איוב 34
| ויען אליהוא ויאמר | 1 |
After proclaiming these things, Eliu now had this to say:
| שמעו חכמים מלי וידעים האזינו לי | 2 |
May the wise hear my words, and may the educated listen to me.
| כי-אזן מלין תבחן וחך יטעם לאכל | 3 |
For the ear examines words, and the mouth discerns foods by the taste.
| משפט נבחרה-לנו נדעה בינינו מה-טוב | 4 |
Let us choose judgment for ourselves, and let us consider among ourselves what is best.
| כי-אמר איוב צדקתי ואל הסיר משפטי | 5 |
For Job has said: “I am just, yet God has subverted my judgment.
| על-משפטי אכזב אנוש חצי בלי-פשע | 6 |
For, within my judgment, there is a lie: my vehement barbs are without any sin.”
| מי-גבר כאיוב ישתה-לעג כמים | 7 |
What man is there that is like Job, who drinks up derision as if it were water,
| וארח לחברה עם-פעלי און וללכת עם-אנשי-רשע | 8 |
who accompanies those who work iniquity, and who walks with impious men?
| כי-אמר לא יסכן-גבר-- ברצתו עם-אלהים | 9 |
For he has said, “Man will not please God, even if he should travel with him.”
| לכן אנשי לבב-- שמעו-לי חללה לאל מרשע ושדי מעול | 10 |
Therefore, prudent men, hear me: impiety is far from God, and iniquity is far from the Almighty.
| כי פעל אדם ישלם-לו וכארח איש ימצאנו | 11 |
For he will restore to man his works, and according to the ways of each, he will repay them.
| אף-אמנם אל לא-ירשיע ושדי לא-יעות משפט | 12 |
For truly, God will not condemn in vain, nor will the Almighty repudiate judgment.
| מי-פקד עליו ארצה ומי שם תבל כלה | 13 |
What other is established over the earth? Or whom has he placed over the world, which he made?
| אם-ישים אליו לבו רוחו ונשמתו אליו יאסף | 14 |
But, if he directs his heart towards him, he will draw his spirit and breath to himself.
| יגוע כל-בשר יחד ואדם על-עפר ישוב | 15 |
All flesh will fail together, and man will return to ashes.
| ואם-בינה שמעה-זאת האזינה לקול מלי | 16 |
Therefore, if you have understanding, hear what is said, and heed the sound of my eloquence.
| האף שונא משפט יחבוש ואם-צדיק כביר תרשיע | 17 |
Is he that does not love judgment able to be corrected? And how can you so greatly condemn him who is just?
| האמר למלך בליעל-- רשע אל-נדיבים | 18 |
He says to the king, “You are an apostate.” He calls commanders impious.
| אשר לא-נשא פני שרים ולא נכר-שוע לפני-דל כי-מעשה ידיו כלם | 19 |
He does not accept the reputation of leaders; nor does he recognize the tyrant as he contends against the poor. For all are the work of his hands.
| רגע ימתו-- וחצות לילה יגעשו עם ויעברו ויסירו אביר לא ביד | 20 |
They will die suddenly, and the people will be troubled in the middle of the night, but they will pass through it, and the violent will be taken away without a hand.
| כי-עיניו על-דרכי-איש וכל-צעדיו יראה | 21 |
For his eyes are upon the ways of men, and he examines all of their steps.
| אין-חשך ואין צלמות-- להסתר שם פעלי און | 22 |
There is no darkness and no shadow of death, where those who work iniquity may be hidden.
| כי לא על-איש ישים עוד-- להלך אל-אל במשפט | 23 |
For it is no longer within the power of man to enter into judgment with God.
| ירע כבירים לא-חקר ויעמד אחרים תחתם | 24 |
He will break into many innumerable pieces, and he will cause others to stand up in their place.
| לכן--יכיר מעבדיהם והפך לילה וידכאו | 25 |
For he knows their works, and, as a result, he will bring the night, and they will be crushed.
| תחת-רשעים ספקם-- במקום ראים | 26 |
Just as the impious do, he has struck them in a place where they can be seen.
| אשר על-כן סרו מאחריו וכל-דרכיו לא השכילו | 27 |
They, as if with great diligence, have withdrawn from him, and they refused to understand all his ways,
| להביא עליו צעקת-דל וצעקת עניים ישמע | 28 |
so that they caused the outcry of the needy to reach him, and he heard the voice of the poor.
| והוא ישקט ומי ירשע-- ויסתר פנים ומי ישורנו ועל-גוי ועל-אדם יחד | 29 |
For, when he grants peace, who is there that can condemn? When he hides his face, who is there that can contemplate him, either among the nations, or among all men?
| ממלך אדם חנף-- ממקשי עם | 30 |
He causes a hypocritical man to reign because of the sins of the people.
| כי-אל-אל האמר נשאתי-- לא אחבל | 31 |
Therefore, since I have been speaking about God, I will not prevent you from doing the same.
| בלעדי אחזה אתה הרני אם-עול פעלתי לא אסיף | 32 |
If I have erred, you may teach me; if I have spoken unfairly, I will add no more.
| המעמך ישלמנה כי-מאסת--כי-אתה תבחר ולא-אני ומה-ידעת דבר | 33 |
Does God require this of you because it is displeasing to you? For you were the first to speak, and not I. But if you know something better, speak.
| אנשי לבב יאמרו לי וגבר חכם שמע לי | 34 |
Let men of understanding speak to me, and let a wise man listen to me.
| איוב לא-בדעת ידבר ודבריו לא בהשכיל | 35 |
But Job has been speaking foolishly, and his words contain unsound teaching.
| אבי--יבחן איוב עד-נצח על-תשבת באנשי-און | 36 |
My father, let Job be tested even to the end; may you not retreat from a man of iniquity.
| כי יסיף על-חטאתו פשע בינינו יספוק וירב אמריו לאל | 37 |
For he adds blasphemy on top of his sins; nevertheless, let him be constrained to be among us, and then let him provoke God to judgment with his speeches.
