איוב 19
| וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
Then responded Job, and said: —
| עַד־אָנָה תּוֹגְיוּן נַפְשִׁי וּֽתְדַכְּאוּנַנִי בְמִלִּֽים׃ | 2 |
How long will ye grieve my soul? or crush me with words?
| זֶה עֶשֶׂר פְּעָמִים תַּכְלִימוּנִי לֹֽא־תֵבֹשׁוּ תַּהְכְּרוּ־לִֽי׃ | 3 |
These ten times, have ye reviled me, Shameless ye wrong me.
| וְאַף־אָמְנָם שָׁגִיתִי אִתִּי תָּלִין מְשׁוּגָתִֽי׃ | 4 |
And even if indeed I have erred, with myself lodgeth mine error.
| אִם־אָמְנָם עָלַי תַּגְדִּילוּ וְתוֹכִיחוּ עָלַי חֶרְפָּתִּֽי׃ | 5 |
If indeed, against me, ye must needs magnify yourselves, and plead, against me, my reproach.
| דְּֽעוּ־אֵפוֹ כִּי־אֱלוֹהַּ עִוְּתָנִי וּמְצוּדוֹ עָלַי הִקִּֽיף׃ | 6 |
Know, then, that, God, hath overthrown me, and, within his net, enclosed me.
| הֵן אֶצְעַק חָמָס וְלֹא אֵעָנֶה אֲשַׁוַּע וְאֵין מִשְׁפָּֽט׃ | 7 |
Lo! I cry—out: Violence! but receive no answer, I cry aloud, but there is no vindication;
| אָרְחִי גָדַר וְלֹא אֶעֱבוֹר וְעַל נְתִיבוֹתַי חֹשֶׁךְ יָשִֽׂים׃ | 8 |
My way, hath he walled up, that I cannot pass, and, upon my paths, hath he made darkness rest;
| כְּבוֹדִי מֵעָלַי הִפְשִׁיט וַיָּסַר עֲטֶרֶת רֹאשִֽׁי׃ | 9 |
My glory—from off me, hath he stripped, and hath removed the crown of my head;
| יִתְּצֵנִי סָבִיב וָאֵלַךְ וַיַּסַּע כָּעֵץ תִּקְוָתִֽי׃ | 10 |
He hath ruined me on every side, and I am gone, and he hath taken away—like a tree—my hope;
| וַיַּחַר עָלַי אַפּוֹ וַיַּחְשְׁבֵנִי לוֹ כְצָרָֽיו׃ | 11 |
Yea he hath kindled against me his anger, and accounted me towards him like unto his adversaries;
| יַחַד ׀ יָבֹאוּ גְדוּדָיו וַיָּסֹלּוּ עָלַי דַּרְכָּם וַיַּחֲנוּ סָבִיב לְאָהֳלִֽי׃ | 12 |
Together, enter his troops and have cast up, against me, their mound, and have encamped all around my tent;
| אַחַי מֵעָלַי הִרְחִיק וְיֹדְעַי אַךְ־זָרוּ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃ | 13 |
My Brethren—from beside me, hath he moved far away, and, mine acquaintance, are wholly estranged from me;
| חָדְלוּ קְרוֹבָי וּֽמְיֻדָּעַי שְׁכֵחֽוּנִי׃ | 14 |
Failed me, have my near of kin, and, mine intimate acquaintances, have forgotten me;
| גָּרֵי בֵיתִי וְאַמְהֹתַי לְזָר תַּחְשְׁבֻנִי נָכְרִי הָיִיתִי בְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃ | 15 |
Ye guests of my house and my maidens, A stranger, have ye accounted me, An alien, have I become in their eyes;
| לְעַבְדִּי קָרָאתִי וְלֹא יַעֲנֶה בְּמוֹ־פִי אֶתְחַנֶּן־לֽוֹ׃ | 16 |
To mine own servant, I called, and he would not answer, With mine own mouth, I kept entreating him;
| רוּחִֽי זָרָה לְאִשְׁתִּי וְחַנֹּתִי לִבְנֵי בִטְנִֽי׃ | 17 |
My breath, is strange to my wife, and I am loathsome to the sons of my own mother;
| גַּם־עֲוִילִים מָאֲסוּ בִי אָקוּמָה וַיְדַבְּרוּ־בִֽי׃ | 18 |
Even young children, despise me, I rise up, and they speak against me;
| תִּֽעֲבוּנִי כָּל־מְתֵי סוֹדִי וְזֶֽה־אָהַבְתִּי נֶהְפְּכוּ־בִֽי׃ | 19 |
All the men of mine intimate circle abhor me, and, these whom I loved, have turned against me;
| בְּעוֹרִי וּבִבְשָׂרִי דָּבְקָה עַצְמִי וָאֶתְמַלְּטָה בְּעוֹר שִׁנָּֽי׃ | 20 |
Unto my skin and unto my flesh, have my bones cleaved, and I have escaped with the akin of my teeth.
| חָנֻּנִי חָנֻּנִי אַתֶּם רֵעָי כִּי יַד־אֱלוֹהַּ נָגְעָה בִּֽי׃ | 21 |
Pity me! pity me! ye, my friends, for, the hand of GOD, hath stricken me!
| לָמָּה תִּרְדְּפֻנִי כְמוֹ־אֵל וּמִבְּשָׂרִי לֹא תִשְׂבָּֽעוּ׃ | 22 |
Wherefore should ye persecute me as GOD? and, with my flesh, should not he satisfied?
| מִֽי־יִתֵּן אֵפוֹ וְיִכָּתְבוּן מִלָּי מִֽי־יִתֵּן בַּסֵּפֶר וְיֻחָֽקוּ׃ | 23 |
Oh, then, that my words, could be written, Oh that, in a record, they could be inscribed:
| בְּעֵט־בַּרְזֶל וְעֹפָרֶת לָעַד בַּצּוּר יֵחָצְבֽוּן׃ | 24 |
That, with a stylus of iron and [with] lead, for all time—in the rock, they could be graven!
| וַאֲנִי יָדַעְתִּי גֹּאֲלִי חָי וְאַחֲרוֹן עַל־עָפָר יָקֽוּם׃ | 25 |
But, I, know that, my redeemer, liveth, and, as the Last over [my] dust, will he arise;
| וְאַחַר עוֹרִֽי נִקְּפוּ־זֹאת וּמִבְּשָׂרִי אֶֽחֱזֶה אֱלֽוֹהַּ׃ | 26 |
And, though, after my skin is struck off, this [followeth], yet, apart from my flesh, shall I see GOD:
| אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי ׀ אֶֽחֱזֶה־לִּי וְעֵינַי רָאוּ וְלֹא־זָר כָּלוּ כִלְיֹתַי בְּחֵקִֽי׃ | 27 |
Whom, I myself, shall see, on my side, and, mine own eyes, [shall] have looked upon, and not those of a stranger. Exhausted are my deepest desires in my bosom!
| כִּי תֹאמְרוּ מַה־נִּרְדָּף־לוֹ וְשֹׁרֶשׁ דָּבָר נִמְצָא־בִֽי׃ | 28 |
Surely ye should say—Why should we persecute him? seeing, the root of the matter, is found in me.
| גּוּרוּ לָכֶם ׀ מִפְּנֵי־חֶרֶב כִּֽי־חֵמָה עֲוֺנוֹת חָרֶב לְמַעַן תֵּדְעוּן שדין שַׁדּֽוּן׃ | 29 |
Be ye afraid—on your part—of the face of the sword, because, wrath, [bringeth] the punishments of the sword, to the end ye may know the Almighty.
