Job 3
1 After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed his day,
| אַֽחֲרֵי־כֵן פָּתַח אִיּוֹב אֶת־פִּיהוּ וַיְקַלֵּל אֶת־יוֹמֽוֹ׃ |
2 And he said:
| וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ |
3 Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said: A man child is conceived.
| יֹאבַד יוֹם אִוָּלֶד בּוֹ וְהַלַּיְלָה אָמַר הֹרָה גָֽבֶר׃ |
4 Let that day be turned into darkness, let not God regard it from above, and let not the light shine upon it.
| הַיּוֹם הַהוּא יְֽהִי ־ חֹשֶׁךְ אַֽל־יִדְרְשֵׁהוּ אֱלוֹהַּ מִמַּעַל וְאַל־תּוֹפַע עָלָיו נְהָרָֽה׃ |
5 Let darkness, and the shadow of death cover it, let a mist overspread it, and let it be wrapped up in bitterness.
| יִגְאָלֻהוּ חֹשֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָוֶת תִּשְׁכׇּן־עָלָיו עֲנָנָה יְבַעֲתֻהוּ כִּֽמְרִירֵי יֽוֹם׃ |
6 Let a darksome whirlwind seize upon that night, let it not be counted in the days of the year, nor numbered in the months.
| הַלַּיְלָה הַהוּא יִקָּחֵהוּ אֹפֶל אַל־יִחַדְּ בִּימֵי שָׁנָה בְּמִסְפַּר יְרָחִים אַל־יָבֹֽא׃ |
7 Let that night be solitary, and not worthy of praise.
| הִנֵּה הַלַּיְלָה הַהוּא יְהִי גַלְמוּד אַל־תָּבוֹא רְנָנָה בֽוֹ׃ |
8 Let them curse it who curse the day. who are ready to raise up a leviathan:
| יִקְּבֻהוּ אֹֽרְרֵי־יוֹם הָעֲתִידִים עֹרֵר לִוְיָתָֽן׃ |
9 Let the stars be darkened with the mist thereof: let it expect light and not see it, nor the rising of the dawning of the day:
| יֶחְשְׁכוּ כּוֹכְבֵי נִשְׁפּוֹ יְקַו־לְאוֹר וָאַיִן וְאַל־יִרְאֶה בְּעַפְעַפֵּי־שָֽׁחַר׃ |
10 Because it shut not up the doors of the womb that bore me, nor took away evils from my eyes.
| כִּי לֹא סָגַר דַּלְתֵי בִטְנִי וַיַּסְתֵּר עָמָל מֵעֵינָֽי׃ |
11 Why did I not die in the womb, why did I not perish when I came out of the belly?
| לָמָּה לֹּא מֵרֶחֶם אָמוּת מִבֶּטֶן יָצָאתִי וְאֶגְוָֽע׃ |
12 Why received upon the knees? why suckled at the breasts?
| מַדּוּעַ קִדְּמוּנִי בִרְכָּיִם וּמַה־שָּׁדַיִם כִּי אִינָֽק׃ |
13 For now I should have been asleep and still, and should have rest in my sleep.
| כִּֽי־עַתָּה שָׁכַבְתִּי וְאֶשְׁקוֹט יָשַׁנְתִּי אָז ׀ יָנוּחַֽ לִֽי׃ |
14 With kings and consuls of the earth, who build themselves solitudes:
| עִם־מְלָכִים וְיֹעֲצֵי אָרֶץ הַבֹּנִים חֳרָבוֹת לָֽמוֹ׃ |
15 Or with princes, that possess gold, and All their houses with silver:
| אוֹ עִם־שָׂרִים זָהָב לָהֶם הַֽמְמַלְאִים בָּתֵּיהֶם כָּֽסֶף׃ |
16 Or as a hidden untimely birth I should not be, or as they that being conceived have not seen the light.
| אוֹ כְנֵפֶל טָמוּן לֹא אֶהְיֶה כְּעֹלְלִים לֹא־רָאוּ אֽוֹר׃ |
17 There the wicked cease from tumult, and there the wearied in strength are at rest.
| שָׁם רְשָׁעִים חָדְלוּ רֹגֶז וְשָׁם יָנוּחוּ יְגִיעֵי כֹֽחַ׃ |
18 And they sometime bound together without disquiet, have not heard the voice of the oppressor.
| יַחַד אֲסִירִים שַׁאֲנָנוּ לֹא שָׁמְעוּ קוֹל נֹגֵֽשׂ׃ |
19 The small and great are there, and the servant is free from his master.
| קָטֹן וְגָדוֹל שָׁם הוּא וְעֶבֶד חׇפְשִׁי מֵאֲדֹנָֽיו׃ |
20 Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to them that are in bitterness of soul?
| לָמָּה יִתֵּן לְעָמֵל אוֹר וְחַיִּים לְמָרֵי נָֽפֶשׁ׃ |
21 That look for death, and it cometh not, as they that dig for a treasure:
| הַֽמְחַכִּים לַמָּוֶת וְאֵינֶנּוּ וַֽיַּחְפְּרֻהוּ מִמַּטְמוֹנִֽים׃ |
22 And they rejoice exceedingly when they have found the grave.
| הַשְּׂמֵחִים אֱלֵי־גִיל יָשִׂישׂוּ כִּי יִמְצְאוּ־קָֽבֶר׃ |
23 To a man whose way is hidden, and God hath surrounded him with darkness?
| לְגֶבֶר אֲשֶׁר־דַּרְכּוֹ נִסְתָּרָה וַיָּסֶךְ אֱלוֹהַּ בַּעֲדֽוֹ׃ |
24 Before I eat I sigh: and as overflowing waters, so is my roaring:
| כִּֽי־לִפְנֵי לַחְמִי אַנְחָתִי תָבֹא וַֽיִּתְּכוּ כַמַּיִם שַׁאֲגֹתָֽי׃ |
25 For the fear which I feared hath come upon me: and that which I was afraid of, hath befallen me.
| כִּי פַחַד פָּחַדְתִּי וַיֶּאֱתָיֵנִי וַאֲשֶׁר יָגֹרְתִּי יָבֹא לִֽי׃ |
26 Have I not dissembled? have I not kept silence? have I not been quiet? and indignation is come upon me.
| לֹא שָׁלַוְתִּי ׀ וְלֹא שָׁקַטְתִּי וְֽלֹא־נָחְתִּי וַיָּבֹא רֹֽגֶז׃ |
