1 וַיֹּסֶף אִיֹּוב שְׂאֵת מְשָׁלֹו וַיֹּאמַר | 1 Job also added to this, using figures of speech, and he said: |
2 חַי־אֵל הֵסִיר מִשְׁפָּטִי וְשַׁדַּי הֵמַר נַפְשִׁי | 2 As God lives, who has taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who has led my soul to bitterness, |
3 כִּי־כָל־עֹוד נִשְׁמָתִי בִי וְרוּחַ אֱלֹוהַּ בְּאַפִּי | 3 as long as my breath remains in me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils, |
4 אִם־תְּדַבֵּרְנָה שְׂפָתַי עַוְלָה וּלְשֹׁונִי אִם־יֶהְגֶּה רְמִיָּה | 4 my lips will not speak iniquity, nor will my tongue devise lies. |
5 חָלִילָה לִּי אִם־אַצְדִּיק אֶתְכֶם עַד־אֶגְוָע לֹא־אָסִיר תֻּמָּתִי מִמֶּנִּי | 5 Far be it from me that I should judge you to be right, for, until I expire, I will not withdraw from my innocence. |
6 בְּצִדְקָתִי הֶחֱזַקְתִּי וְלֹא אַרְפֶּהָ לֹא־יֶחֱרַף לְבָבִי מִיָּמָי | 6 I will not forsake my justification, which I have just begun to grasp, for my heart does not find blame for me in my whole life. |
7 יְהִי כְרָשָׁע אֹיְבִי וּמִתְקֹומְמִי כְעַוָּל | 7 Let the impious be as my enemy, and the sinful, as my adversary. |
8 כִּי מַה־תִּקְוַת חָנֵף כִּי יִבְצָע כִּי יֵשֶׁל אֱלֹוהַּ נַפְשֹׁו | 8 For what hope is there for the hypocrite, if he greedily plunders and God does not free his soul? |
9 הַצַעֲקָתֹו יִשְׁמַע ׀ אֵל כִּי־תָבֹוא עָלָיו צָרָה | 9 Will God pay attention to his cry, when anguish overcomes him? |
10 אִם־עַל־שַׁדַּי יִתְעַנָּג יִקְרָא אֱלֹוהַּ בְּכָל־עֵת | 10 Or will he take delight 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 through the hand of God, what the Almighty holds, and I will not conceal it. |
12 הֵן־אַתֶּם כֻּלְּכֶם חֲזִיתֶם וְלָמָּה־זֶּה הֶבֶל תֶּהְבָּלוּ | 12 Behold, you know all this, and so why do you speak vain things without a reason? |
13 זֶה ׀ חֵלֶק־אָדָם רָשָׁע ׀ עִם־אֵל וְנַחֲלַת עָרִיצִים מִשַּׁדַּי יִקָּחוּ | 13 This is the portion of the impious man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they will receive from the Almighty. |
14 אִם־יִרְבּוּ בָנָיו לְמֹו־חָרֶב וְצֶאֱצָאָיו לֹא יִשְׂבְּעוּ־לָחֶם | 14 If his sons should happen to increase, they will be for the sword, and his grandsons will not be satisfied with bread. |
15 [שְׂרִידֹו כ] (רִידָיו ק) בַּמָּוֶת יִקָּבֵרוּ וְאַלְמְנֹתָיו לֹא תִבְכֶּינָה | 15 Whatever will remain of him will be buried in the ruins, and his widows will not weep. |
16 אִם־יִצְבֹּר כֶּעָפָר כָּסֶף וְכַחֹמֶר יָכִין מַלְבּוּשׁ | 16 If he will amass silver as if it were dirt and fabricate garments as if they were clay, |
17 יָכִין וְצַדִּיק יִלְבָּשׁ וְכֶסֶף נָקִי יַחֲלֹק | 17 then yes, he will gather, but the just will be clothed with it and the innocent will divide the silver. |
18 בָּנָה כָעָשׁ בֵּיתֹו וּכְסֻכָּה עָשָׂה נֹצֵר | 18 He has built his house like a moth, and he has made a makeshift shelter like a sentry. |
19 עָשִׁיר יִשְׁכַּב וְלֹא יֵאָסֵף עֵינָיו פָּקַח וְאֵינֶנּוּ | 19 When he falls asleep, the rich man will leave him with nothing; he will open his eyes and find nothing. |
20 תַּשִּׂיגֵהוּ כַמַּיִם בַּלָּהֹות לַיְלָה גְּנָבַתּוּ סוּפָה | 20 Destitution will surround him like water; a storm will overwhelm him in the night. |
21 יִשָּׂאֵהוּ קָדִים וְיֵלַךְ וִישָׂעֲרֵהוּ מִמְּקֹמֹו | 21 A burning wind will pick him up and carry him away, and, like a whirlwind, it will rush him from his place. |
22 וְיַשְׁלֵךְ עָלָיו וְלֹא יַחְמֹל מִיָּדֹו בָּרֹוחַ יִבְרָח | 22 And it will hurl over him and will not spare him; fleeing from its power, he will go into exile. |
23 יִשְׂפֹּק עָלֵימֹו כַפֵּימֹו וְיִשְׁרֹק עָלָיו מִמְּקֹמֹו | 23 He will clasp his hands over himself, and he will hiss at himself, while considering his situation. |