איוב 24
| מַדּוּעַ מִשַּׁדַּי לֹא־נִצְפְּנוּ עִתִּים וְיֹדְעָו לֹא־חָזוּ יָמָֽיו׃ | 1 |
Times are not hid from the Almighty: but they that know him, know not his days.
| גְּבֻלוֹת יַשִּׂיגוּ עֵדֶר גָּזְלוּ וַיִּרְעֽוּ׃ | 2 |
Some have removed landmarks, have taken away flocks by force, and fed them.
| חֲמוֹר יְתוֹמִים יִנְהָגוּ יַחְבְּלוּ שׁוֹר אַלְמָנָֽה׃ | 3 |
They have driven away the ass of the fatherless, and have taken away the widow’s ox for a pledge.
| יַטּוּ אֶבְיֹנִים מִדָּרֶךְ יַחַד חֻבְּאוּ עֲנִיֵּי־אָֽרֶץ׃ | 4 |
They have overturned the way of the poor, and have oppressed together the meek of the earth.
| הֵן פְּרָאִים ׀ בַּמִּדְבָּר יָצְאוּ בְּפׇעֳלָם מְשַׁחֲרֵי לַטָּרֶף עֲרָבָה לוֹ לֶחֶם לַנְּעָרִֽים׃ | 5 |
Others like wild asses in the desert go forth to their work: by watching for a prey they get bread for their children.
| בַּשָּׂדֶה בְּלִילוֹ (יקצירו) [יִקְצוֹרוּ] וְכֶרֶם רָשָׁע יְלַקֵּֽשׁוּ׃ | 6 |
They reap the field that is not their own, and gather the vintage of his vineyard whom by violence they have oppressed.
| עָרוֹם יָלִינוּ מִבְּלִי לְבוּשׁ וְאֵין כְּסוּת בַּקָּרָֽה׃ | 7 |
They send men away naked, taking away their clothes who have no covering in the cold:
| מִזֶּרֶם הָרִים יִרְטָבוּ וּֽמִבְּלִי מַחְסֶה חִבְּקוּ־צֽוּר׃ | 8 |
Who are wet, with the showers of the mountains, and having no covering embrace the stones.
| יִגְזְלוּ מִשֹּׁד יָתוֹם וְֽעַל־עָנִי יַחְבֹּֽלוּ׃ | 9 |
They have violently robbed the fatherless, and stripped the poor common people.
| עָרוֹם הִלְּכוּ בְּלִי לְבוּשׁ וּרְעֵבִים נָשְׂאוּ עֹֽמֶר׃ | 10 |
From the naked and them that go without clothing, and from the hungry they have taken away the ears of corn.
| בֵּין־שׁוּרֹתָם יַצְהִירוּ יְקָבִים דָּרְכוּ וַיִּצְמָֽאוּ׃ | 11 |
They have taken their rest at noon among the stores of them, who after having trodden the winepresses suffer thirst.
| מֵעִיר מְתִים ׀ יִנְאָקוּ וְנֶֽפֶשׁ־חֲלָלִים תְּשַׁוֵּעַ וֶאֱלוֹהַּ לֹֽא־יָשִׂים תִּפְלָֽה׃ | 12 |
Out of the cities they have made men to groan, and the soul of the wounded hath cried out, and God doth not suffer it to pass unrevenged.
| הֵמָּה ׀ הָיוּ בְּֽמֹרְדֵי ־ אוֹר לֹא־הִכִּירוּ דְרָכָיו וְלֹא יָשְׁבוּ בִּנְתִיבֹתָֽיו׃ | 13 |
They have been rebellious to the light, they have not known his ways, neither have they returned by his paths.
| לָאוֹר יָקוּם רוֹצֵחַ יִֽקְטׇל־עָנִי וְאֶבְיוֹן וּבַלַּיְלָה יְהִי כַגַּנָּֽב׃ | 14 |
The murderer riseth at the very break of day, he killeth the needy, and the poor man: but in the night he will be as a thief.
| וְעֵין נֹאֵף ׀ שָׁמְרָֽה נֶשֶׁף לֵאמֹר לֹא־תְשׁוּרֵנִי עָיִן וְסֵתֶר פָּנִים יָשִֽׂים׃ | 15 |
The eye of the adulterer observeth darkness, saying: No eye shall see me: and he will cover his face.
| חָתַר בַּחֹשֶׁךְ בָּתִּים יוֹמָם חִתְּמוּ־לָמוֹ לֹא־יָדְעוּ אֽוֹר׃ | 16 |
He diggeth through houses in the dark, as in the day they had appointed for themselves, and they have not known the light.
| כִּי יַחְדָּו ׀ בֹּקֶר לָמוֹ צַלְמָוֶת כִּֽי־יַכִּיר בַּלְהוֹת צַלְמָֽוֶת׃ | 17 |
If the morning suddenly appear, it is to them the shadow of death: and they walk in darkness as if it were in light.
| קַל־הוּא ׀ עַל־פְּנֵי־מַיִם תְּקֻלַּל חֶלְקָתָם בָּאָרֶץ לֹא־יִפְנֶה דֶּרֶךְ כְּרָמִֽים׃ | 18 |
He is light upon the face of the water: cursed be his portion on the earth, let him not walk by the way of the vineyards.
| צִיָּה גַם־חֹם יִגְזְלוּ מֵֽימֵי־שֶׁלֶג שְׁאוֹל חָטָֽאוּ׃ (Sheol h7585) | 19 |
Let him pass from the snow waters to excessive heat, and his sin even to hell. (Sheol h7585)
| יִשְׁכָּחֵהוּ רֶחֶם ׀ מְתָקוֹ רִמָּה עוֹד לֹֽא־יִזָּכֵר וַתִּשָּׁבֵר כָּעֵץ עַוְלָֽה׃ | 20 |
Let mercy forget him: may worms be his sweetness: let him be remembered no more, but be broken in pieces as an unfruitful tree.
| רֹעֶה עֲקָרָה לֹא תֵלֵד וְאַלְמָנָה לֹא יְיֵטִֽיב׃ | 21 |
For he hath fed the barren that beareth not, and to the widow he hath done no good.
| וּמָשַׁךְ אַבִּירִים בְּכֹחוֹ יָקוּם וְֽלֹא־יַאֲמִין בַּֽחַיִּֽין׃ | 22 |
He hath pulled down the strong by his might: and when he standeth up, he shall not trust to his life.
| יִתֶּן־לוֹ לָבֶטַח וְיִשָּׁעֵן וְעֵינֵיהוּ עַל־דַּרְכֵיהֶֽם׃ | 23 |
God hath given him place for penance, and he abuseth it unto pride: but his eyes are upon his ways.
| רוֹמּוּ מְּעַט ׀ וְֽאֵינֶנּוּ וְֽהֻמְּכוּ כַּכֹּל יִקָּפְצוּן וּכְרֹאשׁ שִׁבֹּלֶת יִמָּֽלוּ׃ | 24 |
They are lifted up for a little while and shall not stand, and shall be brought down as all things, and shall be taken away, and as the tops of the ears of corn they shall be broken.
| וְאִם־לֹא אֵפוֹ מִי יַכְזִיבֵנִי וְיָשֵׂם לְאַל מִלָּתִֽי׃ | 25 |
And if it be not so, who can convince me that I have lied, and set my words before God?
