1 וַיַּעַן בִּלְדַּד הַשֻּׁחִי וַיֹּאמַר | 1 But Baldad the Suhite responded by saying: |
2 עַד־אָנָה ׀ תְּשִׂימוּן קִנְצֵי לְמִלִּין תָּבִינוּ וְאַחַר נְדַבֵּר | 2 How long will you throw around words? Understand first, and then let us speak. |
3 מַדּוּעַ נֶחְשַׁבְנוּ כַבְּהֵמָה נִטְמִינוּ בְּעֵינֵיכֶם | 3 Why have we been treated like mules, as if we were unworthy before you? |
4 טֹרֵף נַפְשֹׁו בְּאַפֹּו הַלְמַעַנְךָ תֵּעָזַב אָרֶץ וְיֶעְתַּק־צוּר מִמְּקֹמֹו | 4 You, who ruins your own soul in your fury, will the earth be forsaken because of you, and will the cliffs be moved from their place? |
5 גַּם אֹור רְשָׁעִים יִדְעָךְ וְלֹא־יִגַּהּ שְׁבִיב אִשֹּׁו | 5 Will not the light of the impious be put out, and the flame of his fire refuse to shine? |
6 אֹור חָשַׁךְ בְּאָהֳלֹו וְנֵרֹו עָלָיו יִדְעָךְ | 6 Light will become darkness in his tabernacle, and the lamp that is over him will be extinguished. |
7 יֵצְרוּ צַעֲדֵי אֹונֹו וְתַשְׁלִיכֵהוּ עֲצָתֹו | 7 His strong steps will be constrained, and his own counsel will cast him down uncontrollably. |
8 כִּי־שֻׁלַּח בְּרֶשֶׁת בְּרַגְלָיו וְעַלשְׂ־בָכָה יִתְהַלָּךְ | 8 For he has caused his own feet to go into a net, and he has walked into its web. |
9 יֹאחֵז בְּעָקֵב פָּח יַחֲזֵק עָלָיו צַמִּים | 9 His heel will be held in a snare, and thirst will rage against him. |
10 טָמוּן בָּאָרֶץ חַבְלֹו וּמַלְכֻּדְתֹּו עֲלֵי נָתִיב | 10 A trap has been hidden for him in the earth, and a decoy, along his path. |
11 סָבִיב בִּעֲתֻהוּ בַלָּהֹות וֶהֱפִיצֻהוּ לְרַגְלָיו | 11 Horrifying things will terrify him everywhere and will entangle his feet. |
12 יְהִי־רָעֵב אֹנֹו וְאֵיד נָכֹון לְצַלְעֹו | 12 Let his strength be diminished by famine, and let starvation invade his ribs. |
13 יֹאכַל בַּדֵּי עֹורֹו יֹאכַל בַּדָּיו בְּכֹור מָוֶת | 13 Let it devour the beauty of his skin; let the ancient death consume his arms. |
14 יִנָּתֵק מֵאָהֳלֹו מִבְטַחֹו וְתַצְעִדֵהוּ לְמֶלֶךְ בַּלָּהֹות | 14 Let his confidence be torn away from his tabernacle, and let ruin trample over him like a king. |
15 תִּשְׁכֹּון בְּאָהֳלֹו מִבְּלִי־לֹו יְזֹרֶה עַל־נָוֵהוּ גָפְרִית | 15 Let the companions of he who is not, dwell in his tabernacle; let brimstone rain down upon his tabernacle. |
16 מִתַּחַת שָׁרָשָׁיו יִבָשׁוּ וּמִמַּעַל יִמַּל קְצִירֹו | 16 Let his roots be dried up from beneath him, and his harvest be crushed from above. |
17 זִכְרֹו־אָבַד מִנִּי־אָרֶץ וְלֹא־שֵׁם לֹו עַל־פְּנֵי־חוּץ | 17 Let the memory of him perish from the earth, and let not his name be celebrated in the streets. |
18 יֶהְדְּפֻהוּ מֵאֹור אֶל־חֹשֶׁךְ וּמִתֵּבֵל יְנִדֻּהוּ | 18 He will expel him from light into darkness, and he will remove him from the world. |
19 לֹא נִין לֹו וְלֹא־נֶכֶד בְּעַמֹּו וְאֵין רִיד בִּמְגוּרָיו | 19 Neither his offspring, nor his descendents, will exist among his people, nor will there be any remnants in his country. |
20 עַל־יֹומֹו נָשַׁמּוּ אַחֲרֹנִים וְקַדְמֹנִים אָחֲזוּ שָׂעַר | 20 The last will be astonished at his day, and the first will be overcome with horror. |
21 אַךְ־אֵלֶּה מִשְׁכְּנֹות עַוָּל וְזֶה מְקֹום לֹא־יָדַע־אֵל׃ ס | 21 And so, these are the tabernacles of the sinful, and this the place of he who does not know God. |