Job 21
1 Then Job answered, and said,
| ויען איוב ויאמר |
2 Hear diligently my speech, And let this be your consolations.
| שמעו שמוע מלתי ותהי-זאת תנחומתיכם |
3 Allow me, and I also will speak, and after I have spoken, mock on.
| שאוני ואנכי אדבר ואחר דברי תלעיג |
4 As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient?
| האנכי לאדם שיחי ואם-מדוע לא-תקצר רוחי |
5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
| פנו-אלי והשמו ושימו יד על-פה |
6 Even when I remember, I am troubled, and horror takes hold on my flesh.
| ואם-זכרתי ונבהלתי ואחז בשרי פלצות |
7 Why do the wicked live, become old, yea, grow mighty in power?
| מדוע רשעים יחיו עתקו גם-גברו חיל |
8 Their seed is established with them in their sight, and their offspring before their eyes.
| זרעם נכון לפניהם עמם וצאצאיהם לעיניהם |
9 Their houses are safe from fear, nor is the rod of God upon them.
| בתיהם שלום מפחד ולא שבט אלוה עליהם |
10 Their bull breeds, and does not fail. Their cow brings forth safely, and does not miscarry.
| שורו עבר ולא יגעל תפלט פרתו ולא תשכל |
11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
| ישלחו כצאן עויליהם וילדיהם ירקדון |
12 They sing to the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
| ישאו כתף וכנור וישמחו לקול עוגב |
| יבלו (יכלו) בטוב ימיהם וברגע שאול יחתו (Sheol h7585) |
14 And they say to God, Depart from us, for we do not desire the knowledge of thy ways.
| ויאמרו לאל סור ממנו ודעת דרכיך לא חפצנו |
15 What is the Almighty that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray to him?
| מה-שדי כי-נעבדנו ומה-נועיל כי נפגע-בו |
16 Lo, is their prosperity not in their hand. (The counsel of the wicked is far from me.)
| הן לא בידם טובם עצת רשעים רחקה מני |
17 How often is it that the lamp of the profane is put out, that their calamity comes upon them, that God distributes sorrows in his anger,
| כמה נר-רשעים ידעך-- ויבא עלימו אידם חבלים יחלק באפו |
18 that they are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carries away?
| יהיו כתבן לפני-רוח וכמץ גנבתו סופה |
19 Ye say, God lays up his iniquity for his sons. Let him recompense it to himself that he may know it.
| אלוה יצפן-לבניו אונו ישלם אליו וידע |
20 Let his own eyes see his destruction, and let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
| יראו עינו כידו ומחמת שדי ישתה |
21 For what does he care for his house after him when the number of his months is cut off?
| כי מה-חפצו בביתו אחריו ומספר חדשיו חצצו |
22 Shall any teach God knowledge, seeing he judges those who are high?
| הלאל ילמד-דעת והוא רמים ישפוט |
23 One man dies in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
| זה--ימות בעצם תמו כלו שלאנן ושליו |
24 His pails are full of milk, and the marrow of his bones is moistened.
| עטיניו מלאו חלב ומח עצמותיו ישקה |
25 And another man dies in bitterness of soul, and never tastes of good.
| וזה--ימות בנפש מרה ולא-אכל בטובה |
26 They lie down alike in the dust, and the worm covers them.
| יחד על-עפר ישכבו ורמה תכסה עליהם |
27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices with which ye would wrong me.
| הן ידעתי מחשבותיכם ומזמות עלי תחמסו |
28 For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent in which the wicked dwelt?
| כי תאמרו איה בית-נדיב ואיה אהל משכנות רשעים |
29 Have ye not asked wayfaring men? And do ye not know their evidences,
| הלא שאלתם עוברי דרך ואתתם לא תנכרו |
30 that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath?
| כי ליום איד יחשך רע ליום עברות יובלו |
31 Who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall repay him what he has done?
| מי-יגיד על-פניו דרכו והוא-עשה מי ישלם-לו |
32 Yet he shall be borne to the grave, and men shall keep watch over the tomb.
| והוא לקברות יובל ועל-גדיש ישקוד |
33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him. And all men shall draw after him, as there were innumerable before him.
| מתקו-לו רגבי-נחל ואחריו כל-אדם ימשוך ולפניו אין מספר |
34 How then ye comfort me in vain, seeing in your answers there remains falsehood?
| ואיך תנחמוני הבל ותשובתיכם נשאר-מעל |
