איוב 15
| וַיַּעַן אֱלִיפַז הַֽתֵּימָנִי וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
| הֶחָכָם יַעֲנֶה דַעַת־רוּחַ וִימַלֵּא קָדִים בִּטְנֽוֹ׃ | 2 |
Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
| הוֹכֵחַ בְּדָבָר לֹא יִסְכּוֹן וּמִלִּים לֹא־יוֹעִיל בָּֽם׃ | 3 |
Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
| אַף־אַתָּה תָּפֵר יִרְאָה וְתִגְרַע שִׂיחָה לִפְנֵי־אֵֽל׃ | 4 |
Yea, thou doest away with fear, and restrainest devotion before God.
| כִּי יְאַלֵּף עֲוֺנְךָ פִיךָ וְתִבְחַר לְשׁוֹן עֲרוּמִֽים׃ | 5 |
For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
| יַרְשִׁיעֲךָ פִיךָ וְלֹא־אָנִי וּשְׂפָתֶיךָ יַעֲנוּ־בָֽךְ׃ | 6 |
Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
| הֲרִאישׁוֹן אָדָם תִּוָּלֵד וְלִפְנֵי גְבָעוֹת חוֹלָֽלְתָּ׃ | 7 |
Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou brought forth before the hills?
| הַבְסוֹד אֱלוֹהַּ תִּשְׁמָע וְתִגְרַע אֵלֶיךָ חׇכְמָֽה׃ | 8 |
Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
| מַה־יָּדַעְתָּ וְלֹא נֵדָע תָּבִין וְֽלֹא־עִמָּנוּ הֽוּא׃ | 9 |
What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?
| גַּם־שָׂב גַּם־יָשִׁישׁ בָּנוּ כַּבִּיר מֵאָבִיךָ יָמִֽים׃ | 10 |
With us are both the grayheaded and the very aged men, much elder than thy father.
| הַמְעַט מִמְּךָ תַּנְחוּמוֹת אֵל וְדָבָר לָאַט עִמָּֽךְ׃ | 11 |
Are the consolations of God too small for thee, and the word [that dealeth] gently with thee?
| מַה־יִּקָּחֲךָ לִבֶּךָ וּֽמַה־יִּרְזְמוּן עֵינֶֽיךָ׃ | 12 |
Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and why do thine eyes wink?
| כִּֽי־תָשִׁיב אֶל־אֵל רוּחֶךָ וְהֹצֵאתָ מִפִּיךָ מִלִּֽין׃ | 13 |
That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest [such] 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 which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
| הֵן בִּקְדֹשָׁו לֹא יַאֲמִין וְשָׁמַיִם לֹא־זַכּוּ בְעֵינָֽיו׃ | 15 |
Behold, he putteth 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 that is abominable and corrupt, a man that drinketh iniquity like water!
| אֲחַוְךָ שְֽׁמַֽע־לִי וְזֶֽה־חָזִיתִי וַאֲסַפֵּֽרָה׃ | 17 |
I will shew 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 |
Unto 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 travaileth 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 spoiler shall come upon him:
| לֹא־יַאֲמִין שׁוּב מִנִּי־חֹשֶׁךְ (וצפו) [וְצָפוּי] הוּא אֱלֵי־חָֽרֶב׃ | 22 |
He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword:
| נֹדֵד הוּא לַלֶּחֶם אַיֵּה יָדַע ׀ כִּי־נָכוֹן בְּיָדוֹ יֽוֹם־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ | 23 |
He wandereth abroad for bread, [saying], Where is it? he knoweth 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 hath stretched out his hand against God, and behaveth himself proudly against the Almighty;
| יָרוּץ אֵלָיו בְּצַוָּאר בַּעֲבִי גַּבֵּי מָגִנָּֽיו׃ | 26 |
He runneth upon him with a [stiff] neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers:
| כִּֽי־כִסָּה פָנָיו בְּחֶלְבּוֹ וַיַּעַשׂ פִּימָה עֲלֵי־כָֽסֶל׃ | 27 |
Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, and made collops of fat on his flanks;
| וַיִּשְׁכּוֹן ׀ עָרִים נִכְחָדוֹת בָּתִּים לֹא־יֵשְׁבוּ לָמוֹ אֲשֶׁר הִתְעַתְּדוּ לְגַלִּֽים׃ | 28 |
And he hath 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 produce bend to 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 his mouth shall he go away.
| אַל־יַאֲמֵן בַּשָּׁו נִתְעָה כִּי־שָׁוְא תִּהְיֶה תְמוּרָתֽוֹ׃ | 31 |
Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself: for vanity shall be his recompence.
| 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.
| כִּֽי־עֲדַת חָנֵף גַּלְמוּד וְאֵשׁ אָכְלָה אׇהֳלֵי־שֹֽׁחַד׃ | 34 |
For the company of the godless 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 belly prepareth deceit.
