איוב 23
| ויען איוב ויאמר׃ | 1 |
Then responded Job, and said: —
| גם היום מרי שחי ידי כבדה על אנחתי׃ | 2 |
Even to-day, is my complaint rebellion? His hand, is heavier than my groaning.
| מי יתן ידעתי ואמצאהו אבוא עד תכונתו׃ | 3 |
Oh that I knew where I might find him! I would come even unto his dwelling-place;
| אערכה לפניו משפט ופי אמלא תוכחות׃ | 4 |
I would set out, before him, a plea, and, my mouth, would I fill with arguments;
| אדעה מלים יענני ואבינה מה יאמר לי׃ | 5 |
I would note the words wherewith he would respond to me, and would mark what he would say to me.
| הברב כח יריב עמדי לא אך הוא ישם בי׃ | 6 |
Would he, with fulness of might, contend with me? Nay, surely, he, would give heed to me!
| שם ישר נוכח עמו ואפלטה לנצח משפטי׃ | 7 |
There an upright man, might reason with him, so should I deliver myself completely from my judge.
| הן קדם אהלך ואיננו ואחור ולא אבין לו׃ | 8 |
Behold! eastward, I go, but he is not there, and, westward, but I perceive him not;
| שמאול בעשתו ולא אחז יעטף ימין ולא אראה׃ | 9 |
On the north, where he worketh, but I get no vision, He hideth himself on the south that I cannot see him.
| כי ידע דרך עמדי בחנני כזהב אצא׃ | 10 |
But, he, knoweth the way that I choose, Having tried me, as gold, I shall come forth.
| באשרו אחזה רגלי דרכו שמרתי ולא אט׃ | 11 |
Of his steps, my foot taketh hold, His way, have I kept, and not swerved;
| מצות שפתיו ולא אמיש מחקי צפנתי אמרי פיו׃ | 12 |
The command of his lips, and would not go back, and, in my bosom, have I treasured the words of his lips.
| והוא באחד ומי ישיבנו ונפשו אותה ויעש׃ | 13 |
But, he, is one, and who can turn him? What his soul desired, he hath done.
| כי ישלים חקי וכהנה רבות עמו׃ | 14 |
Surely he will accomplish what is decreed for me, and, many such things, hath he in store.
| על כן מפניו אבהל אתבונן ואפחד ממנו׃ | 15 |
For this cause, from his presence, am I driven in fear, I diligently consider and am kept back from him in dread:
| ואל הרך לבי ושדי הבהילני׃ | 16 |
Yea, GOD, hath made timid my heart, and, the Almighty, hath put me in terror.
| כי לא נצמתי מפני חשך ומפני כסה אפל׃ | 17 |
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, nor, before my face, did the gloom form a shroud.
