1 וַיַּעַן אִיֹּוב וַיֹּאמַר | 1 But Job answered and said, |
2 שִׁמְעוּ מֹועַ מִלָּתִי וּתְהִי־זֹאת תַּנְחוּמֹתֵיכֶם | 2 Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations. |
3 אוּנִי וְאָנֹכִי אֲדַבֵּר וְאַחַר דַּבְּרִי תַלְעִיג | 3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on. |
4 הֶאָנֹכִי לְאָדָם שִׂיחִי וְאִם־מַדּוּעַ לֹא־תִקְצַר רוּחִי | 4 As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled? |
5 פְּנוּ־אֵלַי וְהָשַׁמּוּ וְשִׂימוּ יָד עַל־פֶּה | 5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth. |
6 וְאִם־זָכַרְתִּי וְנִבְהָלְתִּי וְאָחַז בְּשָׂרִי פַּלָּצוּת | 6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh. |
7 מַדּוּעַ רְשָׁעִים יִחְיוּ עָתְקוּ גַּם־גָּבְרוּ חָיִל | 7 Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power? |
8 זַרְעָם נָכֹון לִפְנֵיהֶם עִמָּם וְצֶאֱצָאֵיהֶם לְעֵינֵיהֶם | 8 Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes. |
9 בָּתֵּיהֶם שָׁלֹום מִפָּחַד וְלֹא שֵׁבֶט אֱלֹוהַּ עֲלֵיהֶם | 9 Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them. |
10 שֹׁורֹו עִבַּר וְלֹא יַגְעִל תְּפַלֵּט פָּרָתֹו וְלֹא תְשַׁכֵּל | 10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. |
11 יְשַׁלְּחוּ כַצֹּאן עֲוִילֵיהֶם וְיַלְדֵיהֶם יְרַקֵּדוּן | 11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. |
12 יִשְׂאוּ כְּתֹף וְכִנֹּור וְיִשְׂמְחוּ לְקֹול עוּגָב | 12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ. |
13 [יְבַלּוּ כ] (יְכַלּוּ ק) בַטֹּוב יְמֵיהֶם וּבְרֶגַע שְׁאֹול יֵחָתּוּ | 13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. |
14 וַיֹּאמְרוּ לָאֵל סוּר מִמֶּנּוּ וְדַעַת דְּרָכֶיךָ לֹא חָפָצְנוּ | 14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. |
15 מַה־שַׁדַּי כִּי־נַעַבְדֶנּוּ וּמַה־נֹּועִיל כִּי נִפְגַּע־בֹּו | 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? |
16 הֵן לֹא בְיָדָם טוּבָם עֲצַת רְשָׁעִים רָחֲקָה מֶנִּי | 16 Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me. |
17 כַּמָּה ׀ נֵר־רְשָׁעִים יִדְעָךְ וְיָבֹא עָלֵימֹו אֵידָם חֲבָלִים יְחַלֵּק בְּאַפֹּו | 17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger. |
18 יִהְיוּ כְּתֶבֶן לִפְנֵי־רוּחַ וּכְמֹץ גְּנָבַתּוּ סוּפָה | 18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. |
19 אֱלֹוהַּ יִצְפֹּן־לְבָנָיו אֹונֹו יְשַׁלֵּם אֵלָיו וְיֵדָע | 19 God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it. |
20 יִרְאוּ [עֵינֹו כ] (עֵינָיו ק) כִּידֹו וּמֵחֲמַת שַׁדַּי יִשְׁתֶּה | 20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. |
21 כִּי מַה־חֶפְצֹו בְּבֵיתֹו אַחֲרָיו וּמִסְפַּר חֳדָשָׁיו חֻצָּצוּ | 21 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst? |
22 הַלְאֵל יְלַמֶּד־דָּעַת וְהוּא רָמִים יִשְׁפֹּוט | 22 Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high. |
23 זֶה יָמוּת בְּעֶצֶם תֻּמֹּו כֻּלֹּו שַׁלְאֲנַן וְשָׁלֵיו | 23 One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. |
24 עֲטִינָיו מָלְאוּ חָלָב וּמֹחַ עַצְמֹותָיו יְשֻׁקֶּה | 24 His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow. |
25 וְזֶה יָמוּת בְּנֶפֶשׁ מָרָה וְלֹא־אָכַל בַּטֹּובָה | 25 And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure. |
26 יַחַד עַל־עָפָר יִשְׁכָּבוּ וְרִמָּה תְּכַסֶּה עֲלֵיהֶם | 26 They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them. |
27 הֵן יָדַעְתִּי מַחְשְׁבֹותֵיכֶם וּמְזִמֹּות עָלַי תַּחְמֹסוּ | 27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me. |
28 כִּי תֹאמְרוּ אַיֵּה בֵית־נָדִיב וְאַיֵּה אֹהֶל ׀ מִשְׁכְּנֹות רְשָׁעִים | 28 For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked? |
29 הֲלֹא אֶלְתֶּם עֹובְרֵי דָרֶךְ וְאֹתֹתָם לֹא תְנַכֵּרוּ | 29 Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens, |
30 כִּי לְיֹום אֵיד יֵחָשֶׂךְ רָע לְיֹום עֲבָרֹות יוּבָלוּ | 30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath. |
31 מִי־יַגִּיד עַל־פָּנָיו דַּרְכֹּו וְהוּא־עָשָׂה מִי יְשַׁלֶּם־לֹו | 31 Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done? |
32 וְהוּא לִקְבָרֹות יוּבָל וְעַל־גָּדִישׁ יִשְׁקֹוד | 32 Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb. |
33 מָתְקוּ־לֹו רִגְבֵי נָחַל וְאַחֲרָיו כָּל־אָדָם יִמְשֹׁוךְ וּלְפָנָיו אֵין מִסְפָּר | 33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him. |
34 וְאֵיךְ תְּנַחֲמוּנִי הָבֶל וּתְשׁוּבֹתֵיכֶם נִשְׁאַר־מָעַל׃ ס | 34 How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood? |