Shir ha-Shirim (שיר השירים ) - Cantico dei Cantici 5

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	NEW JERUSALEM
1 קְרָא־נָא הֲיֵשׁ עֹונֶךָּ וְאֶל־מִי מִקְּדֹשִׁים תִּפְנֶה	1 Make your appeal then. Wil you find an answer? To which of the holy ones wil you turn?
2 כִּי־לֶאֱוִיל יַהֲרָג־כָּעַשׂ וּפֹתֶה תָּמִית קִנְאָה	2 Resentment kil s the senseless, and anger brings death to the fool.
3 אֲ‍נִי־רָאִיתִי אֱוִיל מַשְׁרִישׁ וָאֶקֹּוב נָוֵהוּ פִתְאֹם	3 I have seen the senseless taking root, when a curse fel suddenly on his house.
4 יִרְחֲקוּ בָנָיו מִיֶּשַׁע וְיִדַּכְּאוּ בַשַּׁעַר וְאֵין מַצִּיל	4 His children are deprived of prop and stay, ruined at the gate, and no one to defend them;
5 אֲשֶׁר קְצִירֹו ׀ רָעֵב יֹאכֵל וְאֶל־מִצִּנִּים יִקָּחֵהוּ וְשָׁאַף צַמִּים חֵילָם	5 their harvest goes to feed the hungry, God snatches it from their mouths, and covetous people thirst fortheir possessions.
6 כִּי ׀ לֹא־יֵצֵא מֵעָפָר אָוֶן וּמֵאֲדָמָה לֹא־יִצְמַח עָמָל	6 No, misery does not grow out of the soil, nor sorrow spring from the ground.
7 כִּי־אָדָם לְעָמָל יוּלָּד וּבְנֵי־רֶשֶׁף יַגְבִּיהוּ עוּף	7 It is people who breed trouble for themselves as surely as eagles fly to the height.
8 אוּלָם אֲנִי אֶדְרֹשׁ אֶל־אֵל וְאֶל־אֱלֹהִים אָשִׂים דִּבְרָתִי	8 If I were you, I should appeal to God and lay my case before him.
9 עֹשֶׂה גְדֹלֹות וְאֵין חֵקֶר נִפְלָאֹות עַד־אֵין מִסְפָּר	9 His works are great, past al reckoning, marvels beyond al counting.
10 הַנֹּתֵן מָטָר עַל־פְּנֵי־אָרֶץ וְשֹׁלֵחַ מַיִם עַל־פְּנֵי חוּצֹות	10 He sends down rain to the earth, pours down water on the fields.
11 לָשׂוּם שְׁפָלִים לְמָרֹום וְקֹדְרִים שָׂגְבוּ יֶשַׁע	11 If his wil is to raise up the downcast, or exalt the afflicted to the heights of prosperity,
12 מֵפֵר מַחְשְׁבֹות עֲרוּמִים וְלֹא־תַעֲשֶׂינָה יְדֵיהֶם תּוּשִׁיָּה	12 he frustrates the plans of the artful so that they cannot succeed in their intrigues.
13 לֹכֵד חֲכָמִים בְּעָרְמָם וַעֲצַת נִפְתָּלִים נִמְהָרָה	13 He traps the crafty in the snare of their own trickery, throws the plans of the cunning into disarray.
14 יֹומָם יְפַגְּשׁוּ־חֹשֶׁךְ וְכַלַּיְלָה יְמַשְׁשׁוּ בַצָּהֳרָיִם	14 In daylight they come up against darkness, and grope their way as if noon were night.
15 וַיֹּשַׁע מֵחֶרֶב מִפִּיהֶם וּמִיַּד חָזָק אֶבְיֹון	15 He rescues the bankrupt from their jaws, and the needy from the grasp of the mighty.
16 וַתְּהִי לַדַּל תִּקְוָה וְעֹלָתָה קָפְצָה פִּיהָ	16 Hope springs afresh for the weak, and wickedness must shut its mouth.
17 הִנֵּה אַשְׁרֵי אֱנֹושׁ יֹוכִחֶנּוּ אֱלֹוהַּ וּמוּסַר דַּי אַל־תִּמְאָס	17 Blessed are those whom God corrects! Do not then scorn the lesson of Shaddai!
18 כִּי הוּא יַכְאִיב וְיֶחְבָּשׁ יִמְחַץ [וְיָדֹו כ] (וְיָדָיו ק) תִּרְפֶּינָה	18 For he who wounds is he who soothes the sore, and the hand that hurts is the hand that heals.
19 בְּשֵׁשׁ צָרֹות יַצִּילֶךָּ וּבְשֶׁבַע ׀ לֹא־יִגַּע בְּךָ רָע	19 Six times he wil deliver you from sorrow, and the seventh time, evil wil not touch you.
20 בְּרָעָב פָּדְךָ מִמָּוֶת וּבְמִלְחָמָה מִידֵי חָרֶב	20 In time of famine, he wil save you from death, and in wartime from the stroke of the sword.
21 בְּשֹׁוט לָשֹׁון תֵּחָבֵא וְלֹא־תִירָא מִשֹּׁד כִּי יָבֹוא	21 You will be safe from the lash of the tongue, unafraid at the approach of the despoiler.
22 לְשֹׁד וּלְכָפָן תִּשְׂחָק וּמֵחַיַּת הָאָרֶץ אַל־תִּירָא	22 You will laugh at drought and frost, and have no fear of the beasts of the earth.
23 כִּי עִם־אַבְנֵי הַשָּׂדֶה בְרִיתֶךָ וְחַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה הָשְׁלְמָה־לָךְ	23 You will have a pact with the stones of the field, and live in amity with wild beasts.
24 וְיָדַעְתָּ כִּי־שָׁלֹום אָהֳלֶךָ וּפָקַדְתָּ נָוְךָ וְלֹא תֶחֱטָא	24 You will know that your tent is secure, and your sheepfold unharmed when you inspect it.
25 וְיָדַעְתָּ כִּי־רַב זַרְעֶךָ וְצֶאֱצָאֶיךָ כְּעֵשֶׂב הָאָרֶץ	25 You will see your descendants multiply, your offspring grow like the grass in the fields.
26 תָּבֹוא בְכֶלַח אֱלֵי־קָבֶר כַּעֲלֹות גָּדִישׁ בְּעִתֹּו	26 At a ripe age you wil go to the grave, like a wheatsheaf stacked in due season.
27 הִנֵּה־זֹאת חֲקַרְנוּהָ כֶּן־הִיא מָעֶנָּה וְאַתָּה דַע־לָךְ׃ פ	27 Al this we have observed and it is so! Heed it, you wil be the wiser for it!