< איוב 13 >
הֶן־כֹּל רָאֲתָה עֵינִי שָֽׁמְעָה אׇזְנִי וַתָּבֶן לָֽהּ׃ | 1 |
Lo, my eye hath seen all [this], my ear hath heard and understood it.
כְּֽדַעְתְּכֶם יָדַעְתִּי גַם־אָנִי לֹֽא־נֹפֵל אָנֹכִי מִכֶּֽם׃ | 2 |
What ye know, [the same] do I know also: I [am] not inferior to you.
אוּלָם אֲנִי אֶל־שַׁדַּי אֲדַבֵּר וְהוֹכֵחַ אֶל־אֵל אֶחְפָּֽץ׃ | 3 |
Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
וְֽאוּלָם אַתֶּם טֹפְלֵי־שָׁקֶר רֹפְאֵי אֱלִל כֻּלְּכֶֽם׃ | 4 |
But ye [are] forgers of lies, ye [are] all physicians of no value.
מִי־יִתֵּן הַחֲרֵשׁ תַּחֲרִישׁוּן וּתְהִי לָכֶם לְחׇכְמָֽה׃ | 5 |
O that ye would altogether hold your peace and it would be your wisdom.
שִׁמְעוּ־נָא תוֹכַחְתִּי וְרִבוֹת שְׂפָתַי הַקְשִֽׁיבוּ׃ | 6 |
Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
הַלְאֵל תְּדַבְּרוּ עַוְלָה וְלוֹ תְּֽדַבְּרוּ רְמִיָּֽה׃ | 7 |
Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
הֲפָנָיו תִּשָּׂאוּן אִם־לָאֵל תְּרִיבֽוּן׃ | 8 |
Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
הֲטוֹב כִּֽי־יַחְקֹר אֶתְכֶם אִם־כְּהָתֵל בֶּאֱנוֹשׁ תְּהָתֵלּוּ בֽוֹ׃ | 9 |
Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye [so] mock him?
הוֹכֵחַ יוֹכִיחַ אֶתְכֶם אִם־בַּסֵּתֶר פָּנִים תִּשָּׂאֽוּן׃ | 10 |
He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.
הֲלֹא שְׂאֵתוֹ תְּבַעֵת אֶתְכֶם וּפַחְדּוֹ יִפֹּל עֲלֵיכֶֽם׃ | 11 |
Shall not his excellence make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?
זִֽכְרֹנֵיכֶם מִשְׁלֵי־אֵפֶר לְגַבֵּי־חֹמֶר גַּבֵּיכֶֽם׃ | 12 |
Your remembrances [are] like to ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.
הַחֲרִישׁוּ מִמֶּנִּי וַאֲדַבְּרָה־אָנִי וְיַעֲבֹר עָלַי מָֽה׃ | 13 |
Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what [will].
עַל־מָה ׀ אֶשָּׂא בְשָׂרִי בְשִׁנָּי וְנַפְשִׁי אָשִׂים בְּכַפִּֽי׃ | 14 |
Why do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?
הֵן יִקְטְלֵנִי (לא) [לוֹ] אֲיַחֵל אַךְ־דְּרָכַי אֶל־פָּנָיו אוֹכִֽיחַ׃ | 15 |
Though he shall slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain my own ways before him.
גַּם־הוּא־לִי לִישׁוּעָה כִּי־לֹא לְפָנָיו חָנֵף יָבֽוֹא׃ | 16 |
He also [shall be] my salvation: for a hypocrite shall not come before him.
שִׁמְעוּ שָׁמוֹעַ מִלָּתִי וְאַחֲוָתִי בְּאׇזְנֵיכֶֽם׃ | 17 |
Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.
הִנֵּה־נָא עָרַכְתִּי מִשְׁפָּט יָדַעְתִּי כִּי־אֲנִי אֶצְדָּֽק׃ | 18 |
Behold now, I have ordered [my] cause; I know that I shall be justified.
מִי־הוּא יָרִיב עִמָּדִי כִּֽי־עַתָּה אַחֲרִישׁ וְאֶגְוָֽע׃ | 19 |
Who [is] he [that] will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall expire.
אַךְ־שְׁתַּיִם אַל־תַּעַשׂ עִמָּדִי אָז מִפָּנֶיךָ לֹא אֶסָּתֵֽר׃ | 20 |
Only do not two [things] to me: then will I not hide myself from thee.
כַּפְּךָ מֵעָלַי הַרְחַק וְאֵמָתְךָ אַֽל־תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי׃ | 21 |
Withdraw thy hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.
וּקְרָא וְאָנֹכִי אֶעֱנֶה אֽוֹ־אֲדַבֵּר וַהֲשִׁיבֵֽנִי׃ | 22 |
Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.
כַּמָּה לִי עֲוֺנוֹת וְחַטָּאוֹת פִּֽשְׁעִי וְחַטָּאתִי הֹדִיעֵֽנִי׃ | 23 |
How many [are] my iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.
לָֽמָּה־פָנֶיךָ תַסְתִּיר וְתַחְשְׁבֵנִי לְאוֹיֵב לָֽךְ׃ | 24 |
Why hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thy enemy?
הֶעָלֶה נִדָּף תַּעֲרוֹץ וְאֶת־קַשׁ יָבֵשׁ תִּרְדֹּֽף׃ | 25 |
Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
כִּֽי־תִכְתֹּב עָלַי מְרֹרוֹת וְתוֹרִישֵׁנִי עֲוֺנוֹת נְעוּרָֽי׃ | 26 |
For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
וְתָשֵׂם בַּסַּד ׀ רַגְלַי וְתִשְׁמוֹר כׇּל־אׇרְחוֹתָי עַל־שׇׁרְשֵׁי רַגְלַי תִּתְחַקֶּֽה׃ | 27 |
Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly to all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.
וְהוּא כְּרָקָב יִבְלֶה כְּבֶגֶד אֲכָלוֹ עָֽשׁ׃ | 28 |
And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth-eaten.