איוב 29
| ויסף איוב שאת משלו ויאמר׃ | 1 |
Moreover Job continued his discourse, and said:
| מי יתנני כירחי קדם כימי אלוה ישמרני׃ | 2 |
O that I were as in months past, In the days when God was my guardian;
| בהלו נרו עלי ראשי לאורו אלך חשך׃ | 3 |
When his lamp shined over my head, And when by his light I walked through darkness!
| כאשר הייתי בימי חרפי בסוד אלוה עלי אהלי׃ | 4 |
As I was in the autumn of my days, When the friendship of God was over my tent;
| בעוד שדי עמדי סביבותי נערי׃ | 5 |
When the Almighty was yet with me, And my children were around me;
| ברחץ הליכי בחמה וצור יצוק עמדי פלגי שמן׃ | 6 |
When I bathed my steps in milk, And the rock poured me out rivers of oil!
| בצאתי שער עלי קרת ברחוב אכין מושבי׃ | 7 |
When I went forth to the gate by the city, And took my seat in the market-place,
| ראוני נערים ונחבאו וישישים קמו עמדו׃ | 8 |
The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the aged arose and stood.
| שרים עצרו במלים וכף ישימו לפיהם׃ | 9 |
The princes refrained from speaking, And laid their hand upon their mouth.
| קול נגידים נחבאו ולשונם לחכם דבקה׃ | 10 |
The nobles held their peace, And their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
| כי אזן שמעה ותאשרני ועין ראתה ותעידני׃ | 11 |
When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; And when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me.
| כי אמלט עני משוע ויתום ולא עזר לו׃ | 12 |
For I delivered the poor, when they cried; And the fatherless, who had none to help him.
| ברכת אבד עלי תבא ולב אלמנה ארנן׃ | 13 |
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me, And I caused the heart of the widow to sing for joy.
| צדק לבשתי וילבשני כמעיל וצניף משפטי׃ | 14 |
I clothed myself with righteousness, and it clothed itself with me; And justice was my robe and diadem.
| עינים הייתי לעור ורגלים לפסח אני׃ | 15 |
I was eyes to the blind, And feet was I to the lame;
| אב אנכי לאביונים ורב לא ידעתי אחקרהו׃ | 16 |
I was a father to the poor, And the cause of him I knew not I searched out;
| ואשברה מתלעות עול ומשניו אשליך טרף׃ | 17 |
And I broke the teeth of the wicked, And plucked the spoil from his jaws.
| ואמר עם קני אגוע וכחול ארבה ימים׃ | 18 |
Then said I, “I shall die in my nest; I shall multiply my days as the sand.
| שרשי פתוח אלי מים וטל ילין בקצירי׃ | 19 |
My root is spread abroad to the waters, And the dew abideth on my branches.
| כבודי חדש עמדי וקשתי בידי תחליף׃ | 20 |
My glory is fresh with me, And my bow gathereth strength in my hand.”
| לי שמעו ויחלו וידמו למו עצתי׃ | 21 |
To me men gave ear, and waited, And kept silence for my counsel.
| אחרי דברי לא ישנו ועלימו תטף מלתי׃ | 22 |
To my words they made no reply, When my speech dropped down upon them.
| ויחלו כמטר לי ופיהם פערו למלקוש׃ | 23 |
Yea, they waited for me as for the rain; They opened their mouths wide as for the latter rain.
| אשחק אלהם לא יאמינו ואור פני לא יפילון׃ | 24 |
If I smiled upon them, they believed it not; Nor did they cause the light of my countenance to fall.
| אבחר דרכם ואשב ראש ואשכון כמלך בגדוד כאשר אבלים ינחם׃ | 25 |
When I came among them, I sat as chief; I dwelt as a king in the midst of an army, As a comforter among mourners.
