איוב 6
| וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
And Job answers and says:
| לוּ שָׁקוֹל יִשָּׁקֵל כַּעְשִׂי (והיתי) [וְהַוָּתִי] בְּֽמֹאזְנַיִם יִשְׂאוּ־יָֽחַד׃ | 2 |
“O that my provocation were thoroughly weighed, And my calamity in balances They would lift up together!
| כִּֽי־עַתָּה מֵחוֹל יַמִּים יִכְבָּד עַל־כֵּן דְּבָרַי לָֽעוּ׃ | 3 |
For now it is heavier than the sands of the sea, Therefore my words have been rash.
| כִּי חִצֵּי שַׁדַּי עִמָּדִי אֲשֶׁר חֲמָתָם שֹׁתָה רוּחִי בִּעוּתֵי אֱלוֹהַּ יַעַרְכֽוּנִי׃ | 4 |
For arrows of the Mighty [are] with me, Whose poison is drinking up my spirit. Terrors of God array themselves [for] me!
| הֲיִֽנְהַק־פֶּרֶא עֲלֵי־דֶשֶׁא אִם יִגְעֶה־שּׁוֹר עַל־בְּלִילֽוֹ׃ | 5 |
Does a wild donkey bray over tender grass? Does an ox low over his provender?
| הֲיֵאָכֵל תָּפֵל מִבְּלִי־מֶלַח אִם־יֶשׁ־טַעַם בְּרִיר חַלָּמֽוּת׃ | 6 |
Is an insipid thing eaten without salt? Is there sense in the drivel of dreams?
| מֵאֲנָה לִנְגּוֹעַ נַפְשִׁי הֵמָּה כִּדְוֵי לַחְמִֽי׃ | 7 |
My soul is refusing to touch! They [are] as my sickening food.
| מִֽי־יִתֵּן תָּבוֹא שֶׁאֱלָתִי וְתִקְוָתִי יִתֵּן אֱלֽוֹהַּ׃ | 8 |
O that my request may come, That God may grant my hope!
| וְיֹאֵל אֱלוֹהַּ וִידַכְּאֵנִי יַתֵּר יָדוֹ וִיבַצְּעֵֽנִי׃ | 9 |
That God would please—and bruise me, Loose His hand and cut me off!
| וּתְהִי־עוֹד ׀ נֶחָמָתִי וַאֲסַלְּדָה בְחִילָה לֹא יַחְמוֹל כִּי־לֹא כִחַדְתִּי אִמְרֵי קָדֽוֹשׁ׃ | 10 |
And yet it is my comfort (And I exult in pain—He does not spare), That I have not hidden The sayings of the Holy One.
| מַה־כֹּחִי כִֽי־אֲיַחֵל וּמַה־קִּצִּי כִּֽי־אַאֲרִיךְ נַפְשִֽׁי׃ | 11 |
What [is] my power that I should hope? And what [is] my end that I should prolong my life?
| אִם־כֹּחַ אֲבָנִים כֹּחִי אִֽם־בְּשָׂרִי נָחֽוּשׁ׃ | 12 |
Is my strength the strength of stones? Is my flesh bronze?
| הַאִם אֵין עֶזְרָתִי בִי וְתֻשִׁיָּה נִדְּחָה מִמֶּֽנִּי׃ | 13 |
Is my help not with me, And substance driven from me?
| לַמָּס מֵרֵעֵהוּ חָסֶד וְיִרְאַת שַׁדַּי יַעֲזֽוֹב׃ | 14 |
To a despiser of his friends [is] shame, And the fear of the Mighty he forsakes.
| אַחַי בָּגְדוּ כְמוֹ־נָחַל כַּאֲפִיק נְחָלִים יַעֲבֹֽרוּ׃ | 15 |
My brothers have deceived as a brook, As a stream of brooks they pass away.
| הַקֹּדְרִים מִנִּי־קָרַח עָלֵימוֹ יִתְעַלֶּם־שָֽׁלֶג׃ | 16 |
That are black because of ice, By them snow hides itself.
| בְּעֵת יְזֹרְבוּ נִצְמָתוּ בְּחֻמּוֹ נִדְעֲכוּ מִמְּקוֹמָֽם׃ | 17 |
By the time they are warm they have been cut off, By its being hot they have been Extinguished from their place.
| יִלָּפְתוּ אׇרְחוֹת דַּרְכָּם יַעֲלוּ בַתֹּהוּ וְיֹאבֵֽדוּ׃ | 18 |
The paths turn aside of their way, They ascend into emptiness, and are lost.
| הִבִּיטוּ אׇרְחוֹת תֵּמָא הֲלִיכֹת שְׁבָא קִוּוּ־לָֽמוֹ׃ | 19 |
Passengers of Tema looked expectingly, Travelers of Sheba hoped for them.
| בֹּשׁוּ כִֽי־בָטָח בָּאוּ עָדֶיהָ וַיֶּחְפָּֽרוּ׃ | 20 |
They were ashamed that one has trusted, They have come to it and are confounded.
| כִּֽי־עַתָּה הֱיִיתֶם לֹא תִּֽרְאוּ חֲתַת וַתִּירָֽאוּ׃ | 21 |
Surely now you have become the same! You see a downfall, and are afraid.
| הֲֽכִי־אָמַרְתִּי הָבוּ לִי וּמִכֹּחֲכֶם שִׁחֲדוּ בַעֲדִֽי׃ | 22 |
Is it because I said, Give to me? And, By your power bribe for me?
| וּמַלְּטוּנִי מִיַּד־צָר וּמִיַּד עָרִיצִים תִּפְדּֽוּנִי׃ | 23 |
And, Deliver me from the hand of an adversary? And, Ransom me from the hand of terrible ones?
| הוֹרוּנִי וַאֲנִי אַחֲרִישׁ וּמַה־שָּׁגִיתִי הָבִינוּ לִֽי׃ | 24 |
Show me, and I keep silent, And what I have erred, let me understand.
| מַה־נִּמְרְצוּ אִמְרֵי־יֹשֶׁר וּמַה־יּוֹכִיחַ הוֹכֵחַ מִכֶּֽם׃ | 25 |
How powerful have been upright sayings, And what reproof from you reproves?
| הַלְהוֹכַח מִלִּים תַּחְשֹׁבוּ וּלְרוּחַ אִמְרֵי נֹאָֽשׁ׃ | 26 |
For reproof—do you reckon words? And for wind—sayings of the desperate?
| אַף־עַל־יָתוֹם תַּפִּילוּ וְתִכְרוּ עַֽל־רֵיעֲכֶֽם׃ | 27 |
You cause anger to fall on the fatherless, And are strange to your friend.
| וְעַתָּה הוֹאִילוּ פְנוּ־בִי וְעַל־פְּנֵיכֶם אִם־אֲכַזֵּֽב׃ | 28 |
And now, please, look on me, Even to your face do I lie?
| שֽׁוּבוּ־נָא אַל־תְּהִי עַוְלָה (ושבי) [וְשׁוּבוּ] עוֹד צִדְקִי־בָֽהּ׃ | 29 |
Please turn back, let it not be perverseness, Indeed, turn back again—my righteousness [is] in it.
| הֲיֵשׁ־בִּלְשׁוֹנִי עַוְלָה אִם־חִכִּי לֹא־יָבִין הַוּֽוֹת׃ | 30 |
Is there perverseness in my tongue? Does my palate not discern calamity?”
