Shir ha-Shirim (שיר השירים ) - Cantico dei Cantici 18

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1 וַיַּעַן בִּלְדַּד הַשֻּׁחִי וַיֹּאמַר	1 But Baldad the Suhite responded by saying:
2 עַד־אָנָה ׀ תְּשִׂימוּן קִנְצֵי לְמִלִּין תָּבִינוּ וְאַחַר נְדַבֵּר	2 How long will you throw around words? Understand first, and then let us speak.
3 מַדּוּעַ נֶחְשַׁבְנוּ כַבְּהֵמָה נִטְמִינוּ בְּעֵינֵיכֶם	3 Why have we been treated like mules, as if we were unworthy before you?
4 טֹרֵף נַפְשֹׁו בְּאַפֹּו הַלְמַעַנְךָ תֵּעָזַב אָרֶץ וְיֶעְתַּק־צוּר מִמְּקֹמֹו	4 You, who ruins your own soul in your fury, will the earth be forsaken because of you, and will the cliffs be moved from their place?
5 גַּם אֹור רְשָׁעִים יִדְעָךְ וְלֹא־יִגַּהּ שְׁבִיב אִשֹּׁו	5 Will not the light of the impious be put out, and the flame of his fire refuse to shine?
6 אֹור חָשַׁךְ בְּאָהֳלֹו וְנֵרֹו עָלָיו יִדְעָךְ	6 Light will become darkness in his tabernacle, and the lamp that is over him will be extinguished.
7 יֵצְרוּ צַעֲדֵי אֹונֹו וְתַשְׁלִיכֵהוּ עֲצָתֹו	7 His strong steps will be constrained, and his own counsel will cast him down uncontrollably.
8 כִּי־שֻׁלַּח בְּרֶשֶׁת בְּרַגְלָיו וְעַלשְׂ־בָכָה יִתְהַלָּךְ	8 For he has caused his own feet to go into a net, and he has walked into its web.
9 יֹאחֵז בְּעָקֵב פָּח יַחֲזֵק עָלָיו צַמִּים	9 His heel will be held in a snare, and thirst will rage against him.
10 טָמוּן בָּאָרֶץ חַבְלֹו וּמַלְכֻּדְתֹּו עֲלֵי נָתִיב	10 A trap has been hidden for him in the earth, and a decoy, along his path.
11 סָבִיב בִּעֲתֻהוּ בַלָּהֹות וֶהֱפִיצֻהוּ לְרַגְלָיו	11 Horrifying things will terrify him everywhere and will entangle his feet.
12 יְהִי־רָעֵב אֹנֹו וְאֵיד נָכֹון לְצַלְעֹו	12 Let his strength be diminished by famine, and let starvation invade his ribs.
13 יֹאכַל בַּדֵּי עֹורֹו יֹאכַל בַּדָּיו בְּכֹור מָוֶת	13 Let it devour the beauty of his skin; let the ancient death consume his arms.
14 יִנָּתֵק מֵאָהֳלֹו מִבְטַחֹו וְתַצְעִדֵהוּ לְמֶלֶךְ בַּלָּהֹות	14 Let his confidence be torn away from his tabernacle, and let ruin trample over him like a king.
15 תִּשְׁכֹּון בְּאָהֳלֹו מִבְּלִי־לֹו יְזֹרֶה עַל־נָוֵהוּ גָפְרִית	15 Let the companions of he who is not, dwell in his tabernacle; let brimstone rain down upon his tabernacle.
16 מִתַּחַת שָׁרָשָׁיו יִבָשׁוּ וּמִמַּעַל יִמַּל קְצִירֹו	16 Let his roots be dried up from beneath him, and his harvest be crushed from above.
17 זִכְרֹו־אָבַד מִנִּי־אָרֶץ וְלֹא־שֵׁם לֹו עַל־פְּנֵי־חוּץ	17 Let the memory of him perish from the earth, and let not his name be celebrated in the streets.
18 יֶהְדְּפֻהוּ מֵאֹור אֶל־חֹשֶׁךְ וּמִתֵּבֵל יְנִדֻּהוּ	18 He will expel him from light into darkness, and he will remove him from the world.
19 לֹא נִין לֹו וְלֹא־נֶכֶד בְּעַמֹּו וְאֵין רִיד בִּמְגוּרָיו	19 Neither his offspring, nor his descendents, will exist among his people, nor will there be any remnants in his country.
20 עַל־יֹומֹו נָשַׁמּוּ אַחֲרֹנִים וְקַדְמֹנִים אָחֲזוּ שָׂעַר	20 The last will be astonished at his day, and the first will be overcome with horror.
21 אַךְ־אֵלֶּה מִשְׁכְּנֹות עַוָּל וְזֶה מְקֹום לֹא־יָדַע־אֵל׃ ס	21 And so, these are the tabernacles of the sinful, and this the place of he who does not know God.