Job 13
1 Lo, all — hath mine eye seen, Heard hath mine ear, and it attendeth to it.
| הֶן־כֹּל רָאֲתָה עֵינִי שָֽׁמְעָה אׇזְנִי וַתָּבֶן לָֽהּ׃ |
2 According to your knowledge I have known — also I. I am not fallen more than you.
| כְּֽדַעְתְּכֶם יָדַעְתִּי גַם־אָנִי לֹֽא־נֹפֵל אָנֹכִי מִכֶּֽם׃ |
3 Yet I for the Mighty One do speak, And to argue for God I delight.
| אוּלָם אֲנִי אֶל־שַׁדַּי אֲדַבֵּר וְהוֹכֵחַ אֶל־אֵל אֶחְפָּֽץ׃ |
4 And yet, ye [are] forgers of falsehood, Physicians of nought — all of you,
| וְֽאוּלָם אַתֶּם טֹפְלֵי־שָׁקֶר רֹפְאֵי אֱלִל כֻּלְּכֶֽם׃ |
5 O that ye would keep perfectly silent, And it would be to you for wisdom.
| מִי־יִתֵּן הַחֲרֵשׁ תַּחֲרִישׁוּן וּתְהִי לָכֶם לְחׇכְמָֽה׃ |
6 Hear, I pray you, my argument, And to the pleadings of my lips attend,
| שִׁמְעוּ־נָא תוֹכַחְתִּי וְרִבוֹת שְׂפָתַי הַקְשִֽׁיבוּ׃ |
7 For God do ye speak perverseness? And for Him do ye speak deceit?
| הַלְאֵל תְּדַבְּרוּ עַוְלָה וְלוֹ תְּֽדַבְּרוּ רְמִיָּֽה׃ |
8 His face do ye accept, if for God ye strive?
| הֲפָנָיו תִּשָּׂאוּן אִם־לָאֵל תְּרִיבֽוּן׃ |
9 Is [it] good that He doth search you, If, as one mocketh at a man, ye mock at Him?
| הֲטוֹב כִּֽי־יַחְקֹר אֶתְכֶם אִם־כְּהָתֵל בֶּאֱנוֹשׁ תְּהָתֵלּוּ בֽוֹ׃ |
10 He doth surely reprove you, if in secret ye accept faces.
| הוֹכֵחַ יוֹכִיחַ אֶתְכֶם אִם־בַּסֵּתֶר פָּנִים תִּשָּׂאֽוּן׃ |
11 Doth not His excellency terrify you? And His dread fall upon you?
| הֲלֹא שְׂאֵתוֹ תְּבַעֵת אֶתְכֶם וּפַחְדּוֹ יִפֹּל עֲלֵיכֶֽם׃ |
12 Your remembrances [are] similes of ashes, For high places of clay your heights.
| זִֽכְרֹנֵיכֶם מִשְׁלֵי־אֵפֶר לְגַבֵּי־חֹמֶר גַּבֵּיכֶֽם׃ |
13 Keep silent from me, and I speak, And pass over me doth what?
| הַחֲרִישׁוּ מִמֶּנִּי וַאֲדַבְּרָה־אָנִי וְיַעֲבֹר עָלַי מָֽה׃ |
14 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth? And my soul put in my hand?
| עַל־מָה ׀ אֶשָּׂא בְשָׂרִי בְשִׁנָּי וְנַפְשִׁי אָשִׂים בְּכַפִּֽי׃ |
15 Lo, He doth slay me — I wait not! Only, my ways unto His face I argue.
| הֵן יִקְטְלֵנִי (לא) [לוֹ] אֲיַחֵל אַךְ־דְּרָכַי אֶל־פָּנָיו אוֹכִֽיחַ׃ |
16 Also — He [is] to me for salvation, For the profane cometh not before Him.
| גַּם־הוּא־לִי לִישׁוּעָה כִּי־לֹא לְפָנָיו חָנֵף יָבֽוֹא׃ |
17 Hear ye diligently my word, And my declaration with your ears.
| שִׁמְעוּ שָׁמוֹעַ מִלָּתִי וְאַחֲוָתִי בְּאׇזְנֵיכֶֽם׃ |
18 Lo, I pray you, I have set in order the cause, I have known that I am righteous.
| הִנֵּה־נָא עָרַכְתִּי מִשְׁפָּט יָדַעְתִּי כִּי־אֲנִי אֶצְדָּֽק׃ |
19 Who [is] he that doth strive with me? For now I keep silent and gasp.
| מִי־הוּא יָרִיב עִמָּדִי כִּֽי־עַתָּה אַחֲרִישׁ וְאֶגְוָֽע׃ |
20 Only two things, O God, do with me: Then from Thy face I am not hidden.
| אַךְ־שְׁתַּיִם אַל־תַּעַשׂ עִמָּדִי אָז מִפָּנֶיךָ לֹא אֶסָּתֵֽר׃ |
21 Thy hand put far off from me, And Thy terror let not terrify me.
| כַּפְּךָ מֵעָלַי הַרְחַק וְאֵמָתְךָ אַֽל־תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי׃ |
22 And call Thou, and I — I answer, Or — I speak, and answer Thou me.
| וּקְרָא וְאָנֹכִי אֶעֱנֶה אֽוֹ־אֲדַבֵּר וַהֲשִׁיבֵֽנִי׃ |
23 How many iniquities and sins have I? My transgression and my sin let me know.
| כַּמָּה לִי עֲוֺנוֹת וְחַטָּאוֹת פִּֽשְׁעִי וְחַטָּאתִי הֹדִיעֵֽנִי׃ |
24 Why dost Thou hide Thy face? And reckonest me for an enemy to Thee?
| לָֽמָּה־פָנֶיךָ תַסְתִּיר וְתַחְשְׁבֵנִי לְאוֹיֵב לָֽךְ׃ |
25 A leaf driven away dost Thou terrify? And the dry stubble dost Thou pursue?
| הֶעָלֶה נִדָּף תַּעֲרוֹץ וְאֶת־קַשׁ יָבֵשׁ תִּרְדֹּֽף׃ |
26 For Thou writest against me bitter things, And causest me to possess iniquities of my youth:
| כִּֽי־תִכְתֹּב עָלַי מְרֹרוֹת וְתוֹרִישֵׁנִי עֲוֺנוֹת נְעוּרָֽי׃ |
27 And puttest in the stocks my feet, And observest all my paths, On the roots of my feet Thou settest a print,
| וְתָשֵׂם בַּסַּד ׀ רַגְלַי וְתִשְׁמוֹר כׇּל־אׇרְחוֹתָי עַל־שׇׁרְשֵׁי רַגְלַי תִּתְחַקֶּֽה׃ |
28 And he, as a rotten thing, weareth away, As a garment hath a moth consumed him.
| וְהוּא כְּרָקָב יִבְלֶה כְּבֶגֶד אֲכָלוֹ עָֽשׁ׃ |
