אִיּוֹב 20
| וַ֭יַּעַן צֹפַ֥ר הַנַּֽעֲמָתִ֗י וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
And Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,
| לָ֭כֵן שְׂעִפַּ֣י יְשִׁיב֑וּנִי וּ֝בַעֲב֗וּר ח֣וּשִׁי בִֽי׃ | 2 |
Therefore do my thoughts give me an answer, and for this is my haste within me.
| מוּסַ֣ר כְּלִמָּתִ֣י אֶשְׁמָ֑ע וְ֝ר֗וּחַ מִֽבִּינָתִ֥י יַעֲנֵֽנִי׃ | 3 |
I hear a reproof putting me to shame; and [my] spirit answereth me by mine understanding.
| הֲזֹ֣את יָ֭דַעְתָּ מִנִּי־עַ֑ד מִנִּ֤י שִׂ֖ים אָדָ֣ם עֲלֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃ | 4 |
Knowest thou [not] this, that of old, since man was placed upon earth,
| כִּ֤י רִנְנַ֣ת רְ֭שָׁעִים מִקָּרֹ֑וב וְשִׂמְחַ֖ת חָנֵ֣ף עֲדֵי־רָֽגַע׃ | 5 |
The exultation of the wicked is short, and the joy of the ungodly man but for a moment?
| אִם־יַעֲלֶ֣ה לַשָּׁמַ֣יִם שִׂיאֹ֑ו וְ֝רֹאשֹׁ֗ו לָעָ֥ב יַגִּֽיעַ׃ | 6 |
Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds,
| כְּֽ֭גֶלֲלֹו לָנֶ֣צַח יֹאבֵ֑ד רֹ֝אָ֗יו יֹאמְר֥וּ אַיֹּֽו׃ | 7 |
Like his own dung doth he perish for ever; they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
| כַּחֲלֹ֣ום יָ֭עוּף וְלֹ֣א יִמְצָא֑וּהוּ וְ֝יֻדַּ֗ד כְּחֶזְיֹ֥ון לָֽיְלָה׃ | 8 |
He flieth away as a dream, and is not found; and is chased away as a vision of the night.
| עַ֣יִן שְׁ֭זָפַתּוּ וְלֹ֣א תֹוסִ֑יף וְלֹא־עֹ֝֗וד תְּשׁוּרֶ֥נּוּ מְקֹומֹֽו׃ | 9 |
The eye which saw him shall [see him] not again; and his place beholdeth him no more.
| בָּ֭נָיו יְרַצּ֣וּ דַלִּ֑ים וְ֝יָדָ֗יו תָּשֵׁ֥בְנָה אֹונֹֽו׃ | 10 |
His children shall seek the favour of the poor, and his hands restore his wealth.
| עַ֭צְמֹותָיו מָלְא֣וּ עֲלוּמֹו (עֲלוּמָ֑יו) וְ֝עִמֹּ֗ו עַל־עָפָ֥ר תִּשְׁכָּֽב׃ | 11 |
His bones were full of his youthful strength; but it shall lie down with him in the dust.
| אִם־תַּמְתִּ֣יק בְּפִ֣יו רָעָ֑ה יַ֝כְחִידֶ֗נָּה תַּ֣חַת לְשֹׁונֹֽו׃ | 12 |
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth [and] he hide it under his tongue,
| יַחְמֹ֣ל עָ֭לֶיהָ וְלֹ֣א יַֽעַזְבֶ֑נָּה וְ֝יִמְנָעֶ֗נָּה בְּתֹ֣וךְ חִכֹּֽו׃ | 13 |
[Though] he spare it, and forsake it not, but keep it within his mouth,
| לַ֭חְמֹו בְּמֵעָ֣יו נֶהְפָּ֑ךְ מְרֹורַ֖ת פְּתָנִ֣ים בְּקִרְבֹּֽו׃ | 14 |
His food is turned in his bowels; it is the gall of asps within him.
| חַ֣יִל בָּ֭לַע וַיְקִאֶ֑נּוּ מִ֝בִּטְנֹ֗ו יֹֽורִשֶׁ֥נּוּ אֵֽל׃ | 15 |
He hath swallowed down riches, but he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
| רֹאשׁ־פְּתָנִ֥ים יִינָ֑ק תַּֽ֝הַרְגֵ֗הוּ לְשֹׁ֣ון אֶפְעֶֽה׃ | 16 |
He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall kill him.
