Job 34
1 And Elihu answereth and saith:
| וַיַּעַן אֱלִיהוּא וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ |
2 Hear, O wise men, my words, And, O knowing ones, give ear to me.
| שִׁמְעוּ חֲכָמִים מִלָּי וְיֹֽדְעִים הַֽאֲזִינוּ לִֽי׃ |
3 For the ear doth try words, And the palate tasteth to eat.
| כִּי־אֹזֶן מִלִּין תִּבְחָן וְחֵךְ יִטְעַם לֶאֱכֹֽל׃ |
4 Judgment let us choose for ourselves, Let us know among ourselves what [is] good.
| מִשְׁפָּט נִבְחֲרָה־לָּנוּ נֵדְעָה בֵינֵינוּ מַה־טּֽוֹב׃ |
5 For Job hath said, 'I have been righteous, And God hath turned aside my right,
| כִּֽי־אָמַר אִיּוֹב צָדַקְתִּי וְאֵל הֵסִיר מִשְׁפָּטִֽי׃ |
6 Against my right do I lie? Mortal [is] mine arrow — without transgression.'
| עַל־מִשְׁפָּטִי אֲכַזֵּב אָנוּשׁ חִצִּי בְלִי־פָֽשַׁע׃ |
7 Who [is] a man like Job? He drinketh scoffing like water,
| מִי־גֶבֶר כְּאִיּוֹב יִֽשְׁתֶּה־לַּעַג כַּמָּֽיִם׃ |
8 And he hath travelled for company With workers of iniquity, So as to go with men of wickedness.
| וְאָרַח לְחֶבְרָה עִם־פֹּעֲלֵי אָוֶן וְלָלֶכֶת עִם־אַנְשֵׁי־רֶֽשַׁע׃ |
9 For he hath said, 'It doth not profit a man, When he delighteth himself with God.'
| כִּֽי־אָמַר לֹא יִסְכׇּן־גָּבֶר בִּרְצֹתוֹ עִם־אֱלֹהִֽים׃ |
10 Therefore, O men of heart, hearken to me; Far be it from God to do wickedness, And [from] the Mighty to do perverseness:
| לָכֵן ׀ אַנְשֵׁי לֵבָב שִׁמְעוּ ־ לִי חָלִלָה לָאֵל מֵרֶשַׁע וְשַׁדַּי מֵעָֽוֶל׃ |
11 For the work of man he repayeth to him, And according to the path of each He doth cause him to find.
| כִּי פֹעַל אָדָם יְשַׁלֶּם־לוֹ וּֽכְאֹרַח אִישׁ יַמְצִאֶֽנּוּ׃ |
12 Yea, truly, God doth not do wickedly, And the Mighty doth not pervert judgment.
| אַף־אׇמְנָם אֵל לֹֽא־יַרְשִׁיעַ וְשַׁדַּי לֹא־יְעַוֵּת מִשְׁפָּֽט׃ |
13 Who hath inspected for Himself the earth? And who hath placed all the habitable world?
| מִֽי־פָקַד עָלָיו אָרְצָה וּמִי שָׂם תֵּבֵל כֻּלָּֽהּ׃ |
14 If He doth set on him His heart, His spirit and his breath unto Him He gathereth.
| אִם־יָשִׂים אֵלָיו לִבּוֹ רוּחוֹ וְנִשְׁמָתוֹ אֵלָיו יֶאֱסֹֽף׃ |
15 Expire doth all flesh together, And man to dust returneth.
| יִגְוַע כׇּל־בָּשָׂר יָחַד וְאָדָם עַל־עָפָר יָשֽׁוּב׃ |
16 And if [there is] understanding, hear this, Give ear to the voice of my words.
| וְאִם־בִּינָה שִׁמְעָה־זֹּאת הַאֲזִינָה לְקוֹל מִלָּֽי׃ |
17 Yea, doth one hating justice govern? Or the Most Just dost thou condemn?
| הַאַף שׂוֹנֵא מִשְׁפָּט יַחֲבוֹשׁ וְאִם־צַדִּיק כַּבִּיר תַּרְשִֽׁיעַ׃ |
18 Who hath said to a king — 'Worthless,' Unto princes — 'Wicked?'
| הַאֲמֹר לְמֶלֶךְ בְּלִיָּעַל רָשָׁע אֶל־נְדִיבִֽים׃ |
19 That hath not accepted the person of princes, Nor hath known the rich before the poor, For a work of His hands [are] all of them.
| אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־נָשָׂא ׀ פְּנֵי שָׂרִים וְלֹא נִכַּר־שׁוֹעַ לִפְנֵי־דָל כִּֽי־מַעֲשֵׂה יָדָיו כֻּלָּֽם׃ |
20 [In] a moment they die, and at midnight Shake do people, and they pass away, And they remove the mighty without hand.
