Job 20
1 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,
| ויען צפר הנעמתי ויאמר׃ |
2 "Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, even by reason of my haste that is in me.
| לכן שעפי ישיבוני ובעבור חושי בי׃ |
3 I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame. The spirit of my understanding answers me.
| מוסר כלמתי אשמע ורוח מבינתי יענני׃ |
4 Do you not know this from old time, since humankind was placed on earth,
| הזאת ידעת מני עד מני שים אדם עלי ארץ׃ |
5 that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?
| כי רננת רשעים מקרוב ושמחת חנף עדי רגע׃ |
6 Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds,
| אם יעלה לשמים שיאו וראשו לעב יגיע׃ |
7 yet he shall perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him shall say, 'Where is he?'
| כגללו לנצח יאבד ראיו יאמרו איו׃ |
8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found. Yes, he shall be chased away like a vision of the night.
| כחלום יעוף ולא ימצאוהו וידד כחזיון לילה׃ |
9 The eye which saw him shall see him no more, neither shall his place any more see him.
| עין שזפתו ולא תוסיף ולא עוד תשורנו מקומו׃ |
10 His children shall seek the favor of the poor. His hands shall give back his wealth.
| בניו ירצו דלים וידיו תשבנה אונו׃ |
11 His bones are full of his youth, but youth shall lie down with him in the dust.
| עצמותיו מלאו עלומו ועמו על עפר תשכב׃ |
12 "Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue,
| אם תמתיק בפיו רעה יכחידנה תחת לשונו׃ |
13 though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth;
| יחמל עליה ולא יעזבנה וימנענה בתוך חכו׃ |
14 yet his food in his bowels is turned. It is cobra venom within him.
| לחמו במעיו נהפך מרורת פתנים בקרבו׃ |
15 He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly.
| חיל בלע ויקאנו מבטנו יורשנו אל׃ |
16 He shall suck cobra venom. The viper's tongue shall kill him.
| ראש פתנים יינק תהרגהו לשון אפעה׃ |
17 He shall not look at the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter.
| אל ירא בפלגות נהרי נחלי דבש וחמאה׃ |
18 That for which he labored he shall restore, and shall not swallow it down. According to the substance that he has gotten, he shall not rejoice.
| משיב יגע ולא יבלע כחיל תמורתו ולא יעלס׃ |
19 For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
| כי רצץ עזב דלים בית גזל ולא יבנהו׃ |
20 "Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save anything of that in which he delights.
| כי לא ידע שלו בבטנו בחמודו לא ימלט׃ |
21 There was nothing left that he did not devour, therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
| אין שריד לאכלו על כן לא יחיל טובו׃ |
22 In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress shall overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery shall come on him.
| במלאות שפקו יצר לו כל יד עמל תבואנו׃ |
23 When he is about to fill his belly, he will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating.
| יהי למלא בטנו ישלח בו חרון אפו וימטר עלימו בלחומו׃ |
24 He shall flee from the iron weapon. The bronze arrow shall strike him through.
| יברח מנשק ברזל תחלפהו קשת נחושה׃ |
25 He draws it forth, and it comes out of his body. Yes, the glittering point comes out of his liver. Terrors are on him.
| שלף ויצא מגוה וברק ממררתו יהלך עליו אמים׃ |
26 All darkness is laid up for his treasures. An unfanned fire shall devour him. It shall consume that which is left in his tent.
| כל חשך טמון לצפוניו תאכלהו אש לא נפח ירע שריד באהלו׃ |
27 The heavens shall reveal his iniquity. The earth shall rise up against him.
| יגלו שמים עונו וארץ מתקוממה לו׃ |
28 The increase of his house shall depart. They shall rush away in the day of his wrath.
| יגל יבול ביתו נגרות ביום אפו׃ |
29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the heritage appointed to him by God."
| זה חלק אדם רשע מאלהים ונחלת אמרו מאל׃ |
