Job 27
1 And Job further continued and said in his parable,
| ויסף איוב שאת משלו ויאמר׃ |
2 [As] God lives, who has thus judge me; and the Almighty, who has embittered my soul;
| חי אל הסיר משפטי ושדי המר נפשי׃ |
3 verily, while my breath is yet in [me], and the breath of God which remains to me is in my nostrils,
| כי כל עוד נשמתי בי ורוח אלוה באפי׃ |
4 my lips shall not speak evil words, neither shall my soul meditate unrighteous thoughts.
| אם תדברנה שפתי עולה ולשוני אם יהגה רמיה׃ |
5 Far be it from me that I should justify you till I die; for I will not let go my innocence,
| חלילה לי אם אצדיק אתכם עד אגוע לא אסיר תמתי ממני׃ |
6 but keeping fast to [my] righteousness I will by no means let it go: for I am not conscious to myself of having done any thing amiss.
| בצדקתי החזקתי ולא ארפה לא יחרף לבבי מימי׃ |
7 Nay rather, but let mine enemies be as the overthrow of the ungodly, and they that rise up against me, as the destruction of transgressors.
| יהי כרשע איבי ומתקוממי כעול׃ |
8 For what is the hope of the ungodly, that he holds to it? will he indeed trust in the Lord [and] be saved?
| כי מה תקות חנף כי יבצע כי ישל אלוה נפשו׃ |
9 Will God hear his prayer? or, when distress has come upon him,
| הצעקתו ישמע אל כי תבוא עליו צרה׃ |
10 has he any confidence before him? or will [God] hear him as he calls upon him?
| אם על שדי יתענג יקרא אלוה בכל עת׃ |
11 Yet now I will tell you what is in the hand of the Lord: I will not lie concerning the things which are with the Almighty.
| אורה אתכם ביד אל אשר עם שדי לא אכחד׃ |
12 Behold, you all know that you are adding vanity to vanity.
| הן אתם כלכם חזיתם ולמה זה הבל תהבלו׃ |
13 This is the portion of an ungodly man from the Lord, and the possession of oppressors shall come upon them from the Almighty.
| זה חלק אדם רשע עם אל ונחלת עריצים משדי יקחו׃ |
14 And if their children be many, they shall be for slaughter: and if they grow up, they shall beg.
| אם ירבו בניו למו חרב וצאצאיו לא ישבעו לחם׃ |
15 And they that survive of him shall utterly perish, and no one shall pity their widows.
| שרידו במות יקברו ואלמנתיו לא תבכינה׃ |
16 Even if he should gather silver as earth, and prepare gold as clay;
| אם יצבר כעפר כסף וכחמר יכין מלבוש׃ |
17 All these things shall the righteous gain, and the true-hearted shall possess his wealth.
| יכין וצדיק ילבש וכסף נקי יחלק׃ |
18 And his house is gone like moths, and like a spider's web.
| בנה כעש ביתו וכסכה עשה נצר׃ |
19 The rich man shall lie down, and shall not continue: he has opened his eyes, and he is not.
| עשיר ישכב ולא יאסף עיניו פקח ואיננו׃ |
20 Pains have come upon him as water, and darkness has carried him away by night.
| תשיגהו כמים בלהות לילה גנבתו סופה׃ |
21 And a burning wind shall catch him, and he shall depart, and it shall utterly drive him out of his place.
| ישאהו קדים וילך וישערהו ממקמו׃ |
22 And [God] shall cast [trouble] upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
| וישלך עליו ולא יחמל מידו ברוח יברח׃ |
23 He shall cause [men] to clap their hands against them, and shall hiss him out of his place.
| ישפק עלימו כפימו וישרק עליו ממקמו׃ |
