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

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	NEW JERUSALEM
1 וַיַּעַן אִיֹּוב וַיֹּאמַר	1 Job spoke next. He said:
2 אָמְנָם יָדַעְתִּי כִי־כֵן וּמַה־יִּצְדַּק אֱנֹושׁ עִם־אֵל	2 Indeed, I know it is as you say: how could anyone claim to be upright before God?
3 אִם־יַחְפֹּץ לָרִיב עִמֹּו לֹא־יַעֲנֶנּוּ אַחַת מִנִּי־אָלֶף	3 Anyone trying to argue matters with him, could not give him one answer in a thousand.
4 חֲכַם לֵבָב וְאַמִּיץ כֹּחַ מִי־הִקְשָׁה אֵלָיו וַיִּשְׁלָם	4 Among the wisest and the hardiest, who then can successful y defy him?
5 הַמַּעְתִּיק הָרִים וְלֹא יָדָעוּ אֲשֶׁר הֲפָכָם בְּאַפֹּו	5 He moves the mountains, though they do not know it; he throws them down when he is angry.
6 הַמַּרְגִּיז אֶרֶץ מִמְּקֹומָהּ וְעַמּוּדֶיהָ יִתְפַלָּצוּן	6 He shakes the earth, and moves it from its place, making al its pil ars tremble.
7 הָאֹמֵר לַחֶרֶס וְלֹא יִזְרָח וּבְעַד כֹּוכָבִים יַחְתֹּם	7 The sun, at his command, forbears to rise, and on the stars he sets a seal.
8 נֹטֶה שָׁמַיִם לְבַדֹּו וְדֹורֵךְ עַל־בָּמֳתֵי יָם	8 He and no other has stretched out the heavens and trampled on the back of the Sea.
9 עֹשֶׂה־עָשׁ כְּסִיל וְכִימָה וְחַדְרֵי תֵמָן	9 He has made the Bear and Orion, the Pleiades and the Mansions of the South.
10 עֹשֶׂה גְדֹלֹות עַד־אֵין חֵקֶר וְנִפְלָאֹות עַד־אֵין מִסְפָּר	10 The works he does are great and unfathomable, and his marvels cannot be counted.
11 הֵן יַעֲבֹר עָלַי וְלֹא אֶרְאֶה וְיַחֲלֹף וְלֹא־אָבִין לֹו	11 If he passes me, I do not see him; he slips by, imperceptible to me.
12 הֵן יַחְתֹּף מִי יְשִׁיבֶנּוּ מִי־יֹאמַר אֵלָיו מַה־תַּעֲשֶׂה	12 If he snatches his prey, who is going to stop him or dare to ask, 'What are you doing?'
13 אֱלֹוהַּ לֹא־יָשִׁיב אַפֹּו [תַּחַתֹו כ] (תַּחְתָּיו ק) חֲחוּ עֹזְרֵי רָהַב	13 God does not renounce his anger: beneath him, Rahab's minions stil lie prostrate.
14 אַף כִּי־אָנֹכִי אֶעֱנֶנּוּ אֶבְחֲרָה דְבָרַי עִמֹּו	14 And here am I, proposing to defend myself and select my arguments against him!
15 אֲשֶׁר אִם־צָדַקְתִּי לֹא אֶעֱנֶה לִמְשֹׁפְטִי אֶתְחַנָּן	15 Even if I am upright, what point is there in answering him? I can only plead for mercy with my judge!
16 אִם־קָרָאתִי וַיַּעֲנֵנִי לֹא־אַאֲמִין כִּי־יַאֲזִין קֹולִי	16 And if he deigned to answer my citation, I cannot believe he would listen to what I said,
17 אֲשֶׁר־בִּשְׂעָרָה יְשׁוּפֵנִי וְהִרְבָּה פְצָעַי חִנָּם	17 he who crushes me for one hair, who, for no reason, wounds and wounds again,
18 לֹא־יִתְּנֵנִי הָשֵׁב רוּחִי כִּי יַשְׂבִּעַנִי מַמְּרֹרִים	18 not even letting me regain my breath, with so much bitterness he fills me!
