Shir ha-Shirim (שיר השירים ) - Cantico dei Cantici 12

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 וַיַּעַן אִיֹּוב וַיֹּאמַר	1 Then Job, answering, said:
2 אָמְנָם כִּי אַתֶּם־עָם וְעִמָּכֶם תָּמוּת חָכְמָה	2 Are you, therefore, alone among men, and will wisdom die with you?
3 גַּם־לִי לֵבָב ׀ כְּמֹוכֶם לֹא־נֹפֵל אָנֹכִי מִכֶּם וְאֶת־מִי־אֵין כְּמֹו־אֵלֶּה	3 And I have a heart just as you also do, and I am not inferior to you. For who is ignorant of these things, which you know?
4 שְׂחֹק לְרֵעֵהוּ ׀ אֶהְיֶה קֹרֵא לֶאֱלֹוהַּ וַיַּעֲנֵהוּ חֹוק צַדִּיק תָּמִים	4 He who is mocked by his friends as I am, will call upon God, and he will listen to him because it is the sincerity of the just that is being mocked.
5 לַפִּיד בּוּז לְעַשְׁתּוּת שַׁאֲנָן נָכֹון לְמֹועֲדֵי רָגֶל	5 The lamp that is despised in the thoughts of the rich is ready for the appointed time.
6 יִשְׁלָיוּ אֹהָלִים ׀ לְשֹׁדְדִים וּבַטֻּחֹות לְמַרְגִּיזֵי אֵל לַאֲשֶׁר הֵבִיא אֱלֹוהַּ בְּיָדֹו	6 The tabernacles of robbers are numerous, and they provoke God boldly; whereas, it is he who has given all things into their hands.
7 וְאוּלָם שְׁאַל־נָא בְהֵמֹות וְתֹרֶךָּ וְעֹוף הַשָּׁמַיִם וְיַגֶּד־לָךְ	7 In truth, ask the mules, and they will teach you, and the birds of the sky, and they will reveal to you.
8 אֹו שִׂיחַ לָאָרֶץ וְתֹרֶךָּ וִיסַפְּרוּ לְךָ דְּגֵי הַיָּם	8 Speak with the earth, and it will respond to you, and the fish of the sea will explain.
9 מִי לֹא־יָדַע בְּכָל־אֵלֶּה כִּי יַד־יְהוָה עָשְׂתָה זֹּאת	9 Who is ignorant that the hand of the Lord has made all these things?
10 אֲשֶׁר בְּיָדֹו נֶפֶשׁ כָּל־חָי וְרוּחַ כָּל־בְּשַׂר־אִישׁ	10 In his hand is the soul of all the living and the spirit of all the flesh of mankind.
11 הֲלֹא־אֹזֶן מִלִּין תִּבְחָן וְחֵךְ אֹכֶל יִטְעַם־לֹו	11 Does not the ear perceive words, and the palate, when eating, perceive flavor?
12 בִּישִׁישִׁים חָכְמָה וְאֹרֶךְ יָמִים תְּבוּנָה	12 In old age is wisdom, and in length of days is prudence.
13 עִמֹּו חָכְמָה וּגְבוּרָה לֹו עֵצָה וּתְבוּנָה	13 With him is wisdom and strength, he has counsel and understanding.
14 הֵן יַהֲרֹוס וְלֹא יִבָּנֶה יִסְגֹּר עַל־אִישׁ וְלֹא יִפָּתֵחַ	14 If he tears down, there is no one who can build up; if he encloses a man, there is no one who can open.
15 הֵן יַעְצֹר בַּמַּיִם וְיִבָשׁוּ וִישַׁלְּחֵם וְיַהַפְכוּ אָרֶץ	15 If he restrains the waters, everything will dry up; and if he sends them forth, they will subdue the land.
16 עִמֹּו עֹז וְתוּשִׁיָּה לֹו שֹׁגֵג וּמַשְׁגֶּה	16 With him is strength and wisdom; he knows both the deceiver and he who is deceived.
17 מֹולִיךְ יֹועֲצִים שֹׁולָל וְשֹׁפְטִים יְהֹולֵל	17 He leads advisors to a foolish end and judges to stupidity.
18 מוּסַר מְלָכִים פִּתֵּחַ וַיֶּאְסֹר אֵזֹור בְּמָתְנֵיהֶם	18 He removes the belt of kings and encircles their waist with a rope.
19 מֹולִיךְ כֹּהֲנִים שֹׁולָל וְאֵתָנִים יְסַלֵּף	19 He leads away priests in dishonor and displaces nobles,
20 מֵסִיר פָה לְנֶאֱמָנִים וְטַעַם זְקֵנִים יִקָּח	20 altering the lips of those who speak the truth and sweeping away the teaching of the aged.
21 שֹׁופֵךְ בּוּז עַל־נְדִיבִים וּמְזִיחַ אֲפִיקִים רִפָּה	21 He pours distain upon the leaders, relieving those who had been oppressed.
22 מְגַלֶּה עֲמֻקֹות מִנִּי־חֹשֶׁךְ וַיֹּצֵא לָאֹור צַלְמָוֶת	22 He reveals the depths of the darkness, and he brings the shadow of death into the light.
23 מַשְׂגִּיא לַגֹּויִם וַיְאַבְּדֵם שֹׁטֵחַ לַגֹּויִם וַיַּנְחֵם	23 He multiplies peoples, and destroys them, and, having been overthrown, he restores them anew.
24 מֵסִיר לֵב רָאשֵׁי עַם־הָאָרֶץ וַיַּתְעֵם בְּתֹהוּ לֹא־דָרֶךְ	24 He transforms the heart of the leaders of the people on earth, and misleads those who in vain advance upon the inviolable.
25 יְמַשְׁשׁוּ־חֹשֶׁךְ וְלֹא־אֹור וַיַּתְעֵם כַּשִּׁכֹּור	25 They will grope as in the darkness, not the light, and he will make them stagger like drunkards.