Job 6
1 Then Job answered,
| ויען איוב ויאמר |
2 “Oh that my anguish were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!
| לו--שקול ישקל כעשי והיתי (והותי) במאזנים ישאו-יחד |
3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas, therefore my words have been rash.
| כי-עתה--מחול ימים יכבד על-כן דברי לעו |
4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me. My spirit drinks up their poison. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
| כי חצי שדי עמדי--אשר חמתם שתה רוחי בעותי אלוה יערכוני |
5 Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?
| הינהק-פרא עלי-דשא אם יגעה-שור על-בלילו |
6 Can that which has no flavour be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
| היאכל תפל מבלי-מלח אם-יש-טעם בריר חלמות |
7 My soul refuses to touch them. They are as loathsome food to me.
| מאנה לנגוע נפשי המה כדוי לחמי |
8 “Oh that I might have my request, that God would grant the thing that I long for,
| מי-יתן תבוא שאלתי ותקותי יתן אלוה |
9 even that it would please God to crush me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
| ויאל אלוה וידכאני יתר ידו ויבצעני |
10 Let it still be my consolation, yes, let me exult in pain that doesn’t spare, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
| ותהי-עוד נחמתי-- ואסלדה בחילה לא יחמול כי-לא כחדתי אמרי קדוש |
11 What is my strength, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should be patient?
| מה-כחי כי-איחל ומה-קצי כי-אאריך נפשי |
12 Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of bronze?
| אם-כח אבנים כחי אם-בשרי נחוש |
13 Isn’t it that I have no help in me, that wisdom is driven away from me?
| האם אין עזרתי בי ותשיה נדחה ממני |
14 “To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend; even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
| למס מרעהו חסד ויראת שדי יעזוב |
15 My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away;
| אחי בגדו כמו-נחל כאפיק נחלים יעברו |
16 which are black by reason of the ice, in which the snow hides itself.
| הקדרים מני-קרח עלימו יתעלם-שלג |
17 In the dry season, they vanish. When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
| בעת יזרבו נצמתו בחמו נדעכו ממקומם |
18 The caravans that travel beside them turn away. They go up into the waste, and perish.
| ילפתו ארחות דרכם יעלו בתהו ויאבדו |
19 The caravans of Tema looked. The companies of Sheba waited for them.
| הביטו ארחות תמא הליכת שבא קוו-למו |
20 They were distressed because they were confident. They came there, and were confounded.
| בשו כי-בטח באו עדיה ויחפרו |
21 For now you are nothing. You see a terror, and are afraid.
| כי-עתה הייתם לא תראו חתת ותיראו |
22 Did I ever say, ‘Give to me’? or, ‘Offer a present for me from your substance’?
| הכי-אמרתי הבו לי ומכחכם שחדו בעדי |
23 or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary’s hand’? or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors’?
| ומלטוני מיד-צר ומיד עריצים תפדוני |
24 “Teach me, and I will hold my peace. Cause me to understand my error.
| הורוני ואני אחריש ומה-שגיתי הבינו לי |
25 How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what does it reprove?
| מה-נמרצו אמרי-ישר ומה-יוכיח הוכח מכם |
26 Do you intend to reprove words, since the speeches of one who is desperate are as wind?
| הלהוכח מלים תחשבו ולרוח אמרי נואש |
27 Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless, and make merchandise of your friend.
| אף-על-יתום תפילו ותכרו על-ריעכם |
28 Now therefore be pleased to look at me, for surely I will not lie to your face.
| ועתה הואילו פנו-בי ועל-פניכם אם-אכזב |
29 Please return. Let there be no injustice. Yes, return again. My cause is righteous.
| שובו-נא אל-תהי עולה ושבי (ושבו) עוד צדקי-בה |
30 Is there injustice on my tongue? Can’t my taste discern mischievous things?
| היש-בלשוני עולה אם-חכי לא-יבין הוות |
