איוב 34
| ויען אליהוא ויאמר | 1 |
Furthermore Elihu answered and said,
| שמעו חכמים מלי וידעים האזינו לי | 2 |
Hear my words, O you wise men; and give ear to me, you that have knowledge.
| כי-אזן מלין תבחן וחך יטעם לאכל | 3 |
For the ear tries words, as the mouth tastes meat.
| משפט נבחרה-לנו נדעה בינינו מה-טוב | 4 |
Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.
| כי-אמר איוב צדקתי ואל הסיר משפטי | 5 |
For Job has said, I am righteous: and God has taken away my judgment.
| על-משפטי אכזב אנוש חצי בלי-פשע | 6 |
Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.
| מי-גבר כאיוב ישתה-לעג כמים | 7 |
What man is like Job, who drinks up scorning like water?
| וארח לחברה עם-פעלי און וללכת עם-אנשי-רשע | 8 |
Which goes in company with the workers of iniquity, and walks with wicked men.
| כי-אמר לא יסכן-גבר-- ברצתו עם-אלהים | 9 |
For he has said, It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
| לכן אנשי לבב-- שמעו-לי חללה לאל מרשע ושדי מעול | 10 |
Therefore listen to me you men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
| כי פעל אדם ישלם-לו וכארח איש ימצאנו | 11 |
For the work of a man shall he render to him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
| אף-אמנם אל לא-ירשיע ושדי לא-יעות משפט | 12 |
Yes, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
| מי-פקד עליו ארצה ומי שם תבל כלה | 13 |
Who has given him a charge over the earth? or who has disposed the whole world?
| אם-ישים אליו לבו רוחו ונשמתו אליו יאסף | 14 |
If he set his heart on man, if he gather to himself his spirit and his breath;
| יגוע כל-בשר יחד ואדם על-עפר ישוב | 15 |
All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again to dust.
| ואם-בינה שמעה-זאת האזינה לקול מלי | 16 |
If now you have understanding, hear this: listen to the voice of my words.
| האף שונא משפט יחבוש ואם-צדיק כביר תרשיע | 17 |
Shall even he that hates right govern? and will you condemn him that is most just?
| האמר למלך בליעל-- רשע אל-נדיבים | 18 |
Is it fit to say to a king, You are wicked? and to princes, You are ungodly?
| אשר לא-נשא פני שרים ולא נכר-שוע לפני-דל כי-מעשה ידיו כלם | 19 |
How much less to him that accepts not the persons of princes, nor regards the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.
| רגע ימתו-- וחצות לילה יגעשו עם ויעברו ויסירו אביר לא ביד | 20 |
In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.
| כי-עיניו על-דרכי-איש וכל-צעדיו יראה | 21 |
For his eyes are on the ways of man, and he sees all his goings.
| אין-חשך ואין צלמות-- להסתר שם פעלי און | 22 |
There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
| כי לא על-איש ישים עוד-- להלך אל-אל במשפט | 23 |
For he will not lay on man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.
| ירע כבירים לא-חקר ויעמד אחרים תחתם | 24 |
He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
| לכן--יכיר מעבדיהם והפך לילה וידכאו | 25 |
Therefore he knows their works, and he overturns them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
| תחת-רשעים ספקם-- במקום ראים | 26 |
He strikes them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
| אשר על-כן סרו מאחריו וכל-דרכיו לא השכילו | 27 |
Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
| להביא עליו צעקת-דל וצעקת עניים ישמע | 28 |
So that they cause the cry of the poor to come to him, and he hears the cry of the afflicted.
| והוא ישקט ומי ירשע-- ויסתר פנים ומי ישורנו ועל-גוי ועל-אדם יחד | 29 |
When he gives quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hides his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
| ממלך אדם חנף-- ממקשי עם | 30 |
That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
| כי-אל-אל האמר נשאתי-- לא אחבל | 31 |
Surely it is meet to be said to God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:
| בלעדי אחזה אתה הרני אם-עול פעלתי לא אסיף | 32 |
That which I see not teach you me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
| המעמך ישלמנה כי-מאסת--כי-אתה תבחר ולא-אני ומה-ידעת דבר | 33 |
Should it be according to your mind? he will recompense it, whether you refuse, or whether you choose; and not I: therefore speak what you know.
| אנשי לבב יאמרו לי וגבר חכם שמע לי | 34 |
Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man listen to me.
| איוב לא-בדעת ידבר ודבריו לא בהשכיל | 35 |
Job has spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.
| אבי--יבחן איוב עד-נצח על-תשבת באנשי-און | 36 |
My desire is that Job may be tried to the end because of his answers for wicked men.
| כי יסיף על-חטאתו פשע בינינו יספוק וירב אמריו לאל | 37 |
For he adds rebellion to his sin, he claps his hands among us, and multiplies his words against God.
