1 וַיַּעַן בִּלְדַּד הַשֻּׁחִי וַיֹּאמַר | 1 Bildad of Shuah spoke next. He said: |
2 עַד־אָנָה ׀ תְּשִׂימוּן קִנְצֵי לְמִלִּין תָּבִינוּ וְאַחַר נְדַבֵּר | 2 What prevents you others from saying something? Think -- for it is our turn to speak! |
3 מַדּוּעַ נֶחְשַׁבְנוּ כַבְּהֵמָה נִטְמִינוּ בְּעֵינֵיכֶם | 3 Why do you regard us as animals, considering us no more than brutes? |
4 טֹרֵף נַפְשֹׁו בְּאַפֹּו הַלְמַעַנְךָ תֵּעָזַב אָרֶץ וְיֶעְתַּק־צוּר מִמְּקֹמֹו | 4 Tear yourself to pieces if you will, but the world, for al your rage, wil not turn to desert, the rocks wilnot shift from their places. |
5 גַּם אֹור רְשָׁעִים יִדְעָךְ וְלֹא־יִגַּהּ שְׁבִיב אִשֹּׁו | 5 The light of the wicked must certainly be put out, the lamp that gives him light cease to shine. |
6 אֹור חָשַׁךְ בְּאָהֳלֹו וְנֵרֹו עָלָיו יִדְעָךְ | 6 In his tent the light is dimmed, the lamp that shone on him is snuffed. |
7 יֵצְרוּ צַעֲדֵי אֹונֹו וְתַשְׁלִיכֵהוּ עֲצָתֹו | 7 His vigorous stride loses its power, his own designs falter. |
8 כִּי־שֻׁלַּח בְּרֶשֶׁת בְּרַגְלָיו וְעַלשְׂ־בָכָה יִתְהַלָּךְ | 8 For into the net his own feet carry him, he walks into the snares. |
9 יֹאחֵז בְּעָקֵב פָּח יַחֲזֵק עָלָיו צַמִּים | 9 A spring grips him by the heel, a trap snaps shut, and he is caught. |
10 טָמוּן בָּאָרֶץ חַבְלֹו וּמַלְכֻּדְתֹּו עֲלֵי נָתִיב | 10 Hidden in the ground is a snare to catch him, pitfal s lie across his path. |
11 סָבִיב בִּעֲתֻהוּ בַלָּהֹות וֶהֱפִיצֻהוּ לְרַגְלָיו | 11 Terrors threaten him from al sides following him step by step. |
12 יְהִי־רָעֵב אֹנֹו וְאֵיד נָכֹון לְצַלְעֹו | 12 Hunger becomes his companion, by his side Disaster stands. |
13 יֹאכַל בַּדֵּי עֹורֹו יֹאכַל בַּדָּיו בְּכֹור מָוֶת | 13 Disease devours his skin, Death's First-Born gnaws his limbs. |
14 יִנָּתֵק מֵאָהֳלֹו מִבְטַחֹו וְתַצְעִדֵהוּ לְמֶלֶךְ בַּלָּהֹות | 14 He wil be torn from the shelter of his tent, and you wil drag him to the King of Terrors. |
15 תִּשְׁכֹּון בְּאָהֳלֹו מִבְּלִי־לֹו יְזֹרֶה עַל־נָוֵהוּ גָפְרִית | 15 You can live in the tent, since it is no longer his, and brimstone wil be scattered on his sheepfold. |
16 מִתַּחַת שָׁרָשָׁיו יִבָשׁוּ וּמִמַּעַל יִמַּל קְצִירֹו | 16 Below, his roots dry out and his branches are blasted above. |
17 זִכְרֹו־אָבַד מִנִּי־אָרֶץ וְלֹא־שֵׁם לֹו עַל־פְּנֵי־חוּץ | 17 His memory fades from the land, his name is forgotten in the countryside. |
18 יֶהְדְּפֻהוּ מֵאֹור אֶל־חֹשֶׁךְ וּמִתֵּבֵל יְנִדֻּהוּ | 18 Driven from the light into the darkness, he is banished from the world, |
19 לֹא נִין לֹו וְלֹא־נֶכֶד בְּעַמֹּו וְאֵין רִיד בִּמְגוּרָיו | 19 without issue or posterity among his own people or a single survivor where he used to live. |
20 עַל־יֹומֹו נָשַׁמּוּ אַחֲרֹנִים וְקַדְמֹנִים אָחֲזוּ שָׂעַר | 20 His end appals the west and fills the east with terror. |
21 אַךְ־אֵלֶּה מִשְׁכְּנֹות עַוָּל וְזֶה מְקֹום לֹא־יָדַע־אֵל׃ ס | 21 Such indeed is the fate of the places where wickedness dwel s -- the home of everyone who knowsnot God. |