איוב 36
| וַיֹּסֶף אֱלִיהוּא וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
And Elihu addeth and saith: —
| כַּתַּר־לִי זְעֵיר וַאֲחַוֶּךָּ כִּי עוֹד לֶאֱלוֹהַּ מִלִּֽים׃ | 2 |
Honour me a little, and I shew thee, That yet for God [are] words.
| אֶשָּׂא דֵעִי לְמֵרָחוֹק וּלְפֹעֲלִי אֶֽתֵּֽן־צֶֽדֶק׃ | 3 |
I lift up my knowledge from afar, And to my Maker I ascribe righteousness.
| כִּֽי־אׇמְנָם לֹא־שֶׁקֶר מִלָּי תְּמִים דֵּעוֹת עִמָּֽךְ׃ | 4 |
For, truly, my words [are] not false, The perfect in knowledge [is] with thee.
| הֶן־אֵל כַּבִּיר וְלֹא יִמְאָס כַּבִּיר כֹּחַֽ לֵֽב׃ | 5 |
Lo, God [is] mighty, and despiseth not, Mighty [in] power [and] heart.
| לֹא־יְחַיֶּה רָשָׁע וּמִשְׁפַּט עֲנִיִּים יִתֵּֽן׃ | 6 |
He reviveth not the wicked, And the judgment of the poor appointeth;
| לֹֽא־יִגְרַע מִצַּדִּיק עֵינָיו וְאֶת־מְלָכִים לַכִּסֵּא וַיֹּשִׁיבֵם לָנֶצַח וַיִּגְבָּֽהוּ׃ | 7 |
He withdraweth not from the righteous His eyes, And [from] kings on the throne, And causeth them to sit for ever, and they are high,
| וְאִם־אֲסוּרִים בַּזִּקִּים יִלָּכְדוּן בְּחַבְלֵי־עֹֽנִי׃ | 8 |
And if prisoners in fetters They are captured with cords of affliction,
| וַיַּגֵּד לָהֶם פׇּעֳלָם וּפִשְׁעֵיהֶם כִּי יִתְגַּבָּֽרוּ׃ | 9 |
Then He declareth to them their work, And their transgressions, Because they have become mighty,
| וַיִּגֶל אׇזְנָם לַמּוּסָר וַיֹּאמֶר כִּֽי־יְשׁוּבוּן מֵאָֽוֶן׃ | 10 |
And He uncovereth their ear for instruction, And saith that they turn back from iniquity.
| אִֽם־יִשְׁמְעוּ וְֽיַעֲבֹדוּ יְכַלּוּ יְמֵיהֶם בַּטּוֹב וּשְׁנֵיהֶם בַּנְּעִימִֽים׃ | 11 |
If they do hear and serve, They complete their days in good, And their years in pleasantness.
| וְאִם־לֹא יִשְׁמְעוּ בְּשֶׁלַח יַעֲבֹרוּ וְיִגְוְעוּ בִּבְלִי־דָֽעַת׃ | 12 |
And if they do not hearken, By the dart they pass away, And expire without knowledge.
| וְֽחַנְפֵי־לֵב יָשִׂימוּ אָף לֹא יְשַׁוְּעוּ כִּי אֲסָרָֽם׃ | 13 |
And the profane in heart set the face, They cry not when He hath bound them.
| תָּמֹת בַּנֹּעַר נַפְשָׁם וְחַיָּתָם בַּקְּדֵשִֽׁים׃ | 14 |
Their soul dieth in youth, And their life among the defiled.
| יְחַלֵּץ עָנִי בְעׇנְיוֹ וְיִגֶל בַּלַּחַץ אׇזְנָֽם׃ | 15 |
He draweth out the afflicted in his affliction, And uncovereth in oppression their ear.
| וְאַף הֲסִֽיתְךָ ׀ מִפִּי־צָר רַחַב לֹא־מוּצָק תַּחְתֶּיהָ וְנַחַת שֻׁלְחָנְךָ מָלֵא דָֽשֶׁן׃ | 16 |
And also He moved thee from a strait place, [To] a broad place — no straitness under it, And the sitting beyond of thy table Hath been full of fatness.
