איוב 29
| וַיֹּסֶף אִיּוֹב שְׂאֵת מְשָׁלוֹ וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
Job also added, taking up his parable, and said:
| מִֽי־יִתְּנֵנִי כְיַרְחֵי־קֶדֶם כִּימֵי אֱלוֹהַּ יִשְׁמְרֵֽנִי׃ | 2 |
Who will grant me, that I might be according to the months past, according to the days in which God kept me?
| בְּהִלּוֹ נֵרוֹ עֲלֵי רֹאשִׁי לְאוֹרוֹ אֵלֶךְ חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ | 3 |
When his lamp shined over my head, and I walked by his light in darkness?
| כַּאֲשֶׁר הָיִיתִי בִּימֵי חָרְפִּי בְּסוֹד אֱלוֹהַּ עֲלֵי אָהֳלִֽי׃ | 4 |
As I was in the days of my youth, when God was secretly in my tabernacle?
| בְּעוֹד שַׁדַּי עִמָּדִי סְבִיבוֹתַי נְעָרָֽי׃ | 5 |
When the Almighty was with me: and my servants round about me?
| בִּרְחֹץ הֲלִיכַי בְּחֵמָה וְצוּר יָצוּק עִמָּדִי פַּלְגֵי־שָֽׁמֶן׃ | 6 |
When I washed my feet with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil?
| בְּצֵאתִי שַׁעַר עֲלֵי־קָרֶת בָּרְחוֹב אָכִין מוֹשָׁבִֽי׃ | 7 |
When I went out to the gate of the city, and in the street they prepared me a chair?
| רָאוּנִי נְעָרִים וְנֶחְבָּאוּ וִֽישִׁישִׁים קָמוּ עָמָֽדוּ׃ | 8 |
The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the old men rose up and stood.
| שָׂרִים עָצְרוּ בְמִלִּים וְכַף יָשִׂימוּ לְפִיהֶֽם׃ | 9 |
The princes ceased to speak, and laid the finger on their mouth.
| קוֹל־נְגִידִים נֶחְבָּאוּ וּלְשׁוֹנָם לְחִכָּם דָּבֵֽקָה׃ | 10 |
The rulers held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to their throat.
| כִּי אֹזֶן שָׁמְעָה וַֽתְּאַשְּׁרֵנִי וְעַיִן רָאֲתָה וַתְּעִידֵֽנִי׃ | 11 |
The ear that heard me blessed me, and the eye that saw me gave witness to me:
| כִּֽי־אֲמַלֵּט עָנִי מְשַׁוֵּעַ וְיָתוֹם וְֽלֹא־עֹזֵר לֽוֹ׃ | 12 |
Because I had delivered the poor man that cried out; and the fatherless that had no helper.
| בִּרְכַּת אֹבֵד עָלַי תָּבֹא וְלֵב אַלְמָנָה אַרְנִֽן׃ | 13 |
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me, and I comforted the heart of the widow.
| צֶדֶק לָבַשְׁתִּי וַיִּלְבָּשֵׁנִי כִּֽמְעִיל וְצָנִיף מִשְׁפָּטִֽי׃ | 14 |
I was clad with justice: and I clothed myself with my judgment, as with a robe and a diadem.
| עֵינַיִם הָיִיתִי לַֽעִוֵּר וְרַגְלַיִם לַפִּסֵּחַ אָֽנִי׃ | 15 |
I was an eye to the blind, and a foot to the lame.
| אָב אָנֹכִֽי לָֽאֶבְיוֹנִים וְרִב לֹא־יָדַעְתִּי אֶחְקְרֵֽהוּ׃ | 16 |
I was the father of the poor: and the cause which I knew not, I searched out most diligently.
| וָֽאֲשַׁבְּרָה מְתַלְּעוֹת עַוָּל וּמִשִּׁנָּיו אַשְׁלִיךְ טָֽרֶף׃ | 17 |
I broke the jaws of the wicked man, and out of his teeth I took away the prey.
| וָאֹמַר עִם־קִנִּי אֶגְוָע וְכַחוֹל אַרְבֶּה יָמִֽים׃ | 18 |
And I said: I shall die in my nest, and as a palm tree shall multiply my days.
| שָׁרְשִׁי פָתוּחַ אֱלֵי־מָיִם וְטַל יָלִין בִּקְצִירֽ͏ִי׃ | 19 |
My root is opened beside the waters, and dew shall continue in my harvest.
| כְּבוֹדִי חָדָשׁ עִמָּדִי וְקַשְׁתִּי בְּיָדִי תַחֲלִֽיף׃ | 20 |
My glory shall always be renewed, and my bow in my hand shall be repaired.
| לִֽי־שָׁמְעוּ וְיִחֵלּוּ וְיִדְּמוּ לְמוֹ עֲצָתִֽי׃ | 21 |
They that heard me, waited for my sentence, and being attentive held their peace at my counsel.
| אַחֲרֵי דְבָרִי לֹא יִשְׁנוּ וְעָלֵימוֹ תִּטֹּף מִלָּתִֽי׃ | 22 |
To my words they durst add nothing, and my speech dropped upon them.
| וְיִֽחֲלוּ כַמָּטָר לִי וּפִיהֶם פָּעֲרוּ לְמַלְקֽוֹשׁ׃ | 23 |
They waited for me as for rain, and they opened their mouth as for a latter shower.
| אֶשְׂחַק אֲלֵהֶם לֹא יַאֲמִינוּ וְאוֹר פָּנַי לֹא יַפִּילֽוּן׃ | 24 |
If at any time I laughed on them, they believed not, and the light of my countenance fell not on earth.
| אֶֽבֲחַר דַּרְכָּם וְאֵשֵׁב רֹאשׁ וְאֶשְׁכּוֹן כְּמֶלֶךְ בַּגְּדוּד כַּאֲשֶׁר אֲבֵלִים יְנַחֵֽם׃ | 25 |
If I had a mind to go to them, I sat first, and when I sat as a king, with his army standing about him, yet I was a comforter of them that mourned.
