< איוב 38 >
וַיַּֽעַן־יְהֹוָה אֶת־אִיּוֹב (מנהסערה) [מִן ׀ הַסְּעָרָה] וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
Then the Lord answered Job out of a whirlwind, and said:
מִי זֶה ׀ מַחְשִׁיךְ עֵצָה בְמִלִּין בְּֽלִי־דָֽעַת׃ | 2 |
Who is this that wrappeth up sentences in unskillful words?
אֱזׇר־נָא כְגֶבֶר חֲלָצֶיךָ וְאֶשְׁאָלְךָ וְהוֹדִיעֵֽנִי׃ | 3 |
Gird up thy loins like a man: I will ask thee, and answer thou me.
אֵיפֹה הָיִיתָ בְּיׇסְדִי־אָרֶץ הַגֵּד אִם־יָדַעְתָּ בִינָֽה׃ | 4 |
Where wast thou when I laid up the foundations of the earth? tell me if thou hast understanding.
מִי־שָׂם מְמַדֶּיהָ כִּי תֵדָע אוֹ מִֽי־נָטָה עָלֶיהָ קָּֽו׃ | 5 |
Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
עַל־מָה אֲדָנֶיהָ הׇטְבָּעוּ אוֹ מִי־יָרָה אֶבֶן פִּנָּתָֽהּ׃ | 6 |
Upon what are its bases grounded? or who laid the corner stone thereof,
בְּרׇן־יַחַד כּוֹכְבֵי בֹקֶר וַיָּרִיעוּ כׇּל־בְּנֵי אֱלֹהִֽים׃ | 7 |
When the morning stars praised me together, and all the sons of God made a joyful melody?
וַיָּסֶךְ בִּדְלָתַיִם יָם בְּגִיחוֹ מֵרֶחֶם יֵצֵֽא׃ | 8 |
Who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth as issuing out of the womb:
בְּשׂוּמִי עָנָן לְבֻשׁוֹ וַעֲרָפֶל חֲתֻלָּתֽוֹ׃ | 9 |
When I made a cloud the garment thereof, and wrapped it in a mist as in swaddling bands?
וָאֶשְׁבֹּר עָלָיו חֻקִּי וָאָשִׂים בְּרִיחַ וּדְלָתָֽיִם׃ | 10 |
I set my bounds around it, and made it bars and doors:
וָאֹמַר עַד־פֹּה תָבוֹא וְלֹא תֹסִיף וּפֹא־יָשִׁית בִּגְאוֹן גַּלֶּֽיךָ׃ | 11 |
And I said: Hitherto thou shalt come, and shalt go no further, and here thou shalt break thy swelling waves.
הֲֽמִיָּמֶיךָ צִוִּיתָ בֹּקֶר (ידעתה שחר) [יִדַּעְתָּ הַשַּׁחַר] מְקֹמֽוֹ׃ | 12 |
Didst thou since thy birth command the morning, and shew the dawning of the day its place?
לֶאֱחֹז בְּכַנְפוֹת הָאָרֶץ וְיִנָּעֲרוּ רְשָׁ עִ ים מִמֶּֽנָּה׃ | 13 |
And didst thou hold the extremities of the earth shaking them, and hast thou shaken the ungodly out of it?
תִּתְהַפֵּךְ כְּחֹמֶר חוֹתָם וְיִֽתְיַצְּבוּ כְּמוֹ לְבֽוּשׁ׃ | 14 |
The seal shall be restored as clay, and shall stand as a garment:
וְיִמָּנַע מֵרְשָׁ עִ ים אוֹרָם וּזְרוֹעַ רָמָה תִּשָּׁבֵֽר׃ | 15 |
From the wicked their light shall be taken away, and the high arm shall be broken.
הֲבָאתָ עַד־נִבְכֵי־יָם וּבְחֵקֶר תְּהוֹם הִתְהַלָּֽכְתָּ׃ | 16 |
Hast thou entered into the depths of the sea, and walked in the lowest parts of the deep?
הֲנִגְלוּ לְךָ שַׁעֲרֵי־מָוֶת וְשַׁעֲרֵי צַלְמָוֶת תִּרְאֶֽה׃ | 17 |
Have the gates of death been opened to thee, and hast thou seen the darksome doors?
הִתְבֹּנַנְתָּ עַד־רַחֲבֵי־אָרֶץ הַגֵּד אִם־יָדַעְתָּ כֻלָּֽהּ׃ | 18 |
Hast thou considered the breadth of the earth? tell me, if thou knowest all things?
אֵי־זֶה הַדֶּרֶךְ יִשְׁכׇּן־אוֹר וְחֹשֶׁךְ אֵי־זֶה מְקֹמֽוֹ׃ | 19 |
Where is the way where light dwelleth, and where is the place of darkness:
כִּי תִקָּחֶנּוּ אֶל־גְּבוּלוֹ וְכִי־תָבִין נְתִיבוֹת בֵּיתֽוֹ׃ | 20 |
That thou mayst bring every thing to its own bounds, and understand the paths of the house thereof.