| וְדִין־רָשָׁע מָלֵאתָ דִּין וּמִשְׁפָּט יִתְמֹֽכוּ׃ | 17 |
And the judgment of the wicked thou hast fulfilled, Judgment and justice are upheld — because of fury,
| כִּֽי־חֵמָה פֶּן־יְסִֽיתְךָ בְסָפֶק וְרׇב־כֹּפֶר אַל־יַטֶּֽךָּ׃ | 18 |
Lest He move thee with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement turn thee not aside.
| הֲיַעֲרֹךְ שׁוּעֲךָ לֹא בְצָר וְכֹל מַאֲמַצֵּי־כֹֽחַ׃ | 19 |
Doth He value thy riches? He hath gold, and all the forces of power.
| אַל־תִּשְׁאַף הַלָּיְלָה לַעֲלוֹת עַמִּים תַּחְתָּֽם׃ | 20 |
Desire not the night, For the going up of peoples in their stead.
| הִשָּׁמֶר אַל־תֵּפֶן אֶל־אָוֶן כִּֽי־עַל־זֶה בָּחַרְתָּ מֵעֹֽנִי׃ | 21 |
Take heed — do not turn unto iniquity, For on this thou hast fixed Rather than [on] affliction.
| הֶן־אֵל יַשְׂגִּיב בְּכֹחוֹ מִי כָמֹהוּ מוֹרֶֽה׃ | 22 |
Lo, God doth sit on high by His power, Who [is] like Him — a teacher?
| מִֽי־פָקַד עָלָיו דַּרְכּוֹ וּמִי־אָמַר פָּעַלְתָּ עַוְלָֽה׃ | 23 |
Who hath appointed unto Him his way? And who said, 'Thou hast done iniquity?'
| זְכֹר כִּֽי־תַשְׂגִּיא פׇעֳלוֹ אֲשֶׁר שֹׁרְרוּ אֲנָשִֽׁים׃ | 24 |
Remember that thou magnify His work That men have beheld.
| כׇּל־אָדָם חָזוּ־בוֹ אֱנוֹשׁ יַבִּיט מֵרָחֽוֹק׃ | 25 |
All men have looked on it, Man looketh attentively from afar.
| הֶן־אֵל שַׂגִּיא וְלֹא נֵדָע מִסְפַּר שָׁנָיו וְלֹא־חֵֽקֶר׃ | 26 |
Lo, God [is] high, And we know not the number of His years, Yea, there [is] no searching.
| כִּי יְגָרַע נִטְפֵי־מָיִם יָזֹקּוּ מָטָר לְאֵדֽוֹ׃ | 27 |
When He doth diminish droppings of the waters, They refine rain according to its vapour,
| אֲשֶֽׁר־יִזְּלוּ שְׁחָקִים יִרְעֲפוּ עֲלֵי ׀ אָדָם רָֽב׃ | 28 |
Which clouds do drop, They distil on man abundantly.
| אַף אִם־יָבִין מִפְרְשֵׂי־עָב תְּשֻׁאוֹת סֻכָּתֽוֹ׃ | 29 |
Yea, doth [any] understand The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His tabernacle?
| הֵן־פָּרַשׂ עָלָיו אוֹרוֹ וְשׇׁרְשֵׁי הַיָּם כִּסָּֽה׃ | 30 |
Lo, He hath spread over it His light, And the roots of the sea He hath covered,
| כִּי־בָם יָדִין עַמִּים יִֽתֶּן־אֹכֶל לְמַכְבִּֽיר׃ | 31 |
For by them He doth judge peoples, He giveth food in abundance.
| עַל־כַּפַּיִם כִּסָּה־אוֹר וַיְצַו עָלֶיהָ בְמַפְגִּֽיעַ׃ | 32 |
By two palms He hath covered the light, And layeth a charge over it in meeting,
| יַגִּיד עָלָיו רֵעוֹ מִקְנֶה אַף עַל־עוֹלֶֽה׃ | 33 |
He sheweth by it [to] his friend substance, Anger against perversity.
