Shir ha-Shirim (שיר השירים ) - Cantico dei Cantici 27

MODERN HEBREW BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 ויסף איוב שאת משלו ויאמר	1 Job also added to this, using figures of speech, and he said:
2 חי אל הסיר משפטי ושדי המר נפשי	2 As God lives, who has taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who has led my soul to bitterness,
3 כי כל עוד נשמתי בי ורוח אלוה באפי	3 as long as my breath remains in me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,
4 אם תדברנה שפתי עולה ולשוני אם יהגה רמיה	4 my lips will not speak iniquity, nor will my tongue devise lies.
5 חלילה לי אם אצדיק אתכם עד אגוע לא אסיר תמתי ממני	5 Far be it from me that I should judge you to be right, for, until I expire, I will not withdraw from my innocence.
6 בצדקתי החזקתי ולא ארפה לא יחרף לבבי מימי	6 I will not forsake my justification, which I have just begun to grasp, for my heart does not find blame for me in my whole life.
7 יהי כרשע איבי ומתקוממי כעול	7 Let the impious be as my enemy, and the sinful, as my adversary.
8 כי מה תקות חנף כי יבצע כי ישל אלוה נפשו	8 For what hope is there for the hypocrite, if he greedily plunders and God does not free his soul?
9 הצעקתו ישמע אל כי תבוא עליו צרה	9 Will God pay attention to his cry, when anguish overcomes him?
10 אם על שדי יתענג יקרא אלוה בכל עת	10 Or will he take delight in the Almighty and call upon God at all times?
11 אורה אתכם ביד אל אשר עם שדי לא אכחד	11 I will teach you through the hand of God, what the Almighty holds, and I will not conceal it.
12 הן אתם כלכם חזיתם ולמה זה הבל תהבלו	12 Behold, you know all this, and so why do you speak vain things without a reason?
13 זה חלק אדם רשע עם אל ונחלת עריצים משדי יקחו	13 This is the portion of the impious man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they will receive from the Almighty.
14 אם ירבו בניו למו חרב וצאצאיו לא ישבעו לחם	14 If his sons should happen to increase, they will be for the sword, and his grandsons will not be satisfied with bread.
15 שרידו במות יקברו ואלמנתיו לא תבכינה	15 Whatever will remain of him will be buried in the ruins, and his widows will not weep.
16 אם יצבר כעפר כסף וכחמר יכין מלבוש	16 If he will amass silver as if it were dirt and fabricate garments as if they were clay,
17 יכין וצדיק ילבש וכסף נקי יחלק	17 then yes, he will gather, but the just will be clothed with it and the innocent will divide the silver.
18 בנה כעש ביתו וכסכה עשה נצר	18 He has built his house like a moth, and he has made a makeshift shelter like a sentry.
19 עשיר ישכב ולא יאסף עיניו פקח ואיננו	19 When he falls asleep, the rich man will leave him with nothing; he will open his eyes and find nothing.
20 תשיגהו כמים בלהות לילה גנבתו סופה	20 Destitution will surround him like water; a storm will overwhelm him in the night.
21 ישאהו קדים וילך וישערהו ממקמו	21 A burning wind will pick him up and carry him away, and, like a whirlwind, it will rush him from his place.
22 וישלך עליו ולא יחמל מידו ברוח יברח	22 And it will hurl over him and will not spare him; fleeing from its power, he will go into exile.
23 ישפק עלימו כפימו וישרק עליו ממקמו	23 He will clasp his hands over himself, and he will hiss at himself, while considering his situation.