אִיּוֹב 19
| וַיַּ֥עַן אִיּ֗וֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
Then Job answered, and said:
| עַד־אָ֭נָה תּוֹגְי֣וּן נַפְשִׁ֑י וּֽתְדַכְּאוּנַ֥נִי בְמִלִּֽים׃ | 2 |
How long do you afflict my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
| זֶ֤ה עֶ֣שֶׂר פְּ֭עָמִים תַּכְלִימ֑וּנִי לֹֽא־תֵ֝בֹ֗שׁוּ תַּהְכְּרוּ־לִֽי׃ | 3 |
Behold, these ten times you confound me, and are not ashamed to oppress me.
| וְאַף־אָמְנָ֥ם שָׁגִ֑יתִי אִ֝תִּ֗י תָּלִ֥ין מְשׁוּגָתִֽי׃ | 4 |
For if I have been ignorant, my ignorance shall be with me.
| אִם־אָ֭מְנָם עָלַ֣י תַּגְדִּ֑ילוּ וְתוֹכִ֥יחוּ עָ֝לַ֗י חֶרְפָּתִּֽי׃ | 5 |
But you have set yourselves up against me, and reprove me with my reproaches.
| דְּֽעוּ־אֵ֭פוֹ כִּי־אֱל֣וֹהַּ עִוְּתָ֑נִי וּ֝מְצוּד֗וֹ עָלַ֥י הִקִּֽיף׃ | 6 |
At least now understand, that God hath not afflicted me with an equal judgment, and compassed me with his scourges.
| הֵ֤ן אֶצְעַ֣ק חָ֭מָס וְלֹ֣א אֵעָנֶ֑ה אֲ֝שַׁוַּ֗ע וְאֵ֣ין מִשְׁפָּֽט׃ | 7 |
Behold I cry suffering violence, and no one will hear: I shall cry aloud, and there is none to judge.
| אָרְחִ֣י גָ֭דַר וְלֹ֣א אֶעֱב֑וֹר וְעַ֥ל נְ֝תִיבוֹתַ֗י חֹ֣שֶׁךְ יָשִֽׂים׃ | 8 |
He hath hedged in my path round about, and I cannot pass, and in my way he hath set darkness.
| כְּ֭בוֹדִי מֵעָלַ֣י הִפְשִׁ֑יט וַ֝יָּ֗סַר עֲטֶ֣רֶת רֹאשִֽׁי׃ | 9 |
He hath stripped me of my glory, and hath taken the crown from my head.
| יִתְּצֵ֣נִי סָ֭בִיב וָאֵלַ֑ךְ וַיַּסַּ֥ע כָּ֝עֵ֗ץ תִּקְוָתִֽי׃ | 10 |
He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am lost, and he hath taken away my hope, as from a tree that is plucked up.
| וַיַּ֣חַר עָלַ֣י אַפּ֑וֹ וַיַּחְשְׁבֵ֖נִי ל֣וֹ כְצָרָֽיו׃ | 11 |
His wrath is kindled against me, and he hath counted me as his enemy.
| יַ֤חַד ׀ יָ֘בֹ֤אוּ גְדוּדָ֗יו וַיָּסֹ֣לּוּ עָלַ֣י דַּרְכָּ֑ם וַיַּחֲנ֖וּ סָבִ֣יב לְאָהֳלִֽי׃ | 12 |
His troops have come together, and have made themselves a way by me, and have besieged my tabernacle round about.
| אַ֭חַי מֵעָלַ֣י הִרְחִ֑יק וְ֝יֹדְעַ֗י אַךְ־זָ֥רוּ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃ | 13 |
He hath put my brethren far from me, and my acquaintance like strangers have departed from me.
| חָדְל֥וּ קְרוֹבָ֑י וּֽמְיֻדָּעַ֥י שְׁכֵחֽוּנִי׃ | 14 |
My kinsmen have forsaken me, and they that knew me, have forgotten me.
| גָּ֘רֵ֤י בֵיתִ֣י וְ֭אַמְהֹתַי לְזָ֣ר תַּחְשְׁבֻ֑נִי נָ֝כְרִ֗י הָיִ֥יתִי בְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃ | 15 |
They that dwelt in my house, and my maidservants have counted me a stranger, and I have been like an alien in their eyes.
