אִיּוֹב 33
| וְֽאוּלָ֗ם שְׁמַֽע־נָ֣א אִיֹּ֣וב מִלָּ֑י וְֽכָל־דְּבָרַ֥י הַאֲזִֽינָה׃ | 1 |
Therefore, hear my speeches, Job, and listen to all my words.
| הִנֵּה־נָ֭א פָּתַ֣חְתִּי פִ֑י דִּבְּרָ֖ה לְשֹׁונִ֣י בְחִכִּֽי׃ | 2 |
Behold, I have opened my mouth; let my tongue speak along with my throat.
| יֹֽשֶׁר־לִבִּ֥י אֲמָרָ֑י וְדַ֥עַת שְׂ֝פָתַ֗י בָּר֥וּר מִלֵּֽלוּ׃ | 3 |
My words are from my simple heart, and my lips will speak a pure judgment.
| רֽוּחַ־אֵ֥ל עָשָׂ֑תְנִי וְנִשְׁמַ֖ת שַׁדַּ֣י תְּחַיֵּֽנִי׃ | 4 |
The Spirit of God made me, and the breath of the Almighty gave me life.
| אִם־תּוּכַ֥ל הֲשִׁיבֵ֑נִי עֶרְכָ֥ה לְ֝פָנַ֗י הִתְיַצָּֽבָה׃ | 5 |
If you can, answer me, and oppose me to my face.
| הֵן־אֲנִ֣י כְפִ֣יךָ לָאֵ֑ל מֵ֝חֹ֗מֶר קֹרַ֥צְתִּי גַם־אָֽנִי׃ | 6 |
Behold, God has made me, just as he also has made you, and I, likewise, have been formed of the same clay.
| הִנֵּ֣ה אֵ֭מָתִי לֹ֣א תְבַעֲתֶ֑ךָּ וְ֝אַכְפִּ֗י עָלֶ֥יךָ לֹא־יִכְבָּֽד׃ | 7 |
So, truly, do not let my wonders terrify you, and do not let my eloquence be burdensome to you.
| אַ֭ךְ אָמַ֣רְתָּ בְאָזְנָ֑י וְקֹ֖ול מִלִּ֣ין אֶשְׁמָֽע׃ | 8 |
For you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of your words, saying:
| זַ֥ךְ אֲנִ֗י בְּֽלִ֫י פָ֥שַׁע חַ֥ף אָנֹכִ֑י וְלֹ֖א עָוֹ֣ן לִֽי׃ | 9 |
“I am clean and without sin; I am immaculate, and there is no iniquity in me.
| הֵ֣ן תְּ֭נוּאֹות עָלַ֣י יִמְצָ֑א יַחְשְׁבֵ֖נִי לְאֹויֵ֣ב לֹֽו׃ | 10 |
Yet he has discovered blame in me, and so he has treated me like his enemy.
| יָשֵׂ֣ם בַּסַּ֣ד רַגְלָ֑י יִ֝שְׁמֹ֗ר כָּל־אָרְחֹתָֽי׃ | 11 |
He has put my feet in fetters; he has kept watch over all my ways.”
| הֶן־זֹ֣את לֹא־צָדַ֣קְתָּ אֶעֱנֶ֑ךָּ כִּֽי־יִרְבֶּ֥ה אֱ֝לֹ֗והַ מֵאֱנֹֽושׁ׃ | 12 |
Therefore, it is for this reason that you have not been justified. For I tell you that God is greater than man.
| מַ֭דּוּעַ אֵלָ֣יו רִיבֹ֑ותָ כִּ֥י כָל־דְּ֝בָרָ֗יו לֹ֣א־יַעֲנֶֽה׃ | 13 |
Do you contend against him because he has not responded to all of your words?
| כִּֽי־בְאַחַ֥ת יְדַבֶּר־אֵ֑ל וּ֝בִשְׁתַּ֗יִם לֹ֣א יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃ | 14 |
God speaks once, and he does not repeat the same thing a second time.
| בַּחֲלֹ֤ום ׀ חֶזְיֹ֬ון לַ֗יְלָה בִּנְפֹ֣ל תַּ֭רְדֵּמָה עַל־אֲנָשִׁ֑ים בִּ֝תְנוּמֹ֗ות עֲלֵ֣י מִשְׁכָּֽב׃ | 15 |
Through a dream in a vision of the night, when a deep sleep falls over men, and they are sleeping in their beds,
| אָ֣ז יִ֭גְלֶה אֹ֣זֶן אֲנָשִׁ֑ים וּבְמֹ֖סָרָ֣ם יַחְתֹּֽם׃ | 16 |
then, he opens the ears of men, and, educating them, he teaches discipline,
| לְ֭הָסִיר אָדָ֣ם מַעֲשֶׂ֑ה וְגֵוָ֖ה מִגֶּ֣בֶר יְכַסֶּֽה׃ | 17 |
so that he may divert a man from the things that he is doing, and may free him from pride,
| יַחְשֹׂ֣ךְ נַ֭פְשֹׁו מִנִּי־שָׁ֑חַת וְ֝חַיָּתֹ֗ו מֵעֲבֹ֥ר בַּשָּֽׁלַח׃ | 18 |
rescuing his soul from corruption and his life from passing away by the sword.
