איוב 27
| ויסף איוב שאת משלו ויאמר | 1 |
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
| חי-אל הסיר משפטי ושדי המר נפשי | 2 |
As God lives, who has taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who has vexed my soul;
| כי-כל-עוד נשמתי בי ורוח אלוה באפי | 3 |
All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
| אם-תדברנה שפתי עולה ולשוני אם-יהגה רמיה | 4 |
My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
| חלילה לי אם-אצדיק אתכם עד-אגוע-- לא-אסיר תמתי ממני | 5 |
God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove my integrity from me.
| בצדקתי החזקתי ולא ארפה לא-יחרף לבבי מימי | 6 |
My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
| יהי כרשע איבי ומתקוממי כעול | 7 |
Let my enemy be as the wicked, and he that rises up against me as the unrighteous.
| כי מה-תקות חנף כי יבצע כי ישל אלוה נפשו | 8 |
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he has gained, when God takes away his soul?
| הצעקתו ישמע אל-- כי-תבוא עליו צרה | 9 |
Will God hear his cry when trouble comes on him?
| אם-על-שדי יתענג יקרא אלוה בכל-עת | 10 |
Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call on God?
| אורה אתכם ביד-אל אשר עם-שדי לא אכחד | 11 |
I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
| הן-אתם כלכם חזיתם ולמה-זה הבל תהבלו | 12 |
Behold, all you yourselves have seen it; why then are you thus altogether vain?
| זה חלק-אדם רשע עם-אל ונחלת עריצים משדי יקחו | 13 |
This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
| אם-ירבו בניו למו-חרב וצאצאיו לא ישבעו-לחם | 14 |
If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
| שרידיו במות יקברו ואלמנתיו לא תבכינה | 15 |
Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
| אם-יצבר כעפר כסף וכחמר יכין מלבוש | 16 |
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
| יכין וצדיק ילבש וכסף נקי יחלק | 17 |
He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
| בנה כעש ביתו וכסכה עשה נצר | 18 |
He builds his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper makes.
| עשיר ישכב ולא יאסף עיניו פקח ואיננו | 19 |
The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he opens his eyes, and he is not.
| תשיגהו כמים בלהות לילה גנבתו סופה | 20 |
Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest steals him away in the night.
| ישאהו קדים וילך וישערהו ממקמו | 21 |
The east wind carries him away, and he departs: and as a storm hurls him out of his place.
| וישלך עליו ולא יחמל מידו ברוח יברח | 22 |
For God shall cast on him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
| ישפק עלימו כפימו וישרק עליו ממקמו | 23 |
Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
