< איוב 8 >
וַיַּעַן בִּלְדַּד הַשּׁוּחִי וַיֹאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said:
עַד־אָן תְּמַלֶּל־אֵלֶּה וְרוּחַ כַּבִּיר אִמְרֵי־פִֽיךָ׃ | 2 |
How long wilt thou speak these things, seeing that the words of thy mouth are as a mighty wind?
הַאֵל יְעַוֵּת מִשְׁפָּט וְאִם־שַׁדַּי יְעַוֵּֽת־צֶֽדֶק׃ | 3 |
Doth God pervert judgment? Or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
אִם־בָּנֶיךָ חָֽטְאוּ־לוֹ וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵם בְּיַד־פִּשְׁעָֽם׃ | 4 |
If thy children sinned against Him, He delivered them into the hand of their transgression.
אִם־אַתָּה תְּשַׁחֵר אֶל־אֵל וְאֶל־שַׁדַּי תִּתְחַנָּֽן׃ | 5 |
If thou wouldest 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 wert pure and upright; surely now He would 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 thy end should greatly increase.
כִּֽי־שְׁאַל־נָא לְדֹר רִישׁוֹן וְכוֹנֵן לְחֵקֶר אֲבוֹתָֽם׃ | 8 |
For inquire, I pray thee, of the former generation, and apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out —
כִּֽי־תְמוֹל אֲנַחְנוּ וְלֹא נֵדָע כִּי צֵל יָמֵינוּ עֲלֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃ | 9 |
For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because 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 |
Can the rush shoot up without mire? Can 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 herb.
כֵּן אָרְחוֹת כָּל־שֹׁכְחֵי אֵל וְתִקְוַת חָנֵף תֹּאבֵֽד׃ | 13 |
So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hope of the godless man shall perish;
אֲשֶׁר־יָקוֹט כִּסְלוֹ וּבֵית עַכָּבִישׁ מִבְטַחֽוֹ׃ | 14 |
Whose confidence is gossamer, and whose trust is a spider's web.
יִשָּׁעֵן עַל־בֵּיתוֹ וְלֹא יַעֲמֹד יַחֲזִיק בּוֹ וְלֹא יָקֽוּם׃ | 15 |
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand; he shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.
רָטֹב הוּא לִפְנֵי־שָׁמֶשׁ וְעַל גַּנָּתוֹ יֹֽנַקְתּוֹ תֵצֵֽא׃ | 16 |
He is green before the sun, and his shoots go forth over his garden.
עַל־גַּל שָֽׁרָשָׁיו יְסֻבָּכוּ בֵּית אֲבָנִים יֶחֱזֶֽה׃ | 17 |
His roots are wrapped about the heap, he beholdeth the place of stones.
אִם־יְבַלְּעֶנּוּ מִמְּקוֹמוֹ וְכִחֶשׁ בּוֹ לֹא רְאִיתִֽיךָ׃ | 18 |
If he be destroyed 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 earth shall others spring.
הֶן־אֵל לֹא יִמְאַס־תָּם וְלֹֽא־יַחֲזִיק בְּיַד־מְרֵעִֽים׃ | 20 |
Behold, God will not cast away an innocent man, neither will He uphold the evil-doers;
עַד־יְמַלֵּה שְׂחוֹק פִּיךָ וּשְׂפָתֶיךָ תְרוּעָֽה׃ | 21 |
Till He fill thy mouth with laughter, 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 shall be no more.