Job 31
1 I made a covenant with mine eyes; how then should I look upon a maid?
| בְּרִית כָּרַתִּי לְעֵינָי וּמָה אֶתְבּוֹנֵן עַל־בְּתוּלָֽה׃ |
2 For what would be the portion of God from above, and the heritage of the Almighty from on high?
| וּמֶה ׀ חֵלֶק אֱלוֹהַּ מִמָּעַל וְֽנַחֲלַת שַׁדַּי מִמְּרֹמִֽים׃ |
3 Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity?
| הֲלֹא־אֵיד לְעַוָּל וְנֵכֶר לְפֹעֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃ |
4 Doth not He see my ways, and count all my steps?
| הֲלֹא־הוּא יִרְאֶה דְרָכָי וְֽכָל־צְעָדַי יִסְפּֽוֹר׃ |
5 If I have walked with vanity, and my foot hath hasted to deceit —
| אִם־הָלַכְתִּי עִם־שָׁוְא וַתַּחַשׁ עַל־מִרְמָה רַגְלִֽי׃ |
6 Let me be weighed in a just balance, that God may know mine integrity —
| יִשְׁקְלֵנִי בְמֹאזְנֵי־צֶדֶק וְיֵדַע אֱלוֹהַּ תֻּמָּתִֽי׃ |
7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and my heart walked after mine eyes, and if any spot hath cleaved to my hands;
| אִם תִּטֶּה אַשֻּׁרִי מִנִּי הַדָּרֶךְ וְאַחַר עֵינַי הָלַךְ לִבִּי וּבְכַפַּי דָּבַק מֻאֽוּם׃ |
8 Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out.
| אֶזְרְעָה וְאַחֵר יֹאכֵל וְֽצֶאֱצָאַי יְשֹׁרָֽשׁוּ׃ |
9 If my heart have been enticed unto a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbour's door;
| אִם־נִפְתָּה לִבִּי עַל־אִשָּׁה וְעַל־פֶּתַח רֵעִי אָרָֽבְתִּי׃ |
10 Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
| תִּטְחַן לְאַחֵר אִשְׁתִּי וְעָלֶיהָ יִכְרְעוּן אֲחֵרִֽין׃ |
11 For that were a heinous crime; yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
| כִּי־הוא הִיא זִמָּה והיא וְהוּא עָוֺן פְּלִילִֽים׃ |
12 For it is a fire that consumeth unto destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
| כִּי אֵשׁ הִיא עַד־אֲבַדּוֹן תֹּאכֵל וּֽבְכָל־תְּבוּאָתִי תְשָׁרֵֽשׁ׃ |
13 If I did despise the cause of my man-servant, or of my maid-servant, when they contended with me —
| אִם־אֶמְאַס מִשְׁפַּט עַבְדִּי וַאֲמָתִי בְּרִבָם עִמָּדִֽי׃ |
14 What then shall I do when God riseth up? And when He remembereth, what shall I answer Him?
| וּמָה אֶֽעֱשֶׂה כִּֽי־יָקוּם אֵל וְכִֽי־יִפְקֹד מָה אֲשִׁיבֶֽנּוּ׃ |
15 Did not He that made me in the womb make him? And did not One fashion us in the womb?
| הֲֽלֹא־בַבֶּטֶן עֹשֵׂנִי עָשָׂהוּ וַיְכֻנֶנּוּ בָּרֶחֶם אֶחָֽד׃ |
16 If I have withheld aught that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
| אִם־אֶמְנַע מֵחֵפֶץ דַּלִּים וְעֵינֵי אַלְמָנָה אֲכַלֶּֽה׃ |
17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof —
| וְאֹכַל פִּתִּי לְבַדִּי וְלֹא־אָכַל יָתוֹם מִמֶּֽנָּה׃ |
18 Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and I have been her guide from my mother's womb.
