Job 20
1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
| וַיַּעַן צֹפַר הַנַּֽעֲמָתִי וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ |
2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for [this] I make haste.
| לָכֵן שְׂעִפַּי יְשִׁיבוּנִי וּבַעֲבוּר חוּשִׁי בִֽי׃ |
3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
| מוּסַר כְּלִמָּתִי אֶשְׁמָע וְרוּחַ מִֽבִּינָתִי יַעֲנֵֽנִי׃ |
4 Knowest thou [not] this of old, 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 hypocrite [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 which 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 also [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 seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
| בָּנָיו יְרַצּוּ דַלִּים וְיָדָיו תָּשֵׁבְנָה אוֹנֽוֹ׃ |
11 His bones are full [of the sin] of his youth, which 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 forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:
| יַחְמֹל עָלֶיהָ וְלֹא יַֽעַזְבֶנָּה וְיִמְנָעֶנָּה בְּתוֹךְ חִכּֽוֹ׃ |
14 [Yet] his meat 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 see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.
| אַל־יֵרֶא בִפְלַגּוֹת נַהֲרֵי נַחֲלֵי דְּבַשׁ וְחֶמְאָֽה׃ |
18 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow [it] down: according to [his] substance [shall] the restitution [be], and he shall not rejoice [therein].
| מֵשִׁיב יָגָע וְלֹא יִבְלָע כְּחֵיל תְּמוּרָתוֹ וְלֹא יַעֲלֹֽס׃ |
19 Because he hath oppressed [and] hath forsaken the poor; [because] he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
| כִּֽי־רִצַּץ עָזַב דַּלִּים בַּיִת גָּזַל וְלֹא יִבֶנֵֽהוּ׃ |
20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.
| כִּי ׀ לֹא־יָדַע שָׁלֵו בְּבִטְנוֹ בַּחֲמוּדוֹ לֹא יְמַלֵּֽט׃ |
21 There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.
| אֵין־שָׂרִיד לְאָכְלוֹ עַל־כֵּן לֹא־יָחִיל טוּבֽוֹ׃ |
22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
| בִּמְלֹאות שִׂפְקוֹ יֵצֶר לוֹ כָּל־יַד עָמֵל תְּבוֹאֶֽנּוּ׃ |
23 [When] he is about to fill his belly, [God] shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain [it] upon him while he is eating.
| יְהִי ׀ לְמַלֵּא בִטְנוֹ יְֽשַׁלַּח־בּוֹ חֲרוֹן אַפּוֹ וְיַמְטֵר עָלֵימוֹ בִּלְחוּמֽוֹ׃ |
24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, [and] the bow of steel shall strike him through.
| יִבְרַח מִנֵּשֶׁק בַּרְזֶל תַּחְלְפֵהוּ קֶשֶׁת נְחוּשָֽׁה׃ |
25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors [are] upon him.
| שָׁלַף וַיֵּצֵא מִגֵּוָה וּבָרָק מִֽמְּרֹרָתוֹ יַהֲלֹךְ עָלָיו אֵמִֽים׃ |
26 All darkness [shall be] hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.
| כָּל־חֹשֶׁךְ טָמוּן לִצְפּוּנָיו תְּאָכְלֵהוּ אֵשׁ לֹֽא־נֻפָּח יֵרַע שָׂרִיד בְּאָהֳלֽוֹ׃ |
27 The heaven 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, [and 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׃ |
