Job 31
1 “I made a covenant with my eyes; how then should I look lustfully at a young woman?
| בְּרִית כָּרַתִּי לְעֵינָי וּמָה אֶתְבּוֹנֵן עַל־בְּתוּלָֽה׃ |
2 For what is the portion from God above, and the heritage from the Almighty on high?
| וּמֶה ׀ חֵלֶק אֱלוֹהַּ מִמָּעַל וְֽנַחֲלַת שַׁדַּי מִמְּרֹמִֽים׃ |
3 Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity?
| הֲלֹא־אֵיד לְעַוָּל וְנֵכֶר לְפֹעֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃ |
4 Does not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
| הֲלֹא־הוּא יִרְאֶה דְרָכָי וְֽכׇל־צְעָדַי יִסְפּֽוֹר׃ |
5 “If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hurried to deceit
| אִם־הָלַכְתִּי עִם־שָׁוְא וַתַּחַשׁ עַל־מִרְמָה רַגְלִֽי׃ |
6 (let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity);
| יִשְׁקְלֵנִי בְמֹֽאזְנֵי־צֶדֶק וְיֵדַע אֱלוֹהַּ תֻּמָּתִֽי׃ |
7 if my step has turned out of the way, if my heart walked after my eyes, if any defilement has stuck to my hands,
| אִם תִּטֶּה אַשֻּׁרִי מִנִּי הַדָּרֶךְ וְאַחַר עֵינַי הָלַךְ לִבִּי וּבְכַפַּי דָּבַק מֽאוּם׃ |
8 then let me sow, and let another eat. Yes, let the produce of my field be rooted out.
| אֶזְרְעָה וְאַחֵר יֹאכֵל וְֽצֶאֱצָאַי יְשֹׁרָֽשׁוּ׃ |
9 “If my heart has been enticed to a woman, and I have laid wait at my neighbor’s door,
| אִם־נִפְתָּה לִבִּי עַל־אִשָּׁה וְעַל־פֶּתַח רֵעִי אָרָֽבְתִּי׃ |
10 then let my wife grind for another, and let others sleep with her.
| תִּטְחַן לְאַחֵר אִשְׁתִּי וְעָלֶיהָ יִכְרְעוּן אֲחֵרִֽין׃ |
11 For that would be a heinous crime. Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges,
| כִּי־[הִיא] (הוא) זִמָּה (והיא) [וְהוּא] עָוֺן פְּלִילִֽים׃ |
12 for it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.
| כִּי אֵשׁ הִיא עַד־אֲבַדּוֹן תֹּאכֵל וּֽבְכׇל־תְּבוּאָתִי תְשָׁרֵֽשׁ׃ |
13 “If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me,
| אִם־אֶמְאַס מִשְׁפַּט עַבְדִּי וַאֲמָתִי בְּרִבָם עִמָּדִֽי׃ |
14 what then will I do when God rises up? When he visits, what will I answer him?
| וּמָה אֶעֱשֶׂה כִּֽי־יָקוּם אֵל וְכִי־יִפְקֹד מָה אֲשִׁיבֶֽנּוּ׃ |
15 Did not he who made me in the womb make him? Did not one fashion us in the womb?
| הֲֽלֹא־בַבֶּטֶן עֹשֵׂנִי עָשָׂהוּ וַיְכֻנֶנּוּ בָּרֶחֶם אֶחָֽד׃ |
16 “If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
| אִם־אֶמְנַע מֵחֵפֶץ דַּלִּים וְעֵינֵי אַלְמָנָה אֲכַלֶּֽה׃ |
17 or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it
| וְאֹכַל פִּתִּי לְבַדִּי וְלֹֽא־אָכַל יָתוֹם מִמֶּֽנָּה׃ |
18 (no, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, I have guided her from my mother’s womb);
| כִּי מִנְּעוּרַי גְּדֵלַנִי כְאָב וּמִבֶּטֶן אִמִּי אַנְחֶֽנָּה׃ |
19 if I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;
| אִם־אֶרְאֶה אוֹבֵד מִבְּלִי לְבוּשׁ וְאֵין כְּסוּת לָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃ |
20 if his heart has not blessed me, if he has not been warmed with my sheep’s fleece;
| אִם־לֹא בֵרְכוּנִי חֲלָצָו וּמִגֵּז כְּבָשַׂי יִתְחַמָּֽם׃ |
21 if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate;
| אִם־הֲנִיפוֹתִי עַל־יָתוֹם יָדִי כִּֽי־אֶרְאֶה בַשַּׁעַר עֶזְרָתִֽי׃ |
22 then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade, and my arm be broken from the bone.
