איוב 14
| אדם ילוד אשה-- קצר ימים ושבע-רגז | 1 |
Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble.
| כציץ יצא וימל ויברח כצל ולא יעמוד | 2 |
He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down: he flees also as a shadow, and continues not.
| אף-על-זה פקחת עינך ואתי תביא במשפט עמך | 3 |
And does you open your eyes on such an one, and bring me into judgment with you?
| מי-יתן טהור מטמא-- לא אחד | 4 |
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
| אם חרוצים ימיו--מספר-חדשיו אתך חקו עשית ולא יעבר | 5 |
Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with you, you have appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
| שעה מעליו ויחדל-- עד-ירצה כשכיר יומו | 6 |
Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.
| כי יש לעץ תקוה אם-יכרת ועוד יחליף וינקתו לא תחדל | 7 |
For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
| אם-יזקין בארץ שרשו ובעפר ימות גזעו | 8 |
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
| מריח מים יפרח ועשה קציר כמו-נטע | 9 |
Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
| וגבר ימות ויחלש ויגוע אדם ואיו | 10 |
But man dies, and wastes away: yes, man gives up the ghost, and where is he?
| אזלו-מים מני-ים ונהר יחרב ויבש | 11 |
As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decays and dries up:
| ואיש שכב ולא-יקום עד-בלתי שמים לא יקיצו ולא-יערו משנתם | 12 |
So man lies down, and rises not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
| מי יתן בשאול תצפנני-- תסתירני עד-שוב אפך תשית לי חק ותזכרני (Sheol h7585) | 13 |
O that you would hide me in the grave, that you would keep me secret, until your wrath be past, that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me! (Sheol h7585)
| אם-ימות גבר היחיה כל-ימי צבאי איחל-- עד-בוא חליפתי | 14 |
If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
| תקרא ואנכי אענך למעשה ידיך תכסף | 15 |
You shall call, and I will answer you: you will have a desire to the work of your hands.
| כי-עתה צעדי תספור לא-תשמר על-חטאתי | 16 |
For now you number my steps: do you not watch over my sin?
| חתם בצרור פשעי ותטפל על-עוני | 17 |
My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and you sew up my iniquity.
| ואולם הר-נופל יבול וצור יעתק ממקמו | 18 |
And surely the mountains falling comes to nothing, and the rock is removed out of his place.
| אבנים שחקו מים-- תשטף-ספיחיה עפר-ארץ ותקות אנוש האבדת | 19 |
The waters wear the stones: you wash away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and you destroy the hope of man.
| תתקפהו לנצח ויהלך משנה פניו ותשלחהו | 20 |
You prevail for ever against him, and he passes: you change his countenance, and send him away.
| יכבדו בניו ולא ידע ויצערו ולא-יבין למו | 21 |
His sons come to honor, and he knows it not; and they are brought low, but he perceives it not of them.
| אך-בשרו עליו יכאב ונפשו עליו תאבל | 22 |
But his flesh on him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.
