2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified? |
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3 أَصَلَفُكَ يُفْحِمُ النَّاسَ، أَمْ تَلْغُو وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يُخْزِيكَ؟  | 3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? |
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| 4 إِذْ تَقُولُ: تَعْلِيمِي زكِيٌّ، وَأَنَا بَارٌّ فِي عَيْنَيْكَ. | 4 For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes. |
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| 5 وَلكِنْ يَا لَيْتَ اللهَ يَتَكَلَّمُ وَيَفْتَحُ شَفَتَيْهِ مَعَكَ، | 5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee; |
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| 6 وَيُعْلِنُ لَكَ خَفِيَّاتِ الْحِكْمَةِ! إِنَّهَا مُضَاعَفَةُ الْفَهْمِ، فَتَعْلَمَ أَنَّ اللهَ يُغْرِمُكَ بِأَقَلَّ مِنْ إِثْمِكَ. | 6 And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth. |
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| 7 «أَإِلَى عُمْقِ اللهِ تَتَّصِلُ، أَمْ إِلَى نِهَايَةِ الْقَدِيرِ تَنْتَهِي؟ | 7 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? |
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| 8 هُوَ أَعْلَى مِنَ السَّمَاوَاتِ، فَمَاذَا عَسَاكَ أَنْ تَفْعَلَ؟ أَعْمَقُ مِنَ الْهَاوِيَةِ، فَمَاذَا تَدْرِي؟ | 8 It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? |
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| 9 أَطْوَلُ مِنَ الأَرْضِ طُولُهُ، وَأَعْرَضُ مِنَ الْبَحْرِ. | 9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. |
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| 10 إِنْ بَطَشَ أَوْ أَغْلَقَ أَوْ جَمَّعَ، فَمَنْ يَرُدُّهُ؟ | 10 If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him? |
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| 11 لأَنَّهُ هُوَ يَعْلَمُ أُنَاسَ السُّوءِ، وَيُبْصِرُ الإِثْمَ، فَهَلْ لاَ يَنْتَبِهُ؟ | 11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it? |
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| 12 أَمَّا الرَّجُلُ فَفَارِغٌ عَدِيمُ الْفَهْمِ، وَكَجَحْشِ الْفَرَا يُولَدُ الإِنْسَانُ. | 12 For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt. |
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| 13 «إِنْ أَعْدَدْتَ أَنْتَ قَلْبَكَ، وَبَسَطْتَ إِلَيْهِ يَدَيْكَ. | 13 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him; |
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| 14 إِنْ أَبْعَدْتَ الإِثْمَ الَّذِي فِي يَدِكَ، وَلاَ يَسْكُنُ الظُّلْمُ فِي خَيْمَتِكَ، | 14 If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles. |
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| 15 حِينَئِذٍ تَرْفَعُ وَجْهَكَ بِلاَ عَيْبٍ، وَتَكُونُ ثَابِتًا وَلاَ تَخَافُ. | 15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear: |
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| 16 لأَنَّكَ تَنْسَى الْمَشَقَّةَ. كَمِيَاهٍ عَبَرَتْ تَذْكُرُهَا. | 16 Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away: |
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| 17 وَفَوْقَ الظَّهِيرَةِ يَقُومُ حَظُّكَ. الظَّلاَمُ يَتَحَوَّلُ صَبَاحًا. | 17 And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday: thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning. |
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| 18 وَتَطْمَئِنُّ لأَنَّهُ يُوجَدُ رَجَاءٌ. تَتَجَسَّسُ حَوْلَكَ وَتَضْطَجِعُ آمِنًا. | 18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety. |
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| 19 وَتَرْبِضُ وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يُزْعِجُ، وَيَتَضَرَّعُ إِلَى وَجْهِكَ كَثِيرُونَ. | 19 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee. |
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| 20 أَمَّا عُيُونُ الأَشْرَارِ فَتَتْلَفُ، وَمَنَاصُهُمْ يَبِيدُ، وَرَجَاؤُهُمْ تَسْلِيمُ النَّفْسِ». | 20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost. |
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