Job 39
1 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? dost thou mark the calving of the hinds?
| הֲיָדַעְתָּ עֵת לֶדֶת יַעֲלֵי־סָלַע חֹלֵל אַיָּלוֹת תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃ |
2 Dost thou number the months that they fulfil? and knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
| תִּסְפֹּר יְרָחִים תְּמַלֶּאנָה וְיָדַעְתָּ עֵת לִדְתָּֽנָה׃ |
3 They bow themselves, they give birth to their young ones, they cast out their pains;
| תִּכְרַעְנָה יַלְדֵיהֶן תְּפַלַּחְנָה חֶבְלֵיהֶם תְּשַׁלַּֽחְנָה׃ |
4 Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field, they go forth, and return not unto them.
| יַחְלְמוּ בְנֵיהֶם יִרְבּוּ בַבָּר יָצְאוּ וְלֹא־שָׁבוּ לָֽמוֹ׃ |
5 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? and who hath loosed the bands of the onager,
| מִֽי־שִׁלַּח פֶּרֶא חָפְשִׁי וּמֹסְרוֹת עָרוֹד מִי פִתֵּֽחַ׃ |
6 Whose house I made the wilderness, and the salt plain his dwellings?
| אֲשֶׁר־שַׂמְתִּי עֲרָבָה בֵיתוֹ וּֽמִשְׁכְּנוֹתָיו מְלֵֽחָה׃ |
7 He laugheth at the tumult of the city, and heareth not the shouts of the driver;
| יִשְׂחַק לַהֲמוֹן קִרְיָה תְּשֻׁאוֹת נוֹגֵשׂ לֹא יִשְׁמָֽע׃ |
8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
| יְתוּר הָרִים מִרְעֵהוּ וְאַחַר כָּל־יָרוֹק יִדְרֽוֹשׁ׃ |
9 Will the buffalo be willing to serve thee, or will he lodge by thy crib?
| הֲיֹאבֶה רֵּים עָבְדֶךָ אִם־יָלִין עַל־אֲבוּסֶֽךָ׃ |
10 Canst thou bind the buffalo with his cord in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
| הֲֽתִקְשָׁר־רֵים בְּתֶלֶם עֲבֹתוֹ אִם־יְשַׂדֵּד עֲמָקִים אַחֲרֶֽיךָ׃ |
11 Wilt thou put confidence in him, because his strength is great? and wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
| הֲֽתִבְטַח־בּוֹ כִּי־רַב כֹּחוֹ וְתַעֲזֹב אֵלָיו יְגִיעֶֽךָ׃ |
12 Wilt thou trust him to bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy threshing-floor?
| הֲתַאֲמִין בּוֹ כִּי־ישוב יָשִׁיב זַרְעֶךָ וְֽגָרְנְךָ יֶאֱסֹֽף׃ |
13 The wing of the ostrich beats joyously — But is it the stork's pinion and plumage?
| כְּנַף־רְנָנִים נֶעֱלָסָה אִם־אֶבְרָה חֲסִידָה וְנֹצָֽה׃ |
14 For she leaveth her eggs to the earth, and warmeth them in the dust,
| כִּֽי־תַעֲזֹב לָאָרֶץ בֵּצֶיהָ וְֽעַל־עָפָר תְּחַמֵּֽם׃ |
15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the beast of the field may trample them.
| וַתִּשְׁכַּח כִּי־רֶגֶל תְּזוּרֶהָ וְחַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה תְּדוּשֶֽׁהָ׃ |
16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers; her labour is in vain, without her concern.
| הִקְשִׁיחַ בָּנֶיהָ לְּלֹא־לָהּ לְרִיק יְגִיעָהּ בְּלִי־פָֽחַד׃ |
17 For God hath deprived her of wisdom, and hath not furnished her with understanding.
| כִּֽי־הִשָּׁהּ אֱלוֹהַּ חָכְמָה וְלֹא־חָלַק לָהּ בַּבִּינָֽה׃ |
18 What time she lasheth herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
| כָּעֵת בַּמָּרוֹם תַּמְרִיא תִּֽשְׂחַק לַסּוּס וּלְרֹֽכְבֽוֹ׃ |
19 Hast thou given strength to the horse? hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?
| הֲתִתֵּן לַסּוּס גְּבוּרָה הֲתַלְבִּישׁ צַוָּארוֹ רַעְמָֽה׃ |
20 Dost thou make him to leap as a locust? His majestic snorting is terrible.
| הְֽתַרְעִישֶׁנּוּ כָּאַרְבֶּה הוֹד נַחְרוֹ אֵימָֽה׃ |
21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in [his] strength; he goeth forth to meet the armed host.
| יַחְפְּרוּ בָעֵמֶק וְיָשִׂישׂ בְּכֹחַ יֵצֵא לִקְרַאת־נָֽשֶׁק׃ |
22 He laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from before the sword.
| יִשְׂחַק לְפַחַד וְלֹא יֵחָת וְלֹֽא־יָשׁוּב מִפְּנֵי־חָֽרֶב׃ |
23 The quiver rattleth upon him, the glittering spear and the javelin.
| עָלָיו תִּרְנֶה אַשְׁפָּה לַהַב חֲנִית וְכִידֽוֹן׃ |
24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage, and cannot contain himself at the sound of the trumpet:
| בְּרַעַשׁ וְרֹגֶז יְגַמֶּא־אָרֶץ וְלֹֽא־יַאֲמִין כִּי־קוֹל שׁוֹפָֽר׃ |
25 At the noise of the trumpets he saith, Aha! and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
| בְּדֵי שֹׁפָר ׀ יֹאמַר הֶאָח וּֽמֵרָחוֹק יָרִיחַ מִלְחָמָה רַעַם שָׂרִים וּתְרוּעָֽה׃ |
26 Doth the hawk fly by thine intelligence, [and] stretch his wings toward the south?
| הֲֽמִבִּינָתְךָ יַֽאֲבֶר־נֵץ יִפְרֹשׂ כנפו כְּנָפָיו לְתֵימָֽן׃ |
27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make his nest on high?
| אִם־עַל־פִּיךָ יַגְבִּיהַּ נָשֶׁר וְכִי יָרִים קִנּֽוֹ׃ |
28 He inhabiteth the rock and maketh his dwelling on the point of the cliff, and the fastness:
| סֶלַע יִשְׁכֹּן וְיִתְלֹנָן עַֽל־שֶׁן־סֶלַע וּמְצוּדָֽה׃ |
29 From thence he spieth out the prey, his eyes look into the distance;
| מִשָּׁם חָֽפַר־אֹכֶל לְמֵרָחוֹק עֵינָיו יַבִּֽיטוּ׃ |
30 And his young ones suck up blood; and where the slain are, there is he.
| ואפרחו וְאֶפְרֹחָיו יְעַלְעוּ־דָם וּבַאֲשֶׁר חֲלָלִים שָׁם הֽוּא׃ |
