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| [1]וַיַּ֥עַן אִיֹּ֗וב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ |
[1]Then Job answered and said: |
| [2]אָ֭מְנָם יָדַ֣עְתִּי כִי־כֵ֑ן וּמַה־יִּצְדַּ֖ק אֱנֹ֣ושׁ עִם־אֵֽל׃ |
[2]Of a truth I know that it is so; and how can man be just with God? |
| [3]אִם־יַ֭חְפֹּץ לָרִ֣יב עִמֹּ֑ו לֹֽא־יַ֝עֲנֶ֗נּוּ אַחַ֥ת מִנִּי־אָֽלֶף׃ |
[3]If one should desire to contend with Him, he could not answer Him one of a thousand. |
| [4]חֲכַ֣ם לֵ֭בָב וְאַמִּ֣יץ כֹּ֑חַ מִֽי־הִקְשָׁ֥ה אֵ֝לָ֗יו וַיִּשְׁלָֽם׃ |
[4]He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength; who hath hardened himself against Him, and prospered? |
| [5]הַמַּעְתִּ֣יק הָ֭רִים וְלֹ֣א יָדָ֑עוּ אֲשֶׁ֖ר הֲפָכָ֣ם בְּאַפֹּֽו׃ |
[5]Who removeth the mountains, and they know it not, when He overturneth them in His anger. |
| [6]הַמַּרְגִּ֣יז אֶ֭רֶץ מִמְּקֹומָ֑הּ וְ֝עַמּוּדֶ֗יהָ יִתְפַלָּצֽוּן ׃ |
[6]Who shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble. |
| [7]הָאֹמֵ֣ר לַ֭חֶרֶס וְלֹ֣א יִזְרָ֑ח וּבְעַ֖ד כֹּוכָבִ֣ים יַחְתֹּֽם׃ |
[7]Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars. |
| [8]נֹטֶ֣ה שָׁמַ֣יִם לְבַדֹּ֑ו וְ֝דֹורֵ֗ךְ עַל־בָּ֥מֳתֵי יָֽם׃ |
[8]Who alone stretcheth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea. |
| [9]עֹֽשֶׂה־עָ֭שׁ כְּסִ֥יל וְכִימָ֗ה וְחַדְרֵ֥י תֵמָֽן׃ |
[9]Who maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south. |
| [10]עֹשֶׂ֣ה גְ֭דֹלֹות עַד־אֵ֣ין חֵ֑קֶר וְנִפְלָאֹ֗ות עַד־אֵ֥ין מִסְפָּֽר׃ |
[10]Who doeth great things past finding out; yea, marvellous things without number. |
| [11]הֵ֤ן יַעֲבֹ֣ר עָ֭לַי וְלֹ֣א אֶרְאֶ֑ה וְ֝יַחֲלֹ֗ף וְֽלֹא־אָבִ֥ין לֹֽו׃ |
[11]Lo, He goeth by me, and I see Him not. He passeth on also, but I perceive Him not. |
| [12]הֵ֣ן יַ֭חְתֹּף מִ֣י יְשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּ מִֽי־יֹאמַ֥ר אֵ֝לָ֗יו מַֽה־תַּעֲשֶֽׂה׃ |
[12]Behold, He snatcheth away, who can hinder Him? Who will say unto Him: 'What doest Thou?' |
| [13]אֱ֭לֹוהַּ לֹא־יָשִׁ֣יב אַפֹּ֑ו [תַּחַתֹו כ] (תַּחְתָּ֥יו ק) חֲח֗וּ עֹ֣זְרֵי רָֽהַב׃ |
[13]God will not withdraw His anger; the helpers of Rahab did stoop under Him. |
| [14]אַ֭ף כִּֽי־אָנֹכִ֣י אֶֽעֱנֶ֑נּוּ אֶבְחֲרָ֖ה דְבָרַ֣י עִמֹּֽו׃ |
[14]How much less shall I answer Him, and choose out my arguments with Him? |
| [15]אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִם־צָ֭דַקְתִּי לֹ֣א אֶעֱנֶ֑ה לִ֝מְשֹׁפְטִ֗י אֶתְחַנָּֽן׃ |
[15]Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to Him that contendeth with me. |
| [16]אִם־קָרָ֥אתִי וַֽיַּעֲנֵ֑נִי לֹֽא־אַ֝אֲמִ֗ין כִּֽי־יַאֲזִ֥ין קֹולִֽי׃ |
[16]If I had called, and He had answered me; yet would I not believe that He would hearken unto my voice— |
| [17]אֲשֶׁר־בִּשְׂעָרָ֥ה יְשׁוּפֵ֑נִי וְהִרְבָּ֖ה פְצָעַ֣י חִנָּֽם׃ |
[17]He that would break me with a tempest, and multiply my wounds without cause; |
| [18]לֹֽא־יִ֭תְּנֵנִי הָשֵׁ֣ב רוּחִ֑י כִּ֥י יַ֝שְׂבִּעַ֗נִי מַמְּרֹרִֽים׃ |
