Job 34
1 And Elihu made answer and said,
| ויען אליהוא ויאמר |
2 Give ear, you wise, to my words; and you who have knowledge, give attention to me;
| שמעו חכמים מלי וידעים האזינו לי |
3 For words are tested by the ear, as food is tasted by the mouth.
| כי-אזן מלין תבחן וחך יטעם לאכל |
4 Let us make the decision for ourselves as to what is right; let us have the knowledge among ourselves of what is good.
| משפט נבחרה-לנו נדעה בינינו מה-טוב |
5 For Job has said, I am upright, and it is God who has taken away my right;
| כי-אמר איוב צדקתי ואל הסיר משפטי |
6 Though I am right, still I am in pain; my wound may not be made well, though I have done no wrong.
| על-משפטי אכזב אנוש חצי בלי-פשע |
7 What man is like Job, a man who freely makes sport of God,
| מי-גבר כאיוב ישתה-לעג כמים |
8 And goes in the company of evil-doers, walking in the way of sinners?
| וארח לחברה עם-פעלי און וללכת עם-אנשי-רשע |
9 For he has said, It is no profit to a man to take delight in God.
| כי-אמר לא יסכן-גבר-- ברצתו עם-אלהים |
10 Now then, you wise, take note; you men of knowledge, give ear to me. Let it be far from God to do evil, and from the Ruler of all to do wrong.
| לכן אנשי לבב-- שמעו-לי חללה לאל מרשע ושדי מעול |
11 For he gives to every man the reward of his work, and sees that he gets the fruit of his ways.
| כי פעל אדם ישלם-לו וכארח איש ימצאנו |
12 Truly, God does not do evil, and the Ruler of all is not a false judge.
| אף-אמנם אל לא-ירשיע ושדי לא-יעות משפט |
13 Who put the earth into his care, or made him responsible for the world?
| מי-פקד עליו ארצה ומי שם תבל כלה |
14 If he made his spirit come back to him, taking his breath into himself again,
| אם-ישים אליו לבו רוחו ונשמתו אליו יאסף |
15 All flesh would come to an end together, and man would go back to the dust.
| יגוע כל-בשר יחד ואדם על-עפר ישוב |
16 If you are wise, take note of this; give ear to the voice of my words.
| ואם-בינה שמעה-זאת האזינה לקול מלי |
17 How may a hater of right be a ruler? and will you say that the upright Ruler of all is evil?
| האף שונא משפט יחבוש ואם-צדיק כביר תרשיע |
18 He who says to a king, You are an evil-doer; and to rulers, You are sinners;
| האמר למלך בליעל-- רשע אל-נדיבים |
19 Who has no respect for rulers, and who gives no more attention to those who have wealth than to the poor, for they are all the work of his hands.
| אשר לא-נשא פני שרים ולא נכר-שוע לפני-דל כי-מעשה ידיו כלם |
20 Suddenly they come to an end, even in the middle of the night: the blow comes on the men of wealth, and they are gone, and the strong are taken away without the hand of man.
| רגע ימתו-- וחצות לילה יגעשו עם ויעברו ויסירו אביר לא ביד |
21 For his eyes are on the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps.
| כי-עיניו על-דרכי-איש וכל-צעדיו יראה |
22 There is no dark place, and no thick cloud, in which the workers of evil may take cover.
| אין-חשך ואין צלמות-- להסתר שם פעלי און |
23 For he does not give man a fixed time to come before him to be judged.
| כי לא על-איש ישים עוד-- להלך אל-אל במשפט |
24 He sends the strong to destruction without searching out their cause, and puts others in their place.
| ירע כבירים לא-חקר ויעמד אחרים תחתם |
25 For he has knowledge of their works, overturning them in the night, so that they are crushed.
| לכן--יכיר מעבדיהם והפך לילה וידכאו |
26 The evil-doers are broken by his wrath, he puts his hand on them with force before the eyes of all onlookers.
| תחת-רשעים ספקם-- במקום ראים |
27 Because they did not go after him, and took no note of his ways,
| אשר על-כן סרו מאחריו וכל-דרכיו לא השכילו |
28 So that the cry of the poor might come up to him, and the prayer of those in need come to his ears.
| להביא עליו צעקת-דל וצעקת עניים ישמע |
| והוא ישקט ומי ירשע-- ויסתר פנים ומי ישורנו ועל-גוי ועל-אדם יחד |
| ממלך אדם חנף-- ממקשי עם |
| כי-אל-אל האמר נשאתי-- לא אחבל |
| בלעדי אחזה אתה הרני אם-עול פעלתי לא אסיף |
| המעמך ישלמנה כי-מאסת--כי-אתה תבחר ולא-אני ומה-ידעת דבר |
34 Men of knowledge, and all wise men, hearing me, will say,
| אנשי לבב יאמרו לי וגבר חכם שמע לי |
35 Job's words do not come from knowledge; they are not the fruit of wisdom.
| איוב לא-בדעת ידבר ודבריו לא בהשכיל |
36 May Job be tested to the end, because his answers have been like those of evil men.
| אבי--יבחן איוב עד-נצח על-תשבת באנשי-און |
37 For in addition to his sin, he is uncontrolled in heart; before our eyes he makes sport of God, increasing his words against him.
| כי יסיף על-חטאתו פשע בינינו יספוק וירב אמריו לאל |
