Shir ha-Shirim (שיר השירים ) - Cantico dei Cantici 9

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 וַיַּעַן אִיֹּוב וַיֹּאמַר	1 Then Job answered and said:
2 אָמְנָם יָדַעְתִּי כִי־כֵן וּמַה־יִּצְדַּק אֱנֹושׁ עִם־אֵל	2 I know well that it is so; but how can a man be justified before God?
3 אִם־יַחְפֹּץ לָרִיב עִמֹּו לֹא־יַעֲנֶנּוּ אַחַת מִנִּי־אָלֶף	3 Should one wish to contend with him, he could not answer him once in a thousand times.
4 חֲכַם לֵבָב וְאַמִּיץ כֹּחַ מִי־הִקְשָׁה אֵלָיו וַיִּשְׁלָם	4 God is wise in heart and mighty in strength; who has withstood him and remained unscathed?
5 הַמַּעְתִּיק הָרִים וְלֹא יָדָעוּ אֲשֶׁר הֲפָכָם בְּאַפֹּו	5 He removes the mountains before they know it; he overturns them in his anger.
6 הַמַּרְגִּיז אֶרֶץ מִמְּקֹומָהּ וְעַמּוּדֶיהָ יִתְפַלָּצוּן	6 He shakes the earth out of its place, and the pillars beneath it tremble.
7 הָאֹמֵר לַחֶרֶס וְלֹא יִזְרָח וּבְעַד כֹּוכָבִים יַחְתֹּם	7 He commands the sun, and it rises not; he seals up the stars.
8 נֹטֶה שָׁמַיִם לְבַדֹּו וְדֹורֵךְ עַל־בָּמֳתֵי יָם	8 He alone stretches out the heavens and treads upon the crests of the sea.
9 עֹשֶׂה־עָשׁ כְּסִיל וְכִימָה וְחַדְרֵי תֵמָן	9 He made the Bear and Orion, the Pleiades and the constellations of the south;
10 עֹשֶׂה גְדֹלֹות עַד־אֵין חֵקֶר וְנִפְלָאֹות עַד־אֵין מִסְפָּר	10 He does great things past finding out, marvelous things beyond reckoning.
11 הֵן יַעֲבֹר עָלַי וְלֹא אֶרְאֶה וְיַחֲלֹף וְלֹא־אָבִין לֹו	11 Should he come near me, I see him not; should he pass by, I am not aware of him;
12 הֵן יַחְתֹּף מִי יְשִׁיבֶנּוּ מִי־יֹאמַר אֵלָיו מַה־תַּעֲשֶׂה	12 Should he seize me forcibly, who can say him nay? Who can say to him, "What are you doing?"
13 אֱלֹוהַּ לֹא־יָשִׁיב אַפֹּו [תַּחַתֹו כ] (תַּחְתָּיו ק) חֲחוּ עֹזְרֵי רָהַב	13 He is God and he does not relent; the helpers of Rahab bow beneath him.
14 אַף כִּי־אָנֹכִי אֶעֱנֶנּוּ אֶבְחֲרָה דְבָרַי עִמֹּו	14 How much less shall I give him any answer, or choose out arguments against him!
15 אֲשֶׁר אִם־צָדַקְתִּי לֹא אֶעֱנֶה לִמְשֹׁפְטִי אֶתְחַנָּן	15 Even though I were right, I could not answer him, but should rather beg for what was due me.
16 אִם־קָרָאתִי וַיַּעֲנֵנִי לֹא־אַאֲמִין כִּי־יַאֲזִין קֹולִי	16 If I appealed to him and he answered my call, I could not believe that he would hearken to my words;
17 אֲשֶׁר־בִּשְׂעָרָה יְשׁוּפֵנִי וְהִרְבָּה פְצָעַי חִנָּם	17 With a tempest he might overwhelm me, and multiply my wounds without cause;
18 לֹא־יִתְּנֵנִי הָשֵׁב רוּחִי כִּי יַשְׂבִּעַנִי מַמְּרֹרִים	18 He need not suffer me to draw breath, but might fill me with bitter griefs.
