Job 30
1 “And now, laughed at me, Have the younger in days than I, Whose fathers I have loathed to set With the dogs of my flock.
| ועתה שחקו עלי-- צעירים ממני לימים אשר-מאסתי אבותם-- לשית עם-כלבי צאני |
2 Also—the power of their hands, why [is it] to me? On them old age has perished.
| גם-כח ידיהם למה לי עלימו אבד כלח |
3 With want and with harsh famine, They are gnawing a dry place [in] the recent night, [In] desolation and ruin,
| בחסר ובכפן גלמוד הערקים ציה--אמש שואה ומשאה |
4 Those cropping mallows near a shrub, And their food [is] root of broom trees.
| הקטפים מלוח עלי-שיח ושרש רתמים לחמם |
5 They are cast out from the midst (They shout against them as a thief),
| מן-גו יגרשו יריעו עלימו כגנב |
6 To dwell in a frightful place of valleys, Holes of earth and clefts.
| בערוץ נחלים לשכן חרי עפר וכפים |
7 They groan among shrubs, They are gathered together under nettles.
| בין-שיחים ינהקו תחת חרול יספחו |
8 Sons of folly—even sons without name, They have been struck from the land.
| בני-נבל גם-בני בלי-שם-- נכאו מן-הארץ |
9 And now, I have been their song, And I am to them for a byword.
| ועתה נגינתם הייתי ואהי להם למלה |
10 They have detested me, They have kept far from me, And from before me have not spared to spit.
| תעבוני רחקו מני ומפני לא-חשכו רק |
11 Because He loosed His cord and afflicts me, And the bridle from before me, They have cast away.
| כי-יתרו (יתרי) פתח ויענני ורסן מפני שלחו |
12 A brood arises on the right hand, They have cast away my feet, And they raise up against me, Their paths of calamity.
| על-ימין פרחח יקומו רגלי שלחו ויסלו עלי ארחות אידם |
13 They have broken down my path, They profit by my calamity: He has no helper.
| נתסו נתיבתי להותי יעילו לא עזר למו |
14 They come as a wide breach, Under the desolation have rolled themselves.
| כפרץ רחב יאתיו תחת שאה התגלגלו |
15 He has turned terrors against me, It pursues my abundance as the wind, And as a thick cloud, My safety has passed away.
| ההפך עלי בלהות תרדף כרוח נדבתי וכעב עברה ישעתי |
16 And now, in me my soul pours itself out, Days of affliction seize me.
| ועתה--עלי תשתפך נפשי יאחזוני ימי-עני |
17 [At] night my bone has been pierced in me, And my gnawing [pain] does not lie down.
| לילה--עצמי נקר מעלי וערקי לא ישכבון |
18 By the abundance of power, Is my clothing changed, As the mouth of my coat it girds me.
| ברב-כח יתחפש לבושי כפי כתנתי יאזרני |
19 Casting me into mire, And I have become like dust and ashes.
| הרני לחמר ואתמשל כעפר ואפר |
20 I cry to You, And You do not answer me, I have stood, and You consider me.
| אשוע אליך ולא תענני עמדתי ותתבנן בי |
21 You are turned to be fierce to me, With the strength of Your hand, You oppress me.
| תהפך לאכזר לי בעצם ידך תשטמני |
22 You lift me up, You cause me to ride on the wind, And You melt—You level me.
| תשאני אל-רוח תרכיבני ותמגגני תשוה (תשיה) |
23 For I have known You bring me back [to] death, And [to] the house appointed for all living.
| כי-ידעתי מות תשיבני ובית מועד לכל-חי |
24 Surely not against the heap Does He send forth the hand, Though they have safety in its ruin.
| אך לא-בעי ישלח-יד אם-בפידו להן שוע |
25 Did I not weep for him whose day is hard? My soul has grieved for the needy.
| אם-לא בכיתי לקשה-יום עגמה נפשי לאביון |
26 When I expected good, then comes evil, And I wait for light, and darkness comes.
| כי טוב קויתי ויבא רע ואיחלה לאור ויבא אפל |
27 My bowels have boiled, and have not ceased, Days of affliction have gone before me.
| מעי רתחו ולא-דמו קדמני ימי-עני |
28 I have gone mourning without the sun, I have risen, I cry in an assembly.
| קדר הלכתי בלא חמה קמתי בקהל אשוע |
29 I have been a brother to dragons, And a companion to daughters of the ostrich.
| אח הייתי לתנים ורע לבנות יענה |
30 My skin has been black on me, And my bone has burned from heat,
| עורי שחר מעלי ועצמי-חרה מני-חרב |
31 And my harp becomes mourning, And my pipe the sound of weeping.”
| ויהי לאבל כנרי ועגבי לקול בכים |
