< איוב 11 >
וַיַּעַן צֹפַר הַֽנַּעֲמָתִי וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
Then responded Zophar the Naamathite, and said: —
הֲרֹב דְּבָרִים לֹא יֵעָנֶה וְאִם־אִישׁ שְׂפָתַיִם יִצְדָּֽק׃ | 2 |
Should, the multitude of words, not be answered? Or should, a man full of talk, be justified?
בַּדֶּיךָ מְתִים יַחֲרִישׁו וַתִּלְעַג וְאֵין מַכְלִֽם׃ | 3 |
Shall, thy pratings, cause men to hold their peace? When thou hast mocked, shall there be none to put thee to shame?
וַתֹּאמֶר זַךְ לִקְחִי וּבַר הָיִיתִי בְעֵינֶֽיךָ׃ | 4 |
Since thou hast said, Right is my doctrine, and pure am I in his eyes.
וְֽאוּלָם מִֽי־יִתֵּן אֱלוֹהַּ דַּבֵּר וְיִפְתַּח שְׂפָתָיו עִמָּֽךְ׃ | 5 |
But, in very deed, oh that GOD would speak, that he would open his lips with thee:
וְיַגֶּד־לְךָ ׀ תַּֽעֲלֻמוֹת חָכְמָה כִּֽי־כִפְלַיִם לְֽתוּשִׁיָּה וְדַע כִּֽי־יַשֶּׁה לְךָ אֱלוֹהַ מֵעֲוֺנֶֽךָ׃ | 6 |
That he would declare to thee the secrets of wisdom, for they are double to that which actually is, —Know then that GOD could bring into forgetfulness for thee, a portion of thine iniquity.
הַחֵקֶר אֱלוֹהַ תִּמְצָא אִם עַד־תַּכְלִית שַׁדַּי תִּמְצָֽא׃ | 7 |
The hidden depth of GOD canst thou discover? Or, unto the furthest limit of the Almighty, canst thou attain?
גָּבְהֵי שָׁמַיִם מַה־תִּפְעָל עֲמֻקָּה מִשְּׁאוֹל מַה־תֵּדָֽע׃ (Sheol ) | 8 |
The heights of the heavens, what canst thou do? Depths deeper than hades, what canst thou know? (Sheol )
אֲרֻכָּה מֵאֶרֶץ מִדָּהּ וּרְחָבָה מִנִּי־יָֽם׃ | 9 |
Longer than the earth, is the measure thereof, and broader than the sea.
אִם־יַחֲלֹף וְיַסְגִּיר וְיַקְהִיל וּמִי יְשִׁיבֶֽנּוּ׃ | 10 |
If he sweep on, or shut up, or call together, Who then shall hinder him?
כִּי־הוּא יָדַע מְתֵי־שָׁוְא וַיַּרְא־אָוֶן וְלֹא יִתְבּוֹנָֽן׃ | 11 |
For, he, knoweth men of falsity, and seeth iniquity, and him that doth not diligently consider.
וְאִישׁ נָבוּב יִלָּבֵב וְעַיִר פֶּרֶא אָדָם יִוָּלֵֽד׃ | 12 |
But, an empty person, will get sense, when, a wild ass’s colt, is born a man!
אִם־אַתָּה הֲכִינוֹתָ לִבֶּךָ וּפָרַשְׂתָּ אֵלָיו כַּפֶּֽךָ׃ | 13 |
If, thou, hast prepared thy heart, and wilt spread forth, unto him, thy hands—
אִם־אָוֶן בְּיָדְךָ הַרְחִיקֵהוּ וְאַל־תַּשְׁכֵּן בְּאֹהָלֶיךָ עַוְלָֽה׃ | 14 |
If, iniquity, be in thy hand, Put it far away, and let there not dwell in thy tents perversity,
כִּי־אָז ׀ תִּשָּׂא פָנֶיךָ מִמּוּם וְהָיִיתָ מֻצָק וְלֹא תִירָֽא׃ | 15 |
Surely, then, shalt thou lift up thy face free from blemish, and shalt be established, and not fear.
כִּי־אַתָּה עָמָל תִּשְׁכָּח כְּמַיִם עָבְרוּ תִזְכֹּֽר׃ | 16 |
For, now, shalt thou forget, sorrow, Like waters passed away, shalt thou remember it.
וּֽמִצָּהֳרַיִם יָקוּם חָלֶד תָּעֻפָה כַּבֹּקֶר תִּהְיֶֽה׃ | 17 |
Above high noon, shall rise life’s continuance, Darkness, like a morning, shall appear,
וּֽבָטַחְתָּ כִּי־יֵשׁ תִּקְוָה וְחָפַרְתָּ לָבֶטַח תִּשְׁכָּֽב׃ | 18 |
And thou shalt he confident, that there is hope, and, when thou hast searched, securely shalt thou lie down;
וְֽרָבַצְתָּ וְאֵין מַחֲרִיד וְחִלּוּ פָנֶיךָ רַבִּֽים׃ | 19 |
And shalt rest, with none to put thee in terror, —and many shall entreat thy favour.
וְעֵינֵי רְשָׁעִים תִּכְלֶינָה וּמָנוֹס אָבַד מִנְהֶם וְתִקְוָתָם מַֽפַּח־נָֽפֶשׁ׃ | 20 |
But, the eyes of the lawless, shall fail, —and, place of refuge, shall have vanished from them, and, their hope, be a breathing out of life.