< איוב 5 >
קְֽרָא־נָא הֲיֵשׁ עוֹנֶךָּ וְאֶל־מִי מִקְּדֹשִׁים תִּפְנֶֽה׃ | 1 |
Call out now; is there anyone who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
כִּֽי־לֶֽאֱוִיל יַהֲרָג־כָּעַשׂ וּפֹתֶה תָּמִית קִנְאָֽה׃ | 2 |
For anger kills the foolish man; jealousy kills the silly one.
אֲֽנִי־רָאִיתִי אֱוִיל מַשְׁרִישׁ וָאֶקּוֹב נָוֵהוּ פִתְאֹֽם׃ | 3 |
I have seen a foolish person taking root, but suddenly I cursed his home.
יִרְחֲקוּ בָנָיו מִיֶּשַׁע וְיִֽדַּכְּאוּ בַשַּׁעַר וְאֵין מַצִּֽיל׃ | 4 |
His children are far from safety; they are crushed in the city gate. There is no one to rescue them.
אֲשֶׁר קְצִירוֹ ׀ רָעֵב יֹאכֵל וְאֶֽל־מִצִּנִּים יִקָּחֵהוּ וְשָׁאַף צַמִּים חֵילָֽם׃ | 5 |
The hungry eat up their harvest; they even take it from among the thorns. The thirsty pant for their wealth.
כִּי ׀ לֹא־יֵצֵא מֵעָפָר אָוֶן וּמֵאֲדָמָה לֹא־יִצְמַח עָמָֽל׃ | 6 |
For difficulties do not come out from the soil; neither does trouble sprout from the ground.
כִּֽי־אָדָם לְעָמָל יוּלָּד וּבְנֵי־רֶשֶׁף יַגְבִּיהוּ עֽוּף׃ | 7 |
Instead, mankind is born for trouble, just as sparks fly upward.
אוּלָם אֲנִי אֶדְרֹשׁ אֶל־אֵל וְאֶל־אֱלֹהִים אָשִׂים דִּבְרָתִֽי׃ | 8 |
But as for me, I would turn to God himself; to him I would commit my cause—
עֹשֶׂה גְדֹלוֹת וְאֵין חֵקֶר נִפְלָאוֹת עַד־אֵין מִסְפָּֽר׃ | 9 |
he who does great and unsearchable things, marvelous things without number.
הַנֹּתֵן מָטָר עַל־פְּנֵי־אָרֶץ וְשֹׁלֵֽחַ מַיִם עַל־פְּנֵי חוּצֽוֹת׃ | 10 |
He gives rain on the earth, and sends water on the fields.
לָשׂוּם שְׁפָלִים לְמָרוֹם וְקֹדְרִים שָׂגְבוּ יֶֽשַׁע׃ | 11 |
He does this in order to set up on high those who are low; to raise to safety those who mourn.
מֵפֵר מַחְשְׁבוֹת עֲרוּמִים וְֽלֹא־תַעֲשֶׂינָה יְדֵיהֶם תּוּשִׁיָּֽה׃ | 12 |
He breaks the plans of the crafty people, so that their hands cannot achieve success.
לֹכֵד חֲכָמִים בְּעָרְמָם וַעֲצַת נִפְתָּלִים נִמְהָֽרָה׃ | 13 |
He traps wise people in their own crafty actions; the plans of twisted people are hurried to their end.
יוֹמָם יְפַגְּשׁוּ־חֹשֶׁךְ וְכַלַּיְלָה יְֽמַשְׁשׁוּ בַֽצָּהֳרָֽיִם׃ | 14 |
They encounter darkness in the daytime, and grope at noonday as if it were night.
וַיֹּשַׁע מֵחֶרֶב מִפִּיהֶם וּמִיַּד חָזָק אֶבְיֽוֹן׃ | 15 |
But he saves the poor person from the sword in their mouths and the needy person from the hand of mighty people.
וַתְּהִי לַדַּל תִּקְוָה וְעֹלָתָה קָפְצָה פִּֽיהָ׃ | 16 |
So the poor person has hope, and injustice shuts her own mouth.
הִנֵּה אַשְׁרֵי אֱנוֹשׁ יוֹכִחֶנּֽוּ אֱלוֹהַּ וּמוּסַר שַׁדַּי אַל־תִּמְאָֽס׃ | 17 |
See, blessed is the man whom God corrects; therefore, do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.
כִּי הוּא יַכְאִיב וְיֶחְבָּשׁ יִמְחַץ וידו וְיָדָיו תִּרְפֶּֽינָה׃ | 18 |
For he wounds and then binds up; he wounds and then his hands heal.
בְּשֵׁשׁ צָרוֹת יַצִּילֶךָּ וּבְשֶׁבַע ׀ לֹא־יִגַּע בְּךָ רָֽע׃ | 19 |
He will rescue you out of six troubles; indeed, in seven troubles, no evil will touch you.
בְּרָעָב פָּֽדְךָ מִמָּוֶת וּבְמִלְחָמָה מִידֵי חָֽרֶב׃ | 20 |
In famine he will ransom you from death, and in war from the hands of the sword.
בְּשׁוֹט לָשׁוֹן תֵּחָבֵא וְֽלֹא־תִירָא מִשֹּׁד כִּי יָבֽוֹא׃ | 21 |
You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue; and you will not be afraid of destruction when it comes.
לְשֹׁד וּלְכָפָן תִּשְׂחָק וּֽמֵחַיַּת הָאָרֶץ אַל־תִּירָֽא׃ | 22 |
You will laugh at destruction and famine, and you will not be afraid of beasts of the earth.
כִּי עִם־אַבְנֵי הַשָּׂדֶה בְרִיתֶךָ וְחַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה הָשְׁלְמָה־לָֽךְ׃ | 23 |
For you will have a covenant with the stones in your field, and the beasts of the field will be at peace with you.
וְֽיָדַעְתָּ כִּי־שָׁלוֹם אָהֳלֶךָ וּֽפָקַדְתָּ נָוְךָ וְלֹא תֶחֱטָֽא׃ | 24 |
You will know that your tent is in safety; you will visit your sheepfold and you will not miss anything.
וְֽיָדַעְתָּ כִּי־רַב זַרְעֶךָ וְצֶאֱצָאֶיךָ כְּעֵשֶׂב הָאָֽרֶץ׃ | 25 |
You will also know that your seed will be great, that your offspring will be like the grass on the ground.
תָּבוֹא בְכֶלַח אֱלֵי־קָבֶר כַּעֲלוֹת גָּדִישׁ בְּעִתּֽוֹ׃ | 26 |
You will come to your grave at a full age, like a stack of grain bundles that goes up at its time.
הִנֵּה־זֹאת חֲקַרְנוּהָ כֶּֽן־הִיא שְׁמָעֶנָּה וְאַתָּה דַֽע־לָֽךְ׃ | 27 |
See, we have examined this matter; it is like this; listen to it, and know it for yourself.”