| וְהוּכַ֣ח בְּ֭מַכְאֹוב עַל־מִשְׁכָּבֹ֑ו וְרִיב (וְרֹ֖וב) עֲצָמָ֣יו אֵתָֽן׃ | 19 |
Likewise, he rebukes by sorrow in bed, and he causes all of his bones to become weak.
| וְזִֽהֲמַ֣תּוּ חַיָּתֹ֣ו לָ֑חֶם וְ֝נַפְשֹׁ֗ו מַאֲכַ֥ל תַּאֲוָֽה׃ | 20 |
Bread becomes abominable to him in his life, and, to his soul, the meat which before he desired.
| יִ֣כֶל בְּשָׂרֹ֣ו מֵרֹ֑אִי וּשְׁפִי (וְשֻׁפּ֥וּ) עַ֝צְמֹותָ֗יו לֹ֣א רֻאּֽוּ׃ | 21 |
His body will waste away, and his bones, which had been covered, will be revealed.
| וַתִּקְרַ֣ב לַשַּׁ֣חַת נַפְשֹׁ֑ו וְ֝חַיָּתֹ֗ו לַֽמְמִתִֽים׃ | 22 |
His soul has approached corruption, and his life has drawn near to what is deadly.
| אִם־יֵ֤שׁ עָלָ֨יו ׀ מַלְאָ֗ךְ מֵלִ֗יץ אֶחָ֥ד מִנִּי־אָ֑לֶף לְהַגִּ֖יד לְאָדָ֣ם יָשְׁרֹֽו׃ | 23 |
If there were an angel speaking for him, one among thousands, to declare the fairness of the man,
| וַיְחֻנֶּ֗נּוּ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר פְּ֭דָעֵהוּ מֵרֶ֥דֶת שָׁ֗חַת מָצָ֥אתִי כֹֽפֶר׃ | 24 |
he will have mercy on him, and he will say, “Free him, so that he will not descend to destruction. I have found a reason to be favorable to him.
| רֻֽטֲפַ֣שׁ בְּשָׂרֹ֣ו מִנֹּ֑עַר יָ֝שׁ֗וּב לִימֵ֥י עֲלוּמָֽיו׃ | 25 |
His body is consumed by suffering. Let him return to the days of his youth.”
| יֶעְתַּ֤ר אֶל־אֱלֹ֨והַּ ׀ וַיִּרְצֵ֗הוּ וַיַּ֣רְא פָּ֭נָיו בִּתְרוּעָ֑ה וַיָּ֥שֶׁב לֶ֝אֱנֹ֗ושׁ צִדְקָתֹֽו׃ | 26 |
He will beg pardon from God, and he will be soothing to him; and he will look upon his face in jubilation, and he will restore his justice to man.
| יָשֹׁ֤ר ׀ עַל־אֲנָשִׁ֗ים וַיֹּ֗אמֶר חָ֭טָאתִי וְיָשָׁ֥ר הֶעֱוֵ֗יתִי וְלֹא־שָׁ֥וָה לִֽי׃ | 27 |
He will consider mankind, and he will say: “I have sinned and truly I have offended, yet I was not treated as I deserved.”
| פָּדָ֣ה נַפְשִׁי (נַ֭פְשֹׁו) מֵעֲבֹ֣ר בַּשָּׁ֑חַת וְחַיָּתִי (וְ֝חַיָּתֹו) בָּאֹ֥ור תִּרְאֶֽה׃ | 28 |
He has freed his soul from continuing into destruction, so that, in living, it may see the light.
| הֶן־כָּל־אֵ֭לֶּה יִפְעַל־אֵ֑ל פַּעֲמַ֖יִם שָׁלֹ֣ושׁ עִם־גָּֽבֶר׃ | 29 |
Behold, all these things God works three times within each one,
| לְהָשִׁ֣יב נַ֭פְשֹׁו מִנִּי־שָׁ֑חַת לֵ֝אֹ֗ור בְּאֹ֣ור הַֽחַיִּים׃ | 30 |
so that he may revive their souls from corruption and enlighten them with the light of life.
| הַקְשֵׁ֖ב אִיֹּ֥וב שְֽׁמַֽע־לִ֑י הַ֝חֲרֵ֗שׁ וְאָנֹכִ֥י אֲדַבֵּֽר׃ | 31 |
Pay attention Job, and listen to me; and remain silent, while I speak.
| אִם־יֵשׁ־מִלִּ֥ין הֲשִׁיבֵ֑נִי דַּ֝בֵּ֗ר כִּֽי־חָפַ֥צְתִּי צַדְּקֶֽךָּ׃ | 32 |
Yet, if you have anything to say, answer me and speak, for I want you to be treated justly.
| אִם־אַ֭יִן אַתָּ֥ה שְֽׁמַֽע־לִ֑י הַ֝חֲרֵ֗שׁ וַאֲאַלֶּפְךָ֥ חָכְמָֽה׃ ס | 33 |
But if you do not have anything to say, then listen to me. Be quiet and I will teach you wisdom.
