איוב 21
| וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
Then Job answered, and said:
| שִׁמְעוּ שָׁמוֹעַ מִלָּתִי וּתְהִי־זֹאת תַּנְחוּמֹֽתֵיכֶֽם׃ | 2 |
Hear, I beseech you, my words, and do penance.
| שָׂאוּנִי וְאָנֹכִי אֲדַבֵּר וְאַחַר דַּבְּרִי תַלְעִֽיג׃ | 3 |
Suffer me, and I will speak, and after, if you please, laugh at my words.
| הֶאָנֹכִי לְאָדָם שִׂיחִי וְאִם־מַדּוּעַ לֹֽא־תִקְצַר רוּחִֽי׃ | 4 |
Is my debate against man, that I should not have just reason to be troubled?
| פְּנוּ־אֵלַי וְהָשַׁמּוּ וְשִׂימוּ יָד עַל־פֶּֽה׃ | 5 |
Hearken to me and be astonished, and lay your finger on your mouth.
| וְאִם־זָכַרְתִּי וְנִבְהָלְתִּי וְאָחַז בְּשָׂרִי פַּלָּצֽוּת׃ | 6 |
As for me, when I remember, I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
| מַדּוּעַ רְשָׁעִים יִֽחְיוּ עָתְקוּ גַּם־גָּבְרוּ חָֽיִל׃ | 7 |
Why then do the wicked live, are they advanced, and strengthened with riches?
| זַרְעָם נָכוֹן לִפְנֵיהֶם עִמָּם וְצֶאֱצָאֵיהֶם לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃ | 8 |
Their seed continueth before them, a multitude of kinsmen, and of children’s children in their sight.
| בָּתֵּיהֶם שָׁלוֹם מִפָּחַד וְלֹא שֵׁבֶט אֱלוֹהַּ עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ | 9 |
Their houses are secure and peaceable, and the rod of God is not upon them.
| שׁוֹרוֹ עִבַּר וְלֹא יַגְעִל תְּפַלֵּט פָּרָתוֹ וְלֹא תְשַׁכֵּֽל׃ | 10 |
Their cattle have conceived, and failed not: their cow has calved, and is not deprived of her fruit.
| יְשַׁלְּחוּ כַצֹּאן עֲוִילֵיהֶם וְיַלְדֵיהֶם יְרַקֵּדֽוּן׃ | 11 |
Their little ones go out like a flock, and their children dance and play.
| יִשְׂאוּ כְּתֹף וְכִנּוֹר וְיִשְׂמְחוּ לְקוֹל עוּגָֽב׃ | 12 |
They take the timbrel, and the harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
| (יבלו) [יְכַלּוּ] בַטּוֹב יְמֵיהֶם וּבְרֶגַע שְׁאוֹל יֵחָֽתּוּ׃ (Sheol h7585) | 13 |
They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment they go down to hell. (Sheol h7585)
| וַיֹּאמְרוּ לָאֵל סוּר מִמֶּנּוּ וְדַעַת דְּרָכֶיךָ לֹא חָפָֽצְנוּ׃ | 14 |
Who have said to God: Depart from us, we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
| מַה־שַּׁדַּי כִּֽי־נַעַבְדֶנּוּ וּמַה־נּוֹעִיל כִּי נִפְגַּע־בּֽוֹ׃ | 15 |
Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what doth it profit us if we pray to him?
| הֵן לֹא בְיָדָם טוּבָם עֲצַת רְשָׁעִים רָחֲקָה מֶֽנִּי׃ | 16 |
Yet because their good things are not in their hand, may the counsel of the wicked be far from me.
| כַּמָּה ׀ נֵר־רְשָׁעִים יִדְעָךְ וְיָבֹא עָלֵימוֹ אֵידָם חֲבָלִים יְחַלֵּק בְּאַפּֽוֹ׃ | 17 |
How often shall the lamp of the wicked be put out, and a deluge come upon them, and he shall distribute the sorrows of his wrath?
