Job 22
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
| וַיַּעַן אֱלִיפַז הַֽתֵּמָנִי וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ |
2 “Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
| הַלְאֵל יִסְכָּן־גָּבֶר כִּֽי־יִסְכֹּן עָלֵימוֹ מַשְׂכִּֽיל׃ |
3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him that you make your ways perfect?
| הַחֵפֶץ לְשַׁדַּי כִּי תִצְדָּק וְאִם־בֶּצַע כִּֽי־תַתֵּם דְּרָכֶֽיךָ׃ |
4 Is it for your piety that he reproves you, that he enters with you into judgement?
| הֲֽמִיִּרְאָתְךָ יֹכִיחֶךָ יָבוֹא עִמְּךָ בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃ |
5 Isn’t your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities.
| הֲלֹא רָעָֽתְךָ רַבָּה וְאֵֽין־קֵץ לַעֲוֺנֹתֶֽיךָ׃ |
6 For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
| כִּֽי־תַחְבֹּל אַחֶיךָ חִנָּם וּבִגְדֵי עֲרוּמִּים תַּפְשִֽׁיט׃ |
7 You haven’t given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.
| לֹא־מַיִם עָיֵף תַּשְׁקֶה וּמֵרָעֵב תִּֽמְנַֽע־לָֽחֶם׃ |
8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honourable man, he lived in it.
| וְאִישׁ זְרוֹעַ לוֹ הָאָרֶץ וּנְשׂוּא פָנִים יֵשֶׁב בָּֽהּ׃ |
9 You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
| אַלְמָנוֹת שִׁלַּחְתָּ רֵיקָם וּזְרֹעוֹת יְתֹמִים יְדֻכָּֽא׃ |
10 Therefore snares are around you. Sudden fear troubles you,
| עַל־כֵּן סְבִיבוֹתֶיךָ פַחִים וִֽיבַהֶלְךָ פַּחַד פִּתְאֹֽם׃ |
11 or darkness, so that you can not see, and floods of waters cover you.
| אוֹ־חֹשֶׁךְ לֹֽא־תִרְאֶה וְֽשִׁפְעַת־מַיִם תְּכַסֶּֽךָּ׃ |
12 “Isn’t God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!
| הֲֽלֹא־אֱלוֹהַּ גֹּבַהּ שָׁמָיִם וּרְאֵה רֹאשׁ כּוֹכָבִים כִּי־רָֽמּוּ׃ |
13 You say, ‘What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
| וְֽאָמַרְתָּ מַה־יָּדַֽע אֵל הַבְעַד עֲרָפֶל יִשְׁפּֽוֹט׃ |
14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn’t see. He walks on the vault of the sky.’
| עָבִים סֵֽתֶר־לוֹ וְלֹא יִרְאֶה וְחוּג שָׁמַיִם יִתְהַלָּֽךְ׃ |
15 Will you keep the old way, which wicked men have trodden,
| הַאֹרַח עוֹלָם תִּשְׁמֹר אֲשֶׁר דָּרְכוּ מְתֵי־אָֽוֶן׃ |
16 who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
| אֲשֶֽׁר־קֻמְּטוּ וְלֹא־עֵת נָהָר יוּצַק יְסוֹדָֽם׃ |
17 who said to God, ‘Depart from us!’ and, ‘What can the Almighty do for us?’
| הָאֹמְרִים לָאֵל סוּר מִמֶּנּוּ וּמַה־יִּפְעַל שַׁדַּי לָֽמוֹ׃ |
18 Yet he filled their houses with good things, but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
| וְהוּא מִלֵּא בָתֵּיהֶם טוֹב וַעֲצַת רְשָׁעִים רָחֲקָה מֶֽנִּי׃ |
19 The righteous see it, and are glad. The innocent ridicule them,
| יִרְאוּ צַדִּיקִים וְיִשְׂמָחוּ וְנָקִי יִלְעַג־לָֽמוֹ׃ |
20 saying, ‘Surely those who rose up against us are cut off. The fire has consumed their remnant.’
| אִם־לֹא נִכְחַד קִימָנוּ וְיִתְרָם אָכְלָה אֵֽשׁ׃ |
21 “Acquaint yourself with him now, and be at peace. By it, good will come to you.
| הַסְכֶּן־נָא עִמּוֹ וּשְׁלם בָּהֶם תְּֽבוֹאַתְךָ טוֹבָֽה׃ |
22 Please receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.
| קַח־נָא מִפִּיו תּוֹרָה וְשִׂים אֲמָרָיו בִּלְבָבֶֽךָ׃ |
23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up, if you put away unrighteousness far from your tents.
| אִם־תָּשׁוּב עַד־שַׁדַּי תִּבָּנֶה תַּרְחִיק עַוְלָה מֵאָהֳלֶֽךָ׃ |
24 Lay your treasure in the dust, the gold of Ophir amongst the stones of the brooks.
| וְשִׁית־עַל־עָפָר בָּצֶר וּבְצוּר נְחָלִים אוֹפִֽיר׃ |
25 The Almighty will be your treasure, and precious silver to you.
| וְהָיָה שַׁדַּי בְּצָרֶיךָ וְכֶסֶף תּוֹעָפוֹת לָֽךְ׃ |
26 For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and will lift up your face to God.
| כִּי־אָז עַל־שַׁדַּי תִּתְעַנָּג וְתִשָּׂא אֶל־אֱלוֹהַּ פָּנֶֽיךָ׃ |
27 You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you. You will pay your vows.
| תַּעְתִּיר אֵלָיו וְיִשְׁמָעֶךָּ וּנְדָרֶיךָ תְשַׁלֵּֽם׃ |
28 You will also decree a thing, and it will be established to you. Light will shine on your ways.
| וְֽתִגְזַר־אוֹמֶר וְיָקָם לָךְ וְעַל־דְּרָכֶיךָ נָגַֽהּ אֽוֹר׃ |
29 When they cast down, you will say, ‘be lifted up.’ He will save the humble person.
| כִּֽי־הִשְׁפִּילוּ וַתֹּאמֶר גֵּוָה וְשַׁח עֵינַיִם יוֹשִֽׁעַ׃ |
30 He will even deliver him who is not innocent. Yes, he will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”
| יֽ͏ְמַלֵּט אִֽי־נָקִי וְנִמְלַט בְּבֹר כַּפֶּֽיךָ׃ |