| אַל־יֵ֥רֶא בִפְלַגֹּ֑ות נַהֲרֵ֥י נַ֝חֲלֵ֗י דְּבַ֣שׁ וְחֶמְאָֽה׃ | 17 |
He shall not see streams, rivers, brooks of honey and butter.
| מֵשִׁ֣יב יָ֭גָע וְלֹ֣א יִבְלָ֑ע כְּחֵ֥יל תְּ֝מוּרָתֹ֗ו וְלֹ֣א יַעֲלֹֽס׃ | 18 |
That which he laboured for shall he restore, and not swallow down; its restitution shall be according to the value, and he shall not rejoice [therein].
| כִּֽי־רִ֭צַּץ עָזַ֣ב דַּלִּ֑ים בַּ֥יִת גָּ֝זַ֗ל וְלֹ֣א יִבֶנֵֽהוּ׃ | 19 |
For he hath oppressed, hath forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away a house that he did not build.
| כִּ֤י ׀ לֹא־יָדַ֣ע שָׁלֵ֣ו בְּבִטְנֹ֑ו בַּ֝חֲמוּדֹ֗ו לֹ֣א יְמַלֵּֽט׃ | 20 |
Because he knew no rest in his craving, he shall save nought of what he most desired.
| אֵין־שָׂרִ֥יד לְאָכְלֹ֑ו עַל־כֵּ֝֗ן לֹא־יָחִ֥יל טוּבֹֽו׃ | 21 |
Nothing escaped his greediness; therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
| בִּמְלֹ֣אות שִׂ֭פְקֹו יֵ֣צֶר לֹ֑ו כָּל־יַ֖ד עָמֵ֣ל תְּבֹואֶֽנּוּ׃ | 22 |
In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits; every hand of the wretched shall come upon him.
| יְהִ֤י ׀ לְמַלֵּ֬א בִטְנֹ֗ו יְֽשַׁלַּח־בֹּ֖ו חֲרֹ֣ון אַפֹּ֑ו וְיַמְטֵ֥ר עָ֝לֵ֗ימֹו בִּלְחוּמֹֽו׃ | 23 |
It shall be that, to fill his belly, he will cast his fierce anger upon him, and will rain it upon him into his flesh.
| יִ֭בְרַח מִנֵּ֣שֶׁק בַּרְזֶ֑ל תַּ֝חְלְפֵ֗הוּ קֶ֣שֶׁת נְחוּשָֽׁה׃ | 24 |
If he have fled from the iron weapon, the bow of brass shall strike him through.
| שָׁלַף֮ וַיֵּצֵ֪א מִגֵּ֫וָ֥ה וּ֭בָרָק מִֽמְּרֹרָתֹ֥ו יַהֲלֹ֗ךְ עָלָ֥יו אֵמִֽים׃ | 25 |
He draweth it forth; it cometh out of his body, and the glittering point out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
| כָּל־חֹשֶׁךְ֮ טָמ֪וּן לִצְפּ֫וּנָ֥יו תְּ֭אָכְלֵהוּ אֵ֣שׁ לֹֽא־נֻפָּ֑ח יֵ֖רַע שָׂרִ֣יד בְּאָהֳלֹֽו׃ | 26 |
All darkness is laid up for his treasures: a fire not blown shall devour him; it shall feed upon what is left in his tent.
| יְגַלּ֣וּ שָׁמַ֣יִם עֲוֹנֹ֑ו וְ֝אֶ֗רֶץ מִתְקֹומָ֘מָ֥ה לֹֽו׃ | 27 |
The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.
| יִ֭גֶל יְב֣וּל בֵּיתֹ֑ו נִ֝גָּרֹ֗ות בְּיֹ֣ום אַפֹּֽו׃ | 28 |
The increase of his house shall depart, flowing away in the day of his anger.
| זֶ֤ה ׀ חֵֽלֶק־אָדָ֣ם רָ֭שָׁע מֵאֱלֹהִ֑ים וְנַחֲלַ֖ת אִמְרֹ֣ו מֵאֵֽל׃ פ | 29 |
This is the portion of the wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed to him by God.
