Job 31
1 I made an agreement with my eyes; how then might my eyes be looking on a virgin?
| ברית כרתי לעיני ומה אתבונן על-בתולה |
2 For what is God's reward from on high, or the heritage given by the Ruler of all from heaven?
| ומה חלק אלוה ממעל ונחלת שדי ממרמים |
3 Is it not trouble for the sinner, and destruction for the evil-doers?
| הלא-איד לעול ונכר לפעלי און |
4 Does he not see my ways, and are not my steps all numbered?
| הלא-הוא יראה דרכי וכל-צעדי יספור |
5 If I have gone in false ways, or my foot has been quick in working deceit;
| אם-הלכתי עם-שוא ותחש על-מרמה רגלי |
6 (Let me be measured in upright scales, and let God see my righteousness: )
| ישקלני במאזני-צדק וידע אלוה תמתי |
7 If my steps have been turned out of the way, or if my heart went after my eyes, or if the property of another is in my hands;
| אם תטה אשרי מני הדרך ואחר עיני הלך לבי ובכפי דבק מאום |
8 Let me put seed in the earth for another to have the fruit of it, and let my produce be uprooted.
| אזרעה ואחר יאכל וצאצאי ישרשו |
9 If my heart went after another man's wife, or if I was waiting secretly at my neighbour's door;
| אם-נפתה לבי על-אשה ועל-פתח רעי ארבתי |
10 Then let my wife give pleasure to another man and let others make use of her body.
| תטחן לאחר אשתי ועליה יכרעון אחרין |
11 For that would be a crime; it would be an act for which punishment would be measured out by the judges:
| כי-הוא (היא) זמה והיא (והוא) עון פלילים |
12 It would be a fire burning even to destruction, and taking away all my produce.
| כי אש היא עד-אבדון תאכל ובכל-תבואתי תשרש |
13 If I did wrong in the cause of my man-servant, or my woman-servant, when they went to law with me;
| אם-אמאס--משפט עבדי ואמתי ברבם עמדי |
14 What then will I do when God comes as my judge? and what answer may I give to his questions?
| ומה אעשה כי-יקום אל וכי-יפקד מה אשיבנו |
15 Did not God make him as well as me? did he not give us life in our mothers' bodies?
| הלא-בבטן עשני עשהו ויכננו ברחם אחד |
16 If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;
| אם-אמנע מחפץ דלים ועיני אלמנה אכלה |
17 If I kept my food for myself, and did not give some of it to the child with no father;
| ואכל פתי לבדי ולא-אכל יתום ממנה |
18 (For I was cared for by God as by a father from my earliest days; he was my guide from the body of my mother; )
| כי מנעורי גדלני כאב ומבטן אמי אנחנה |
19 If I saw one near to death for need of clothing, and that the poor had nothing covering him;
| אם-אראה אובד מבלי לבוש ואין כסות לאביון |
20 If his back did not give me a blessing, and the wool of my sheep did not make him warm;
| אם-לא ברכוני חלצו ומגז כבשי יתחמם |
21 If my hand had been lifted up against him who had done no wrong, when I saw that I was supported by the judges;
| אם-הניפותי על-יתום ידי כי-אראה בשער עזרתי |
22 May my arm be pulled from my body, and be broken from its base.
| כתפי משכמה תפול ואזרעי מקנה תשבר |
23 For the fear of God kept me back, and because of his power I might not do such things.
| כי פחד אלי איד אל ומשאתו לא אוכל |
24 If I made gold my hope, or if I ever said to the best gold, I have put my faith in you;
| אם-שמתי זהב כסלי ולכתם אמרתי מבטחי |
25 If I was glad because my wealth was great, and because my hand had got together a great store;
| אם-אשמח כי-רב חילי וכי-כביר מצאה ידי |
26 If, when I saw the sun shining, and the moon moving on its bright way,
| אם-אראה אור כי יהל וירח יקר הלך |
27 A secret feeling of worship came into my heart, and my hand gave kisses from my mouth;
| ויפת בסתר לבי ותשק ידי לפי |
28 That would have been another sin to be rewarded with punishment by the judges; for I would have been false to God on high.
| גם-הוא עון פלילי כי-כחשתי לאל ממעל |
29 If I was glad at the trouble of my hater, and gave cries of joy when evil overtook him;
| אם-אשמח בפיד משנאי והתעררתי כי-מצאו רע |
30 (For I did not let my mouth give way to sin, in putting a curse on his life; )
| ולא-נתתי לחטא חכי-- לשאל באלה נפשו |
31 If the men of my tent did not say, Who has not had full measure of his meat?
| אם-לא אמרו מתי אהלי מי-יתן מבשרו לא נשבע |
32 The traveller did not take his night's rest in the street, and my doors were open to anyone on a journey;
| בחוץ לא-ילין גר דלתי לארח אפתח |
33 If I kept my evil doings covered, and my sin in the secret of my breast,
| אם-כסיתי כאדם פשעי-- לטמון בחבי עוני |
34 For fear of the great body of people, or for fear that families might make sport of me, so that I kept quiet, and did not go out of my door;
| כי אערוץ המון רבה-- ובוז-משפחות יחתני ואדם לא-אצא פתח |
35 If only God would give ear to me, and the Ruler of all would give me an answer! or if what he has against me had been put in writing!
| מי יתן-לי שמע לי-- הן-תוי שדי יענני וספר כתב איש ריבי |
36 Truly I would take up the book in my hands; it would be to me as a crown;
| אם-לא על-שכמי אשאנו אענדנו עטרות לי |
37 I would make clear the number of my steps, I would put it before him like a prince! The words of Job are ended.
| מספר צעדי אגידנו כמו-נגיד אקרבנו |
38 If my land has made an outcry against me, or the ploughed earth has been in sorrow;
| אם-עלי אדמתי תזעק ויחד תלמיה יבכיון |
39 If I have taken its produce without payment, causing the death of its owners;
| אם-כחה אכלתי בלי-כסף ונפש בעליה הפחתי |
40 Then in place of grain let thorns come up, and in place of barley evil-smelling plants.
| תחת חטה יצא חוח--ותחת-שערה באשה תמו דברי איוב |
