Talmud su Giobbe 25:6

Ben ‘Azzai said: Whoever sets the following four things [constantly] before his eyes and upon his heart will never commit a sin: Whence he came, whither he goes, Who is his Judge and what he is destined to become. Whence he came? From a place of darkness. Whither he goes? To a place of thick darkness. [Another reading:] Whence he came? From a place of uncleanness. Whither he goes? To cause others to be unclean.¹The human body, when dead, causes ritual defilement. [Another reading:] Whence he came? From a fetid drop and from a place which no person is able to behold.²The womb. Whither he goes? To the nether-world to be judged in Gehinnom³So GRA. V and H read ‘and Abaddon’, a name for the nether-world. and burnt in fire. And Who is his Judge? He must realize that his Judge is not of flesh and blood but the Lord of all works, blessed be He, with Whom there is no injustice, forgetfulness, respect of persons or taking of bribes. What is he destined to become? A worm and maggot; as it is stated, How much less man, that is a worm! and the son of man, that is a maggot!⁴Job 25, 6.

Ben ‘Azzai said:¹Cf. Aboth III, 1 (Sonc. ed., p. 26) where a similar teaching is given by ‘Aḳabya b. Mahalalel. Whoever keeps four things before his eyes will never sin again, viz. whence he came, whither he goes, what will become of him, and Who will be his Judge. Whence he came: from a putrefying secretion, from a place which the eye cannot see. And whither he goes: to a place of darkness and deep gloom. And what will become of him: worms and maggots. And Who will be his Judge: the Supreme King of kings, the Holy One, blessed be He. R. Simeon said: He came from a place of defilement, he came from a place of uncleanness and is destined to defile others. He came from a putrefying secretion and goes to a place of worms and maggots, as it is stated, How much less man, that is worm! and the son of man, that is a maggot!²Job 25, 6. R. Eliezer b. Jacob said: Man, that is maggot in his lifetime, alluding to vermin; and the son of man, that is worm in his death. R. Simeon b. Eleazar said: Man is beautiful and splendid, but he brings forth from his inwards something that the eye cannot [bear to] see. To what can this be compared? To a human king who built a large, beautiful and magnificent palace through which a stream of water from a tannery flowed. Every passer-by exclaimed, ‘How beautiful would this palace be but for the stream from the tannery flowing through it!’ So it is with man who resembles [that palace]. Even when he brings forth from his inwards something disgusting which the eye cannot [bear to] see he prides himself before the All-present.³H adds: ‘So if he produced sweet odours and precious oil, how much more would he pride himself over creatures!’ [Cf. ARN, p. 11.]

Rabbi Shimon would say: He comes from a place of darkness, and returns to a place of darkness. He comes from a disgusting drop, from a place that the eye cannot see. And what will he become? Dirt, worms, and maggots, as it says (Job 25:6), “How much less the human – a worm, [the person – a maggot.” Rabbi Elazar ben Ya’akov would say: A worm] in his life, and a maggot in his death. How is he a worm in his life? Because lice infest him. And a maggot in his death? Because of what crawls upon him when he is dead.