| רֶגַע ׀ יָמֻתוּ וַחֲצוֹת לָיְלָה יְגֹעֲשׁוּ עָם וְיַעֲבֹרוּ וְיָסִירוּ אַבִּיר לֹא בְיָֽד׃ |
21 For His eyes [are] on the ways of each, And all his steps He doth see.
| כִּֽי־עֵינָיו עַל־דַּרְכֵי־אִישׁ וְֽכׇל־צְעָדָיו יִרְאֶֽה׃ |
22 There is no darkness nor death-shade, For workers of iniquity to be hidden there;
| אֵֽין־חֹשֶׁךְ וְאֵין צַלְמָוֶת לְהִסָּתֶר שָׁם פֹּעֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃ |
23 For He doth not suffer man any more, To go unto God in judgment,
| כִּי לֹא עַל־אִישׁ יָשִׂים עוֹד לַהֲלֹךְ אֶל־אֵל בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃ |
24 He breaketh the mighty — no searching! And He appointeth others in their stead.
| יָרֹעַ כַּבִּירִים לֹא־חֵקֶר וַיַּעֲמֵד אֲחֵרִים תַּחְתָּֽם׃ |
25 Therefore He knoweth their works, And He hath overturned by night, And they are bruised.
| לָכֵן יַכִּיר מַעְבָּדֵיהֶם וְהָפַךְ לַיְלָה וְיִדַּכָּֽאוּ׃ |
26 As wicked He hath stricken them, In the place of beholders.
| תַּֽחַת־רְשָׁעִים סְפָקָם בִּמְקוֹם רֹאִֽים׃ |
27 Because that against right They have turned aside from after Him, And none of His ways have considered wisely,
| אֲשֶׁר עַל־כֵּן סָרוּ מֵאַחֲרָיו וְכׇל־דְּרָכָיו לֹא הִשְׂכִּֽילוּ׃ |
28 To cause to come in unto Him The cry of the poor, And the cry of the afflicted He heareth.
| לְהָבִיא עָלָיו צַעֲקַת־דָּל וְצַעֲקַת עֲנִיִּים יִשְׁמָֽע׃ |
29 And He giveth rest, and who maketh wrong? And hideth the face, and who beholdeth it? And in reference to a nation and to a man, [It is] the same.
| וְהוּא יַשְׁקִט ׀ וּמִי יַרְשִׁעַ וְיַסְתֵּר פָּנִים וּמִי יְשׁוּרֶנּוּ וְעַל־גּוֹי וְעַל־אָדָם יָֽחַד׃ |
30 From the reigning of a profane man, From the snares of a people;
| מִמְּלֹךְ אָדָם חָנֵף מִמֹּקְשֵׁי עָֽם׃ |
31 For unto God hath any said: 'I have taken away, I do not corruptly,
| כִּֽי־אֶל־אֵל הֶאָמַר נָשָׂאתִי לֹא אֶחְבֹּֽל׃ |
32 Besides [that which] I see, shew Thou me, If iniquity I have done — I do not add?'
| בִּלְעֲדֵי אֶחֱזֶה אַתָּה הֹרֵנִי אִֽם־עָוֶל פָּעַלְתִּי לֹא אֹסִֽיף׃ |
33 By thee doth He recompense, That thou hast refused — That thou dost choose, and not I? And what thou hast known, speak.
| הֲֽמֵעִמְּךָ יְשַׁלְּמֶנָּה ׀ כִּֽי־מָאַסְתָּ כִּֽי־אַתָּה תִבְחַר וְלֹא־אָנִי וּֽמַה־יָּדַעְתָּ דַבֵּֽר׃ |
34 Let men of heart say to me, And a wise man is hearkening to me.
| אַנְשֵׁי לֵבָב יֹאמְרוּ לִי וְגֶבֶר חָכָם שֹׁמֵעַֽ לִֽי׃ |
35 Job — not with knowledge doth he speak, And his words [are] not with wisdom.
| אִיּוֹב לֹא־בְדַעַת יְדַבֵּר וּדְבָרָיו לֹא בְהַשְׂכֵּֽיל׃ |
36 My Father! let Job be tried — unto victory, Because of answers for men of iniquity,
| אָבִי יִבָּחֵן אִיּוֹב עַד־נֶצַח עַל־תְּשֻׁבֹת בְּאַנְשֵׁי־אָֽוֶן׃ |
37 For he doth add to his sin, Transgression among us he vomiteth, And multiplieth his sayings to God.
| כִּי יֹסִיף עַֽל־חַטָּאתוֹ פֶשַׁע בֵּינֵינוּ יִשְׂפּוֹק וְיֶרֶב אֲמָרָיו לָאֵֽל׃ |
