Shir ha-Shirim (שיר השירים ) - Cantico dei Cantici 17

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	NEW JERUSALEM
1 רוּחִי חֻבָּלָה יָמַי נִזְעָכוּ קְבָרִים לִי	1 My breathing is growing weaker and the gravediggers are gathering for me.
2 אִם־לֹא הֲתֻלִים עִמָּדִי וּבְהַמְּרֹותָם תָּלַן עֵינִי	2 Scoffers are my only companions, their harshness haunts my nights.
3 שִׂימָה־נָּא עָרְבֵנִי עִמָּךְ מִי הוּא לְיָדִי יִתָּקֵעַ	3 So you must go bail for me to yourself, for which of them cares to clap his hand on mine?
4 כִּי־לִבָּם צָפַנְתָּ מִּשָּׂכֶל עַל־כֵּן לֹא תְרֹמֵם	4 For you have shut their hearts to reason, hence not a hand is lifted.
5 לְחֵלֶק יַגִּיד רֵעִים וְעֵינֵי בָנָיו תִּכְלֶנָה	5 Just so is a man who invites his friends to share his property while the eyes of his own childrenlanguish.
6 וְהִצִּגַנִי לִמְשֹׁל עַמִּים וְתֹפֶת לְפָנִים אֶהְיֶה	6 I have become a byword among foreigners, and a creature on whose face to spit,
7 וַתֵּכַהּ מִכַּעַשׂ עֵינִי וִיצֻרַי כַּצֵּל כֻּלָּם	7 since I am nearly blind with grief and my limbs are reduced to a shadow.
8 יָשֹׁמּוּ יְשָׁרִים עַל־זֹאת וְנָקִי עַל־חָנֵף יִתְעֹרָר	8 Any honest person is appal ed at the sight, the innocent is indignant at the sinner.
9 וְיֹאחֵז צַדִּיק דַּרְכֹּו וּטֳהָר־יָדַיִם יֹסִיף אֹמֶץ	9 Anyone upright grows stronger step by step: and anyone whose hands are clean grows ever in vigour!
10 וְאוּלָם כֻּלָּם תָּשֻׁבוּ וּבֹאוּ נָא וְלֹא־אֶמְצָא בָכֶם חָכָם	10 Come on then, al of you, back to the attack! I shall not find one wise man among you!
11 יָמַי עָבְרוּ זִמֹּתַי נִתְּקוּ מֹורָשֵׁי לְבָבִי	11 My days are over, so are my plans, my heart-strings are broken;
12 לַיְלָה לְיֹום יָשִׂימוּ אֹור קָרֹוב מִפְּנֵי־חֹשֶׁךְ	12 yet they would have me believe that night is day, that light to dispel the darkness is at hand,
13 אִם־אֲקַוֶּה שְׁאֹול בֵּיתִי בַּחֹשֶׁךְ רִפַּדְתִּי יְצוּעָי	13 when al I want, in fact, is to dwel in Sheol and in that darkness there to make my bed!
14 לַשַּׁחַת קָרָאתִי אָבִי אָתָּה אִמִּי וַאֲחֹתִי לָרִמָּה	14 To the tomb, I cry, 'You are my father!' -- to the worm, 'You are my mother-you, my sister!'
15 וְאַיֵּה אֵפֹו תִקְוָתִי וְתִקְוָתִי מִי יְשׁוּרֶנָּה	15 Where then is my hope? Who can see any happiness for me?
16 בַּדֵּי שְׁאֹל תֵּרַדְנָה אִם־יַחַד עַל־עָפָר נָחַת׃ ס	16 unless they come down to Sheol with me, all of us sinking into the dust together?