< איוב 33 >
וְֽאוּלָם שְׁמַֽע־נָא אִיּוֹב מִלָּי וְֽכׇל־דְּבָרַי הַאֲזִֽינָה׃ | 1 |
So now, Job, I beg you, hear my speech; listen to all my words.
הִנֵּה־נָא פָּתַחְתִּי פִי דִּבְּרָה לְשׁוֹנִי בְחִכִּֽי׃ | 2 |
See now, I have opened my mouth; my tongue has spoken in my mouth.
יֹשֶׁר־לִבִּי אֲמָרָי וְדַעַת שְׂפָתַי בָּרוּר מִלֵּֽלוּ׃ | 3 |
My words come from the uprightness of my heart; my lips speak pure knowledge.
רֽוּחַ־אֵל עָשָׂתְנִי וְנִשְׁמַת שַׁדַּי תְּחַיֵּֽנִי׃ | 4 |
The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty has given me life.
אִם־תּוּכַל הֲשִׁיבֵנִי עֶרְכָהֿ לְפָנַי הִתְיַצָּֽבָה׃ | 5 |
If you can, answer me; set your words in order before me and stand up.
הֵן־אֲנִי כְפִיךָ לָאֵל מֵחֹמֶר קֹרַצְתִּי גַם־אָֽנִי׃ | 6 |
See, I am just as you are in God's sight; I also have been formed out of the clay.
הִנֵּה אֵמָתִי לֹא תְבַעֲתֶךָּ וְאַכְפִּי עָלֶיךָ לֹֽא־יִכְבָּֽד׃ | 7 |
See, terror of me will not make you afraid; neither will my pressure be heavy upon you.
אַךְ אָמַרְתָּ בְאׇזְנָי וְקוֹל מִלִּין אֶשְׁמָֽע׃ | 8 |
You have certainly spoken in my hearing; I have heard the sound of your words saying,
זַךְ אֲנִי בְּֽלִי ־ פָשַׁע חַ ף אָנֹכִי וְלֹא עָוֺן לִֽי׃ | 9 |
'I am clean and without transgression; I am innocent, and there is no sin in me.
הֵן תְּנוּאוֹת עָלַי יִמְצָא יַחְשְׁבֵנִי לְאוֹיֵב לֽוֹ׃ | 10 |
See, God finds opportunities to attack me; he regards me as his enemy.
יָשֵׂם בַּסַּד רַגְלָי יִשְׁמֹר כׇּל־אׇרְחֹתָֽי׃ | 11 |
He puts my feet in stocks; he watches all my paths.'
הֶן־זֹאת לֹא־צָדַקְתָּ אֶעֱנֶךָּ כִּי־יִרְבֶּה אֱלוֹהַּ מֵאֱנֽוֹשׁ׃ | 12 |
See, in this you are not right—I will answer you, for God is greater than man.
מַדּוּעַ אֵלָיו רִיבוֹתָ כִּי כׇל־דְּבָרָיו לֹא יַעֲנֶֽה׃ | 13 |
Why do you struggle against him? He does not account for any of his doings.
כִּֽי־בְאַחַת יְדַבֶּר־אֵל וּבִשְׁתַּיִם לֹא יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃ | 14 |
For God speaks once— yes, twice, though man does not notice it.
בַּחֲלוֹם ׀ חֶזְיוֹן לַיְלָה בִּנְפֹל תַּרְדֵּמָה עַל־אֲנָשִׁים בִּתְנוּמוֹת עֲלֵי מִשְׁכָּֽב׃ | 15 |
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, in slumber on the bed—
אָז יִגְלֶה אֹזֶן אֲנָשִׁים וּבְמֹסָרָם יַחְתֹּֽם׃ | 16 |
then God opens the ears of men, and frightens them with threats,
לְהָסִיר אָדָם מַעֲשֶׂה וְגֵוָה מִגֶּבֶר יְכַסֶּֽה׃ | 17 |
in order to pull man back from his sinful purposes, and keep pride from him.
יַחְשֹׂךְ נַפְשׁוֹ מִנִּי־שָׁחַת וְחַיָּתוֹ מֵעֲבֹר בַּשָּֽׁלַח׃ | 18 |
God keeps man's life back from the pit, his life from crossing over to death.
