איוב 18
| ויען בלדד השחי ויאמר׃ | 1 |
Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
| עד אנה תשימון קנצי למלין תבינו ואחר נדבר׃ | 2 |
How long ere ye make an end of words? Understand, and then we will speak!
| מדוע נחשבנו כבהמה נטמינו בעיניכם׃ | 3 |
Why are we accounted as brutes, And reputed vile in your sight?
| טרף נפשו באפו הלמענך תעזב ארץ ויעתק צור ממקמו׃ | 4 |
Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger! Must the earth be deserted for thee, And the rock removed from its place?
| גם אור רשעים ידעך ולא יגה שביב אשו׃ | 5 |
Behold, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the flame of his fire shall not shine.
| אור חשך באהלו ונרו עליו ידעך׃ | 6 |
Light shall become darkness in his tent, And his lamp over him shall go out.
| יצרו צעדי אונו ותשליכהו עצתו׃ | 7 |
His strong steps shall be straitened, And his own plans shall cast him down.
| כי שלח ברשת ברגליו ועל שבכה יתהלך׃ | 8 |
He is brought into the net by his own feet, And he walketh upon snares.
| יאחז בעקב פח יחזק עליו צמים׃ | 9 |
The trap layeth hold of him by the heel, And the snare holdeth him fast.
| טמון בארץ חבלו ומלכדתו עלי נתיב׃ | 10 |
A net is secretly laid for him on the ground, And a trap for him in the pathway.
| סביב בעתהו בלהות והפיצהו לרגליו׃ | 11 |
Terrors affright him on every side, And harass him at his heels.
| יהי רעב אנו ואיד נכון לצלעו׃ | 12 |
His strength is wasted by hunger, And destruction is ready at his side.
| יאכל בדי עורו יאכל בדיו בכור מות׃ | 13 |
His limbs are consumed, Yea, his limbs are devoured by the first-born of death.
| ינתק מאהלו מבטחו ותצעדהו למלך בלהות׃ | 14 |
He is torn from his tent, which was his confidence, And is borne away to the king of terrors.
| תשכון באהלו מבלי לו יזרה על נוהו גפרית׃ | 15 |
They who are none of his shall dwell in his tent; Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
| מתחת שרשיו יבשו וממעל ימל קצירו׃ | 16 |
His roots below shall be dried up, And his branches above shall be withered.
| זכרו אבד מני ארץ ולא שם לו על פני חוץ׃ | 17 |
His memory perisheth from the earth, And no name hath he in the land.
| יהדפהו מאור אל חשך ומתבל ינדהו׃ | 18 |
He shall be thrust from light into darkness, And driven out of the world.
| לא נין לו ולא נכד בעמו ואין שריד במגוריו׃ | 19 |
He hath no son, nor kinsman among his people, Nor any survivor in his dwelling-place.
| על יומו נשמו אחרנים וקדמנים אחזו שער׃ | 20 |
They that come after him shall be amazed at his fate, As they that were before them were struck with horror.
| אך אלה משכנות עול וזה מקום לא ידע אל׃ | 21 |
Yea, such is the dwelling of the unrighteous man; Such is the place of him who knoweth not God!
