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Martedi, 14 maggio 2024 - San Mattia ( Letture di oggi)

Shir ha-Shirim (שיר השירים ) - Cantico dei Cantici 23


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MODERN HEBREW BIBLENEW JERUSALEM
1 ויען איוב ויאמר1 Job spoke next. He said:
2 גם היום מרי שחי ידי כבדה על אנחתי2 My lament is stil rebellious; despite my groans, his hand is just as heavy.
3 מי יתן ידעתי ואמצאהו אבוא עד תכונתו3 Wil no one help me to know how to travel to his dwel ing?
4 אערכה לפניו משפט ופי אמלא תוכחות4 I should set out my case to him, advancing any number of grievances.
5 אדעה מלים יענני ואבינה מה יאמר לי5 Then I could learn his defence, every word of it, taking note of everything he said to me.
6 הברב כח יריב עמדי לא אך הוא ישם בי6 Would he put al his strength into this debate with me? No, he would only have to give his attention tome,
7 שם ישר נוכח עמו ואפלטה לנצח משפטי7 to recognise his opponent as upright and so I should win my case for ever.
8 הן קדם אהלך ואיננו ואחור ולא אבין לו8 If I go to the east, he is not there; or to the west, I stil cannot see him.
9 שמאול בעשתו ולא אחז יעטף ימין ולא אראה9 If I seek him in the north, he is not to be found, invisible as ever, if I turn to the south.
10 כי ידע דרך עמדי בחנני כזהב אצא10 And yet he knows every step I take! Let him test me in the crucible: I shall come out pure gold.
11 באשרו אחזה רגלי דרכו שמרתי ולא אט11 My footsteps have fol owed close in his, I have walked in his way without swerving;
12 מצות שפתיו ולא אמיש מחקי צפנתי אמרי פיו12 I have not neglected the commandment of his lips, in my heart I have cherished the words of hismouth.
13 והוא באחד ומי ישיבנו ונפשו אותה ויעש13 But once he has made up his mind, who can change it? Whatever he plans, that he carries out.
14 כי ישלים חקי וכהנה רבות עמו14 No doubt, then, but he wil carry out my sentence, like so many other decrees that he has made.
15 על כן מפניו אבהל אתבונן ואפחד ממנו15 That is why I am ful of fear before him, and the more I think, the greater grows my dread of him.
16 ואל הרך לבי ושדי הבהילני16 God has undermined my courage, Shaddai has filled me with fear.
17 כי לא נצמתי מפני חשך ומפני כסה אפל17 The darkness having failed to destroy me, I am plunged back into obscurity by him!