< איוב 28 >
כִּי יֵשׁ לַכֶּסֶף מוֹצָא וּמָקוֹם לַזָּהָב יָזֹֽקּוּ׃ | 1 |
The siluer surely hath his veyne, and ye gold his place, where they take it.
בַּרְזֶל מֵֽעָפָר יֻקָּח וְאֶבֶן יָצוּק נְחוּשָֽׁה׃ | 2 |
Yron is taken out of the dust, and brasse is molten out of the stone.
קֵץ ׀ שָׂם לַחֹשֶׁךְ וּֽלְכׇל־תַּכְלִית הוּא חוֹקֵר אֶבֶן אֹפֶל וְצַלְמָֽוֶת׃ | 3 |
God putteth an end to darkenesse, and he tryeth the perfection of all things: he setteth a bond of darkenesse, and of the shadowe of death.
פָּרַץ נַחַל ׀ מֵֽעִם־גָּר הַֽנִּשְׁכָּחִים מִנִּי־רָגֶל דַּלּוּ מֵאֱנוֹשׁ נָֽעוּ׃ | 4 |
The flood breaketh out against the inhabitant, and the waters forgotten of the foote, being higher then man, are gone away.
אֶרֶץ מִמֶּנָּה יֵֽצֵא־לָחֶם וְתַחְתֶּיהָ נֶהְפַּךְ כְּמוֹ־אֵֽשׁ׃ | 5 |
Out of the same earth commeth bread, and vnder it, as it were fire is turned vp.
מְקוֹם־סַפִּיר אֲבָנֶיהָ וְעַפְרֹת זָהָב לֽוֹ׃ | 6 |
The stones thereof are a place of saphirs, and the dust of it is golde.
נָתִיב לֹא־יְדָעוֹ עָיִט וְלֹא שְׁזָפַתּוּ עֵין אַיָּֽה׃ | 7 |
There is a path which no foule hath knowen, neyther hath the kites eye seene it.
לֹֽא־הִדְרִיכוּהוּ בְנֵֽי־שָׁחַץ לֹֽא־עָדָה עָלָיו שָֽׁחַל׃ | 8 |
The lyons whelpes haue not walked it, nor the lyon passed thereby.
בַּחַלָּמִישׁ שָׁלַח יָדוֹ הָפַךְ מִשֹּׁרֶשׁ הָרִֽים׃ | 9 |
He putteth his hand vpon the rockes, and ouerthroweth the mountaines by the rootes.
בַּצּוּרוֹת יְאֹרִים בִּקֵּעַ וְכׇל־יְקָר רָאֲתָה עֵינֽוֹ׃ | 10 |
He breaketh riuers in the rockes, and his eye seeth euery precious thing.
מִבְּכִי נְהָרוֹת חִבֵּשׁ וְתַעֲלֻמָהּ יֹצִא אֽוֹר׃ | 11 |
He bindeth the floods, that they doe not ouerflowe, and the thing that is hid, bringeth he to light.
וְֽהַחׇכְמָה מֵאַיִן תִּמָּצֵא וְאֵי זֶה מְקוֹם בִּינָֽה׃ | 12 |
But where is wisdome found? and where is the place of vnderstanding?
לֹא־יָדַע אֱנוֹשׁ עֶרְכָּהּ וְלֹא תִמָּצֵא בְּאֶרֶץ הַחַיִּֽים׃ | 13 |
Man knoweth not the price thereof: for it is not found in the land of the liuing.
תְּהוֹם אָמַר לֹא בִי־הִיא וְיָם אָמַר אֵין עִמָּדִֽי׃ | 14 |
The depth sayth, It is not in mee: the sea also sayth, It is not with me.
לֹֽא־יֻתַּן סְגוֹר תַּחְתֶּיהָ וְלֹא יִשָּׁקֵל כֶּסֶף מְחִירָֽהּ׃ | 15 |
Golde shall not be giuen for it, neyther shall siluer be weighed for the price thereof.
לֹֽא־תְסֻלֶּה בְּכֶתֶם אוֹפִיר בְּשֹׁהַם יָקָר וְסַפִּֽיר׃ | 16 |
It shall not be valued with the wedge of golde of Ophir, nor with the precious onix, nor the saphir.
לֹא־יַעַרְכֶנָּה זָהָב וּזְכוֹכִית וּתְמוּרָתָהּ כְּלִי־פָֽז׃ | 17 |
The golde nor the chrystall shall be equall vnto it, nor the exchange shalbe for plate of fine golde.
רָאמוֹת וְגָבִישׁ לֹא יִזָּכֵר וּמֶשֶׁךְ חׇכְמָה מִפְּנִינִֽים׃ | 18 |
No mention shall be made of coral, nor of the gabish: for wisedome is more precious then pearles.
לֹֽא־יַעַרְכֶנָּה פִּטְדַת־כּוּשׁ בְּכֶתֶם טָהוֹר לֹא תְסֻלֶּֽה׃ | 19 |
The Topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equall vnto it, neither shall it be valued with the wedge of pure gold.
וְֽהַחׇכְמָה מֵאַיִן תָּבוֹא וְאֵי זֶה מְקוֹם בִּינָֽה׃ | 20 |
Whence then commeth wisedome? and where is the place of vnderstanding,
וְֽנֶעֶלְמָה מֵעֵינֵי כׇל־חָי וּמֵעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם נִסְתָּֽרָה׃ | 21 |
Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all the liuing, and is hid from the foules of the heauen?
אֲבַדּוֹן וָמָוֶת אָמְרוּ בְּאׇזְנֵינוּ שָׁמַעְנוּ שִׁמְעָֽהּ׃ | 22 |
Destruction and death say, We haue heard the fame thereof with our eares.
אֱלֹהִים הֵבִין דַּרְכָּהּ וְהוּא יָדַע אֶת־מְקוֹמָֽהּ׃ | 23 |
But God vnderstandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
כִּי־הוּא לִקְצוֹת־הָאָרֶץ יַבִּיט תַּחַת כׇּל־הַשָּׁמַיִם יִרְאֶֽה׃ | 24 |
For he beholdeth the endes of the world, and seeth all that is vnder heauen,
לַעֲשׂוֹת לָרוּחַ מִשְׁקָל וּמַיִם תִּכֵּן בְּמִדָּֽה׃ | 25 |
To make the weight of the windes, and to weigh the waters by measure.
בַּעֲשֹׂתוֹ לַמָּטָר חֹק וְדֶרֶךְ לַחֲזִיז קֹלֽוֹת׃ | 26 |
When he made a decree for the rayne, and a way for the lightening of the thunders,
אָז רָאָהּ וַֽיְסַפְּרָהּ הֱכִינָהּ וְגַם־חֲקָרָֽהּ׃ | 27 |
Then did he see it, and counted it: he prepared it and also considered it.
וַיֹּאמֶר ׀ לָאָדָם הֵן יִרְאַת אֲדֹנָי הִיא חׇכְמָה וְסוּר מֵרָע בִּינָֽה׃ | 28 |
And vnto man he said, Behold, the feare of the Lord is wisedome, and to depart from euil is vnderstanding.