איוב 5
| קְֽרָא־נָא הֲיֵשׁ עוֹנֶךָּ וְאֶל־מִי מִקְּדֹשִׁים תִּפְנֶֽה׃ | 1 |
"Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
| כִּֽי־לֶֽאֱוִיל יַהֲרָג־כָּעַשׂ וּפֹתֶה תָּמִית קִנְאָֽה׃ | 2 |
For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.
| אֲֽנִי־רָאִיתִי אֱוִיל מַשְׁרִישׁ וָאֶקּוֹב נָוֵהוּ פִתְאֹֽם׃ | 3 |
I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
| יִרְחֲקוּ בָנָיו מִיֶּשַׁע וְיִֽדַּכְּאוּ בַשַּׁעַר וְאֵין מַצִּֽיל׃ | 4 |
His children are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,
| אֲשֶׁר קְצִירוֹ ׀ רָעֵב יֹאכֵל וְאֶֽל־מִצִּנִּים יִקָּחֵהוּ וְשָׁאַף צַמִּים חֵילָֽם׃ | 5 |
whose harvest the hungry eats up, and take it even out of the thorns. And the thirsty swallow up their wealth.
| כִּי ׀ לֹא־יֵצֵא מֵעָפָר אָוֶן וּמֵאֲדָמָה לֹא־יִצְמַח עָמָֽל׃ | 6 |
For affliction doesn't come forth from the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;
| כִּֽי־אָדָם לְעָמָל יוּלָּד וּבְנֵי־רֶשֶׁף יַגְבִּיהוּ עֽוּף׃ | 7 |
but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
| אוּלָם אֲנִי אֶדְרֹשׁ אֶל־אֵל וְאֶל־אֱלֹהִים אָשִׂים דִּבְרָתִֽי׃ | 8 |
"But as for me, I would seek God. I would commit my cause to God,
| עֹשֶׂה גְדֹלוֹת וְאֵין חֵקֶר נִפְלָאוֹת עַד־אֵין מִסְפָּֽר׃ | 9 |
who does great things that can't be fathomed, marvelous things without number;
| הַנֹּתֵן מָטָר עַל־פְּנֵי־אָרֶץ וְשֹׁלֵֽחַ מַיִם עַל־פְּנֵי חוּצֽוֹת׃ | 10 |
who gives rain on the earth, and sends waters on the fields;
| לָשׂוּם שְׁפָלִים לְמָרוֹם וְקֹדְרִים שָׂגְבוּ יֶֽשַׁע׃ | 11 |
so that he sets up on high those who are low, those who mourn are exalted to safety.
| מֵפֵר מַחְשְׁבוֹת עֲרוּמִים וְֽלֹא־תַעֲשֶׂינָה יְדֵיהֶם תּוּשִׁיָּֽה׃ | 12 |
He frustrates the devices of the crafty, So that their hands can't perform their enterprise.
| לֹכֵד חֲכָמִים בְּעָרְמָם וַעֲצַת נִפְתָּלִים נִמְהָֽרָה׃ | 13 |
He traps the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning are brought to a quick end.
| יוֹמָם יְפַגְּשׁוּ־חֹשֶׁךְ וְכַלַּיְלָה יְֽמַשְׁשׁוּ בַֽצָּהֳרָֽיִם׃ | 14 |
They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope at noonday as in the night.
| וַיֹּשַׁע מֵחֶרֶב מִפִּיהֶם וּמִיַּד חָזָק אֶבְיֽוֹן׃ | 15 |
But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
| וַתְּהִי לַדַּל תִּקְוָה וְעֹלָתָה קָפְצָה פִּֽיהָ׃ | 16 |
So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.
| הִנֵּה אַשְׁרֵי אֱנוֹשׁ יוֹכִחֶנּֽוּ אֱלוֹהַּ וּמוּסַר שַׁדַּי אַל־תִּמְאָֽס׃ | 17 |
"Look, blessed is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of Shaddai.
| כִּי הוּא יַכְאִיב וְיֶחְבָּשׁ יִמְחַץ וידו וְיָדָיו תִּרְפֶּֽינָה׃ | 18 |
For he wounds, and binds up. He injures, and his hands make whole.
| בְּשֵׁשׁ צָרוֹת יַצִּילֶךָּ וּבְשֶׁבַע ׀ לֹא־יִגַּע בְּךָ רָֽע׃ | 19 |
He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven there shall no evil touch you.
| בְּרָעָב פָּֽדְךָ מִמָּוֶת וּבְמִלְחָמָה מִידֵי חָֽרֶב׃ | 20 |
In famine he will redeem you from death; in war, from the power of the sword.
| בְּשׁוֹט לָשׁוֹן תֵּחָבֵא וְֽלֹא־תִירָא מִשֹּׁד כִּי יָבֽוֹא׃ | 21 |
You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, neither shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes.
| לְשֹׁד וּלְכָפָן תִּשְׂחָק וּֽמֵחַיַּת הָאָרֶץ אַל־תִּירָֽא׃ | 22 |
At destruction and famine you shall laugh, neither shall you be afraid of the animals of the earth.
| כִּי עִם־אַבְנֵי הַשָּׂדֶה בְרִיתֶךָ וְחַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה הָשְׁלְמָה־לָֽךְ׃ | 23 |
For you shall be in league with the stones of the field. The animals of the field shall be at peace with you.
| וְֽיָדַעְתָּ כִּי־שָׁלוֹם אָהֳלֶךָ וּֽפָקַדְתָּ נָוְךָ וְלֹא תֶחֱטָֽא׃ | 24 |
You shall know that your tent is in peace. You shall visit your fold, and shall miss nothing.
| וְֽיָדַעְתָּ כִּי־רַב זַרְעֶךָ וְצֶאֱצָאֶיךָ כְּעֵשֶׂב הָאָֽרֶץ׃ | 25 |
You shall know also that your descendants shall be great, and your offspring as the grass of the earth.
| תָּבוֹא בְכֶלַח אֱלֵי־קָבֶר כַּעֲלוֹת גָּדִישׁ בְּעִתּֽוֹ׃ | 26 |
You shall come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.
| הִנֵּה־זֹאת חֲקַרְנוּהָ כֶּֽן־הִיא שְׁמָעֶנָּה וְאַתָּה דַֽע־לָֽךְ׃ | 27 |
Look this, we have searched it, so it is. Hear it, and know it for your good."
