איוב 36
| ויסף אליהוא ויאמר | 1 |
Elihu also proceeded, and said,
| כתר-לי זעיר ואחוך כי עוד לאלוה מלים | 2 |
Suffer me a little, and I will show you that I have yet to speak on God’s behalf.
| אשא דעי למרחוק ולפעלי אתן-צדק | 3 |
I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
| כי-אמנם לא-שקר מלי תמים דעות עמך | 4 |
For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with you.
| הן-אל כביר ולא ימאס כביר כח לב | 5 |
Behold, God is mighty, and despises not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.
| לא-יחיה רשע ומשפט עניים יתן | 6 |
He preserves not the life of the wicked: but gives right to the poor.
| לא-יגרע מצדיק עיניו ואת-מלכים לכסא וישיבם לנצח ויגבהו | 7 |
He withdraws not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yes, he does establish them for ever, and they are exalted.
| ואם-אסורים בזקים ילכדון בחבלי-עני | 8 |
And if they be bound in fetters, and be held in cords of affliction;
| ויגד להם פעלם ופשעיהם כי יתגברו | 9 |
Then he shows them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.
| ויגל אזנם למוסר ויאמר כי-ישובון מאון | 10 |
He opens also their ear to discipline, and commands that they return from iniquity.
| אם-ישמעו ויעבדו יכלו ימיהם בטוב ושניהם בנעימים | 11 |
If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
| ואם-לא ישמעו בשלח יעברו ויגועו בבלי-דעת | 12 |
But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
| וחנפי-לב ישימו אף לא ישועו כי אסרם | 13 |
But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he binds them.
| תמת בנער נפשם וחיתם בקדשים | 14 |
They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
| יחלץ עני בעניו ויגל בלחץ אזנם | 15 |
He delivers the poor in his affliction, and opens their ears in oppression.
| ואף הסיתך מפי-צר-- רחב לא-מוצק תחתיה ונחת שלחנך מלא דשן | 16 |
Even so would he have removed you out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no narrow place; and that which should be set on your table should be full of fatness.
| ודין-רשע מלאת דין ומשפט יתמכו | 17 |
But you have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on you.
| כי-חמה פן-יסיתך בספק ורב-כפר אל-יטך | 18 |
Because there is wrath, beware lest he take you away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver you.
| היערך שועך לא בצר וכל מאמצי-כח | 19 |
Will he esteem your riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
| אל-תשאף הלילה-- לעלות עמים תחתם | 20 |
Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
| השמר אל-תפן אל-און כי-על-זה בחרת מעני | 21 |
Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this have you chosen rather than affliction.
| הן-אל ישגיב בכחו מי כמהו מורה | 22 |
Behold, God exalts by his power: who teaches like him?
| מי-פקד עליו דרכו ומי-אמר פעלת עולה | 23 |
Who has enjoined him his way? or who can say, You have worked iniquity?
| זכר כי-תשגיא פעלו-- אשר שררו אנשים | 24 |
Remember that you magnify his work, which men behold.
| כל-אדם חזו-בו אנוש יביט מרחוק | 25 |
Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off.
| הן-אל שגיא ולא נדע מספר שניו ולא-חקר | 26 |
Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
| כי יגרע נטפי-מים יזקו מטר לאדו | 27 |
For he makes small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapor thereof:
| אשר-יזלו שחקים ירעפו עלי אדם רב | 28 |
Which the clouds do drop and distil on man abundantly.
| אף אם-יבין מפרשי-עב תשאות סכתו | 29 |
Also can any understand the spreading of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
| הן-פרש עליו אורו ושרשי הים כסה | 30 |
Behold, he spreads his light on it, and covers the bottom of the sea.
| כי-בם ידין עמים יתן-אכל למכביר | 31 |
For by them judges he the people; he gives meat in abundance.
| על-כפים כסה-אור ויצו עליה במפגיע | 32 |
With clouds he covers the light; and commands it not to shine by the cloud that comes between.
| יגיד עליו רעו מקנה אף על-עולה | 33 |
The noise thereof shows concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapor.
