1 ויען אליהו ויאמר | 1 After this, Eliu again spoke in this way: |
2 הזאת חשבת למשפט אמרת צדקי מאל | 2 Does it seem right to you in your thoughts, that you should say, “I am more just than God?” |
3 כי תאמר מה יסכן לך מה אעיל מחטאתי | 3 For you said, “Having done what is right does not please you,” and, “How will it benefit you, if I sin?” |
4 אני אשיבך מלין ואת רעיך עמך | 4 And so, I will respond to your words, and to your friends who are with you. |
5 הבט שמים וראה ושור שחקים גבהו ממך | 5 Look up towards heaven and consider; also, think about the sky, which is higher than you. |
6 אם חטאת מה תפעל בו ורבו פשעיך מה תעשה לו | 6 If you sin, how will it hurt him? And if your iniquities are multiplied, what will you do against him? |
7 אם צדקת מה תתן לו או מה מידך יקח | 7 Furthermore, if you act justly, what will you give him, or what will he receive from your hand? |
8 לאיש כמוך רשעך ולבן אדם צדקתך | 8 Your impiety may hurt a man who is like you, though your justice may help the son of the man. |
9 מרב עשוקים יזעיקו ישועו מזרוע רבים | 9 Because of the multitude of false accusers, they will cry out; and they will lament because of the strong arm of the tyrants. |
10 ולא אמר איה אלוה עשי נתן זמרות בלילה | 10 Yet he has not said: “Where is God, who made me, who has given songs in the night, |
11 מלפנו מבהמות ארץ ומעוף השמים יחכמנו | 11 who teaches us in addition to the beasts of the earth, and who educates us along with the birds of the air?” |
12 שם יצעקו ולא יענה מפני גאון רעים | 12 There they will cry, and he will not heed them, because of the arrogance of the wicked. |
13 אך שוא לא ישמע אל ושדי לא ישורנה | 13 Therefore, God does not hear in vain, and the Almighty will look into each and every case. |
14 אף כי תאמר לא תשורנו דין לפניו ותחולל לו | 14 And so, when you say, “He does not examine,” be judged before him, but wait for him. |
15 ועתה כי אין פקד אפו ולא ידע בפש מאד | 15 For, at the present time, he does not bring forth his fury, nor does he punish sin exceedingly. |
16 ואיוב הבל יפצה פיהו בבלי דעת מלין יכבר | 16 Therefore, Job has opened his mouth in vain and has multiplied words without knowledge. |