1 וַיַּעַן אֱלִיפַז הַתֵּימָנִי וַיֹּאמַר | 1 And Eliphaz the Themanite, answered, and said: |
2 הֶחָכָם יַעֲנֶה דַעַת־רוּחַ וִימַלֵּא קָדִים בִּטְנֹו | 2 Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking in the wind, and fill his stomach with burning heat? |
3 הֹוכֵחַ בְּדָבָר לֹא יִסְכֹּון וּמִלִּים לֹא־יֹועִיל בָּם | 3 Thou reprovest him by words, who is not equal to thee, and thou speakest that which is not good for thee. |
4 אַף־אַתָּה תָּפֵר יִרְאָה וְתִגְרַע יחָה לִפְנֵי־אֵל | 4 As much as is in thee, thou hast made void fear, and hast taken away prayers from before God. |
5 כִּי יְאַלֵּף עֲוֹנְךָ פִיךָ וְתִבְחַר לְשֹׁון עֲרוּמִים | 5 For thy iniquity hath taught thy mouth, and thou imitatest the tongue of blasphemers. |
6 יַרְשִׁיעֲךָ פִיךָ וְלֹא־אָנִי וּשְׂפָתֶיךָ יַעֲנוּ־בָךְ | 6 Thy own mouth shall condemn thee, and not I: and thy own lips shall answer 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 God's counsel, and shall his wisdom be inferior to thee? |
9 מַה־יָּדַעְתָּ וְלֹא נֵדָע תָּבִין וְלֹא־עִמָּנוּ הוּא | 9 What knowest thou that we are ignorant of? what dost thou understand that we know not? |
10 גַּם־שָׂב גַּם־יָשִׁישׁ בָּנוּ כַּבִּיר מֵאָבִיךָ יָמִים | 10 There are with us also aged and ancient men, much elder than thy fathers. |
11 הַמְעַט מִמְּךָ תַּנְחֻמֹות אֵל וְדָבָר לָאַט עִמָּךְ | 11 Is it a great matter that God should comfort thee? but thy wicked words hinder this. |
12 מַה־יִּקָּחֲךָ לִבֶּךָ וּמַה־יִּרְזְמוּן עֵינֶיךָ | 12 Why doth thy heart elevate thee, and why dost thou stare with thy eyes, as if they were thinking great things ? |
13 כִּי־תָשִׁיב אֶל־אֵל רוּחֶךָ וְהֹצֵאתָ מִפִּיךָ מִלִּין | 13 Why doth thy spirit swell against God, to utter such words out of thy mouth ? |
14 מָה־אֱנֹושׁ כִּי־יִזְכֶּה וְכִי־יִצְדַּק יְלוּד אִשָּׁה | 14 What is man that he should be without spot, and he that is born of a woman that he should appear just? |
15 הֵן [בִּקְדֹשֹׁו כ] (בִּקְדֹשָׁיו ק) לֹא יַאֲמִין וְשָׁמַיִם לֹא־זַכּוּ בְעֵינָיו | 15 Behold among his saints none is unchangeable, and the heavens are not pure in his sight. |
16 אַף כִּי־נִתְעָב וְנֶאֱלָח אִישׁ־שֹׁתֶה כַמַּיִם עַוְלָה | 16 How much more is man abominable, and unprofitable, who drinketh iniquity like water? |
17 אֲחַוְךָ שְׁמַע־לִי וְזֶה־חָזִיתִי וַאֲסַפֵּרָה | 17 I will shew thee, hear me : and I mill tell thee what I have seen. |
18 אֲשֶׁר־חֲכָמִים יַגִּידוּ וְלֹא כִחֲדוּ מֵאֲבֹותָם | 18 Wise men confess and hide not their fathers. |
19 לָהֶם לְבַדָּם נִתְּנָה הָאָרֶץ וְלֹא־עָבַר זָר בְּתֹוכָם | 19 To whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger hath passed among them. |
20 כָּל־יְמֵי רָשָׁע הוּא מִתְחֹולֵל וּמִסְפַּר נִים נִצְפְּנוּ לֶעָרִיץ | 20 The wicked man is proud all his days, and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain. |
21 קֹול־פְּחָדִים בְּאָזְנָיו בַּשָּׁלֹום שֹׁודֵד יְבֹואֶנּוּ | 21 The sound of dread is always in his ears: and when there is peace, he always suspecteth treason. |
22 לֹא־יַאֲמִין וּב מִנִּי־חֹשֶׁךְ [וְצָפוּ כ] (וְצָפוּי ק) הוּא אֱלֵי־חָרֶב | 22 He believeth not that he may return from darkness to light, looking round about for the sword on every side. |
23 נֹדֵד הוּא לַלֶּחֶם אַיֵּה יָדַע ׀ כִּי־נָכֹון בְּיָדֹו יֹום־חֹשֶׁךְ | 23 When he moveth himself to seek bread, he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. |
24 יְבַעֲתֻהוּ צַר וּמְצוּקָה תִּתְקְפֵהוּ כְּמֶלֶךְ ׀ עָתִיד לַכִּידֹור | 24 Tribulation shall terrify him, and distress shall surround him, as a king that is prepared for the battle. |
25 כִּי־נָטָה אֶל־אֵל יָדֹו וְאֶלשַׁ־דַּי יִתְגַּבָּר | 25 For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and hath strengthened himself against the Almighty. |
26 יָרוּץ אֵלָיו בְּצַוָּאר בַּעֲבִי גַּבֵּי מָגִנָּיו | 26 He hath run against him with his neck raised up, and is armed with a fat neck. |
27 כִּי־כִסָּה פָנָיו בְּחֶלְבֹּו וַיַּעַשׂ פִּימָה עֲלֵי־כָסֶל | 27 Fatness hath covered his face, and the fat hangeth down on his sides. |
28 וַיִּשְׁכֹּון ׀ עָרִים נִכְחָדֹות בָּתִּים לֹא־יֵשְׁבוּ לָמֹו אֲשֶׁר הִתְעַתְּדוּ לְגַלִּים | 28 He hath dwelt in desolate cities, and in desert houses that are reduced into heaps. |
29 לֹא־יֶעְשַׁר וְלֹא־יָקוּם חֵילֹו וְלֹא־יִטֶּה לָאָרֶץ מִנְלָם | 29 He shall not be enriched, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he push his root in 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 he shall be taken away by the breath of his own month. |
31 אַל־יַאֲמֵן [בַּשֹּׁו כ] (בַּשָּׁיו ק) נִתְעָה כִּישָׁ־וְא תִּהְיֶה תְמוּרָתֹו | 31 He shall not believe, being vainly deceived by error, that he may be redeemed with any price. |
32 בְּלֹא־יֹומֹו תִּמָּלֵא וְכִפָּתֹו לֹא רַעֲנָנָה | 32 Before his days be full he shall perish: and his hands shall wither away. |
33 יַחְמֹס כַּגֶּפֶן בִּסְרֹו וְיַשְׁלֵךְ כַּזַּיִת נִצָּתֹו | 33 He shall be blasted as a vine when its grapes are in the first flower, and as an olive tree that casteth its flower. |
34 כִּי־עֲדַת חָנֵף גַּלְמוּד וְאֵשׁ אָכְלָה אָהֳלֵי־שֹׁחַד | 34 For the congregation of the hypocrite is barren, and fire shall devour their tabernacles, who love to take bribes. |
35 הָרֹה עָמָל וְיָלֹד אָוֶן וּבִטְנָם תָּכִין מִרְמָה׃ ס | 35 He hath conceived sorrow, and hath brought forth iniquity, and his womb prepareth deceits. |