Shir ha-Shirim (שיר השירים ) - Cantico dei Cantici 20

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 וַיַּעַן צֹפַר הַנַּעֲמָתִי וַיֹּאמַר	1 Then Sophar the Naamathite answered, and said:
2 לָכֵן שְׂעִפַּי יְשִׁיבוּנִי וּבַעֲבוּר חוּשִׁי בִי	2 Therefore various thoughts succeed one another in me, and my mind is hurried away to different things.
3 מוּסַר כְּלִמָּתִי אֶשְׁמָע וְרוּחַ מִבִּינָתִי יַעֲנֵנִי	3 The doctrine with which thou reprovest me, I will hear, and the spirit of my understanding shall answer for me.
4 הֲזֹאת יָדַעְתָּ מִנִּי־עַד מִנִּי שִׂים אָדָם עֲלֵי־אָרֶץ	4 This I know from the beginning, since man was placed upon the earth,
5 כִּי רִנְנַת רְשָׁעִים מִקָּרֹוב וְשִׂמְחַת חָנֵף עֲדֵי־רָגַע	5 that the praise of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment.
6 אִם־יַעֲלֶה לַשָּׁמַיִם שִׂיאֹו וְרֹאשֹׁו לָעָב יַגִּיעַ	6 If his pride mount up even to heaven, and his head touch the clouds:
7 כְּגֶלֲלֹו לָנֶצַח יֹאבֵד רֹאָיו יֹאמְרוּ אַיֹּו	7 In the end he shall be destroyed like a dunghill, and they that has seen him shall say: Where is he?
8 כַּחֲלֹום יָעוּף וְלֹא יִמְצָאוּהוּ וְיֻדַּד כְּחֶזְיֹון לָיְלָה	8 As a dream that fleeth away he shall not be found, he shall pass as a vision of the night:
9 עַיִן זָפַתּוּ וְלֹא תֹוסִיף וְלֹא־עֹוד תְּשׁוּרֶנּוּ מְקֹומֹו	9 The eyes that had seen him, shall see him no more, neither shall his place any more behold him.
10 בָּנָיו יְרַצּוּ דַלִּים וְיָדָיו תָּשֵׁבְנָה אֹונֹו	10 His children shall be oppressed with want, and his hands shall render him his sorrow.
11 עַצְמֹותָיו מָלְאוּ [עֲלוּמֹו כ] (עֲלוּמָיו ק) וְעִמֹּו עַל־עָפָר תִּשְׁכָּב	11 His bones shall be filled with the vices of his youth, and they shall sleep with him in the dust.
12 אִם־תַּמְתִּיק בְּפִיו רָעָה יַכְחִידֶנָּה תַּחַת לְשֹׁונֹו	12 For when evil shall be sweet in his mouth, he will hide it under his tongue.
13 יַחְמֹל עָלֶיהָ וְלֹא יַעַזְבֶנָּה וְיִמְנָעֶנָּה בְּתֹוךְ חִכֹּו	13 He will spare it, and not leave it, and will hide it in his throat.
14 לַחְמֹו בְּמֵעָיו נֶהְפָּךְ מְרֹורַת פְּתָנִים בְּקִרְבֹּו	14 His bread in his belly shall be turned into the gall of asps within him.
15 חַיִל בָּלַע וַיְקִאֶנּוּ מִבִּטְנֹו יֹורִשֶׁנּוּ אֵל	15 The riches which he hath swallowed; he shall vomit up, and God shall draw them out of his belly.
16 רֹאשׁ־פְּתָנִים יִינָק תַּהַרְגֵהוּ לְשֹׁון אֶפְעֶה	16 He shall suck the head of asps, and the viper's tongue shall kill him.
17 אַל־יֵרֶא בִפְלַגֹּות נַהֲרֵי נַחֲלֵי דְּבַשׁ וְחֶמְאָה	17 (Let him not see the streams of the river, the brooks of honey and of butter.)
18 מֵשִׁיב יָגָע וְלֹא יִבְלָע כְּחֵיל תְּמוּרָתֹו וְלֹא יַעֲלֹס	18 He shall be punished for all that he did, and yet shall not be consumed: according to the multitude of his devices so also shall he suffer.
19 כִּי־רִצַּץ עָזַב דַּלִּים בַּיִת גָּזַל וְלֹא יִבֶנֵהוּ	19 Because he broke in and stripped the poor: he hath violently taken away a house which he did not build.
20 כִּי ׀ לֹא־יָדַע שָׁלֵו בְּבִטְנֹו בַּחֲמוּדֹו לֹא יְמַלֵּט	20 And yet his belly was not filled: and when he hath the things he coveted, he shall not be able to possess them.
21 אֵין־שָׂרִיד לְאָכְלֹו עַל־כֵּן לֹא־יָחִיל טוּבֹו	21 There was nothing left of his meat, and therefore nothing shall continue of his goods:
22 בִּמְלֹאות פְקֹו יֵצֶר לֹו כָּל־יַד עָמֵל תְּבֹואֶנּוּ	22 When he shall be filled, he shall be straitened, he shall burn, and every sorrow shall fall upon him.
23 יְהִי ׀ לְמַלֵּא בִטְנֹו יְשַׁלַּח־בֹּו חֲרֹון אַפֹּו וְיַמְטֵר עָלֵימֹו בִּלְחוּמֹו	23 May his belly be filled, that God may send forth the wrath of his indignation upon him, and rain down his war upon him.
24 יִבְרַח מִנֵּשֶׁק בַּרְזֶל תַּחְלְפֵהוּ קֶשֶׁת נְחוּשָׁה	24 He shall flee from weapons of iron, and shall fall upon a bow of brass.
25 שָׁלַף וַיֵּצֵא מִגֵּוָה וּבָרָק מִמְּרֹרָתֹו יַהֲלֹךְ עָלָיו אֵמִים	25 The sword is drawn out, and cometh forth from its scabbard, and glittereth in his bitterness: the terrible ones shall go and come upon him.
26 כָּל־חֹשֶׁךְ טָמוּן לִצְפּוּנָיו תְּאָכְלֵהוּ אֵשׁ לֹא־נֻפָּח יֵרַע שָׂרִיד בְּאָהֳלֹו	26 All darkness is hid in his secret places: a fire that is not kindled shall devour him, he shall be afflicted when left in his tabernacle.
27 יְגַלּוּ שָׁמַיִם עֲוֹנֹו וְאֶרֶץ מִתְקֹומָמָה לֹו	27 The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.
28 יִגֶל יְבוּל בֵּיתֹו נִגָּרֹות בְּיֹום אַפֹּו	28 The offspring of his house shall be exposed, he shall be pulled down in the day of God's wrath.
29 זֶה ׀ חֵלֶק־אָדָם רָשָׁע מֵאֱלֹהִים וְנַחֲלַת אִמְרֹו מֵאֵל׃ פ	29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the inheritance of his doings from the Lord.