Job 20
1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said:
| וַיַּעַן צֹפַר הַנַּֽעֲמָתִי וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ |
2 Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, even by reason of mine agitation that is in me.
| לָכֵן שְׂעִפַּי יְשִׁיבוּנִי וּבַעֲבוּר חוּשִׁי בִֽי׃ |
3 I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame, but out of my understanding my spirit answereth me.
| מוּסַר כְּלִמָּתִי אֶשְׁמָע וְרוּחַ מִֽבִּינָתִי יַעֲנֵֽנִי׃ |
4 Knowest thou not this of old time, since man was placed upon earth,
| הֲזֹאת יָדַעְתָּ מִנִּי־עַד מִנִּי שִׂים אָדָם עֲלֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃ |
5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment?
| כִּי רִנְנַת רְשָׁעִים מִקָּרוֹב וְשִׂמְחַת חָנֵף עֲדֵי־רָֽגַע׃ |
6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
| אִם־יַעֲלֶה לַשָּׁמַיִם שִׂיאוֹ וְרֹאשׁוֹ לָעָב יַגִּֽיעַ׃ |
7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung; they that have seen him shall say: 'Where is he?'
| כְּֽגֶלֲלוֹ לָנֶצַח יֹאבֵד רֹאָיו יֹאמְרוּ אַיּֽוֹ׃ |
8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found; yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
| כַּחֲלוֹם יָעוּף וְלֹא יִמְצָאוּהוּ וְיֻדַּד כְּחֶזְיוֹן לָֽיְלָה׃ |
9 The eye which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
| עַיִן שְׁזָפַתּוּ וְלֹא תוֹסִיף וְלֹא־עוֹד תְּשׁוּרֶנּוּ מְקוֹמֽוֹ׃ |
10 His children shall appease the poor, and his hands shall restore his wealth.
| בָּנָיו יְרַצּוּ דַלִּים וְיָדָיו תָּשֵׁבְנָה אוֹנֽוֹ׃ |
11 His bones are full of his youth, 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, though he hide it under his tongue;
| אִם־תַּמְתִּיק בְּפִיו רָעָה יַכְחִידֶנָּה תַּחַת לְשׁוֹנֽוֹ׃ |
13 Though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth;
| יַחְמֹל עָלֶיהָ וְלֹא יַֽעַזְבֶנָּה וְיִמְנָעֶנָּה בְּתוֹךְ חִכּֽוֹ׃ |
14 Yet his food in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
| לַחְמוֹ בְּמֵעָיו נֶהְפָּךְ מְרוֹרַת פְּתָנִים בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ׃ |
15 He hath swallowed down riches, and 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 slay him.
| רֹאשׁ־פְּתָנִים יִינָק תַּֽהַרְגֵהוּ לְשׁוֹן אֶפְעֶֽה׃ |
17 He shall not look upon the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and curd.
| אַל־יֵרֶא בִפְלַגּוֹת נַהֲרֵי נַחֲלֵי דְּבַשׁ וְחֶמְאָֽה׃ |
18 That which he laboured for shall he give back, and shall not swallow it down; according to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice.
| מֵשִׁיב יָגָע וְלֹא יִבְלָע כְּחֵיל תְּמוּרָתוֹ וְלֹא יַעֲלֹֽס׃ |
19 For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
| כִּֽי־רִצַּץ עָזַב דַּלִּים בַּיִת גָּזַל וְלֹא יִבֶנֵֽהוּ׃ |
20 Because he knew no quietness within him, in his greed he suffered nought to escape,
| כִּי ׀ לֹא־יָדַע שָׁלֵו בְּבִטְנוֹ בַּחֲמוּדוֹ לֹא יְמַלֵּֽט׃ |
21 There was nothing left that he devoured not — 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; the hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.
| בִּמְלֹאות שִׂפְקוֹ יֵצֶר לוֹ כָּל־יַד עָמֵל תְּבוֹאֶֽנּוּ׃ |
23 It shall be for the filling of his belly; He shall cast the fierceness of His wrath upon him, and shall cause it to rain upon him into his flesh.
| יְהִי ׀ לְמַלֵּא בִטְנוֹ יְֽשַׁלַּח־בּוֹ חֲרוֹן אַפּוֹ וְיַמְטֵר עָלֵימוֹ בִּלְחוּמֽוֹ׃ |
24 If he flee from the iron weapon, the bow of brass shall strike him through.
| יִבְרַח מִנֵּשֶׁק בַּרְזֶל תַּחְלְפֵהוּ קֶשֶׁת נְחוּשָֽׁה׃ |
25 He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body; yea, the glittering point cometh 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 by man shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that 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, his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
| יִגֶל יְבוּל בֵּיתוֹ נִגָּרוֹת בְּיוֹם אַפּֽוֹ׃ |
29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.
| זֶה ׀ חֵֽלֶק־אָדָם רָשָׁע מֵאֱלֹהִים וְנַחֲלַת אִמְרוֹ מֵאֵֽל׃ |
