Shir ha-Shirim (שיר השירים ) - Cantico dei Cantici 19

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 וַיַּעַן אִיֹּוב וַיֹּאמַר	1 But Job answered by saying:
2 עַד־אָנָה תֹּוגְיוּן נַפְשִׁי וּתְדַכְּאוּנַנִי בְמִלִּים	2 How long will you afflict my soul and wear me down with words?
3 זֶה עֶשֶׂר פְּעָמִים תַּכְלִימוּנִי לֹא־תֵבֹשׁוּ תַּהְכְּרוּ־לִי	3 So, ten times you confound me and are not ashamed to oppress me.
4 וְאַף־אָמְנָם שָׁגִיתִי אִתִּי תָּלִין מְשׁוּגָתִי	4 Now, of course, if I have been ignorant, my ignorance will be with me.
5 אִם־אָמְנָם עָלַי תַּגְדִּילוּ וְתֹוכִיחוּ עָלַי חֶרְפָּתִּי	5 But you have risen up against me, and you accuse me to my disgrace.
6 דְּעוּ־אֵפֹו כִּי־אֱלֹוהַּ עִוְּתָנִי וּמְצוּדֹו עָלַי הִקִּיף	6 At least now you should understand that God has not afflicted me with a balanced judgment, though he has encompassed me with his scourges.
7 הֵן אֶצְעַק חָמָס וְלֹא אֵעָנֶה אֲשַׁוַּע וְאֵין מִשְׁפָּט	7 Behold, I will cry out, enduring violence, and no one will hear. I will announce loudly, but there is no one who may judge.
8 אָרְחִי גָדַר וְלֹא אֶעֱבֹור וְעַל נְתִיבֹותַי חֹשֶׁךְ יָשִׂים	8 He has hemmed in my path, and I cannot pass; he has added darkness to my difficult path.
9 כְּבֹודִי מֵעָלַי הִפְשִׁיט וַיָּסַר עֲטֶרֶת רֹאשִׁי	9 He has plundered me of my glory, and he has stolen the crown from my head.
10 יִתְּצֵנִי סָבִיב וָאֵלַךְ וַיַּסַּע כָּעֵץ תִּקְוָתִי	10 He has destroyed me on every side, and I am lost, and, like an uprooted tree, he has taken away my hope.
11 וַיַּחַר עָלַי אַפֹּו וַיַּחְשְׁבֵנִי לֹו כְצָרָיו	11 His fury has raged against me, and in this way he has treated me like his enemy.
12 יַחַד ׀ יָבֹאוּ גְדוּדָיו וַיָּסֹלּוּ עָלַי דַּרְכָּם וַיַּחֲנוּ סָבִיב לְאָהֳלִי	12 His troops have gathered together, and they have made their way to me, and they have besieged my tabernacle all around.
13 אַחַי מֵעָלַי הִרְחִיק וְיֹדְעַי אַךְ־זָרוּ מִמֶּנִּי	13 He has put my brothers far from me, and my friends have withdrawn from me like strangers.
14 חָדְלוּ קְרֹובָי וּמְיֻדָּעַי שְׁכֵחוּנִי	14 My kinsmen have forsaken me, and those who knew me, have forgotten me.
15 גָּרֵי בֵיתִי וְאַמְהֹתַי לְזָר תַּחְשְׁבֻנִי נָכְרִי הָיִיתִי בְעֵינֵיהֶם	15 The inhabitants of my house and my maidservants treat me just as if I were a stranger, and I have been like an sojourner in their eyes.
16 לְעַבְדִּי קָרָאתִי וְלֹא יַעֲנֶה בְּמֹו־פִי אֶתְחַנֶּן־לֹו	16 I called my servant, and he did not respond; I pleaded with him with my own mouth.
17 רוּחִי זָרָה לְאִשְׁתִּי וְחַנֹּתִי לִבְנֵי בִטְנִי	17 My wife has shuddered at my breath, and I have begged the sons of my loins.
18 גַּם־עֲוִילִים מָאֲסוּ בִי אָקוּמָה וַיְדַבְּרוּ־בִי	18 Even the foolish have looked down on me, and, when I withdrew from them, they spoke ill of me.
19 תִּעֲבוּנִי כָּל־מְתֵי סֹודִי וְזֶה־אָהַבְתִּי נֶהְפְּכוּ־בִי	19 Those who were sometime my counselors, treat me like an abomination; and he whom I valued the most has turned against me.
20 בְּעֹורִי וּבִבְשָׂרִי דָּבְקָה עַצְמִי וָאֶתְמַלְּטָה בְּעֹור שִׁנָּי	20 Since my flesh has been consumed, my bone adheres to my skin, and only my lips have been left around my teeth.
21 חָנֻּנִי חָנֻּנִי אַתֶּם רֵעָי כִּי יַד־אֱלֹוהַּ נָגְעָה בִּי	21 Have mercy on me, have compassion on me, at least you my friends, because the hand of the Lord has touched me.
22 לָמָּה תִּרְדְּפֻנִי כְמֹו־אֵל וּמִבְּשָׂרִי לֹא תִשְׂבָּעוּ	22 Why do you pursue me just as God does, and satiate yourselves with my flesh?
23 מִי־יִתֵּן אֵפֹו וְיִכָּתְבוּן מִלָּי מִי־יִתֵּן בַּסֵּפֶר וְיֻחָקוּ	23 Who will grant to me that my words may be written down? Who will grant to me that they may be inscribed in a book,
24 בְּעֵט־בַּרְזֶל וְעֹפָרֶת לָעַד בַּצּוּר יֵחָצְבוּן	24 with an iron pen and a plate of lead, or else be carved in stone?
25 וַאֲנִי יָדַעְתִּי גֹּאֲלִי חָי וְאַחֲרֹון עַל־עָפָר יָקוּם	25 For I know that my Redeemer lives, and on the last day I will rise out of the earth.
26 וְאַחַר עֹורִי נִקְּפוּ־זֹאת וּמִבְּשָׂרִי אֶחֱזֶה אֱלֹוהַּ	26 And I will be enveloped again with my skin, and in my flesh I will see my God.
27 אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי ׀ אֶחֱזֶה־לִּי וְעֵינַי רָאוּ וְלֹא־זָר כָּלוּ כִלְיֹתַי בְּחֵקִי	27 It is he whom I myself will see, and he whom my eyes will behold, and no other. This, my hope, has taken rest in my bosom.
28 כִּי תֹאמְרוּ מַה־נִּרְדָּף־לֹו וְשֹׁרֶשׁ דָּבָר נִמְצָא־בִי	28 Why then do you now say: “Let us pursue him, and let us find a basis to speak against him?”
29 גּוּרוּ לָכֶם ׀ מִפְּנֵי־חֶרֶב כִּי־חֵמָה עֲוֹנֹות חָרֶב לְמַעַן תֵּדְעוּן [שַׁדִּין כ] (שַׁדּוּן׃ ק) ס	29 So then, flee from the face of the sword, for the sword is the avenger of iniquities; but know this: there is to be a judgment.