Job 19
1 Bvt Iob answered, and said,
| וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ |
2 Howe long will yee vexe my soule, and torment me with wordes?
| עַד־אָנָה תּוֹגְיוּן נַפְשִׁי וּֽתְדַכְּאוּנַנִי בְמִלִּֽים׃ |
3 Ye haue now ten times reproched me, and are not ashamed: ye are impudent toward mee.
| זֶה עֶשֶׂר פְּעָמִים תַּכְלִימוּנִי לֹֽא־תֵבֹשׁוּ תַּהְכְּרוּ־לִֽי׃ |
4 And though I had in deede erred, mine errour remaineth with me.
| וְאַף־אָמְנָם שָׁגִיתִי אִתִּי תָּלִין מְשׁוּגָתִֽי׃ |
5 But in deede if ye will aduance your selues against me, and rebuke me for my reproche,
| אִם־אָמְנָם עָלַי תַּגְדִּילוּ וְתוֹכִיחוּ עָלַי חֶרְפָּתִּֽי׃ |
6 Know nowe, that God hath ouerthrowen me, and hath compassed me with his net.
| דְּֽעוּ־אֵפוֹ כִּי־אֱלוֹהַּ עִוְּתָנִי וּמְצוּדוֹ עָלַי הִקִּֽיף׃ |
7 Beholde, I crie out of violence, but I haue none answere: I crie, but there is no iudgement.
| הֵן אֶצְעַק חָמָס וְלֹא אֵעָנֶה אֲשַׁוַּע וְאֵין מִשְׁפָּֽט׃ |
8 Hee hath hedged vp my way that I cannot passe, and he hath set darkenesse in my paths.
| אָרְחִי גָדַר וְלֹא אֶעֱבוֹר וְעַל נְתִיבוֹתַי חֹשֶׁךְ יָשִֽׂים׃ |
9 Hee hath spoyled mee of mine honour, and taken the crowne away from mine head.
| כְּבוֹדִי מֵעָלַי הִפְשִׁיט וַיָּסַר עֲטֶרֶת רֹאשִֽׁי׃ |
10 He hath destroyed mee on euery side and I am gone: and he hath remoued mine hope like a tree.
| יִתְּצֵנִי סָבִיב וָאֵלַךְ וַיַּסַּע כָּעֵץ תִּקְוָתִֽי׃ |
11 And he hath kindled his wrath against me, and counteth mee as one of his enemies.
| וַיַּחַר עָלַי אַפּוֹ וַיַּחְשְׁבֵנִי לוֹ כְצָרָֽיו׃ |
12 His armies came together, and made their way vpon me, and camped about my tabernacle.
| יַחַד ׀ יָבֹאוּ גְדוּדָיו וַיָּסֹלּוּ עָלַי דַּרְכָּם וַיַּחֲנוּ סָבִיב לְאָהֳלִֽי׃ |
13 He hath remooued my brethre farre from me, and also mine acquaintance were strangers vnto me.
| אַחַי מֵעָלַי הִרְחִיק וְיֹדְעַי אַךְ־זָרוּ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃ |
14 My neighbours haue forsaken me, and my familiars haue forgotten me.
| חָדְלוּ קְרוֹבָי וּֽמְיֻדָּעַי שְׁכֵחֽוּנִי׃ |
15 They that dwel in mine house, and my maydes tooke me for a stranger: for I was a stranger in their sight.
| גָּרֵי בֵיתִי וְאַמְהֹתַי לְזָר תַּחְשְׁבֻנִי נָכְרִי הָיִיתִי בְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃ |
16 I called my seruant, but he would not answere, though I prayed him with my mouth.
| לְעַבְדִּי קָרָאתִי וְלֹא יַעֲנֶה בְּמוֹ־פִי אֶתְחַנֶּן־לֽוֹ׃ |
17 My breath was strange vnto my wife, though I prayed her for the childrens sake of mine owne body.
| רוּחִֽי זָרָה לְאִשְׁתִּי וְחַנֹּתִי לִבְנֵי בִטְנִֽי׃ |
18 The wicked also despised mee, and when I rose, they spake against me.
| גַּם־עֲוִילִים מָאֲסוּ בִי אָקוּמָה וַיְדַבְּרוּ־בִֽי׃ |
19 All my secret friends abhorred me, and they whome I loued, are turned against me.
| תִּֽעֲבוּנִי כָּל־מְתֵי סוֹדִי וְזֶֽה־אָהַבְתִּי נֶהְפְּכוּ־בִֽי׃ |
20 My bone cleaueth to my skinne and to my flesh, and I haue escaped with the skinne of my teeth.
| בְּעוֹרִי וּבִבְשָׂרִי דָּבְקָה עַצְמִי וָאֶתְמַלְּטָה בְּעוֹר שִׁנָּֽי׃ |
21 Haue pitie vpon me: haue pitie vpon me, (O yee my friendes) for the hande of God hath touched me.
| חָנֻּנִי חָנֻּנִי אַתֶּם רֵעָי כִּי יַד־אֱלוֹהַּ נָגְעָה בִּֽי׃ |
22 Why do ye persecute me, as God? and are not satisfied with my flesh?
| לָמָּה תִּרְדְּפֻנִי כְמוֹ־אֵל וּמִבְּשָׂרִי לֹא תִשְׂבָּֽעוּ׃ |
23 Oh that my wordes were nowe written! oh that they were written euen in a booke,
| מִֽי־יִתֵּן אֵפוֹ וְיִכָּתְבוּן מִלָּי מִֽי־יִתֵּן בַּסֵּפֶר וְיֻחָֽקוּ׃ |
24 And grauen with an yron pen in lead, or in stone for euer!
| בְּעֵט־בַּרְזֶל וְעֹפָרֶת לָעַד בַּצּוּר יֵחָצְבֽוּן׃ |
25 For I am sure, that my Redeemer liueth, and he shall stand the last on the earth.
| וַאֲנִי יָדַעְתִּי גֹּאֲלִי חָי וְאַחֲרוֹן עַל־עָפָר יָקֽוּם׃ |
26 And though after my skin wormes destroy this bodie, yet shall I see God in my flesh.
| וְאַחַר עוֹרִֽי נִקְּפוּ־זֹאת וּמִבְּשָׂרִי אֶֽחֱזֶה אֱלֽוֹהַּ׃ |
27 Whome I my selfe shall see, and mine eyes shall beholde, and none other for me, though my reynes are consumed within me.
| אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי ׀ אֶֽחֱזֶה־לִּי וְעֵינַי רָאוּ וְלֹא־זָר כָּלוּ כִלְיֹתַי בְּחֵקִֽי׃ |
28 But yee sayde, Why is hee persecuted? And there was a deepe matter in me.
| כִּי תֹאמְרוּ מַה־נִּרְדָּף־לוֹ וְשֹׁרֶשׁ דָּבָר נִמְצָא־בִֽי׃ |
29 Be ye afraide of the sworde: for the sworde will be auenged of wickednesse, that yee may knowe that there is a iudgement.
| גּוּרוּ לָכֶם ׀ מִפְּנֵי־חֶרֶב כִּֽי־חֵמָה עֲוֺנוֹת חָרֶב לְמַעַן תֵּדְעוּן שדין שַׁדּֽוּן׃ |
