1 וַיַּעַן אִיֹּוב וַיֹּאמַר | 1 Job spoke next. He said: |
2 עַד־אָנָה תֹּוגְיוּן נַפְשִׁי וּתְדַכְּאוּנַנִי בְמִלִּים | 2 How much longer are you going to torment me and crush me by your speeches? |
3 זֶה עֶשֶׂר פְּעָמִים תַּכְלִימוּנִי לֹא־תֵבֹשׁוּ תַּהְכְּרוּ־לִי | 3 You have insulted me ten times already: have you no shame at maltreating me? |
4 וְאַף־אָמְנָם שָׁגִיתִי אִתִּי תָּלִין מְשׁוּגָתִי | 4 Even if I had gone astray, my error would still be my own affair. |
5 אִם־אָמְנָם עָלַי תַּגְדִּילוּ וְתֹוכִיחוּ עָלַי חֶרְפָּתִּי | 5 But, whereas you take this superior attitude and claim that my disgrace is my own fault, |
6 דְּעוּ־אֵפֹו כִּי־אֱלֹוהַּ עִוְּתָנִי וּמְצוּדֹו עָלַי הִקִּיף | 6 I tel you that God has wronged me and enveloped me in his net. |
7 הֵן אֶצְעַק חָמָס וְלֹא אֵעָנֶה אֲשַׁוַּע וְאֵין מִשְׁפָּט | 7 If I protest against such violence, I am not heard, if I appeal against it, judgement is never given. |
8 אָרְחִי גָדַר וְלֹא אֶעֱבֹור וְעַל נְתִיבֹותַי חֹשֶׁךְ יָשִׂים | 8 He has built an impassable wal across my path and covered my way with darkness. |
9 כְּבֹודִי מֵעָלַי הִפְשִׁיט וַיָּסַר עֲטֶרֶת רֹאשִׁי | 9 He has deprived me of my glory and taken the crown from my head. |
10 יִתְּצֵנִי סָבִיב וָאֵלַךְ וַיַּסַּע כָּעֵץ תִּקְוָתִי | 10 He assails me from al directions to make me vanish; he uproots my hope as he might a tree. |
11 וַיַּחַר עָלַי אַפֹּו וַיַּחְשְׁבֵנִי לֹו כְצָרָיו | 11 Inflamed with anger against me, he regards me as his foe. |
12 יַחַד ׀ יָבֹאוּ גְדוּדָיו וַיָּסֹלּוּ עָלַי דַּרְכָּם וַיַּחֲנוּ סָבִיב לְאָהֳלִי | 12 His troops have come in force, directing their line of advance towards me, they are now encampedround my tent. |
13 אַחַי מֵעָלַי הִרְחִיק וְיֹדְעַי אַךְ־זָרוּ מִמֶּנִּי | 13 He has alienated my brothers from me, my relatives take care to avoid me, |
14 חָדְלוּ קְרֹובָי וּמְיֻדָּעַי שְׁכֵחוּנִי | 14 my intimate friends have gone away and the guests in my house have forgotten me. |
15 גָּרֵי בֵיתִי וְאַמְהֹתַי לְזָר תַּחְשְׁבֻנִי נָכְרִי הָיִיתִי בְעֵינֵיהֶם | 15 My slave-girls regard me as an intruder, a stranger as far as they are concerned. |
16 לְעַבְדִּי קָרָאתִי וְלֹא יַעֲנֶה בְּמֹו־פִי אֶתְחַנֶּן־לֹו | 16 My servant does not answer when I cal him, I am obliged to beg favours from him! |
17 רוּחִי זָרָה לְאִשְׁתִּי וְחַנֹּתִי לִבְנֵי בִטְנִי | 17 My breath is unbearable to my wife, my stench to my own brothers. |
18 גַּם־עֲוִילִים מָאֲסוּ בִי אָקוּמָה וַיְדַבְּרוּ־בִי | 18 Even the children look down on me, whenever I stand up, they start jeering at me. |
19 תִּעֲבוּנִי כָּל־מְתֵי סֹודִי וְזֶה־אָהַבְתִּי נֶהְפְּכוּ־בִי | 19 All my dearest friends recoil from me in horror: those I loved best have turned against me. |
20 בְּעֹורִי וּבִבְשָׂרִי דָּבְקָה עַצְמִי וָאֶתְמַלְּטָה בְּעֹור שִׁנָּי | 20 My flesh is rotting under my skin, my bones are sticking out like teeth. |
21 חָנֻּנִי חָנֻּנִי אַתֶּם רֵעָי כִּי יַד־אֱלֹוהַּ נָגְעָה בִּי | 21 Pity me, pity me, my friends, since I have been struck by the hand of God. |
22 לָמָּה תִּרְדְּפֻנִי כְמֹו־אֵל וּמִבְּשָׂרִי לֹא תִשְׂבָּעוּ | 22 Must you persecute me just as God does, and give my body no peace? |
23 מִי־יִתֵּן אֵפֹו וְיִכָּתְבוּן מִלָּי מִי־יִתֵּן בַּסֵּפֶר וְיֻחָקוּ | 23 Will no one let my words be recorded, inscribed on some monument |
24 בְּעֵט־בַּרְזֶל וְעֹפָרֶת לָעַד בַּצּוּר יֵחָצְבוּן | 24 with iron chisel and engraving tool, cut into the rock for ever? |
25 וַאֲנִי יָדַעְתִּי גֹּאֲלִי חָי וְאַחֲרֹון עַל־עָפָר יָקוּם | 25 I know that I have a living Defender and that he wil rise up last, on the dust of the earth. |
26 וְאַחַר עֹורִי נִקְּפוּ־זֹאת וּמִבְּשָׂרִי אֶחֱזֶה אֱלֹוהַּ | 26 After my awakening, he wil set me close to him, and from my flesh I shall look on God. |
27 אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי ׀ אֶחֱזֶה־לִּי וְעֵינַי רָאוּ וְלֹא־זָר כָּלוּ כִלְיֹתַי בְּחֵקִי | 27 He whom I shal see wil take my part: my eyes will be gazing on no stranger. My heart sinks withinme. |
28 כִּי תֹאמְרוּ מַה־נִּרְדָּף־לֹו וְשֹׁרֶשׁ דָּבָר נִמְצָא־בִי | 28 When you say, 'How can we confound him? What pretext can we discover against him?' |
29 גּוּרוּ לָכֶם ׀ מִפְּנֵי־חֶרֶב כִּי־חֵמָה עֲוֹנֹות חָרֶב לְמַעַן תֵּדְעוּן [שַׁדִּין כ] (שַׁדּוּן׃ ק) ס | 29 You yourselves had best beware the sword, since the wrath bursts into flame at wicked deeds andthen you wil learn that there is indeed a judgement! |