Shir ha-Shirim (שיר השירים ) - Cantico dei Cantici 13

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 הֶן־כֹּל רָאֲתָה עֵינִי שָׁמְעָה אָזְנִי וַתָּבֶן לָהּ	1 Behold my eye hath seen all these things, and my ear hath heard them, and I have understood them all.
2 כְּדַעְתְּכֶם יָדַעְתִּי גַם־אָנִי לֹא־נֹפֵל אָנֹכִי מִכֶּם	2 According to your knowledge I also know: neither am I inferior to you.
3 אוּלָם אֲנִי אֶל־שַׁדַּי אֲדַבֵּר וְהֹוכֵחַ אֶל־אֵל אֶחְפָּץ	3 But yet I will speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
4 וְאוּלָם אַתֶּם טֹפְלֵי־שָׁקֶר רֹפְאֵי אֱלִל כֻּלְּכֶם	4 Having first shewn that you are forgers of lies, and maintainers of perverse opinions.
5 מִי־יִתֵּן הַחֲרֵשׁ תַּחֲרִישׁוּן וּתְהִי לָכֶם לְחָכְמָה	5 And I wish you would hold your peace, that you might be thought to be wise men..
6 שִׁמְעוּ־נָא תֹוכַחְתִּי וְרִבֹות שְׂפָתַי הַקְשִׁיבוּ	6 Hear ye therefore my reproof, and attend to the judgment of my lips.
7 הַלְאֵל תְּדַבְּרוּ עַוְלָה וְלֹו תְּדַבְּרוּ רְמִיָּה	7 Hath God any need of your lie, that you should speak deceitfully for him?
8 הֲפָנָיו תִּשָּׂאוּן אִם־לָאֵל תְּרִיבוּן	8 Do you accept his person, and do you endeavour to judge for God?
9 הֲטֹוב כִּי־יַחְקֹר אֶתְכֶם אִם־כְּהָתֵל בֶּאֱנֹושׁ תְּהָתֵלּוּ בֹו	9 Or shall it please him, from whom nothing can be concealed ? or shall he be deceived as a man, with your deceitful dealings ?
10 הֹוכֵחַ יֹוכִיחַ אֶתְכֶם אִם־בַּסֵּתֶר פָּנִים תִּשָּׂאוּן	10 He shall reprove you, because in secret you accept his person.
11 הֲלֹא אֵתֹו תְּבַעֵת אֶתְכֶם וּפַחְדֹּו יִפֹּל עֲלֵיכֶם	11 As soon as he shall move himself, he shall trouble you: and his dread shall fall upon you.
12 זִכְרֹנֵיכֶם מִשְׁלֵי־אֵפֶר לְגַבֵּי־חֹמֶר גַּבֵּיכֶם	12 Your remembrance shall be compared to ashes, and your necks shall be brought to clay.
13 הַחֲרִישׁוּ מִמֶּנִּי וַאֲדַבְּרָה־אָנִי וְיַעֲבֹר עָלַי מָה	13 Hold your peace a little while, that I may speak whatsoever my mind shall suggest to me.
14 עַל־מָה ׀ אֶשָּׂא בְשָׂרִי בְשִׁנָּי וְנַפְשִׁי אָשִׂים בְּכַפִּי	14 Why do I tear my flesh with my teeth, and carry my soul in my hands?
15 הֵן יִקְטְלֵנִי [לֹא כ] (לֹו ק) אֲיַחֵל אַךְ־דְּרָכַי אֶל־פָּנָיו אֹוכִיחַ	15 Although he should bill me, I will trust in him: but yet I will reprove my ways in his sight.
16 גַּם־הוּא־לִי לִישׁוּעָה כִּי־לֹא לְפָנָיו חָנֵף יָבֹוא	16 And he shall be my saviour: for no hypocrite shall come before his presence.
17 שִׁמְעוּ מֹועַ מִלָּתִי וְאַחֲוָתִי בְּאָזְנֵיכֶם	17 Hear ye my speech, and receive with Sour ears hidden truths.
18 הִנֵּה־נָא עָרַכְתִּי מִשְׁפָּט יָדַעְתִּי כִּי־אֲנִי אֶצְדָּק	18 If I shall be judged, I know that I shall be found just.
19 מִי־הוּא יָרִיב עִמָּדִי כִּי־עַתָּה אַחֲרִישׁ וְאֶגְוָע	19 Who is he that will plead against me? let him come: why am I consumed holding my peace?
20 אַךשְְׁ־תַּיִם אַל־תַּעַשׂ עִמָּדִי אָז מִפָּנֶיךָ לֹא אֶסָּתֵר	20 Two things only do not to me, and then from thy face I shall not be hid:
21 כַּפְּךָ מֵעָלַי הַרְחַק וְאֵמָתְךָ אַל־תְּבַעֲתַנִּי	21 Withdraw thy hand far from me, and let not thy dread terrify me.
22 וּקְרָא וְאָנֹכִי אֶעֱנֶה אֹו־אֲדַבֵּר וַהֲשִׁיבֵנִי	22 Call me, and I will answer thee: or else I will speak, and do thou answer me.
23 כַּמָּה לִי עֲוֹנֹות וְחַטָּאֹות פִּשְׁעִי וְחַטָּאתִי הֹדִיעֵנִי	23 How many are my iniquities and sins? make me know my crimes and offences.
24 לָמָּה־פָנֶיךָ תַסְתִּיר וְתַחְשְׁבֵנִי לְאֹויֵב לָךְ	24 Why hidest thou thy face, and thinkest me thy enemy?
25 הֶעָלֶה נִדָּף תַּעֲרֹוץ וְאֶת־קַשׁ יָבֵשׁ תִּרְדֹּף	25 Against a leaf, that is carried away with the wind, thou shewest thy power, and thou pursuest a dry straw.
26 כִּי־תִכְתֹּב עָלַי מְרֹרֹות וְתֹורִישֵׁנִי עֲוֹנֹות נְעוּרָי	26 For thou writest bitter things against me, and wilt consume me for the sins of my youth.
27 וְתָשֵׂם בַּסַּד ׀ רַגְלַי וְתִשְׁמֹור כָּל־אָרְחֹותָי עַל־שָׁרְשֵׁי רַגְלַי תִּתְחַקֶּה	27 Thou hast put my feet in the stocks, and hast observed all my paths, and hast considered the steps of my feet:
28 וְהוּא כְּרָקָב יִבְלֶה כְּבֶגֶד אֲכָלֹו עָשׁ	28 Who am to be consumed as rottenness, and as a garment that is moth-eaten.