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| [1]וַ֭יַּעַן אֱלִיפַ֥ז הַֽתֵּמָנִ֗י וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ |
[1]Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said: |
| [2]הַלְאֵ֥ל יִסְכָּן־גָּ֑בֶר כִּֽי־יִסְכֹּ֖ן עָלֵ֣ימֹו מַשְׂכִּֽיל׃ |
[2]Can a man be profitable unto God? Or can he that is wise be profitable unto Him? |
| [3]הַחֵ֣פֶץ לְ֭שַׁדַּי כִּ֣י תִצְדָּ֑ק וְאִם־בֶּ֝֗צַע כִּֽי־תַתֵּ֥ם דְּרָכֶֽיךָ׃ |
[3]Is it any advantage to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? Or is it gain to Him, that thou makest thy ways blameless? |
| [4]הֲֽ֭מִיִּרְאָ֣תְךָ יֹכִיחֶ֑ךָ יָבֹ֥וא עִ֝מְּךָ֗ בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃ |
[4]Is it for thy fear of Him that He reproveth thee, that He entereth with thee into judgment? |
| [5]הֲלֹ֣א רָעָֽתְךָ֣ רַבָּ֑ה וְאֵֽין־קֵ֝֗ץ לַעֲוֹנֹתֶֽיךָ׃ |
[5]Is not thy wickedness great? And are not thine iniquities without end? |
| [6]כִּֽי־תַחְבֹּ֣ל אַחֶ֣יךָ חִנָּ֑ם וּבִגְדֵ֖י עֲרוּמִּ֣ים תַּפְשִֽׁיט׃ |
[6]For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. |
| [7]לֹא־מַ֭יִם עָיֵ֣ף תַּשְׁקֶ֑ה וּ֝מֵרָעֵ֗ב תִּֽמְנַֽע־לָֽחֶם׃ |
[7]Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. |
| [8]וְאִ֣ישׁ זְ֭רֹועַ לֹ֣ו הָאָ֑רֶץ וּנְשׂ֥וּא פָ֝נִ֗ים יֵ֣שֶׁב בָּֽהּ׃ |
[8]And as a mighty man, who hath the earth, and as a man of rank, who dwelleth in it, |
| [9]אַ֭לְמָנֹות שִׁלַּ֣חְתָּ רֵיקָ֑ם וּזְרֹעֹ֖ות יְתֹמִ֣ים יְדֻכָּֽא׃ |
[9]Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. |
| [10]עַל־כֵּ֭ן סְבִיבֹותֶ֣יךָ פַחִ֑ים וִֽ֝יבַהֶלְךָ פַּ֣חַד פִּתְאֹֽם׃ |
[10]Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden dread affrighted thee, |
| [11]אֹו־חֹ֥שֶׁךְ לֹֽא־תִרְאֶ֑ה וְֽשִׁפְעַת־מַ֥יִם תְּכַסֶּֽךָּ׃ |
[11]Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and abundance of waters cover thee. |
| [12]הֲֽלֹא־אֱ֭לֹוהַּ גֹּ֣בַהּ שָׁמָ֑יִם וּרְאֵ֤ה רֹ֖אשׁ כֹּוכָבִ֣ים כִּי־רָֽמּוּ׃ |
[12]Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the topmost of the stars, how high they are! |
| [13]וְֽ֭אָמַרְתָּ מַה־יָּ֣דַֽע אֵ֑ל הַבְעַ֖ד עֲרָפֶ֣ל יִשְׁפֹּֽוט׃ |
[13]And thou sayest: 'What doth God know? Can He judge through the dark cloud? |
| [14]עָבִ֣ים סֵֽתֶר־לֹ֖ו וְלֹ֣א יִרְאֶ֑ה וְח֥וּג מַ֗יִם יִתְהַלָּֽךְ׃ |
[14]Thick clouds are a covering to Him, that He seeth not; and He walketh in the circuit of heaven.' |
| [15]הַאֹ֣רַח עֹולָ֣ם תִּשְׁמֹ֑ר אֲשֶׁ֖ר דָּרְכ֣וּ מְתֵי־אָֽוֶן׃ |
[15]Wilt thou keep the old way which wicked men have trodden? |
| [16]אֲשֶֽׁר־קֻמְּט֥וּ וְלֹא־עֵ֑ת נָ֝הָ֗ר יוּצַ֥ק יְסֹודָֽם׃ |
