1فَأَجَابَ بِلْدَدُ الشُّوحِيُّ،2إِلَى مَتَى تَضَعُونَ أَشْرَاكاً لِلْكَلاَمِ. تَعَقَّلُوا وَبَعْدُ نَتَكَلَّمُ.3لِمَاذَا حُسِبْنَا كَالْبَهِيمَةِ وَتَنَجَّسْنَا فِي عُيُونِكُمْ.4يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُفْتَرِسُ نَفْسَهُ فِي غَيْظِهِ، هَلْ لأَجْلِكَ تُخْلَى الأَرْضُ، أَوْ يُزَحْزَحُ الصَّخْرُ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ.5نَعَمْ. نُورُ الأَشْرَارِ يَنْطَفِئُ وَلاَ يُضِيءُ لَهِيبُ نَارِهِ.6النُّورُ يُظْلِمُ فِي خَيْمَتِهِ، وَسِرَاجُهُ فَوْقَهُ يَنْطَفِئُ.7تَقْصُرُ خَطَوَاتُ قُوَّتِهِ وَتَصْرَعُهُ مَشُورَتُهُ.8لأَنَّ رِجْلَيْهِ تَدْفَعَانِهِ فِي الْفَخِّ فَيَمْشِي إِلَى شَبَكَةٍ.9يُمْسِكُ الْفَخُّ بِعَقِبِهِ وَتَتَمَكَّنُ مِنْهُ الشَّرَكُ.10حَبْلٌ مَطْمُورٌ لَهُ فِي الأَرْضِ، وَمِصْيَدَتُهُ فِي السَّبِيلِ.11تُرْهِبُهُ أَهْوَالٌ مِنْ حَوْلِهِ وَتَذْعَرُهُ عِنْدَ رِجْلَيْهِ.12تَكُونُ قُوَّتُهُ جَائِعَةً وَالْبَوَارُ مُهَيَّأٌ بِجَانِبِهِ.13يَأْكُلُ أَعْضَاءَ جَسَدِهِ. يَأْكُلُ أَعْضَاءَهُ بِكْرُ الْمَوْتِ.14يَنْقَطِعُ عَنْ خَيْمَتِهِ، عَنِ اعْتِمَادِهِ، وَيُسَاقُ إِلَى مَلِكِ الأَهْوَالِ.15يَسْكُنُ فِي خَيْمَتِهِ مَنْ لَيْسَ لَهُ. يُذَرُّ عَلَى مَرْبِضِهِ كِبْرِيتٌ.16مِنْ تَحْتُ تَيْبَسُ أُصُولُهُ وَمِنْ فَوْقُ يُقْطَعُ فَرْعُهُ.17ذِكْرُهُ يَبِيدُ مِنَ الأَرْضِ، وَلاَ اسْمَ لَهُ عَلَى وَجْهِ الْبَرِّ.18يُدْفَعُ مِنَ النُّورِ إِلَى الظُّلْمَةِ، وَمِنَ الْمَسْكُونَةِ يُطْرَدُ.19لاَ نَسْلَ وَلاَ ذُرِّيَّةَ لَهُ بَيْنَ شَعْبِهِ، وَلاَ بَاقٍ فِي مَنَازِلِهِ.20يَتَعَجَّبُ مِنْ يَوْمِهِ الْمُتَأَخِّرُونَ وَيَقْشَعِرُّ الأَقْدَمُونَ.21إِنَّمَا تِلْكَ مَسَاكِنُ فَاعِلِي الشَّرِّ، وَهَذَا مَقَامُ مَنْ لاَ يَعْرِفُ اللَّهَ.
1Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,2How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.3Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?4He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?5Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.6The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.7The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.9The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.10The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.11Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.12His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.13It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.14His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.15It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.16His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.17His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.18He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.19He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.20They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.21Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.