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25 Then answered Bildad the Shuchi, and said,
2 Dominion and pachad are with Him, oseh shalom bimromav.
3 Is there any number of His armies? And upon whom doth not His ohr arise?
4 Mah yitzdak Enosh im El (how then can man be justified, set right, with G-d?) Or how can he be clean that is born of isha?
5 If even the yarei’ach shineth not, yea, the kokhavim are not pure in His sight,
6 How much less enosh, that is a maggot? And the ben adam, which is a tola’at (worm)?
26 But Iyov answered and said,
2 How hast thou helped him that is without ko’ach? How savest thou the zero’a that hath no oz (strength)?
3 How hast thou counseled him that hath no chochmah? And how hast thou plentifully declared the tushiyyah (efficient wisdom)?
4 To whom hast thou uttered words? And whose neshamah came from thee?
5 Dead things tremble from under the mayim, and the inhabitants thereof.
6 Sheol is naked before Him, and Avaddon hath no cover.
7 He stretcheth out the Tzafon over the tohu, and hangeth eretz upon nothing.
8 He bindeth up the mayim in His thick clouds; and the anan doeth not burst under them.
9 He covers the face of [His] kisse, and spreadeth His anan upon it.
10 He hath circled the horizon on the face of the mayim for a boundary between ohr and choshech.
11 The ammudim of Shomayim tremble and are aghast at His rebuke.
12 He divideth the yam with His ko’ach, and by His understanding He struck down Rahav.
13 By His Ruach He hath made fair Shomayim; His yad hath pierced the fleeing nachash.
14 Lo, these are but the ketzot of His ways, but how faint the davar we hear of Him. And the thunder of His gevurah who can understand?
27 Moreover Iyov continued his mashal, and said,
2 As El liveth, Who hath taken away my mishpat, and Shaddai, Who hath saddened my nefesh;
3 All the while my neshamah is in me, and the ruach of Eloah is in my nostrils,
4 My lips shall not speak falsehood, nor my leshon utter deceit.
5 Far be it from me I should justify you; till I die I will not remove mine tom (integrity) from me.
6 My tzedakah I hold fast, and will not let it go; my lev shall not reproach for any of my days.
7 Let mine enemy be as the rasha (evildoer), and he that riseth up against me as unrighteous.
8 For what is the tikveh of the chanef, when He cutteth off, when Eloah taketh away, his nefesh?
9 Will El hear his cry when tzarah cometh upon him?
10 Will he delight himself in Shaddai? Will he always call upon Eloah?
11 I will teach you concerning the yad El; that which is with Shaddai will I not conceal.
12 Hen (behold), all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
13 This is the chelek (lot) of the adam rasha with El and the nachalah of oppressors, which they shall receive from Shaddai.
14 If his banim be multiplied, it is for the cherev, and his offspring shall not have lechem enough.
15 Those that survive him shall be buried in mavet, and his almanot shall not weep.
16 Though he heap up kesef as the aphar, and pile up raiment as the clay,
17 He may prepare it, but the tzaddik shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the kesef.
18 He buildeth his bais as a moth, and as a sukkah that the watchman maketh.
19 The oisher (rich man) shall lie down, but he shall do so no more; he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
20 Terrors take hold on him as a flood, a tempest stealeth him away in the lailah.
21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth as a storm hurleth him forth from his makom.
22 For it will hurl against him, without sparing; he desperately flees from its yad.
23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him away from his makom.
12 Now during that time Herod the king laid his hands on Moshiach’s Kehillah to harm some of them.
2 He killed Ya’akov the ach Yochanan with a cherev (sword).
3 Having seen that this was pleasing to the Judeans, Herod proceeded to arrest Kefa also. This happened during the yamim of Chag HaMatzot. [SHEMOT 12:15; 23:25]
4 When he had Kefa seized, he put him in the beis hasohar, having handed him over to four squads of chaiyalim to guard him, intending after Pesach to bring him before the people.
5 Therefore, Kefa was being kept in the beis hasohar. But tefillah to Hashem was earnestly being made by Moshiach’s Kehillah for him.
6 But b’lailah, when Herod was about to lead him out, Kefa, bound with two sharsherot (chains), was sleeping between two chaiyalim; and, before the delet (door), were shomrim (guards) keeping watch over the beis hasohar.
7 Then a malach HaAdon approached and ohr (light) shone in the cheder (room), and, having struck the side of Kefa, he awoke him, saying, "Get up quickly!" And the kavlei varzel (shackles of iron) fell off his hands. [TEHILLIM 107:14; 149:8]
8 The malach said to Kefa, "Put on your gartel and tie your sandals." And Kefa did so. And the malach says to him, "Put on your kaftan and follow me."
9 And having gone out, Kefa was following the malach, and he did not have da’as that the thing was happening grahda (as a matter of fact, in reality), but he was thinking he was seeing a chazon through the malach.
10 And having gone through the shomrim (guards), the first and the second, they came upon the Sha’ar HaBarzel leading to the Ir Kodesh. This was opened to them by itself. And having gone out, they went along one rekhov (street), and immediately the malach went away from him.
11 And Kefa, having come to himself, said, "Now I have da’as for sure that HaAdon sent out his malach and delivered me from the hand of Herod and from all the expectation of the Judean people." [TEHILLIM 34:7; DANIEL 3:28; 6:22]
12 Having realized this, Kefa came upon the bais of Miryam the Em (mother) of Yochanan, the one being called Markos, where there were many having been assembled and davening.
13 And when Kefa knocked on the delet (door) of the gate, a na’arah by name Rhoda, approached to listen.
14 And having recognized the kol (voice) of Kefa, from simcha she did not open the gate but, having run inside, she reported that Kefa stood at the gate.
15 But the ones there said to her, "You are meshuggah!" But she kept insisting it was so. But they were saying, "It is his malach."
16 But Kefa continued knocking. And having opened the gate, they saw him, and were mishpoyel (standing in awe).
17 And having motioned to them with his hand to be silent, he told them how HaAdon led him out from the beis hasohar. Then Kefa said, "Report to Ya’akov [see p.848] and to the Achim b’Moshiach these things." And having gone out, Kefa went to another place.
18 Now when it was boker, there was not a little commotion among the chaiyalim as to what had become of Kefa.
19 Now Herod, having sought after him and not having found him, after questioning the shomrim, commanded them to be led away to execution. Then Herod went down from Yehudah to Caesarea, and was staying there.
20 Now Herod was gor (very) angry with the people of Tzor and those of Tzidon, and with one mind they were coming to him; and, having won over Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they were requesting shalom, because their country was fed by the king’s lands. [MELACHIM ALEF 5:9,11; YECHEZKEL 27:17]
21 Now on the appointed day, Herod, having clothed himself with royal malbush (clothing) and having sat down on the kes hamishpat, was delivering a public address to them.
22 And the multitude was crying out, "Hinei, the kol of a g-d and not of an ish!"
23 Immediately, a malach Adonoi struck him, because he did not give the kavod to Hashem. And, having become eaten with worms, Herod died. [SHMUEL ALEF 25:38; SHMUEL BAIS 24:16,17; MELACHIM BAIS 19:35]
24 But the dvar Hashem was growing and increasing.
25 And Bar-Nabba and Sha’ul returned from Yerushalayim, having fulfilled their shlichus (mission) to deliver the tzedakah and having taken along with them [back to Antioch], Yochanan the one called Markos.
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