Job 15
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
| וַיַּעַן אֱלִיפַז הַֽתֵּימָנִי וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ |
2 “Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?
| הֶֽחָכָם יַעֲנֶה דַֽעַת־רוּחַ וִֽימַלֵּא קָדִים בִּטְנֽוֹ׃ |
3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches with which he can do no good?
| הוֹכֵחַ בְּדָבָר לֹא יִסְכּוֹן וּמִלִּים לֹא־יוֹעִיל בָּֽם׃ |
4 Yes, you do away with fear, and hinder devotion before God.
| אַף־אַתָּה תָּפֵר יִרְאָה וְתִגְרַע שִׂיחָה לִפְנֵי־אֵֽל׃ |
5 For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.
| כִּי יְאַלֵּף עֲוֺנְךָ פִיךָ וְתִבְחַר לְשׁוֹן עֲרוּמִֽים׃ |
6 Your own mouth condemns you, and not I. Yes, your own lips testify against you.
| יַרְשִֽׁיעֲךָ פִיךָ וְלֹא־אָנִי וּשְׂפָתֶיךָ יַעֲנוּ־בָֽךְ׃ |
7 “Are you the first man who was born? Or were you brought out before the hills?
| הֲרִאישׁוֹן אָדָם תִּוָּלֵד וְלִפְנֵי גְבָעוֹת חוֹלָֽלְתָּ׃ |
8 Have you heard the secret counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
| הַבְסוֹד אֱלוֹהַ תִּשְׁמָע וְתִגְרַע אֵלֶיךָ חָכְמָֽה׃ |
9 What do you know that we don’t know? What do you understand which is not in us?
| מַה־יָּדַעְתָּ וְלֹא נֵדָע תָּבִין וְֽלֹא־עִמָּנוּ הֽוּא׃ |
10 With us are both the grey-headed and the very aged men, much older than your father.
| גַּם־שָׂב גַּם־יָשִׁישׁ בָּנוּ כַּבִּיר מֵאָבִיךָ יָמִֽים׃ |
11 Are the consolations of God too small for you, even the word that is gentle towards you?
| הַמְעַט מִמְּךָ תַּנְחֻמוֹת אֵל וְדָבָר לָאַט עִמָּֽךְ׃ |
12 Why does your heart carry you away? Why do your eyes flash,
| מַה־יִּקָּחֲךָ לִבֶּךָ וּֽמַה־יִּרְזְמוּן עֵינֶֽיךָ׃ |
13 that you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?
| כִּֽי־תָשִׁיב אֶל־אֵל רוּחֶךָ וְהֹצֵאתָ מִפִּיךָ מִלִּֽין׃ |
14 What is man, that he should be clean? What is he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
| מָֽה־אֱנוֹשׁ כִּֽי־יִזְכֶּה וְכִֽי־יִצְדַּק יְלוּד אִשָּֽׁה׃ |
15 Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones. Yes, the heavens are not clean in his sight;
| הֵן בקדשו בִּקְדֹשָׁיו לֹא יַאֲמִין וְשָׁמַיִם לֹא־זַכּוּ בְעֵינָֽיו׃ |
16 how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!
| אַף כִּֽי־נִתְעָב וְֽנֶאֱלָח אִישׁ־שֹׁתֶה כַמַּיִם עַוְלָֽה׃ |
17 “I will show you, listen to me; that which I have seen I will declare
| אֲחַוְךָ שְֽׁמַֽע־לִי וְזֶֽה־חָזִיתִי וַאֲסַפֵּֽרָה׃ |
18 (which wise men have told by their fathers, and have not hidden it;
| אֲשֶׁר־חֲכָמִים יַגִּידוּ וְלֹא כִֽחֲדוּ מֵאֲבוֹתָֽם׃ |
19 to whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed amongst them):
| לָהֶם לְבַדָּם נִתְּנָה הָאָרֶץ וְלֹא־עָבַר זָר בְּתוֹכָֽם׃ |
20 the wicked man writhes in pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
