Job 36
1 Elihu [finished by] saying this:
| וַיֹּסֶף אֱלִיהוּא וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ |
2 “[Job, ] be patient with me a little longer, because I have something else to teach you. I have something else to say that God [wants you to know].
| כַּתַּר־לִי זְעֵיר וַאֲחַוֶּךָּ כִּי עוֹד לֶאֱלוֹהַּ מִלִּֽים׃ |
3 I will tell you what I have learned from many sources, in order to show that God, my creator, is just/fair.
| אֶשָּׂא דֵעִי לְמֵרָחוֹק וּלְפֹעֲלִי אֶֽתֵּֽן־צֶֽדֶק׃ |
4 I am not saying anything to you that is false; I, who am standing in front of you, am someone who understands things (very well/perfectly) [HYP].
| כִּֽי־אׇמְנָם לֹא־שֶׁקֶר מִלָּי תְּמִים דֵּעוֹת עִמָּֽךְ׃ |
5 “Hey, God is [very] powerful, and he does not despise anyone, and he understands everything.
| הֶן־אֵל כַּבִּיר וְלֹא יִמְאָס כַּבִּיר כֹּחַֽ לֵֽב׃ |
6 He does not allow wicked people to remain alive, and he always acts justly toward those who are poor.
| לֹא־יְחַיֶּה רָשָׁע וּמִשְׁפַּט עֲנִיִּים יִתֵּֽן׃ |
7 He always watches over [MTY] those who are righteous; he allows them to sit on thrones [and rule] with kings, and they are honored forever.
| לֹֽא־יִגְרַע מִצַּדִּיק עֵינָיו וְאֶת־מְלָכִים לַכִּסֵּא וַיֹּשִׁיבֵם לָנֶצַח וַיִּגְבָּֽהוּ׃ |
8 But if people [who commit crimes] are caught, they [are thrown into prison and] are caused to suffer by being fastened with chains.
| וְאִם־אֲסוּרִים בַּזִּקִּים יִלָּכְדוּן בְּחַבְלֵי־עֹֽנִי׃ |
9 When that happens, God shows them what they have done; he shows them the sins that they have committed, and he shows them that they have been proud/arrogant.
| וַיַּגֵּד לָהֶם פׇּעֳלָם וּפִשְׁעֵיהֶם כִּי יִתְגַּבָּֽרוּ׃ |
10 He causes them to listen [MTY] to what he is warning them, and he commands them to turn away from [doing what is] evil.
| וַיִּגֶל אׇזְנָם לַמּוּסָר וַיֹּאמֶר כִּֽי־יְשׁוּבוּן מֵאָֽוֶן׃ |
11 If they (listen to/heed) him and serve him, [after they get out of prison] they will prosper for all the years that they are alive and be peaceful/happy.
| אִֽם־יִשְׁמְעוּ וְֽיַעֲבֹדוּ יְכַלּוּ יְמֵיהֶם בַּטּוֹב וּשְׁנֵיהֶם בַּנְּעִימִֽים׃ |
12 But if they do not (listen/pay attention) to him, they will die violently, not knowing [why God is causing them to die].
| וְאִם־לֹא יִשְׁמְעוּ בְּשֶׁלַח יַעֲבֹרוּ וְיִגְוְעוּ בִּבְלִי־דָֽעַת׃ |
13 “Godless/Wicked people continue being angry, and they do not cry out for help, [even] when God is punishing them.
| וְֽחַנְפֵי־לֵב יָשִׂימוּ אָף לֹא יְשַׁוְּעוּ כִּי אֲסָרָֽם׃ |
14 They die while they are still young, disgraced because of their very immoral behavior [EUP].
| תָּמֹת בַּנֹּעַר נַפְשָׁם וְחַיָּתָם בַּקְּדֵשִֽׁים׃ |
15 But God teaches people by causing them to suffer; by afflicting them, he causes them to listen to [MTY] what he is telling them.
| יְחַלֵּץ עָנִי בְעׇנְיוֹ וְיִגֶל בַּלַּחַץ אׇזְנָֽם׃ |
16 “And Job, [I think that] God [wants to] bring you out of your troubles and allow you to live without distress; he wants your table to be full of very nice food.
| וְאַף הֲסִֽיתְךָ ׀ מִפִּי־צָר רַחַב לֹא־מוּצָק תַּחְתֶּיהָ וְנַחַת שֻׁלְחָנְךָ מָלֵא דָֽשֶׁן׃ |
17 But now, you are being punished [MTY] as wicked people are punished; [God] [PRS] has been punishing you (justly/as you deserve).
