איוב 5
| קרא-נא היש עונך ואל-מי מקדשים תפנה | 1 |
Call if you want, but who is going to answer you? Which angel are you going to turn to?
| כי-לאויל יהרג-כעש ופתה תמית קנאה | 2 |
Surely anger slays the fool and jealousy kills the simple.
| אני-ראיתי אויל משריש ואקוב נוהו פתאם | 3 |
I have seen a fool growing strong, but I immediately cursed his house.
| ירחקו בניו מישע וידכאו בשער ואין מציל | 4 |
His sons are never safe; they are crushed in court with no one to defend them.
| אשר קצירו רעב יאכל--ואל-מצנים יקחהו ושאף צמים חילם | 5 |
The hungry eat everything he has harvested, taking even that protected by a thorn hedge, while others look to steal his wealth.
| כי לא-יצא מעפר און ומאדמה לא-יצמח עמל | 6 |
For evil doesn't come from the dust; neither does trouble grow from the earth.
| כי-אדם לעמל יולד ובני-רשף יגביהו עוף | 7 |
But human beings are born for trouble just as certainly as sparks from a fire fly upwards.
| אולם--אני אדרש אל-אל ואל-אלהים אשים דברתי | 8 |
If it were me, I would go to God and put my case before him.
| עשה גדלות ואין חקר נפלאות עד-אין מספר | 9 |
He is the one who does amazing, incredible things; miracles that can't be counted!
| הנתן מטר על-פני-ארץ ושלח מים על-פני חוצות | 10 |
He gives rain to the earth and sends water to the fields.
| לשום שפלים למרום וקדרים שגבו ישע | 11 |
He exalts the humble, and rescues those who mourn.
| מפר מחשבות ערומים ולא-תעשנה ידיהם תשיה | 12 |
He frustrates the plans of the cunning so that they are unsuccessful.
| לכד חכמים בערמם ועצת נפתלים נמהרה | 13 |
He traps the wise in their own clever thinking, and the schemes of twisted people are cut short.
| יומם יפגשו-חשך וכלילה ימששו בצהרים | 14 |
In the daytime they're in the dark, and they stumble around at noon like it's night.
| וישע מחרב מפיהם ומיד חזק אביון | 15 |
But God is the one who saves from their cutting remarks, and the poor from the actions of the powerful.
| ותהי לדל תקוה ועלתה קפצה פיה | 16 |
As a result those who are helpless have hope, and the wicked have to shut their mouths!
| הנה אשרי אנוש יוכחנו אלוה ומוסר שדי אל-תמאס | 17 |
See how happy is the person God corrects—so don't despise the Almighty's discipline.
| כי הוא יכאיב ויחבש ימחץ וידו תרפינה | 18 |
For he causes pain but he provides relief; he wounds but his hands heal.
| בשש צרות יצילך ובשבע לא-יגע בך רע | 19 |
He will save you from many disasters; a multitude of evils will not affect you.
| ברעב פדך ממות ובמלחמה מידי חרב | 20 |
In times of famine he will rescue you from death, and in times of war he will save you from the power of the sword.
| בשוט לשון תחבא ולא-תירא משד כי יבוא | 21 |
You will be protected from sharp-tongued slander; and when violence comes you will not be afraid.
| לשד ולכפן תשחק ומחית הארץ אל-תירא | 22 |
You will laugh at violence and famine; you won't be afraid of wild animals—
| כי עם-אבני השדה בריתך וחית השדה השלמה-לך | 23 |
for you will be at peace with the stones of the field and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
| וידעת כי-שלום אהלך ופקדת נוך ולא תחטא | 24 |
You will be certain that your home is safe, for you will go to where you live and find nothing missing.
| וידעת כי-רב זרעך וצאצאיך כעשב הארץ | 25 |
You will also be sure that you will have many children; your descendants will be like the grass of the earth.
| תבוא בכלח אלי-קבר כעלות גדיש בעתו | 26 |
You will live to a ripe old age like a sheaf of grain when it is harvested.
| הנה-זאת חקרנוה כן-היא שמענה ואתה דע-לך | 27 |
Look, we've examined it, and it's true! Listen to what I'm saying and apply it to yourself!”
