1 אַחֲרֵי־כֵן פָּתַח אִיֹּוב אֶת־פִּיהוּ וַיְקַלֵּל אֶת־יֹומֹו׃ פ | 1 After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed his day, |
2 וַיַּעַן אִיֹּוב וַיֹּאמַר | 2 and he said: |
3 יֹאבַד יֹום אִוָּלֶד בֹּו וְהַלַּיְלָה אָמַר הֹרָה גָבֶר | 3 Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said: A man child is conceived. |
4 הַיֹּום הַהוּא יְהִי חֹשֶׁךְ אַל־יִדְרְשֵׁהוּ אֱלֹוהַּ מִמָּעַל וְאַל־תֹּופַע עָלָיו נְהָרָה | 4 Let that day be turned into darkness, let not God regard it from above, and let not the light shine upon it. |
5 יִגְאָלֻהוּ חֹשֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָוֶת תִּשְׁכָּן־עָלָיו עֲנָנָה יְבַעֲתֻהוּ כִּמְרִירֵי יֹום | 5 Let darkness, and the shadow of death cover it, let a mist overspread it, and let it be wrapped up in bitterness. |
6 הַלַּיְלָה הַהוּא יִקָּחֵהוּ אֹפֶל אַל־יִחַדְּ בִּימֵי שָׁנָה בְּמִסְפַּר יְרָחִים אַל־יָבֹא | 6 Let a darksome whirlwind seize upon that night, let it not be counted in the days of the year, nor numbered in the months. |
7 הִנֵּה הַלַּיְלָה הַהוּא יְהִי גַלְמוּד אַל־תָּבֹא רְנָנָה בֹו | 7 Let that night be solitary, and not worthy of praise. |
8 יִקְּבֻהוּ אֹרְרֵי־יֹום הָעֲתִידִים עֹרֵר לִוְיָתָן | 8 Let them curse it who curse the day. who are ready to raise up a leviathan: |
9 יֶחְשְׁכוּ כֹּוכְבֵי נִשְׁפֹּו יְקַו־לְאֹור וָאַיִן וְאַל־יִרְאֶה בְּעַפְעַפֵּי־שָׁחַר | 9 Let the stars be darkened with the mist thereof: let it expect light and not see it, nor the rising of the dawning of the day: |
10 כִּי לֹא סָגַר דַּלְתֵי בִטְנִי וַיַּסְתֵּר עָמָל מֵעֵינָי | 10 Because it shut not up the doors of the womb that bore me, nor took away evils from my eyes. |
11 לָמָּה לֹּא מֵרֶחֶם אָמוּת מִבֶּטֶן יָצָאתִי וְאֶגְוָע | 11 Why did I not die in the womb, why did I not perish when I came out of the belly? |
12 מַדּוּעַ קִדְּמוּנִי בִרְכָּיִם וּמַהשָּׁ־דַיִם כִּי אִינָק | 12 Why received upon the knees? why suckled at the breasts ? |
13 כִּי־עַתָּה שָׁכַבְתִּי וְאֶשְׁקֹוט יָשַׁנְתִּי אָז ׀ יָנוּחַ לִי | 13 For now I should have been asleep and still, and should have rest in my sleep. |
14 עִם־מְלָכִים וְיֹעֲצֵי אָרֶץ הַבֹּנִים חֳרָבֹות לָמֹו | 14 With kings and consuls of the earth, who build themselves solitudes: |
15 אֹו עִםשָׂ־רִים זָהָב לָהֶם הַמְמַלְאִים בָּתֵּיהֶם כָּסֶף | 15 Or with princes, that possess gold, and All their houses with silver: |
16 אֹו כְנֵפֶל טָמוּן לֹא אֶהְיֶה כְּעֹלְלִים לֹא־רָאוּ אֹור | 16 Or as a hidden untimely birth I should not be, or as they that being conceived have not seen the light. |
17 שָׁם רְשָׁעִים חָדְלוּ רֹגֶז וְשָׁם יָנוּחוּ יְגִיעֵי כֹחַ | 17 There the wicked cease from tumult, and there the wearied in strength are at rest. |
18 יַחַד אֲסִירִים שַׁאֲנָנוּ לֹא מְעוּ קֹול נֹגֵשׂ | 18 And they sometime bound together without disquiet, have not heard the voice of the oppressor. |
19 קָטֹן וְגָדֹול שָׁם הוּא וְעֶבֶד חָפְשִׁי מֵאֲדֹנָיו | 19 The small and great are there, and the servant is free from his master. |
20 לָמָּה יִתֵּן לְעָמֵל אֹור וְחַיִּים לְמָרֵי נָפֶשׁ | 20 Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to them that are in bitterness of soul? |
21 הַמְחַכִּים לַמָּוֶת וְאֵינֶנּוּ וַיַּחְפְּרֻהוּ מִמַּטְמֹונִים | 21 That look for death, and it cometh not, as they that dig for a treasure: |
22 הַשְּׂמֵחִים אֱלֵי־גִיל יָשִׂישׂוּ כִּי יִמְצְאוּ־קָבֶר | 22 And they rejoice exceedingly when they have found the grave. |
23 לְגֶבֶר אֲשֶׁר־דַּרְכֹּו נִסְתָּרָה וַיָּסֶךְ אֱלֹוהַּ בַּעֲדֹו | 23 To a man whose way is hidden, and God hath surrounded him with darkness? |
24 כִּי־לִפְנֵי לַחְמִי אַנְחָתִי תָבֹא וַיִּתְּכוּ כַמַּיִם שַׁאֲגֹתָי | 24 Before I eat I sigh: and as overflowing waters, so is my roaring: |
25 כִּי פַחַד פָּחַדְתִּי וַיֶּאֱתָיֵנִי וַאֲשֶׁר יָגֹרְתִּי יָבֹא לִי | 25 For the fear which I feared hath come upon me: and that which I was afraid of, hath befallen me. |
26 לֹא שָׁלַוְתִּי ׀ וְלֹא שָׁקַטְתִּי וְלֹא־נָחְתִּי וַיָּבֹא רֹגֶז׃ פ | 26 Have I not dissembled ? have I not kept silence ? have I not been quiet? and indignation is come upon me. |