Shir ha-Shirim (שיר השירים ) - Cantico dei Cantici 35

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	NEW JERUSALEM
1 וַיַּעַן אֱלִיהוּ וַיֹּאמַר	1 Elihu continued his speech. He said:
2 הֲזֹאת חָשַׁבְתָּ לְמִשְׁפָּט אָמַרְתָּ צִדְקִי מֵאֵל	2 Do you think you can prove yourself upright and establish your uprightness before God
3 כִּי־תֹאמַר מַה־יִּסְכָּן־לָךְ מָה־אֹעִיל מֵחַטָּאתִי	3 by daring to say to him, 'What does it matter to you, or how does it benefit me, whether I have sinnedor not?'
4 אֲנִי אֲשִׁיבְךָ מִלִּין וְאֶת־רֵעֶיךָ עִמָּךְ	4 Very well, I shal tel you and your friends as wel .
5 הַבֵּט שָׁמַיִם וּרְאֵה וְשׁוּר חָקִים גָּבְהוּ מִמֶּךָּ	5 Take a look at the skies and see, observe how high the clouds are above you.
6 אִם־חָטָאתָ מַה־תִּפְעָל־בֹּו וְרַבּוּ פְשָׁעֶיךָ מַה־תַּעֲשֶׂה־לֹּו	6 If you sin, how can you affect him? If you heap up crimes, what effect has it on him?
7 אִם־צָדַקְתָּ מַה־תִּתֶּן־לֹו אֹו מַה־מִיָּדְךָ יִקָּח	7 If you are upright, what do you give him, what benefit does he receive at your hands?
8 לְאִישׁ־כָּמֹוךָ רִשְׁעֶךָ וּלְבֶן־אָדָם צִדְקָתֶךָ	8 Your wickedness affects only your fel ows, your uprightness, other human beings.
9 מֵרֹב עֲשׁוּקִים יַזְעִיקוּ יְשַׁוְּעוּ מִזְּרֹועַ רַבִּים	9 They too groan under the weight of oppression, they cry for help under the tyranny of the mighty,
10 וְלֹא־אָמַר אַיֵּה אֱלֹוהַּ עֹשָׂי נֹתֵן זְמִרֹות בַּלָּיְלָה	10 but none of them thinks of saying, 'Where is God, my Maker, who makes glad songs ring out at night,
11 מַלְּפֵנוּ מִבַּהֲמֹות אָרֶץ וּמֵעֹוף הַשָּׁמַיִם יְחַכְּמֵנוּ	11 who has made us more intel igent than wild animals wiser than birds in the sky?'
12 שָׁם יִצְעֲקוּ וְלֹא יַעֲנֶה מִפְּנֵי גְּאֹון רָעִים	12 Cry they may, but get no answer, to be spared from the arrogance of the wicked.
13 אַךשְָׁ־וְא לֹא־יִשְׁמַע ׀ אֵל וְשַׁדַּי לֹא יְשׁוּרֶנָּה	13 Of course God does not listen to trivialities, Shaddai pays no attention to them.
14 אַף כִּי־תֹאמַר לֹא תְשׁוּרֶנּוּ דִּין לְפָנָיו וּתְחֹולֵל לֹו	14 And how much less when you say, 'I cannot see him, my case is open and I am waiting for him.'
15 וְעַתָּה כִּי־אַיִן פָּקַד אַפֹּו וְלֹא־יָדַע בַּפַּשׁ מְאֹד	15 Or, 'His anger never punishes, he does not seem aware of human rebel ion.'
16 וְאִיֹּוב הֶבֶל יִפְצֶה־פִּיהוּ בִּבְלִי־דַעַת מִלִּין יַכְבִּר׃ פ	16 Hence, when Job speaks, he talks nonsense, ignorantly babbling on and on.