יָדַעְתָּ כִּי־אָז תִּוָּלֵד וּמִסְפַּר יָמֶיךָ רַבִּֽים׃ | 21 |
Didst thou know then that thou shouldst be born? and didst thou know the number of thy days?
הֲבָאתָ אֶל־אֹצְרוֹת שָׁלֶג וְאוֹצְרוֹת בָּרָד תִּרְאֶֽה׃ | 22 |
Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow, or has thou beheld the treasures of the hail:
אֲשֶׁר־חָשַׂכְתִּי לְעֶת־צָר לְיוֹם קְרָב וּמִלְחָמָֽה׃ | 23 |
Which I have prepared for the time of the enemy, against the day of battle and war?
אֵי־זֶה הַדֶּרֶךְ יֵחָלֶק אוֹר יָפֵץ קָדִים עֲלֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃ | 24 |
By what way is the light spread, and heat divided upon the earth?
מִֽי־פִלַּג לַשֶּׁטֶף תְּעָלָה וְדֶרֶךְ לַחֲזִיז קֹלֽוֹת׃ | 25 |
Who gave a course to violent showers, or a way for noisy thunder:
לְהַמְטִיר עַל־אֶרֶץ לֹא־אִישׁ מִדְבָּר לֹא־אָדָם בּֽוֹ׃ | 26 |
That it should rain on the earth without man in the wilderness, where no mortal dwelleth:
לְהַשְׂבִּיעַ שֹׁאָה וּמְשֹׁאָה וּלְהַצְמִיחַ מֹצָא דֶֽשֶׁא׃ | 27 |
That it should fill the desert and desolate land, and should bring forth green grass?
הֲיֵשׁ־לַמָּטָר אָב אוֹ מִי־הוֹלִיד אֶגְלֵי־טָֽל׃ | 28 |
Who is the father of rain? or who begot the drops of dew?
מִבֶּטֶן מִי יָצָא הַקָּרַח וּכְפֹר שָׁמַיִם מִי יְלָדֽוֹ׃ | 29 |
Out of whose womb came the ice; and the frost from heaven who hath gendered it?
כָּאֶבֶן מַיִם יִתְחַבָּאוּ וּפְנֵי תְהוֹם יִתְלַכָּֽדוּ׃ | 30 |
The waters are hardened like a stone, and the surface of the deep is congealed.
הַֽתְקַשֵּׁר מַעֲדַנּוֹת כִּימָה אֽוֹ־מֹשְׁכוֹת כְּסִיל תְּפַתֵּֽחַ׃ | 31 |
Shalt thou be able to join together the shining stars the Pleiades, or canst thou stop the turning about of Arcturus?
הֲתֹצִיא מַזָּרוֹת בְּעִתּוֹ וְעַיִשׁ עַל־בָּנֶיהָ תַנְחֵֽם׃ | 32 |
Canst thou bring forth the day star in its time, and make the evening star to rise upon the children of the earth?
הֲיָדַעְתָּ חֻקּוֹת שָׁמָיִם אִם־תָּשִׂים מִשְׁטָרוֹ בָאָֽרֶץ׃ | 33 |
Dost thou know the order of heaven, and canst thou set down the reason thereof on the earth?
הֲתָרִים לָעָב קוֹלֶךָ וְֽשִׁפְעַת־מַיִם תְּכַסֶּֽךָּ׃ | 34 |
Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that an abundance of waters may cover thee?
הַֽתְשַׁלַּח בְּרָקִים וְיֵלֵכוּ וְיֹֽאמְרוּ לְךָ הִנֵּֽנוּ׃ | 35 |
Canst thou send lightnings, and will they go, and will they return and say to thee: Here we are?
מִי־שָׁת בַּטֻּחוֹת חׇכְמָה אוֹ מִֽי־נָתַן לַשֶּׂכְוִי בִינָֽה׃ | 36 |
Who hath put wisdom in the heart of man? or who gave the cock understanding?
מִֽי־יְסַפֵּר שְׁחָקִים בְּחׇכְמָה וְנִבְלֵי שָׁמַיִם מִי יַשְׁכִּֽיב׃ | 37 |
Who can declare the order of the heavens, or who can make the harmony of heaven to sleep?
בְּצֶקֶת עָפָר לַמּוּצָק וּרְגָבִים יְדֻבָּֽקוּ׃ | 38 |
When was the dust poured on the earth, and the clods fastened together?
הֲתָצוּד לְלָבִיא טָרֶף וְחַיַּת כְּפִירִים תְּמַלֵּֽא׃ | 39 |
Wilt thou take the prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite of her whelps,
כִּֽי־יָשֹׁחוּ בַמְּעוֹנוֹת יֵֽשְׁבוּ בַסֻּכָּה לְמוֹ־אָֽרֶב׃ | 40 |
When they couch in the dens and lie in wait in holes?
מִי יָכִין לָעֹרֵב צֵידוֹ כִּֽי־יְלָדָו אֶל־אֵל יְשַׁוֵּעוּ יִתְעוּ לִבְלִי־אֹֽכֶל׃ | 41 |
Who provideth food for the raven, when her young ones cry to God, wandering about, because they have no meat?