איוב 15
| וַיַּעַן אֱלִיפַז הַֽתֵּימָנִי וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and said,
| הֶחָכָם יַעֲנֶה דַעַת־רוּחַ וִימַלֵּא קָדִים בִּטְנֽוֹ׃ | 2 |
Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?
| הוֹכֵחַ בְּדָבָר לֹא יִסְכּוֹן וּמִלִּים לֹא־יוֹעִיל בָּֽם׃ | 3 |
Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches with which he can do no good?
| אַף־אַתָּה תָּפֵר יִרְאָה וְתִגְרַע שִׂיחָה לִפְנֵי־אֵֽל׃ | 4 |
Yea, thou do away with fear, and hinder devotion before God.
| כִּי יְאַלֵּף עֲוֺנְךָ פִיךָ וְתִבְחַר לְשׁוֹן עֲרוּמִֽים׃ | 5 |
For thine iniquity teaches thy mouth. And thou choose the tongue of the crafty.
| יַרְשִׁיעֲךָ פִיךָ וְלֹא־אָנִי וּשְׂפָתֶיךָ יַעֲנוּ־בָֽךְ׃ | 6 |
Thine own mouth condemns thee, and not I. Yes, thine own lips testify against thee.
| הֲרִאישׁוֹן אָדָם תִּוָּלֵד וְלִפְנֵי גְבָעוֹת חוֹלָֽלְתָּ׃ | 7 |
Are thou the first man who was born? Or were thou brought forth before the hills?
| הַבְסוֹד אֱלוֹהַּ תִּשְׁמָע וְתִגְרַע אֵלֶיךָ חׇכְמָֽה׃ | 8 |
Have thou heard the secret counsel of God? And do thou limit wisdom to thyself?
| מַה־יָּדַעְתָּ וְלֹא נֵדָע תָּבִין וְֽלֹא־עִמָּנוּ הֽוּא׃ | 9 |
What do thou know, that we do not know? What do thou understand, which is not in us?
| גַּם־שָׂב גַּם־יָשִׁישׁ בָּנוּ כַּבִּיר מֵאָבִיךָ יָמִֽים׃ | 10 |
With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much older than thy father.
| הַמְעַט מִמְּךָ תַּנְחוּמוֹת אֵל וְדָבָר לָאַט עִמָּֽךְ׃ | 11 |
Are the consolations of God too small for thee, even the word that is gentle toward thee?
| מַה־יִּקָּחֲךָ לִבֶּךָ וּֽמַה־יִּרְזְמוּן עֵינֶֽיךָ׃ | 12 |
Why does thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes flash,
| כִּֽי־תָשִׁיב אֶל־אֵל רוּחֶךָ וְהֹצֵאתָ מִפִּיךָ מִלִּֽין׃ | 13 |
that against God thou turn thy spirit, and let words go out of thy mouth?
| מָה־אֱנוֹשׁ כִּֽי־יִזְכֶּה וְכִי־יִצְדַּק יְלוּד אִשָּֽׁה׃ | 14 |
What is man, that he should be clean? And he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
| הֵן בִּקְדֹשָׁו לֹא יַאֲמִין וְשָׁמַיִם לֹא־זַכּוּ בְעֵינָֽיו׃ | 15 |
Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones. Yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
| אַף כִּי־נִתְעָב וְֽנֶאֱלָח אִישׁ־שֹׁתֶה כַמַּיִם עַוְלָֽה׃ | 16 |
How much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!
