Shir ha-Shirim (שיר השירים ) - Cantico dei Cantici 39

MODERN HEBREW BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 הידעת עת לדת יעלי סלע חלל אילות תשמר	1 Do you know at what time the wild goats have given birth among the rocks, or do you observe the deer when they go into labor?
2 תספר ירחים תמלאנה וידעת עת לדתנה	2 Have you numbered the months since their conception, and do you know at what time they gave birth?
3 תכרענה ילדיהן תפלחנה חבליהם תשלחנה	3 They bend themselves for their offspring, and they give birth, and they emit roars.
4 יחלמו בניהם ירבו בבר יצאו ולא שבו למו	4 Their young are weaned and go out to feed; they depart and do not return to them.
5 מי שלח פרא חפשי ומסרות ערוד מי פתח	5 Who has set the wild ass free, and who has released his bonds?
6 אשר שמתי ערבה ביתו ומשכנותיו מלחה	6 I have given a house in solitude to him, and his tabernacle is in the salted land.
7 ישחק להמון קריה תשאות נוגש לא ישמע	7 He despises the crowded city; he does not pay attention to the bellow of the tax collector.
8 יתור הרים מרעהו ואחר כל ירוק ידרוש	8 He looks around the mountains of his pasture, and he searches everywhere for green plants.
9 היאבה רים עבדך אם ילין על אבוסך	9 Will the rhinoceros be willing to serve you, and will he remain in your stall?
10 התקשר רים בתלם עבתו אם ישדד עמקים אחריך	10 Can you detain the rhinoceros with your harness to plough for you, and will he loosen the soil of the furrows behind you?
11 התבטח בו כי רב כחו ותעזב אליו יגיעך	11 Will you put your faith in his great strength, and delegate your labors to him?
12 התאמין בו כי ישוב זרעך וגרנך יאסף	12 Will you trust him to return to you the seed, and to gather it on your drying floor?
13 כנף רננים נעלסה אם אברה חסידה ונצה	13 The wing of the ostrich is like the wings of the heron, and of the hawk.
14 כי תעזב לארץ בציה ועל עפר תחמם	14 When she leaves eggs behind in the earth, will you perhaps warm them in the dust?
15 ותשכח כי רגל תזורה וחית השדה תדושה	15 She forgets that feet may trample them, or that the beasts of the field may shatter them.
16 הקשיח בניה ללא לה לריק יגיעה בלי פחד	16 She is hardened against her young, as if they were not hers; she has labored in vain, with no fear compelling her.
17 כי השה אלוה חכמה ולא חלק לה בבינה	17 For God has deprived her of wisdom; neither has he given her understanding.
18 כעת במרום תמריא תשחק לסוס ולרכבו	18 Yet, when the time is right, she raises her wings on high; she ridicules the horse and his rider.
19 התתן לסוס גבורה התלביש צוארו רעמה	19 Will you supply strength to the horse, or envelope his throat with neighing?
20 התרעישנו כארבה הוד נחרו אימה	20 Will you alarm him as the locusts do? His panic is revealed by the display of his nostrils.
21 יחפרו בעמק וישיש בכח יצא לקראת נשק	21 He digs at the earth with his hoof; he jumps around boldly; he advances to meet armed men.
22 ישחק לפחד ולא יחת ולא ישוב מפני חרב	22 He despises fear; he does not turn away from the sword.
23 עליו תרנה אשפה להב חנית וכידון	23 Above him, the quiver rattles, the spear and the shield shake.
24 ברעש ורגז יגמא ארץ ולא יאמין כי קול שופר	24 Seething and raging, he drinks up the earth; neither does he pause when the blast of the trumpet sounds.
25 בדי שפר יאמר האח ומרחוק יריח מלחמה רעם שרים ותרועה	25 When he hears the bugle, he says, “Ha!” He smells the battle from a distance, the exhortation of the officers, and the battle cry of the soldiers.
26 המבינתך יאבר נץ יפרש כנפו לתימן	26 Does the hawk grow feathers by means of your wisdom, spreading her wings towards the south?
27 אם על פיך יגביה נשר וכי ירים קנו	27 Will the eagle lift herself up at your command and make her nest in steep places?
28 סלע ישכן ויתלנן על שן סלע ומצודה	28 She dwells among the rocks, and she lingers among broken boulders and inaccessible cliffs.
29 משם חפר אכל למרחוק עיניו יביטו	29 From there, she looks for food, and her eyes catch sight of it from far away.
30 ואפרחו יעלעו דם ובאשר חללים שם הוא	30 Her young will drink blood, and wherever the carcass will be, she is there immediately.
	31 And the Lord continued, and he said to Job:
	32 Will he who contends with God be so easily silenced? Certainly, he who argues with God must also respond to him.
	33 Then Job answered the Lord, saying:
	34 What could I possibly answer, since I have been speaking thoughtlessly? I will place my hand over my mouth.
	35 One thing I have spoken, which I wish I had not said; and another, to which I will add no more.