< איוב 38 >
וַיַּֽעַן־יְהֹוָה אֶת־אִיּוֹב (מנהסערה) [מִן ׀ הַסְּעָרָה] וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
Then answered the Lord vnto Iob out of the whirle winde, and said,
מִי זֶה ׀ מַחְשִׁיךְ עֵצָה בְמִלִּין בְּֽלִי־דָֽעַת׃ | 2 |
Who is this that darkeneth the counsell by wordes without knowledge?
אֱזׇר־נָא כְגֶבֶר חֲלָצֶיךָ וְאֶשְׁאָלְךָ וְהוֹדִיעֵֽנִי׃ | 3 |
Girde vp nowe thy loynes like a man: I will demande of thee and declare thou vnto me.
אֵיפֹה הָיִיתָ בְּיׇסְדִי־אָרֶץ הַגֵּד אִם־יָדַעְתָּ בִינָֽה׃ | 4 |
Where wast thou when I layd the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast vnderstanding,
מִי־שָׂם מְמַדֶּיהָ כִּי תֵדָע אוֹ מִֽי־נָטָה עָלֶיהָ קָּֽו׃ | 5 |
Who hath layde the measures thereof, if thou knowest, or who hath stretched the line ouer it:
עַל־מָה אֲדָנֶיהָ הׇטְבָּעוּ אוֹ מִי־יָרָה אֶבֶן פִּנָּתָֽהּ׃ | 6 |
Whereupon are the foundations thereof set: or who layed the corner stone thereof:
בְּרׇן־יַחַד כּוֹכְבֵי בֹקֶר וַיָּרִיעוּ כׇּל־בְּנֵי אֱלֹהִֽים׃ | 7 |
When the starres of the morning praysed me together, and all the children of God reioyced:
וַיָּסֶךְ בִּדְלָתַיִם יָם בְּגִיחוֹ מֵרֶחֶם יֵצֵֽא׃ | 8 |
Or who hath shut vp the Sea with doores, when it yssued and came foorth as out of the wombe:
בְּשׂוּמִי עָנָן לְבֻשׁוֹ וַעֲרָפֶל חֲתֻלָּתֽוֹ׃ | 9 |
When I made the cloudes as a couering thereof, and darkenesse as the swadeling bands thereof:
וָאֶשְׁבֹּר עָלָיו חֻקִּי וָאָשִׂים בְּרִיחַ וּדְלָתָֽיִם׃ | 10 |
When I stablished my commandement vpon it, and set barres and doores,
וָאֹמַר עַד־פֹּה תָבוֹא וְלֹא תֹסִיף וּפֹא־יָשִׁית בִּגְאוֹן גַּלֶּֽיךָ׃ | 11 |
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther, and here shall it stay thy proude waues.
הֲֽמִיָּמֶיךָ צִוִּיתָ בֹּקֶר (ידעתה שחר) [יִדַּעְתָּ הַשַּׁחַר] מְקֹמֽוֹ׃ | 12 |
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy dayes? hast thou caused the morning to knowe his place,
לֶאֱחֹז בְּכַנְפוֹת הָאָרֶץ וְיִנָּעֲרוּ רְשָׁ עִ ים מִמֶּֽנָּה׃ | 13 |
That it might take hold of the corners of the earth, and that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
תִּתְהַפֵּךְ כְּחֹמֶר חוֹתָם וְיִֽתְיַצְּבוּ כְּמוֹ לְבֽוּשׁ׃ | 14 |
It is turned as clay to facion, and all stand vp as a garment.
וְיִמָּנַע מֵרְשָׁ עִ ים אוֹרָם וּזְרוֹעַ רָמָה תִּשָּׁבֵֽר׃ | 15 |
And from the wicked their light shall be taken away, and the hie arme shalbe broken.
הֲבָאתָ עַד־נִבְכֵי־יָם וּבְחֵקֶר תְּהוֹם הִתְהַלָּֽכְתָּ׃ | 16 |
Hast thou entred into the bottomes of the sea? or hast thou walked to seeke out the depth?
הֲנִגְלוּ לְךָ שַׁעֲרֵי־מָוֶת וְשַׁעֲרֵי צַלְמָוֶת תִּרְאֶֽה׃ | 17 |
Haue the gates of death bene opened vnto thee? or hast thou seene the gates of the shadowe of death?
הִתְבֹּנַנְתָּ עַד־רַחֲבֵי־אָרֶץ הַגֵּד אִם־יָדַעְתָּ כֻלָּֽהּ׃ | 18 |
Hast thou perceiued the breadth of the earth? tell if thou knowest all this.
אֵי־זֶה הַדֶּרֶךְ יִשְׁכׇּן־אוֹר וְחֹשֶׁךְ אֵי־זֶה מְקֹמֽוֹ׃ | 19 |
Where is the way where light dwelleth? and where is the place of darkenesse,
כִּי תִקָּחֶנּוּ אֶל־גְּבוּלוֹ וְכִי־תָבִין נְתִיבוֹת בֵּיתֽוֹ׃ | 20 |
That thou shouldest receiue it in the boundes thereof, and that thou shouldest knowe the paths to the house thereof?
