איוב 35
| ויען אליהו ויאמר׃ | 1 |
Then Elihu also said this:
| הזאת חשבת למשפט אמרת צדקי מאל׃ | 2 |
“[Job, ] do you think that what you said is right/correct? You say, ‘God knows that I am innocent,’
| כי תאמר מה יסכן לך מה אעיל מחטאתי׃ | 3 |
and you say [to God], ‘What good have I received for not sinning? What benefit have I received from that?’ [DOU, RHQ]
| אני אשיבך מלין ואת רעיך עמך׃ | 4 |
[Well, ] I will answer you, and I will answer your three friends, too.
| הבט שמים וראה ושור שחקים גבהו ממך׃ | 5 |
“[Job], look up at the sky; look at the clouds that are high above you and realize [that God is far above everything].
| אם חטאת מה תפעל בו ורבו פשעיך מה תעשה לו׃ | 6 |
If you have sinned, that does not [RHQ] harm God at all. If many times you do things that are wrong, that certainly does not [RHQ] affect him [DOU].
| אם צדקת מה תתן לו או מה מידך יקח׃ | 7 |
And if you are righteous, does that help God? No, he is not benefited by anything that you do [DOU].
| לאיש כמוך רשעך ולבן אדם צדקתך׃ | 8 |
It is other people who suffer because of the wicked things that you do, but by doing good things for people, you help them.
| מרב עשוקים יזעיקו ישועו מזרוע רבים׃ | 9 |
“People cry out because of the many things that people do to others to (oppress them/treat them cruelly); they call for help because of the things that powerful people do [MTY] to them.
| ולא אמר איה אלוה עשי נתן זמרות בלילה׃ | 10 |
But (no one/none of them) calls out [to God], saying ‘Why does God, my creator, [not help me]? He [should] enable me to sing [joyful] songs, [instead of very sad songs, ] during the night.
| מלפנו מבהמות ארץ ומעוף השמים יחכמנו׃ | 11 |
He [should be able to] teach us more than all the wild animals do; he [should] enable us to become wiser than [all] the birds are!’
| שם יצעקו ולא יענה מפני גאון רעים׃ | 12 |
People cry out [for help], but God does not answer them, because those who cry out are proud and evil people.
| אך שוא לא ישמע אל ושדי לא ישורנה׃ | 13 |
It is useless for them to cry out, because God, the Almighty One, does not pay any attention to what they say.
| אף כי תאמר לא תשורנו דין לפניו ותחולל לו׃ | 14 |
So, when you complain that you cannot see God, and you tell him that you are waiting for him [to decide whether or not you should be punished for what you have done], God will not listen to you, either!
| ועתה כי אין פקד אפו ולא ידע בפש מאד׃ | 15 |
Furthermore, [you say that] because he does not pay attention when people commit sins, he does not become angry and punish them.
| ואיוב הבל יפצה פיהו בבלי דעת מלין יכבר׃ | 16 |
You say things that are useless; you say a lot of things without knowing [what you are talking about].”
