Shir ha-Shirim (שיר השירים ) - Cantico dei Cantici 10

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	NEW JERUSALEM
1 נָקְטָה נַפְשִׁי בְּחַיָּי אֶעֶזְבָה עָלַי שִׂיחִי אֲדַבְּרָה בְּמַר נַפְשִׁי	1 Since I have lost al taste for life, I shal give free rein to my complaining; I shal let my embittered soulspeak out.
2 אֹמַר אֶל־אֱלֹוהַּ אַל־תַּרְשִׁיעֵנִי הֹודִיעֵנִי עַל מַה־תְּרִיבֵנִי	2 I shal say to God, 'Do not condemn me, tel me what your case is against me.
3 הֲטֹוב לְךָ ׀ כִּי־תַעֲשֹׁק כִּי־תִמְאַס יְגִיעַ כַּפֶּיךָ וְעַל־עֲצַת רְשָׁעִים הֹופָעְתָּ	3 Is it right for you to attack me, in contempt for what you yourself have made, thus abetting theschemes of the wicked?
4 הַעֵינֵי בָשָׂר לָךְ אִם־כִּרְאֹות אֱנֹושׁ תִּרְאֶה	4 Are your eyes mere human eyes, do you see as human beings see?
5 הֲכִימֵי אֱנֹושׁ יָמֶיךָ אִםשְׁ־נֹותֶיךָ כִּימֵי גָבֶר	5 Are you mortal like human beings? do your years pass as human days pass?
6 כִּי־תְבַקֵּשׁ לַעֲוֹנִי וּלְחַטָּאתִי תִדְרֹושׁ	6 You, who enquire into my faults and investigate my sins,
7 עַל־דַּעְתְּךָ כִּי־לֹא אֶרְשָׁע וְאֵין מִיָּדְךָ מַצִּיל	7 you know very wel that I am innocent, and that no one can rescue me from your grasp.
8 יָדֶיךָ עִצְּבוּנִי וַיַּעֲשׂוּנִי יַחַד סָבִיב וַתְּבַלְּעֵנִי	8 Your hands having shaped and created me, now you change your mind and mean to destroy me!
9 זְכָר־נָא כִּי־כַחֹמֶר עֲשִׂיתָנִי וְאֶל־עָפָר תְּשִׁיבֵנִי	9 Having made me, remember, as though of clay, now you mean to turn me back into dust!
10 הֲלֹא כֶחָלָב תַּתִּיכֵנִי וְכַגְּבִנָּה תַּקְפִּיאֵנִי	10 Did you not pour me out like milk, and then let me thicken like curds,
11 עֹור וּבָשָׂר תַּלְבִּישֵׁנִי וּבַעֲצָמֹות וְגִידִים תְּסֹכְכֵנִי	11 clothe me with skin and flesh, and weave me of bone and sinew?
12 חַיִּים וָחֶסֶד עָשִׂיתָ עִמָּדִי וּפְקֻדָּתְךָ שָׁמְרָה רוּחִי	12 In your love you gave me life, and in your care watched over my every breath.
13 וְאֵלֶּה צָפַנְתָּ בִלְבָבֶךָ יָדַעְתִּי כִּי־זֹאת עִמָּךְ	13 Yet, al the while, you had a secret plan: I know that you were biding your time
14 אִם־חָטָאתִי וּשְׁמַרְתָּנִי וּמֵעֲוֹנִי לֹא תְנַקֵּנִי	14 to see if I should sin and then not acquit me of my faults.
15 אִם־רָשַׁעְתִּי אַלְלַי לִי וְצָדַקְתִּי לֹא־אֶשָּׂא רֹאשִׁי שְׂבַע קָלֹון וּרְאֵה עָנְיִי	15 Woe to me, if I am guilty; even if I am upright, I dare not lift my head, so overwhelmed with shameand drunk with pain am I!
16 וְיִגְאֶה כַּשַּׁחַל תְּצוּדֵנִי וְתָשֹׁב תִּתְפַּלָּא־בִי	16 Proud as a lion, you hunt me down, multiplying your exploits at my expense,
17 תְּחַדֵּשׁ עֵדֶיךָ ׀ נֶגְדִּי וְתֶרֶב כַּעַשְׂךָ עִמָּדִי חֲלִיפֹות וְצָבָא עִמִּי	17 attacking me again and again, your fury against me ever increasing, your troops assailing me, waveafter wave.
18 וְלָמָּה מֵרֶחֶם הֹצֵאתָנִי אֶגְוַע וְעַיִן לֹא־תִרְאֵנִי	18 Why did you bring me out of the womb? I should have perished then, unseen by any eye,
19 כַּאֲשֶׁר לֹא־הָיִיתִי אֶהְיֶה מִבֶּטֶן לַקֶּבֶר אוּבָל	19 a being that had never been, to be carried from womb to grave.
20 הֲלֹא־מְעַט יָמַי [יֶחְדָּל כ] (וַחֲדָל ק) [יָשִׁית כ] (וְשִׁית ק) מִמֶּנִּי וְאַבְלִיגָה מְּעָט	20 The days of my life are few enough: turn your eyes away, leave me a little joy,
21 בְּטֶרֶם אֵלֵךְ וְלֹא אָשׁוּב אֶל־אֶרֶץ חֹשֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָוֶת	21 before I go to the place of no return, to the land of darkness and shadow dark as death,
22 אֶרֶץ עֵיפָתָה ׀ כְּמֹו אֹפֶל צַלְמָוֶת וְלֹא סְדָרִים וַתֹּפַע כְּמֹו־אֹפֶל׃ פ	22 where dimness and disorder hold sway, and light itself is like dead of night.