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 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 עצמותיו 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 מעבר בשחת וחיתי 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׃ |
