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א
אַחֲרֵי-כֵן, פָּתַח אִיּוֹב אֶת-פִּיהוּ, וַיְקַלֵּל, אֶת-יוֹמוֹ. {פ}
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1
After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
{P}
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ב
וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב, וַיֹּאמַר.
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2
{S}
And Job spoke, and said:
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ג
יֹאבַד יוֹם, אִוָּלֶד בּוֹ; וְהַלַּיְלָה אָמַר, הֹרָה גָבֶר.
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3
Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night wherein it was said: 'A man-child is brought forth.'
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ד
הַיּוֹם הַהוּא, יְהִי-חֹשֶׁךְ:
אַל-יִדְרְשֵׁהוּ אֱלוֹהַּ מִמַּעַל; וְאַל-תּוֹפַע עָלָיו נְהָרָה.
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4
Let that day be darkness;
{N}
let not Eloheem inquire after it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
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ה
יִגְאָלֻהוּ, חֹשֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָוֶת--תִּשְׁכָּן-עָלָיו עֲנָנָה; יְבַעֲתֻהוּ, כִּמְרִירֵי יוֹם.
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5
Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own; let a cloud dwell upon it; let all that maketh black the day terrify it.
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ו
הַלַּיְלָה הַהוּא, יִקָּחֵהוּ-אֹפֶל:
אַל-יִחַדְּ, בִּימֵי שָׁנָה; בְּמִסְפַּר יְרָחִים, אַל-יָבֹא.
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6
As for that night, let thick darkness seize upon it;
{N}
let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.
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ז
הִנֵּה הַלַּיְלָה הַהוּא, יְהִי גַלְמוּד; אַל-תָּבוֹא רְנָנָה בוֹ.
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7
Lo, let that night be desolate; let no joyful voice come therein.
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ח
יִקְּבֻהוּ אֹרְרֵי-יוֹם; הָעֲתִידִים, עֹרֵר לִוְיָתָן.
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8
Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan.
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ט
יֶחְשְׁכוּ, כּוֹכְבֵי נִשְׁפּוֹ: יְקַו-לְאוֹר וָאַיִן; וְאַל-יִרְאֶה, בְּעַפְעַפֵּי-שָׁחַר.
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9
Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it behold the eyelids of the morning;
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י
כִּי לֹא סָגַר, דַּלְתֵי בִטְנִי; וַיַּסְתֵּר עָמָל, מֵעֵינָי.
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10
Because it shut not up the doors of my [mother's] womb, nor hid trouble from mine eyes.
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יא
לָמָּה לֹּא מֵרֶחֶם אָמוּת; מִבֶּטֶן יָצָאתִי וְאֶגְוָע.
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Why died I not from the womb? Why did I not perish at birth?
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יב
מַדּוּעַ, קִדְּמוּנִי בִרְכָּיִם; וּמַה-שָּׁדַיִם, כִּי אִינָק.
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12
Why did the knees receive me? And wherefore the breasts, that I should suck?
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יג
כִּי-עַתָּה, שָׁכַבְתִּי וְאֶשְׁקוֹט; יָשַׁנְתִּי, אָז יָנוּחַ לִי.
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13
For now should I have lain still and been quiet; I should have slept; then had I been at rest--
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יד
עִם-מְלָכִים, וְיֹעֲצֵי אָרֶץ; הַבֹּנִים חֳרָבוֹת לָמוֹ.
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14
With kings and counsellors of the earth, who built up waste places for themselves;
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טו
אוֹ עִם-שָׂרִים, זָהָב לָהֶם; הַמְמַלְאִים בָּתֵּיהֶם כָּסֶף.
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Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver;
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טז
אוֹ כְנֵפֶל טָמוּן, לֹא אֶהְיֶה; כְּעֹלְלִים, לֹא-רָאוּ אוֹר.
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Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants that never saw light.
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יז
שָׁם רְשָׁעִים, חָדְלוּ רֹגֶז; וְשָׁם יָנוּחוּ, יְגִיעֵי כֹחַ.
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There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary are at rest.
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יח
יַחַד, אֲסִירִים שַׁאֲנָנוּ; לֹא שָׁמְעוּ, קוֹל נֹגֵשׂ.
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There the prisoners are at ease together; they hear not the voice of the taskmaster.
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יט
קָטֹן וְגָדוֹל, שָׁם הוּא; וְעֶבֶד, חָפְשִׁי מֵאֲדֹנָיו.
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The small and great are there alike; and the servant is free from his master.
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כ
לָמָּה יִתֵּן לְעָמֵל אוֹר; וְחַיִּים, לְמָרֵי נָפֶשׁ.
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20
Wherewith is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul--
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כא
הַמְחַכִּים לַמָּוֶת וְאֵינֶנּוּ; וַיַּחְפְּרֻהוּ, מִמַּטְמוֹנִים.
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Who long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
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כב
הַשְּׂמֵחִים אֱלֵי-גִיל-- יָשִׂישׂוּ, כִּי יִמְצְאוּ-קָבֶר.
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Who rejoice unto exultation, and are glad, when they can find the grave?--
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כג
לְגֶבֶר, אֲשֶׁר-דַּרְכּוֹ נִסְתָּרָה; וַיָּסֶךְ אֱלוֹהַּ בַּעֲדוֹ.
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To a man whose way is hid, and whom Eloheem hath hedged in?
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כד
כִּי-לִפְנֵי לַחְמִי, אַנְחָתִי תָבֹא; וַיִּתְּכוּ כַמַּיִם, שַׁאֲגֹתָי.
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For my sighing cometh instead of my food, and my roarings are poured out like water.
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כה
כִּי פַחַד פָּחַדְתִּי, וַיֶּאֱתָיֵנִי; וַאֲשֶׁר יָגֹרְתִּי, יָבֹא לִי.
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For the thing which I did fear is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of hath overtaken me.
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כו
לֹא שָׁלַוְתִּי, וְלֹא שָׁקַטְתִּי וְלֹא-נָחְתִּי; וַיָּבֹא רֹגֶז.
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I was not at ease, neither was I quiet, neither had I rest; but trouble came.
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