Job 5
1 Call if you want, but who is going to answer you? Which angel are you going to turn to?
| קרא-נא היש עונך ואל-מי מקדשים תפנה |
2 Surely anger slays the fool and jealousy kills the simple.
| כי-לאויל יהרג-כעש ופתה תמית קנאה |
3 I have seen a fool growing strong, but I immediately cursed his house.
| אני-ראיתי אויל משריש ואקוב נוהו פתאם |
4 His sons are never safe; they are crushed in court with no one to defend them.
| ירחקו בניו מישע וידכאו בשער ואין מציל |
5 The hungry eat everything he has harvested, taking even that protected by a thorn hedge, while others look to steal his wealth.
| אשר קצירו רעב יאכל--ואל-מצנים יקחהו ושאף צמים חילם |
6 For evil doesn't come from the dust; neither does trouble grow from the earth.
| כי לא-יצא מעפר און ומאדמה לא-יצמח עמל |
7 But human beings are born for trouble just as certainly as sparks from a fire fly upwards.
| כי-אדם לעמל יולד ובני-רשף יגביהו עוף |
8 If it were me, I would go to God and put my case before him.
| אולם--אני אדרש אל-אל ואל-אלהים אשים דברתי |
9 He is the one who does amazing, incredible things; miracles that can't be counted!
| עשה גדלות ואין חקר נפלאות עד-אין מספר |
10 He gives rain to the earth and sends water to the fields.
| הנתן מטר על-פני-ארץ ושלח מים על-פני חוצות |
11 He exalts the humble, and rescues those who mourn.
| לשום שפלים למרום וקדרים שגבו ישע |
12 He frustrates the plans of the cunning so that they are unsuccessful.
| מפר מחשבות ערומים ולא-תעשנה ידיהם תשיה |
13 He traps the wise in their own clever thinking, and the schemes of twisted people are cut short.
| לכד חכמים בערמם ועצת נפתלים נמהרה |
14 In the daytime they're in the dark, and they stumble around at noon like it's night.
| יומם יפגשו-חשך וכלילה ימששו בצהרים |
15 But God is the one who saves from their cutting remarks, and the poor from the actions of the powerful.
| וישע מחרב מפיהם ומיד חזק אביון |
16 As a result those who are helpless have hope, and the wicked have to shut their mouths!
| ותהי לדל תקוה ועלתה קפצה פיה |
17 See how happy is the person God corrects—so don't despise the Almighty's discipline.
| הנה אשרי אנוש יוכחנו אלוה ומוסר שדי אל-תמאס |
18 For he causes pain but he provides relief; he wounds but his hands heal.
| כי הוא יכאיב ויחבש ימחץ וידו תרפינה |
19 He will save you from many disasters; a multitude of evils will not affect you.
| בשש צרות יצילך ובשבע לא-יגע בך רע |
20 In times of famine he will rescue you from death, and in times of war he will save you from the power of the sword.
| ברעב פדך ממות ובמלחמה מידי חרב |
21 You will be protected from sharp-tongued slander; and when violence comes you will not be afraid.
| בשוט לשון תחבא ולא-תירא משד כי יבוא |
22 You will laugh at violence and famine; you won't be afraid of wild animals—
| לשד ולכפן תשחק ומחית הארץ אל-תירא |
23 for you will be at peace with the stones of the field and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
| כי עם-אבני השדה בריתך וחית השדה השלמה-לך |
24 You will be certain that your home is safe, for you will go to where you live and find nothing missing.
| וידעת כי-שלום אהלך ופקדת נוך ולא תחטא |
25 You will also be sure that you will have many children; your descendants will be like the grass of the earth.
| וידעת כי-רב זרעך וצאצאיך כעשב הארץ |
26 You will live to a ripe old age like a sheaf of grain when it is harvested.
| תבוא בכלח אלי-קבר כעלות גדיש בעתו |
27 Look, we've examined it, and it's true! Listen to what I'm saying and apply it to yourself!”
| הנה-זאת חקרנוה כן-היא שמענה ואתה דע-לך |
