איוב 14
| אדם ילוד אשה קצר ימים ושבע רגז׃ | 1 |
For a mortal born of a woman [is] short lived, and full of wrath.
| כציץ יצא וימל ויברח כצל ולא יעמוד׃ | 2 |
Or he falls like a flower that has bloomed; and he departs like a shadow, and can’t continue.
| אף על זה פקחת עינך ואתי תביא במשפט עמך׃ | 3 |
Hast you not taken account even of him, and caused him to enter into judgement before you?
| מי יתן טהור מטמא לא אחד׃ | 4 |
For who shall be pure from uncleanness? not even one;
| אם חרוצים ימיו מספר חדשיו אתך חקו עשית ולא יעבור׃ | 5 |
if even his life should be [but] one day upon the earth: and his months are numbered by him: you have appointed [him] for a time, and he shall by no means exceed [it].
| שעה מעליו ויחדל עד ירצה כשכיר יומו׃ | 6 |
Depart from him, that he may be quiet, and take pleasure in his life, [though] as a hireling.
| כי יש לעץ תקוה אם יכרת ועוד יחליף וינקתו לא תחדל׃ | 7 |
For there is hope for a tree, even if it should be cut down, [that] it shall blossom again, and its branch shall not fail.
| אם יזקין בארץ שרשו ובעפר ימות גזעו׃ | 8 |
For though its root should grow old in the earth, and its stem die in the rock;
| מריח מים יפרח ועשה קציר כמו נטע׃ | 9 |
it will blossom from the scent of water, and will produce a crop, as one newly planted.
| וגבר ימות ויחלש ויגוע אדם ואיו׃ | 10 |
But a man that has died is utterly gone; and when a mortal has fallen, he is no more.
| אזלו מים מני ים ונהר יחרב ויבש׃ | 11 |
For the sea wastes in [length of] time, and a river fails and is dried up.
| ואיש שכב ולא יקום עד בלתי שמים לא יקיצו ולא יערו משנתם׃ | 12 |
And man that has lain down [in death] shall certainly not rise again till the heaven be dissolved, and they shall not awake from their sleep.
| מי יתן בשאול תצפנני תסתירני עד שוב אפך תשית לי חק ותזכרני׃ (Sheol h7585) | 13 |
For oh that you had kept me in the grave, and had hidden me until your wrath should cease, and you should set me a time in which you would remember me! (Sheol h7585)
| אם ימות גבר היחיה כל ימי צבאי איחל עד בוא חליפתי׃ | 14 |
For if a man should die, shall he live [again], having accomplished the days of his life? I will wait till I exist again?
| תקרא ואנכי אענך למעשה ידיך תכסף׃ | 15 |
Then shall you call, and I will listen to you: but do not you reject the work of your hands.
| כי עתה צעדי תספור לא תשמור על חטאתי׃ | 16 |
But you have numbered my devices: and not one of my sins shall escape you?
| חתם בצרור פשעי ותטפל על עוני׃ | 17 |
An you have sealed up my transgressions in a bag, and marked if I have been guilty of any transgression unawares.
| ואולם הר נופל יבול וצור יעתק ממקמו׃ | 18 |
And verily a mountain falling will utterly be destroyed, and a rock shall be worn out of its place.
| אבנים שחקו מים תשטף ספיחיה עפר ארץ ותקות אנוש האבדת׃ | 19 |
The waters wear the stones, and waters falling headlong [overflow] a heap of the earth: and you destroy the hope of man.
| תתקפהו לנצח ויהלך משנה פניו ותשלחהו׃ | 20 |
You drive him to an end, and he is gone: you set your face against him, and send him away;
| יכבדו בניו ולא ידע ויצערו ולא יבין למו׃ | 21 |
and though his children be multiplied, he knows [it] not; and if they be few, he is not aware.
| אך בשרו עליו יכאב ונפשו עליו תאבל׃ | 22 |
But his flesh is in pain, and his soul mourns.
