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| [1]וַיֹּ֥סֶף אֱלִיה֗וּא וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ |
[1]And Elihu addeth and saith: -- |
| [2]כַּתַּר־לִ֣י זְ֭עֵיר וַאֲחַוֶּ֑ךָּ כִּ֤י עֹ֖וד לֶאֱלֹ֣והַּ מִלִּֽים׃ |
[2]Honour me a little, and I shew thee, That yet for God [are] words. |
| [3]אֶשָּׂ֣א דֵ֭עִי לְמֵרָחֹ֑וק וּ֝לְפֹעֲלִ֗י אֶֽתֵּֽן־צֶֽדֶק׃ |
[3]I lift up my knowledge from afar, And to my Maker I ascribe righteousness. |
| [4]כִּֽי־אָ֭מְנָם לֹא־שֶׁ֣קֶר מִלָּ֑י תְּמִ֖ים דֵּעֹ֣ות עִמָּֽךְ׃ |
[4]For, truly, my words [are] not false, The perfect in knowledge [is] with thee. |
| [5]הֶן־אֵ֣ל כַּ֭בִּיר וְלֹ֣א יִמְאָ֑ס כַּ֝בִּ֗יר כֹּ֣חַֽ לֵֽב׃ |
[5]Lo, God [is] mighty, and despiseth not, Mighty [in] power [and] heart. |
| [6]לֹא־יְחַיֶּ֥ה רָשָׁ֑ע וּמִשְׁפַּ֖ט עֲנִיִּ֣ים יִתֵּֽן׃ |
[6]He reviveth not the wicked, And the judgment of the poor appointeth; |
| [7]לֹֽא־יִגְרַ֥ע מִצַּדִּ֗יק עֵ֫ינָ֥יו וְאֶת־מְלָכִ֥ים לַכִּסֵּ֑א וַיֹּשִׁיבֵ֥ם לָ֝נֶ֗צַח וַיִּגְבָּֽהוּ׃ |
[7]He withdraweth not from the righteous His eyes, And [from] kings on the throne, And causeth them to sit for ever, and they are high, |
| [8]וְאִם־אֲסוּרִ֥ים בַּזִּקִּ֑ים יִ֝לָּכְד֗וּן בְּחַבְלֵי־עֹֽנִי׃ |
[8]And if prisoners in fetters They are captured with cords of affliction, |
| [9]וַיַּגֵּ֣ד לָהֶ֣ם פָּעֳלָ֑ם וּ֝פִשְׁעֵיהֶ֗ם כִּ֣י יִתְגַּבָּֽרוּ׃ |
[9]Then He declareth to them their work, And their transgressions, Because they have become mighty, |
| [10]וַיִּ֣גֶל אָ֭זְנָם לַמּוּסָ֑ר וַ֝יֹּ֗אמֶר כִּֽי־יְשֻׁב֥וּן מֵאָֽוֶן׃ |
[10]And He uncovereth their ear for instruction, And saith that they turn back from iniquity. |
| [11]אִֽם־יִשְׁמְע֗וּ וְֽיַ֫עֲבֹ֥דוּ יְכַלּ֣וּ יְמֵיהֶ֣ם בַּטֹּ֑וב וּ֝שְׁנֵיהֶ֗ם בַּנְּעִימִֽים׃ |
[11]If they do hear and serve, They complete their days in good, And their years in pleasantness. |
| [12]וְאִם־לֹ֣א יִ֭שְׁמְעוּ בְּשֶׁ֣לַח יַעֲבֹ֑רוּ וְ֝יִגְוְע֗וּ כִּבְלִי־דָֽעַת ׃ |
[12]And if they do not hearken, By the dart they pass away, And expire without knowledge. |
| [13]וְֽחַנְפֵי־לֵ֭ב יָשִׂ֣ימוּ אָ֑ף לֹ֥א יְ֝שַׁוְּע֗וּ כִּ֣י אֲסָרָֽם׃ |
[13]And the profane in heart set the face, They cry not when He hath bound them. |
| [14]תָּמֹ֣ת בַּנֹּ֣עַר נַפְשָׁ֑ם וְ֝חַיָּתָ֗ם בַּקְּדֵשִֽׁים׃ |
[14]Their soul dieth in youth, And their life among the defiled. |
| [15]יְחַלֵּ֣ץ עָנִ֣י בְעָנְיֹ֑ו וְיִ֖גֶל בַּלַּ֣חַץ אָזְנָֽם׃ |
[15]He draweth out the afflicted in his affliction, And uncovereth in oppression their ear. |
| [16]וְאַ֤ף הֲסִיתְךָ֨ ׀ מִפִּי־צָ֗ר רַ֭חַב לֹא־מוּצָ֣ק תַּחְתֶּ֑יהָ וְנַ֥חַת לְחָנְךָ֗ מָ֣לֵא דָֽשֶׁן׃ |
[16]And also He moved thee from a strait place, [To] a broad place -- no straitness under it, And the sitting beyond of thy table Hath been full of fatness. |
