איוב 20
| וַיַּעַן צֹפַר הַֽנַּעֲמָתִי וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,
| לָכֵן שְׂעִפַּי יְשִׁיבוּנִי וּבַעֲבוּר חוּשִׁי בִֽי׃ | 2 |
"Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, even by reason of my haste that is in me.
| מוּסַר כְּלִמָּתִי אֶשְׁמָע וְרוּחַ מִֽבִּינָתִי יַעֲנֵֽנִי׃ | 3 |
I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame. The spirit of my understanding answers me.
| הֲזֹאת יָדַעְתָּ מִנִּי־עַד מִנִּי שִׂים אָדָם עֲלֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃ | 4 |
Do you not know this from old time, since humankind was placed on earth,
| כִּי רִנְנַת רְשָׁעִים מִקָּרוֹב וְשִׂמְחַת חָנֵף עֲדֵי־רָֽגַע׃ | 5 |
that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?
| אִם־יַעֲלֶה לַשָּׁמַיִם שִׂיאוֹ וְרֹאשׁוֹ לָעָב יַגִּֽיעַ׃ | 6 |
Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds,
| כְּֽגֶלְלוֹ לָנֶצַח יֹאבֵד רֹאָיו יֹאמְרוּ אַיּֽוֹ׃ | 7 |
yet he shall perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him shall say, 'Where is he?'
| כַּחֲלוֹם יָעוּף וְלֹא יִמְצָאוּהוּ וְיֻדַּד כְּחֶזְיוֹן לָֽיְלָה׃ | 8 |
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found. Yes, he shall be chased away like a vision of the night.
| עַיִן שְׁזָפַתּוּ וְלֹא תוֹסִיף וְלֹֽא־עוֹד תְּשׁוּרֶנּוּ מְקוֹמֽוֹ׃ | 9 |
The eye which saw him shall see him no more, neither shall his place any more see him.
| בָּנָיו יְרַצּוּ דַלִּים וְיָדָיו תָּשֵׁבְנָה אוֹנֽוֹ׃ | 10 |
His children shall seek the favor of the poor. His hands shall give back his wealth.
| עַצְמוֹתָיו מָלְאוּ עֲלוּמָו וְעִמּוֹ עַל־עָפָר תִּשְׁכָּֽב׃ | 11 |
His bones are full of his youth, but youth shall lie down with him in the dust.
| אִם־תַּמְתִּיק בְּפִיו רָעָה יַכְחִידֶנָּה תַּחַת לְשֹׁנֽוֹ׃ | 12 |
"Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue,
| יַחְמֹל עָלֶיהָ וְלֹא יַעַזְבֶנָּה וְיִמְנָעֶנָּה בְּתוֹךְ חִכּֽוֹ׃ | 13 |
though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth;
| לַחְמוֹ בְּמֵעָיו נֶהְפָּךְ מְרוֹרַת פְּתָנִים בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ׃ | 14 |
yet his food in his bowels is turned. It is cobra venom within him.
| חַיִל בָּלַע וַיְקִאֶנּוּ מִבִּטְנוֹ יֹרִשֶׁנּוּ אֵֽל׃ | 15 |
He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly.
| רֹאשׁ־פְּתָנִים יִינָק תַּהַרְגֵהוּ לְשׁוֹן אֶפְעֶֽה׃ | 16 |
He shall suck cobra venom. The viper's tongue shall kill him.
| אַל־יֵרֶא בִפְלַגּוֹת נַהֲרֵי נַחֲלֵי דְּבַשׁ וְחֶמְאָֽה׃ | 17 |
He shall not look at the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter.
| מֵשִׁיב יָגָע וְלֹא יִבְלָע כְּחֵיל תְּמוּרָתוֹ וְלֹא יַעֲלֹֽס׃ | 18 |
That for which he labored he shall restore, and shall not swallow it down. According to the substance that he has gotten, he shall not rejoice.
| כִּֽי־רִצַּץ עָזַב דַּלִּים בַּיִת גָּזַל וְלֹא יִבְנֵֽהוּ׃ | 19 |
For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
| כִּי ׀ לֹא־יָדַע שָׁלֵו בְּבִטְנוֹ בַּחֲמוּדוֹ לֹא יְמַלֵּֽט׃ | 20 |
"Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save anything of that in which he delights.
| אֵין־שָׂרִיד לְאׇכְלוֹ עַל־כֵּן לֹא־יָחִיל טוּבֽוֹ׃ | 21 |
There was nothing left that he did not devour, therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
| בִּמְלֹאות שִׂפְקוֹ יֵצֶר לוֹ כׇּל־יַד עָמֵל תְּבֹאֶֽנּוּ׃ | 22 |
In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress shall overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery shall come on him.
| יְהִי ׀ לְמַלֵּא בִטְנוֹ יְֽשַׁלַּח־בּוֹ חֲרוֹן אַפּוֹ וְיַמְטֵר עָלֵימוֹ בִּלְחוּמֽוֹ׃ | 23 |
When he is about to fill his belly, he will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating.
| יִבְרַח מִנֵּשֶׁק בַּרְזֶל תַּחְלְפֵהוּ קֶשֶׁת נְחוּשָֽׁה׃ | 24 |
He shall flee from the iron weapon. The bronze arrow shall strike him through.
| שָׁלַף וַיֵּצֵא מִגֵּוָה וּבָרָק מִֽמְּרֹרָתוֹ יַהֲלֹךְ עָלָיו אֵמִֽים׃ | 25 |
He draws it forth, and it comes out of his body. Yes, the glittering point comes out of his liver. Terrors are on him.
| כׇּל־חֹשֶׁךְ טָמוּן לִצְפּוּנָיו תְּאׇכְלֵהוּ אֵשׁ לֹא־נֻפָּח יֵרַע שָׂרִיד בְּאׇהֳלֽוֹ׃ | 26 |
All darkness is laid up for his treasures. An unfanned fire shall devour him. It shall consume that which is left in his tent.
| יְגַלּוּ שָׁמַיִם עֲוֺנוֹ וְאֶרֶץ מִתְקוֹמָמָה לֽוֹ׃ | 27 |
The heavens shall reveal his iniquity. The earth shall rise up against him.
| יִגֶל יְבוּל בֵּיתוֹ נִגָּרוֹת בְּיוֹם אַפּֽוֹ׃ | 28 |
The increase of his house shall depart. They shall rush away in the day of his wrath.
| זֶה ׀ חֵלֶק־אָדָם רָשָׁע מֵאֱלֹהִים וְנַחֲלַת אִמְרוֹ מֵאֵֽל׃ | 29 |
This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the heritage appointed to him by God."
