Job 36
1 Elihu also proceeded, and said,
| ויסף אליהוא ויאמר |
2 Suffer me a little, and I will show you that I have yet to speak on God's behalf.
| כתר-לי זעיר ואחוך כי עוד לאלוה מלים |
3 I will fetch my knowledge from far, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
| אשא דעי למרחוק ולפעלי אתן-צדק |
4 For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with you.
| כי-אמנם לא-שקר מלי תמים דעות עמך |
5 Behold, God is mighty, and despises not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.
| הן-אל כביר ולא ימאס כביר כח לב |
6 He perserves not the life of the wicked: but gives right to the poor.
| לא-יחיה רשע ומשפט עניים יתן |
7 He withdraws not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he does establish them for ever, and they are exalted.
| לא-יגרע מצדיק עיניו ואת-מלכים לכסא וישיבם לנצח ויגבהו |
8 And if they be bound in fetters, and be held in cords of affliction;
| ואם-אסורים בזקים ילכדון בחבלי-עני |
9 Then he shows them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.
| ויגד להם פעלם ופשעיהם כי יתגברו |
10 He opens also their ear to discipline, and commands that they return from iniquity.
| ויגל אזנם למוסר ויאמר כי-ישובון מאון |
11 If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
| אם-ישמעו ויעבדו יכלו ימיהם בטוב ושניהם בנעימים |
12 But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
| ואם-לא ישמעו בשלח יעברו ויגועו בבלי-דעת |
13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he binds them.
| וחנפי-לב ישימו אף לא ישועו כי אסרם |
14 They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
| תמת בנער נפשם וחיתם בקדשים |
15 He delivers the poor in his affliction, and opens their ears in oppression.
| יחלץ עני בעניו ויגל בלחץ אזנם |
16 Even so would he have removed you out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no strictness; and that which should be set on your table should be full of fatness.
| ואף הסיתך מפי-צר-- רחב לא-מוצק תחתיה ונחת שלחנך מלא דשן |
17 But you have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on you.
| ודין-רשע מלאת דין ומשפט יתמכו |
18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take you away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver you.
| כי-חמה פן-יסיתך בספק ורב-כפר אל-יטך |
19 Will he esteem your riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
| היערך שועך לא בצר וכל מאמצי-כח |
20 Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
| אל-תשאף הלילה-- לעלות עמים תחתם |
21 Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this have you chosen rather than affliction.
| השמר אל-תפן אל-און כי-על-זה בחרת מעני |
22 Behold, God exalts by his power: who teaches like him?
| הן-אל ישגיב בכחו מי כמהו מורה |
23 Who has commanded with authority him his way? or who can say, You have wrought iniquity?
| מי-פקד עליו דרכו ומי-אמר פעלת עולה |
24 Remember that you magnify his work, which men behold.
| זכר כי-תשגיא פעלו-- אשר שררו אנשים |
25 Every man may see it; man may behold it far off.
| כל-אדם חזו-בו אנוש יביט מרחוק |
26 Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
| הן-אל שגיא ולא נדע מספר שניו ולא-חקר |
27 For he makes small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
| כי יגרע נטפי-מים יזקו מטר לאדו |
28 Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.
| אשר-יזלו שחקים ירעפו עלי אדם רב |
29 Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
| אף אם-יבין מפרשי-עב תשאות סכתו |
30 Behold, he spreads his light upon it, and covers the bottom of the sea.
| הן-פרש עליו אורו ושרשי הים כסה |
31 For by them judges he the people; he gives food in abundance.
| כי-בם ידין עמים יתן-אכל למכביר |
32 With clouds he covers the light; and commands it not to shine by the cloud that comes between.
| על-כפים כסה-אור ויצו עליה במפגיע |
33 The noise thereof shows concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour.
| יגיד עליו רעו מקנה אף על-עולה |
