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| [1]בְּ֭רִית כָּרַ֣תִּי לְעֵינָ֑י וּמָ֥ה אֶ֝תְבֹּונֵ֗ן עַל־בְּתוּלָֽה׃ |
[1]I MADE a vow with my eyes that I would never lust after a virgin. |
| [2]וּמֶ֤ה ׀ חֵ֣לֶק אֱלֹ֣והַּ מִמָּ֑עַל וְֽנַחֲלַ֥ת דַּ֗י מִמְּרֹמִֽים׃ |
[2]For what portion would I have then from God who is above, and what heritage from the Almighty who is on high? |
| [3]הֲלֹא־אֵ֥יד לְעַוָּ֑ל וְ֝נֵ֗כֶר לְפֹ֣עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃ |
[3]For it is destruction to the wicked, and punishment to the workers of iniquity. |
| [4]הֲלֹא־ה֖וּא יִרְאֶ֣ה דְרָכָ֑י וְֽכָל־צְעָדַ֥י יִסְפֹּֽור׃ |
[4]He sees my ways, and counts all my steps. |
| [5]אִם־הָלַ֥כְתִּי עִם־שָׁ֑וְא וַתַּ֖חַשׁ עַל־מִרְמָ֣ה רַגְלִֽי׃ |
[5]If I have walked with hypocrites, or if my foot hastened to deceit; |
| [6]יִשְׁקְלֵ֥נִי בְמֹאזְנֵי־צֶ֑דֶק וְיֵדַ֥ע אֱ֝לֹ֗והַּ תֻּמָּתִֽי׃ |
[6]Let me be weighed in a just balance, that God may know my integrity. |
| [7]אִ֥ם תִּטֶּ֣ה אַשֻּׁרִי֮ מִנִּ֪י הַ֫דָּ֥רֶךְ וְאַחַ֣ר עֵ֭ינַי הָלַ֣ךְ לִבִּ֑י וּ֝בְכַפַּ֗י דָּ֣בַק מֻאֽוּם ׃ |
[7]I have not turned aside my steps from the way, and my heart has not followed after my eyes, and I have acquired nothing unjustly; |
| [8]אֶ֭זְרְעָה וְאַחֵ֣ר יֹאכֵ֑ל וְֽצֶאֱצָאַ֥י יְשֹׁרָֽשׁוּ׃ |
[8]But when I sowed, then I ate, and when I planted, then I cultivated and gathered the crops |
| [9]אִם־נִפְתָּ֣ה לִ֭בִּי עַל־אִשָּׁ֑ה וְעַל־פֶּ֖תַח רֵעִ֣י אָרָֽבְתִּי׃ |
[9]And if my heart has been enticed by a strange woman, or if I have lain in wait at my neighbor's door; |
| [10]תִּטְחַ֣ן לְאַחֵ֣ר אִשְׁתִּ֑י וְ֝עָלֶ֗יהָ יִכְרְע֥וּן אֲחֵרִֽין׃ |
[10]Then let my wife grind for another, and let her bake bread at another man's place, |
| [11]כִּי־ [הוּא כ] (הִ֥יא ק) זִמָּ֑ה [וְהִיא כ] (וְ֝ה֗וּא ק) עָוֹ֥ן פְּלִילִֽים׃ |
[11]For this is a heinous crime; yea, such an eye devises a crafty scheme. |
| [12]כִּ֤י אֵ֣שׁ הִ֭יא עַד־אֲבַדֹּ֣ון תֹּאכֵ֑ל וּֽבְכָל־תְּב֖וּאָתִ֣י תְשָׁרֵֽשׁ׃ |
[12]For passion is a fire that consumes to destruction, and it would root out all my increase. |
| [13]אִם־אֶמְאַ֗ס מִשְׁפַּ֣ט עַ֭בְדִּי וַאֲמָתִ֑י בְּ֝רִבָ֗ם עִמָּדִֽי׃ |
[13]If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant, when he contended with me, |
| [14]וּמָ֣ה אֶֽ֭עֱשֶׂה כִּֽי־יָק֣וּם אֵ֑ל וְכִֽי־יִ֝פְקֹ֗ד מָ֣ה אֲשִׁיבֶֽנּוּ׃ |
