Job 27
1 Job resumed speaking and he said,
| ויסף איוב שאת משלו ויאמר |
2 “As surely as God lives, who has taken away my justice, the Almighty, who made my life bitter,
| חי-אל הסיר משפטי ושדי המר נפשי |
3 while my life is yet in me, and the breath from God is in my nostrils, this is what I will do.
| כי-כל-עוד נשמתי בי ורוח אלוה באפי |
4 My lips will not speak wickedness, neither will my tongue speak deceit;
| אם-תדברנה שפתי עולה ולשוני אם-יהגה רמיה |
5 I will never admit that you three are right; until I die I will never deny my integrity.
| חלילה לי אם-אצדיק אתכם עד-אגוע-- לא-אסיר תמתי ממני |
6 I hold fast to my righteousness and will not let it go; my thoughts will not reproach me so long as I live.
| בצדקתי החזקתי ולא ארפה לא-יחרף לבבי מימי |
7 Let my enemy be like a wicked man; let him who rises up against me be like an unrighteous man.
| יהי כרשע איבי ומתקוממי כעול |
8 For what is the hope of a godless man when God cuts him off, when God takes away his life?
| כי מה-תקות חנף כי יבצע כי ישל אלוה נפשו |
9 Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him?
| הצעקתו ישמע אל-- כי-תבוא עליו צרה |
10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty and call upon God at all times?
| אם-על-שדי יתענג יקרא אלוה בכל-עת |
11 I will teach you concerning the hand of God; I will not conceal the thoughts of the Almighty.
| אורה אתכם ביד-אל אשר עם-שדי לא אכחד |
12 See, all of you have seen this yourselves; why then have you spoken all this nonsense?
| הן-אתם כלכם חזיתם ולמה-זה הבל תהבלו |
13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, the heritage of the oppressor that he receives from the Almighty:
| זה חלק-אדם רשע עם-אל ונחלת עריצים משדי יקחו |
14 If his children multiply, it is for the sword; his offspring will never have enough food.
| אם-ירבו בניו למו-חרב וצאצאיו לא ישבעו-לחם |
15 Those who survive him will be buried by plague, and their widows will make no lament for them.
| שרידיו במות יקברו ואלמנתיו לא תבכינה |
16 Though the wicked man heaps up silver like the dust, and heaps up clothing like clay,
| אם-יצבר כעפר כסף וכחמר יכין מלבוש |
17 he may heap up clothing, but righteous people will put it on, and innocent people will divide up the silver among themselves.
| יכין וצדיק ילבש וכסף נקי יחלק |
18 He builds his house like a spider, like a hut that a guard makes.
| בנה כעש ביתו וכסכה עשה נצר |
19 He lies down in bed rich, but he will not keep doing so; he opens his eyes, and everything is gone.
| עשיר ישכב ולא יאסף עיניו פקח ואיננו |
20 Terrors overtake him like waters; a storm takes him away in the night.
| תשיגהו כמים בלהות לילה גנבתו סופה |
21 The east wind carries him away, and he leaves; it sweeps him out of his place.
| ישאהו קדים וילך וישערהו ממקמו |
22 It throws itself at him and does not stop; he tries to flee out of its hand.
| וישלך עליו ולא יחמל מידו ברוח יברח |
23 It claps its hands at him in mockery; it hisses him out of his place.
| ישפק עלימו כפימו וישרק עליו ממקמו |