וְהוּכַח בְּמַכְאוֹב עַל־מִשְׁכָּבוֹ (וריב) [וְרוֹב] עֲצָמָיו אֵתָֽן׃ | 19 |
Man is punished also with pain on his bed, with constant agony in his bones,
וְזִהֲמַתּוּ חַיָּתוֹ לָחֶם וְנַפְשׁוֹ מַאֲכַל תַּאֲוָֽה׃ | 20 |
so that his life abhors food, and his soul abhors delicacies.
יִכֶל בְּשָׂרוֹ מֵרֹאִי (ושפי) [וְשֻׁפּוּ] עַצְמֹתָיו לֹא רֻאּֽוּ׃ | 21 |
His flesh is consumed away so that it cannot be seen; his bones, once not seen, now stick out.
וַתִּקְרַב לַשַּׁחַת נַפְשׁוֹ וְחַיָּתוֹ לַֽמְמִתִֽים׃ | 22 |
Indeed, his soul draws close to the pit, his life to those who wish to destroy it.
אִם־יֵשׁ עָלָיו ׀ מַלְאָךְ מֵלִיץ אֶחָד מִנִּי־אָלֶף לְהַגִּיד לְאָדָם יׇשְׁרֽוֹ׃ | 23 |
But if there is an angel who can be a mediator for him, a mediator, one from among the thousands of angels, to show him what is right to do,
וַיְחֻנֶּנּוּ וַיֹּאמֶר פְּדָעֵהוּ מֵרֶדֶת שָׁחַת מָצָאתִי כֹֽפֶר׃ | 24 |
and if the angel is kind to him and says to God, 'Save this person from going down to the pit; I have found a ransom for him,'
רֻֽטְפַשׁ בְּשָׂרוֹ מִנֹּעַר יָשׁוּב לִימֵי עֲלוּמָֽיו׃ | 25 |
then his flesh will become fresher than a child's; he will return to the days of his youthful strength.
יֶעְתַּר אֶל־אֱלוֹהַּ ׀ וַיִּרְצֵהוּ וַיַּרְא פָּנָיו בִּתְרוּעָה וַיָּשֶׁב לֶאֱנוֹשׁ צִדְקָתֽוֹ׃ | 26 |
He will pray to God, and God will be kind to him, so that he sees God's face with joy. God will give the person his triumph.
יָשֹׁר ׀ עַל־אֲנָשִׁים וַיֹּאמֶר חָטָאתִי וְיָשָׁר הֶעֱוֵיתִי וְלֹא־שָׁוָה לִֽי׃ | 27 |
Then that person will sing in front of other people and say, 'I sinned and perverted that which was right, but my sin was not punished.
פָּדָה (נפשי) [נַפְשׁוֹ] מֵעֲבֹר בַּשָּׁחַת (וחיתי) [וְחַיָּתוֹ] בָּאוֹר תִּרְאֶֽה׃ | 28 |
God has rescued my soul from going down into the pit; my life will continue to see light.'
הֶן־כׇּל־אֵלֶּה יִפְעַל־אֵל פַּעֲמַיִם שָׁלוֹשׁ עִם־גָּֽבֶר׃ | 29 |
See, God does all these things with a person, twice, yes, even three times,
לְהָשִׁיב נַפְשׁוֹ מִנִּי־שָׁחַת לֵאוֹר בְּאוֹר הַחַיִּֽים׃ | 30 |
to bring his soul back from the pit, so that he may be enlightened with the light of life.
הַקְשֵׁב אִיּוֹב שְֽׁמַֽע־לִי הַחֲרֵשׁ וְאָנֹכִי אֲדַבֵּֽר׃ | 31 |
Pay attention, Job, and listen to me; be silent and I will speak.
אִם־יֵשׁ־מִלִּין הֲשִׁיבֵנִי דַּבֵּר כִּֽי־חָפַצְתִּי צַדְּקֶֽךָּ׃ | 32 |
If you have anything to say, answer me; speak, for I wish to prove that you are in the right.
אִם־אַיִן אַתָּה שְֽׁמַֽע־לִי הַחֲרֵשׁ וַאֲאַלֶּפְךָ חׇכְמָֽה׃ | 33 |
If not, then listen to me; remain silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”