Job 3

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1 After this Job opened his mouth and cursed his day.
2 And Job began, and said:
3 Perish the day in which I was born, and the night in which it is said: a man is conceived!
4 Let this day be darkness; Let not God seek him from above, and let not the light shine upon him!
5 Let darkness and the shadow of death darken him, and let the cloud cover him, and let him be afraid of him like scorching heat!
6th That night, - it has darkness, but it will not be found in the days of the year, but it will not enter the number of months!
7th ABOUT! That night, let it be deserted; Let not enter into it mirth!
8 May damn it be damned day, able to wake the leviathan!
9 Let the stars of its dawn darken: let it wait for the light, and it does not come, and let it not see the eyelashes of the day
10 Because I did not shut the doors of my mother's womb and did not hide the sorrows from my eyes!

eleven Why did not I die when I left the womb, and did not die when I came out of the womb?
12 Why did my knees take me? Why should I suck my breasts?
13 Now I would lie and rest; I would sleep and I would be
14 With kings and advisers of the earth, who built up deserts for themselves,
15 Or with princes who had gold, and who filled their houses with silver;
16 Or, like a miscarried miscarriage, I would not exist, like babies who did not see the light.
17th There lawless cease to inspire fear, and there are resting exhausted in the forces.
18 There the prisoners together enjoy peace and do not hear the cries of the preceptor.
19 The small and the great are equal there, and the slave is free from his master.

20 To which the light is given to the sufferer, and life to the afflicted soul,
21 Who are waiting for death, and there is none that would have dug it out more willingly than treasure,
22 Would be delighted to be delighted, would they admire that they found the coffin?
23 [To what is given the light] to a man whose path is closed, and whom God has surrounded with darkness?
24 My sighs warn my bread, and my groans are poured like water,
25 For the terrible, which I was terrified, then came upon me; And what I was afraid of, it came to me.
26th There is no peace for me, there is no peace, there is no joy: there has been a misfortune.

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