איוב 15
| ויען אליפז התימני ויאמר | 1 |
And Eliphaz the Themanite, answered, and said:
| החכם יענה דעת-רוח וימלא קדים בטנו | 2 |
Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking in the wind, and fill his stomach with burning heat?
| הוכח בדבר לא-יסכון ומלים לא-יועיל בם | 3 |
Thou reprovest him by words, who is not equal to thee, and thou speakest that which is not good for thee.
| אף-אתה תפר יראה ותגרע שיחה לפני-אל | 4 |
As much as is in thee, thou hast made void fear, and hast taken away prayers from before God.
| כי יאלף עונך פיך ותבחר לשון ערומים | 5 |
For thy iniquity hath taught thy mouth, and thou imitatest the tongue of blasphemers.
| ירשיעך פיך ולא-אני ושפתיך יענו-בך | 6 |
Thy own mouth shall condemn thee, and not I: and thy own lips shall answer thee.
| הראישון אדם תולד ולפני גבעות חוללת | 7 |
Art thou the first man that was born, or wast thou made before the hills?
| הבסוד אלוה תשמע ותגרע אליך חכמה | 8 |
Hast thou heard God’s counsel, and shall his wisdom be inferior to thee?
| מה-ידעת ולא נדע תבין ולא-עמנו הוא | 9 |
What knowest thou that we are ignorant of? what dost thou understand that we know not?
| גם-שב גם-ישיש בנו-- כביר מאביך ימים | 10 |
There are with us also aged and ancient men, much elder than thy fathers.
| המעט ממך תנחומות אל ודבר לאט עמך | 11 |
Is it a great matter that God should comfort thee? but thy wicked words hinder this.
| מה-יקחך לבך ומה-ירזמון עיניך | 12 |
Why doth thy heart elevate thee, and why dost thou stare with thy eyes, as if they were thinking great things?
| כי-תשיב אל-אל רוחך והצאת מפיך מלין | 13 |
Why doth thy spirit swell against God, to utter such words out of thy mouth?
| מה-אנוש כי-יזכה וכי-יצדק ילוד אשה | 14 |
What is man that he should be without spot, and he that is born of a woman that he should appear just?
| הן בקדשו לא יאמין ושמים לא-זכו בעיניו | 15 |
Behold among his saints none is unchangeable, and the heavens are not pure in his sight.
| אף כי-נתעב ונאלח איש-שתה כמים עולה | 16 |
How much more is man abominable, and unprofitable, who drinketh iniquity like water?
| אחוך שמע-לי וזה-חזיתי ואספרה | 17 |
I will shew thee, hear me: and I will tell thee what I have seen.
| אשר-חכמים יגידו ולא כחדו מאבותם | 18 |
Wise men confess and hide not their fathers.
| להם לבדם נתנה הארץ ולא-עבר זר בתוכם | 19 |
To whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger hath passed among them.
| כל-ימי רשע הוא מתחולל ומספר שנים נצפנו לעריץ | 20 |
The wicked man is proud all his days, and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain.
| קול-פחדים באזניו בשלום שודד יבואנו | 21 |
The sound of dread is always in his ears: and when there is peace, he always suspecteth treason.
| לא-יאמין שוב מני-חשך וצפו (וצפוי) הוא אלי-חרב | 22 |
He believeth not that he may return from darkness to light, looking round about for the sword on every side.
| נדד הוא ללחם איה ידע כי-נכון בידו יום-חשך | 23 |
When he moveth himself to seek bread, he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
| יבעתהו צר ומצוקה תתקפהו כמלך עתיד לכידור | 24 |
Tribulation shall terrify him, and distress shall surround him, as a king that is prepared for the battle.
| כי-נטה אל-אל ידו ואל-שדי יתגבר | 25 |
For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and hath strengthened himself against the Almighty.
| ירוץ אליו בצואר בעבי גבי מגניו | 26 |
He hath run against him with his neck raised up, and is armed with a fat neck.
| כי-כסה פניו בחלבו ויעש פימה עלי-כסל | 27 |
Fatness hath covered his face, and the fat hangeth down on his sides.
| וישכון ערים נכחדות--בתים לא-ישבו למו אשר התעתדו לגלים | 28 |
He hath dwelt in desolate cities, and in desert houses that are reduced into heaps.
| לא-יעשר ולא-יקום חילו ולא-יטה לארץ מנלם | 29 |
He shall not be enriched, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he push his root in the earth.
| לא-יסור מני-חשך--ינקתו תיבש שלהבת ויסור ברוח פיו | 30 |
He shall not depart out of darkness: the flame shall dry up his branches, and he shall be taken away by the breath of his own month.
| אל-יאמן בשו נתעה כי-שוא תהיה תמורתו | 31 |
He shall not believe, being vainly deceived by error, that he may be redeemed with any price.
| בלא-יומו תמלא וכפתו לא רעננה | 32 |
Before his days be full he shall perish: and his hands shall wither away.
| יחמס כגפן בסרו וישלך כזית נצתו | 33 |
He shall be blasted as a vine when its grapes are in the first flower, and as an olive tree that casteth its flower.
| כי-עדת חנף גלמוד ואש אכלה אהלי-שחד | 34 |
For the congregation of the hypocrite is barren, and fire shall devour their tabernacles, who love to take bribes.
| הרה עמל וילד און ובטנם תכין מרמה | 35 |
He hath conceived sorrow, and hath brought forth iniquity, and his womb prepareth deceits.
