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א
וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב, וַיֹּאמַר.
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Then Job answered and said:
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ב
שִׁמְעוּ שָׁמוֹעַ, מִלָּתִי; וּתְהִי-זֹאת, תַּנְחוּמֹתֵיכֶם.
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Hear diligently my speech; and let this be your consolations.
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ג
שָׂאוּנִי, וְאָנֹכִי אֲדַבֵּר; וְאַחַר דַּבְּרִי תַלְעִיג.
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Suffer me, that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
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ד
הֶאָנֹכִי, לְאָדָם שִׂיחִי; וְאִם-מַדּוּעַ, לֹא-תִקְצַר רוּחִי.
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As for me, is my complaint to man? Or why should I not be impatient?
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ה
פְּנוּ-אֵלַי וְהָשַׁמּוּ; וְשִׂימוּ יָד עַל-פֶּה.
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5
Turn unto me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
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ו
וְאִם-זָכַרְתִּי וְנִבְהָלְתִּי; וְאָחַז בְּשָׂרִי, פַּלָּצוּת.
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Even when I remember I am affrighted, and horror hath taketh hold on my flesh.
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ז
מַדּוּעַ, רְשָׁעִים יִחְיוּ; עָתְקוּ, גַּם-גָּבְרוּ חָיִל.
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Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, wax mighty in power?
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ח
זַרְעָם נָכוֹן לִפְנֵיהֶם עִמָּם; וְצֶאֱצָאֵיהֶם, לְעֵינֵיהֶם.
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8
Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
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ט
בָּתֵּיהֶם שָׁלוֹם מִפָּחַד; וְלֹא שֵׁבֶט אֱלוֹהַּ עֲלֵיהֶם.
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9
Their houses are safe, without fear, neither is the rod of Eloheem upon them.
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י
שׁוֹרוֹ עִבַּר, וְלֹא יַגְעִל; תְּפַלֵּט פָּרָתוֹ, וְלֹא תְשַׁכֵּל.
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10
Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
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יא
יְשַׁלְּחוּ כַצֹּאן, עֲוִילֵיהֶם; וְיַלְדֵיהֶם, יְרַקֵּדוּן.
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They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
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יב
יִשְׂאוּ, כְּתֹף וְכִנּוֹר; וְיִשְׂמְחוּ, לְקוֹל עוּגָב.
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12
They sing to the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
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יג
יבלו (יְכַלּוּ) בַטּוֹב יְמֵיהֶם; וּבְרֶגַע, שְׁאוֹל יֵחָתּוּ.
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They spend their days in prosperity, and peacefully they go down to the grave.
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יד
וַיֹּאמְרוּ לָאֵל, סוּר מִמֶּנּוּ; וְדַעַת דְּרָכֶיךָ, לֹא חָפָצְנוּ.
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Yet they said unto Eloheem: 'Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of Thy ways.
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טו
מַה-שַּׁדַּי כִּי-נַעַבְדֶנּוּ; וּמַה-נּוֹעִיל, כִּי נִפְגַּע-בּוֹ.
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What is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto Him?'--
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טז
הֵן לֹא בְיָדָם טוּבָם; עֲצַת רְשָׁעִים, רָחֲקָה מֶנִּי.
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Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand; the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
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יז
כַּמָּה, נֵר-רְשָׁעִים יִדְעָךְ-- וְיָבֹא עָלֵימוֹ אֵידָם;
חֲבָלִים, יְחַלֵּק בְּאַפּוֹ.
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How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? that their calamity cometh upon them?
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that He distributeth pains in His anger?
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יח
יִהְיוּ, כְּתֶבֶן לִפְנֵי-רוּחַ; וּכְמֹץ, גְּנָבַתּוּ סוּפָה.
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That they are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm stealeth away?
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יט
אֱלוֹהַּ, יִצְפֹּן-לְבָנָיו אוֹנוֹ; יְשַׁלֵּם אֵלָיו וְיֵדָע.
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'Eloheem layeth up his iniquity for his children!'--let Him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it.
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כ
יִרְאוּ עֵינָו כִּידוֹ; וּמֵחֲמַת שַׁדַּי יִשְׁתֶּה.
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Let his own eyes see his destruction, and let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
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כא
כִּי מַה-חֶפְצוֹ בְּבֵיתוֹ אַחֲרָיו; וּמִסְפַּר חֳדָשָׁיו חֻצָּצוּ.
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For what pleasure hath he in his house after him? seeing the number of his months is determined.
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כב
הַלְאֵל יְלַמֶּד-דָּעַת; וְהוּא, רָמִים יִשְׁפּוֹט.
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Shall any teach Eloheem knowledge? seeing it is He that judgeth those that are high.
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כג
זֶה--יָמוּת, בְּעֶצֶם תֻּמּוֹ; כֻּלּוֹ, שַׁלְאֲנַן וְשָׁלֵיו.
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One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet;
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כד
עֲטִינָיו, מָלְאוּ חָלָב; וּמֹחַ עַצְמוֹתָיו יְשֻׁקֶּה.
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His pails are full of milk, and the marrow of his bones is moistened.
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כה
וְזֶה--יָמוּת, בְּנֶפֶשׁ מָרָה; וְלֹא-אָכַל, בַּטּוֹבָה.
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And another dieth in bitterness of soul, and hath never tasted of good.
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כו
יַחַד, עַל-עָפָר יִשְׁכָּבוּ; וְרִמָּה, תְּכַסֶּה עֲלֵיהֶם.
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They lie down alike in the dust, and the worm covereth them.
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כז
הֵן יָדַעְתִּי, מַחְשְׁבוֹתֵיכֶם; וּמְזִמּוֹת, עָלַי תַּחְמֹסוּ.
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Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
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כח
כִּי תֹאמְרוּ, אַיֵּה בֵית-נָדִיב; וְאַיֵּה, אֹהֶל מִשְׁכְּנוֹת רְשָׁעִים.
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For ye say: 'Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt?'
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כט
הֲלֹא שְׁאֶלְתֶּם, עוֹבְרֵי דָרֶךְ; וְאֹתֹתָם, לֹא תְנַכֵּרוּ.
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Have ye not asked them that go by the way; and will ye misdeem their tokens,
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ל
כִּי לְיוֹם אֵיד, יֵחָשֶׂךְ רָע; לְיוֹם עֲבָרוֹת יוּבָלוּ.
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That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, that they are led forth to the day of wrath?
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לא
מִי-יַגִּיד עַל-פָּנָיו דַּרְכּוֹ; וְהוּא-עָשָׂה, מִי יְשַׁלֶּם-לוֹ.
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But who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall repay him what he hath done?
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לב
וְהוּא, לִקְבָרוֹת יוּבָל; וְעַל-גָּדִישׁ יִשְׁקוֹד.
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For he is borne to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.
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לג
מָתְקוּ-לוֹ, רִגְבֵי-נָחַל: וְאַחֲרָיו, כָּל-אָדָם יִמְשׁוֹךְ; וּלְפָנָיו, אֵין מִסְפָּר.
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The clods of the valley are sweet unto him, and all men draw after him, as there were innumerable before him.
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לד
וְאֵיךְ, תְּנַחֲמוּנִי הָבֶל; וּתְשׁוּבֹתֵיכֶם, נִשְׁאַר-מָעַל.
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How then comfort ye me in vain? And as for your answers, there remaineth only faithlessness?
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