Job 19
1 Then answered Job, and said,
| ויען איוב ויאמר |
2 How long will ye grieve my soul, and crush me with words?
| עד-אנה תוגיון נפשי ותדכאונני במלים |
3 These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed when ye show yourselves as strangers to me.
| זה עשר פעמים תכלימוני לא-תבשו תהכרו-לי |
4 Yea, if it be indeed that I have erred, let my error remain with myself.
| ואף-אמנם שגיתי אתי תלין משוגתי |
5 But if indeed ye wish to magnify yourselves above me, and to prove against me my disgrace:
| אם-אמנם עלי תגדילו ותוכיחו עלי חרפתי |
6 Then know for certain that God hath bent me down, and hath laid his net all around me.
| דעו-אפו כי-אלוה עותני ומצודו עלי הקיף |
7 Behold, I cry out concerning the violence [done me], but I am not answered: I entreat aloud, but there is no justice.
| הן אצעק חמס ולא אענה אשוע ואין משפט |
8 My road hath he fenced up, so that I cannot pass out; and on my paths he placeth darkness.
| ארחי גדר ולא אעבור ועל נתיבותי חשך ישים |
9 My glory hath he stripped from me, and removed the crown of my head.
| כבודי מעלי הפשיט ויסר עטרת ראשי |
10 He hath pulled me down on every side, and I am going hence; and he hath rooted up like a tree my hope.
| יתצני סביב ואלך ויסע כעץ תקותי |
11 He hath also kindled against me his wrath, and he counteth me with himself as one of his adversaries.
| ויחר עלי אפו ויחשבני לו כצריו |
12 Altogether come on his troops, and make level against me their way, and encamp round about my tent.
| יחד יבאו גדודיו--ויסלו עלי דרכם ויחנו סביב לאהלי |
13 My brothers hath he removed far from me, and my acquaintance are entirely estranged from me.
| אחי מעלי הרחיק וידעי אך-זרו ממני |
14 My near of kin have withdrawn, and those befriended by me have forgotten me.
| חדלו קרובי ומידעי שכחוני |
15 Ye that sojourn in my house, and my maid-servants, regard me as a stranger: an alien am I become in their eyes.
| גרי ביתי ואמהתי לזר תחשבני נכרי הייתי בעיניהם |
16 I call for my servant, but he will not answer, though I were to entreat him with my mouth.
| לעבדי קראתי ולא יענה במו-פי אתחנן-לו |
17 My breath is become nauseous to my wife, and my caressing, to the children of my own body.
| רוחי זרה לאשתי וחנתי לבני בטני |
18 Yea, children even despise me: I rise up, but they speak against me.
| גם-עוילים מאסו בי אקומה וידברו-בי |
19 All that have had my confidence abominate me; and those whom I have loved are turned against me.
| תעבוני כל-מתי סודי וזה-אהבתי נהפכו-בי |
20 To my skin and to my flesh my bones do cleave, and I must sustain myself with the gums of my teeth.
| בעורי ובבשרי דבקה עצמי ואתמלטה בעור שני |
21 Spare me, spare me, O ye, my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
| חנני חנני אתם רעי כי יד-אלוה נגעה בי |
22 Why will ye persecute me as God [hath done], and will never be satisfied with my flesh?
| למה תרדפני כמו-אל ומבשרי לא תשבעו |
23 Oh who would but grant, that my words might be written down! oh who would grant that they were entered in a book!
| מי-יתן אפו ויכתבון מלי מי-יתן בספר ויחקו |
24 That they were hewn with an iron pen and [blackened with] lead for eternity in the hard rock!
| בעט-ברזל ועפרת-- לעד בצור יחצבון |
25 And well I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he will remain as the last after the creatures of the dust [are passed away];
| ואני ידעתי גאלי חי ואחרון על-עפר יקום |
26 And after my skin is cut to pieces will this be: and then freed from my body shall I behold God;
| ואחר עורי נקפו-זאת ומבשרי אחזה אלוה |
27 Whom I shall myself behold to my happiness, and whom my eyes will see, and not as a stranger, [when even] my reins are consumed within my bosom.
| אשר אני אחזה-לי--ועיני ראו ולא-זר כלו כליתי בחקי |
28 But if ye should say, How will we pursue him? seeing the root of the matter is found in me:
| כי תאמרו מה-נרדף-לו ושרש דבר נמצא-בי |
29 Then have dread for yourselves of the sword; for the wrath [which ye excite] is an iniquity that bringeth the sword; in order that ye may know there is one that judgeth [in the world].
| גורו לכם מפני-חרב--כי-חמה עונות חרב למען תדעון שדין (שדון) |
