< איוב 11 >
וַיַּעַן צֹפַר הַֽנַּעֲמָתִי וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and sayde,
הֲרֹב דְּבָרִים לֹא יֵעָנֶה וְאִם־אִישׁ שְׂפָתַיִם יִצְדָּֽק׃ | 2 |
Should not the multitude of wordes be answered? or should a great talker be iustified?
בַּדֶּיךָ מְתִים יַחֲרִישׁוּ וַתִּלְעַג וְאֵין מַכְלִֽם׃ | 3 |
Should men holde their peace at thy lyes? and when thou mockest others, shall none make thee ashamed?
וַתֹּאמֶר זַךְ לִקְחִי וּבַר הָיִיתִי בְעֵינֶֽיךָ׃ | 4 |
For thou hast sayde, My doctrine is pure, and I am cleane in thine eyes.
וְֽאוּלָם מִֽי־יִתֵּן אֱלוֹהַּ דַּבֵּר וְיִפְתַּח שְׂפָתָיו עִמָּֽךְ׃ | 5 |
But, oh that God would speake and open his lippes against thee!
וְיַגֶּד־לְךָ ׀ תַּעֲלֻמוֹת חׇכְמָה כִּֽי־כִפְלַיִם לְֽתוּשִׁיָּה וְדַע כִּֽי־יַשֶּׁה לְךָ אֱלוֹהַּ מֵעֲוֺנֶֽךָ׃ | 6 |
That he might shewe thee the secretes of wisedome, howe thou hast deserued double, according to right: know therefore that God hath forgotten thee for thine iniquitie.
הַחֵקֶר אֱלוֹהַּ תִּמְצָא אִם עַד־תַּכְלִית שַׁדַּי תִּמְצָֽא׃ | 7 |
Canst thou by searching finde out God? canst thou finde out ye Almighty to his perfection?
גׇּבְהֵי שָׁמַיִם מַה־תִּפְעָל עֲמֻקָּה מִשְּׁאוֹל מַה־תֵּדָֽע׃ (Sheol ) | 8 |
The heauens are hie, what canst thou doe? it is deeper then the hell, how canst thou know it? (Sheol )
אֲרֻכָּה מֵאֶרֶץ מִדָּהּ וּרְחָבָה מִנִּי־יָֽם׃ | 9 |
The measure thereof is longer then the earth, and it is broader then the sea.
אִם־יַחֲלֹף וְיַסְגִּיר וְיַקְהִיל וּמִי יְשִׁיבֶֽנּוּ׃ | 10 |
If hee cut off and shut vp, or gather together, who can turne him backe?
כִּי־הוּא יָדַע מְתֵי־שָׁוְא וַיַּרְא־אָוֶן וְלֹא יִתְבּוֹנָֽן׃ | 11 |
For hee knoweth vaine men, and seeth iniquitie, and him that vnderstandeth nothing.
וְאִישׁ נָבוּב יִלָּבֵב וְעַיִר פֶּרֶא אָדָם יִוָּלֵֽד׃ | 12 |
Yet vaine man would be wise, though man new borne is like a wilde asse colte.
אִם־אַתָּה הֲכִינוֹתָ לִבֶּךָ וּפָרַשְׂתָּ אֵלָיו כַּפֶּֽיךָ׃ | 13 |
If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him:
אִם־אָוֶן בְּיָדְךָ הַרְחִיקֵהוּ וְאַל־תַּשְׁכֵּן בְּאֹהָלֶיךָ עַוְלָֽה׃ | 14 |
If iniquitie be in thine hand, put it farre away, and let no wickednesse dwell in thy Tabernacle.
כִּי־אָז ׀ תִּשָּׂא פָנֶיךָ מִמּוּם וְהָיִיתָ מֻצָק וְלֹא תִירָֽא׃ | 15 |
The truely shalt thou lift vp thy face without spot, and shalt be stable, and shalt not feare.
כִּֽי־אַתָּה עָמָל תִּשְׁכָּח כְּמַיִם עָבְרוּ תִזְכֹּֽר׃ | 16 |
But thou shalt forget thy miserie, and remember it as waters that are past.
וּֽמִצׇּהֳרַיִם יָקוּם חָלֶד תָּעֻפָה כַּבֹּקֶר תִּהְיֶֽה׃ | 17 |
Thine age also shall appeare more cleare then the noone day: thou shalt shine and bee as the morning.
וּֽבָטַחְתָּ כִּֽי־יֵשׁ תִּקְוָה וְחָפַרְתָּ לָבֶטַח תִּשְׁכָּֽב׃ | 18 |
And thou shalt bee bolde, because there is hope: and thou shalt digge pittes, and shalt lye downe safely.
וְֽרָבַצְתָּ וְאֵין מַחֲרִיד וְחִלּוּ פָנֶיךָ רַבִּֽים׃ | 19 |
For when thou takest thy rest, none shall make thee afraide: yea, many shall make sute vnto thee.
וְעֵינֵי רְשָׁעִים תִּכְלֶינָה וּמָנוֹס אָבַד מִנְהֶם וְתִקְוָתָם מַֽפַּֽח־נָֽפֶשׁ׃ | 20 |
But the eyes of the wicked shall faile, and their refuge shall perish, and their hope shalbe sorow of minde.