< איוב 18 >
וַיַּעַן בִּלְדַּד הַשֻּׁחִי וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
And Bildad the Shuhite answereth and saith: —
עַד־אָנָה ׀ תְּשִׂימוּן קִנְצֵי לְמִלִּין תָּבִינוּ וְאַחַר נְדַבֵּֽר׃ | 2 |
When do ye set an end to words? Consider ye, and afterwards do we speak.
מַדּוּעַ נֶחְשַׁבְנוּ כַבְּהֵמָה נִטְמִינוּ בְּעֵינֵיכֶֽם׃ | 3 |
Wherefore have we been reckoned as cattle? We have been defiled in your eyes!
טֹרֵף נַפְשׁוֹ בְּאַפּוֹ הַֽלְמַעַנְךָ תֵּעָזַב אָרֶץ וְיֶעְתַּק־צוּר מִמְּקֹמֽוֹ׃ | 4 |
(He is tearing himself in his anger.) For thy sake is earth forsaken? And removed is a rock from its place?
גַּם אוֹר רְשָׁעִים יִדְעָךְ וְלֹא־יִגַּהּ שְׁבִיב אִשּֽׁוֹ׃ | 5 |
Also, the light of the wicked is extinguished. And there doth not shine a spark of his fire.
אוֹר חָשַׁךְ בְּאׇהֳלוֹ וְנֵרוֹ עָלָיו יִדְעָֽךְ׃ | 6 |
The light hath been dark in his tent, And his lamp over him is extinguished.
יֵצְרוּ צַעֲדֵי אוֹנוֹ וְֽתַשְׁלִיכֵהוּ עֲצָתֽוֹ׃ | 7 |
Straitened are the steps of his strength, And cast him down doth his own counsel.
כִּֽי־שֻׁלַּח בְּרֶשֶׁת בְּרַגְלָיו וְעַל־שְׂבָכָה יִתְהַלָּֽךְ׃ | 8 |
For he is sent into a net by his own feet, And on a snare he doth walk habitually.
יֹאחֵז בְּעָקֵב פָּח יַחֲזֵק עָלָיו צַמִּֽים׃ | 9 |
Seize on the heel doth a gin, Prevail over him do the designing.
טָמוּן בָּאָרֶץ חַבְלוֹ וּמַלְכֻּדְתּוֹ עֲלֵי נָתִֽיב׃ | 10 |
Hidden in the earth is his cord, And his trap on the path.
סָבִיב בִּעֲתֻהוּ בַלָּהוֹת וֶהֱפִיצֻהוּ לְרַגְלָֽיו׃ | 11 |
Round about terrified him have terrors, And they have scattered him — at his feet.
יְהִֽי־רָעֵב אֹנוֹ וְאֵיד נָכוֹן לְצַלְעֽוֹ׃ | 12 |
Hungry is his sorrow, And calamity is ready at his side.
יֹאכַל בַּדֵּי עוֹרוֹ יֹאכַל בַּדָּיו בְּכוֹר מָֽוֶת׃ | 13 |
It consumeth the parts of his skin, Consume his parts doth death's first-born.
יִנָּתֵק מֵאׇהֳלוֹ מִבְטַחוֹ וְתַצְעִדֵהוּ לְמֶלֶךְ בַּלָּהֽוֹת׃ | 14 |
Drawn from his tent is his confidence, And it causeth him to step to the king of terrors.
תִּשְׁכּוֹן בְּאׇהֳלוֹ מִבְּלִילוֹ יְזֹרֶה עַל־נָוֵהוּ גׇפְרִֽית׃ | 15 |
It dwelleth in his tent — out of his provender, Scattered over his habitation is sulphur.
מִתַּחַת שׇׁרָשָׁיו יִבָשׁוּ וּמִמַּעַל יִמַּל קְצִירֽוֹ׃ | 16 |
From beneath his roots are dried up, And from above cut off is his crop.
זִֽכְרוֹ־אָבַד מִנִּי־אָרֶץ וְלֹא־שֵׁם לוֹ עַל־פְּנֵי־חֽוּץ׃ | 17 |
His memorial hath perished from the land, And he hath no name on the street.
יֶהְדְּפֻהוּ מֵאוֹר אֶל־חֹשֶׁךְ וּֽמִתֵּבֵל יְנִדֻּֽהוּ׃ | 18 |
They thrust him from light unto darkness, And from the habitable earth cast him out.
לֹא נִין לוֹ וְלֹא־נֶכֶד בְּעַמּוֹ וְאֵין שָׂרִיד בִּמְגוּרָֽיו׃ | 19 |
He hath no continuator, Nor successor among his people, And none is remaining in his dwellings.
עַל־יוֹמוֹ נָשַׁמּוּ אַחֲרֹנִים וְקַדְמֹנִים אָחֲזוּ שָֽׂעַר׃ | 20 |
At this day westerns have been astonished And easterns have taken fright.
אַךְ־אֵלֶּה מִשְׁכְּנוֹת עַוָּל וְזֶה מְקוֹם לֹֽא־יָדַֽע־אֵֽל׃ | 21 |
Only these [are] tabernacles of the perverse, And this the place God hath not known.