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| [1]אַחֲרֵי־כֵ֗ן פָּתַ֤ח אִיֹּוב֙ אֶת־פִּ֔יהוּ וַיְקַלֵּ֖ל אֶת־יֹומֹֽו׃ |
[1]After this hath Job opened his mouth, and revileth his day. |
| [2]וַיַּ֥עַן אִיֹּ֗וב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ |
[2]And Job answereth and saith: -- |
| [3]יֹ֣אבַד יֹ֖ום אִוָּ֣לֶד בֹּ֑ו וְהַלַּ֥יְלָה אָ֝מַ֗ר הֹ֣רָה גָֽבֶר׃ |
[3]Let the day perish in which I am born, And the night that hath said: `A man-child hath been conceived.' |
| [4]הַיֹּ֥ום הַה֗וּא יְֽהִ֫י חֹ֥שֶׁךְ אַֽל־יִדְרְשֵׁ֣הוּ אֱלֹ֣והַּ מִמָּ֑עַל וְאַל־תֹּופַ֖ע עָלָ֣יו נְהָרָֽה׃ |
[4]That day -- let it be darkness, Let not God require it from above, Nor let light shine upon it. |
| [5]יִגְאָלֻ֡הוּ חֹ֣שֶׁךְ וְ֭צַלְמָוֶת תִּשְׁכָּן־עָלָ֣יו עֲנָנָ֑ה יְ֝בַעֲתֻ֗הוּ כִּֽמְרִ֥ירֵי יֹֽום׃ |
[5]Let darkness and death-shade redeem it, Let a cloud tabernacle upon it, Let them terrify it as the most bitter of days. |
| [6]הַלַּ֥יְלָה הַהוּא֮ יִקָּחֵ֪ה֫וּ אֹ֥פֶל אַל־יִ֭חַדְּ בִּימֵ֣י שָׁנָ֑ה בְּמִסְפַּ֥ר יְ֝רָחִ֗ים אַל־יָבֹֽא׃ |
[6]That night -- let thick darkness take it, Let it not be united to days of the year, Into the number of months let it not come. |
| [7]הִנֵּ֤ה הַלַּ֣יְלָה הַ֭הוּא יְהִ֣י גַלְמ֑וּד אַל־תָּבֹ֖א רְנָנָ֣ה בֹֽו׃ |
[7]Lo! that night -- let it be gloomy, Let no singing come into it. |
| [8]יִקְּבֻ֥הוּ אֹרְרֵי־יֹ֑ום הָ֝עֲתִידִ֗ים עֹרֵ֥ר לִוְיָתָֽן׃ |
[8]Let the cursers of day mark it, Who are ready to wake up Leviathan. |
| [9]יֶחְשְׁכוּ֮ כֹּוכְבֵ֪י נִ֫שְׁפֹּ֥ו יְקַו־לְאֹ֥ור וָאַ֑יִן וְאַל־יִ֝רְאֶ֗ה בְּעַפְעַפֵּי־שָֽׁחַר׃ |
[9]Let the stars of its twilight be dark, Let it wait for light, and there is none, And let it not look on the eyelids of the dawn. |
| [10]כִּ֤י לֹ֣א סָ֭גַר דַּלְתֵ֣י בִטְנִ֑י וַיַּסְתֵּ֥ר עָ֝מָ֗ל מֵעֵינָֽי׃ |
[10]Because it hath not shut the doors Of the womb that was mine! And hide misery from mine eyes. |
| [11]לָ֤מָּה לֹּ֣א מֵרֶ֣חֶם אָמ֑וּת מִבֶּ֖טֶן יָצָ֣אתִי וְאֶגְוָֽע׃ |
[11]Why from the womb do I not die? From the belly I have come forth and gasp! |
| [12]מַ֭דּוּעַ קִדְּמ֣וּנִי בִרְכָּ֑יִם וּמַהשָּׁ֝־דַ֗יִם כִּ֣י אִינָֽק׃ |
[12]Wherefore have knees been before me? And what [are] breasts, that I suck? |
