Shir ha-Shirim (שיר השירים ) - Cantico dei Cantici 28

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 כִּי יֵשׁ לַכֶּסֶף מֹוצָא וּמָקֹום לַזָּהָב יָזֹקּוּ	1 Silver hath beginnings of its veins, and gold hath a place wherein it is melted.
2 בַּרְזֶל מֵעָפָר יֻקָּח וְאֶבֶן יָצוּק נְחוּשָׁה	2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone melted with heat is turned into brass.
3 קֵץ ׀ שָׂם לַחֹשֶׁךְ וּלְכָל־תַּכְלִית הוּא חֹוקֵר אֶבֶן אֹפֶל וְצַלְמָוֶת	3 He hath set a time for darkness, and the end of all things he considereth, the stone also that is in the dark and the shadow of death.
4 פָּרַץ נַחַל ׀ מֵעִם־גָּר הַנִּשְׁכָּחִים מִנִּי־רָגֶל דַּלּוּ מֵאֱנֹושׁ נָעוּ	4 The flood divideth from the people that are on their journey, those whom the food of the needy man hath forgotten, and who cannot be come at.
5 אֶרֶץ מִמֶּנָּה יֵצֵא־לָחֶם וְתַחְתֶּיהָ נֶהְפַּךְ כְּמֹו־אֵשׁ	5 The land, out of which bread grew in its place, hath been overturned with fire.
6 מְקֹום־סַפִּיר אֲבָנֶיהָ וְעַפְרֹת זָהָב לֹו	6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and the clods of it are gold.
7 נָתִיב לֹא־יְדָעֹו עָיִט וְלֹא זָפַתּוּ עֵין אַיָּה	7 The bird hath not known the path, neither hath the eye of the vulture beheld it.
8 לֹא־הִדְרִיכֻהוּ בְנֵי־שָׁחַץ לֹא־עָדָה עָלָיו שָׁחַל	8 The children of the merchants have not trodden it, neither hath the lioness passed by it.
9 בַּחַלָּמִישׁ שָׁלַח יָדֹו הָפַךְ מִשֹּׁרֶשׁ הָרִים	9 He hath stretched forth his hand to the flint, he hath overturned mountains from the roots.
10 בַּצּוּרֹות יְאֹרִים בִּקֵּעַ וְכָל־יְקָר רָאֲתָה עֵינֹו	10 In the rocks he hath cut out rivers, and his eye hath seen every precious thing.
11 מִבְּכִי נְהָרֹות חִבֵּשׁ וְתַעֲלֻמָהּ יֹצִא אֹור׃ פ	11 The depths also of rivers he hath searched, and hidden things he hath brought forth to light.
12 וְהַחָכְמָה מֵאַיִן תִּמָּצֵא וְאֵי זֶה מְקֹום בִּינָה	12 But where is wisdom to be found, and where is the place of understanding?
13 לֹא־יָדַע אֱנֹושׁ עֶרְכָּהּ וְלֹא תִמָּצֵא בְּאֶרֶץ הַחַיִּים	13 Man knoweth not the price thereof, neither is it found in the land of them that live in delights.
14 תְּהֹום אָמַר לֹא בִי־הִיא וְיָם אָמַר אֵין עִמָּדִי	14 The depth saith: It is not in me: and the sea saith: It is not with me.
15 לֹא־יֻתַּן סְגֹור תַּחְתֶּיהָ וְלֹא יִשָּׁקֵל כֶּסֶף מְחִירָהּ	15 The finest gold shall not purchase it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it
16 לֹא־תְסֻלֶּה בְּכֶתֶם אֹופִיר בְּשֹׁהַם יָקָר וְסַפִּיר	16 It shall not be compared with the dyed colours of India, or with the most precious stone sardonyx, or the sapphire.
17 לֹא־יַעַרְכֶנָּה זָהָב וּזְכֹוכִית וּתְמוּרָתָהּ כְּלִי־פָז	17 Gold or crystal cannot equal it, neither shall any vessels of gold be changed for it.
18 רָאמֹות וְגָבִישׁ לֹא יִזָּכֵר וּמֶשֶׁךְ חָכְמָה מִפְּנִינִים	18 High and eminent things shall not be mentioned in comparison of it: but wisdom is drawn out of secret places.
19 לֹא־יַעַרְכֶנָּה פִּטְדַת־כּוּשׁ בְּכֶתֶם טָהֹור לֹא תְסֻלֶּה׃ פ	19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equal to it, neither shall it be compared to the cleanest dyeing.
20 וְהַחָכְמָה מֵאַיִן תָּבֹוא וְאֵי זֶה מְקֹום בִּינָה	20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
21 וְנֶעֶלְמָה מֵעֵינֵי כָל־חָי וּמֵעֹוף הַשָּׁמַיִם נִסְתָּרָה	21 It is hid from the eyes of all living. and the fowls of the air know it not.
22 אֲבַדֹּון וָמָוֶת אָמְרוּ בְּאָזְנֵינוּ שָׁמַעְנוּ שִׁמְעָהּ	22 Destruction and death have said: With our ears we have heard the fame thereof.
23 אֱלֹהִים הֵבִין דַּרְכָּהּ וְהוּא יָדַע אֶת־מְקֹומָהּ	23 God understandeth the way of it, and he knoweth the place thereof.
24 כִּי־הוּא לִקְצֹות־הָאָרֶץ יַבִּיט תַּחַת כָּל־הַשָּׁמַיִם יִרְאֶה	24 For he beholdeth the ends of the world: and looketh on all things that are under heaven.
25 לַעֲשֹׂות לָרוּחַ מִשְׁקָל וּמַיִם תִּכֵּן בְּמִדָּה	25 Who made a weight for the winds and weighed the waters by measure.
26 בַּעֲשׂתֹו לַמָּטָר חֹק וְדֶרֶךְ לַחֲזִיז קֹלֹות	26 When he gave a law for the rain, and a way for the sounding storms.
27 אָז רָאָהּ וַיְסַפְּרָהּ הֱכִינָהּ וְגַם־חֲקָרָהּ	27 Then he saw it, and declared, and prepared, and searched it.
28 וַיֹּאמֶר ׀ לָאָדָם הֵן יִרְאַת אֲדֹנָי הִיא חָכְמָה וְסוּר מֵרָע בִּינָה׃ ס	28 And he said to man: Behold the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom: and to depart from evil, is understanding.