Job 18
1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
| ויען בלדד השחי ויאמר |
2 “How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk.
| עד-אנה תשימון קנצי למלין תבינו ואחר נדבר |
3 Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?
| מדוע נחשבנו כבהמה נטמינו בעיניכם |
4 You who tear yourself in anger— should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?
| טרף נפשו באפו הלמענך תעזב ארץ ויעתק-צור ממקמו |
5 Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
| גם אור רשעים ידעך ולא-יגה שביב אשו |
6 The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.
| אור חשך באהלו ונרו עליו ידעך |
7 His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.
| יצרו צעדי אונו ותשליכהו עצתו |
8 For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.
| כי-שלח ברשת ברגליו ועל-שבכה יתהלך |
9 A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.
| יאחז בעקב פח יחזק עליו צמים |
10 A noose is hidden in the ground, and a trap lies in his path.
| טמון בארץ חבלו ומלכדתו עלי נתיב |
11 Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.
| סביב בעתהו בלהות והפיצהו לרגליו |
12 His strength is depleted, and calamity is ready at his side.
| יהי-רעב אנו ואיד נכון לצלעו |
13 It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs.
| יאכל בדי עורו יאכל בדיו בכור מות |
14 He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors.
| ינתק מאהלו מבטחו ותצעדהו למלך בלהות |
15 Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.
| תשכון באהלו מבלי-לו יזרה על-נוהו גפרית |
16 The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.
| מתחת שרשיו יבשו וממעל ימל קצירו |
17 The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.
| זכרו-אבד מני-ארץ ולא-שם לו על-פני-חוץ |
18 He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.
| יהדפהו מאור אל-חשך ומתבל ינדהו |
19 He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived.
| לא נין לו ולא-נכד בעמו ואין שריד במגוריו |
20 Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror.
| על-יומו נשמו אחרנים וקדמנים אחזו שער |
21 Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked and the place of one who does not know God.”
| אך-אלה משכנות עול וזה מקום לא-ידע-אל |
