< איוב 13 >
הֶן־כֹּל רָאֲתָה עֵינִי שָֽׁמְעָה אָזְנִי וַתָּבֶן לָֽהּ׃ | 1 |
See, my eye has seen all this; my ear has heard and understood it.
כְּֽדַעְתְּכֶם יָדַעְתִּי גַם־אָנִי לֹא־נֹפֵל אָנֹכִי מִכֶּֽם׃ | 2 |
What you know, the same I also know; I am not inferior to you.
אוּלָם אֲנִי אֶל־שַׁדַּי אֲדַבֵּר וְהוֹכֵחַ אֶל־אֵל אֶחְפָּֽץ׃ | 3 |
However, I would rather speak with the Almighty; I wish to reason with God.
וְֽאוּלָם אַתֶּם טֹֽפְלֵי־שָׁקֶר רֹפְאֵי אֱלִל כֻּלְּכֶֽם׃ | 4 |
But you whitewash the truth with lies; you are all physicians of no value.
מִֽי־יִתֵּן הַחֲרֵשׁ תַּחֲרִישׁוּן וּתְהִי לָכֶם לְחָכְמָֽה׃ | 5 |
Oh, that you would altogether hold your peace! That would be your wisdom.
שִׁמְעוּ־נָא תוֹכַחְתִּי וְרִבוֹת שְׂפָתַי הַקְשִֽׁיבוּ׃ | 6 |
Hear now my own reasoning; listen to the pleading of my own lips.
הַלְאֵל תְּדַבְּרוּ עַוְלָה וְלוֹ תְּֽדַבְּרוּ רְמִיָּֽה׃ | 7 |
Will you speak unrighteously for God, and will you talk deceitfully for him?
הֲפָנָיו תִּשָּׂאוּן אִם־לָאֵל תְּרִיבֽוּן׃ | 8 |
Will you show him partiality? Will you argue the case for God?
הֲטוֹב כִּֽי־יַחְקֹר אֶתְכֶם אִם־כְּהָתֵל בֶּאֱנוֹשׁ תְּהָתֵלּוּ בֽוֹ׃ | 9 |
Will it be good for you when he searches you out? Could you deceive him as you might deceive men?
הוֹכֵחַ יוֹכִיחַ אֶתְכֶם אִם־בַּסֵּתֶר פָּנִים תִּשָּׂאֽוּן׃ | 10 |
He would surely reprove you if in secret you showed partiality.
הֲלֹא שְׂאֵתוֹ תְּבַעֵת אֶתְכֶם וּפַחְדּוֹ יִפֹּל עֲלֵיכֶֽם׃ | 11 |
Will not his majesty terrify you, and the dread of him fall upon you?
זִֽכְרֹנֵיכֶם מִשְׁלֵי־אֵפֶר לְגַבֵּי־חֹמֶר גַּבֵּיכֶֽם׃ | 12 |
Your memorable sayings are proverbs made of ashes; your defenses are defenses made of clay.
הַחֲרִישׁוּ מִמֶּנִּי וַאֲדַבְּרָה־אָנִי וְיַעֲבֹר עָלַי מָֽה׃ | 13 |
Hold your peace, let me alone, so that I may speak, let come what may on me.
עַל־מָה ׀ אֶשָּׂא בְשָׂרִי בְשִׁנָּי וְנַפְשִׁי אָשִׂים בְּכַפִּֽי׃ | 14 |
I will take my own flesh in my teeth; I will take my life in my hands.
הֵן יִקְטְלֵנִי לא לוֹ אֲיַחֵל אַךְ־דְּרָכַי אֶל־פָּנָיו אוֹכִֽיחַ׃ | 15 |
See, if he kills me, I will have no hope left; nevertheless, I will defend my ways before him.
גַּם־הוּא־לִי לִֽישׁוּעָה כִּי־לֹא לְפָנָיו חָנֵף יָבֽוֹא׃ | 16 |
This will be the reason for my deliverance, for no godless person would come before him.
שִׁמְעוּ שָׁמוֹעַ מִלָּתִי וְאֽ͏ַחֲוָתִי בְּאָזְנֵיכֶֽם׃ | 17 |
God, listen carefully to my speech; let my declaration come to your ears.
הִנֵּה־נָא עָרַכְתִּי מִשְׁפָּט יָדַעְתִּי כִּֽי־אֲנִי אֶצְדָּֽק׃ | 18 |
See now, I have set my defense in order; I know that I am innocent.
מִי־הוּא יָרִיב עִמָּדִי כִּֽי־עַתָּה אַחֲרִישׁ וְאֶגְוָֽע׃ | 19 |
Who is the one who would argue against me in court? If you came to do so, and if I were proved wrong, then I would be silent and give up my life.
אַךְ־שְׁתַּיִם אַל־תַּעַשׂ עִמָּדִי אָז מִפָּנֶיךָ לֹא אֶסָּתֵֽר׃ | 20 |
God, do only two things for me, and then I will not hide myself from your face:
כַּפְּךָ מֵעָלַי הַרְחַק וְאֵמָתְךָ אַֽל־תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי׃ | 21 |
withdraw your oppressive hand from me, and do not let your terrors make me afraid.
וּקְרָא וְאָנֹכִי אֶֽעֱנֶה אֽוֹ־אֲדַבֵּר וַהֲשִׁיבֵֽנִי׃ | 22 |
Then call me, and I will answer; or let me speak to you, and you answer me.
כַּמָּה לִי עֲוֺנוֹת וְחַטָּאוֹת פִּֽשְׁעִי וְחַטָּאתִי הֹדִיעֵֽנִי׃ | 23 |
How many are my iniquities and sins? Let me know my transgression and my sin.
לָֽמָּה־פָנֶיךָ תַסְתִּיר וְתַחְשְׁבֵנִי לְאוֹיֵב לָֽךְ׃ | 24 |
Why do you hide your face from me and treat me like your enemy?
הֶעָלֶה נִדָּף תַּעֲרוֹץ וְאֶת־קַשׁ יָבֵשׁ תִּרְדֹּֽף׃ | 25 |
Will you persecute a driven leaf? Will you pursue dry stubble?
כִּֽי־תִכְתֹּב עָלַי מְרֹרוֹת וְתוֹרִישֵׁנִי עֲוֺנוֹת נְעוּרָֽי׃ | 26 |
For you write down bitter things against me; you make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.
וְתָשֵׂם בַּסַּד ׀ רַגְלַי וְתִשְׁמוֹר כָּל־אָרְחוֹתָי עַל־שָׁרְשֵׁי רַגְלַי תִּתְחַקֶּֽה׃ | 27 |
You also put my feet in the stocks; you closely watch all my paths; you examine the ground where the soles of my feet have walked
וְהוּא כְּרָקָב יִבְלֶה כְּבֶגֶד אֲכָלוֹ עָֽשׁ׃ | 28 |
although I am like a rotten thing that wastes away, like a garment that moths have eaten.