אִיּוֹב 15
| וַ֭יַּעַן אֱלִיפַ֥ז הַֽתֵּימָנִ֗י וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:
| הֶֽחָכָ֗ם יַעֲנֶ֥ה דַֽעַת־ר֑וּחַ וִֽימַלֵּ֖א קָדִ֣ים בִּטְנֽוֹ׃ | 2 |
Should a wise man answer with arguments of wind, Or fill his bosom with the east wind?
| הוֹכֵ֣חַ בְּ֭דָבָר לֹ֣א יִסְכּ֑וֹן וּ֝מִלִּ֗ים לֹא־יוֹעִ֥יל בָּֽם׃ | 3 |
Should he argue with speech that helpeth him not, And with words which do not profit him?
| אַף־אַ֭תָּה תָּפֵ֣ר יִרְאָ֑ה וְתִגְרַ֥ע שִׂ֝יחָ֗ה לִפְנֵי־אֵֽל׃ | 4 |
Behold, thou makest the fear of God a vain thing, And discouragest prayer before him.
| כִּ֤י יְאַלֵּ֣ף עֲוֺנְךָ֣ פִ֑יךָ וְ֝תִבְחַ֗ר לְשׁ֣וֹן עֲרוּמִֽים׃ | 5 |
Yea, thy own mouth proclaimeth thy iniquity, Though thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
| יַרְשִֽׁיעֲךָ֣ פִ֣יךָ וְלֹא־אָ֑נִי וּ֝שְׂפָתֶ֗יךָ יַעֲנוּ־בָֽךְ׃ | 6 |
Thy own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; Thy own lips testify against thee.
| הֲרִאישׁ֣וֹן אָ֭דָם תִּוָּלֵ֑ד וְלִפְנֵ֖י גְבָע֣וֹת חוֹלָֽלְתָּ׃ | 7 |
Art thou the first man that was born? Wast thou formed before the hills?
| הַבְס֣וֹד אֱל֣וֹהַ תִּשְׁמָ֑ע וְתִגְרַ֖ע אֵלֶ֣יךָ חָכְמָֽה׃ | 8 |
Hast thou listened in the council of God, And drawn all wisdom to thyself?
| מַה־יָּ֭דַעְתָּ וְלֹ֣א נֵדָ֑ע תָּ֝בִ֗ין וְֽלֹא־עִמָּ֥נוּ הֽוּא׃ | 9 |
What dost thou know, that we know not also? What dost thou understand, that is a secret to us?
| גַּם־שָׂ֣ב גַּם־יָשִׁ֣ישׁ בָּ֑נוּ כַּבִּ֖יר מֵאָבִ֣יךָ יָמִֽים׃ | 10 |
With us are the aged and hoary-headed; Much older than thy father.
| הַמְעַ֣ט מִ֭מְּךָ תַּנְחֻמ֣וֹת אֵ֑ל וְ֝דָבָ֗ר לָאַ֥ט עִמָּֽךְ׃ | 11 |
Dost thou despise the consolations of God, And words so full of kindness to thee?
| מַה־יִּקָּחֲךָ֥ לִבֶּ֑ךָ וּֽמַה־יִּרְזְמ֥וּן עֵינֶֽיךָ׃ | 12 |
Why hath thy passion taken possession of thee? And why this winking of thine eyes?
| כִּֽי־תָשִׁ֣יב אֶל־אֵ֣ל רוּחֶ֑ךָ וְהֹצֵ֖אתָ מִפִּ֣יךָ מִלִּֽין׃ | 13 |
For against God hast thou turned thy spirit, And uttered such words from thy mouth.
| מָֽה־אֱנ֥וֹשׁ כִּֽי־יִזְכֶּ֑ה וְכִֽי־יִ֝צְדַּ֗ק יְל֣וּד אִשָּֽׁה׃ | 14 |
What is man, that he should be pure, And he that is born of woman, that he should be innocent?
| הֵ֣ן בקדשו לֹ֣א יַאֲמִ֑ין וְ֝שָׁמַ֗יִם לֹא־זַכּ֥וּ בְעֵינָֽיו׃ | 15 |
Behold, He putteth no trust in his ministering spirits, And the heavens are not pure in his sight;
| אַ֭ף כִּֽי־נִתְעָ֥ב וְֽנֶאֱלָ֑ח אִישׁ־שֹׁתֶ֖ה כַמַּ֣יִם עַוְלָֽה׃ | 16 |
Much less, abominable and polluted man, Who drinketh iniquity as water.
| אֲחַוְךָ֥ שְֽׁמַֽע־לִ֑י וְזֶֽה־חָ֝זִ֗יתִי וַאֲסַפֵּֽרָה׃ | 17 |
Hear me, and I will show thee, And that which I have seen will I declare;
| אֲשֶׁר־חֲכָמִ֥ים יַגִּ֑ידוּ וְלֹ֥א כִֽ֝חֲד֗וּ מֵאֲבוֹתָֽם׃ | 18 |
Which the wise men have told, And not kept concealed, as received from their fathers;
| לָהֶ֣ם לְ֭בַדָּם נִתְּנָ֣ה הָאָ֑רֶץ וְלֹא־עָ֖בַר זָ֣ר בְּתוֹכָֽם׃ | 19 |
To whom alone the land was given, And among whom not a stranger wandered.
