Job 31
1 A covenant had I made with my eyes: how then should I fix my look on a virgin?
| בְּרִית כָּרַתִּי לְעֵינָי וּמָה אֶתְבּוֹנֵן עַל־בְּתוּלָֽה׃ |
2 And what then would have been my portion of God from above? and what lot of the Almighty from on high?
| וּמֶה ׀ חֵלֶק אֱלוֹהַּ מִמָּעַל וְֽנַחֲלַת שַׁדַּי מִמְּרֹמִֽים׃ |
3 Is not calamity [ready] for the unjust? and misfortune for the wrong-doers?
| הֲלֹא־אֵיד לְעַוָּל וְנֵכֶר לְפֹעֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃ |
4 Behold, he truly seeth my ways, and numbereth all my steps;
| הֲלֹא־הוּא יִרְאֶה דְרָכָי וְֽכָל־צְעָדַי יִסְפּֽוֹר׃ |
5 [And knoweth] whether I have walked with vain desires, or if my foot hath hastened after deceit.
| אִם־הָלַכְתִּי עִם־שָׁוְא וַתַּחַשׁ עַל־מִרְמָה רַגְלִֽי׃ |
6 Let him weigh me then in a righteous balance, and let God acknowledge my integrity,
| יִשְׁקְלֵנִי בְמֹאזְנֵי־צֶדֶק וְיֵדַע אֱלוֹהַּ תֻּמָּתִֽי׃ |
7 If my step have turned aside from the [proper] way, and my heart have walked after my eyes, and if any blemish have cleaved to my hands:
| אִם תִּטֶּה אַשֻּׁרִי מִנִּי הַדָּרֶךְ וְאַחַר עֵינַי הָלַךְ לִבִּי וּבְכַפַּי דָּבַק מֻאֽוּם׃ |
8 Then let me sow, and let another eat; and let what I have growing be rooted out.
| אֶזְרְעָה וְאַחֵר יֹאכֵל וְֽצֶאֱצָאַי יְשֹׁרָֽשׁוּ׃ |
9 If my heart have been beguiled toward a woman, or if I have lain in wait at my neighbor's door:
| אִם־נִפְתָּה לִבִּי עַל־אִשָּׁה וְעַל־פֶּתַח רֵעִי אָרָֽבְתִּי׃ |
10 Then may my wife labor at the mill for another, and may strangers ill-use her;
| תִּטְחַן לְאַחֵר אִשְׁתִּי וְעָלֶיהָ יִכְרְעוּן אֲחֵרִֽין׃ |
11 For this would be incest; yea, it would be an iniquity [to be punished by] the judges;
| כִּי־הוא הִיא זִמָּה והיא וְהוּא עָוֺן פְּלִילִֽים׃ |
12 For it would be a fire that consumeth down to the place of corruption, and would root out all my products.
| כִּי אֵשׁ הִיא עַד־אֲבַדּוֹן תֹּאכֵל וּֽבְכָל־תְּבוּאָתִי תְשָׁרֵֽשׁ׃ |
13 If ever I cast aside the justice due to my man-servant and my maid-servant, when they contended with me:
| אִם־אֶמְאַס מִשְׁפַּט עַבְדִּי וַאֲמָתִי בְּרִבָם עִמָּדִֽי׃ |
14 What then could I do when God should rise up? and when he should investigate, what could I answer him?
| וּמָה אֶֽעֱשֶׂה כִּֽי־יָקוּם אֵל וְכִֽי־יִפְקֹד מָה אֲשִׁיבֶֽנּוּ׃ |
15 Did not he that made me make him born or a woman? and did not the same one fashion us in the womb?
| הֲֽלֹא־בַבֶּטֶן עֹשֵׂנִי עָשָׂהוּ וַיְכֻנֶנּוּ בָּרֶחֶם אֶחָֽד׃ |
16 If ever I denied the wish of the indigent, or ever allowed the eyes of the widow to fall [in vain hopes];
| אִם־אֶמְנַע מֵחֵפֶץ דַּלִּים וְעֵינֵי אַלְמָנָה אֲכַלֶּֽה׃ |
17 Or if ever I ate my bread by myself alone, and the fatherless did not eat thereof;
| וְאֹכַל פִּתִּי לְבַדִּי וְלֹא־אָכַל יָתוֹם מִמֶּֽנָּה׃ |
18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as though we were of one father, and I have guided her [as though she was sprung] from my mother's womb; )
| כִּי מִנְּעוּרַי גְּדֵלַנִי כְאָב וּמִבֶּטֶן אִמִּי אַנְחֶֽנָּה׃ |
19 If ever I saw any one perishing for want of clothing, or the needy without covering:
| אִם־אֶרְאֶה אוֹבֵד מִבְּלִי לְבוּשׁ וְאֵין כְּסוּת לָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃ |
20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he have not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
