< איוב 22 >
וַיַּעַן אֱלִיפַז הַֽתֵּמָנִי וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
הַלְאֵל יִסְכׇּן־גָּבֶר כִּֽי־יִסְכֹּן עָלֵימוֹ מַשְׂכִּֽיל׃ | 2 |
“Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?
הַחֵפֶץ לְשַׁדַּי כִּי תִצְדָּק וְאִם־בֶּצַע כִּֽי־תַתֵּם דְּרָכֶֽיךָ׃ | 3 |
Does it delight the Almighty that you are righteous? Does He profit if your ways are blameless?
הֲֽמִיִּרְאָתְךָ יֹכִיחֶךָ יָבוֹא עִמְּךָ בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃ | 4 |
Is it for your reverence that He rebukes you and enters into judgment against you?
הֲלֹא רָעָֽתְךָ רַבָּה וְאֵֽין־קֵץ לַעֲוֺנֹתֶֽיךָ׃ | 5 |
Is not your wickedness great? Are not your iniquities endless?
כִּֽי־תַחְבֹּל אַחֶיךָ חִנָּם וּבִגְדֵי עֲרוּמִּים תַּפְשִֽׁיט׃ | 6 |
For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.
לֹא־מַיִם עָיֵף תַּשְׁקֶה וּמֵרָעֵב תִּֽמְנַֽע־לָֽחֶם׃ | 7 |
You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,
וְאִישׁ זְרוֹעַ לוֹ הָאָרֶץ וּנְשׂוּא פָנִים יֵשֶׁב בָּֽהּ׃ | 8 |
while the land belonged to a mighty man, and a man of honor lived on it.
אַלְמָנוֹת שִׁלַּחְתָּ רֵיקָם וּזְרֹעוֹת יְתֹמִים יְדֻכָּֽא׃ | 9 |
You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.
עַל־כֵּן סְבִיבוֹתֶיךָ פַחִים וִיבַהֶלְךָ פַּחַד פִּתְאֹֽם׃ | 10 |
Therefore snares surround you, and sudden peril terrifies you;
אוֹ־חֹשֶׁךְ לֹֽא־תִרְאֶה וְֽשִׁפְעַת־מַיִם תְּכַסֶּֽךָּ׃ | 11 |
it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.
הֲֽלֹא־אֱלוֹהַּ גֹּבַהּ שָׁמָיִם וּרְאֵה רֹאשׁ כּוֹכָבִים כִּי־רָֽמּוּ׃ | 12 |
Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!
וְֽאָמַרְתָּ מַה־יָּדַֽע אֵל הַבְעַד עֲרָפֶל יִשְׁפּֽוֹט׃ | 13 |
Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?
עָבִים סֵֽתֶר־לוֹ וְלֹא יִרְאֶה וְחוּג שָׁמַיִם יִתְהַלָּֽךְ׃ | 14 |
Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the vault of heaven.’
הַאֹרַח עוֹלָם תִּשְׁמוֹר אֲשֶׁר דָּרְכוּ מְתֵי־אָֽוֶן׃ | 15 |
Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod?
אֲשֶֽׁר־קֻמְּטוּ וְלֹא־עֵת נָהָר יוּצַק יְסוֹדָֽם׃ | 16 |
They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.
הָאֹמְרִים לָאֵל סוּר מִמֶּנּוּ וּמַה־יִּפְעַל שַׁדַּי לָֽמוֹ׃ | 17 |
They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’
וְהוּא מִלֵּא בָתֵּיהֶם טוֹב וַעֲצַת רְשָׁעִים רָחֲקָה מֶֽנִּי׃ | 18 |
But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
יִרְאוּ צַדִּיקִים וְיִשְׂמָחוּ וְנָקִי יִלְעַג־לָֽמוֹ׃ | 19 |
The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them:
אִם־לֹא נִכְחַד קִימָנוּ וְיִתְרָם אָכְלָה אֵֽשׁ׃ | 20 |
‘Surely our foes are destroyed, and fire has consumed their excess.’
הַסְכֶּן־נָא עִמּוֹ וּשְׁלָם בָּהֶם תְּֽבוֹאַתְךָ טוֹבָֽה׃ | 21 |
Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.
קַח־נָא מִפִּיו תּוֹרָה וְשִׂים אֲמָרָיו בִּלְבָבֶֽךָ׃ | 22 |
Receive instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart.
אִם־תָּשׁוּב עַד־שַׁדַּי תִּבָּנֶה תַּרְחִיק עַוְלָה מֵאׇהֳלֶֽךָ׃ | 23 |
If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents
וְשִׁית־עַל־עָפָר בָּצֶר וּכְצוּר נְחָלִים אוֹפִֽיר׃ | 24 |
and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,
וְהָיָה שַׁדַּי בְּצָרֶיךָ וְכֶסֶף תּוֹעָפוֹת לָֽךְ׃ | 25 |
then the Almighty will be your gold and the finest silver for you.
כִּי־אָז עַל־שַׁדַּי תִּתְעַנָּג וְתִשָּׂא אֶל־אֱלוֹהַּ פָּנֶֽיךָ׃ | 26 |
Surely then you will delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.
תַּעְתִּיר אֵלָיו וְיִשְׁמָעֶךָּ וּנְדָרֶיךָ תְשַׁלֵּֽם׃ | 27 |
You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.
וְֽתִגְזַר־אֹמֶר וְיָקׇם לָךְ וְעַל־דְּרָכֶיךָ נָגַהּ אֽוֹר׃ | 28 |
Your decisions will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.
כִּֽי־הִשְׁפִּילוּ וַתֹּאמֶר גֵּוָה וְשַׁח עֵינַיִם יוֹשִֽׁעַ׃ | 29 |
When men are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then He will save the lowly.
יְמַלֵּט אִֽי־נָקִי וְנִמְלַט בְּבֹר כַּפֶּֽיךָ׃ | 30 |
He will deliver even one who is not innocent, rescuing him through the cleanness of your hands.”