| כְּתֵפִי מִשִּׁכְמָהֿ תִפּוֹל וְאֶזְרֹעִי מִקָּנָהֿ תִשָּׁבֵֽר׃ |
23 For calamity from God is a terror to me. Because of his majesty, I can do nothing.
| כִּי פַחַד אֵלַי אֵיד אֵל וּמִשְּׂאֵתוֹ לֹא אוּכָֽל׃ |
24 “If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, ‘You are my confidence;’
| אִם־שַׂמְתִּי זָהָב כִּסְלִי וְלַכֶּתֶם אָמַרְתִּי מִבְטַחִֽי׃ |
25 If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;
| אִם־אֶשְׂמַח כִּֽי־רַב חֵילִי וְכִֽי־כַבִּיר מָצְאָה יָדִֽי׃ |
26 if I have seen the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in splendor,
| אִם־אֶרְאֶה אוֹר כִּי יָהֵל וְיָרֵחַ יָקָר הֹלֵֽךְ׃ |
27 and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth;
| וַיִּפְתְּ בַּסֵּתֶר לִבִּי וַתִּשַּׁק יָדִי לְפִֽי׃ |
28 this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I would have denied the God who is above.
| גַּם־הוּא עָוֺן פְּלִילִי כִּֽי־כִחַשְׁתִּי לָאֵל מִמָּֽעַל׃ |
29 “If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him
| אִם־אֶשְׂמַח בְּפִיד מְשַׂנְאִי וְהִתְעֹרַרְתִּי כִּֽי־מְצָאוֹ רָֽע׃ |
30 (I have certainly not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse);
| וְלֹא־נָתַתִּי לַחֲטֹא חִכִּי לִשְׁאֹל בְּאָלָה נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃ |
31 if the men of my tent have not said, ‘Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?’
| אִם־לֹא אָמְרוּ מְתֵי אׇהֳלִי מִי־יִתֵּן מִבְּשָׂרוֹ לֹא נִשְׂבָּֽע׃ |
32 (the foreigner has not camped in the street, but I have opened my doors to the traveler);
| בַּחוּץ לֹא־יָלִין גֵּר דְּלָתַי לָאֹרַח אֶפְתָּֽח׃ |
33 if like Adam I have covered my transgressions, by hiding my iniquity in my heart,
| אִם־כִּסִּיתִי כְאָדָם פְּשָׁעָי לִטְמוֹן בְּחֻבִּי עֲוֺנִֽי׃ |
34 because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and did not go out of the door—
| כִּי אֶעֱרוֹץ ׀ הָמוֹן רַבָּה וּבוּז־מִשְׁפָּחוֹת יְחִתֵּנִי וָאֶדֹּם לֹא־אֵצֵא פָֽתַח׃ |
35 oh that I had one to hear me! Behold, here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me! Let the accuser write my indictment!
| מִי יִתֶּן־לִי ׀ שֹׁמֵעַֽ לִי הֶן־תָּוִי שַׁדַּי יַעֲנֵנִי וְסֵפֶר כָּתַב אִישׁ רִיבִֽי׃ |
36 Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, and I would bind it to me as a crown.
| אִם־לֹא עַל־שִׁכְמִי אֶשָּׂאֶנּוּ אֶעֶנְדֶנּוּ עֲטָרוֹת לִֽי׃ |
37 I would declare to him the number of my steps. I would go near to him like a prince.
| מִסְפַּר צְעָדַי אַגִּידֶנּוּ כְּמוֹ־נָגִיד אֲקָֽרְבֶֽנּוּ׃ |
38 If my land cries out against me, and its furrows weep together;
| אִם־עָלַי אַדְמָתִי תִזְעָק וְיַחַד תְּלָמֶיהָ יִבְכָּיֽוּן׃ |
39 if I have eaten its fruits without money, or have caused its owners to lose their life,
| אִם־כֹּחָהּ אָכַלְתִּי בְלִי־כָסֶף וְנֶפֶשׁ בְּעָלֶיהָ הִפָּֽחְתִּי׃ |
40 let briers grow instead of wheat, and stinkweed instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended.
| תַּחַת חִטָּה ׀ יֵצֵא חוֹחַ וְתַֽחַת־שְׂעֹרָה בׇאְשָׁה תַּמּוּ דִּבְרֵי אִיּֽוֹב׃ |
