איוב 3

1 אַֽחֲרֵי־כֵן פָּתַח אִיּוֹב אֶת־פִּיהוּ וַיְקַלֵּל אֶת־יוֹמֽוֹ׃

After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.

2 וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

And Job answered and said:

3 יֹאבַד יוֹם אִוָּלֶד בּוֹ וְהַלַּיְלָה אָמַר הֹרָה גָֽבֶר׃

Let the day perish wherein I was born, And the night which said, There is a man-child conceived.

4 הַיּוֹם הַהוּא יְֽהִי ־ חֹשֶׁךְ אַֽל־יִדְרְשֵׁהוּ אֱלוֹהַּ מִמַּעַל וְאַל־תּוֹפַע עָלָיו נְהָרָֽה׃

Let that day be darkness; Let not God from above seek for it, Neither let the light shine upon it.

5 יִגְאָלֻהוּ חֹשֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָוֶת תִּשְׁכׇּן־עָלָיו עֲנָנָה יְבַעֲתֻהוּ כִּֽמְרִירֵי יֽוֹם׃

Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own; Let a cloud dwell upon it; Let all that maketh black the day terrify it.

6 הַלַּיְלָה הַהוּא יִקָּחֵהוּ אֹפֶל אַל־יִחַדְּ בִּימֵי שָׁנָה בְּמִסְפַּר יְרָחִים אַל־יָבֹֽא׃

As for that night, let thick darkness seize upon it: Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; Let it not come into the number of the months.

7 הִנֵּה הַלַּיְלָה הַהוּא יְהִי גַלְמוּד אַל־תָּבוֹא רְנָנָה בֽוֹ׃

Lo, let that night be barren; Let no joyful voice come therein.

8 יִקְּבֻהוּ אֹֽרְרֵי־יוֹם הָעֲתִידִים עֹרֵר לִוְיָתָֽן׃

Let them curse it that curse the day, Who are ready to rouse up leviathan.

9 יֶחְשְׁכוּ כּוֹכְבֵי נִשְׁפּוֹ יְקַו־לְאוֹר וָאַיִן וְאַל־יִרְאֶה בְּעַפְעַפֵּי־שָֽׁחַר׃

Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark: Let it look for light, but have none; Neither let it behold the eyelids of the morning:

10 כִּי לֹא סָגַר דַּלְתֵי בִטְנִי וַיַּסְתֵּר עָמָל מֵעֵינָֽי׃

Because it shut not up the doors of my [mother’s] womb, Nor hid trouble from mine eyes.

11 לָמָּה לֹּא מֵרֶחֶם אָמוּת מִבֶּטֶן יָצָאתִי וְאֶגְוָֽע׃

Why died I not from the womb? Why did I not give up the ghost when my mother bare me?

12 מַדּוּעַ קִדְּמוּנִי בִרְכָּיִם וּמַה־שָּׁדַיִם כִּי אִינָֽק׃

Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breasts, that I should suck?

13 כִּֽי־עַתָּה שָׁכַבְתִּי וְאֶשְׁקוֹט יָשַׁנְתִּי אָז ׀ יָנוּחַֽ לִֽי׃

For now should I have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept; then had I been at rest,

14 עִם־מְלָכִים וְיֹעֲצֵי אָרֶץ הַבֹּנִים חֳרָבוֹת לָֽמוֹ׃

With kings and counsellors of the earth, Who built up waste places for themselves;

15 אוֹ עִם־שָׂרִים זָהָב לָהֶם הַֽמְמַלְאִים בָּתֵּיהֶם כָּֽסֶף׃

Or with princes that had gold, Who filled their houses with silver:

16 אוֹ כְנֵפֶל טָמוּן לֹא אֶהְיֶה כְּעֹלְלִים לֹא־רָאוּ אֽוֹר׃

Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, As infants that never saw light.

17 שָׁם רְשָׁעִים חָדְלוּ רֹגֶז וְשָׁם יָנוּחוּ יְגִיעֵי כֹֽחַ׃

There the wicked cease from troubling; And there the weary are at rest.

18 יַחַד אֲסִירִים שַׁאֲנָנוּ לֹא שָׁמְעוּ קוֹל נֹגֵֽשׂ׃

There the prisoners are at ease together; They hear not the voice of the taskmaster.

19 קָטֹן וְגָדוֹל שָׁם הוּא וְעֶבֶד חׇפְשִׁי מֵאֲדֹנָֽיו׃

The small and the great are there: And the servant is free from his master.

20 לָמָּה יִתֵּן לְעָמֵל אוֹר וְחַיִּים לְמָרֵי נָֽפֶשׁ׃

Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul;

21 הַֽמְחַכִּים לַמָּוֶת וְאֵינֶנּוּ וַֽיַּחְפְּרֻהוּ מִמַּטְמוֹנִֽים׃

Who long for death, but it cometh not, And dig for it more than for hid treasures;

22 הַשְּׂמֵחִים אֱלֵי־גִיל יָשִׂישׂוּ כִּי יִמְצְאוּ־קָֽבֶר׃

Who rejoice exceedingly, And are glad, when they can find the grave?

23 לְגֶבֶר אֲשֶׁר־דַּרְכּוֹ נִסְתָּרָה וַיָּסֶךְ אֱלוֹהַּ בַּעֲדֽוֹ׃

[Why is light given] to a man whose way is hid, And whom God hath hedged in?

24 כִּֽי־לִפְנֵי לַחְמִי אַנְחָתִי תָבֹא וַֽיִּתְּכוּ כַמַּיִם שַׁאֲגֹתָֽי׃

For my sighing cometh before I eat, And my groanings are poured out like water.

25 כִּי פַחַד פָּחַדְתִּי וַיֶּאֱתָיֵנִי וַאֲשֶׁר יָגֹרְתִּי יָבֹא לִֽי׃

For the thing which I fear cometh upon me, And that which I am afraid of cometh unto me.

26 לֹא שָׁלַוְתִּי ׀ וְלֹא שָׁקַטְתִּי וְֽלֹא־נָחְתִּי וַיָּבֹא רֹֽגֶז׃

I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither have I rest; But trouble cometh.