איוב 15
| וַיַּעַן אֱלִיפַז הַֽתֵּימָנִי וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
Then Eliphaz replied to Job:
| הֶֽחָכָם יַעֲנֶה דַֽעַת־רוּחַ וִֽימַלֵּא קָדִים בִּטְנֽוֹ׃ | 2 |
“If you were truly wise [RHQ], you would not have replied to us by claiming that you know a lot; what you are saying is just a lot of hot air [MET].
| הוֹכֵחַ בְּדָבָר לֹא יִסְכּוֹן וּמִלִּים לֹא־יוֹעִיל בָּֽם׃ | 3 |
You should not [RHQ] be saying things that do not benefit anyone, using words that do no one any good.
| אַף־אַתָּה תָּפֵר יִרְאָה וְתִגְרַע שִׂיחָה לִפְנֵי־אֵֽל׃ | 4 |
[By what you say, ] you show that you do not revere God, and you are hindering people from meditating/thinking about God.
| כִּי יְאַלֵּף עֲוֺנְךָ פִיךָ וְתִבְחַר לְשׁוֹן עֲרוּמִֽים׃ | 5 |
[It is as though] your sins are telling you what to say; you talk like people who will not admit that they are wicked.
| יַרְשִֽׁיעֲךָ פִיךָ וְלֹא־אָנִי וּשְׂפָתֶיךָ יַעֲנוּ־בָֽךְ׃ | 6 |
Everything that you say [MTY] shows that you should be punished; so, it is not necessary for me to show that.
| הֲרִאישׁוֹן אָדָם תִּוָּלֵד וְלִפְנֵי גְבָעוֹת חוֹלָֽלְתָּ׃ | 7 |
[“Tell me do you know more than everyone else because you think that] you are the first person who was ever born? [SAR, RHQ] Were you born before the hills [were created]?
| הַבְסוֹד אֱלוֹהַ תִּשְׁמָע וְתִגְרַע אֵלֶיךָ חָכְמָֽה׃ | 8 |
Were you listening when God made all his plans? [SAR, RHQ] Or do you think that you are the only person who is wise?
| מַה־יָּדַעְתָּ וְלֹא נֵדָע תָּבִין וְֽלֹא־עִמָּנוּ הֽוּא׃ | 9 |
(What do you know that we do not know?/You do not know anything that we do not know.) [RHQ] You do not understand [RHQ] anything that is not also clear to us.
| גַּם־שָׂב גַּם־יָשִׁישׁ בָּנוּ כַּבִּיר מֵאָבִיךָ יָמִֽים׃ | 10 |
My friends and I are also wise; we acquired [wisdom] from old gray-haired people, from people who were born before your father was born.
| הַמְעַט מִמְּךָ תַּנְחֻמוֹת אֵל וְדָבָר לָאַט עִמָּֽךְ׃ | 11 |
God wants to comfort you, and to speak gently/kindly to you; (is that not enough for you/do you need more than that)?
| מַה־יִּקָּחֲךָ לִבֶּךָ וּֽמַה־יִּרְזְמוּן עֵינֶֽיךָ׃ | 12 |
Why do you allow yourself to be (carried away/excited) by your emotions? Why are [you very angry, with the result that] your eyes flash?
| כִּֽי־תָשִׁיב אֶל־אֵל רוּחֶךָ וְהֹצֵאתָ מִפִּיךָ מִלִּֽין׃ | 13 |
You are angry [IDM] with God, and so you [MTY] are criticizing/denouncing him.
| מָֽה־אֱנוֹשׁ כִּֽי־יִזְכֶּה וְכִֽי־יִצְדַּק יְלוּד אִשָּֽׁה׃ | 14 |
“(How can any person, [including you, ] be sinless?/No person, [including you], can be sinless.) [RHQ] (How can anyone on the earth be [completely] righteous?/No one on the earth can be [completely] righteous.) [RHQ]
| הֵן בקדשו בִּקְדֹשָׁיו לֹא יַאֲמִין וְשָׁמַיִם לֹא־זַכּוּ בְעֵינָֽיו׃ | 15 |
Hey, God does not even trust his angels; he does not consider even them to be [completely] pure.
| אַף כִּֽי־נִתְעָב וְֽנֶאֱלָח אִישׁ־שֹׁתֶה כַמַּיִם עַוְלָֽה׃ | 16 |
So, he certainly does not [trust] abominable/disgusting and depraved/corrupt people who do evil things [as easily] as they drink water [MET].
| אֲחַוְךָ שְֽׁמַֽע־לִי וְזֶֽה־חָזִיתִי וַאֲסַפֵּֽרָה׃ | 17 |
Job, listen to what I will tell you. I will declare to you what I know,
| אֲשֶׁר־חֲכָמִים יַגִּידוּ וְלֹא כִֽחֲדוּ מֵאֲבוֹתָֽם׃ | 18 |
things that wise men have told me, truths that their ancestors did not keep hidden.