| יִֽהְיוּ כְּתֶבֶן לִפְנֵי־רוּחַ וּכְמֹץ גְּנָבַתּוּ סוּפָֽה׃ | 18 |
They shall be as chaff before the face of the wind, and as ashes which the whirlwind scattereth.
| אֱלוֹהַּ יִצְפֹּן־לְבָנָיו אוֹנוֹ יְשַׁלֵּם אֵלָיו וְיֵדָֽע׃ | 19 |
God shall lay up the sorrow of the father for his children: and when he shall repay, then shall he know.
| יִרְאוּ עֵינָו כִּידוֹ וּמֵחֲמַת שַׁדַּי יִשְׁתֶּֽה׃ | 20 |
His eyes shall see his own destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
| כִּי מַה־חֶפְצוֹ בְּבֵיתוֹ אַחֲרָיו וּמִסְפַּר חֳדָשָׁיו חֻצָּֽצוּ׃ | 21 |
For what is it to him what befalleth his house after him: and if the number of his months be diminished by one half?
| הַלְאֵל יְלַמֶּד־דָּעַת וְהוּא רָמִים יִשְׁפּֽוֹט׃ | 22 |
Shall any one teach God knowledge, who judgeth those that are high?
| זֶה יָמוּת בְּעֶצֶם תֻּמּוֹ כֻּלּוֹ שַׁלְאֲנַן וְשָׁלֵֽיו׃ | 23 |
One man dieth strong, and hale, rich and happy.
| עֲטִינָיו מָלְאוּ חָלָב וּמֹחַ עַצְמוֹתָיו יְשֻׁקֶּֽה׃ | 24 |
His bowels are full of fat, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
| וְזֶה יָמוּת בְּנֶפֶשׁ מָרָה וְלֹֽא־אָכַל בַּטּוֹבָֽה׃ | 25 |
But another dieth in bitterness of soul without any riches:
| יַחַד עַל־עָפָר יִשְׁכָּבוּ וְרִמָּה תְּכַסֶּה עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ | 26 |
And yet they shall sleep together in the dust, and worms shall cover them.
| הֵן יָדַעְתִּי מַחְשְׁבֽוֹתֵיכֶם וּמְזִמּוֹת עָלַי תַּחְמֹֽסוּ׃ | 27 |
Surely I know your thoughts, and your unjust judgments against me.
| כִּי תֹאמְרוּ אַיֵּה בֵית־נָדִיב וְאַיֵּה אֹהֶל ׀ מִשְׁכְּנוֹת רְשָׁעִֽים׃ | 28 |
For you say: Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
| הֲלֹא שְׁאֶלְתֶּם עוֹבְרֵי דָרֶךְ וְאֹתֹתָם לֹא תְנַכֵּֽרוּ׃ | 29 |
Ask any one of them that go by the way, and you shall perceive that he knoweth these same things.
| כִּי לְיוֹם אֵיד יֵחָשֶׂךְ רָע לְיוֹם עֲבָרוֹת יוּבָֽלוּ׃ | 30 |
Because the wicked man is reserved to the day of destruction, and he shall be brought to the day of wrath.
| מִֽי־יַגִּיד עַל־פָּנָיו דַּרְכּוֹ וְהוּא־עָשָׂה מִי יְשַׁלֶּם־לֽוֹ׃ | 31 |
Who shall reprove his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?
| וְהוּא לִקְבָרוֹת יוּבָל וְֽעַל־גָּדִישׁ יִשְׁקֽוֹד׃ | 32 |
He shall be brought to the graves, and shall watch in the heap of the dead.
| מָֽתְקוּ־לוֹ רִגְבֵי ־ נָחַל וְאַחֲרָיו כׇּל־אָדָם יִמְשׁוֹךְ וּלְפָנָיו אֵין מִסְפָּֽר׃ | 33 |
He hath been acceptable to the gravel of Cocytus, and he shall draw every man after him, and there are innumerable before him.
| וְאֵיךְ תְּנַחֲמוּנִי הָבֶל וּתְשׁוּבֹתֵיכֶם נִשְׁאַר־מָֽעַל׃ | 34 |
How then do ye comfort me in vain, whereas your answer is shewn to be repugnant to truth?
