| 1 فَأَجَابَ أَلِيهُو وَقَالَ: | 1 Furthermore Elihu answered and said, |
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| 2 «اسْمَعُوا أَقْوَالِي أَيُّهَا الْحُكَمَاءُ، وَاصْغَوْا لِي أَيُّهَا الْعَارِفُونَ. | 2 Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge. |
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| 3 لأَنَّ الأُذُنَ تَمْتَحِنُ الأَقْوَالَ، كَمَا أَنَّ الْحَنَكَ يَذُوقُ طَعَامًا. | 3 For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat. |
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| 4 لِنَمْتَحِنْ لأَنْفُسِنَا الْحَقَّ، وَنَعْرِفْ بَيْنَ أَنْفُسِنَا مَا هُوَ طَيِّبٌ. | 4 Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good. |
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| 5 «لأَنَّ أَيُّوبَ قَالَ: تَبَرَّرْتُ، وَاللهُ نَزَعَ حَقِّي. | 5 For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment. |
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| 6 عِنْدَ مُحَاكَمَتِي أُكَذَّبُ. جُرْحِي عَدِيمُ الشِّفَاءِ مِنْ دُونِ ذَنْبٍ. | 6 Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression. |
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| 7 فَأَيُّ إِنْسَانٍ كَأَيُّوبَ يَشْرَبُ الْهُزْءَ كَالْمَاءِ، | 7 What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water? |
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| 8 وَيَسِيرُ مُتَّحِدًا مَعَ فَاعِلِي الإِثْمِ، وَذَاهِبًا مَعَ أَهْلِ الشَّرِّ؟ | 8 Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men. |
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| 9 لأَنَّهُ قَالَ: لاَ يَنْتَفِعُ الإِنْسَانُ بِكَوْنِهِ مَرْضِيًّا عِنْدَ اللهِ. | 9 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God. |
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| 10 «لأَجْلِ ذلِكَ اسْمَعُوا لِي يَا ذَوِي الأَلْبَابِ. حَاشَا ِللهِ مِنَ الشَّرِّ، وَلِلْقَدِيرِ مِنَ الظُّلْمِ. | 10 Therefore hearken unto me ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity. |
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| 11 لأَنَّهُ يُجَازِي الإِنْسَانَ عَلَى فِعْلِهِ، وَيُنِيلُ الرَّجُلَ كَطَرِيقِهِ. | 11 For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways. |
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| 12 فَحَقًّا إِنَّ اللهَ لاَ يَفْعَلُ سُوءًا، وَالْقَدِيرَ لاَ يُعَوِّجُ الْقَضَاءَ. | 12 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment. |
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| 13 مَنْ وَكَّلَهُ بِالأَرْضِ، وَمَنْ صَنَعَ الْمَسْكُونَةَ كُلَّهَا؟ | 13 Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world? |
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| 14 إِنْ جَعَلَ عَلَيْهِ قَلْبَهُ، إِنْ جَمَعَ إِلَى نَفْسِهِ رُوحَهُ وَنَسَمَتَهُ، | 14 If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; |
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| 15 يُسَلِّمُ الرُّوحَ كُلُّ بَشَرٍ جَمِيعًا، وَيَعُودُ الإِنْسَانُ إِلَى التُّرَابِ. | 15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust. |
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| 16 فَإِنْ كَانَ لَكَ فَهْمٌ فَاسْمَعْ هذَا، وَاصْغَ إِلَى صَوْتِ كَلِمَاتِي. | 16 If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words. |
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| 17 أَلَعَلَّ مَنْ يُبْغِضُ الْحَقَّ يَتَسَلَّطُ، أَمِ الْبَارَّ الْكَبِيرَ تَسْتَذْنِبُ؟ | 17 Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just? |
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18 أَيُقَالُ لِلْمَلِكِ: يَا لَئِيمُ، وَلِلْنُدَبَاءِ: يَا أَشْرَارُ؟  | 18 Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly? |
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| 19 الَّذِي لاَ يُحَابِي بِوُجُوهِ الرُّؤَسَاءِ، وَلاَ يَعْتَبِرُ مُوسَعًا دُونَ فَقِيرٍ. لأَنَّهُمْ جَمِيعَهُمْ عَمَلُ يَدَيْهِ. | 19 How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands. |