| לְעַבְדִּ֣י קָ֭רָאתִי וְלֹ֣א יַעֲנֶ֑ה בְּמוֹ־פִ֝֗י אֶתְחַנֶּן־לֽוֹ׃ | 16 |
I called my servant, and he gave me no answer, I entreated him with my own mouth.
| ר֭וּחִֽי זָ֣רָה לְאִשְׁתִּ֑י וְ֝חַנֹּתִ֗י לִבְנֵ֥י בִטְנִֽי׃ | 17 |
My wife hath abhorred my breath, and I entreated the children of my womb.
| גַּם־עֲ֭וִילִים מָ֣אֲסוּ בִ֑י אָ֝ק֗וּמָה וַיְדַבְּרוּ־בִֽי׃ | 18 |
Even fools despise me; and when I gone from them, they spoke against me.
| תִּֽ֭עֲבוּנִי כָּל־מְתֵ֣י סוֹדִ֑י וְזֶֽה־אָ֝הַ֗בְתִּי נֶהְפְּכוּ־בִֽי׃ | 19 |
They that were sometime my counsellors, have abhorred me: and he whom I love most is turned against me.
| בְּעוֹרִ֣י וּ֭בִבְשָׂרִי דָּבְקָ֣ה עַצְמִ֑י וָ֝אֶתְמַלְּטָ֗ה בְּע֣וֹר שִׁנָּֽי׃ | 20 |
The flesh being consumed. My bone hath cleaved to my skin, and nothing but lips are left about my teeth.
| חָנֻּ֬נִי חָנֻּ֣נִי אַתֶּ֣ם רֵעָ֑י כִּ֥י יַד־אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַּ נָ֣גְעָה בִּֽי׃ | 21 |
Have pity on me, have pity on me, at least you my friends, because the hand of the Lord hath touched me.
| לָ֭מָּה תִּרְדְּפֻ֣נִי כְמוֹ־אֵ֑ל וּ֝מִבְּשָׂרִ֗י לֹ֣א תִשְׂבָּֽעוּ׃ | 22 |
Why do you persecute me as God, and glut yourselves with my flesh?
| מִֽי־יִתֵּ֣ן אֵ֭פוֹ וְיִכָּתְב֣וּן מִלָּ֑י מִֽי־יִתֵּ֖ן בַּסֵּ֣פֶר וְיֻחָֽקוּ׃ | 23 |
Who will grant me that my words may be written? Who will grant me that they may be marked down in a book?
| בְּעֵט־בַּרְזֶ֥ל וְעֹפָ֑רֶת לָ֝עַ֗ד בַּצּ֥וּר יֵחָצְבֽוּן׃ | 24 |
With an iron pen and in a plate of lead, or else be graven with an instrument in flint stone.
| וַאֲנִ֣י יָ֭דַעְתִּי גֹּ֣אֲלִי חָ֑י וְ֝אַחֲר֗וֹן עַל־עָפָ֥ר יָקֽוּם׃ | 25 |
For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and in the last day I shall rise out of the earth.
| וְאַחַ֣ר ע֭וֹרִֽי נִקְּפוּ־זֹ֑את וּ֝מִבְּשָׂרִ֗י אֶֽחֱזֶ֥ה אֱלֽוֹהַּ׃ | 26 |
And I shall be clothed again with my skin, and in my flesh I will see my God.
| אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֲנִ֨י ׀ אֶֽחֱזֶה־לִּ֗י וְעֵינַ֣י רָא֣וּ וְלֹא־זָ֑ר כָּל֖וּ כִלְיֹתַ֣י בְּחֵקִֽי׃ | 27 |
Whom I myself shall see, and my eyes shall behold, and not another: this my hope is laid up in my bosom.
| כִּ֣י תֹ֭אמְרוּ מַה־נִּרְדָּף־ל֑וֹ וְשֹׁ֥רֶשׁ דָּ֝בָ֗ר נִמְצָא־בִֽי׃ | 28 |
Why then do you say now: Let us persecute him, and let us find occasion of word against him?
| גּ֤וּרוּ לָכֶ֨ם ׀ מִפְּנֵי־חֶ֗רֶב כִּֽי־חֵ֭מָה עֲוֺנ֣וֹת חָ֑רֶב לְמַ֖עַן תֵּדְע֣וּן שדין׃ ס | 29 |
Flee then from the face of the sword, for the sword is the revenger of iniquities: and know ye that there is judgment.
