איוב 27
| ויסף איוב שאת משלו ויאמר׃ | 1 |
Job again took up his parable, and said,
| חי אל הסיר משפטי ושדי המר נפשי׃ | 2 |
“As God lives, who has taken away my right, the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter
| כי כל עוד נשמתי בי ורוח אלוה באפי׃ | 3 |
(for the length of my life is still in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils);
| אם תדברנה שפתי עולה ולשוני אם יהגה רמיה׃ | 4 |
surely my lips will not speak unrighteousness, neither will my tongue utter deceit.
| חלילה לי אם אצדיק אתכם עד אגוע לא אסיר תמתי ממני׃ | 5 |
Far be it from me that I should justify you. Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
| בצדקתי החזקתי ולא ארפה לא יחרף לבבי מימי׃ | 6 |
I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart will not reproach me so long as I live.
| יהי כרשע איבי ומתקוממי כעול׃ | 7 |
“Let my enemy be as the wicked. Let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.
| כי מה תקות חנף כי יבצע כי ישל אלוה נפשו׃ | 8 |
For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
| הצעקתו ישמע אל כי תבוא עליו צרה׃ | 9 |
Will God hear his cry when trouble comes on him?
| אם על שדי יתענג יקרא אלוה בכל עת׃ | 10 |
Will he delight himself in the Almighty, and call on God at all times?
| אורה אתכם ביד אל אשר עם שדי לא אכחד׃ | 11 |
I will teach you about the hand of God. I will not conceal that which is with the Almighty.
| הן אתם כלכם חזיתם ולמה זה הבל תהבלו׃ | 12 |
Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain?
| זה חלק אדם רשע עם אל ונחלת עריצים משדי יקחו׃ | 13 |
“This is the portion of a wicked man with God, the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.
| אם ירבו בניו למו חרב וצאצאיו לא ישבעו לחם׃ | 14 |
If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword. His offspring will not be satisfied with bread.
| שרידו במות יקברו ואלמנתיו לא תבכינה׃ | 15 |
Those who remain of him will be buried in death. His widows will make no lamentation.
| אם יצבר כעפר כסף וכחמר יכין מלבוש׃ | 16 |
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;
| יכין וצדיק ילבש וכסף נקי יחלק׃ | 17 |
he may prepare it, but the just will put it on, and the innocent will divide the silver.
| בנה כעש ביתו וכסכה עשה נצר׃ | 18 |
He builds his house as the moth, as a booth which the watchman makes.
| עשיר ישכב ולא יאסף עיניו פקח ואיננו׃ | 19 |
He lies down rich, but he will not do so again. He opens his eyes, and he is not.
| תשיגהו כמים בלהות לילה גנבתו סופה׃ | 20 |
Terrors overtake him like waters. A storm steals him away in the night.
| ישאהו קדים וילך וישערהו ממקמו׃ | 21 |
The east wind carries him away, and he departs. It sweeps him out of his place.
| וישלך עליו ולא יחמל מידו ברוח יברח׃ | 22 |
For it hurls at him, and does not spare, as he flees away from his hand.
| ישפק עלימו כפימו וישרק עליו ממקמו׃ | 23 |
Men will clap their hands at him, and will hiss him out of his place.