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| 20 بَغْتَةً يَمُوتُونَ وَفِي نِصْفِ اللَّيْلِ. يَرْتَجُّ الشَّعْبُ وَيَزُولُونَ، وَيُنْزَعُ الأَعِزَّاءُ لاَ بِيَدٍ. | 20 In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand. |
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| 21 لأَنَّ عَيْنَيْهِ عَلَى طُرُقِ الإِنْسَانِ، وَهُوَ يَرَى كُلَّ خَطَوَاتِهِ. | 21 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings. |
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| 22 لاَ ظَلاَمَ وَلاَ ظِلَّ مَوْتٍ حَيْثُ تَخْتَفِي عُمَّالُ الإِثْمِ. | 22 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. |
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| 23 لأَنَّهُ لاَ يُلاَحِظُ الإِنْسَانَ زَمَانًا لِلدُّخُولِ فِي الْمُحَاكَمَةِ مَعَ اللهِ. | 23 For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God. |
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| 24 يُحَطِّمُ الأَعِزَّاءَ مِنْ دُونِ فَحْصٍ، وَيُقِيمُ آخَرِينَ مَكَانَهُمْ. | 24 He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead. |
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| 25 لكِنَّهُ يَعْرِفُ أَعْمَالَهُمْ، وَيُقَلِّبُهُمْ لَيْلاً فَيَنْسَحِقُونَ. | 25 Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed. |
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| 26 لِكَوْنِهِمْ أَشْرَارًا، يَصْفِقُهُمْ فِي مَرْأَى النَّاظِرِينَ. | 26 He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others; |
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| 27 لأَنَّهُمُ انْصَرَفُوا مِنْ وَرَائِهِ، وَكُلُّ طُرُقِهِ لَمْ يَتَأَمَّلُوهَا، | 27 Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways: |
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| 28 حَتَّى بَلَّغُوا إِلَيْهِ صُرَاخَ الْمِسْكِينِ، فَسَمِعَ زَعْقَةَ الْبَائِسِينَ. | 28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted. |
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| 29 إِذَا هُوَ سَكَّنَ، فَمَنْ يَشْغَبُ؟ وَإِذَا حَجَبَ وَجْهَهُ، فَمَنْ يَرَاهُ سَوَاءٌ كَانَ عَلَى أُمَّةٍ أَوْ عَلَى إِنْسَانٍ؟ | 29 When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only: |
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| 30 حَتَّى لاَ يَمْلِكَ الْفَاجِرُ وَلاَ يَكُونَ شَرَكًا لِلشَّعْبِ. | 30 That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared. |
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| 31 «وَلكِنْ هَلْ ِللهِ قَالَ: احْتَمَلْتُ. لاَ أَعُودُ أُفْسِدُ؟ | 31 Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more: |
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| 32 مَا لَمْ أُبْصِرْهُ فَأَرِنِيهِ أَنْتَ. إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ فَعَلْتُ إِثْمًا فَلاَ أَعُودُ أَفْعَلُهُ. | 32 That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more. |
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| 33 هَلْ كَرَأْيِكَ يُجَازِيهِ، قَائِلاً: لأَنَّكَ رَفَضْتَ؟ فَأَنْتَ تَخْتَارُ لاَ أَنَا، وَبِمَا تَعْرِفُهُ تَكَلَّمْ. | 33 Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest. |
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| 34 ذَوُو الأَلْبَابِ يَقُولُونَ لِي، بَلِ الرَّجُلُ الْحَكِيمُ الَّذِي يَسْمَعُنِي يَقُولُ: | 34 Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me. |
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| 35 إِنَّ أَيُّوبَ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِلاَ مَعْرِفَةٍ، وَكَلاَمُهُ لَيْسَ بِتَعَقُّل. | 35 Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom. |
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| 36 فَلَيْتَ أَيُّوبَ كَانَ يُمْتَحَنُ إِلَى الْغَايَةِ مِنْ أَجْلِ أَجْوِبَتِهِ كَأَهْلِ الإِثْمِ. | 36 My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men. |
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| 37 لكِنَّهُ أَضَافَ إِلَى خَطِيَّتِهِ مَعْصِيَةً. يُصَفِّقُ بَيْنَنَا، وَيُكْثِرُ كَلاَمَهُ عَلَى اللهِ». | 37 For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God. |
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