| כִּי מִנְּעוּרַי גְּדֵלַנִי כְאָב וּמִבֶּטֶן אִמִּי אַנְחֶֽנָּה׃ |
19 If I have seen any wanderer in want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;
| אִם־אֶרְאֶה אוֹבֵד מִבְּלִי לְבוּשׁ וְאֵין כְּסוּת לָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃ |
20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
| אִם־לֹא בֵרֲכוּנִי חלצו חֲלָצָיו וּמִגֵּז כְּבָשַׂי יִתְחַמָּֽם׃ |
21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate;
| אִם־הֲנִיפוֹתִי עַל־יָתוֹם יָדִי כִּֽי־אֶרְאֶה בַשַּׁעַר עֶזְרָתִֽי׃ |
22 Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
| כְּתֵפִי מִשִּׁכְמָה תִפּוֹל וְאֶזְרֹעִי מִקָּנָה תִשָּׁבֵֽר׃ |
23 For calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of His majesty I could do nothing.
| כִּי פַחַד אֵלַי אֵיד אֵל וּמִשְּׂאֵתוֹ לֹא אוּכָֽל׃ |
24 If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold: 'Thou art my confidence';
| אִם־שַׂמְתִּי זָהָב כִּסְלִי וְלַכֶּתֶם אָמַרְתִּי מִבְטַחִֽי׃ |
25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;
| אִם־אֶשְׂמַח כִּי־רַב חֵילִי וְכִֽי־כַבִּיר מָצְאָה יָדִֽי׃ |
26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
| אִם־אֶרְאֶה אוֹר כִּי יָהֵל וְיָרֵחַ יָקָר הֹלֵֽךְ׃ |
27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, and my mouth hath kissed my hand;
| וַיִּפְתְּ בַּסֵּתֶר לִבִּי וַתִּשַּׁק יָדִי לְפִֽי׃ |
28 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; for I should have lied to God that is above.
| גַּם־הוּא עָוֺן פְּלִילִי כִּֽי־כִחַשְׁתִּי לָאֵל מִמָּֽעַל׃ |
29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or exulted when evil found him —
| אִם־אֶשְׂמַח בְּפִיד מְשַׂנְאִי וְהִתְעֹרַרְתִּי כִּֽי־מְצָאוֹ רָֽע׃ |
30 Yea, I suffered not my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse.
| וְלֹא־נָתַתִּי לַחֲטֹא חִכִּי לִשְׁאֹל בְּאָלָה נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃ |
31 If the men of my tent said not: 'Who can find one that hath not been satisfied with his meat?'
| אִם־לֹא אָמְרוּ מְתֵי אָהֳלִי מִֽי־יִתֵּן מִבְּשָׂרוֹ לֹא נִשְׂבָּֽע׃ |
32 The stranger did not lodge in the street; my doors I opened to the roadside.
| בַּחוּץ לֹא־יָלִין גֵּר דְּלָתַי לָאֹרַח אֶפְתָּֽח׃ |
33 If after the manner of men I covered my transgressions, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom —
| אִם־כִּסִּיתִי כְאָדָם פְּשָׁעָי לִטְמוֹן בְּחֻבִּי עֲוֺֽנִי׃ |
34 Because I feared the great multitude, and the most contemptible among families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and went not out of the door.
| כִּי אֶֽעֱרוֹץ ׀ הָמוֹן רַבָּה וּבוּז־מִשְׁפָּחוֹת יְחִתֵּנִי וָאֶדֹּם לֹא־אֵצֵא פָֽתַח׃ |
35 Oh that I had one to hear me! — Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me — and that I had the indictment which mine adversary hath written!
| מִי יִתֶּן־לִי ׀ שֹׁמֵעַֽ לִי הֶן־תָּוִי שַׁדַּי יַעֲנֵנִי וְסֵפֶר כָּתַב אִישׁ רִיבִֽי׃ |
36 Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown.
| אִם־לֹא עַל־שִׁכְמִי אֶשָּׂאֶנּוּ אֶֽעֶנְדֶנּוּ עֲטָרוֹת לִֽי׃ |
37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
| מִסְפַּר צְעָדַי אַגִּידֶנּוּ כְּמוֹ־נָגִיד אֲקָרֲבֶֽנּוּ׃ |
38 If my land cry out against me, and the furrows thereof weep together;
| אִם־עָלַי אַדְמָתִי תִזְעָק וְיַחַד תְּלָמֶיהָ יִבְכָּיֽוּן׃ |
39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the tillers thereof to be disappointed —
| אִם־כֹּחָהּ אָכַלְתִּי בְלִי־כָסֶף וְנֶפֶשׁ בְּעָלֶיהָ הִפָּֽחְתִּי׃ |
40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and noisome weeds instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
| תַּחַת חִטָּה ׀ יֵצֵא חוֹחַ וְתַֽחַת־שְׂעֹרָה בָאְשָׁה תַּמּוּ דִּבְרֵי אִיּֽוֹב׃ |
