< איוב 5 >
קְֽרָא־נָא הֲיֵשׁ עוֹנֶךָּ וְאֶל־מִי מִקְּדֹשִׁים תִּפְנֶֽה׃ | 1 |
Pray, call, is there any to answer thee? And unto which of the holy ones dost thou turn?
כִּֽי־לֶאֱוִיל יַהֲרׇג־כָּעַשׂ וּפֹתֶה תָּמִית קִנְאָֽה׃ | 2 |
For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,
אֲֽנִי־רָאִיתִי אֱוִיל מַשְׁרִישׁ וָאֶקּוֹב נָוֵהוּ פִתְאֹֽם׃ | 3 |
I — I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,
יִרְחֲקוּ בָנָיו מִיֶּשַׁע וְיִֽדַּכְּאוּ בַשַּׁעַר וְאֵין מַצִּֽיל׃ | 4 |
Far are his sons 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 doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, And the designing swallowed their wealth.
כִּי ׀ לֹא־יֵצֵא מֵעָפָר אָוֶן וּמֵאֲדָמָה לֹא־יִצְמַח עָמָֽל׃ | 6 |
For sorrow cometh not forth from the dust, Nor from the ground springeth up misery.
כִּֽי־אָדָם לְעָמָל יוּלָּד וּבְנֵי־רֶשֶׁף יַגְבִּיהוּ עֽוּף׃ | 7 |
For man to misery is born, And the sparks go high to fly.
אוּלָם אֲנִי אֶדְרֹשׁ אֶל־אֵל וְאֶל־אֱלֹהִים אָשִׂים דִּבְרָתִֽי׃ | 8 |
Yet I — 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, till 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 subtile, And their hands do not execute wisdom.
לֹכֵד חֲכָמִים בְּעׇרְמָם וַעֲצַת נִפְתָּלִים נִמְהָֽרָה׃ | 13 |
Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened,
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 |
And He saveth the wasted from their mouth, And from a strong hand the needy,
וַתְּהִי לַדַּל תִּקְוָה וְעֹלָתָה קָפְצָה פִּֽיהָ׃ | 16 |
And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth.
הִנֵּה אַשְׁרֵי אֱנוֹשׁ יוֹכִחֶנּוּ אֱלוֹהַּ וּמוּסַר שַׁדַּי אַל־תִּמְאָֽס׃ | 17 |
Lo, the happiness of mortal man, God doth reprove him: And the chastisement of the Mighty despise not,
כִּי הוּא יַכְאִיב וְיֶחְבָּשׁ יִמְחַץ וְיָדָו תִּרְפֶּֽינָה׃ | 18 |
For He doth pain, and He bindeth up, He smiteth, and His hands heal.
בְּשֵׁשׁ צָרוֹת יַצִּילֶךָּ וּבְשֶׁבַע ׀ לֹֽא־יִגַּע בְּךָ רָֽע׃ | 19 |
In six distresses He delivereth thee, And in seven evil striketh not on thee.
בְּֽרָעָב פָּדְךָ מִמָּוֶת וּבְמִלְחָמָה מִידֵי חָֽרֶב׃ | 20 |
In famine He hath redeemed thee from death, And in battle from the hands of the sword.
בְּשׁוֹט לָשׁוֹן תֵּחָבֵא וְֽלֹא־תִירָא מִשֹּׁד כִּי יָבֽוֹא׃ | 21 |
When the tongue scourgeth thou art hid, And thou art not afraid of destruction, When it cometh.
לְשֹׁד וּלְכָפָן תִּשְׂחָק וּֽמֵחַיַּת הָאָרֶץ אַל־תִּירָֽא׃ | 22 |
At destruction and at hunger thou mockest, And of the beast of the earth, Thou art not afraid.
כִּי עִם־אַבְנֵי הַשָּׂדֶה בְרִיתֶךָ וְחַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה הׇשְׁלְמָה־לָּֽךְ׃ | 23 |
(For with sons of the field [is] thy covenant, And the beast of the field Hath been at peace with thee.)
וְֽיָדַעְתָּ כִּֽי־שָׁלוֹם אׇהֳלֶךָ וּֽפָקַדְתָּ נָוְךָ וְלֹא תֶחֱטָֽא׃ | 24 |
And thou hast known that thy tent [is] peace, And inspected thy habitation, and errest not,
וְֽיָדַעְתָּ כִּֽי־רַב זַרְעֶךָ וְצֶאֱצָאֶיךָ כְּעֵשֶׂב הָאָֽרֶץ׃ | 25 |
And hast known that numerous [is] Thy seed, And thine offspring as the herb of the earth;
תָּבוֹא בְכֶלַח אֱלֵי־קָבֶר כַּעֲלוֹת גָּדִישׁ בְּעִתּֽוֹ׃ | 26 |
Thou comest in full age unto the grave, As the going up of a stalk in its season.
הִנֵּה־זֹאת חֲקַרְנוּהָ כֶּֽן־הִיא שְׁמָעֶנָּה וְאַתָּה דַֽע־לָֽךְ׃ | 27 |
Lo, this — we searched it out — it [is] right, hearken; And thou, know for thyself!