Job 36
1 And Elius further continued, and said,
| ויסף אליהוא ויאמר׃ |
2 Wait for me yet a little while, that I may teach you: for there is yet speech in me.
| כתר לי זעיר ואחוך כי עוד לאלוה מלים׃ |
3 Having fetched my knowledge from afar, and according to my works,
| אשא דעי למרחוק ולפעלי אתן צדק׃ |
4 I will speak just things truly, and you shall not unjustly receive unjust words.
| כי אמנם לא שקר מלי תמים דעות עמך׃ |
5 But know that the Lord will not cast off an innocent man: being mighty in strength of wisdom,
| הן אל כביר ולא ימאס כביר כח לב׃ |
6 he will not by any means save alive the ungodly: and he will grant the judgment of the poor.
| לא יחיה רשע ומשפט עניים יתן׃ |
7 He will not turn away his eyes from the righteous, but [they shall be] with kings on the throne: and he will establish them in triumph, and they shall be exalted.
| לא יגרע מצדיק עיניו ואת מלכים לכסא וישיבם לנצח ויגבהו׃ |
8 But they that are bound in fetters shall be holden in cords of poverty.
| ואם אסורים בזקים ילכדון בחבלי עני׃ |
9 And he shall recount to them their works, and their transgressions, for such will act with violence.
| ויגד להם פעלם ופשעיהם כי יתגברו׃ |
10 But he will listen to the righteous: and he has said that they shall turn from unrighteousness.
| ויגל אזנם למוסר ויאמר כי ישבון מאון׃ |
11 If they should hear and serve [him], they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in honor.
| אם ישמעו ויעבדו יכלו ימיהם בטוב ושניהם בנעימים׃ |
12 But he preserves not the ungodly; because they are not willing to know the Lord, and because when reproved they were disobedient.
| ואם לא ישמעו בשלח יעברו ויגועו בבלי דעת׃ |
13 And the hypocrites in heart will array wrath [against themselves]; they will not cry, because he has bound them.
| וחנפי לב ישימו אף לא ישועו כי אסרם׃ |
14 Therefore let their soul die in youth, and their life be wounded by messengers [of death].
| תמת בנער נפשם וחיתם בקדשים׃ |
15 Because they afflicted the weak and helpless: and he will vindicate the judgment of the meek.
| יחלץ עני בעניו ויגל בלחץ אזנם׃ |
16 And he has also enticed you out of the mouth of the enemy:
| ואף הסיתך מפי צר רחב לא מוצק תחתיה ונחת שלחנך מלא דשן׃ |
17 [there is] a deep gulf [and] a rushing stream beneath it, and your table came down full of fatness. Judgment shall not fail from the righteous;
| ודין רשע מלאת דין ומשפט יתמכו׃ |
18 but there shall be wrath upon the ungodly, by reason of the ungodliness of the bribes which they received for iniquities.
| כי חמה פן יסיתך בספק ורב כפר אל יטך׃ |
19 Let not [your] mind willingly turn you aside from the petition of the feeble that are in distress.
| היערך שועך לא בצר וכל מאמצי כח׃ |
20 And draw not forth all the mighty [men] by night, so that the people should go up instead of them.
| אל תשאף הלילה לעלות עמים תחתם׃ |
21 But take heed lest you do that which is wrong: for of this you has made choice because of poverty.
| השמר אל תפן אל און כי על זה בחרת מעני׃ |
22 Behold, the Mighty One shall prevail by his strength: for who is powerful as he is?
| הן אל ישגיב בכחו מי כמהו מורה׃ |
23 And who is he that examines his works? or who can say, he has wrought injustice?
| מי פקד עליו דרכו ומי אמר פעלת עולה׃ |
24 Remember that his works are great [beyond] those which men have attempted.
| זכר כי תשגיא פעלו אשר שררו אנשים׃ |
25 Every man has seen in himself, how many mortals are wounded.
| כל אדם חזו בו אנוש יביט מרחוק׃ |
26 Behold, the Mighty One is great, and we shall not know [him]: the number of his years is even infinite.
| הן אל שגיא ולא נדע מספר שניו ולא חקר׃ |
27 And the drops of rain are numbered by him, and shall be poured out in rain to form a cloud.
| כי יגרע נטפי מים יזקו מטר לאדו׃ |
28 The ancient [heavens] shall flow, and the clouds overshadow innumerable mortals: he has fixed a time to cattle, and they know the order of rest. [Yet] by all these things your understanding is not astonished, neither is your mind disturbed in [your] body.
| אשר יזלו שחקים ירעפו עלי אדם רב׃ |
29 And though one should understand the outspreadings of the clouds, [or] the measure of his tabernacle;
| אף אם יבין מפרשי עב תשאות סכתו׃ |
30 behold he will stretch his bow against him, and he covers the bottom of the sea.
| הן פרש עליו אורו ושרשי הים כסה׃ |
31 For by them he will judge the nations: he will give food to him that has strength.
| כי בם ידין עמים יתן אכל למכביר׃ |
32 He has hidden the light in [his] hands, and given charge concerning it to the interposing [cloud].
| על כפים כסה אור ויצו עליה במפגיע׃ |
33 The Lord will declare concerning this [to] his friend: [but there is] a portion also for unrighteousness.
| יגיד עליו רעו מקנה אף על עולה׃ |
