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 answer with useless 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 |
Indeed, you diminish respect for God; you obstruct devotion to him,
| כִּי יְאַלֵּף עֲוֺנְךָ פִיךָ וְתִבְחַר לְשׁוֹן עֲרוּמִֽים׃ | 5 |
for your iniquity teaches your mouth; you choose to have the tongue of a crafty man.
| יַרְשִׁיעֲךָ פִיךָ וְלֹא־אָנִי וּשְׂפָתֶיךָ יַעֲנוּ־בָֽךְ׃ | 6 |
Your own mouth condemns you, not mine; indeed, your own lips testify against you.
| הֲרִאישׁוֹן אָדָם תִּוָּלֵד וְלִפְנֵי גְבָעוֹת חוֹלָֽלְתָּ׃ | 7 |
Are you the first man that was born? Were you brought into existence before the hills?
| הַבְסוֹד אֱלוֹהַּ תִּשְׁמָע וְתִגְרַע אֵלֶיךָ חׇכְמָֽה׃ | 8 |
Have you heard the secret knowledge of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
| מַה־יָּדַעְתָּ וְלֹא נֵדָע תָּבִין וְֽלֹא־עִמָּנוּ הֽוּא׃ | 9 |
What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that is not also in us?
| גַּם־שָׂב גַּם־יָשִׁישׁ בָּנוּ כַּבִּיר מֵאָבִיךָ יָמִֽים׃ | 10 |
With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men who are much older than your father.
| הַמְעַט מִמְּךָ תַּנְחוּמוֹת אֵל וְדָבָר לָאַט עִמָּֽךְ׃ | 11 |
Are the consolations of God too small for you, the words that are gentle toward you?
| מַה־יִּקָּחֲךָ לִבֶּךָ וּֽמַה־יִּרְזְמוּן עֵינֶֽיךָ׃ | 12 |
Why does your heart carry you away? Why do your eyes flash,
| כִּֽי־תָשִׁיב אֶל־אֵל רוּחֶךָ וְהֹצֵאתָ מִפִּיךָ מִלִּֽין׃ | 13 |
so that you turn your spirit against God and bring out such words from your mouth?
| מָה־אֱנוֹשׁ כִּֽי־יִזְכֶּה וְכִי־יִצְדַּק יְלוּד אִשָּֽׁה׃ | 14 |
What is man that he should be clean? What is he who is born of a woman that he should be righteous?
| הֵן בִּקְדֹשָׁו לֹא יַאֲמִין וְשָׁמַיִם לֹא־זַכּוּ בְעֵינָֽיו׃ | 15 |
See, God puts no trust even in his holy ones; indeed, the heavens are not clean in his sight;
| אַף כִּי־נִתְעָב וְֽנֶאֱלָח אִישׁ־שֹׁתֶה כַמַּיִם עַוְלָֽה׃ | 16 |
how much less clean is one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!
| אֲחַוְךָ שְֽׁמַֽע־לִי וְזֶֽה־חָזִיתִי וַאֲסַפֵּֽרָה׃ | 17 |
I will show you; listen to me; I will announce to you the things I have seen,
| אֲשֶׁר־חֲכָמִים יַגִּידוּ וְלֹא כִחֲדוּ מֵאֲבוֹתָֽם׃ | 18 |
the things that wise men have passed down from their fathers, the things that their ancestors did not hide.
| לָהֶם לְבַדָּם נִתְּנָה הָאָרֶץ וְלֹא־עָבַר זָר בְּתוֹכָֽם׃ | 19 |
These were their ancestors, to whom alone the land was given, and among whom no stranger ever passed.
| כׇּל־יְמֵי רָשָׁע הוּא מִתְחוֹלֵל וּמִסְפַּר שָׁנִים נִצְפְּנוּ לֶעָרִֽיץ׃ | 20 |
The wicked man twists in pain all his days, the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor to suffer.
