Job 22
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
| ויען אליפז התמני ויאמר |
2 “Can a man be useful to God? Can a wise man be useful to him?
| הלאל יסכן-גבר-- כי-יסכן עלימו משכיל |
3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are righteous? Is it gain to him if you make your ways blameless?
| החפץ לשדי כי תצדק ואם-בצע כי-תתם דרכיך |
4 Is it because of your reverence for him that he rebukes you and takes you to judgment?
| המיראתך יכיחך יבוא עמך במשפט |
5 Is not your wickedness great? Is there no end to your iniquities?
| הלא רעתך רבה ואין-קץ לעונתיך |
6 For you have demanded guarantee of a loan from your brother for no reason, and you have stripped away clothing from the naked.
| כי-תחבל אחיך חנם ובגדי ערומים תפשיט |
7 You have not given water to weary people to drink; you have withheld bread from hungry people
| לא-מים עיף תשקה ומרעב תמנע-לחם |
8 although you, a mighty man, possessed the earth, although you, an honored man, lived in it.
| ואיש זרוע לו הארץ ונשוא פנים ישב בה |
9 You have sent widows away empty; the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
| אלמנות שלחת ריקם וזרעות יתמים ידכא |
10 Therefore, snares are all around you, and sudden fear troubles you.
| על-כן סביבותיך פחים ויבהלך פחד פתאם |
11 There is darkness, so that you cannot see; an abundance of waters covers you.
| או-חשך לא-תראה ושפעת-מים תכסך |
12 Is not God in the heights of heaven? Look at the height of the stars, how high they are!
| הלא-אלוה גבה שמים וראה ראש כוכבים כי-רמו |
13 You say, 'What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
| ואמרת מה-ידע אל הבעד ערפל ישפוט |
14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he does not see us; he walks on the vault of heaven.'
| עבים סתר-לו ולא יראה וחוג שמים יתהלך |
15 Will you keep the old way that wicked men have walked—
| הארח עולם תשמור-- אשר דרכו מתי-און |
16 those who were snatched away before their time, those whose foundations have washed away like a river,
| אשר-קמטו ולא-עת נהר יוצק יסודם |
17 those who said to God, 'Depart from us'; those who said, 'What can the Almighty do to us?'
| האמרים לאל סור ממנו ומה-יפעל שדי למו |
18 Yet he filled their houses with good things; the plans of wicked people are far from me.
| והוא מלא בתיהם טוב ועצת רשעים רחקה מני |
19 Righteous people see their fate and are glad; innocent people laugh them to scorn.
| יראו צדיקים וישמחו ונקי ילעג-למו |
20 They say, 'Surely those who rose up against us are cut off; fire has consumed their possessions.'
| אם-לא נכחד קימנו ויתרם אכלה אש |
21 Now agree with God and be at peace with him; in that way, good will come to you.
| הסכן-נא עמו ושלם בהם תבואתך טובה |
22 Receive, I beg you, instruction from his mouth; store up his words in your heart.
| קח-נא מפיו תורה ושים אמריו בלבבך |
23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up, if you put unrighteousness far away from your tents.
| אם-תשוב עד-שדי תבנה תרחיק עולה מאהלך |
24 Lay your treasure down in the dust, the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks,
| ושית-על-עפר בצר ובצור נחלים אופיר |
25 and the Almighty will be your treasure, precious silver to you.
| והיה שדי בצריך וכסף תועפות לך |
26 For then you will take pleasure in the Almighty; you will lift up your face to God.
| כי-אז על-שדי תתענג ותשא אל-אלוה פניך |
27 You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you; you will pay your vows to him.
| תעתיר אליו וישמעך ונדריך תשלם |
28 You will also decree anything, and it will be confirmed for you; light will shine on your paths.
| ותגזר-אמר ויקם לך ועל-דרכיך נגה אור |
29 God humbles a proud man, and he saves the one with lowered eyes.
| כי-השפילו ותאמר גוה ושח עינים יושע |
30 He will rescue even the man who is not innocent; who will be rescued through the cleanness of your hands.”
| ימלט אי-נקי ונמלט בבר כפיך |
