איוב 27

1 ויסף איוב שאת משלו ויאמר

And Job further continued and said in his parable,

2 חי-אל הסיר משפטי ושדי המר נפשי

[As] God lives, who has thus judge me; and the Almighty, who has embittered my soul;

3 כי-כל-עוד נשמתי בי ורוח אלוה באפי

verily, while my breath is yet in [me], and the breath of God which remains to me is in my nostrils,

4 אם-תדברנה שפתי עולה ולשוני אם-יהגה רמיה

my lips shall not speak evil words, neither shall my soul meditate unrighteous thoughts.

5 חלילה לי אם-אצדיק אתכם עד-אגוע-- לא-אסיר תמתי ממני

Far be it from me that I should justify you till I die; for I will not let go my innocence,

6 בצדקתי החזקתי ולא ארפה לא-יחרף לבבי מימי

but keeping fast to [my] righteousness I will by no means let it go: for I am not conscious to myself of having done any thing amiss.

7 יהי כרשע איבי ומתקוממי כעול

Nay rather, but let mine enemies be as the overthrow of the ungodly, and they that rise up against me, as the destruction of transgressors.

8 כי מה-תקות חנף כי יבצע כי ישל אלוה נפשו

For what is the hope of the ungodly, that he holds to it? will he indeed trust in the Lord [and] be saved?

9 הצעקתו ישמע אל-- כי-תבוא עליו צרה

Will God hear his prayer? or, when distress has come upon him,

10 אם-על-שדי יתענג יקרא אלוה בכל-עת

has he any confidence before him? or will [God] hear him as he calls upon him?

11 אורה אתכם ביד-אל אשר עם-שדי לא אכחד

Yet now I will tell you what is in the hand of the Lord: I will not lie concerning the things which are with the Almighty.

12 הן-אתם כלכם חזיתם ולמה-זה הבל תהבלו

Behold, ye all know that ye are adding vanity to vanity.

13 זה חלק-אדם רשע עם-אל ונחלת עריצים משדי יקחו

This is the portion of an ungodly man from the Lord, and the possession of oppressors shall come upon them from the Almighty.

14 אם-ירבו בניו למו-חרב וצאצאיו לא ישבעו-לחם

And if their children be many, they shall be for slaughter: and if they grow up, they shall beg.

15 שרידיו במות יקברו ואלמנתיו לא תבכינה

And they that survive of him shall utterly perish, and no one shall pity their widows.

16 אם-יצבר כעפר כסף וכחמר יכין מלבוש

Even if he should gather silver as earth, and prepare gold as clay;

17 יכין וצדיק ילבש וכסף נקי יחלק

All these things shall the righteous gain, and the truehearted shall possess his wealth.

18 בנה כעש ביתו וכסכה עשה נצר

And his house is gone like moths, and like a spider's web.

19 עשיר ישכב ולא יאסף עיניו פקח ואיננו

The rich man shall lie down, and shall not continue: he has opened his eyes, and he is not.

20 תשיגהו כמים בלהות לילה גנבתו סופה

Pains have come upon him as water, and darkness has carried him away by night.

21 ישאהו קדים וילך וישערהו ממקמו

And a burning wind shall catch him, and he shall depart, and it shall utterly drive him out of his place.

22 וישלך עליו ולא יחמל מידו ברוח יברח

And [God] shall cast [trouble] upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

23 ישפק עלימו כפימו וישרק עליו ממקמו

He shall cause [men] to clap their hands against them, and shall hiss him out of his place.