1 וַיַּעַן צֹפַר הַנַּעֲמָתִי וַיֹּאמַר | 1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, |
2 לָכֵן שְׂעִפַּי יְשִׁיבוּנִי וּבַעֲבוּר חוּשִׁי בִי | 2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste. |
3 מוּסַר כְּלִמָּתִי אֶשְׁמָע וְרוּחַ מִבִּינָתִי יַעֲנֵנִי | 3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer. |
4 הֲזֹאת יָדַעְתָּ מִנִּי־עַד מִנִּי שִׂים אָדָם עֲלֵי־אָרֶץ | 4 Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, |
5 כִּי רִנְנַת רְשָׁעִים מִקָּרֹוב וְשִׂמְחַת חָנֵף עֲדֵי־רָגַע | 5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? |
6 אִם־יַעֲלֶה לַשָּׁמַיִם שִׂיאֹו וְרֹאשֹׁו לָעָב יַגִּיעַ | 6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; |
7 כְּגֶלֲלֹו לָנֶצַח יֹאבֵד רֹאָיו יֹאמְרוּ אַיֹּו | 7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he? |
8 כַּחֲלֹום יָעוּף וְלֹא יִמְצָאוּהוּ וְיֻדַּד כְּחֶזְיֹון לָיְלָה | 8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. |
9 עַיִן זָפַתּוּ וְלֹא תֹוסִיף וְלֹא־עֹוד תְּשׁוּרֶנּוּ מְקֹומֹו | 9 The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him. |
10 בָּנָיו יְרַצּוּ דַלִּים וְיָדָיו תָּשֵׁבְנָה אֹונֹו | 10 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods. |
11 עַצְמֹותָיו מָלְאוּ [עֲלוּמֹו כ] (עֲלוּמָיו ק) וְעִמֹּו עַל־עָפָר תִּשְׁכָּב | 11 His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust. |
12 אִם־תַּמְתִּיק בְּפִיו רָעָה יַכְחִידֶנָּה תַּחַת לְשֹׁונֹו | 12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; |
13 יַחְמֹל עָלֶיהָ וְלֹא יַעַזְבֶנָּה וְיִמְנָעֶנָּה בְּתֹוךְ חִכֹּו | 13 Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: |
14 לַחְמֹו בְּמֵעָיו נֶהְפָּךְ מְרֹורַת פְּתָנִים בְּקִרְבֹּו | 14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him. |
15 חַיִל בָּלַע וַיְקִאֶנּוּ מִבִּטְנֹו יֹורִשֶׁנּוּ אֵל | 15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly. |
16 רֹאשׁ־פְּתָנִים יִינָק תַּהַרְגֵהוּ לְשֹׁון אֶפְעֶה | 16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him. |
17 אַל־יֵרֶא בִפְלַגֹּות נַהֲרֵי נַחֲלֵי דְּבַשׁ וְחֶמְאָה | 17 He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. |
18 מֵשִׁיב יָגָע וְלֹא יִבְלָע כְּחֵיל תְּמוּרָתֹו וְלֹא יַעֲלֹס | 18 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein. |
19 כִּי־רִצַּץ עָזַב דַּלִּים בַּיִת גָּזַל וְלֹא יִבֶנֵהוּ | 19 Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not; |
20 כִּי ׀ לֹא־יָדַע שָׁלֵו בְּבִטְנֹו בַּחֲמוּדֹו לֹא יְמַלֵּט | 20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired. |
21 אֵין־שָׂרִיד לְאָכְלֹו עַל־כֵּן לֹא־יָחִיל טוּבֹו | 21 There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods. |
22 בִּמְלֹאות פְקֹו יֵצֶר לֹו כָּל־יַד עָמֵל תְּבֹואֶנּוּ | 22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him. |
23 יְהִי ׀ לְמַלֵּא בִטְנֹו יְשַׁלַּח־בֹּו חֲרֹון אַפֹּו וְיַמְטֵר עָלֵימֹו בִּלְחוּמֹו | 23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating. |
24 יִבְרַח מִנֵּשֶׁק בַּרְזֶל תַּחְלְפֵהוּ קֶשֶׁת נְחוּשָׁה | 24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through. |
25 שָׁלַף וַיֵּצֵא מִגֵּוָה וּבָרָק מִמְּרֹרָתֹו יַהֲלֹךְ עָלָיו אֵמִים | 25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him. |
26 כָּל־חֹשֶׁךְ טָמוּן לִצְפּוּנָיו תְּאָכְלֵהוּ אֵשׁ לֹא־נֻפָּח יֵרַע שָׂרִיד בְּאָהֳלֹו | 26 All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle. |
27 יְגַלּוּ שָׁמַיִם עֲוֹנֹו וְאֶרֶץ מִתְקֹומָמָה לֹו | 27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him. |
28 יִגֶל יְבוּל בֵּיתֹו נִגָּרֹות בְּיֹום אַפֹּו | 28 The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath. |
29 זֶה ׀ חֵלֶק־אָדָם רָשָׁע מֵאֱלֹהִים וְנַחֲלַת אִמְרֹו מֵאֵל׃ פ | 29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God. |