| קוֹל־פְּחָדִים בְּאׇזְנָיו בַּשָּׁלוֹם שׁוֹדֵד יְבוֹאֶֽנּוּ׃ | 21 |
A sound of terrors is in his ears; while he is in prosperity, the destroyer will come upon him.
| לֹא־יַאֲמִין שׁוּב מִנִּי־חֹשֶׁךְ (וצפו) [וְצָפוּי] הוּא אֱלֵי־חָֽרֶב׃ | 22 |
He does not think that he will return out of darkness; the sword waits for him.
| נֹדֵד הוּא לַלֶּחֶם אַיֵּה יָדַע ׀ כִּי־נָכוֹן בְּיָדוֹ יֽוֹם־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ | 23 |
He goes to various places for bread, saying, 'Where is it?' He knows that the day of darkness is at hand.
| יְֽבַעֲתֻהוּ צַר וּמְצוּקָה תִּתְקְפֵהוּ כְּמֶלֶךְ ׀ עָתִיד לַכִּידֽוֹר׃ | 24 |
Distress and anguish make him afraid; they prevail against him, as a king ready for battle.
| כִּֽי־נָטָה אֶל־אֵל יָדוֹ וְאֶל־שַׁדַּי יִתְגַּבָּֽר׃ | 25 |
Because he has reached out with his hand against God and has behaved proudly against the Almighty,
| יָרוּץ אֵלָיו בְּצַוָּאר בַּעֲבִי גַּבֵּי מָגִנָּֽיו׃ | 26 |
this wicked man runs at God with a stiff neck, with a thick shield.
| כִּֽי־כִסָּה פָנָיו בְּחֶלְבּוֹ וַיַּעַשׂ פִּימָה עֲלֵי־כָֽסֶל׃ | 27 |
This is true, even though he has covered his face with his fat and gathered fat on his loins,
| וַיִּשְׁכּוֹן ׀ עָרִים נִכְחָדוֹת בָּתִּים לֹא־יֵשְׁבוּ לָמוֹ אֲשֶׁר הִתְעַתְּדוּ לְגַלִּֽים׃ | 28 |
and has lived in desolate cities; in houses which no man inhabits now and which were ready to become heaps.
| לֹֽא־יֶעְשַׁר וְלֹא־יָקוּם חֵילוֹ וְלֹא־יִטֶּה לָאָרֶץ מִנְלָֽם׃ | 29 |
He will not be rich; his wealth will not last and his possessions will not spread over the land.
| לֹֽא־יָסוּר ׀ מִנִּי־חֹשֶׁךְ יֹנַקְתּוֹ תְּיַבֵּשׁ שַׁלְהָבֶת וְיָסוּר בְּרוּחַ פִּֽיו׃ | 30 |
He will not depart out of darkness; a flame will dry up his stalks; at the breath of God's mouth he will go away.
| אַל־יַאֲמֵן בַּשָּׁו נִתְעָה כִּי־שָׁוְא תִּהְיֶה תְמוּרָתֽוֹ׃ | 31 |
Let him not trust in useless things, deceiving himself; for uselessness will be his reward.
| בְּֽלֹא־יוֹמוֹ תִּמָּלֵא וְכִפָּתוֹ לֹא רַעֲנָֽנָה׃ | 32 |
It will happen before his time should come to die; his branch will not be green.
| יַחְמֹס כַּגֶּפֶן בִּסְרוֹ וְיַשְׁלֵךְ כַּזַּיִת נִצָּתֽוֹ׃ | 33 |
He will drop his unripe grapes like a grapevine; he will cast off his flowers like the olive tree.
| כִּֽי־עֲדַת חָנֵף גַּלְמוּד וְאֵשׁ אָכְלָה אׇהֳלֵי־שֹֽׁחַד׃ | 34 |
For the company of godless people will be barren; fire will consume their tents of bribery.
| הָרֹה עָמָל וְיָלֹֽד אָוֶן וּבִטְנָם תָּכִין מִרְמָֽה׃ | 35 |
They conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity; their womb conceives deceit.”