[18]That would not suffer me to take my breath, but fill me with bitterness. |
| [19]אִם־לְכֹ֣חַ אַמִּ֣יץ הִנֵּ֑ה וְאִם־לְ֝מִשְׁפָּ֗ט מִ֣י יֹועִידֵֽנִי׃ |
[19]If it be a matter of strength, lo, He is mighty! and if of justice, who will appoint me a time? |
| [20]אִם־אֶ֭צְדָּק פִּ֣י יַרְשִׁיעֵ֑נִי תָּֽם־אָ֝֗נִי וַֽיַּעְקְשֵֽׁנִי׃ |
[20]Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me; though I be innocent, He shall prove me perverse. |
| [21]תָּֽם־אָ֭נִי לֹֽא־אֵדַ֥ע נַפְשִׁ֗י אֶמְאַ֥ס חַיָּֽי׃ |
[21]I am innocent—I regard not myself, I despise my life. |
| [22]אַחַ֗ת הִ֥יא עַל־כֵּ֥ן אָמַ֑רְתִּי תָּ֥ם וְ֝רָשָׁ֗ע ה֣וּא מְכַלֶּֽה׃ |
[22]It is all one—therefore I say: He destroyeth the innocent and the wicked. |
| [23]אִםשֹׁ֭־וט יָמִ֣ית פִּתְאֹ֑ם לְמַסַּ֖ת נְקִיִּ֣ם יִלְעָֽג׃ |
[23]If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the calamity of the guiltless. |
| [24]אֶ֤רֶץ ׀ נִתְּנָ֬ה בְֽיַד־רָשָׁ֗ע פְּנֵֽי־שֹׁפְטֶ֥יהָ יְכַסֶּ֑ה אִם־לֹ֖א אֵפֹ֣וא מִי־הֽוּא׃ |
[24]The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if it be not He, who then is it? |
| [25]וְיָמַ֣י קַ֭לּוּ מִנִּי־רָ֑ץ בָּֽ֝רְח֗וּ לֹא־רָא֥וּ טֹובָֽה׃ |
[25]Now my days are swifter than a runner; they flee away, they see no good. |
| [26]חָ֭לְפוּ עִם־אֳנִיֹּ֣ות אֵבֶ֑ה כְּ֝נֶ֗שֶׁר יָט֥וּשׂ עֲלֵי־אֹֽכֶל׃ |
[26]They are passed away as the swift ships; as the vulture that swoopeth on the prey. |
| [27]אִם־אָ֭מְרִי אֶשְׁכְּחָ֣ה שִׂיחִ֑י אֶעֶזְבָ֖ה פָנַ֣י וְאַבְלִֽיגָה׃ |
[27]If I say: 'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer', |
| [28]יָגֹ֥רְתִּי כָל־עַצְּבֹתָ֑י יָ֝דַ֗עְתִּי כִּי־לֹ֥א תְנַקֵּֽנִי׃ |
[28]I am afraid of all my pains, I know that Thou wilt not hold me guiltless. |
| [29]אָנֹכִ֥י אֶרְשָׁ֑ע לָמָּה־זֶּ֝֗ה הֶ֣בֶל אִיגָֽע׃ |
[29]I shall be condemned; why then do I labour in vain? |
| [30]אִם־הִתְרָחַ֥צְתִּי [בְמֹו כ] (בְמֵי־שָׁ֑לֶג ק) וַ֝הֲזִכֹּ֗ותִי בְּבֹ֣ר כַּפָּֽי׃ |
[30]If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean; |
| [31]אָ֭ז בַּשַּׁ֣חַת תִּטְבְּלֵ֑נִי וְ֝תִֽעֲב֗וּנִי שַׂלְמֹותָֽי׃ |
[31]Yet wilt Thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me. |
| [32]כִּי־לֹא־אִ֣ישׁ כָּמֹ֣נִי אֶֽעֱנֶ֑נּוּ נָבֹ֥וא יַ֝חְדָּ֗ו בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃ |
[32]For He is not a man, as I am, that I should answer Him, that we should come together in judgment. |
| [33]לֹ֣א יֵשׁ־בֵּינֵ֣ינוּ מֹוכִ֑יחַ יָשֵׁ֖ת יָדֹ֣ו עַל־שְׁנֵֽינוּ׃ |
[33]There is no arbiter betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both. |
| [34]יָסֵ֣ר מֵעָלַ֣י שִׁבְטֹ֑ו וְ֝אֵמָתֹ֗ו אַֽל־תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי׃ |
[34]Let Him take His rod away from me, and let not His terror make me afraid; |
| [35]אַֽ֭דַבְּרָה וְלֹ֣א אִירָאֶ֑נּוּ כִּ֥י לֹא־כֵ֥ן אָ֝נֹכִ֗י עִמָּדִֽי׃ |
[35]Then would I speak, and not fear Him; for I am not so with myself. |