| [17]וְדִין־רָשָׁ֥ע מָלֵ֑אתָ דִּ֖ין וּמִשְׁפָּ֣ט יִתְמֹֽכוּ׃ |
[17]And the judgment of the wicked thou hast fulfilled, Judgment and justice are upheld -- because of fury, |
| [18]כִּֽי־חֵ֭מָה פֶּן־יְסִֽיתְךָ֣ בְסָ֑פֶק וְרָב־כֹּ֝֗פֶר אַל־יַטֶּֽךָּ׃ |
[18]Lest He move thee with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement turn thee not aside. |
| [19]הֲיַעֲרֹ֣ךְ שׁ֖וּעֲךָ לֹ֣א בְצָ֑ר וְ֝כֹ֗ל מַאֲמַצֵּי־כֹֽחַ׃ |
[19]Doth He value thy riches? He hath gold, and all the forces of power. |
| [20]אַל־תִּשְׁאַ֥ף הַלָּ֑יְלָה לַעֲלֹ֖ות עַמִּ֣ים תַּחְתָּֽם׃ |
[20]Desire not the night, For the going up of peoples in their stead. |
| [21]הִ֭שָּׁמֶר אַל־תֵּ֣פֶן אֶל־אָ֑וֶן כִּֽי־עַל־זֶ֝֗ה בָּחַ֥רְתָּ מֵעֹֽנִי׃ |
[21]Take heed -- do not turn unto iniquity, For on this thou hast fixed Rather than [on] affliction. |
| [22]הֶן־אֵ֭ל יַשְׂגִּ֣יב בְּכֹחֹ֑ו מִ֖י כָמֹ֣הוּ מֹורֶֽה׃ |
[22]Lo, God doth sit on high by His power, Who [is] like Him -- a teacher? |
| [23]מִֽי־פָקַ֣ד עָלָ֣יו דַּרְכֹּ֑ו וּמִֽי־אָ֝מַ֗ר פָּעַ֥לְתָּ עַוְלָֽה׃ |
[23]Who hath appointed unto Him his way? And who said, `Thou hast done iniquity?' |
| [24]זְ֭כֹר כִּֽי־תַשְׂגִּ֣יא פָעֳלֹ֑ו אֲשֶׁ֖ר שֹׁרְר֣וּ אֲנָשִֽׁים׃ |
[24]Remember that thou magnify His work That men have beheld. |
| [25]כָּל־אָדָ֥ם חָֽזוּ־בֹ֑ו אֱ֝נֹ֗ושׁ יַבִּ֥יט מֵרָחֹֽוק׃ |
[25]All men have looked on it, Man looketh attentively from afar. |
| [26]הֶן־אֵ֣ל גִּיא וְלֹ֣א נֵדָ֑ע מִסְפַּ֖ר שָׁנָ֣יו וְלֹא־חֵֽקֶר׃ |
[26]Lo, God [is] high, And we know not the number of His years, Yea, there [is] no searching. |
| [27]כִּ֭י יְגָרַ֣ע נִטְפֵי־מָ֑יִם יָזֹ֖קּוּ מָטָ֣ר לְאֵדֹֽו׃ |
[27]When He doth diminish droppings of the waters, They refine rain according to its vapour, |
| [28]אֲשֶֽׁר־יִזְּל֥וּ שְׁחָקִ֑ים יִ֝רְעֲפ֗וּ עֲלֵ֤י ׀ אָדָ֬ם רָֽב׃ |
[28]Which clouds do drop, They distil on man abundantly. |
| [29]אַ֣ף אִם־יָ֭בִין מִפְרְשֵׂי־עָ֑ב תְּ֝שֻׁאֹ֗ות סֻכָּתֹֽו׃ |
[29]Yea, doth [any] understand The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His tabernacle? |
| [30]הֵן־פָּרַ֣שׂ עָלָ֣יו אֹורֹ֑ו וְשָׁרְשֵׁ֖י הַיָּ֣ם כִּסָּֽה׃ |
[30]Lo, He hath spread over it His light, And the roots of the sea He hath covered, |
| [31]כִּי־בָ֭ם יָדִ֣ין עַמִּ֑ים יִֽתֶּן־אֹ֥כֶל לְמַכְבִּֽיר׃ |
[31]For by them He doth judge peoples, He giveth food in abundance. |
| [32]עַל־כַּפַּ֥יִם כִּסָּה־אֹ֑ור וַיְצַ֖ו עָלֶ֣יהָ בְמַפְגִּֽיעַ׃ |
[32]By two palms He hath covered the light, And layeth a charge over it in meeting, |
| [33]יַגִּ֣יד עָלָ֣יו רֵעֹ֑ו מִ֝קְנֶ֗ה אַ֣ף עַל־עֹולֶֽה׃ |
[33]He sheweth by it [to] his friend substance, Anger against perversity. |