< איוב 4 >
וַיַּעַן אֱלִיפַז הַֽתֵּימָנִי וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and sayde,
הֲנִסָּה דָבָר אֵלֶיךָ תִּלְאֶה וַעְצֹר בְּמִלִּין מִי יוּכָֽל׃ | 2 |
If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieued? but who can withholde himselfe from speaking?
הִנֵּה יִסַּרְתָּ רַבִּים וְיָדַיִם רָפוֹת תְּחַזֵּֽק׃ | 3 |
Behold, thou hast taught many, and hast strengthened the wearie hands.
כּוֹשֵׁל יְקִימוּן מִלֶּיךָ וּבִרְכַּיִם כֹּרְעוֹת תְּאַמֵּֽץ׃ | 4 |
Thy wordes haue confirmed him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the weake knees.
כִּי עַתָּה ׀ תָּבוֹא אֵלֶיךָ וַתֵּלֶא תִּגַּע עָדֶיךָ וַתִּבָּהֵֽל׃ | 5 |
But now it is come vpon thee, and thou art grieued: it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
הֲלֹא יִרְאָתְךָ כִּסְלָתֶךָ תִּקְוָתְךָ וְתֹם דְּרָכֶֽיךָ׃ | 6 |
Is not this thy feare, thy confidence, thy pacience, and the vprightnesse of thy wayes?
זְכׇר־נָא מִי הוּא נָקִי אָבָד וְאֵיפֹה יְשָׁרִים נִכְחָֽדוּ׃ | 7 |
Remember, I pray thee: who euer perished, being an innocent? or where were the vpright destroyed?
כַּאֲשֶׁר רָאִיתִי חֹרְשֵׁי אָוֶן וְזֹרְעֵי עָמָל יִקְצְרֻֽהוּ׃ | 8 |
As I haue seene, they that plow iniquitie, and sowe wickednesse, reape the same.
מִנִּשְׁמַת אֱלוֹהַּ יֹאבֵדוּ וּמֵרוּחַ אַפּוֹ יִכְלֽוּ׃ | 9 |
With the blast of God they perish, and with the breath of his nostrels are they cosumed.
שַׁאֲגַת אַרְיֵה וְקוֹל שָׁחַל וְשִׁנֵּי כְפִירִים נִתָּֽעוּ׃ | 10 |
The roaring of the Lion, and the voyce of the Lionesse, and the teeth of the Lions whelpes are broken.
לַיִשׁ אֹבֵד מִבְּלִי־טָרֶף וּבְנֵי לָבִיא יִתְפָּרָֽדוּ׃ | 11 |
The Lyon perisheth for lacke of pray, and the Lyons whelpes are scattered abroade.
וְאֵלַי דָּבָר יְגֻנָּב וַתִּקַּח אׇזְנִי שֵׁמֶץ מֶֽנְהֽוּ׃ | 12 |
But a thing was brought to me secretly, and mine eare hath receiued a litle thereof.
בִּשְׂעִפִּים מֵחֶזְיֹנוֹת לָיְלָה בִּנְפֹל תַּרְדֵּמָה עַל־אֲנָשִֽׁים׃ | 13 |
In the thoughtes of ye visions of the night, when sleepe falleth on men,
פַּחַד קְרָאַנִי וּרְעָדָה וְרֹב עַצְמוֹתַי הִפְחִֽיד׃ | 14 |
Feare came vpon me, and dread which made all my bones to tremble.
וְרוּחַ עַל־פָּנַי יַחֲלֹף תְּסַמֵּר שַׂעֲרַת בְּשָׂרִֽי׃ | 15 |
And the wind passed before me, and made the heares of my flesh to stande vp.
יַעֲמֹד ׀ וְֽלֹא־אַכִּיר מַרְאֵהוּ תְּמוּנָה לְנֶגֶד עֵינָי דְּמָמָה וָקוֹל אֶשְׁמָֽע׃ | 16 |
Then stoode one, and I knewe not his face: an image was before mine eyes, and in silence heard I a voyce, saying,
הַאֱנוֹשׁ מֵאֱלוֹהַּ יִצְדָּק אִם מֵעֹשֵׂהוּ יִטְהַר־גָּֽבֶר׃ | 17 |
Shall man be more iust then God? or shall a man be more pure then his maker?
הֵן בַּעֲבָדָיו לֹא יַאֲמִין וּבְמַלְאָכָיו יָשִׂים תׇּהֳלָֽה׃ | 18 |
Beholde, he founde no stedfastnesse in his Seruants, and laid follie vpon his Angels.
אַף ׀ שֹׁכְנֵי בָֽתֵּי־חֹמֶר אֲשֶׁר־בֶּעָפָר יְסוֹדָם יְדַכְּאוּם לִפְנֵי־עָֽשׁ׃ | 19 |
Howe much more in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which shalbe destroyed before the moth?
מִבֹּקֶר לָעֶרֶב יֻכַּתּוּ מִבְּלִי מֵשִׂים לָנֶצַח יֹאבֵֽדוּ׃ | 20 |
They be destroyed from the morning vnto the euening: they perish for euer, without regarde.
הֲלֹא־נִסַּע יִתְרָם בָּם יָמוּתוּ וְלֹא בְחׇכְמָֽה׃ | 21 |
Doeth not their dignitie goe away with them? do they not die, and that without wisdom?