19 אִם־לְכֹחַ אַמִּיץ הִנֵּה וְאִם־לְמִשְׁפָּט מִי יֹועִידֵנִי	19 If it be a question of strength, he is mighty; and if of judgment, who will call him to account?
20 אִם־אֶצְדָּק פִּי יַרְשִׁיעֵנִי תָּם־אָנִי וַיַּעְקְשֵׁנִי	20 Though I were right, my own mouth might condemn me; were I innocent, he might put me in the wrong.
21 תָּם־אָנִי לֹא־אֵדַע נַפְשִׁי אֶמְאַס חַיָּי	21 Though I am innocent, I myself cannot know it; I despise my life.
22 אַחַת הִיא עַל־כֵּן אָמַרְתִּי תָּם וְרָשָׁע הוּא מְכַלֶּה	22 It is all one! therefore I say: Both the innocent and the wicked he destroys.
23 אִםשֹׁ־וט יָמִית פִּתְאֹם לְמַסַּת נְקִיִּם יִלְעָג	23 When the scourge slays suddenly, he laughs at the despair of the innocent.
24 אֶרֶץ ׀ נִתְּנָה בְיַד־רָשָׁע פְּנֵי־שֹׁפְטֶיהָ יְכַסֶּה אִם־לֹא אֵפֹוא מִי־הוּא	24 The earth is given into the hands of the wicked; he covers the faces of its judges. If it is not he, who then is it?
25 וְיָמַי קַלּוּ מִנִּי־רָץ בָּרְחוּ לֹא־רָאוּ טֹובָה	25 My days are swifter than a runner, they flee away; they see no happiness;
26 חָלְפוּ עִם־אֳנִיֹּות אֵבֶה כְּנֶשֶׁר יָטוּשׂ עֲלֵי־אֹכֶל	26 They shoot by like skiffs of reed, like an eagle swooping upon its prey.
27 אִם־אָמְרִי אֶשְׁכְּחָה שִׂיחִי אֶעֶזְבָה פָנַי וְאַבְלִיגָה	27 If I say: I will forget my complaining, I will lay aside my sadness and be of good cheer,
28 יָגֹרְתִּי כָל־עַצְּבֹתָי יָדַעְתִּי כִּי־לֹא תְנַקֵּנִי	28 Then I am in dread of all my pains; I know that you will not hold me innocent.
29 אָנֹכִי אֶרְשָׁע לָמָּה־זֶּה הֶבֶל אִיגָע	29 If I must be accounted guilty, why then should I strive in vain?
30 אִם־הִתְרָחַצְתִּי [בְמֹו כ] (בְמֵי־שָׁלֶג ק) וַהֲזִכֹּותִי בְּבֹר כַּפָּי	30 If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,
31 אָז בַּשַּׁחַת תִּטְבְּלֵנִי וְתִעֲבוּנִי שַׂלְמֹותָי	31 Yet you would plunge me in the ditch, so that my garments would abhor me.
32 כִּי־לֹא־אִישׁ כָּמֹנִי אֶעֱנֶנּוּ נָבֹוא יַחְדָּו בַּמִּשְׁפָּט	32 For he is not a man like myself, that I should answer him, that we should come together in judgment.
33 לֹא יֵשׁ־בֵּינֵינוּ מֹוכִיחַ יָשֵׁת יָדֹו עַל־שְׁנֵינוּ	33 Would that there were an arbiter between us, who could lay his hand upon us both
34 יָסֵר מֵעָלַי שִׁבְטֹו וְאֵמָתֹו אַל־תְּבַעֲתַנִּי	34 and withdraw his rod from me. Would that his terrors did not frighten me;
35 אַדַבְּרָה וְלֹא אִירָאֶנּוּ כִּי לֹא־כֵן אָנֹכִי עִמָּדִי	35 that I might speak without being afraid of him. Since this is not the case with me,