אִיּוֹב 15
| וַ֭יַּעַן אֱלִיפַ֥ז הַֽתֵּימָנִ֗י וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
And Eliphaz the Temanite made answer and said,
| הֶֽחָכָ֗ם יַעֲנֶ֥ה דַֽעַת־ר֑וּחַ וִֽימַלֵּ֖א קָדִ֣ים בִּטְנֹֽו׃ | 2 |
Will a wise man make answer with knowledge of no value, or will he give birth to the east wind?
| הֹוכֵ֣חַ בְּ֭דָבָר לֹ֣א יִסְכֹּ֑ון וּ֝מִלִּ֗ים לֹא־יֹועִ֥יל בָּֽם׃ | 3 |
Will he make arguments with words in which is no profit, and with sayings which have no value?
| אַף־אַ֭תָּה תָּפֵ֣ר יִרְאָ֑ה וְתִגְרַ֥ע שִׂ֝יחָ֗ה לִפְנֵי־אֵֽל׃ | 4 |
Truly, you make the fear of God without effect, so that the time of quiet worship before God is made less by your outcry.
| כִּ֤י יְאַלֵּ֣ף עֲוֹנְךָ֣ פִ֑יךָ וְ֝תִבְחַ֗ר לְשֹׁ֣ון עֲרוּמִֽים׃ | 5 |
For your mouth is guided by your sin, and you have taken the tongue of the false for yourself.
| יַרְשִֽׁיעֲךָ֣ פִ֣יךָ וְלֹא־אָ֑נִי וּ֝שְׂפָתֶ֗יךָ יַעֲנוּ־בָֽךְ׃ | 6 |
It is by your mouth, even yours, that you are judged to be in the wrong, and not by me; and your lips give witness against you.
| הֲרִאישֹׁ֣ון אָ֭דָם תִּוָּלֵ֑ד וְלִפְנֵ֖י גְבָעֹ֣ות חֹולָֽלְתָּ׃ | 7 |
Were you the first man to come into the world? or did you come into being before the hills?
| הַבְסֹ֣וד אֱלֹ֣והַ תִּשְׁמָ֑ע וְתִגְרַ֖ע אֵלֶ֣יךָ חָכְמָֽה׃ | 8 |
Were you present at the secret meeting of God? and have you taken all wisdom for yourself?
| מַה־יָּ֭דַעְתָּ וְלֹ֣א נֵדָ֑ע תָּ֝בִ֗ין וְֽלֹא־עִמָּ֥נוּ הֽוּא׃ | 9 |
What knowledge have you which we have not? is there anything in your mind which is not in ours?
| גַּם־שָׂ֣ב גַּם־יָשִׁ֣ישׁ בָּ֑נוּ כַּבִּ֖יר מֵאָבִ֣יךָ יָמִֽים׃ | 10 |
With us are men who are grey-haired and full of years, much older than your father.
| הַמְעַ֣ט מִ֭מְּךָ תַּנְחֻמֹ֣ות אֵ֑ל וְ֝דָבָ֗ר לָאַ֥ט עִמָּֽךְ׃ | 11 |
Are the comforts of God not enough for you, and the gentle word which was said to you?
| מַה־יִּקָּחֲךָ֥ לִבֶּ֑ךָ וּֽמַה־יִּרְזְמ֥וּן עֵינֶֽיךָ׃ | 12 |
Why is your heart uncontrolled, and why are your eyes lifted up;
| כִּֽי־תָשִׁ֣יב אֶל־אֵ֣ל רוּחֶ֑ךָ וְהֹצֵ֖אתָ מִפִּ֣יךָ מִלִּֽין׃ | 13 |
So that you are turning your spirit against God, and letting such words go out of your mouth?
| מָֽה־אֱנֹ֥ושׁ כִּֽי־יִזְכֶּ֑ה וְכִֽי־יִ֝צְדַּ֗ק יְל֣וּד אִשָּֽׁה׃ | 14 |
What is man, that he may be clean? and how may the son of woman be upright?
| הֵ֣ן בִּקְדֹשֹׁו (בִּ֭קְדֹשָׁיו) לֹ֣א יַאֲמִ֑ין וְ֝שָׁמַ֗יִם לֹא־זַכּ֥וּ בְעֵינָֽיו׃ | 15 |
Truly, he puts no faith in his holy ones, and the heavens are not clean in his eyes;
| אַ֭ף כִּֽי־נִתְעָ֥ב וְֽנֶאֱלָ֑ח אִישׁ־שֹׁתֶ֖ה כַמַּ֣יִם עַוְלָֽה׃ | 16 |
How much less one who is disgusting and unclean, a man who takes in evil like water!
| אֲחַוְךָ֥ שְֽׁמַֽע־לִ֑י וְזֶֽה־חָ֝זִ֗יתִי וַאֲסַפֵּֽרָה׃ | 17 |
Take note and give ear to my words; and I will say what I have seen:
| אֲשֶׁר־חֲכָמִ֥ים יַגִּ֑ידוּ וְלֹ֥א כִֽ֝חֲד֗וּ מֵאֲבֹותָֽם׃ | 18 |
(The things which wise men have got from their fathers, and have not kept secret from us;
| לָהֶ֣ם לְ֭בַדָּם נִתְּנָ֣ה הָאָ֑רֶץ וְלֹא־עָ֖בַר זָ֣ר בְּתֹוכָֽם׃ | 19 |
For only to them was the land given, and no strange people were among them: )
| כָּל־יְמֵ֣י רָ֭שָׁע ה֣וּא מִתְחֹולֵ֑ל וּמִסְפַּ֥ר שָׁ֝נִ֗ים נִצְפְּנ֥וּ לֶעָרִֽיץ׃ | 20 |
The evil man is in pain all his days, and the number of the years stored up for the cruel is small.
