Job 33
1 “But now, O Job, hear my speech, and listen to all my words.
| וְֽאוּלָם שְׁמַֽע־נָא אִיּוֹב מִלָּי וְֽכׇל־דְּבָרַי הַאֲזִֽינָה׃ |
2 Behold, I will open my mouth; my address is on the tip of my tongue.
| הִנֵּה־נָא פָּתַחְתִּי פִי דִּבְּרָה לְשׁוֹנִי בְחִכִּֽי׃ |
3 My words are from an upright heart, and my lips speak sincerely what I know.
| יֹשֶׁר־לִבִּי אֲמָרָי וְדַעַת שְׂפָתַי בָּרוּר מִלֵּֽלוּ׃ |
4 The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
| רֽוּחַ־אֵל עָשָׂתְנִי וְנִשְׁמַת שַׁדַּי תְּחַיֵּֽנִי׃ |
5 Refute me if you can; prepare your case and confront me.
| אִם־תּוּכַל הֲשִׁיבֵנִי עֶרְכָהֿ לְפָנַי הִתְיַצָּֽבָה׃ |
6 I am just like you before God; I was also formed from clay.
| הֵן־אֲנִי כְפִיךָ לָאֵל מֵחֹמֶר קֹרַצְתִּי גַם־אָֽנִי׃ |
7 Surely no fear of me should terrify you; nor will my hand be heavy upon you.
| הִנֵּה אֵמָתִי לֹא תְבַעֲתֶךָּ וְאַכְפִּי עָלֶיךָ לֹֽא־יִכְבָּֽד׃ |
8 Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard these very words:
| אַךְ אָמַרְתָּ בְאׇזְנָי וְקוֹל מִלִּין אֶשְׁמָֽע׃ |
9 ‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, with no iniquity in me.
| זַךְ אֲנִי בְּֽלִי ־ פָשַׁע חַ ף אָנֹכִי וְלֹא עָוֺן לִֽי׃ |
10 Yet God finds occasions against me; He counts me as His enemy.
| הֵן תְּנוּאוֹת עָלַי יִמְצָא יַחְשְׁבֵנִי לְאוֹיֵב לֽוֹ׃ |
11 He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches over all my paths.’
| יָשֵׂם בַּסַּד רַגְלָי יִשְׁמֹר כׇּל־אׇרְחֹתָֽי׃ |
12 Behold, you are not right in this matter. I will answer you, for God is greater than man.
| הֶן־זֹאת לֹא־צָדַקְתָּ אֶעֱנֶךָּ כִּי־יִרְבֶּה אֱלוֹהַּ מֵאֱנֽוֹשׁ׃ |
13 Why do you complain to Him that He answers nothing a man asks?
| מַדּוּעַ אֵלָיו רִיבוֹתָ כִּי כׇל־דְּבָרָיו לֹא יַעֲנֶֽה׃ |
14 For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices.
| כִּֽי־בְאַחַת יְדַבֶּר־אֵל וּבִשְׁתַּיִם לֹא יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃ |
15 In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds,
| בַּחֲלוֹם ׀ חֶזְיוֹן לַיְלָה בִּנְפֹל תַּרְדֵּמָה עַל־אֲנָשִׁים בִּתְנוּמוֹת עֲלֵי מִשְׁכָּֽב׃ |
16 He opens their ears and terrifies them with warnings
| אָז יִגְלֶה אֹזֶן אֲנָשִׁים וּבְמֹסָרָם יַחְתֹּֽם׃ |
17 to turn a man from wrongdoing and keep him from pride,
| לְהָסִיר אָדָם מַעֲשֶׂה וְגֵוָה מִגֶּבֶר יְכַסֶּֽה׃ |
18 to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.
| יַחְשֹׂךְ נַפְשׁוֹ מִנִּי־שָׁחַת וְחַיָּתוֹ מֵעֲבֹר בַּשָּֽׁלַח׃ |
19 A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,
| וְהוּכַח בְּמַכְאוֹב עַל־מִשְׁכָּבוֹ (וריב) [וְרוֹב] עֲצָמָיו אֵתָֽן׃ |
20 so that he detests his bread, and his soul loathes his favorite food.
| וְזִהֲמַתּוּ חַיָּתוֹ לָחֶם וְנַפְשׁוֹ מַאֲכַל תַּאֲוָֽה׃ |
21 His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones protrude.
| יִכֶל בְּשָׂרוֹ מֵרֹאִי (ושפי) [וְשֻׁפּוּ] עַצְמֹתָיו לֹא רֻאּֽוּ׃ |
22 He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.
| וַתִּקְרַב לַשַּׁחַת נַפְשׁוֹ וְחַיָּתוֹ לַֽמְמִתִֽים׃ |
23 Yet if there is a messenger on his side, one mediator in a thousand, to tell a man what is right for him,
| אִם־יֵשׁ עָלָיו ׀ מַלְאָךְ מֵלִיץ אֶחָד מִנִּי־אָלֶף לְהַגִּיד לְאָדָם יׇשְׁרֽוֹ׃ |
24 to be gracious to him and say, ‘Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,’
| וַיְחֻנֶּנּוּ וַיֹּאמֶר פְּדָעֵהוּ מֵרֶדֶת שָׁחַת מָצָאתִי כֹֽפֶר׃ |
25 then his flesh is refreshed like a child’s; he returns to the days of his youth.
| רֻֽטְפַשׁ בְּשָׂרוֹ מִנֹּעַר יָשׁוּב לִימֵי עֲלוּמָֽיו׃ |
26 He prays to God and finds favor; he sees God’s face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man.
| יֶעְתַּר אֶל־אֱלוֹהַּ ׀ וַיִּרְצֵהוּ וַיַּרְא פָּנָיו בִּתְרוּעָה וַיָּשֶׁב לֶאֱנוֹשׁ צִדְקָתֽוֹ׃ |
27 Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.
| יָשֹׁר ׀ עַל־אֲנָשִׁים וַיֹּאמֶר חָטָאתִי וְיָשָׁר הֶעֱוֵיתִי וְלֹא־שָׁוָה לִֽי׃ |
28 He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’
| פָּדָה (נפשי) [נַפְשׁוֹ] מֵעֲבֹר בַּשָּׁחַת (וחיתי) [וְחַיָּתוֹ] בָּאוֹר תִּרְאֶֽה׃ |
29 Behold, all these things God does to a man, two or even three times,
| הֶן־כׇּל־אֵלֶּה יִפְעַל־אֵל פַּעֲמַיִם שָׁלוֹשׁ עִם־גָּֽבֶר׃ |
30 to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.
| לְהָשִׁיב נַפְשׁוֹ מִנִּי־שָׁחַת לֵאוֹר בְּאוֹר הַחַיִּֽים׃ |
31 Pay attention, Job, and listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.
| הַקְשֵׁב אִיּוֹב שְֽׁמַֽע־לִי הַחֲרֵשׁ וְאָנֹכִי אֲדַבֵּֽר׃ |
32 But if you have something to say, answer me; speak up, for I would like to vindicate you.
| אִם־יֵשׁ־מִלִּין הֲשִׁיבֵנִי דַּבֵּר כִּֽי־חָפַצְתִּי צַדְּקֶֽךָּ׃ |
33 But if not, then listen to me; be quiet, and I will teach you wisdom.”
| אִם־אַיִן אַתָּה שְֽׁמַֽע־לִי הַחֲרֵשׁ וַאֲאַלֶּפְךָ חׇכְמָֽה׃ |
