איוב 27
| ויסף איוב שאת משלו ויאמר׃ | 1 |
Job also added to this, using figures of speech, and he said:
| חי אל הסיר משפטי ושדי המר נפשי׃ | 2 |
As God lives, who has taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who has led my soul to bitterness,
| כי כל עוד נשמתי בי ורוח אלוה באפי׃ | 3 |
as long as my breath remains in me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,
| אם תדברנה שפתי עולה ולשוני אם יהגה רמיה׃ | 4 |
my lips will not speak iniquity, nor will my tongue devise lies.
| חלילה לי אם אצדיק אתכם עד אגוע לא אסיר תמתי ממני׃ | 5 |
Far be it from me that I should judge you to be right, for, until I expire, I will not withdraw from my innocence.
| בצדקתי החזקתי ולא ארפה לא יחרף לבבי מימי׃ | 6 |
I will not forsake my justification, which I have just begun to grasp, for my heart does not find blame for me in my whole life.
| יהי כרשע איבי ומתקוממי כעול׃ | 7 |
Let the impious be as my enemy, and the sinful, as my adversary.
| כי מה תקות חנף כי יבצע כי ישל אלוה נפשו׃ | 8 |
For what hope is there for the hypocrite, if he greedily plunders and God does not free his soul?
| הצעקתו ישמע אל כי תבוא עליו צרה׃ | 9 |
Will God pay attention to his cry, when anguish overcomes him?
| אם על שדי יתענג יקרא אלוה בכל עת׃ | 10 |
Or will he take delight in the Almighty and call upon God at all times?
| אורה אתכם ביד אל אשר עם שדי לא אכחד׃ | 11 |
I will teach you through the hand of God, what the Almighty holds, and I will not conceal it.
| הן אתם כלכם חזיתם ולמה זה הבל תהבלו׃ | 12 |
Behold, you know all this, and so why do you speak vain things without a reason?
| זה חלק אדם רשע עם אל ונחלת עריצים משדי יקחו׃ | 13 |
This is the portion of the impious man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they will receive from the Almighty.
| אם ירבו בניו למו חרב וצאצאיו לא ישבעו לחם׃ | 14 |
If his sons should happen to increase, they will be for the sword, and his grandsons will not be satisfied with bread.
| שרידו במות יקברו ואלמנתיו לא תבכינה׃ | 15 |
Whatever will remain of him will be buried in the ruins, and his widows will not weep.
| אם יצבר כעפר כסף וכחמר יכין מלבוש׃ | 16 |
If he will amass silver as if it were dirt and fabricate garments as if they were clay,
| יכין וצדיק ילבש וכסף נקי יחלק׃ | 17 |
then yes, he will gather, but the just will be clothed with it and the innocent will divide the silver.
| בנה כעש ביתו וכסכה עשה נצר׃ | 18 |
He has built his house like a moth, and he has made a makeshift shelter like a sentry.
| עשיר ישכב ולא יאסף עיניו פקח ואיננו׃ | 19 |
When he falls asleep, the rich man will leave him with nothing; he will open his eyes and find nothing.
| תשיגהו כמים בלהות לילה גנבתו סופה׃ | 20 |
Destitution will surround him like water; a storm will overwhelm him in the night.
| ישאהו קדים וילך וישערהו ממקמו׃ | 21 |
A burning wind will pick him up and carry him away, and, like a whirlwind, it will rush him from his place.
| וישלך עליו ולא יחמל מידו ברוח יברח׃ | 22 |
And it will hurl over him and will not spare him; fleeing from its power, he will go into exile.
| ישפק עלימו כפימו וישרק עליו ממקמו׃ | 23 |
He will clasp his hands over himself, and he will hiss at himself, while considering his situation.
