איוב 42

1 ויען איוב את יהוה ויאמר׃

Then Job replied to Yahweh. [He said],

2 ידעת כי כל תוכל ולא יבצר ממך מזמה׃

“I know that you can do everything and that no one can stop you from doing what you want to do.

3 מי זה מעלים עצה בלי דעת לכן הגדתי ולא אבין נפלאות ממני ולא אדע׃

[You asked me], ‘(Who are you, who by speaking ignorantly, question what I plan to do?/You have no right to question what I plan to do by speaking ignorantly.)’ [RHQ] It is true that I spoke about things that I did not understand, things that are very wonderful/marvelous, and therefore I am not able to know them.

4 שמע נא ואנכי אדבר אשאלך והודיעני׃

You said to me, ‘Listen while I talk to you. I want to ask you some questions, so prepare yourself to answer them.’

5 לשמע אזן שמעתיך ועתה עיני ראתך׃

I had heard about you previously, but now [it is as though] I have seen you with my own eyes.

6 על כן אמאס ונחמתי על עפר ואפר׃

Therefore I (am ashamed of/withdraw) what I said, and I sit in dust and ashes to show that I am sorry [for what I said].”

7 ויהי אחר דבר יהוה את הדברים האלה אל איוב ויאמר יהוה אל אליפז התימני חרה אפי בך ובשני רעיך כי לא דברתם אלי נכונה כעבדי איוב׃

After Yahweh said these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz, “I am angry with you and your two friends, [Bildad and Zophar], because what my servant Job said about me was right/true, but what you have spoken about me was not right/true.

8 ועתה קחו לכם שבעה פרים ושבעה אילים ולכו אל עבדי איוב והעליתם עולה בעדכם ואיוב עבדי יתפלל עליכם כי אם פניו אשא לבלתי עשות עמכם נבלה כי לא דברתם אלי נכונה כעבדי איוב׃

So now you must take to Job seven young bulls and seven rams and [kill them and] burn them on the altar as a sacrifice for yourselves. Then Job will pray for you, and I will do what he requests me to do, [and I will forgive you for speaking wrongly about me]. I will not punish you, even though you deserve to be punished, because what you said about me was not right/true, but what Job said about me was right/true.”

9 וילכו אליפז התימני ובלדד השוחי צפר הנעמתי ויעשו כאשר דבר אליהם יהוה וישא יהוה את פני איוב׃

So Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar did what Yahweh commanded them to do, and Yahweh did what Job requested him to do [for the three of them].

10 ויהוה שב את שבית איוב בהתפללו בעד רעהו ויסף יהוה את כל אשר לאיוב למשנה׃

After Job prayed for his three friends, Yahweh [healed him and] caused him to become rich again. Yahweh gave him twice as many things as he had before.

11 ויבאו אליו כל אחיו וכל אחיתיו וכל ידעיו לפנים ויאכלו עמו לחם בביתו וינדו לו וינחמו אתו על כל הרעה אשר הביא יהוה עליו ויתנו לו איש קשיטה אחת ואיש נזם זהב אחד׃

Then all his brothers and sisters, and all the people who had known him before, came to his house, and they ate a meal together. They consoled/comforted [DOU] him because of all the troubles that Yahweh had allowed him to experience.

12 ויהוה ברך את אחרית איוב מראשתו ויהי לו ארבעה עשר אלף צאן וששת אלפים גמלים ואלף צמד בקר ואלף אתונות׃

Then Yahweh blessed Job in the second half of his life more than he had blessed him in the first half of his life. He now acquired/owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 2,000 oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.

13 ויהי לו שבענה בנים ושלוש בנות׃

And he also had seven [more] sons and three [more] daughters.

14 ויקרא שם האחת ימימה ושם השנית קציעה ושם השלישית קרן הפוך׃

He named the first daughter Jemimah, he named the second daughter Keziah, and he named the third daughter Keren-Happuch.

15 ולא נמצא נשים יפות כבנות איוב בכל הארץ ויתן להם אביהם נחלה בתוך אחיהם׃

In all of [Uz] land there were no young women who were as beautiful as the daughters of Job, and Job declared that they would inherit some of his possessions, just like their brothers would inherit some.

16 ויחי איוב אחרי זאת מאה וארבעים שנה וירא את בניו ואת בני בניו ארבעה דרות׃

After that, Job lived 140 more years. Before he died, he (saw/enjoyed being with) his great-great-grandchildren.

17 וימת איוב זקן ושבע ימים׃

He was very old [DOU] when he died.