איוב 23
| ויען איוב ויאמר׃ | 1 |
Then Job answered, and said:
| גם היום מרי שחי ידי כבדה על אנחתי׃ | 2 |
Now also my words are in bitterness, and the hand of my scourge is more grievous than my mourning.
| מי יתן ידעתי ואמצאהו אבוא עד תכונתו׃ | 3 |
Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and come even to his throne?
| אערכה לפניו משפט ופי אמלא תוכחות׃ | 4 |
I would set judgment before him, and would fill my mouth with complaints.
| אדעה מלים יענני ואבינה מה יאמר לי׃ | 5 |
That I might know the words that he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.
| הברב כח יריב עמדי לא אך הוא ישם בי׃ | 6 |
I would not that he should contend with me with much strength, nor overwhelm me with the weight of his greatness.
| שם ישר נוכח עמו ואפלטה לנצח משפטי׃ | 7 |
Let him propose equity against me, and let my judgment come to victory.
| הן קדם אהלך ואיננו ואחור ולא אבין לו׃ | 8 |
But if I go to the east, he appeareth not; if to the west, I shall not understand him.
| שמאול בעשתו ולא אחז יעטף ימין ולא אראה׃ | 9 |
If to the left hand, what shall I do? I shall not take hold on him: if I turn myself to the right hand, I shall not see him.
| כי ידע דרך עמדי בחנני כזהב אצא׃ | 10 |
But he knoweth my way, and has tried me as gold that passeth through the fire:
| באשרו אחזה רגלי דרכו שמרתי ולא אט׃ | 11 |
My foot hath followed his steps, I have kept his way, and have not declined from it.
| מצות שפתיו ולא אמיש מחקי צפנתי אמרי פיו׃ | 12 |
I have not departed from the commandments of his lips, and the words of his mouth I have hid in my bosom.
| והוא באחד ומי ישיבנו ונפשו אותה ויעש׃ | 13 |
For he is alone, and no man can turn away his thought: and whatsoever is soul hath desired, that hath he done.
| כי ישלים חקי וכהנה רבות עמו׃ | 14 |
And when he shall have fulfilled his will in me, many other like things are also at hand with him.
| על כן מפניו אבהל אתבונן ואפחד ממנו׃ | 15 |
And therefore I am troubled at his presence, and when I consider him I am made pensive with fear.
| ואל הרך לבי ושדי הבהילני׃ | 16 |
God hath softened my heart, and the Almighty hath troubled me.
| כי לא נצמתי מפני חשך ומפני כסה אפל׃ | 17 |
For I have not perished because of the darkness that hangs over me, neither hath the mist covered my face.
