1 וַיַּעַן אֱלִיהוּ וַיֹּאמַר | 1 Moreover Eliu spoke these words : |
2 הֲזֹאת חָשַׁבְתָּ לְמִשְׁפָּט אָמַרְתָּ צִדְקִי מֵאֵל | 2 Doth thy thought seem right to thee, that thou shouldst say : I am more just than God? |
3 כִּי־תֹאמַר מַה־יִּסְכָּן־לָךְ מָה־אֹעִיל מֵחַטָּאתִי | 3 For thou saidst : That which is right doth not please thee : or what will it profit thee if I sin? |
4 אֲנִי אֲשִׁיבְךָ מִלִּין וְאֶת־רֵעֶיךָ עִמָּךְ | 4 Therefore I will answer thy words, and thy friends with thee. |
5 הַבֵּט שָׁמַיִם וּרְאֵה וְשׁוּר חָקִים גָּבְהוּ מִמֶּךָּ | 5 Look up to heaven and see, and behold the sky, that it is higher than thee. |
6 אִם־חָטָאתָ מַה־תִּפְעָל־בֹּו וְרַבּוּ פְשָׁעֶיךָ מַה־תַּעֲשֶׂה־לֹּו | 6 If thou sin, what shalt thou hurt him? and if thy iniquities be multiplied, what shalt thou do against him? |
7 אִם־צָדַקְתָּ מַה־תִּתֶּן־לֹו אֹו מַה־מִיָּדְךָ יִקָּח | 7 And if thou do justly, what shalt thou give him, or what shall he receive of thy hand? |
8 לְאִישׁ־כָּמֹוךָ רִשְׁעֶךָ וּלְבֶן־אָדָם צִדְקָתֶךָ | 8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man that is like thee : and thy justice may help the son of man. |
9 מֵרֹב עֲשׁוּקִים יַזְעִיקוּ יְשַׁוְּעוּ מִזְּרֹועַ רַבִּים | 9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they shall cry out : and shall wail for the violence of the arm of tyrants. |
10 וְלֹא־אָמַר אַיֵּה אֱלֹוהַּ עֹשָׂי נֹתֵן זְמִרֹות בַּלָּיְלָה | 10 And he hath not said : Where is God, who made me, who hath given songs in the night? |
11 מַלְּפֵנוּ מִבַּהֲמֹות אָרֶץ וּמֵעֹוף הַשָּׁמַיִם יְחַכְּמֵנוּ | 11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and instructeth us more than the fowls of the air. |
12 שָׁם יִצְעֲקוּ וְלֹא יַעֲנֶה מִפְּנֵי גְּאֹון רָעִים | 12 There shall they cry, and he will not hear, because of the pride of evil men. |
13 אַךשְָׁ־וְא לֹא־יִשְׁמַע ׀ אֵל וְשַׁדַּי לֹא יְשׁוּרֶנָּה | 13 God therefore will not hear in vain, and the Almighty will look into the causes of every one. |
14 אַף כִּי־תֹאמַר לֹא תְשׁוּרֶנּוּ דִּין לְפָנָיו וּתְחֹולֵל לֹו | 14 Yea when thou shalt say : He considereth not : be judged before him, and expect him. |
15 וְעַתָּה כִּי־אַיִן פָּקַד אַפֹּו וְלֹא־יָדַע בַּפַּשׁ מְאֹד | 15 For he doth not now bring on his fury, neither doth he revenge wickedness exceedingly. |
16 וְאִיֹּוב הֶבֶל יִפְצֶה־פִּיהוּ בִּבְלִי־דַעַת מִלִּין יַכְבִּר׃ פ | 16 Therefore Job openeth his mouth in vain, and multiplieth words without knowledge. |