1 וַיַּעַן אִיֹּוב וַיֹּאמַר | 1 Then Job answered, and said: |
2 שִׁמְעוּ מֹועַ מִלָּתִי וּתְהִי־זֹאת תַּנְחוּמֹתֵיכֶם | 2 Hear, I beseech you, my words, and do penance. |
3 אוּנִי וְאָנֹכִי אֲדַבֵּר וְאַחַר דַּבְּרִי תַלְעִיג | 3 Suffer me, and I will speak, and after, if you please, laugh at my words. |
4 הֶאָנֹכִי לְאָדָם שִׂיחִי וְאִם־מַדּוּעַ לֹא־תִקְצַר רוּחִי | 4 Is my debate against man, that I should not have just reason to be troubled? |
5 פְּנוּ־אֵלַי וְהָשַׁמּוּ וְשִׂימוּ יָד עַל־פֶּה | 5 Hearken to me and be astonished, and lay your finger on your mouth. |
6 וְאִם־זָכַרְתִּי וְנִבְהָלְתִּי וְאָחַז בְּשָׂרִי פַּלָּצוּת | 6 As for me, when I remember, I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh. |
7 מַדּוּעַ רְשָׁעִים יִחְיוּ עָתְקוּ גַּם־גָּבְרוּ חָיִל | 7 Why then do the wicked live, are they advanced, and strengthened with riches? |
8 זַרְעָם נָכֹון לִפְנֵיהֶם עִמָּם וְצֶאֱצָאֵיהֶם לְעֵינֵיהֶם | 8 Their seed continueth before them, a multitude of kinsmen, and of children's children in their sight. |
9 בָּתֵּיהֶם שָׁלֹום מִפָּחַד וְלֹא שֵׁבֶט אֱלֹוהַּ עֲלֵיהֶם | 9 Their houses are secure and peaceable, and the rod of God is not upon them. |
10 שֹׁורֹו עִבַּר וְלֹא יַגְעִל תְּפַלֵּט פָּרָתֹו וְלֹא תְשַׁכֵּל | 10 Their cattle have conceived, and failed not: their cow has calved, and is not deprived of her fruit. |
11 יְשַׁלְּחוּ כַצֹּאן עֲוִילֵיהֶם וְיַלְדֵיהֶם יְרַקֵּדוּן | 11 Their little ones go out like a flock, and their children dance and play. |
12 יִשְׂאוּ כְּתֹף וְכִנֹּור וְיִשְׂמְחוּ לְקֹול עוּגָב | 12 They take the timbrel, and the harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ. |
13 [יְבַלּוּ כ] (יְכַלּוּ ק) בַטֹּוב יְמֵיהֶם וּבְרֶגַע שְׁאֹול יֵחָתּוּ | 13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment they go down to hell. |
14 וַיֹּאמְרוּ לָאֵל סוּר מִמֶּנּוּ וְדַעַת דְּרָכֶיךָ לֹא חָפָצְנוּ | 14 Who have said to God: Depart from us, we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. |
15 מַה־שַׁדַּי כִּי־נַעַבְדֶנּוּ וּמַה־נֹּועִיל כִּי נִפְגַּע־בֹּו | 15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what doth it profit us if we pray to him? |
16 הֵן לֹא בְיָדָם טוּבָם עֲצַת רְשָׁעִים רָחֲקָה מֶנִּי | 16 Yet because their good things are not in their hand, may the counsel of the wicked be far from me. |
17 כַּמָּה ׀ נֵר־רְשָׁעִים יִדְעָךְ וְיָבֹא עָלֵימֹו אֵידָם חֲבָלִים יְחַלֵּק בְּאַפֹּו | 17 How often shall the lamp of the wicked be put out, and a deluge come upon them, and he shall distribute the sorrows of his wrath? |
