Job 8

NEW JERUSALEM	Peshitta
1 Bildad of Shuah spoke next. He said:	1 ܘܥܢܐ ܒܠܕܕ ܫܘܚܝܐ ܘܐܡܪ
2 How much longer are you going to talk like this and go blustering on in this way?	2 ܥܕܡܐ ܠܐܡܬܝ ܬܡܠܠ ܗܠܝܢ ܘܪܘܚܐ ܪܡܬܐ ܡܠܐ ܦܘܡܟ
3 Can God deflect the course of right or Shaddai falsify justice?	3 ܕܠܡܐ ܐܠܗܐ ܡܥܘܠ ܕܝܢܐ ܐܘ ܚܣܝܢܐ ܡܥܘܠ ܙܕܩܐ
4 If your sons sinned against him, he has punished them for their wrong-doing.	4 ܐܢ ܒ̈ܢܝܟ ܚܛܘ ܠܗ ܫܕܪ ܐܢܘܢ ܒܚ̈ܛܗܝܗܘܢ
5 You for your part, if you are pure and honest, must now seek God, plead with Shaddai.	5 ܘܐܢ ܐܢܬ ܒܥܝ ܡܢ ܐܠܗܐ ܘܠܚܣܝܢܐ ܬܬܟܫܦ
6 Forthwith his light wil shine on you and he wil restore an upright man's house to prosperity.	6 ܐܢ ܙܟܝ ܐܢܬ ܘܬܪܝܨ ܗܫܐ ܢܬܬܥܝܪ ܥܠܝܟ ܘܢܫܠܡ ܕܝܪܐ ܕܙܕܩܟ
7 Your former state wil seem as nothing to you, so great wil your future be.	7 ܘܬܗܘܐ ܩܕܡܝܬܟ ܙܥܘܪܝܐ ܘܐܚܪܝܬܟ ܢܣܓܐ ܛܒ
8 Question the generation that has passed, meditate on the experience of its ancestors-	8 ܫ̇ܐܠ ܢܐ ܥܠ ܕܪ̈ܐ ܩܕܡ̈ܝܐ ܘܐܬܒܝܢ ܒܒܘܕܩܐ ܕܐ̈ܒܗܝܗܘܢ
9 for we children of yesterday, we know nothing, our life on earth passes like a shadow-	9 ܕܐܬܡܠܝ ܓܝܪ ܚܢܢ ܠܐ ܝܕܥܝܢܢ ܘܐܝܟ ܛܠܠܐ ܐܢܘܢ ܝܘ̈ܡܝܢ ܥܠ ܐܪܥܐ
10 but they wil teach you, they will tel you, and their thought is expressed in these sayings,	10 ܘܗܐ ܗܢܘܢ ܢܠܦܘܢܟ ܘܢܐܡܪܘܢ ܠܟ ܘܡܢ ܠܒܗܘܢ ܢܦܩܘܢ ܡ̈ܠܐ
11 'Can papyrus flourish except in marshes? Without water can the rushes grow?	11 ܕܠܡܐ ܣ̇ܓܐ ܐܓܡܐ ܒܐܬܪܐ ܨܗܝܐ ܐܘ ܝ̇ܥܐ ܐܪܒܢܐ ܐܝܟܐ ܕܠܝܬ ܡ̈ܝܐ
12 Even when green and before being cut, fastest of al plants they wither.	12 ܕܥܕ ܗܘ ܒܐܒܗ ܠܐ ܡܬܩܛܦ ܘܩܕܡ ܟܘܠ ܥܡܝܪ ܝ̇ܒܫ
13 Such is the fate of al who forget God; so perishes the hope of the godless.	13 ܗܟܢܐ ܐܢܝ̈ܢ ܐܘܪ̈ܚܬܗ ܕܟܠ ܡ̇ܢ ܕܛ̇ܥܐ ܠܐܠܗܐ ܘܣܒܪܗ ܕܚܢܦܐ ܢܐܒܕ
14 His hope is nothing but gossamer, his confidence a spider's web.	14 ܘܢܬܦܣܩ ܬܘܟܠܢܗ ܘܒܝܬܐ ܕܓܘܓܝ ܒܝܬܗ
15 Let him lean on his house, it wil not stand firm; cling to it, it wil not hold.	15 ܢܬܬܟܠ ܥܠ ܒܝܬܗ ܘܠܐ ܢܩܘܡ ܘܢܚܡܣܢ ܘܠܐ ܢܬܩܝܡ
16 Like some lush plant in the sunlight, he sent his young shoots sprouting over the garden;	16 ܐܝܟ ܪܛܒܐ ܗܘ ܩܕܡ ܫܡܫܐ
17 but his roots were twined in a heap of stones, he drew his life among the rocks.	17 ܘܥܠ ܓܠܠܝ̈ܢ ܫܪ̈ܫܘܗܝ ܢܣܡܟܘܢ ܘܒܝܬܐ ܕܟܐ̈ܦܐ ܢܚܙܐ
18 Snatch him from his bed, and it denies it ever saw him.	18 ܐܢ ܢܥܩܪܝܘܗܝ ܡܢ ܐܬܪܗ ܘܢܕܓ̇ܠ ܒܗ ܘܢܐܡܪ ܠܗ ܕܠܐ ܚܙܝܬܟ
19 Now he rots on the roadside, and others are springing up in the soil.	19 ܗܐ ܗܘܝܘ ܒ̇ܨܐ ܟܠܗܝܢ ܐܘܪ̈ܚܬܗ ܘܡܢ ܥܦܪܐ ܐܚܪܢܐ ܢܨܡܚ
20 Believe me, God neither spurns anyone of integrity, nor lends his aid to the evil.	20 ܠܐ ܡܣܠܐ ܐܠܗܐ ܠܬܡ̈ܝܡܐ ܘܠܐ ܐ̇ܚܕ ܒܐܝܕܐ ܕܡܒ̈ܐܫܢܐ
21 Once again laughter may fil your mouth and cries of joy break from your lips.	21 ܥܕܡܐ ܕܢܬܡܠܐ ܦܘܡܟ ܓܘܚܟܐ ܘܣ̈ܦܘܬܟ ܬܫܒܘܚܬܐ
22 Your enemies will be covered with shame and the tent of the wicked wil vanish!'	22 ܣܢܐ̈ܝܟ ܢܠܒܫܘܢ ܒܗܬܬܐ ܘܡܫܟܢܐ ܕܪ̈ܫܝܥܐ ܠܝܬܘܗܝ