| קֹול־פְּחָדִ֥ים בְּאָזְנָ֑יו בַּ֝שָּׁלֹ֗ום שֹׁודֵ֥ד יְבֹואֶֽנּוּ׃ | 21 |
A sound of fear is in his ears; in time of peace destruction will come on him:
| לֹא־יַאֲמִ֣ין שׁ֭וּב מִנִּי־חֹ֑שֶׁךְ וְצָפוּ (וְצָפ֖וּי) ה֣וּא אֱלֵי־חָֽרֶב׃ | 22 |
He has no hope of coming safe out of the dark, and his fate will be the sword;
| נֹ֘דֵ֤ד ה֣וּא לַלֶּ֣חֶם אַיֵּ֑ה יָדַ֓ע ׀ כִּֽי־נָכֹ֖ון בְּיָדֹ֣ו יֹֽום־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ | 23 |
He is wandering about in search of bread, saying, Where is it? and he is certain that the day of trouble is ready for him:
| יְֽ֭בַעֲתֻהוּ צַ֣ר וּמְצוּקָ֑ה תִּ֝תְקְפֵ֗הוּ כְּמֶ֤לֶךְ ׀ עָתִ֬יד לַכִּידֹֽור׃ | 24 |
He is greatly in fear of the dark day, trouble and pain overcome him:
| כִּֽי־נָטָ֣ה אֶל־אֵ֣ל יָדֹ֑ו וְאֶל־שַׁ֝דַּ֗י יִתְגַּבָּֽר׃ | 25 |
Because his hand is stretched out against God, and his heart is lifted up against the Ruler of all,
| יָר֣וּץ אֵלָ֣יו בְּצַוָּ֑אר בַּ֝עֲבִ֗י גַּבֵּ֥י מָֽגִנָּֽיו׃ | 26 |
Running against him like a man of war, covered by his thick breastplate; even like a king ready for the fight,
| כִּֽי־כִסָּ֣ה פָנָ֣יו בְּחֶלְבֹּ֑ו וַיַּ֖עַשׂ פִּימָ֣ה עֲלֵי־כָֽסֶל׃ | 27 |
Because his face is covered with fat, and his body has become thick;
| וַיִּשְׁכֹּ֤ון ׀ עָ֘רִ֤ים נִכְחָדֹ֗ות בָּ֭תִּים לֹא־יֵ֣שְׁבוּ לָ֑מֹו אֲשֶׁ֖ר הִתְעַתְּד֣וּ לְגַלִּֽים׃ | 28 |
And he has made his resting-place in the towns which have been pulled down, in houses where no man had a right to be, whose fate was to become masses of broken walls.
| לֹֽא־יֶ֖עְשַׁר וְלֹא־יָק֣וּם חֵילֹ֑ו וְלֹֽא־יִטֶּ֖ה לָאָ֣רֶץ מִנְלָֽם׃ | 29 |
He does not get wealth for himself, and is unable to keep what he has got; the heads of his grain are not bent down to the earth.
| לֹֽא־יָס֨וּר ׀ מִנִּי־חֹ֗שֶׁךְ יֹֽ֭נַקְתֹּו תְּיַבֵּ֣שׁ שַׁלְהָ֑בֶת וְ֝יָס֗וּר בְּר֣וּחַ פִּֽיו׃ | 30 |
He does not come out of the dark; his branches are burned by the flame, and the wind takes away his bud.
| אַל־יַאֲמֵ֣ן בַּשֹּׁו (בַּשָּׁ֣יו) נִתְעָ֑ה כִּי־שָׁ֝֗וְא תִּהְיֶ֥ה תְמוּרָתֹֽו׃ | 31 |
Let him not put his hope in what is false, falling into error: for he will get deceit as his reward.
| בְּֽלֹא־יֹ֭ומֹו תִּמָּלֵ֑א וְ֝כִפָּתֹ֗ו לֹ֣א רַעֲנָֽנָה׃ | 32 |
His branch is cut off before its time, and his leaf is no longer green.
| יַחְמֹ֣ס כַּגֶּ֣פֶן בִּסְרֹ֑ו וְיַשְׁלֵ֥ךְ כַּ֝זַּ֗יִת נִצָּתֹֽו׃ | 33 |
He is like a vine whose grapes do not come to full growth, or an olive-tree dropping its flowers.
| כִּֽי־עֲדַ֣ת חָנֵ֣ף גַּלְמ֑וּד וְ֝אֵ֗שׁ אָכְלָ֥ה אָֽהֳלֵי־שֹֽׁחַד׃ | 34 |
For the band of the evil-doers gives no fruit, and the tents of those who give wrong decisions for reward are burned with fire.
| הָרֹ֣ה עָ֭מָל וְיָ֣לֹד אָ֑וֶן וּ֝בִטְנָ֗ם תָּכִ֥ין מִרְמָֽה׃ ס | 35 |
Evil has made them with child, and they give birth to trouble; and the fruit of their body is shame for themselves.