18 יִהְיוּ כְּתֶבֶן לִפְנֵי־רוּחַ וּכְמֹץ גְּנָבַתּוּ סוּפָה | 18 They shall be as chaff before the face of the wind, and as ashes which the whirlwind scattereth. |
19 אֱלֹוהַּ יִצְפֹּן־לְבָנָיו אֹונֹו יְשַׁלֵּם אֵלָיו וְיֵדָע | 19 God shall lay up the sorrow of the father for his children: and when he shall repay, then shall he know. |
20 יִרְאוּ [עֵינֹו כ] (עֵינָיו ק) כִּידֹו וּמֵחֲמַת שַׁדַּי יִשְׁתֶּה | 20 His eyes shall see his own destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. |
21 כִּי מַה־חֶפְצֹו בְּבֵיתֹו אַחֲרָיו וּמִסְפַּר חֳדָשָׁיו חֻצָּצוּ | 21 For what is it to him what befalleth his house after him: and if the number of his months be diminished by one half? |
22 הַלְאֵל יְלַמֶּד־דָּעַת וְהוּא רָמִים יִשְׁפֹּוט | 22 Shall any one teach God knowledge, who judgeth those that are high? |
23 זֶה יָמוּת בְּעֶצֶם תֻּמֹּו כֻּלֹּו שַׁלְאֲנַן וְשָׁלֵיו | 23 One man dieth strong, and hale, rich and happy. |
24 עֲטִינָיו מָלְאוּ חָלָב וּמֹחַ עַצְמֹותָיו יְשֻׁקֶּה | 24 His bowels are full of fat, and his bones are moistened with marrow. |
25 וְזֶה יָמוּת בְּנֶפֶשׁ מָרָה וְלֹא־אָכַל בַּטֹּובָה | 25 But another dieth in bitterness of soul without any riches: |
26 יַחַד עַל־עָפָר יִשְׁכָּבוּ וְרִמָּה תְּכַסֶּה עֲלֵיהֶם | 26 And yet they shall sleep together in the dust, and worms shall cover them. |
27 הֵן יָדַעְתִּי מַחְשְׁבֹותֵיכֶם וּמְזִמֹּות עָלַי תַּחְמֹסוּ | 27 Surely I know your thoughts, and your unjust judgments against me. |
28 כִּי תֹאמְרוּ אַיֵּה בֵית־נָדִיב וְאַיֵּה אֹהֶל ׀ מִשְׁכְּנֹות רְשָׁעִים | 28 For you say: Where is the house of the prince ? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked? |
29 הֲלֹא אֶלְתֶּם עֹובְרֵי דָרֶךְ וְאֹתֹתָם לֹא תְנַכֵּרוּ | 29 Ask any one of them that go by the way, and you shall perceive that he knoweth these same things. |
30 כִּי לְיֹום אֵיד יֵחָשֶׂךְ רָע לְיֹום עֲבָרֹות יוּבָלוּ | 30 Because the wicked man is reserved to the day of destruction, and he shall be brought to the day of wrath. |
31 מִי־יַגִּיד עַל־פָּנָיו דַּרְכֹּו וְהוּא־עָשָׂה מִי יְשַׁלֶּם־לֹו | 31 Who shall reprove his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done? |
32 וְהוּא לִקְבָרֹות יוּבָל וְעַל־גָּדִישׁ יִשְׁקֹוד | 32 He shall be brought to the graves, and shall watch in the heap of the dead. |
33 מָתְקוּ־לֹו רִגְבֵי נָחַל וְאַחֲרָיו כָּל־אָדָם יִמְשֹׁוךְ וּלְפָנָיו אֵין מִסְפָּר | 33 He hath been acceptable to the gravel of Cocytus, and he shall draw every man after him, and there are innumerable before him. |
34 וְאֵיךְ תְּנַחֲמוּנִי הָבֶל וּתְשׁוּבֹתֵיכֶם נִשְׁאַר־מָעַל׃ ס | 34 How then do ye comfort me in vain, whereas your answer is shewn to be repugnant to truth ? |