< איוב 35 >
וַיַּעַן אֱלִיהוּ וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
Elihu spake moreover, and said,
הֲזֹאת חָשַׁבְתָּ לְמִשְׁפָּט אָמַרְתָּ צִדְקִי מֵאֵֽל׃ | 2 |
Thinkest thou this to be right, [that] thou saidst, My righteousness [is] more than God’s?
כִּֽי־תֹאמַר מַה־יִּסְכׇּן־לָךְ מָה־אֹעִיל מֵחַטָּאתִֽי׃ | 3 |
For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? [and], What profit shall I have, [if I be cleansed] from my sin?
אֲנִי אֲשִֽׁיבְךָ מִלִּין וְֽאֶת־רֵעֶיךָ עִמָּֽךְ׃ | 4 |
I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
הַבֵּט שָׁמַיִם וּרְאֵה וְשׁוּר שְׁחָקִים גָּבְהוּ מִמֶּֽךָּ׃ | 5 |
Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds [which] are higher than thou.
אִם־חָטָאתָ מַה־תִּפְעׇל־בּוֹ וְרַבּוּ פְשָׁעֶיךָ מַה־תַּֽעֲשֶׂה־לּֽוֹ׃ | 6 |
If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or [if] thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
אִם־צָדַקְתָּ מַה־תִּתֶּן־לוֹ אוֹ מַה־מִּיָּדְךָ יִקָּֽח׃ | 7 |
If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
לְאִישׁ־כָּמוֹךָ רִשְׁעֶךָ וּלְבֶן־אָדָם צִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃ | 8 |
Thy wickedness [may hurt] a man as thou [art; ] and thy righteousness [may profit] the son of man.
מֵרֹב עֲשׁוּקִים יַזְעִיקוּ יְשַׁוְּעוּ מִזְּרוֹעַ רַבִּֽים׃ | 9 |
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make [the oppressed] to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
וְֽלֹא־אָמַר אַיֵּה אֱלוֹהַּ עֹשָׂי נֹתֵן זְמִרוֹת בַּלָּֽיְלָה׃ | 10 |
But none saith, Where [is] God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
מַלְּפֵנוּ מִבַּהֲמוֹת אָרֶץ וּמֵעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם יְחַכְּמֵֽנוּ׃ | 11 |
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
שָׁם יִצְעֲקוּ וְלֹא יַעֲנֶה מִפְּנֵי גְּאוֹן רָעִֽים׃ | 12 |
There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
אַךְ־שָׁוְא לֹא־יִשְׁמַע ׀ אֵל וְשַׁדַּי לֹא יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃ | 13 |
Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
אַף כִּֽי־תֹאמַר לֹא תְשׁוּרֶנּוּ דִּין לְפָנָיו וּתְחוֹלֵֽל לֽוֹ׃ | 14 |
Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, [yet] judgment [is] before him; therefore trust thou in him.
וְעַתָּה כִּי־אַיִן פָּקַד אַפּוֹ וְלֹֽא־יָדַע בַּפַּשׁ מְאֹֽד׃ | 15 |
But now, because [it is] not [so], he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth [it] not in great extremity:
וְאִיּוֹב הֶבֶל יִפְצֶה־פִּיהוּ בִּבְלִי־דַעַת מִלִּין יַכְבִּֽר׃ | 16 |
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.