איוב 22
| וַיַּעַן אֱלִיפַז הַֽתֵּמָנִי וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and said,
| הַלְאֵל יִסְכׇּן־גָּבֶר כִּֽי־יִסְכֹּן עָלֵימוֹ מַשְׂכִּֽיל׃ | 2 |
Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
| הַחֵפֶץ לְשַׁדַּי כִּי תִצְדָּק וְאִם־בֶּצַע כִּֽי־תַתֵּם דְּרָכֶֽיךָ׃ | 3 |
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that thou are righteous? Or is it gain to him that thou make thy ways perfect?
| הֲֽמִיִּרְאָתְךָ יֹכִיחֶךָ יָבוֹא עִמְּךָ בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃ | 4 |
Is it for thy fear of him that he reproves thee, that he enters with thee into judgment?
| הֲלֹא רָעָֽתְךָ רַבָּה וְאֵֽין־קֵץ לַעֲוֺנֹתֶֽיךָ׃ | 5 |
Is not thy wickedness great? Neither is there any end to thine iniquities.
| כִּֽי־תַחְבֹּל אַחֶיךָ חִנָּם וּבִגְדֵי עֲרוּמִּים תַּפְשִֽׁיט׃ | 6 |
For thou have taken pledges from thy brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
| לֹא־מַיִם עָיֵף תַּשְׁקֶה וּמֵרָעֵב תִּֽמְנַֽע־לָֽחֶם׃ | 7 |
Thou have not given water to the weary to drink, and thou have withheld bread from the hungry.
| וְאִישׁ זְרוֹעַ לוֹ הָאָרֶץ וּנְשׂוּא פָנִים יֵשֶׁב בָּֽהּ׃ | 8 |
But as for the mighty man, he had the land. And the honorable man, he dwelt in it.
| אַלְמָנוֹת שִׁלַּחְתָּ רֵיקָם וּזְרֹעוֹת יְתֹמִים יְדֻכָּֽא׃ | 9 |
Thou have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
| עַל־כֵּן סְבִיבוֹתֶיךָ פַחִים וִיבַהֶלְךָ פַּחַד פִּתְאֹֽם׃ | 10 |
Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubles thee,
| אוֹ־חֹשֶׁךְ לֹֽא־תִרְאֶה וְֽשִׁפְעַת־מַיִם תְּכַסֶּֽךָּ׃ | 11 |
or darkness, so that thou cannot see, and abundance of waters cover thee.
| הֲֽלֹא־אֱלוֹהַּ גֹּבַהּ שָׁמָיִם וּרְאֵה רֹאשׁ כּוֹכָבִים כִּי־רָֽמּוּ׃ | 12 |
Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
| וְֽאָמַרְתָּ מַה־יָּדַֽע אֵל הַבְעַד עֲרָפֶל יִשְׁפּֽוֹט׃ | 13 |
And thou say, What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
| עָבִים סֵֽתֶר־לוֹ וְלֹא יִרְאֶה וְחוּג שָׁמַיִם יִתְהַלָּֽךְ׃ | 14 |
Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he does not see, and he walks on the vault of heaven.
| הַאֹרַח עוֹלָם תִּשְׁמוֹר אֲשֶׁר דָּרְכוּ מְתֵי־אָֽוֶן׃ | 15 |
Will thou keep the old way which wicked men have trodden?
| אֲשֶֽׁר־קֻמְּטוּ וְלֹא־עֵת נָהָר יוּצַק יְסוֹדָֽם׃ | 16 |
Who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
| הָאֹמְרִים לָאֵל סוּר מִמֶּנּוּ וּמַה־יִּפְעַל שַׁדַּי לָֽמוֹ׃ | 17 |
who said to God, Depart from us, and, What can the Almighty do for us?
| וְהוּא מִלֵּא בָתֵּיהֶם טוֹב וַעֲצַת רְשָׁעִים רָחֲקָה מֶֽנִּי׃ | 18 |
Yet he filled their houses with good things. But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
| יִרְאוּ צַדִּיקִים וְיִשְׂמָחוּ וְנָקִי יִלְעַג־לָֽמוֹ׃ | 19 |
The righteous see it, and are glad. And the innocent laugh them to scorn,
| אִם־לֹא נִכְחַד קִימָנוּ וְיִתְרָם אָכְלָה אֵֽשׁ׃ | 20 |
Saying, Surely those who rose up against us are cut off, and the remnant of them, the fire has consumed.
| הַסְכֶּן־נָא עִמּוֹ וּשְׁלָם בָּהֶם תְּֽבוֹאַתְךָ טוֹבָֽה׃ | 21 |
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace. By this good shall come to thee.
| קַח־נָא מִפִּיו תּוֹרָה וְשִׂים אֲמָרָיו בִּלְבָבֶֽךָ׃ | 22 |
Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.
| אִם־תָּשׁוּב עַד־שַׁדַּי תִּבָּנֶה תַּרְחִיק עַוְלָה מֵאׇהֳלֶֽךָ׃ | 23 |
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shall be built up, thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents.
| וְשִׁית־עַל־עָפָר בָּצֶר וּכְצוּר נְחָלִים אוֹפִֽיר׃ | 24 |
Then thou shall lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
| וְהָיָה שַׁדַּי בְּצָרֶיךָ וְכֶסֶף תּוֹעָפוֹת לָֽךְ׃ | 25 |
Yea, the Almighty will be thy treasure, and precious silver to thee.
| כִּי־אָז עַל־שַׁדַּי תִּתְעַנָּג וְתִשָּׂא אֶל־אֱלוֹהַּ פָּנֶֽיךָ׃ | 26 |
For then shall thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shall lift up thy face to God.
| תַּעְתִּיר אֵלָיו וְיִשְׁמָעֶךָּ וּנְדָרֶיךָ תְשַׁלֵּֽם׃ | 27 |
Thou shall make thy prayer to him, and he will hear thee, and thou shall pay thy vows.
| וְֽתִגְזַר־אֹמֶר וְיָקׇם לָךְ וְעַל־דְּרָכֶיךָ נָגַהּ אֽוֹר׃ | 28 |
Thou shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to thee. And light shall shine upon thy ways.
| כִּֽי־הִשְׁפִּילוּ וַתֹּאמֶר גֵּוָה וְשַׁח עֵינַיִם יוֹשִֽׁעַ׃ | 29 |
When they cast thee down, thou shall say, There is lifting up, and he will save the humble man.
| יְמַלֵּט אִֽי־נָקִי וְנִמְלַט בְּבֹר כַּפֶּֽיךָ׃ | 30 |
He will deliver even him who is not innocent. Yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands.
