< איוב 5 >
קְֽרָא־נָא הֲיֵשׁ עוֹנֶךָּ וְאֶל־מִי מִקְּדֹשִׁים תִּפְנֶֽה׃ | 1 |
“Pray, call, is there any to answer you? And to which of the holy ones do you turn?
כִּֽי־לֶאֱוִיל יַהֲרׇג־כָּעַשׂ וּפֹתֶה תָּמִית קִנְאָֽה׃ | 2 |
For provocation slays the perverse, And envy puts to death the simple,
אֲֽנִי־רָאִיתִי אֱוִיל מַשְׁרִישׁ וָאֶקּוֹב נָוֵהוּ פִתְאֹֽם׃ | 3 |
I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straight away,
יִרְחֲקוּ בָנָיו מִיֶּשַׁע וְיִֽדַּכְּאוּ בַשַּׁעַר וְאֵין מַצִּֽיל׃ | 4 |
His sons are far from safety, And they are bruised in the gate, And there is no deliverer.
אֲשֶׁר קְצִירוֹ ׀ רָעֵב יֹאכֵל וְאֶֽל־מִצִּנִּים יִקָּחֵהוּ וְשָׁאַף צַמִּים חֵילָֽם׃ | 5 |
Whose harvest the hungry eat, And even take it from the thorns, And the designing swallowed their wealth.
כִּי ׀ לֹא־יֵצֵא מֵעָפָר אָוֶן וּמֵאֲדָמָה לֹא־יִצְמַח עָמָֽל׃ | 6 |
For sorrow does not come forth from the dust, Nor does misery spring up from the ground.
כִּֽי־אָדָם לְעָמָל יוּלָּד וּבְנֵי־רֶשֶׁף יַגְבִּיהוּ עֽוּף׃ | 7 |
For man is born to misery, And the sparks go high to fly.
אוּלָם אֲנִי אֶדְרֹשׁ אֶל־אֵל וְאֶל־אֱלֹהִים אָשִׂים דִּבְרָתִֽי׃ | 8 |
Yet I inquire for God, And for God I give my word,
עֹשֶׂה גְדֹלוֹת וְאֵין חֵקֶר נִפְלָאוֹת עַד־אֵין מִסְפָּֽר׃ | 9 |
Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, until there is no numbering.
הַנֹּתֵן מָטָר עַל־פְּנֵי־אָרֶץ וְשֹׁלֵֽחַ מַיִם עַל־פְּנֵי חוּצֽוֹת׃ | 10 |
Who is giving rain on the face of the land, And is sending waters on the out-places.
לָשׂוּם שְׁפָלִים לְמָרוֹם וְקֹדְרִים שָׂגְבוּ יֶֽשַׁע׃ | 11 |
To set the low on a high place, And the mourners have been high [in] safety.
מֵפֵר מַחְשְׁבוֹת עֲרוּמִים וְֽלֹא־תַעֲשֶׂנָה יְדֵיהֶם תֻּֽשִׁיָּֽה׃ | 12 |
Making void thoughts of the cunning, And their hands do not execute wisdom.
לֹכֵד חֲכָמִים בְּעׇרְמָם וַעֲצַת נִפְתָּלִים נִמְהָֽרָה׃ | 13 |
Capturing the wise in their subtlety, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hurried,
יוֹמָם יְפַגְּשׁוּ־חֹשֶׁךְ וְכַלַּיְלָה יְֽמַשְׁשׁוּ בַֽצׇּהֳרָֽיִם׃ | 14 |
By day they meet darkness, And as night—they grope at noon.
וַיֹּשַׁע מֵחֶרֶב מִפִּיהֶם וּמִיַּד חָזָק אֶבְיֽוֹן׃ | 15 |
He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth, And from a strong hand,
וַתְּהִי לַדַּל תִּקְוָה וְעֹלָתָה קָפְצָה פִּֽיהָ׃ | 16 |
And there is hope for the poor, And perverseness has shut her mouth.
הִנֵּה אַשְׁרֵי אֱנוֹשׁ יוֹכִחֶנּוּ אֱלוֹהַּ וּמוּסַר שַׁדַּי אַל־תִּמְאָֽס׃ | 17 |
Behold, the blessedness of mortal man, God reproves him: And do not despise the discipline of the Mighty,
כִּי הוּא יַכְאִיב וְיֶחְבָּשׁ יִמְחַץ וְיָדָו תִּרְפֶּֽינָה׃ | 18 |
For He pains, and He binds up, He strikes, and His hands heal.
בְּשֵׁשׁ צָרוֹת יַצִּילֶךָּ וּבְשֶׁבַע ׀ לֹֽא־יִגַּע בְּךָ רָֽע׃ | 19 |
In six distresses He delivers you, And in seven evil does not strike on you.
בְּֽרָעָב פָּדְךָ מִמָּוֶת וּבְמִלְחָמָה מִידֵי חָֽרֶב׃ | 20 |
In famine He has redeemed you from death, And in battle from the hands of the sword.
בְּשׁוֹט לָשׁוֹן תֵּחָבֵא וְֽלֹא־תִירָא מִשֹּׁד כִּי יָבֽוֹא׃ | 21 |
When the tongue scourges you are hid, And you are not afraid of destruction, When it comes.
לְשֹׁד וּלְכָפָן תִּשְׂחָק וּֽמֵחַיַּת הָאָרֶץ אַל־תִּירָֽא׃ | 22 |
At destruction and at hunger you mock, And of the beast of the earth, You are not afraid.
כִּי עִם־אַבְנֵי הַשָּׂדֶה בְרִיתֶךָ וְחַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה הׇשְׁלְמָה־לָּֽךְ׃ | 23 |
(For with sons of the field [is] your covenant, And the beast of the field Has been at peace with you.)
וְֽיָדַעְתָּ כִּֽי־שָׁלוֹם אׇהֳלֶךָ וּֽפָקַדְתָּ נָוְךָ וְלֹא תֶחֱטָֽא׃ | 24 |
And you have known that your tent [is] peace, And inspected your habitation, and do not err,
וְֽיָדַעְתָּ כִּֽי־רַב זַרְעֶךָ וְצֶאֱצָאֶיךָ כְּעֵשֶׂב הָאָֽרֶץ׃ | 25 |
And have known that your seed [is] numerous, And your offspring as the herb of the earth;
תָּבוֹא בְכֶלַח אֱלֵי־קָבֶר כַּעֲלוֹת גָּדִישׁ בְּעִתּֽוֹ׃ | 26 |
You come in full age to the grave, As the going up of a stalk in its season.
הִנֵּה־זֹאת חֲקַרְנוּהָ כֶּֽן־הִיא שְׁמָעֶנָּה וְאַתָּה דַֽע־לָֽךְ׃ | 27 |
Behold, this—we searched it out—it [is] right, listen; And you, know for yourself!”