איוב 19
| וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
Then Job answered and said:
| עַד־אָנָה תּוֹגְיוּן נַפְשִׁי וּֽתְדַכּאוּנַנִי בְמִלִּֽים׃ | 2 |
How long will ye vex my soul, and crush me with words?
| זֶה עֶשֶׂר פְּעָמִים תַּכְלִימוּנִי לֹֽא־תֵבֹשׁוּ תַּהְכְּרוּ־לִֽי׃ | 3 |
These ten times have ye reproached me; ye are not ashamed that ye deal harshly with me.
| וְאַף־אׇמְנָם שָׁגִיתִי אִתִּי תָּלִין מְשׁוּגָתִֽי׃ | 4 |
And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
| אִם־אׇמְנָם עָלַי תַּגְדִּילוּ וְתוֹכִיחוּ עָלַי חֶרְפָּתִֽי׃ | 5 |
If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach;
| דְּֽעוּ־אֵפוֹ כִּֽי־אֱלוֹהַּ עִוְּתָנִי וּמְצוּדוֹ עָלַי הִקִּֽיף׃ | 6 |
Know now that God hath subverted my cause, and hath compassed me with His net.
| הֵן אֶצְעַק חָמָס וְלֹא אֵעָנֶה אֲשַׁוַּע וְאֵין מִשְׁפָּֽט׃ | 7 |
Behold, I cry out: 'Violence!' but I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no justice.
| אׇרְחִי גָדַר וְלֹא אֶעֱבוֹר וְעַל נְתִיבוֹתַי חֹשֶׁךְ יָשִֽׂים׃ | 8 |
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and hath set darkness in my paths.
| כְּבוֹדִי מֵעָלַי הִפְשִׁיט וַיָּסַר עֲטֶרֶת רֹאשִֽׁי׃ | 9 |
He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
| יִתְּצֵנִי סָבִיב וָאֵלַךְ וַיַּסַּע כָּעֵץ תִּקְוָתִֽי׃ | 10 |
He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone; and my hope hath He plucked up like a tree.
| וַיַּחַר עָלַי אַפּוֹ וַיַּחְשְׁבֵנִי לוֹ כְצָרָֽיו׃ | 11 |
He hath also kindled His wrath against me, and He counteth me unto Him as one of His adversaries.
| יַחַד ׀ יָבֹאוּ גְדוּדָיו וַיָּסֹלּוּ עָלַי דַּרְכָּם וַיַּחֲנוּ סָבִיב לְאׇהֳלִֽי׃ | 12 |
His troops come on together, and cast up their way against me, and encamp round about my tent.
| אַחַי מֵעָלַי הִרְחִיק וְיֹדְעַי אַךְ־זָרוּ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃ | 13 |
He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.
| חָדְלוּ קְרוֹבָי וּֽמְיֻדָּעַי שְׁכֵחֽוּנִי׃ | 14 |
My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
| גָּרֵי בֵיתִי וְאַמְהֹתַי לְזָר תַּחְשְׁבֻנִי נׇכְרִי הָיִיתִי בְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃ | 15 |
They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger; I am become an alien in their sight.
| לְעַבְדִּי קָרָאתִי וְלֹא יַעֲנֶה בְּמוֹ־פִי אֶתְחַנֶּן־לֽוֹ׃ | 16 |
I call unto my servant, and he giveth me no answer, though I entreat him with my mouth.
| רוּחִי זָרָה לְאִשְׁתִּי וְחַנֹּתִי לִבְנֵי בִטְנִֽי׃ | 17 |
My breath is abhorred of my wife, and I am loathsome to the children of my tribe.
| גַּם־עֲוִילִים מָאֲסוּ בִי אָקוּמָה וַיְדַבְּרוּ־בִֽי׃ | 18 |
Even urchins despised me; if I arise, they speak against me.
| תִּעֲבוּנִי כׇּל־מְתֵי סוֹדִי וְזֶה־אָהַבְתִּי נֶהְפְּכוּ־בִֽי׃ | 19 |
All my intimate friends abhor me; and they whom I loved are turned against me.
| בְּעוֹרִי וּבִבְשָׂרִי דָּבְקָה עַצְמִי וָאֶתְמַלְּטָה בְּעוֹר שִׁנָּֽי׃ | 20 |
My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
| חׇנֻּנִי חׇנֻּנִי אַתֶּם רֵעָי כִּי יַד־אֱלוֹהַּ נָגְעָה בִּֽי׃ | 21 |
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
| לָמָּה תִּרְדְּפֻנִי כְמוֹ־אֵל וּמִבְּשָׂרִי לֹא תִשְׂבָּֽעוּ׃ | 22 |
Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
| מִי־יִתֵּן אֵפוֹ וְיִכָּתְבוּן מִלָּי מִי־יִתֵּן בַּסֵּפֶר וְיֻחָֽקוּ׃ | 23 |
Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
| בְּעֵט־בַּרְזֶל וְעֹפָרֶת לָעַד בַּצּוּר יֵחָצְבֽוּן׃ | 24 |
That with an iron pen and lead they were graven in the rock for ever!
| וַאֲנִי יָדַעְתִּי גֹּאֲלִי חָי וְאַחֲרוֹן עַל־עָפָר יָקֽוּם׃ | 25 |
But as for me, I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that He will witness at the last upon the dust;
| וְאַחַר עוֹרִי נִקְּפוּ־זֹאת וּמִבְּשָׂרִי אֶחֱזֶה אֱלֽוֹהַּ׃ | 26 |
And when after my skin this is destroyed, then without my flesh shall I see God;
| אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי ׀ אֶחֱזֶה־לִּי וְעֵינַי רָאוּ וְלֹא־זָר כָּלוּ כִלְיֹתַי בְּחֵקִֽי׃ | 27 |
Whom I, even I, shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another's. My reins are consumed within me.
| כִּי תֹאמְרוּ מַה־נִּרְדׇּף־לוֹ וְשֹׁרֶשׁ דָּבָר נִמְצָא־בִֽי׃ | 28 |
If ye say: 'How we will persecute him!' seeing that the root of the matter is found in me;
| גּוּרוּ לָכֶם ׀ מִפְּנֵי־חֶרֶב כִּֽי־חֵמָה עֲוֺנוֹת חָרֶב לְמַעַן תֵּדְעוּן (שדין) [שַׁדּֽוּן]׃ | 29 |
Be ye afraid of the sword; for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
