Job 33
1 Howbeit hear, Job, my words, and listen to my speech.
| ואולם--שמע-נא איוב מלי וכל-דברי האזינה |
2 For behold, I have opened my mouth, and my tongue has spoken.
| הנה-נא פתחתי פי דברה לשוני בחכי |
3 My heart [shall be found] pure by [my] words; and the understanding of my lips shall meditate purity.
| ישר-לבי אמרי ודעת שפתי ברור מללו |
4 The Divine Spirit is that which formed me, and the breath of the Almighty that which teaches me.
| רוח-אל עשתני ונשמת שדי תחיני |
5 If you can, give me an answer: wait therefore; stand against me, and I [will stand] against you.
| אם-תוכל השיבני ערכה לפני התיצבה |
6 You are formed out of the clay as also I: we have been formed out of the same [substance].
| הן-אני כפיך לאל מחמר קרצתי גם-אני |
7 My fear shall not terrify you, neither shall my hand be heavy upon you.
| הנה אמתי לא תבעתך ואכפי עליך לא-יכבד |
8 But you have said in mine ears, (I have heard the voice of your words; ) because you say, I am pure, not having sinned;
| אך אמרת באזני וקול מלין אשמע |
9 I am blameless, for I have not transgressed.
| זך אני בלי-פשע חף אנכי ולא עון לי |
10 Yet he has discovered a charge against me, and he has reckoned me as an adversary.
| הן תנואות עלי ימצא יחשבני לאויב לו |
11 And he has put my foot in the stocks, and has watched all my ways.
| ישם בסד רגלי ישמר כל-ארחתי |
12 For how say you, I am righteous, yet he has not listened to me? for he that is above mortals is eternal.
| הן-זאת לא-צדקת אענך כי-ירבה אלוה מאנוש |
13 But you say, Why has he not heard every word of my cause?
| מדוע אליו ריבות כי כל-דבריו לא יענה |
14 For when the Lord speaks once, or a second time,
| כי-באחת ידבר-אל ובשתים לא ישורנה |
15 [sending] a dream, or in the meditation of the night; (as when a dreadful alarm happens to fall upon men, in slumberings on the bed: )
| בחלום חזיון לילה--בנפל תרדמה על-אנשים בתנומות עלי משכב |
16 then opens he the understanding of men: he scares them with such fearful visions:
| אז יגלה אזן אנשים ובמסרם יחתם |
17 to turn a man from unrighteousness, and he delivers his body from a fall.
| להסיר אדם מעשה וגוה מגבר יכסה |
18 He spares also his soul from death, and [suffers] him not to fall in war.
| יחשך נפשו מני-שחת וחיתו מעבר בשלח |
19 And again, he chastens him with sickness on his bed, and the multitude of his bones is benumbed.
| והוכח במכאוב על-משכבו וריב (ורוב) עצמיו אתן |
20 And he shall not be able to take any food, though his soul shall desire meat;
| וזהמתו חיתו לחם ונפשו מאכל תאוה |
21 until his flesh shall be consumed, and he shall show his bones bare.
| יכל בשרו מראי ושפי (ושפו) עצמתיו לא ראו |
22 His soul also draws near to death, and his life is in Hades.
| ותקרב לשחת נפשו וחיתו לממתים |
23 Though there should be a thousand messengers of death, not one of them shall wound him: if he should purpose in his heart to turn to the Lord, and declare to man his fault, and show his folly;
| אם-יש עליו מלאך--מליץ אחד מני-אלף להגיד לאדם ישרו |
24 he will support him, that he should not perish, and will restore his body as [fresh] plaster upon a wall; and he will fill his bones with morrow.
| ויחננו--ויאמר פדעהו מרדת שחת מצאתי כפר |
25 And he will make his flesh tender as that of a babe, and he will restore him among men in [his] full strength.
| רטפש בשרו מנער ישוב לימי עלומיו |
26 And he shall pray to the Lord, and his prayer shall be accepted of him; he shall enter with a cheerful countenance, with a full expression [of praise]: for he will render to men [their] due.
| יעתר אל-אלוה וירצהו וירא פניו בתרועה וישב לאנוש צדקתו |
27 Even then a man shall blame himself, saying, What kind of things have I done? and he has not punished me according to the full amount of my sins.
| ישר על-אנשים ויאמר חטאתי וישר העויתי ולא-שוה לי |
28 Deliver my soul, that it may not go to destruction, and my life shall see the light.
| פדה נפשי (נפשו) מעבר בשחת וחיתי (וחיתו) באור תראה |
29 Behold, all these things, the Mighty One works in a threefold manner with a man.
| הן-כל-אלה יפעל-אל-- פעמים שלוש עם-גבר |
30 And he has delivered my soul from death, that my life may praise him in the light.
| להשיב נפשו מני-שחת-- לאור באור החיים |
31 Listen, Job, and hear me: be silent, and I will speak.
| הקשב איוב שמע-לי החרש ואנכי אדבר |
32 If you have words, answer me: speak, for I desire you to be justified.
| אם-יש-מלין השיבני דבר כי-חפצתי צדקך |
33 If not, do you hear me: be silent, and I will teach you.
| אם-אין אתה שמע-לי החרש ואאלפך חכמה |
