איוב 20
| ויען צפר הנעמתי ויאמר׃ | 1 |
Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,
| לכן שעפי ישיבוני ובעבור חושי בי׃ | 2 |
"Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, even by reason of my haste that is in me.
| מוסר כלמתי אשמע ורוח מבינתי יענני׃ | 3 |
I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame. The spirit of my understanding answers me.
| הזאת ידעת מני עד מני שים אדם עלי ארץ׃ | 4 |
Do you not know this from old time, since humankind was placed on earth,
| כי רננת רשעים מקרוב ושמחת חנף עדי רגע׃ | 5 |
that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?
| אם יעלה לשמים שיאו וראשו לעב יגיע׃ | 6 |
Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds,
| כגללו לנצח יאבד ראיו יאמרו איו׃ | 7 |
yet he shall perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him shall say, 'Where is he?'
| כחלום יעוף ולא ימצאוהו וידד כחזיון לילה׃ | 8 |
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found. Yes, he shall be chased away like a vision of the night.
| עין שזפתו ולא תוסיף ולא עוד תשורנו מקומו׃ | 9 |
The eye which saw him shall see him no more, neither shall his place any more see him.
| בניו ירצו דלים וידיו תשבנה אונו׃ | 10 |
His children shall seek the favor of the poor. His hands shall give back his wealth.
| עצמותיו מלאו עלומו ועמו על עפר תשכב׃ | 11 |
His bones are full of his youth, but youth shall lie down with him in the dust.
| אם תמתיק בפיו רעה יכחידנה תחת לשונו׃ | 12 |
"Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue,
| יחמל עליה ולא יעזבנה וימנענה בתוך חכו׃ | 13 |
though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth;
| לחמו במעיו נהפך מרורת פתנים בקרבו׃ | 14 |
yet his food in his bowels is turned. It is cobra venom within him.
| חיל בלע ויקאנו מבטנו יורשנו אל׃ | 15 |
He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly.
| ראש פתנים יינק תהרגהו לשון אפעה׃ | 16 |
He shall suck cobra venom. The viper's tongue shall kill him.
| אל ירא בפלגות נהרי נחלי דבש וחמאה׃ | 17 |
He shall not look at the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter.
| משיב יגע ולא יבלע כחיל תמורתו ולא יעלס׃ | 18 |
That for which he labored he shall restore, and shall not swallow it down. According to the substance that he has gotten, he shall not rejoice.
| כי רצץ עזב דלים בית גזל ולא יבנהו׃ | 19 |
For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
| כי לא ידע שלו בבטנו בחמודו לא ימלט׃ | 20 |
"Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save anything of that in which he delights.
| אין שריד לאכלו על כן לא יחיל טובו׃ | 21 |
There was nothing left that he did not devour, therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
| במלאות שפקו יצר לו כל יד עמל תבואנו׃ | 22 |
In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress shall overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery shall come on him.
| יהי למלא בטנו ישלח בו חרון אפו וימטר עלימו בלחומו׃ | 23 |
When he is about to fill his belly, he will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating.
| יברח מנשק ברזל תחלפהו קשת נחושה׃ | 24 |
He shall flee from the iron weapon. The bronze arrow shall strike him through.
| שלף ויצא מגוה וברק ממררתו יהלך עליו אמים׃ | 25 |
He draws it forth, and it comes out of his body. Yes, the glittering point comes out of his liver. Terrors are on him.
| כל חשך טמון לצפוניו תאכלהו אש לא נפח ירע שריד באהלו׃ | 26 |
All darkness is laid up for his treasures. An unfanned fire shall devour him. It shall consume that which is left in his tent.
| יגלו שמים עונו וארץ מתקוממה לו׃ | 27 |
The heavens shall reveal his iniquity. The earth shall rise up against him.
| יגל יבול ביתו נגרות ביום אפו׃ | 28 |
The increase of his house shall depart. They shall rush away in the day of his wrath.
| זה חלק אדם רשע מאלהים ונחלת אמרו מאל׃ | 29 |
This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the heritage appointed to him by God."
