איוב 20
| וַיַּעַן צֹפַר הַֽנַּעֲמָתִי וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
Then Sophar the Naamathite answered, and said:
| לָכֵן שְׂעִפַּי יְשִׁיבוּנִי וּבַעֲבוּר חוּשִׁי בִֽי׃ | 2 |
Therefore various thoughts succeed one another in me, and my mind is hurried away to different things.
| מוּסַר כְּלִמָּתִי אֶשְׁמָע וְרוּחַ מִֽבִּינָתִי יַעֲנֵֽנִי׃ | 3 |
The doctrine with which thou reprovest me, I will hear, and the spirit of my understanding shall answer for me.
| הֲזֹאת יָדַעְתָּ מִנִּי־עַד מִנִּי שִׂים אָדָם עֲלֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃ | 4 |
This I know from the beginning, since man was placed upon the earth,
| כִּי רִנְנַת רְשָׁעִים מִקָּרוֹב וְשִׂמְחַת חָנֵף עֲדֵי־רָֽגַע׃ | 5 |
That the praise of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment.
| אִם־יַעֲלֶה לַשָּׁמַיִם שִׂיאוֹ וְרֹאשׁוֹ לָעָב יַגִּֽיעַ׃ | 6 |
If his pride mount up even to heaven, and his head touch the clouds:
| כְּֽגֶלְלוֹ לָנֶצַח יֹאבֵד רֹאָיו יֹאמְרוּ אַיּֽוֹ׃ | 7 |
In the end he shall be destroyed like a dunghill, and they that has seen him shall say: Where is he?
| כַּחֲלוֹם יָעוּף וְלֹא יִמְצָאוּהוּ וְיֻדַּד כְּחֶזְיוֹן לָֽיְלָה׃ | 8 |
As a dream that fleeth away he shall not be found, he shall pass as a vision of the night:
| עַיִן שְׁזָפַתּוּ וְלֹא תוֹסִיף וְלֹֽא־עוֹד תְּשׁוּרֶנּוּ מְקוֹמֽוֹ׃ | 9 |
The eyes that had seen him, shall see him no more, neither shall his place any more behold him.
| בָּנָיו יְרַצּוּ דַלִּים וְיָדָיו תָּשֵׁבְנָה אוֹנֽוֹ׃ | 10 |
His children shall be oppressed with want, and his hands shall render him his sorrow.
| עַצְמוֹתָיו מָלְאוּ עֲלוּמָו וְעִמּוֹ עַל־עָפָר תִּשְׁכָּֽב׃ | 11 |
His bones shall be filled with the vices of his youth, and they shall sleep with him in the dust.
| אִם־תַּמְתִּיק בְּפִיו רָעָה יַכְחִידֶנָּה תַּחַת לְשֹׁנֽוֹ׃ | 12 |
For when evil shall be sweet in his mouth, he will hide it under his tongue.
| יַחְמֹל עָלֶיהָ וְלֹא יַעַזְבֶנָּה וְיִמְנָעֶנָּה בְּתוֹךְ חִכּֽוֹ׃ | 13 |
He will spare it, and not leave it, and will hide it in his throat.
| לַחְמוֹ בְּמֵעָיו נֶהְפָּךְ מְרוֹרַת פְּתָנִים בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ׃ | 14 |
His bread in his belly shall be turned into the gall of asps within him.
| חַיִל בָּלַע וַיְקִאֶנּוּ מִבִּטְנוֹ יֹרִשֶׁנּוּ אֵֽל׃ | 15 |
The riches which he hath swallowed; he shall vomit up, and God shall draw them out of his belly.
| רֹאשׁ־פְּתָנִים יִינָק תַּהַרְגֵהוּ לְשׁוֹן אֶפְעֶֽה׃ | 16 |
He shall suck the head of asps, and the viper’s tongue shall kill him.
| אַל־יֵרֶא בִפְלַגּוֹת נַהֲרֵי נַחֲלֵי דְּבַשׁ וְחֶמְאָֽה׃ | 17 |
(Let him not see the streams of the river, the brooks of honey and of butter.)
| מֵשִׁיב יָגָע וְלֹא יִבְלָע כְּחֵיל תְּמוּרָתוֹ וְלֹא יַעֲלֹֽס׃ | 18 |
He shall be punished for all that he did, and yet shall not be consumed: according to the multitude of his devices so also shall he suffer.
| כִּֽי־רִצַּץ עָזַב דַּלִּים בַּיִת גָּזַל וְלֹא יִבְנֵֽהוּ׃ | 19 |
Because he broke in and stripped the poor: he hath violently taken away a house which he did not build.
| כִּי ׀ לֹא־יָדַע שָׁלֵו בְּבִטְנוֹ בַּחֲמוּדוֹ לֹא יְמַלֵּֽט׃ | 20 |
And yet his belly was not filled: and when he hath the things he coveted, he shall not be able to possess them.
| אֵין־שָׂרִיד לְאׇכְלוֹ עַל־כֵּן לֹא־יָחִיל טוּבֽוֹ׃ | 21 |
There was nothing left of his meat, and therefore nothing shall continue of his goods:
| בִּמְלֹאות שִׂפְקוֹ יֵצֶר לוֹ כׇּל־יַד עָמֵל תְּבֹאֶֽנּוּ׃ | 22 |
When he shall be filled, he shall be straitened, he shall burn, and every sorrow shall fall upon him.
| יְהִי ׀ לְמַלֵּא בִטְנוֹ יְֽשַׁלַּח־בּוֹ חֲרוֹן אַפּוֹ וְיַמְטֵר עָלֵימוֹ בִּלְחוּמֽוֹ׃ | 23 |
May his belly be filled, that God may send forth the wrath of his indignation upon him, and rain down his war upon him.
| יִבְרַח מִנֵּשֶׁק בַּרְזֶל תַּחְלְפֵהוּ קֶשֶׁת נְחוּשָֽׁה׃ | 24 |
He shall flee from weapons of iron, and shall fall upon a bow of brass.
| שָׁלַף וַיֵּצֵא מִגֵּוָה וּבָרָק מִֽמְּרֹרָתוֹ יַהֲלֹךְ עָלָיו אֵמִֽים׃ | 25 |
The sword is drawn out, and cometh forth from its scabbard, and glittereth in his bitterness: the terrible ones shall go and come upon him.
| כׇּל־חֹשֶׁךְ טָמוּן לִצְפּוּנָיו תְּאׇכְלֵהוּ אֵשׁ לֹא־נֻפָּח יֵרַע שָׂרִיד בְּאׇהֳלֽוֹ׃ | 26 |
All darkness is hid in his secret places: a fire that is not kindled shall devour him, he shall be afflicted when left in his tabernacle.
| יְגַלּוּ שָׁמַיִם עֲוֺנוֹ וְאֶרֶץ מִתְקוֹמָמָה לֽוֹ׃ | 27 |
The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.
| יִגֶל יְבוּל בֵּיתוֹ נִגָּרוֹת בְּיוֹם אַפּֽוֹ׃ | 28 |
The offspring of his house shall be exposed, he shall be pulled down in the day of God’s wrath.
| זֶה ׀ חֵלֶק־אָדָם רָשָׁע מֵאֱלֹהִים וְנַחֲלַת אִמְרוֹ מֵאֵֽל׃ | 29 |
This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the inheritance of his doings from the Lord.