[14]Without saying, What then shall I do when God rises up in judgment, and when he inquires, what shall I answer him? |
| [15]הֲֽ֝לֹא־בַ֭בֶּטֶן עֹשֵׂ֣נִי עָשָׂ֑הוּ וַ֝יְכֻנֶ֗נּוּ בָּרֶ֥חֶם אֶחָֽד׃ |
[15](For, behold, he who made me in the womb made him, and he created us in the same womb) |
| [16]אִם־אֶ֭מְנַע מֵחֵ֣פֶץ דַּלִּ֑ים וְעֵינֵ֖י אַלְמָנָ֣ה אֲכַלֶּֽה׃ |
[16]If I have withheld the poor from his desire, or have defrauded the widow, |
| [17]וְאֹכַ֣ל פִּתִּ֣י לְבַדִּ֑י וְלֹא־אָכַ֖ל יָתֹ֣ום מִמֶּֽנָּה׃ |
[17]Or have eaten my bread alone, and the orphans did not eat of it |
| [18]כִּ֣י מִ֭נְּעוּרַי גְּדֵלַ֣נִי כְאָ֑ב וּמִבֶּ֖טֶן אִמִּ֣י אַנְחֶֽנָּה׃ |
[18](Because from my youth I was brought up in sorrows, and from my mother's womb with sighing); |
| [19]אִם־אֶרְאֶ֣ה אֹ֖ובֵד מִבְּלִ֣י לְב֑וּשׁ וְאֵ֥ין כְּ֝ס֗וּת לָאֶבְיֹֽון׃ |
[19]If I have seen anyone perishing for want of clothing, or any poor without covering |
| [20]אִם־לֹ֣א בֵרֲכ֣וּנִי [חֲלָצֹו כ] (חֲלָצָ֑יו ק) וּמִגֵּ֥ז כְּ֝בָשַׂי יִתְחַמָּֽם׃ |
[20](But they were reared upon my knees, and were warmed with the fleece of my sheep); |
| [21]אִם־הֲנִיפֹ֣ותִי עַל־יָתֹ֣ום יָדִ֑י כִּֽי־אֶרְאֶ֥ה בַ֝שַּׁ֗עַר עֶזְרָתִֽי׃ |
[21]If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless (when I saw him at the door I helped him); |
| [22]כְּ֭תֵפִי מִשִּׁכְמָ֣ה תִפֹּ֑ול וְ֝אֶזְרֹעִ֗י מִקָּנָ֥ה תִשָּׁבֵֽר׃ |
[22]Then let my arm fall from my shoulder blade, and let it be broken from the bone. |
| [23]כִּ֤י פַ֣חַד אֵ֭לַי אֵ֣יד אֵ֑ל וּ֝מִשְּׂאֵתֹ֗ו לֹ֣א אוּכָֽל׃ |
[23]For the fear of God made me to tremble, and affliction from him came upon me, and because of terror I was unable to rise up |
| [24]אִם־שַׂ֣מְתִּי זָהָ֣ב כִּסְלִ֑י וְ֝לַכֶּ֗תֶם אָמַ֥רְתִּי מִבְטַחִֽי׃ |
[24]If I have made gold my trust, or said about the precious stones, You are my confidence; or have said about fine gold, You are my hope; |
| [25]אִם־אֶ֭שְׂמַח כִּי־רַ֣ב חֵילִ֑י וְכִֽי־כַ֝בִּ֗יר מָצְאָ֥ה יָדִֽי׃ |
[25]If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much; |
| [26]אִם־אֶרְאֶ֣ה אֹ֖ור כִּ֣י יָהֵ֑ל וְ֝יָרֵ֗חַ יָקָ֥ר הֹלֵֽךְ׃ |
[26]If I have adored the sun when it shone, or the moon when in full brightness; |
| [27]וַיִּ֣פְתְּ בַּסֵּ֣תֶר לִבִּ֑י וַתִּשַּׁ֖ק יָדִ֣י לְפִֽי׃ |
[27]And if my heart has been secretly enticed, if I have consented to wrongdoings; |
| [28]גַּם־ה֖וּא עָוֹ֣ן פְּלִילִ֑י כִּֽי־כִחַ֖שְׁתִּי לָאֵ֣ל מִמָּֽעַל׃ |