| כָּל־יְמֵי רָשָׁע הוּא מִתְחוֹלֵל וּמִסְפַּר שָׁנִים נִצְפְּנוּ לֶעָרִֽיץ׃ |
21 A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer will come on him.
| קוֹל־פְּחָדִים בְּאָזְנָיו בַּשָּׁלוֹם שׁוֹדֵד יְבוֹאֶֽנּוּ׃ |
22 He doesn’t believe that he will return out of darkness. He is waited for by the sword.
| לֹא־יַאֲמִין שׁוּב מִנִּי־חֹשֶׁךְ וצפו וְצָפוּי הוּא אֱלֵי־חָֽרֶב׃ |
23 He wanders abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
| נֹדֵד הוּא לַלֶּחֶם אַיֵּה יָדַע ׀ כִּֽי־נָכוֹן בְּיָדוֹ יֽוֹם־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ |
24 Distress and anguish make him afraid. They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
| יְֽבַעֲתֻהוּ צַר וּמְצוּקָה תִּתְקְפֵהוּ כְּמֶלֶךְ ׀ עָתִיד לַכִּידֽוֹר׃ |
25 Because he has stretched out his hand against God, and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty,
| כִּֽי־נָטָה אֶל־אֵל יָדוֹ וְאֶל־שַׁדַּי יִתְגַּבָּֽר׃ |
26 he runs at him with a stiff neck, with the thick shields of his bucklers,
| יָרוּץ אֵלָיו בְּצַוָּאר בַּעֲבִי גַּבֵּי מָֽגִנָּֽיו׃ |
27 because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat on his thighs.
| כִּֽי־כִסָּה פָנָיו בְּחֶלְבּוֹ וַיַּעַשׂ פִּימָה עֲלֵי־כָֽסֶל׃ |
28 He has lived in desolate cities, in houses which no one inhabited, which were ready to become heaps.
| וַיִּשְׁכּוֹן ׀ עָרִים נִכְחָדוֹת בָּתִּים לֹא־יֵשְׁבוּ לָמוֹ אֲשֶׁר הִתְעַתְּדוּ לְגַלִּֽים׃ |
29 He will not be rich, neither will his substance continue, neither will their possessions be extended on the earth.
| לֹֽא־יֶעְשַׁר וְלֹא־יָקוּם חֵילוֹ וְלֹֽא־יִטֶּה לָאָרֶץ מִנְלָֽם׃ |
30 He will not depart out of darkness. The flame will dry up his branches. He will go away by the breath of God’s mouth.
| לֹֽא־יָסוּר ׀ מִנִּי־חֹשֶׁךְ יֹֽנַקְתּוֹ תְּיַבֵּשׁ שַׁלְהָבֶת וְיָסוּר בְּרוּחַ פִּֽיו׃ |
31 Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself, for emptiness will be his reward.
| אַל־יַאֲמֵן בשו בַּשָּׁיו נִתְעָה כִּי־שָׁוְא תִּהְיֶה תְמוּרָתֽוֹ׃ |
32 It will be accomplished before his time. His branch will not be green.
| בְּֽלֹא־יוֹמוֹ תִּמָּלֵא וְכִפָּתוֹ לֹא רַעֲנָֽנָה׃ |
33 He will shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and will cast off his flower as the olive tree.
| יַחְמֹס כַּגֶּפֶן בִּסְרוֹ וְיַשְׁלֵךְ כַּזַּיִת נִצָּתֽוֹ׃ |
34 For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.
| כִּֽי־עֲדַת חָנֵף גַּלְמוּד וְאֵשׁ אָכְלָה אָֽהֳלֵי־שֹֽׁחַד׃ |
35 They conceive mischief and produce iniquity. Their heart prepares deceit.”
| הָרֹה עָמָל וְיָלֹד אָוֶן וּבִטְנָם תָּכִין מִרְמָֽה׃ |
