Job 39
1 [Say] if you know the time of the bringing forth of the wild goats of the rock, and [if] you have marked the calving of the hinds:
| הֲיָדַעְתָּ עֵת לֶדֶת יַעֲלֵי־סָלַע חֹלֵל אַיָּלוֹת תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃ |
2 and [if] you has have numbered the full months of their being with young, and [if] you have relieved their pangs:
| תִּסְפֹּר יְרָחִים תְּמַלֶּאנָה וְיָדַעְתָּ עֵת לִדְתָּֽנָה׃ |
3 and have reared their young without fear; and will you loosen their pangs?
| תִּכְרַעְנָה יַלְדֵיהֶן תְּפַלַּחְנָה חֶבְלֵיהֶם תְּשַׁלַּֽחְנָה׃ |
4 Their young will break forth; they will be multiplied with offspring: [their young] will go forth, and will not return to them.
| יַחְלְמוּ בְנֵיהֶם יִרְבּוּ בַבָּר יָצְאוּ וְלֹא־שָׁבוּ לָֽמוֹ׃ |
5 And who is he that sent forth the wild ass free? and who loosed his bands?
| מִי־שִׁלַּח פֶּרֶא חׇפְשִׁי וּמֹסְרוֹת עָרוֹד מִי פִתֵּֽחַ׃ |
6 whereas I made his habitation the wilderness, and the salt land his coverts.
| אֲשֶׁר־שַׂמְתִּי עֲרָבָה בֵיתוֹ וּֽמִשְׁכְּנוֹתָיו מְלֵחָֽה׃ |
7 He laughs to scorn the multitude of the city, and hears not the chiding of the tax-gatherer.
| יִשְׂחַק לַהֲמוֹן קִרְיָה תְּשֻׁאוֹת נֹגֵשׂ לֹא יִשְׁמָֽע׃ |
8 He will survey the mountains [as] his pasture, and he seeks after every green thing.
| יְתוּר הָרִים מִרְעֵהוּ וְאַחַר כׇּל־יָרוֹק יִדְרֽוֹשׁ׃ |
9 And will the unicorn be willing to serve you, or to lie down at your manger?
| הֲיֹאבֶה רֵּים עׇבְדֶךָ אִם־יָלִין עַל־אֲבוּסֶֽךָ׃ |
10 And will you bind his yoke with thongs, or will he plough furrows for you in the plain?
| הֲֽתִקְשׇׁר־רֵים בְּתֶלֶם עֲבֹתוֹ אִם־יְשַׂדֵּד עֲמָקִים אַחֲרֶֽיךָ׃ |
11 And do you trust him, because his strength is great? and will you commit your works to him?
| הֲֽתִבְטַח־בּוֹ כִּֽי־רַב כֹּחוֹ וְתַעֲזֹב אֵלָיו יְגִיעֶֽךָ׃ |
12 And will you believe that he will return to you your seed, and bring [it] in [to] your threshing floor?
| הֲתַאֲמִין בּוֹ כִּֽי־[יָשִׁיב] (ישוב) זַרְעֶךָ וְֽגׇרְנְךָ יֶאֱסֹֽף׃ |
13 The peacock has a beautiful wing: if the stork and the ostrich conceive, [it is worthy of notice],
| כְּנַף־רְנָנִים נֶעֱלָסָה אִם־אֶבְרָה חֲסִידָה וְנֹצָֽה׃ |
14 for [the ostrich] will leave her eggs in the ground, and warm them on the dust,
| כִּי־תַעֲזֹב לָאָרֶץ בֵּצֶיהָ וְֽעַל־עָפָר תְּחַמֵּֽם׃ |
15 and has forgotten that the foot will scatter them, and the wild beasts of the field trample them.
| וַתִּשְׁכַּח כִּי־רֶגֶל תְּזוּרֶהָ וְחַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה תְדוּשֶֽׁהָ׃ |
16 She has hardened [herself] against her young ones, as though [she bereaved] not herself: she labours in vain without fear.
| הִקְשִׁיחַ בָּנֶיהָ לְּלֹא־לָהּ לְרִיק יְגִיעָהּ בְּלִי־פָֽחַד׃ |
17 For God has withholden wisdom from her, and not given her a portion in understanding.
| כִּי־הִשָּׁהּ אֱלוֹהַּ חׇכְמָה וְלֹא־חָלַק לָהּ בַּבִּינָֽה׃ |
18 In her season she will lift herself on high; she will scorn the horse and his rider.
| כָּעֵת בַּמָּרוֹם תַּמְרִיא תִּֽשְׂחַק לַסּוּס וּלְרֹכְבֽוֹ׃ |
19 Hast you invested the horse with strength, and clothed his neck with terror?
| הֲתִתֵּן לַסּוּס גְּבוּרָה הֲתַלְבִּישׁ צַוָּארוֹ רַעְמָֽה׃ |
20 And have you clad him in perfect armour, and made his breast glorious with courage?
| הֲֽתַרְעִישֶׁנּוּ כָּֽאַרְבֶּה הוֹד נַחְרוֹ אֵימָֽה׃ |
21 He paws exulting in the plain, and goes forth in strength into the plain.
| יַחְפְּרוּ בָעֵמֶק וְיָשִׂישׂ בְּכֹחַ יֵצֵא לִקְרַאת־נָֽשֶׁק׃ |
22 He laughs to scorn a king as he meets him, and will by no means turn back from the sword.
| יִשְׂחַק לְפַחַד וְלֹא יֵחָת וְלֹא־יָשׁוּב מִפְּנֵי־חָֽרֶב׃ |
23 The bow and sword resound against him; and [his] rage will swallow up the ground:
| עָלָיו תִּרְנֶה אַשְׁפָּה לַהַב חֲנִית וְכִידֽוֹן׃ |
24 and he will not believe until the trumpet sounds.
| בְּרַעַשׁ וְרֹגֶז יְגַמֶּא־אָרֶץ וְלֹא־יַאֲמִין כִּי־קוֹל שׁוֹפָֽר׃ |
25 And when the trumpet sounds, he says, Aha! and afar off he smells the war with prancing and neighing.
| בְּדֵי שֹׁפָר ׀ יֹאמַר הֶאָח וּֽמֵרָחוֹק יָרִיחַ מִלְחָמָה רַעַם שָׂרִים וּתְרוּעָֽה׃ |
26 And does the hawk remain steady by your wisdom, having spread out her wings unmoved, looking towards the region of the south?
| הֲֽמִבִּינָתְךָ יַאֲבֶר־נֵץ יִפְרֹשׂ כְּנָפָו לְתֵימָֽן׃ |
27 And does the eagle rise at your command, and the vulture remain sitting over his nest,
| אִם־עַל־פִּיךָ יַגְבִּיהַּ נָשֶׁר וְכִי יָרִים קִנּֽוֹ׃ |
28 on a crag of a rock, and in a secret [place]?
| סֶלַע יִשְׁכֹּן וְיִתְלֹנָן עַל שֶׁן־סֶלַע וּמְצוּדָֽה׃ |
29 Thence he seeks food, his eyes observe from far.
| מִשָּׁם חָֽפַר־אֹכֶל לְמֵרָחוֹק עֵינָיו יַבִּֽיטוּ׃ |
30 And his young ones roll themselves in blood, and wherever the carcasses may be, immediately they are found.
| וְאֶפְרֹחָו יְעַלְעוּ־דָם וּבַאֲשֶׁר חֲלָלִים שָׁם הֽוּא׃ |
