< איוב 8 >
וַיַּעַן בִּלְדַּד הַשּׁוּחִי וַיֹאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,
עַד־אָן תְּמַלֶּל־אֵלֶּה וְרוּחַ כַּבִּיר אִמְרֵי־פִֽיךָ׃ | 2 |
How long wilt thou speak these things? and the words of thy mouth be a strong wind?
הַאֵל יְעַוֵּת מִשְׁפָּט וְאִם־שַׁדַּי יְעַוֵּֽת־צֶֽדֶק׃ | 3 |
Doth God pervert judgment, and the Almighty pervert justice?
אִם־בָּנֶיךָ חָֽטְאוּ־לוֹ וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵם בְּיַד־פִּשְׁעָֽם׃ | 4 |
If thy children have sinned against him, he hath also given them over into the hand of their transgression.
אִם־אַתָּה תְּשַׁחֵר אֶל־אֵל וְאֶל־שַׁדַּי תִּתְחַנָּֽן׃ | 5 |
If thou seek earnestly unto God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty,
אִם־זַךְ וְיָשָׁר אָתָּה כִּי־עַתָּה יָעִיר עָלֶיךָ וְשִׁלַּם נְוַת צִדְקֶֽךָ׃ | 6 |
If thou be pure and upright, surely now he will awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous;
וְהָיָה רֵאשִׁיתְךָ מִצְעָר וְאַחֲרִיתְךָ יִשְׂגֶּה מְאֹֽד׃ | 7 |
And though thy beginning was small, yet thine end shall be very great.
כִּֽי־שְׁאַל־נָא לְדֹר רִישׁוֹן וְכוֹנֵן לְחֵקֶר אֲבוֹתָֽם׃ | 8 |
For inquire, I pray thee, of the former generation, and attend to the researches of their fathers;
כִּֽי־תְמוֹל אֲנַחְנוּ וְלֹא נֵדָע כִּי צֵל יָמֵינוּ עֲלֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃ | 9 |
For we are [but] of yesterday, and know nothing, for our days upon earth are a shadow.
הֲלֹא־הֵם יוֹרוּךָ יֹאמְרוּ לָךְ וּמִלִּבָּם יוֹצִאוּ מִלִּֽים׃ | 10 |
Shall not they teach thee, [and] tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
הֲיִֽגְאֶה־גֹּמֶא בְּלֹא בִצָּה יִשְׂגֶּה־אָחוּ בְלִי־מָֽיִם׃ | 11 |
Doth the papyrus shoot up without mire? doth the reed-grass grow without water?
עֹדֶנּוּ בְאִבּוֹ לֹא יִקָּטֵף וְלִפְנֵי כָל־חָצִיר יִיבָֽשׁ׃ | 12 |
Whilst it is yet in its greenness [and] not cut down, it withereth before any [other] grass.
כֵּן אָרְחוֹת כָּל־שֹׁכְחֵי אֵל וְתִקְוַת חָנֵף תֹּאבֵֽד׃ | 13 |
So are the paths of all that forget God; and the profane man's hope shall perish,
אֲשֶׁר־יָקוֹט כִּסְלוֹ וּבֵית עַכָּבִישׁ מִבְטַחֽוֹ׃ | 14 |
Whose confidence shall be cut off, and his reliance is a spider's web.
יִשָּׁעֵן עַל־בֵּיתוֹ וְלֹא יַעֲמֹד יַחֲזִיק בּוֹ וְלֹא יָקֽוּם׃ | 15 |
He shall lean upon his house, and it shall not stand; he shall lay hold on it, but it shall not endure.
רָטֹב הוּא לִפְנֵי־שָׁמֶשׁ וְעַל גַּנָּתוֹ יֹֽנַקְתּוֹ תֵצֵֽא׃ | 16 |
He is full of sap before the sun, and his sprout shooteth forth over his garden;
עַל־גַּל שָֽׁרָשָׁיו יְסֻבָּכוּ בֵּית אֲבָנִים יֶחֱזֶֽה׃ | 17 |
His roots are entwined about the stoneheap; he seeth the place of stones.
אִם־יְבַלְּעֶנּוּ מִמְּקוֹמוֹ וְכִחֶשׁ בּוֹ לֹא רְאִיתִֽיךָ׃ | 18 |
If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him: I have not seen thee!
הֶן־הוּא מְשׂוֹשׂ דַּרְכּוֹ וּמֵעָפָר אַחֵר יִצְמָֽחוּ׃ | 19 |
Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the dust shall others grow.
הֶן־אֵל לֹא יִמְאַס־תָּם וְלֹֽא־יַחֲזִיק בְּיַד־מְרֵעִֽים׃ | 20 |
Behold, God will not cast off a perfect man, neither will he take evil-doers by the hand.
עַד־יְמַלֵּה שְׂחוֹק פִּיךָ וּשְׂפָתֶיךָ תְרוּעָֽה׃ | 21 |
Whilst he would fill thy mouth with laughing and thy lips with shouting,
שֹׂנְאֶיךָ יִלְבְּשׁוּ־בֹשֶׁת וְאֹהֶל רְשָׁעִים אֵינֶֽנּוּ׃ | 22 |
They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked be no more.