Shir ha-Shirim (שיר השירים ) - Cantico dei Cantici 30

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	NEW JERUSALEM
1 וְעַתָּה ׀ שָׂחֲקוּ עָלַי צְעִירִים מִמֶּנִּי לְיָמִים אֲשֶׁר־מָאַסְתִּי אֲבֹותָם לָשִׁית עִם־כַּלְבֵי צֹאנִי	1 And now I am the laughing-stock of people who are younger than I am and whose parents I wouldhave disdained to put with the dogs guarding my flock.
2 גַּם־כֹּחַ יְדֵיהֶם לָמָּה לִּי עָלֵימֹו אָבַד כָּלַח	2 And what use to me was the strength of their hands? - enfeebled as they were,
3 בְּחֶסֶר וּבְכָפָן גַּלְמוּד הַעֹרְקִים צִיָּה אֶמֶשׁ שֹׁואָה וּמְשֹׁאָה	3 worn out by want and hunger, for they used to gnaw the roots of the thirsty ground -- that place ofgloom, ruin and desolation-
4 הַקֹּטְפִים מַלּוּחַ עֲלֵי־שִׂיחַ וְשֹׁרֶשׁ רְתָמִים לַחְמָם	4 they used to pick saltwort among the scrub, making their meals off roots of broom.
5 מִן־גֵּו יְגֹרָשׁוּ יָרִיעוּ עָלֵימֹו כַּגַּנָּב	5 Outlawed from human company, which raised hue and cry against them, as against thieves,
6 בַּעֲרוּץ נְחָלִים לִשְׁכֹּן חֹרֵי עָפָר וְכֵפִים	6 they made their homes in the sides of ravines, in holes in the earth or in clefts of rock.
7 בֵּין־שִׂיחִים יִנְהָקוּ תַּחַת חָרוּל יְסֻפָּחוּ	7 You could hear them braying from the bushes as they huddled together in the thistles.
8 בְּנֵי־נָבָל גַּם־בְּנֵי בְלִי־שֵׁם נִכְּאוּ מִן־הָאָרֶץ	8 Children of scoundrels, worse, nameless people, the very outcasts of society!
9 וְעַתָּה נְגִינָתָם הָיִיתִי וָאֱהִי לָהֶם לְמִלָּה	9 And these are the ones who now make up songs about me and use me as a byword!
10 תִּעֲבוּנִי רָחֲקוּ מֶנִּי וּמִפָּנַי לֹא־חָשְׂכוּ רֹק	10 Fil ed with disgust, they keep their distance, on seeing me, they spit without restraint.
11 כִּי־ [יִתְרֹו כ] (יִתְרִי ק) פִתַּח וַיְעַנֵּנִי וְרֶסֶן מִפָּנַי שִׁלֵּחוּ	11 And since God has loosened my bow-string and afflicted me, they too throw off the bridle in mypresence.
12 עַל־יָמִין פִּרְחַח יָקוּמוּ רַגְלַי שִׁלֵּחוּ וַיָּסֹלּוּ עָלַי אָרְחֹות אֵידָם	12 Their brats surge forward on my right, to see when I am having a little peace, and advance on mewith threatening strides.
13 נָתְסוּ נְתִיבָתִי לְהַוָּתִי יֹעִילוּ לֹא עֹזֵר לָמֹו	13 They cut off all means of escape seizing the chance to destroy me, and no one stops them.
14 כְּפֶרֶץ רָחָב יֶאֱתָיוּ תַּחַת אָה הִתְגַּלְגָּלוּ	14 They move in, as if through a wide breach, and I go tumbling beneath the rubble.
15 הָהְפַּךְ עָלַי בַּלָּהֹות תִּרְדֹּף כָּרוּחַ נְדִבָתִי וּכְעָב עָבְרָה יְשֻׁעָתִי	15 Terror rounds on me, my confidence is dispersed as though by the wind, my hope of safety vanisheslike a cloud.
16 וְעַתָּה עָלַי תִּשְׁתַּפֵּךְ נַפְשִׁי יֹאחֲזוּנִי יְמֵי־עֹנִי	16 And now the life in me trickles away, days of grief have gripped me.
17 לַיְלָה עֲצָמַי נִקַּר מֵעָלָי וְעֹרְקַי לֹא יִשְׁכָּבוּן	17 At night-time sickness saps my bones I am gnawed by wounds that never sleep.
18 בְּרָב־כֹּחַ יִתְחַפֵּשׂ לְבוּשִׁי כְּפִי כֻתָּנְתִּי יַאַזְרֵנִי	18 Violently, he has caught me by my clothes, has gripped me by the col ar of my coat.
19 הֹרָנִי לַחֹמֶר וָאֶתְמַשֵּׁל כֶּעָפָר וָאֵפֶר	19 He has thrown me into the mud; I am no more than dust and ashes.
20 אֲשַׁוַּע אֵלֶיךָ וְלֹא תַעֲנֵנִי עָמַדְתִּי וַתִּתְבֹּנֶן בִּי	20 I cry to you, and you give me no answer; I stand before you, but you take no notice.
21 תֵּהָפֵךְ לְאַכְזָר לִי בְּעֹצֶם יָדְךָ תִשְׂטְמֵנִי	21 You have grown cruel to me, and your strong hand torments me unmerciful y.
22 תִּשָּׂאֵנִי אֶל־רוּחַ תַּרְכִּיבֵנִי וּתְמֹגְגֵנִי [תְּשֻׁוֶּה כ] (תּוּשִׁיָּה׃ ק)	22 You carry me away astride the wind and blow me to pieces in a tempest.
23 כִּי־יָדַעְתִּי מָוֶת תְּשִׁיבֵנִי וּבֵית מֹועֵד לְכָל־חָי	23 Yes, I know that you are taking me towards death, to the common meeting-place of al the living.
24 אַךְ לֹא־בְעִי יִשְׁלַח־יָד אִם־בְּפִידֹו לָהֶן שׁוּעַ	24 Yet have I ever laid a hand on the poor when they cried out for justice in calamity?
25 אִם־לֹא בָכִיתִי לִקְשֵׁה־יֹום עָגְמָה נַפְשִׁי לָאֶבְיֹון	25 Have I not wept for those whose life is hard, felt pity for the penniless?
26 כִּי טֹוב קִוִּיתִי וַיָּבֹא רָע וַאֲיַחֲלָה לְאֹור וַיָּבֹא אֹפֶל	26 I hoped for happiness, but sorrow came; I looked for light, but there was darkness.
27 מֵעַי רֻתְּחוּ וְלֹא־דָמּוּ קִדְּמֻנִי יְמֵי־עֹנִי	27 My stomach seethes, is never stil , days of suffering have struck me.
28 קֹדֵר הִלַּכְתִּי בְּלֹא חַמָּה קַמְתִּי בַקָּהָל אֲשַׁוֵּעַ	28 Sombre I go, yet no one comforts me, and if I rise in the council, I rise to weep.
29 אָח הָיִיתִי לְתַנִּים וְרֵעַ לִבְנֹות יַעֲנָה	29 I have become brother to the jackal and companion to the ostrich.
30 עֹורִי שָׁחַר מֵעָלָי וְעַצְמִי־חָרָה מִנִּי־חֹרֶב	30 My skin has turned black on me, my bones are burnt with fever.
31 וַיְהִי לְאֵבֶל כִּנֹּרִי וְעֻגָבִי לְקֹול בֹּכִים	31 My harp is tuned to dirges, my pipe to the voice of mourners.