[16]Who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream; |
| [17]הָאֹמְרִ֣ים לָ֭אֵל ס֣וּר מִמֶּ֑נּוּ וּמַה־יִּפְעַ֖ל שַׁדַּ֣י לָֽמֹו׃ |
[17]Who said unto God: 'Depart from us'; and what could the Almighty do unto them? |
| [18]וְה֤וּא מִלֵּ֣א בָתֵּיהֶ֣ם טֹ֑וב וַעֲצַ֥ת רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים רָ֣חֲקָה מֶֽנִּי׃ |
[18]Yet He filled their houses with good things—but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. |
| [19]יִרְא֣וּ צַדִּיקִ֣ים וְיִשְׂמָ֑חוּ וְ֝נָקִ֗י יִלְעַג־לָֽמֹו׃ |
[19]The righteous saw it, and were glad, and the innocent laugh them to scorn: |
| [20]אִם־לֹ֣א נִכְחַ֣ד קִימָ֑נוּ וְ֝יִתְרָ֗ם אָ֣כְלָה אֵֽשׁ׃ |
[20]'Surely their substance is cut off, and their abundance the fire hath consumed.' |
| [21]הַסְכֶּן־נָ֣א עִמֹּ֑ו וּשְׁלם בָּ֝הֶ֗ם תְּֽבֹואַתְךָ֥ טֹובָֽה׃ |
[21]Acquaint now thyself with Him, and be at peace; thereby shall thine increase be good. |
| [22]קַח־נָ֣א מִפִּ֣יו תֹּורָ֑ה וְשִׂ֥ים אֲ֝מָרָ֗יו בִּלְבָבֶֽךָ׃ |
[22]Receive, I pray thee, instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in thy heart. |
| [23]אִם־תָּשׁ֣וּב עַדשַׁ֭־דַּי תִּבָּנֶ֑ה תַּרְחִ֥יק עַ֝וְלָ֗ה מֵאָהֳלֶֽךָ׃ |
[23]If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up—if thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents, |
| [24]וְשִׁית־עַל־עָפָ֥ר בָּ֑צֶר וּבְצ֖וּר נְחָלִ֣ים אֹופִֽיר׃ |
[24]And lay thy treasure in the dust, and the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks; |
| [25]וְהָיָ֣ה שַׁדַּ֣י בְּצָרֶ֑יךָ וְכֶ֖סֶף תֹּועָפֹ֣ות לָֽךְ׃ |
[25]And the Almighty be thy treasure, and precious silver unto thee; |
| [26]כִּי־אָ֭ז עַל־שַׁדַּ֣י תִּתְעַנָּ֑ג וְתִשָּׂ֖א אֶל־אֱלֹ֣והַּ פָּנֶֽיךָ׃ |
[26]Then surely shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God. |
| [27]תַּעְתִּ֣יר אֵ֭לָיו וְיִשְׁמָעֶ֑ךָּ וּנְדָרֶ֥יךָ תְשַׁלֵּֽם׃ |
[27]Thou shalt make thy prayer unto Him, and He will hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows; |
| [28]וְֽתִגְזַר־אֹ֖ומֶר וְיָ֣קָם לָ֑ךְ וְעַל־דְּ֝רָכֶ֗יךָ נָ֣גַֽהּ אֹֽור׃ |
[28]Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee, and light shall shine upon thy ways. |
| [29]כִּֽי־הִ֭שְׁפִּילוּ וַתֹּ֣אמֶר גֵּוָ֑ה וְשַׁ֖ח עֵינַ֣יִם יֹושִֽׁעַ׃ |
[29]When they cast thee down, thou shalt say: 'There is lifting up'; for the humble person He saveth. |
| [30]יְֽמַלֵּ֥ט אִֽי־נָקִ֑י וְ֝נִמְלַ֗ט בְּבֹ֣ר כַּפֶּֽיךָ׃ |
[30]He delivereth him that is innocent, yea, thou shalt be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands. |