| אִם־לֹא בֵרֲכוּנִי חלצו חֲלָצָיו וּמִגֵּז כְּבָשַׂי יִתְחַמָּֽם׃ |
21 If I have swung my hand against the fatherless, because I saw in the gate those that would help me:
| אִם־הֲנִיפוֹתִי עַל־יָתוֹם יָדִי כִּֽי־אֶרְאֶה בַשַּׁעַר עֶזְרָתִֽי׃ |
22 Then may my shoulder fall from my shoulder-blade, and my arm be broken from the channel-bone;
| כְּתֵפִי מִשִּׁכְמָה תִפּוֹל וְאֶזְרֹעִי מִקָּנָה תִשָּׁבֵֽר׃ |
23 For dreaded by me was the calamitous punishment of God, and against his highness I can accomplish nothing.
| כִּי פַחַד אֵלַי אֵיד אֵל וּמִשְּׂאֵתוֹ לֹא אוּכָֽל׃ |
24 If I have made gold my confidence, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my trust:
| אִם־שַׂמְתִּי זָהָב כִּסְלִי וְלַכֶּתֶם אָמַרְתִּי מִבְטַחִֽי׃ |
25 If ever I rejoiced because my wealth was abundant, and because my hand had gotten much;
| אִם־אֶשְׂמַח כִּי־רַב חֵילִי וְכִֽי־כַבִּיר מָצְאָה יָדִֽי׃ |
26 If ever I looked at the light [of the sun] when he shone brightly and on the moon walking in splendor:
| אִם־אֶרְאֶה אוֹר כִּי יָהֵל וְיָרֵחַ יָקָר הֹלֵֽךְ׃ |
27 And my heart became misled in secret, and my hand kissed my mouth:
| וַיִּפְתְּ בַּסֵּתֶר לִבִּי וַתִּשַּׁק יָדִי לְפִֽי׃ |
28 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge; for thus would I have denied the God that is above.
| גַּם־הוּא עָוֺן פְּלִילִי כִּֽי־כִחַשְׁתִּי לָאֵל מִמָּֽעַל׃ |
29 If ever I rejoiced at the downfall of him that hated me, or was elated when evil befell him; —
| אִם־אֶשְׂמַח בְּפִיד מְשַׂנְאִי וְהִתְעֹרַרְתִּי כִּֽי־מְצָאוֹ רָֽע׃ |
30 But I suffered not my mouth to sin by denouncing with a curse his soul: —
| וְלֹא־נָתַתִּי לַחֲטֹא חִכִּי לִשְׁאֹל בְּאָלָה נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃ |
31 If the men of my tent said not, Oh is there one that is not satisfied of his flesh; —
| אִם־לֹא אָמְרוּ מְתֵי אָהֳלִי מִֽי־יִתֵּן מִבְּשָׂרוֹ לֹא נִשְׂבָּֽע׃ |
32 In the street a stranger had not to lodge; my doors I held open to the roadside;
| בַּחוּץ לֹא־יָלִין גֵּר דְּלָתַי לָאֹרַח אֶפְתָּֽח׃ |
33 If I covered up my transgressions like a common man, by hiding in my bosom my iniquity;
| אִם־כִּסִּיתִי כְאָדָם פְּשָׁעָי לִטְמוֹן בְּחֻבִּי עֲוֺֽנִי׃ |
34 Because I dreaded the great multitude, or because the contempt of families did terrify me, so that I kept silence, and dared not to go out of the door; —
| כִּי אֶֽעֱרוֹץ ׀ הָמוֹן רַבָּה וּבוּז־מִשְׁפָּחוֹת יְחִתֵּנִי וָאֶדֹּם לֹא־אֵצֵא פָֽתַח׃ |
35 Oh who will bring me one that would hear me! behold, here is my plea; may the Almighty answer me; and any record which my opponent may have written, —
| מִי יִתֶּן־לִי ׀ שֹׁמֵעַֽ לִי הֶן־תָּוִי שַׁדַּי יַעֲנֵנִי וְסֵפֶר כָּתַב אִישׁ רִיבִֽי׃ |
36 Surely upon my shoulder would I carry it: I would bind it as a crown unto me.
| אִם־לֹא עַל־שִׁכְמִי אֶשָּׂאֶנּוּ אֶֽעֶנְדֶנּוּ עֲטָרוֹת לִֽי׃ |
37 The number of my steps would I tell him: as [to] a prince would I go near unto him.—
| מִסְפַּר צְעָדַי אַגִּידֶנּוּ כְּמוֹ־נָגִיד אֲקָרֲבֶֽנּוּ׃ |
38 If my land ever cried out because of me, or if its furrows wept together;
| אִם־עָלַי אַדְמָתִי תִזְעָק וְיַחַד תְּלָמֶיהָ יִבְכָּיֽוּן׃ |
39 If I ever consumed its strength without payment, or caused the soul of its owners to grieve:
| אִם־כֹּחָהּ אָכַלְתִּי בְלִי־כָסֶף וְנֶפֶשׁ בְּעָלֶיהָ הִפָּֽחְתִּי׃ |
40 Then may instead of wheat, thorns come forth, and instead of barley, cockle. (Here end the words of Job.)
| תַּחַת חִטָּה ׀ יֵצֵא חוֹחַ וְתַֽחַת־שְׂעֹרָה בָאְשָׁה תַּמּוּ דִּבְרֵי אִיּֽוֹב׃ |