| וְדִין־רָשָׁע מָלֵאתָ דִּין וּמִשְׁפָּט יִתְמֹֽכוּ׃ |
18 So be careful that you are not deceived by [desiring to acquire] money or that you are not ruined by [accepting] large bribes.
| כִּֽי־חֵמָה פֶּן־יְסִֽיתְךָ בְסָפֶק וְרׇב־כֹּפֶר אַל־יַטֶּֽךָּ׃ |
19 [If you are deceived by those things, ] it certainly will not [RHQ] help you to cry out when you are distressed; all of your strength will not help you.
| הֲיַעֲרֹךְ שׁוּעֲךָ לֹא בְצָר וְכֹל מַאֲמַצֵּי־כֹֽחַ׃ |
20 Do not wish that it would be nighttime [in order that God will not see you and punish you], because night is the time when [even] people-groups are destroyed!
| אַל־תִּשְׁאַף הַלָּיְלָה לַעֲלוֹת עַמִּים תַּחְתָּֽם׃ |
21 Be careful not to [begin doing] evil things, because [God] has caused you to suffer to prevent you from doing evil.
| הִשָּׁמֶר אַל־תֵּפֶן אֶל־אָוֶן כִּֽי־עַל־זֶה בָּחַרְתָּ מֵעֹֽנִי׃ |
22 “Hey, God is extremely powerful; there is certainly [RHQ] no teacher who teaches like he does.
| הֶן־אֵל יַשְׂגִּיב בְּכֹחוֹ מִי כָמֹהוּ מוֹרֶֽה׃ |
23 No one has [RHQ] told him what he should do, and no one has [RHQ] said to him, ‘You have done what is wrong!’
| מִֽי־פָקַד עָלָיו דַּרְכּוֹ וּמִי־אָמַר פָּעַלְתָּ עַוְלָֽה׃ |
24 People have [always] sung to praise him, so you also should never forget to praise him for what he has done.
| זְכֹר כִּֽי־תַשְׂגִּיא פׇעֳלוֹ אֲשֶׁר שֹׁרְרוּ אֲנָשִֽׁים׃ |
25 Everyone has seen [what he has done], but [sometimes] we can see it only from far away.
| כׇּל־אָדָם חָזוּ־בוֹ אֱנוֹשׁ יַבִּיט מֵרָחֽוֹק׃ |
26 “Hey, God is very great, and we are not able to know how great he is, and we do not know how old he is.
| הֶן־אֵל שַׂגִּיא וְלֹא נֵדָע מִסְפַּר שָׁנָיו וְלֹא־חֵֽקֶר׃ |
27 He draws water up [from the earth and puts it in clouds] and causes it to become rain.
| כִּי יְגָרַע נִטְפֵי־מָיִם יָזֹקּוּ מָטָר לְאֵדֽוֹ׃ |
28 The rain pours down from the sky/clouds; God causes abundant showers to fall on everyone.
| אֲשֶֽׁר־יִזְּלוּ שְׁחָקִים יִרְעֲפוּ עֲלֵי ׀ אָדָם רָֽב׃ |
29 No one can [RHQ] understand how the clouds move [across the sky] or how it thunders in the sky where God lives.
| אַף אִם־יָבִין מִפְרְשֵׂי־עָב תְּשֻׁאוֹת סֻכָּתֽוֹ׃ |
30 He causes lightning to flash all around him, but he causes the bottom of the oceans to remain dark.
| הֵן־פָּרַשׂ עָלָיו אוֹרוֹ וְשׇׁרְשֵׁי הַיָּם כִּסָּֽה׃ |
31 By providing plenty of rain for us, he enables us to have abundant food.
| כִּי־בָם יָדִין עַמִּים יִֽתֶּן־אֹכֶל לְמַכְבִּֽיר׃ |
32 [It is as though] he holds the lightning in his hands, and [then] he commands it to strike where he wants it to.
| עַל־כַּפַּיִם כִּסָּה־אוֹר וַיְצַו עָלֶיהָ בְמַפְגִּֽיעַ׃ |
33 When we hear his thunder, we know that there will be a storm, and the cattle know it, too.”
| יַגִּיד עָלָיו רֵעוֹ מִקְנֶה אַף עַל־עוֹלֶֽה׃ |