| לָהֶם לְבַדָּם נִתְּנָה הָאָרֶץ וְלֹא־עָבַר זָר בְּתוֹכָֽם׃ | 19 |
God gave this land to those ancestors, who were truly wise; no one from another country caused them to think wrongly [IDM].
| כָּל־יְמֵי רָשָׁע הוּא מִתְחוֹלֵל וּמִסְפַּר שָׁנִים נִצְפְּנוּ לֶעָרִֽיץ׃ | 20 |
It is wicked people who suffer with great pain all the time that they are alive; that is what happens to those who (oppress/act violently toward) others.
| קוֹל־פְּחָדִים בְּאָזְנָיו בַּשָּׁלוֹם שׁוֹדֵד יְבוֹאֶֽנּוּ׃ | 21 |
They constantly hear sounds that terrify them; while they are prospering, bandits attack them.
| לֹא־יַאֲמִין שׁוּב מִנִּי־חֹשֶׁךְ וצפו וְצָפוּי הוּא אֱלֵי־חָֽרֶב׃ | 22 |
Wicked people surely know that they will not escape from darkness/death, because [they are sure that someone] is waiting to kill them with a sword.
| נֹדֵד הוּא לַלֶּחֶם אַיֵּה יָדַע ׀ כִּֽי־נָכוֹן בְּיָדוֹ יֽוֹם־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ | 23 |
They wander around, searching for food, saying ‘Where can I find some?’ And they know that they will soon experience disasters.
| יְֽבַעֲתֻהוּ צַר וּמְצוּקָה תִּתְקְפֵהוּ כְּמֶלֶךְ ׀ עָתִיד לַכִּידֽוֹר׃ | 24 |
Because they are afraid of those things happening to them, they are afraid and worry that these things will come to them like [the army of] a king comes to attack [their enemies and cause them to suffer] [SIM].
| כִּֽי־נָטָה אֶל־אֵל יָדוֹ וְאֶל־שַׁדַּי יִתְגַּבָּֽר׃ | 25 |
[Those things happen to them] because they (shook their fists/dared to fight) against Almighty God, and thought that they were strong enough to defeat him.
| יָרוּץ אֵלָיו בְּצַוָּאר בַּעֲבִי גַּבֵּי מָֽגִנָּֽיו׃ | 26 |
They stubbornly [IDM] rush to attack God [as though they were carrying] a strong shield [to protect themselves].
| כִּֽי־כִסָּה פָנָיו בְּחֶלְבּוֹ וַיַּעַשׂ פִּימָה עֲלֵי־כָֽסֶל׃ | 27 |
They are so fat [that they are unable to fight].
| וַיִּשְׁכּוֹן ׀ עָרִים נִכְחָדוֹת בָּתִּים לֹא־יֵשְׁבוּ לָמוֹ אֲשֶׁר הִתְעַתְּדוּ לְגַלִּֽים׃ | 28 |
They will live in cities that have been abandoned, cities which have become a heap of ruins.
| לֹֽא־יֶעְשַׁר וְלֹא־יָקוּם חֵילוֹ וְלֹֽא־יִטֶּה לָאָרֶץ מִנְלָֽם׃ | 29 |
But they will not remain rich very long; Everything that they own will be taken from them; their possessions will all disappear.
| לֹֽא־יָסוּר ׀ מִנִּי־חֹשֶׁךְ יֹֽנַקְתּוֹ תְּיַבֵּשׁ שַׁלְהָבֶת וְיָסוּר בְּרוּחַ פִּֽיו׃ | 30 |
They will not escape from the darkness [of death]; they will be like trees whose branches are burned by fire and whose blossoms are blown away by the wind.
| אַל־יַאֲמֵן בשו בַּשָּׁיו נִתְעָה כִּי־שָׁוְא תִּהְיֶה תְמוּרָתֽוֹ׃ | 31 |
Since they are very foolish, with the result that they trust in things that are really worthless, then things that are worthless will be all that they get.
| בְּֽלֹא־יוֹמוֹ תִּמָּלֵא וְכִפָּתוֹ לֹא רַעֲנָֽנָה׃ | 32 |
Before they are old, they will wither; they will be like [MET] branches that wither and never become green again.
| יַחְמֹס כַּגֶּפֶן בִּסְרוֹ וְיַשְׁלֵךְ כַּזַּיִת נִצָּתֽוֹ׃ | 33 |
They will be like [SIM] vines whose grapes fall off before they are ripe, like olive trees whose blossoms fall off before they produce any fruit.
| כִּֽי־עֲדַת חָנֵף גַּלְמוּד וְאֵשׁ אָכְלָה אָֽהֳלֵי־שֹֽׁחַד׃ | 34 |
Wicked/godless people will not have any descendants, and fires will completely burn up the homes of [those who built those homes using] money they received from bribes.
| הָרֹה עָמָל וְיָלֹד אָוֶן וּבִטְנָם תָּכִין מִרְמָֽה׃ | 35 |
They plan to cause trouble and to do evil things, and they are always preparing to deceive people.”
