Job 20
1 And Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,
| וַיַּעַן צֹפַר הַנַּֽעֲמָתִי וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ |
2 Therefore do my thoughts give me an answer, and for this is my haste within me.
| לָכֵן שְׂעִפַּי יְשִׁיבוּנִי וּבַעֲבוּר חוּשִׁי בִֽי׃ |
3 I hear a reproof putting me to shame; and [my] spirit answereth me by mine understanding.
| מוּסַר כְּלִמָּתִי אֶשְׁמָע וְרוּחַ מִֽבִּינָתִי יַעֲנֵֽנִי׃ |
4 Knowest thou [not] this, that of old, since man was placed upon earth,
| הֲזֹאת יָדַעְתָּ מִנִּי־עַד מִנִּי שִׂים אָדָם עֲלֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃ |
5 The exultation of the wicked is short, and the joy of the ungodly man but for a moment?
| כִּי רִנְנַת רְשָׁעִים מִקָּרוֹב וְשִׂמְחַת חָנֵף עֲדֵי־רָֽגַע׃ |
6 Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds,
| אִם־יַעֲלֶה לַשָּׁמַיִם שִׂיאוֹ וְרֹאשׁוֹ לָעָב יַגִּֽיעַ׃ |
7 Like his own dung doth he perish for ever; they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
| כְּֽגֶלֲלוֹ לָנֶצַח יֹאבֵד רֹאָיו יֹאמְרוּ אַיּֽוֹ׃ |
8 He flieth away as a dream, and is not found; and is chased away as a vision of the night.
| כַּחֲלוֹם יָעוּף וְלֹא יִמְצָאוּהוּ וְיֻדַּד כְּחֶזְיוֹן לָֽיְלָה׃ |
9 The eye which saw him shall [see him] not again; and his place beholdeth him no more.
| עַיִן שְׁזָפַתּוּ וְלֹא תוֹסִיף וְלֹא־עוֹד תְּשׁוּרֶנּוּ מְקוֹמֽוֹ׃ |
10 His children shall seek the favour of the poor, and his hands restore his wealth.
| בָּנָיו יְרַצּוּ דַלִּים וְיָדָיו תָּשֵׁבְנָה אוֹנֽוֹ׃ |
11 His bones were full of his youthful strength; but it shall lie down with him in the dust.
| עַצְמוֹתָיו מָלְאוּ עלומו עֲלוּמָיו וְעִמּוֹ עַל־עָפָר תִּשְׁכָּֽב׃ |
12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth [and] he hide it under his tongue,
| אִם־תַּמְתִּיק בְּפִיו רָעָה יַכְחִידֶנָּה תַּחַת לְשׁוֹנֽוֹ׃ |
13 [Though] he spare it, and forsake it not, but keep it within his mouth,
| יַחְמֹל עָלֶיהָ וְלֹא יַֽעַזְבֶנָּה וְיִמְנָעֶנָּה בְּתוֹךְ חִכּֽוֹ׃ |
14 His food is turned in his bowels; it is the gall of asps within him.
| לַחְמוֹ בְּמֵעָיו נֶהְפָּךְ מְרוֹרַת פְּתָנִים בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ׃ |
15 He hath swallowed down riches, but he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
| חַיִל בָּלַע וַיְקִאֶנּוּ מִבִּטְנוֹ יוֹרִשֶׁנּוּ אֵֽל׃ |
16 He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall kill him.
| רֹאשׁ־פְּתָנִים יִינָק תַּֽהַרְגֵהוּ לְשׁוֹן אֶפְעֶֽה׃ |
17 He shall not see streams, rivers, brooks of honey and butter.
| אַל־יֵרֶא בִפְלַגּוֹת נַהֲרֵי נַחֲלֵי דְּבַשׁ וְחֶמְאָֽה׃ |
18 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and not swallow down; its restitution shall be according to the value, and he shall not rejoice [therein].
| מֵשִׁיב יָגָע וְלֹא יִבְלָע כְּחֵיל תְּמוּרָתוֹ וְלֹא יַעֲלֹֽס׃ |
19 For he hath oppressed, hath forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away a house that he did not build.
| כִּֽי־רִצַּץ עָזַב דַּלִּים בַּיִת גָּזַל וְלֹא יִבֶנֵֽהוּ׃ |
20 Because he knew no rest in his craving, he shall save nought of what he most desired.
| כִּי ׀ לֹא־יָדַע שָׁלֵו בְּבִטְנוֹ בַּחֲמוּדוֹ לֹא יְמַלֵּֽט׃ |
21 Nothing escaped his greediness; therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
| אֵין־שָׂרִיד לְאָכְלוֹ עַל־כֵּן לֹא־יָחִיל טוּבֽוֹ׃ |
22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits; every hand of the wretched shall come upon him.
| בִּמְלֹאות שִׂפְקוֹ יֵצֶר לוֹ כָּל־יַד עָמֵל תְּבוֹאֶֽנּוּ׃ |
23 It shall be that, to fill his belly, he will cast his fierce anger upon him, and will rain it upon him into his flesh.
| יְהִי ׀ לְמַלֵּא בִטְנוֹ יְֽשַׁלַּח־בּוֹ חֲרוֹן אַפּוֹ וְיַמְטֵר עָלֵימוֹ בִּלְחוּמֽוֹ׃ |
24 If he have fled from the iron weapon, the bow of brass shall strike him through.
| יִבְרַח מִנֵּשֶׁק בַּרְזֶל תַּחְלְפֵהוּ קֶשֶׁת נְחוּשָֽׁה׃ |
25 He draweth it forth; it cometh out of his body, and the glittering point out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
| שָׁלַף וַיֵּצֵא מִגֵּוָה וּבָרָק מִֽמְּרֹרָתוֹ יַהֲלֹךְ עָלָיו אֵמִֽים׃ |
26 All darkness is laid up for his treasures: a fire not blown shall devour him; it shall feed upon what is left in his tent.
| כָּל־חֹשֶׁךְ טָמוּן לִצְפּוּנָיו תְּאָכְלֵהוּ אֵשׁ לֹֽא־נֻפָּח יֵרַע שָׂרִיד בְּאָהֳלֽוֹ׃ |
27 The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.
| יְגַלּוּ שָׁמַיִם עֲוֺנוֹ וְאֶרֶץ מִתְקוֹמָמָה לֽוֹ׃ |
28 The increase of his house shall depart, flowing away in the day of his anger.
| יִגֶל יְבוּל בֵּיתוֹ נִגָּרוֹת בְּיוֹם אַפּֽוֹ׃ |
29 This is the portion of the wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed to him by God.
| זֶה ׀ חֵֽלֶק־אָדָם רָשָׁע מֵאֱלֹהִים וְנַחֲלַת אִמְרוֹ מֵאֵֽל׃ |
