Job 27
1 Job also added to this, using figures of speech, and he said:
| וַיֹּסֶף אִיּוֹב שְׂאֵת מְשָׁלוֹ וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ |
2 As God lives, who has taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who has led my soul to bitterness,
| חַי־אֵל הֵסִיר מִשְׁפָּטִי וְשַׁדַּי הֵמַר נַפְשִֽׁי׃ |
3 as long as my breath remains in me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,
| כִּי־כׇל־עוֹד נִשְׁמָתִי בִי וְרוּחַ אֱלוֹהַּ בְּאַפִּֽי׃ |
4 my lips will not speak iniquity, nor will my tongue devise lies.
| אִם־תְּדַבֵּרְנָה שְׂפָתַי עַוְלָה וּלְשׁוֹנִי אִם־יֶהְגֶּה רְמִיָּֽה׃ |
5 Far be it from me that I should judge you to be right, for, until I expire, I will not withdraw from my innocence.
| חָלִילָה לִּי אִם־אַצְדִּיק אֶתְכֶם עַד־אֶגְוָע לֹֽא־אָסִיר תֻּמָּתִי מִמֶּֽנִּי׃ |
6 I will not forsake my justification, which I have just begun to grasp, for my heart does not find blame for me in my whole life.
| בְּצִדְקָתִי הֶחֱזַקְתִּי וְלֹא אַרְפֶּהָ לֹא־יֶחֱרַף לְבָבִי מִיָּמָֽי׃ |
7 Let the impious be as my enemy, and the sinful, as my adversary.
| יְהִי כְרָשָׁע אֹיְבִי וּמִתְקוֹמְמִי כְעַוָּֽל׃ |
8 For what hope is there for the hypocrite, if he greedily plunders and God does not free his soul?
| כִּי מַה־תִּקְוַת חָנֵף כִּי יִבְצָע כִּי יֵשֶׁל אֱלוֹהַּ נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃ |
9 Will God pay attention to his cry, when anguish overcomes him?
| הֲֽצַעֲקָתוֹ יִשְׁמַע ׀ אֵל כִּֽי־תָבוֹא עָלָיו צָרָֽה׃ |
10 Or will he take delight in the Almighty and call upon God at all times?
| אִם־עַל־שַׁדַּי יִתְעַנָּג יִקְרָא אֱלוֹהַּ בְּכׇל־עֵֽת׃ |
11 I will teach you through the hand of God, what the Almighty holds, and I will not conceal it.
| אוֹרֶה אֶתְכֶם בְּיַד־אֵל אֲשֶׁר עִם־שַׁדַּי לֹא אֲכַחֵֽד׃ |
12 Behold, you know all this, and so why do you speak vain things without a reason?
| הֵן־אַתֶּם כֻּלְּכֶם חֲזִיתֶם וְלָמָּה־זֶּה הֶבֶל תֶּהְבָּֽלוּ׃ |
13 This is the portion of the impious man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they will receive from the Almighty.
| זֶה ׀ חֵלֶק־אָדָם רָשָׁע ׀ עִם־אֵל וְֽנַחֲלַת עָרִיצִים מִשַּׁדַּי יִקָּֽחוּ׃ |
14 If his sons should happen to increase, they will be for the sword, and his grandsons will not be satisfied with bread.
| אִם־יִרְבּוּ בָנָיו לְמוֹ־חָרֶב וְצֶאֱצָאָיו לֹא יִשְׂבְּעוּ־לָֽחֶם׃ |
15 Whatever will remain of him will be buried in the ruins, and his widows will not weep.
| שְׂרִידָו בַּמָּוֶת יִקָּבֵרוּ וְאַלְמְנֹתָיו לֹא תִבְכֶּֽינָה׃ |
16 If he will amass silver as if it were dirt and fabricate garments as if they were clay,
| אִם־יִצְבֹּר כֶּעָפָר כָּסֶף וְכַחֹמֶר יָכִין מַלְבּֽוּשׁ׃ |
17 then yes, he will gather, but the just will be clothed with it and the innocent will divide the silver.
| יָכִין וְצַדִּיק יִלְבָּשׁ וְכֶסֶף נָקִי יַחֲלֹֽק׃ |
18 He has built his house like a moth, and he has made a makeshift shelter like a sentry.
| בָּנָה כָעָשׁ בֵּיתוֹ וּכְסֻכָּה עָשָׂה נֹצֵֽר׃ |
19 When he falls asleep, the rich man will leave him with nothing; he will open his eyes and find nothing.
| עָשִׁיר יִשְׁכַּב וְלֹא יֵאָסֵף עֵינָיו פָּקַח וְאֵינֶֽנּוּ׃ |
20 Destitution will surround him like water; a storm will overwhelm him in the night.
| תַּשִּׂיגֵהוּ כַמַּיִם בַּלָּהוֹת לַיְלָה גְּנָבַתּוּ סוּפָֽה׃ |
21 A burning wind will pick him up and carry him away, and, like a whirlwind, it will rush him from his place.
| יִשָּׂאֵהוּ קָדִים וְיֵלַךְ וִישָׂעֲרֵהוּ מִמְּקֹמֽוֹ׃ |
22 And it will hurl over him and will not spare him; fleeing from its power, he will go into exile.
| וְיַשְׁלֵךְ עָלָיו וְלֹא יַחְמֹל מִיָּדוֹ בָּרוֹחַ יִבְרָֽח׃ |
23 He will clasp his hands over himself, and he will hiss at himself, while considering his situation.
| יִשְׂפֹּק עָלֵימוֹ כַפֵּימוֹ וְיִשְׁרֹק עָלָיו מִמְּקֹמֽוֹ׃ |
