איוב 19
| וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
Then answered Job, and said,
| עַד־אָנָה תּוֹגְיוּן נַפְשִׁי וּֽתְדַכּאוּנַנִי בְמִלִּֽים׃ | 2 |
How long will ye grieve 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 when ye show yourselves as strangers to me.
| וְאַף־אׇמְנָם שָׁגִיתִי אִתִּי תָּלִין מְשׁוּגָתִֽי׃ | 4 |
Yea, if it be indeed that I have erred, let my error remain with myself.
| אִם־אׇמְנָם עָלַי תַּגְדִּילוּ וְתוֹכִיחוּ עָלַי חֶרְפָּתִֽי׃ | 5 |
But if indeed ye wish to magnify yourselves above me, and to prove against me my disgrace:
| דְּֽעוּ־אֵפוֹ כִּֽי־אֱלוֹהַּ עִוְּתָנִי וּמְצוּדוֹ עָלַי הִקִּֽיף׃ | 6 |
Then know for certain that God hath bent me down, and hath laid his net all around me.
| הֵן אֶצְעַק חָמָס וְלֹא אֵעָנֶה אֲשַׁוַּע וְאֵין מִשְׁפָּֽט׃ | 7 |
Behold, I cry out concerning the violence [done me], but I am not answered: I entreat aloud, but there is no justice.
| אׇרְחִי גָדַר וְלֹא אֶעֱבוֹר וְעַל נְתִיבוֹתַי חֹשֶׁךְ יָשִֽׂים׃ | 8 |
My road hath he fenced up, so that I cannot pass out; and on my paths he placeth darkness.
| כְּבוֹדִי מֵעָלַי הִפְשִׁיט וַיָּסַר עֲטֶרֶת רֹאשִֽׁי׃ | 9 |
My glory hath he stripped from me, and removed the crown of my head.
| יִתְּצֵנִי סָבִיב וָאֵלַךְ וַיַּסַּע כָּעֵץ תִּקְוָתִֽי׃ | 10 |
He hath pulled me down on every side, and I am going hence; and he hath rooted up like a tree my hope.
| וַיַּחַר עָלַי אַפּוֹ וַיַּחְשְׁבֵנִי לוֹ כְצָרָֽיו׃ | 11 |
He hath also kindled against me his wrath, and he counteth me with himself as one of his adversaries.
| יַחַד ׀ יָבֹאוּ גְדוּדָיו וַיָּסֹלּוּ עָלַי דַּרְכָּם וַיַּחֲנוּ סָבִיב לְאׇהֳלִֽי׃ | 12 |
Altogether come on his troops, and make level against me their way, and encamp round about my tent.
| אַחַי מֵעָלַי הִרְחִיק וְיֹדְעַי אַךְ־זָרוּ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃ | 13 |
My brothers hath he removed far from me, and my acquaintance are entirely estranged from me.
| חָדְלוּ קְרוֹבָי וּֽמְיֻדָּעַי שְׁכֵחֽוּנִי׃ | 14 |
My near of kin have withdrawn, and those befriended by me have forgotten me.
| גָּרֵי בֵיתִי וְאַמְהֹתַי לְזָר תַּחְשְׁבֻנִי נׇכְרִי הָיִיתִי בְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃ | 15 |
Ye that sojourn in my house, and my maid-servants, regard me as a stranger: an alien am I become in their eyes.
| לְעַבְדִּי קָרָאתִי וְלֹא יַעֲנֶה בְּמוֹ־פִי אֶתְחַנֶּן־לֽוֹ׃ | 16 |
I call for my servant, but he will not answer, though I were to entreat him with my mouth.
| רוּחִי זָרָה לְאִשְׁתִּי וְחַנֹּתִי לִבְנֵי בִטְנִֽי׃ | 17 |
My breath is become nauseous to my wife, and my caressing, to the children of my own body.
| גַּם־עֲוִילִים מָאֲסוּ בִי אָקוּמָה וַיְדַבְּרוּ־בִֽי׃ | 18 |
Yea, children even despise me: I rise up, but they speak against me.
| תִּעֲבוּנִי כׇּל־מְתֵי סוֹדִי וְזֶה־אָהַבְתִּי נֶהְפְּכוּ־בִֽי׃ | 19 |
All that have had my confidence abominate me; and those whom I have loved are turned against me.
| בְּעוֹרִי וּבִבְשָׂרִי דָּבְקָה עַצְמִי וָאֶתְמַלְּטָה בְּעוֹר שִׁנָּֽי׃ | 20 |
To my skin and to my flesh my bones do cleave, and I must sustain myself with the gums of my teeth.
| חׇנֻּנִי חׇנֻּנִי אַתֶּם רֵעָי כִּי יַד־אֱלוֹהַּ נָגְעָה בִּֽי׃ | 21 |
Spare me, spare me, O ye, my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
| לָמָּה תִּרְדְּפֻנִי כְמוֹ־אֵל וּמִבְּשָׂרִי לֹא תִשְׂבָּֽעוּ׃ | 22 |
Why will ye persecute me as God [hath done], and will never be satisfied with my flesh?
| מִי־יִתֵּן אֵפוֹ וְיִכָּתְבוּן מִלָּי מִי־יִתֵּן בַּסֵּפֶר וְיֻחָֽקוּ׃ | 23 |
Oh who would but grant, that my words might be written down! oh who would grant that they were entered in a book!
| בְּעֵט־בַּרְזֶל וְעֹפָרֶת לָעַד בַּצּוּר יֵחָצְבֽוּן׃ | 24 |
That they were hewn with an iron pen and [blackened with] lead for eternity in the hard rock!
| וַאֲנִי יָדַעְתִּי גֹּאֲלִי חָי וְאַחֲרוֹן עַל־עָפָר יָקֽוּם׃ | 25 |
And well I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he will remain as the last after the creatures of the dust [are passed away];
| וְאַחַר עוֹרִי נִקְּפוּ־זֹאת וּמִבְּשָׂרִי אֶחֱזֶה אֱלֽוֹהַּ׃ | 26 |
And after my skin is cut to pieces will this be: and then freed from my body shall I behold God;
| אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי ׀ אֶחֱזֶה־לִּי וְעֵינַי רָאוּ וְלֹא־זָר כָּלוּ כִלְיֹתַי בְּחֵקִֽי׃ | 27 |
Whom I shall myself behold to my happiness, and whom my eyes will see, and not as a stranger, [when even] my reins are consumed within my bosom.
| כִּי תֹאמְרוּ מַה־נִּרְדׇּף־לוֹ וְשֹׁרֶשׁ דָּבָר נִמְצָא־בִֽי׃ | 28 |
But if ye should say, How will we pursue him? seeing the root of the matter is found in me:
| גּוּרוּ לָכֶם ׀ מִפְּנֵי־חֶרֶב כִּֽי־חֵמָה עֲוֺנוֹת חָרֶב לְמַעַן תֵּדְעוּן (שדין) [שַׁדּֽוּן]׃ | 29 |
Then have dread for yourselves of the sword; for the wrath [which ye excite] is an iniquity that bringeth the sword; in order that ye may know there is one that judgeth [in the world].
