1 וַיַּעַן אֱלִיפַז הַתֵּימָנִי וַיֹּאמַר | 1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, |
2 הֶחָכָם יַעֲנֶה דַעַת־רוּחַ וִימַלֵּא קָדִים בִּטְנֹו | 2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? |
3 הֹוכֵחַ בְּדָבָר לֹא יִסְכֹּון וּמִלִּים לֹא־יֹועִיל בָּם | 3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good? |
4 אַף־אַתָּה תָּפֵר יִרְאָה וְתִגְרַע יחָה לִפְנֵי־אֵל | 4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God. |
5 כִּי יְאַלֵּף עֲוֹנְךָ פִיךָ וְתִבְחַר לְשֹׁון עֲרוּמִים | 5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. |
6 יַרְשִׁיעֲךָ פִיךָ וְלֹא־אָנִי וּשְׂפָתֶיךָ יַעֲנוּ־בָךְ | 6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee. |
7 הֲרִאישֹׁון אָדָם תִּוָּלֵד וְלִפְנֵי גְבָעֹות חֹולָלְתָּ | 7 Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills? |
8 הַבְסֹוד אֱלֹוהַ תִּשְׁמָע וְתִגְרַע אֵלֶיךָ חָכְמָה | 8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself? |
9 מַה־יָּדַעְתָּ וְלֹא נֵדָע תָּבִין וְלֹא־עִמָּנוּ הוּא | 9 What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us? |
10 גַּם־שָׂב גַּם־יָשִׁישׁ בָּנוּ כַּבִּיר מֵאָבִיךָ יָמִים | 10 With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father. |
11 הַמְעַט מִמְּךָ תַּנְחֻמֹות אֵל וְדָבָר לָאַט עִמָּךְ | 11 Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee? |
12 מַה־יִּקָּחֲךָ לִבֶּךָ וּמַה־יִּרְזְמוּן עֵינֶיךָ | 12 Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at, |
13 כִּי־תָשִׁיב אֶל־אֵל רוּחֶךָ וְהֹצֵאתָ מִפִּיךָ מִלִּין | 13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth? |
14 מָה־אֱנֹושׁ כִּי־יִזְכֶּה וְכִי־יִצְדַּק יְלוּד אִשָּׁה | 14 What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? |
15 הֵן [בִּקְדֹשֹׁו כ] (בִּקְדֹשָׁיו ק) לֹא יַאֲמִין וְשָׁמַיִם לֹא־זַכּוּ בְעֵינָיו | 15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight. |
16 אַף כִּי־נִתְעָב וְנֶאֱלָח אִישׁ־שֹׁתֶה כַמַּיִם עַוְלָה | 16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water? |
17 אֲחַוְךָ שְׁמַע־לִי וְזֶה־חָזִיתִי וַאֲסַפֵּרָה | 17 I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare; |
18 אֲשֶׁר־חֲכָמִים יַגִּידוּ וְלֹא כִחֲדוּ מֵאֲבֹותָם | 18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it: |
19 לָהֶם לְבַדָּם נִתְּנָה הָאָרֶץ וְלֹא־עָבַר זָר בְּתֹוכָם | 19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them. |
20 כָּל־יְמֵי רָשָׁע הוּא מִתְחֹולֵל וּמִסְפַּר נִים נִצְפְּנוּ לֶעָרִיץ | 20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor. |
21 קֹול־פְּחָדִים בְּאָזְנָיו בַּשָּׁלֹום שֹׁודֵד יְבֹואֶנּוּ | 21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. |
22 לֹא־יַאֲמִין וּב מִנִּי־חֹשֶׁךְ [וְצָפוּ כ] (וְצָפוּי ק) הוּא אֱלֵי־חָרֶב | 22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword. |
23 נֹדֵד הוּא לַלֶּחֶם אַיֵּה יָדַע ׀ כִּי־נָכֹון בְּיָדֹו יֹום־חֹשֶׁךְ | 23 He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. |
24 יְבַעֲתֻהוּ צַר וּמְצוּקָה תִּתְקְפֵהוּ כְּמֶלֶךְ ׀ עָתִיד לַכִּידֹור | 24 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle. |
25 כִּי־נָטָה אֶל־אֵל יָדֹו וְאֶלשַׁ־דַּי יִתְגַּבָּר | 25 For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty. |
26 יָרוּץ אֵלָיו בְּצַוָּאר בַּעֲבִי גַּבֵּי מָגִנָּיו | 26 He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers: |
27 כִּי־כִסָּה פָנָיו בְּחֶלְבֹּו וַיַּעַשׂ פִּימָה עֲלֵי־כָסֶל | 27 Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks. |
28 וַיִּשְׁכֹּון ׀ עָרִים נִכְחָדֹות בָּתִּים לֹא־יֵשְׁבוּ לָמֹו אֲשֶׁר הִתְעַתְּדוּ לְגַלִּים | 28 And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps. |
29 לֹא־יֶעְשַׁר וְלֹא־יָקוּם חֵילֹו וְלֹא־יִטֶּה לָאָרֶץ מִנְלָם | 29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth. |
30 לֹא־יָסוּר ׀ מִנִּי־חֹשֶׁךְ יֹנַקְתֹּו תְּיַבֵּשׁ שַׁלְהָבֶת וְיָסוּר בְּרוּחַ פִּיו | 30 He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away. |
31 אַל־יַאֲמֵן [בַּשֹּׁו כ] (בַּשָּׁיו ק) נִתְעָה כִּישָׁ־וְא תִּהְיֶה תְמוּרָתֹו | 31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence. |
32 בְּלֹא־יֹומֹו תִּמָּלֵא וְכִפָּתֹו לֹא רַעֲנָנָה | 32 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green. |
33 יַחְמֹס כַּגֶּפֶן בִּסְרֹו וְיַשְׁלֵךְ כַּזַּיִת נִצָּתֹו | 33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive. |
34 כִּי־עֲדַת חָנֵף גַּלְמוּד וְאֵשׁ אָכְלָה אָהֳלֵי־שֹׁחַד | 34 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery. |
35 הָרֹה עָמָל וְיָלֹד אָוֶן וּבִטְנָם תָּכִין מִרְמָה׃ ס | 35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit. |