[28]Then God has seen my crafty ways, and I have lied before him. |
| [29]אִם־אֶ֭שְׂמַח בְּפִ֣יד מְשַׂנְאִ֑י וְ֝הִתְעֹרַ֗רְתִּי כִּֽי־מְצָ֥אֹו רָֽע׃ |
[29]If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or exulted myself when misfortune befell him; |
| [30]וְלֹא־נָתַ֣תִּי לַחֲטֹ֣א חִכִּ֑י לִשְׁאֹ֖ל בְּאָלָ֣ה נַפְשֹֽׁו׃ |
[30](But I have neither suffered my mouth to sin, nor has my soul wished for any of these things; |
| [31]אִם־לֹ֣א אָ֭מְרוּ מְתֵ֣י אָהֳלִ֑י מִֽי־יִתֵּ֥ן מִ֝בְּשָׂרֹ֗ו לֹ֣א נִשְׂבָּֽע׃ |
[31]My friends said, Oh this man would give us even of his own flesh! but we are not satisfied, |
| [32]בַּ֭חוּץ לֹא־יָלִ֣ין גֵּ֑ר דְּ֝לָתַ֗י לָאֹ֥רַח אֶפְתָּֽח׃ |
[32]And the stranger I did not let lodge in the street, and I opened my door to the guest) |
| [33]אִם־כִּסִּ֣יתִי כְאָדָ֣ם פְּשָׁעָ֑י לִטְמֹ֖ון בְּחֻבִּ֣י עֲוֹֽנִי׃ |
[33]If I have covered up my sins like some men, or if I have hid my guilt in secret places; |
| [34]כִּ֤י אֶֽעֱרֹ֨וץ ׀ הָ֘מֹ֤ון רַבָּ֗ה וּבוּז־מִשְׁפָּחֹ֥ות יְחִתֵּ֑נִי וָ֝אֶדֹּ֗ם לֹא־אֵ֥צֵא פָֽתַח׃ |
[34]If I have trampled upon the rights of the others (but on the contrary, it is the multitude of families which has ruined me. Nor have I turned away anyone at the door; or engaged in gossip) let the provocations of God lay me low! |
| [35]מִ֤י יִתֶּן־לִ֨י ׀ שֹׁ֘מֵ֤עַֽ לִ֗י הֶן־תָּ֭וִי שַׁדַּ֣י יַעֲנֵ֑נִי וְסֵ֥פֶר כָּ֝תַ֗ב אִ֣ישׁ רִיבִֽי׃ |
[35]O that one would hear me! If God is present, let him answer me, and let him write the sentence in a book. |
| [36]אִם־לֹ֣א עַלשִׁ֭־כְמִי אֶשָּׂאֶ֑נּוּ אֶֽעֶנְדֶ֖נּוּ עֲטָרֹ֣ות לִֽי׃ |
[36]Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and make it a crown to me. |
| [37]מִסְפַּ֣ר צְ֭עָדַי אַגִּידֶ֑נּוּ כְּמֹו־נָ֝גִ֗יד אֲקָרֲבֶֽנּוּ׃ |
[37]I would declare to him the number of my steps; as a prince I would go near to him. |
| [38]אִם־עָ֭לַי אַדְמָתִ֣י תִזְעָ֑ק וְ֝יַ֗חַד תְּלָמֶ֥יהָ יִבְכָּיֽוּן׃ |
[38]Let the earth lament over me, let its furrows weep together, |
| [39]אִם־כֹּ֖חָהּ אָכַ֣לְתִּי בְלִי־כָ֑סֶף וְנֶ֖פֶשׁ בְּעָלֶ֣יהָ הִפָּֽחְתִּי׃ |
[39]If I have eaten its fruits without money; or if I have grieved one whose life is bitter, |
| [40]תַּ֤חַת חִטָּ֨ה ׀ יֵ֥צֵא חֹ֗וחַ וְתַֽחַת־שְׂעֹרָ֥ה בָאְשָׁ֑ה תַּ֝֗מּוּ דִּבְרֵ֥י אִיֹּֽוב׃ |
[40]Then let thistles grow instead of wheat and thorns instead of barley. The words of Job are ended |