Job 21
1 And Job answers and says:
| ויען איוב ויאמר |
2 “Hear my word diligently, And this is your consolation.
| שמעו שמוע מלתי ותהי-זאת תנחומתיכם |
3 Bear with me, and I speak, And after my speaking—you may deride.
| שאוני ואנכי אדבר ואחר דברי תלעיג |
4 [Is] my complaint [against] man? And if [so], why may my temper not become short?
| האנכי לאדם שיחי ואם-מדוע לא-תקצר רוחי |
5 Turn to me, and be astonished, And put hand to mouth.
| פנו-אלי והשמו ושימו יד על-פה |
6 Indeed, if I have remembered, then I have been troubled. And my flesh has taken fright.
| ואם-זכרתי ונבהלתי ואחז בשרי פלצות |
7 Why do the wicked live? They have become old, Indeed, they have been mighty in wealth.
| מדוע רשעים יחיו עתקו גם-גברו חיל |
8 Their seed is established, Before their face with them, And their offspring before their eyes.
| זרעם נכון לפניהם עמם וצאצאיהם לעיניהם |
9 Their houses [are] peace without fear, Nor [is] a rod of God on them.
| בתיהם שלום מפחד ולא שבט אלוה עליהם |
10 His bullock breeds without fail. His cow brings forth safely, and does not miscarry.
| שורו עבר ולא יגעל תפלט פרתו ולא תשכל |
11 They send forth their sucklings as a flock, And their children skip,
| ישלחו כצאן עויליהם וילדיהם ירקדון |
12 They lift [themselves] up at timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of a pipe.
| ישאו כתף וכנור וישמחו לקול עוגב |
| יבלו (יכלו) בטוב ימיהם וברגע שאול יחתו (Sheol h7585) |
14 And they say to God, Turn aside from us, And the knowledge of Your ways We have not desired.
| ויאמרו לאל סור ממנו ודעת דרכיך לא חפצנו |
15 What [is] the Mighty One that we serve Him? And what do we profit when we meet with Him?
| מה-שדי כי-נעבדנו ומה-נועיל כי נפגע-בו |
16 Behold, their good [is] not in their hand (The counsel of the wicked Has been far from me).
| הן לא בידם טובם עצת רשעים רחקה מני |
17 How often is the lamp of the wicked extinguished, And their calamity comes on them? He apportions pangs in His anger.
| כמה נר-רשעים ידעך-- ויבא עלימו אידם חבלים יחלק באפו |
18 They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a windstorm has stolen away,
| יהיו כתבן לפני-רוח וכמץ גנבתו סופה |
19 God lays up for his sons his sorrow, He gives repayment to him—and he knows.
| אלוה יצפן-לבניו אונו ישלם אליו וידע |
20 His own eyes see his destruction, And he drinks of the wrath of the Mighty.
| יראו עינו כידו ומחמת שדי ישתה |
21 For what [is] his delight in his house after him, And the number of his months cut off?
| כי מה-חפצו בביתו אחריו ומספר חדשיו חצצו |
22 Does [one] teach knowledge to God, Since He judges [those] on high?
| הלאל ילמד-דעת והוא רמים ישפוט |
23 This [one] dies in his perfect strength, Wholly at ease and quiet.
| זה--ימות בעצם תמו כלו שלאנן ושליו |
24 His breasts have been full of milk, And marrow moistens his bones.
| עטיניו מלאו חלב ומח עצמותיו ישקה |
25 And this [one] dies with a bitter soul, And has not eaten with gladness.
| וזה--ימות בנפש מרה ולא-אכל בטובה |
26 Together they lie down on the dust, And the worm covers them over.
| יחד על-עפר ישכבו ורמה תכסה עליהם |
27 Behold, I have known your thoughts, And the schemes against me you do wrongfully.
| הן ידעתי מחשבותיכם ומזמות עלי תחמסו |
28 For you say, Where [is] the house of the noble? And where the tent—the dwelling places of the wicked?
| כי תאמרו איה בית-נדיב ואיה אהל משכנות רשעים |
29 Have you not asked those passing by the way? And do you not know their signs?
| הלא שאלתם עוברי דרך ואתתם לא תנכרו |
30 That the wicked is spared to a day of calamity. They are brought to a day of wrath.
| כי ליום איד יחשך רע ליום עברות יובלו |
31 Who declares his way to his face? And [for] that which he has done, Who gives repayment to him?
| מי-יגיד על-פניו דרכו והוא-עשה מי ישלם-לו |
32 And he is brought to the graves, And a watch is kept over the heap.
| והוא לקברות יובל ועל-גדיש ישקוד |
33 The clods of the valley have been sweet to him, And he draws every man after him, And there is no numbering before him.
| מתקו-לו רגבי-נחל ואחריו כל-אדם ימשוך ולפניו אין מספר |
34 And how do you comfort me [with] vanity, And trespass has been left in your answers?”
| ואיך תנחמוני הבל ותשובתיכם נשאר-מעל |