19 אִם־לְכֹחַ אַמִּיץ הִנֵּה וְאִם־לְמִשְׁפָּט מִי יֹועִידֵנִי	19 Shal I try force? Look how strong he is! Or go to court? But who wil summon him?
20 אִם־אֶצְדָּק פִּי יַרְשִׁיעֵנִי תָּם־אָנִי וַיַּעְקְשֵׁנִי	20 If I prove myself upright, his mouth may condemn me, even if I am innocent, he may pronounce meperverse.
21 תָּם־אָנִי לֹא־אֵדַע נַפְשִׁי אֶמְאַס חַיָּי	21 But am I innocent? I am no longer sure, and life itself I despise!
22 אַחַת הִיא עַל־כֵּן אָמַרְתִּי תָּם וְרָשָׁע הוּא מְכַלֶּה	22 It is al one, and hence I boldly say: he destroys innocent and guilty alike.
23 אִםשֹׁ־וט יָמִית פִּתְאֹם לְמַסַּת נְקִיִּם יִלְעָג	23 When a sudden deadly scourge descends, he laughs at the plight of the innocent.
24 אֶרֶץ ׀ נִתְּנָה בְיַד־רָשָׁע פְּנֵי־שֹׁפְטֶיהָ יְכַסֶּה אִם־לֹא אֵפֹוא מִי־הוּא	24 When a country falls into the power of the wicked, he veils the faces of its judges. Or if not he, whoelse?
25 וְיָמַי קַלּוּ מִנִּי־רָץ בָּרְחוּ לֹא־רָאוּ טֹובָה	25 My days pass: more swiftly than a runner they flee away with never a glimpse of happiness,
26 חָלְפוּ עִם־אֳנִיֹּות אֵבֶה כְּנֶשֶׁר יָטוּשׂ עֲלֵי־אֹכֶל	26 they skim past like a reed canoe, like an eagle swooping on its prey.
27 אִם־אָמְרִי אֶשְׁכְּחָה שִׂיחִי אֶעֶזְבָה פָנַי וְאַבְלִיגָה	27 If I decide to stifle my complaining, change countenance, and wear a smiling face,
28 יָגֹרְתִּי כָל־עַצְּבֹתָי יָדַעְתִּי כִּי־לֹא תְנַקֵּנִי	28 fear seizes me at the thought of al my woes, for I know you do not regard me as innocent.
29 אָנֹכִי אֶרְשָׁע לָמָּה־זֶּה הֶבֶל אִיגָע	29 And if I have done wrong, why should I put myself to useless trouble?
30 אִם־הִתְרָחַצְתִּי [בְמֹו כ] (בְמֵי־שָׁלֶג ק) וַהֲזִכֹּותִי בְּבֹר כַּפָּי	30 If I wash myself in melted snow, clean my hands with soda,
31 אָז בַּשַּׁחַת תִּטְבְּלֵנִי וְתִעֲבוּנִי שַׂלְמֹותָי	31 you wil only plunge me into the dung, til my clothes themselves recoil from me!
32 כִּי־לֹא־אִישׁ כָּמֹנִי אֶעֱנֶנּוּ נָבֹוא יַחְדָּו בַּמִּשְׁפָּט	32 For he is not human like me: impossible for me to answer him or appear alongside him in court.
33 לֹא יֵשׁ־בֵּינֵינוּ מֹוכִיחַ יָשֵׁת יָדֹו עַל־שְׁנֵינוּ	33 There is no arbiter between us, to lay his hand on both,
34 יָסֵר מֵעָלַי שִׁבְטֹו וְאֵמָתֹו אַל־תְּבַעֲתַנִּי	34 to stay his rod from me, or keep away his daunting terrors.
35 אַדַבְּרָה וְלֹא אִירָאֶנּוּ כִּי לֹא־כֵן אָנֹכִי עִמָּדִי	35 Nonetheless, unafraid of him, I shal speak: since I do not see myself like that at al !