| אֲחַוְךָ שְֽׁמַֽע־לִי וְזֶֽה־חָזִיתִי וַאֲסַפֵּֽרָה׃ | 17 |
I will show thee. Hear thou me, and that which I have seen I will declare,
| אֲשֶׁר־חֲכָמִים יַגִּידוּ וְלֹא כִחֲדוּ מֵאֲבוֹתָֽם׃ | 18 |
which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it,
| לָהֶם לְבַדָּם נִתְּנָה הָאָרֶץ וְלֹא־עָבַר זָר בְּתוֹכָֽם׃ | 19 |
to whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them:
| כׇּל־יְמֵי רָשָׁע הוּא מִתְחוֹלֵל וּמִסְפַּר שָׁנִים נִצְפְּנוּ לֶעָרִֽיץ׃ | 20 |
The wicked man travails with pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
| קוֹל־פְּחָדִים בְּאׇזְנָיו בַּשָּׁלוֹם שׁוֹדֵד יְבוֹאֶֽנּוּ׃ | 21 |
A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
| לֹא־יַאֲמִין שׁוּב מִנִּי־חֹשֶׁךְ (וצפו) [וְצָפוּי] הוּא אֱלֵי־חָֽרֶב׃ | 22 |
He does not believe that he shall return out of darkness. And he is awaited by the sword.
| נֹדֵד הוּא לַלֶּחֶם אַיֵּה יָדַע ׀ כִּי־נָכוֹן בְּיָדוֹ יֽוֹם־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ | 23 |
He wanders abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
| יְֽבַעֲתֻהוּ צַר וּמְצוּקָה תִּתְקְפֵהוּ כְּמֶלֶךְ ׀ עָתִיד לַכִּידֽוֹר׃ | 24 |
Distress and anguish make him afraid. They prevail against him as a king ready to the battle.
| כִּֽי־נָטָה אֶל־אֵל יָדוֹ וְאֶל־שַׁדַּי יִתְגַּבָּֽר׃ | 25 |
Because he has stretched out his hand against God, and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty.
| יָרוּץ אֵלָיו בְּצַוָּאר בַּעֲבִי גַּבֵּי מָגִנָּֽיו׃ | 26 |
He runs upon him with a stiff neck, with the thick studs of his bucklers,
| כִּֽי־כִסָּה פָנָיו בְּחֶלְבּוֹ וַיַּעַשׂ פִּימָה עֲלֵי־כָֽסֶל׃ | 27 |
because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat upon his loins.
| וַיִּשְׁכּוֹן ׀ עָרִים נִכְחָדוֹת בָּתִּים לֹא־יֵשְׁבוּ לָמוֹ אֲשֶׁר הִתְעַתְּדוּ לְגַלִּֽים׃ | 28 |
And he has dwelt in desolate cities, in houses which no man inhabited, which were ready to become heaps.
| לֹֽא־יֶעְשַׁר וְלֹא־יָקוּם חֵילוֹ וְלֹא־יִטֶּה לָאָרֶץ מִנְלָֽם׃ | 29 |
He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.
| לֹֽא־יָסוּר ׀ מִנִּי־חֹשֶׁךְ יֹנַקְתּוֹ תְּיַבֵּשׁ שַׁלְהָבֶת וְיָסוּר בְּרוּחַ פִּֽיו׃ | 30 |
He shall not depart out of darkness. The flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of God's mouth he shall go away.
| אַל־יַאֲמֵן בַּשָּׁו נִתְעָה כִּי־שָׁוְא תִּהְיֶה תְמוּרָתֽוֹ׃ | 31 |
Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself. For vanity shall be his recompense.
| בְּֽלֹא־יוֹמוֹ תִּמָּלֵא וְכִפָּתוֹ לֹא רַעֲנָֽנָה׃ | 32 |
It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
| יַחְמֹס כַּגֶּפֶן בִּסְרוֹ וְיַשְׁלֵךְ כַּזַּיִת נִצָּתֽוֹ׃ | 33 |
He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive tree.
| כִּֽי־עֲדַת חָנֵף גַּלְמוּד וְאֵשׁ אָכְלָה אׇהֳלֵי־שֹֽׁחַד׃ | 34 |
For the company of the hypocrites shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
| הָרֹה עָמָל וְיָלֹֽד אָוֶן וּבִטְנָם תָּכִין מִרְמָֽה׃ | 35 |
They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their heart prepares deceit.