| [13]כִּֽי־עַ֭תָּה שָׁכַ֣בְתִּי וְאֶשְׁקֹ֑וט יָ֝שַׁ֗נְתִּי אָ֤ז ׀ יָנ֬וּחַֽ לִֽי׃ |
[13]For now, I have lain down, and am quiet, I have slept -- then there is rest to me, |
| [14]עִם־מְ֭לָכִים וְיֹ֣עֲצֵי אָ֑רֶץ הַבֹּנִ֖ים חֳרָבֹ֣ות לָֽמֹו׃ |
[14]With kings and counsellors of earth, These building wastes for themselves. |
| [15]אֹ֣ו עִםשָׂ֭־רִים זָהָ֣ב לָהֶ֑ם הַֽמְמַלְאִ֖ים בָּתֵּיהֶ֣ם כָּֽסֶף׃ |
[15]Or with princes -- they have gold, They are filling their houses [with] silver. |
| [16]אֹ֤ו כְנֵ֣פֶל טָ֭מוּן לֹ֣א אֶהְיֶ֑ה כְּ֝עֹלְלִ֗ים לֹא־רָ֥אוּ אֹֽור׃ |
[16](Or as a hidden abortion I am not, As infants -- they have not seen light.) |
| [17]שָׁ֣ם רְ֭שָׁעִים חָ֣דְלוּ רֹ֑גֶז וְשָׁ֥ם יָ֝נ֗וּחוּ יְגִ֣יעֵי כֹֽחַ׃ |
[17]There the wicked have ceased troubling, And there rest do the wearied in power. |
| [18]יַ֭חַד אֲסִירִ֣ים שַׁאֲנָ֑נוּ לֹ֥א מְע֗וּ קֹ֣ול נֹגֵֽשׂ׃ |
[18]Together prisoners have been at ease, They have not heard the voice of an exactor, |
| [19]קָטֹ֣ן וְ֭גָדֹול שָׁ֣ם ה֑וּא וְ֝עֶ֗בֶד חָפְשִׁ֥י מֵאֲדֹנָֽיו׃ |
[19]Small and great [are] there the same. And a servant [is] free from his lord. |
| [20]לָ֤מָּה יִתֵּ֣ן לְעָמֵ֣ל אֹ֑ור וְ֝חַיִּ֗ים לְמָ֣רֵי נָֽפֶשׁ׃ |
[20]Why giveth He to the miserable light, and life to the bitter soul? |
| [21]הַֽמְחַכִּ֣ים לַמָּ֣וֶת וְאֵינֶ֑נּוּ וַֽ֝יַּחְפְּרֻ֗הוּ מִמַּטְמֹונִֽים׃ |
[21]Who are waiting for death, and it is not, And they seek it above hid treasures. |
| [22]הַשְּׂמֵחִ֥ים אֱלֵי־גִ֑יל יָ֝שִׂ֗ישׂוּ כִּ֣י יִמְצְאוּ־קָֽבֶר׃ |
[22]Who are glad -- unto joy, They rejoice when they find a grave. |
| [23]לְ֭גֶבֶר אֲשֶׁר־דַּרְכֹּ֣ו נִסְתָּ֑רָה וַיָּ֖סֶךְ אֱלֹ֣והַּ בַּעֲדֹֽו׃ |
[23]To a man whose way hath been hidden, And whom God doth shut up? |
| [24]כִּֽי־לִפְנֵ֣י לַ֭חְמִי אַנְחָתִ֣י תָבֹ֑א וַֽיִּתְּכ֥וּ כַ֝מַּ֗יִם שַׁאֲגֹתָֽי׃ |
[24]For before my food, my sighing cometh, And poured out as waters [are] my roarings. |
| [25]כִּ֤י פַ֣חַד פָּ֭חַדְתִּי וַיֶּאֱתָיֵ֑נִי וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר יָ֝גֹ֗רְתִּי יָ֣בֹא לִֽי׃ |
[25]For a fear I feared and it meeteth me, And what I was afraid of doth come to me. |
| [26]לֹ֤א שָׁלַ֨וְתִּי ׀ וְלֹ֖א שָׁקַ֥טְתִּי וְֽלֹא־נָ֗חְתִּי וַיָּ֥בֹא רֹֽגֶז׃ |
[26]I was not safe -- nor was I quiet -- Nor was I at rest -- and trouble cometh! |