| כָּל־יְמֵ֣י רָ֭שָׁע ה֣וּא מִתְחוֹלֵ֑ל וּמִסְפַּ֥ר שָׁ֝נִ֗ים נִצְפְּנ֥וּ לֶעָרִֽיץ׃ | 20 |
“All his days the wicked man is in pain; Yea, all the years, that are laid up for the oppressor.
| קוֹל־פְּחָדִ֥ים בְּאָזְנָ֑יו בַּ֝שָּׁל֗וֹם שׁוֹדֵ֥ד יְבוֹאֶֽנּוּ׃ | 21 |
A fearful sound is in his ears; In peace the destroyer cometh upon him.
| לֹא־יַאֲמִ֣ין שׁ֭וּב מִנִּי־חֹ֑שֶׁךְ וצפו ה֣וּא אֱלֵי־חָֽרֶב׃ | 22 |
He hath no hope that he shall escape from darkness; He is set apart for the sword.
| נֹ֘דֵ֤ד ה֣וּא לַלֶּ֣חֶם אַיֵּ֑ה יָדַ֓ע ׀ כִּֽי־נָכ֖וֹן בְּיָד֣וֹ יֽוֹם־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ | 23 |
He wandereth about, seeking bread; He knoweth that a day of darkness is at hand.
| יְֽ֭בַעֲתֻהוּ צַ֣ר וּמְצוּקָ֑ה תִּ֝תְקְפֵ֗הוּ כְּמֶ֤לֶךְ ׀ עָתִ֬יד לַכִּידֽוֹר׃ | 24 |
Distress and anguish fill him with dread; They prevail against him like a king ready for the battle.
| כִּֽי־נָטָ֣ה אֶל־אֵ֣ל יָד֑וֹ וְאֶל־שַׁ֝דַּ֗י יִתְגַּבָּֽר׃ | 25 |
Because he stretched forth his hand against God, And bade defiance to the Almighty,
| יָר֣וּץ אֵלָ֣יו בְּצַוָּ֑אר בַּ֝עֲבִ֗י גַּבֵּ֥י מָֽגִנָּֽיו׃ | 26 |
And ran against him with outstretched neck, With the thick bosses of his bucklers;
| כִּֽי־כִסָּ֣ה פָנָ֣יו בְּחֶלְבּ֑וֹ וַיַּ֖עַשׂ פִּימָ֣ה עֲלֵי־כָֽסֶל׃ | 27 |
Because he covered his face with fatness, And gathered fat upon his loins,
| וַיִּשְׁכּ֤וֹן ׀ עָ֘רִ֤ים נִכְחָד֗וֹת בָּ֭תִּים לֹא־יֵ֣שְׁבוּ לָ֑מוֹ אֲשֶׁ֖ר הִתְעַתְּד֣וּ לְגַלִּֽים׃ | 28 |
And dwelt in desolated cities, In houses which no man inhabiteth, That are ready to become heaps.
| לֹֽא־יֶ֭עְשַׁר וְלֹא־יָק֣וּם חֵיל֑וֹ וְלֹֽא־יִטֶּ֖ה לָאָ֣רֶץ מִנְלָֽם׃ | 29 |
He shall not be rich; his substance shall not endure, And his possessions shall not be extended upon the earth.
| לֹֽא־יָס֨וּר ׀ מִנִּי־חֹ֗שֶׁךְ יֹֽ֭נַקְתּוֹ תְּיַבֵּ֣שׁ שַׁלְהָ֑בֶת וְ֝יָס֗וּר בְּר֣וּחַ פִּֽיו׃ | 30 |
He shall not escape from darkness, And the flame shall dry up his branches; Yea, by the breath of His mouth shall he be taken away.
| אַל־יַאֲמֵ֣ן בשו נִתְעָ֑ה כִּי־שָׁ֝֗וְא תִּהְיֶ֥ה תְמוּרָתֽוֹ׃ | 31 |
“Let not man trust in vanity! he will be deceived; For vanity shall be his recompense.
| בְּֽלֹא־י֭וֹמוֹ תִּמָּלֵ֑א וְ֝כִפָּת֗וֹ לֹ֣א רַעֲנָֽנָה׃ | 32 |
He shall come to his end before his time, And his branch shall not be green.
| יַחְמֹ֣ס כַּגֶּ֣פֶן בִּסְר֑וֹ וְיַשְׁלֵ֥ךְ כַּ֝זַּ֗יִת נִצָּתֽוֹ׃ | 33 |
He shall shake off his unripe fruit like the vine, And shed his blossoms like the olive-tree.
| כִּֽי־עֲדַ֣ת חָנֵ֣ף גַּלְמ֑וּד וְ֝אֵ֗שׁ אָכְלָ֥ה אָֽהֳלֵי־שֹֽׁחַד׃ | 34 |
The house of the unrighteous shall be famished, And fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
| הָרֹ֣ה עָ֭מָל וְיָ֣לֹד אָ֑וֶן וּ֝בִטְנָ֗ם תָּכִ֥ין מִרְמָֽה׃ ס | 35 |
They conceive mischief, and bring forth misery, And their breast deviseth deceit.”