יָדַעְתָּ כִּי־אָז תִּוָּלֵד וּמִסְפַּר יָמֶיךָ רַבִּֽים׃ | 21 |
Knewest thou it, because thou wast then borne, and because the nomber of thy dayes is great?
הֲבָאתָ אֶל־אֹצְרוֹת שָׁלֶג וְאוֹצְרוֹת בָּרָד תִּרְאֶֽה׃ | 22 |
Hast thou entred into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seene the treasures of ye haile,
אֲשֶׁר־חָשַׂכְתִּי לְעֶת־צָר לְיוֹם קְרָב וּמִלְחָמָֽה׃ | 23 |
Which I haue hid against the time of trouble, against the day of warre and battell?
אֵי־זֶה הַדֶּרֶךְ יֵחָלֶק אוֹר יָפֵץ קָדִים עֲלֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃ | 24 |
By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the East winde vpon the earth?
מִֽי־פִלַּג לַשֶּׁטֶף תְּעָלָה וְדֶרֶךְ לַחֲזִיז קֹלֽוֹת׃ | 25 |
Who hath deuided the spowtes for the raine? or the way for the lightning of ye thunders,
לְהַמְטִיר עַל־אֶרֶץ לֹא־אִישׁ מִדְבָּר לֹא־אָדָם בּֽוֹ׃ | 26 |
To cause it to raine on the earth where no man is, and in the wildernes where there is no man?
לְהַשְׂבִּיעַ שֹׁאָה וּמְשֹׁאָה וּלְהַצְמִיחַ מֹצָא דֶֽשֶׁא׃ | 27 |
To fulfil the wilde and waste place, and to cause the bud of the herbe to spring forth?
הֲיֵשׁ־לַמָּטָר אָב אוֹ מִי־הוֹלִיד אֶגְלֵי־טָֽל׃ | 28 |
Who is the father of the rayne? or who hath begotten the droppes of the dewe?
מִבֶּטֶן מִי יָצָא הַקָּרַח וּכְפֹר שָׁמַיִם מִי יְלָדֽוֹ׃ | 29 |
Out of whose wombe came the yee? who hath ingendred the frost of the heauen?
כָּאֶבֶן מַיִם יִתְחַבָּאוּ וּפְנֵי תְהוֹם יִתְלַכָּֽדוּ׃ | 30 |
The waters are hid as with a stone: and the face of the depth is frosen.
הַֽתְקַשֵּׁר מַעֲדַנּוֹת כִּימָה אֽוֹ־מֹשְׁכוֹת כְּסִיל תְּפַתֵּֽחַ׃ | 31 |
Canst thou restraine the sweete influences of the Pleiades? or loose the bandes of Orion?
הֲתֹצִיא מַזָּרוֹת בְּעִתּוֹ וְעַיִשׁ עַל־בָּנֶיהָ תַנְחֵֽם׃ | 32 |
Canst thou bring foorth Mazzaroth in their time? canst thou also guide Arcturus with his sonnes?
הֲיָדַעְתָּ חֻקּוֹת שָׁמָיִם אִם־תָּשִׂים מִשְׁטָרוֹ בָאָֽרֶץ׃ | 33 |
Knowest thou the course of heauen, or canst thou set the rule thereof in the earth?
הֲתָרִים לָעָב קוֹלֶךָ וְֽשִׁפְעַת־מַיִם תְּכַסֶּֽךָּ׃ | 34 |
Canst thou lift vp thy voice to the cloudes that the aboundance of water may couer thee?
הַֽתְשַׁלַּח בְּרָקִים וְיֵלֵכוּ וְיֹֽאמְרוּ לְךָ הִנֵּֽנוּ׃ | 35 |
Canst thou sende the lightenings that they may walke, and say vnto thee, Loe, heere we are?
מִי־שָׁת בַּטֻּחוֹת חׇכְמָה אוֹ מִֽי־נָתַן לַשֶּׂכְוִי בִינָֽה׃ | 36 |
Who hath put wisedome in the reines? or who hath giuen the heart vnderstanding?
מִֽי־יְסַפֵּר שְׁחָקִים בְּחׇכְמָה וְנִבְלֵי שָׁמַיִם מִי יַשְׁכִּֽיב׃ | 37 |
Who can nomber cloudes by wisedome? or who can cause to cease the bottels of heaue,
בְּצֶקֶת עָפָר לַמּוּצָק וּרְגָבִים יְדֻבָּֽקוּ׃ | 38 |
When the earth groweth into hardnesse, and the clottes are fast together?
הֲתָצוּד לְלָבִיא טָרֶף וְחַיַּת כְּפִירִים תְּמַלֵּֽא׃ | 39 |
Wilt thou hunt the pray for the lyon? or fill the appetite of the lyons whelpes,
כִּֽי־יָשֹׁחוּ בַמְּעוֹנוֹת יֵֽשְׁבוּ בַסֻּכָּה לְמוֹ־אָֽרֶב׃ | 40 |
When they couch in their places, and remaine in the couert to lye in waite?
מִי יָכִין לָעֹרֵב צֵידוֹ כִּֽי־יְלָדָו אֶל־אֵל יְשַׁוֵּעוּ יִתְעוּ לִבְלִי־אֹֽכֶל׃ | 41 |
Who prepareth for the rauen his meate, when his birdes crie vnto God, wandering for lacke of meate?