Job 19

vayya'an iyyov vayyomar

Job said in reply:

ad-anah togeyun nafshi utedakkunani vemillim

How long will you grieve my spirit, And crush me with words?

zeh eser pe'amim takhlimuni lo-tevoshu tahkeru-li

Time and again you humiliate me, And are not ashamed to abuse me.

ve'af-omnam shagiti itti talin meshugati

If indeed I have erred, My error remains with me.

im-omnam alay tagdilu vetokhikhu alay kherpati

Though you are overbearing toward me, Reproaching me with my disgrace,

de'u-efo ki-eloah ivvetani umetsudo alay hiqqif

Yet know that God has wronged me, And has thrown up siege works around me.

hen etsaq khamas velo e'aneh ashavva ve'en mishpat

I cry, “Violence!” but am not answered; I shout, but can get no justice.

orkhi gadar velo e'evor ve'al netivotay khoshekh yasim

My way has been barred; I cannot pass; Darkness has been laid upon my path.

kevodi me'alay hifshit vayyasar ateret roshi

My glory has been stripped from me, The crown removed from my head.

yittetseni saviv va'elakh vayyassa ka'ets tiqvati

[God] tears down every part of me; I perish; My hopes are uprooted like a tree.

vayyakhar alay appo vayyakhsheveni lo khetsarayw

God’s anger is kindled against me; I am regarded as a foe.

yakhad yavo'u gedudayw vayyasollu alay darkam vayyakhanu saviv le'oholi

Heavenly troops advance together; They build their road toward me And encamp around my tent.

akhay me'alay hirkhiq veyode'ay akh-zaru mimmenni

My kin have been alienated from me; My acquaintances disown me.

khadelu qerovay umeyudda'ay shekhekhuni

My relatives are gone; My friends have forgotten me.

gare veti ve'amhotay lezar takhshevuni nokhri hayiti ve'enehem

My dependents and maidservants regard me as a stranger; I am an outsider to them.

le'avdi qarati velo ya'aneh bemo-fi etkhannen-lo

I summon my servant but he does not respond; I must myself entreat him.

rukhi zarah le'ishti vekhannoti livne vitni

My odor is repulsive to my wife; I am loathsome to my children.

gam-avilim ma'asu vi aqumah vayedabberu-vi

Even youngsters disdain me; When I rise, they speak against me.

ti'avuni kol-mete sodi vezeh-ahavti nehpekhu-vi

All my bosom friends detest me; Those I love have turned against me.

be'ori uvivsari daveqah atsmi va'etmalletah be'or shinnay

My bones stick to my skin and flesh; I escape with the skin of my teeth.

khonnuni khonnuni attem re'ay ki yad-eloah nage'ah bi

Pity me, pity me! You are my friends; For the hand of God has struck me!

lammah tirdefuni khemo-el umibbesari lo tisba'u

Why do you pursue me like God, Maligning me insatiably?

mi-yitten efo veyikkatevun millay mi-yitten bassefer veyukhaqu

O that my words were written down; Would they were inscribed in a record,

be'et-barzel ve'ofaret la'ad batsur yekhatsevun

Incised on a rock forever With iron stylus and lead!

va'ani yadati go'ali khay ve'akharon al-afar yaqum

But I know that my Vindicator lives, And in the end will testify on earth—

ve'akhar ori niqqefu-zot umibbesari ekhezeh eloah

This, after my skin will have been peeled off. But I would behold God while still in my flesh,

asher ani ekhezeh-lli ve'enay ra'u velo-zar kalu khilyotay bekheqi

I myself, not another, would do so; Would see with my own eyes: My heart pines within me.

ki tomeru mah-nnirdof-lo veshoresh davar nimtsa-vi

You say, “How do we persecute him? The root of the matter is in him.”

guru lakhem mippene-kherev ki-khemah avonot kharev lema'an tede'un (shdyn) [shaddun]

Be in fear of the sword, For [your] fury is iniquity worthy of the sword; Know there is a judgment!