< איוב 8 >
וַיַּעַן בִּלְדַּד הַשּׁוּחִי וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,
עַד־אָן תְּמַלֶּל־אֵלֶּה וְרוּחַ כַּבִּיר אִמְרֵי־פִֽיךָ׃ | 2 |
"How long will you speak these things? Shall the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?
הַאֵל יְעַוֵּת מִשְׁפָּט וְאִם־שַׁדַּי יְעַוֵּת־צֶֽדֶק׃ | 3 |
Does God pervert justice? Or does Shaddai pervert righteousness?
אִם־בָּנֶיךָ חָֽטְאוּ־לוֹ וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵם בְּיַד־פִּשְׁעָֽם׃ | 4 |
If your children have sinned against him, He has delivered them into the hand of their disobedience.
אִם־אַתָּה תְּשַׁחֵר אֶל־אֵל וְאֶל־שַׁדַּי תִּתְחַנָּֽן׃ | 5 |
If you want to seek God diligently, make your petition to Shaddai.
אִם־זַךְ וְיָשָׁר אָתָּה כִּֽי־עַתָּה יָעִיר עָלֶיךָ וְשִׁלַּם נְוַת צִדְקֶֽךָ׃ | 6 |
If you were pure and upright, surely now he would awaken for you, and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.
וְהָיָה רֵאשִׁיתְךָ מִצְעָר וְאַחֲרִֽיתְךָ יִשְׂגֶּה מְאֹֽד׃ | 7 |
Though your beginning was small, yet your latter end would greatly increase.
כִּֽי־שְׁאַל־נָא לְדֹר רִישׁוֹן וְכוֹנֵן לְחֵקֶר אֲבוֹתָֽם׃ | 8 |
"Please inquire of past generations. Find out about the learning of their fathers.
כִּֽי־תְמוֹל אֲנַחְנוּ וְלֹא נֵדָע כִּי צֵל יָמֵינוּ עֲלֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃ | 9 |
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days on earth are a shadow.)
הֲלֹא־הֵם יוֹרוּךָ יֹאמְרוּ לָךְ וּמִלִּבָּם יוֹצִאוּ מִלִּֽים׃ | 10 |
Shall they not teach you, tell you, and utter words out of their heart?
הֲיִֽגְאֶה־גֹּמֶא בְּלֹא בִצָּה יִשְׂגֶּה־אָחוּ בְלִי־מָֽיִם׃ | 11 |
"Can the papyrus grow up without mire? Can the rushes grow without water?
עֹדֶנּוּ בְאִבּוֹ לֹא יִקָּטֵף וְלִפְנֵי כׇל־חָצִיר יִיבָֽשׁ׃ | 12 |
While it is yet in its greenness, not cut down, it withers before any other reed.
כֵּן אׇרְחוֹת כׇּל־שֹׁכְחֵי אֵל וְתִקְוַת חָנֵף תֹּאבֵֽד׃ | 13 |
So are the paths of all who forget God. The hope of the godless man shall perish,
אֲשֶׁר־יָקוֹט כִּסְלוֹ וּבֵית עַכָּבִישׁ מִבְטַחֽוֹ׃ | 14 |
Whose confidence shall break apart, Whose trust is a spider's web.
יִשָּׁעֵן עַל־בֵּיתוֹ וְלֹא יַעֲמֹד יַחֲזִיק בּוֹ וְלֹא יָקֽוּם׃ | 15 |
He shall lean on his house, but it shall not stand. He shall cling to it, but it shall not endure.
רָטֹב הוּא לִפְנֵי־שָׁמֶשׁ וְעַל גַּנָּתוֹ יֹנַקְתּוֹ תֵצֵֽא׃ | 16 |
He is green before the sun. His shoots go forth over his garden.
עַל־גַּל שׇׁרָשָׁיו יְסֻבָּכוּ בֵּית אֲבָנִים יֶחֱזֶֽה׃ | 17 |
His roots are wrapped around the rock pile. He sees the place of stones.
אִם־יְבַלְּעֶנּוּ מִמְּקֹמוֹ וְכִחֶשׁ בּוֹ לֹא רְאִיתִֽיךָ׃ | 18 |
If he is destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, 'I have not seen you.'
הֶן־הוּא מְשׂוֹשׂ דַּרְכּוֹ וּמֵעָפָר אַחֵר יִצְמָֽחוּ׃ | 19 |
Look, this is the joy of his way: out of the earth, others shall spring.
הֶן־אֵל לֹא יִמְאַס־תָּם וְלֹֽא־יַחֲזִיק בְּיַד־מְרֵעִֽים׃ | 20 |
"Look, God will not cast away a blameless man, neither will he uphold the evildoers.
עַד־יְמַלֵּה שְׂחוֹק פִּיךָ וּשְׂפָתֶיךָ תְרוּעָֽה׃ | 21 |
He will still fill your mouth with laughter, your lips with shouting.
שֹׂנְאֶיךָ יִלְבְּשׁוּ־בֹשֶׁת וְאֹהֶל רְשָׁעִים אֵינֶֽנּוּ׃ | 22 |
Those who hate you shall be clothed with shame. The tent of the wicked shall be no more."