1 וַיֹּסֶף אִיֹּוב שְׂאֵת מְשָׁלֹו וַיֹּאמַר | 1 Job also added, taking up his parable, and said: |
2 חַי־אֵל הֵסִיר מִשְׁפָּטִי וְשַׁדַּי הֵמַר נַפְשִׁי | 2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who hath brought my soul to bitterness, |
3 כִּי־כָל־עֹוד נִשְׁמָתִי בִי וְרוּחַ אֱלֹוהַּ בְּאַפִּי | 3 As long as breath remaineth in me, and the spirit of God in my nostrils, |
4 אִם־תְּדַבֵּרְנָה שְׂפָתַי עַוְלָה וּלְשֹׁונִי אִם־יֶהְגֶּה רְמִיָּה | 4 My lips shall not speak iniquity, neither shall my tongue contrive lying. |
5 חָלִילָה לִּי אִם־אַצְדִּיק אֶתְכֶם עַד־אֶגְוָע לֹא־אָסִיר תֻּמָּתִי מִמֶּנִּי | 5 God forbid that I should judge you to be just: till I die I will not depart from my innocence. |
6 בְּצִדְקָתִי הֶחֱזַקְתִּי וְלֹא אַרְפֶּהָ לֹא־יֶחֱרַף לְבָבִי מִיָּמָי | 6 My justification, which I have begun to hold, I will not forsake: for my heart doth not reprehend me in all my life. |
7 יְהִי כְרָשָׁע אֹיְבִי וּמִתְקֹומְמִי כְעַוָּל | 7 Let my enemy be as the ungodly, and my adversary as the wicked one. |
8 כִּי מַה־תִּקְוַת חָנֵף כִּי יִבְצָע כִּי יֵשֶׁל אֱלֹוהַּ נַפְשֹׁו | 8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite if through covetousness he take by violence, and God deliver not his soul? |
9 הַצַעֲקָתֹו יִשְׁמַע ׀ אֵל כִּי־תָבֹוא עָלָיו צָרָה | 9 Will God hear his cry, when distress shall come upon him? |
10 אִם־עַל־שַׁדַּי יִתְעַנָּג יִקְרָא אֱלֹוהַּ בְּכָל־עֵת | 10 Or can he delight himself in the Almighty, and call upon God at all times? |
11 אֹורֶה אֶתְכֶם בְּיַד־אֵל אֲשֶׁר עִםשַׁ־דַּי לֹא אֲכַחֵד | 11 I will teach you by the hand of God, what the Almighty hath, and I will not conceal it. |
12 הֵן־אַתֶּם כֻּלְּכֶם חֲזִיתֶם וְלָמָּה־זֶּה הֶבֶל תֶּהְבָּלוּ | 12 Behold you all know it, and why do you speak vain things without cause? |
13 זֶה ׀ חֵלֶק־אָדָם רָשָׁע ׀ עִם־אֵל וְנַחֲלַת עָרִיצִים מִשַּׁדַּי יִקָּחוּ | 13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they shall receive of the Almighty. |
14 אִם־יִרְבּוּ בָנָיו לְמֹו־חָרֶב וְצֶאֱצָאָיו לֹא יִשְׂבְּעוּ־לָחֶם | 14 If his sons be multiplied, they shall be for the sword, and his grandsons shall not be filled with bread. |
15 [שְׂרִידֹו כ] (רִידָיו ק) בַּמָּוֶת יִקָּבֵרוּ וְאַלְמְנֹתָיו לֹא תִבְכֶּינָה | 15 They that shall remain of him, shall be buried in death, and his widows shall not weep. |
16 אִם־יִצְבֹּר כֶּעָפָר כָּסֶף וְכַחֹמֶר יָכִין מַלְבּוּשׁ | 16 If he shall heap together silver as earth, and prepare raiment as clay, |
17 יָכִין וְצַדִּיק יִלְבָּשׁ וְכֶסֶף נָקִי יַחֲלֹק | 17 He shall prepare indeed, but the just man shall be clothed with it: and the innocent shall divide the silver. |
18 בָּנָה כָעָשׁ בֵּיתֹו וּכְסֻכָּה עָשָׂה נֹצֵר | 18 He hath built his house as a moth, and as a keeper he hath made a booth. |
19 עָשִׁיר יִשְׁכַּב וְלֹא יֵאָסֵף עֵינָיו פָּקַח וְאֵינֶנּוּ | 19 The rich man when he shall sleep shall take away nothing with him: he shall open his eyes and find nothing. |
20 תַּשִּׂיגֵהוּ כַמַּיִם בַּלָּהֹות לַיְלָה גְּנָבַתּוּ סוּפָה | 20 Poverty like water shall take hold on him, a tempest shall oppress him in the night. |
21 יִשָּׂאֵהוּ קָדִים וְיֵלַךְ וִישָׂעֲרֵהוּ מִמְּקֹמֹו | 21 A burning wind shall take him up, and carry him away, and as a whirlwind shall snatch him from his place. |
22 וְיַשְׁלֵךְ עָלָיו וְלֹא יַחְמֹל מִיָּדֹו בָּרֹוחַ יִבְרָח | 22 And he shall cast upon him, and shall not spare: out of his hand he would willingly flee. |
23 יִשְׂפֹּק עָלֵימֹו כַפֵּימֹו וְיִשְׁרֹק עָלָיו מִמְּקֹמֹו | 23 He shall clasp his hands upon him, and shall hiss at him, beholding his place. |