Shir ha-Shirim (שיר השירים ) - Cantico dei Cantici 16

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	NEW JERUSALEM
1 וַיַּעַן אִיֹּוב וַיֹּאמַר	1 Job spoke next. He said:
2 שָׁמַעְתִּי כְאֵלֶּה רַבֹּות מְנַחֲמֵי עָמָל כֻּלְּכֶם	2 How often have I heard al this before! What sorry comforters you are!
3 הֲקֵץ לְדִבְרֵי־רוּחַ אֹו מַה־יַּמְרִיצְךָ כִּי תַעֲנֶה	3 'When wil these windy arguments be over?' or again, 'What sickness drives you to defend yourself?'
4 גַּם ׀ אָנֹכִי כָּכֶם אֲדַבֵּרָה לוּ־יֵשׁ נַפְשְׁכֶם תַּחַת נַפְשִׁי אַחְבִּירָה עֲלֵיכֶם בְּמִלִּים וְאָנִיעָה עֲלֵיכֶם בְּמֹו רֹאשִׁי	4 Oh yes! I too could talk as you do, if you were in my place; I could overwhelm you with speeches,shaking my head over you,
5 אֲאַמִּצְכֶם בְּמֹו־פִי וְנִיד שְׂפָתַי יַחְשֹׂךְ	5 and speak words of encouragement, and then have no more to say.
6 אִם־אֲדַבְּרָה לֹא־יֵחָשֵׂךְ כְּאֵבִי וְאַחְדְּלָה מַה־מִנִּי יַהֲלֹךְ	6 When I speak, my suffering does not stop; if I say nothing, is it in any way reduced?
7 אַךְ־עַתָּה הֶלְאָנִי הֲשִׁמֹּותָ כָּל־עֲדָתִי	7 And now it is driving me to distraction; you have struck my whole acquaintanceship with horror,
8 וַתִּקְמְטֵנִי לְעֵד הָיָה וַיָּקָם בִּי כַחֲשִׁי בְּפָנַי יַעֲנֶה	8 now it rounds on me, my slanderer has now turned witness, he appears against me, accusing me faceto face;
9 אַפֹּו טָרַף ׀ וַיִּשְׂטְמֵנִי חָרַק עָלַי בְּשִׁנָּיו צָרִי ׀ יִלְטֹושׁ עֵינָיו לִי	9 his anger tears and hounds me with gnashing teeth. My enemies look daggers at me,
10 פָּעֲרוּ עָלַי ׀ בְּפִיהֶם בְּחֶרְפָּה הִכּוּ לְחָיָי יַחַד עָלַי יִתְמַלָּאוּן	10 and open gaping jaws. Their sneers strike like slaps in the face; and they all set on me at once.
11 יַסְגִּירֵנִי אֵל אֶל עֲוִיל וְעַל־יְדֵי רְשָׁעִים יִרְטֵנִי	11 Yes, God has handed me over to the godless, and cast me into the hands of the wicked.
12 שָׁלֵו הָיִיתִי ׀ וַיְפַרְפְּרֵנִי וְאָחַז בְּעָרְפִּי וַיְפַצְפְּצֵנִי וַיְקִימֵנִי לֹו לְמַטָּרָה	12 I was living at peace, until he made me totter, taking me by the neck to shatter me. He has set me upas his target:
13 יָסֹבּוּ עָלַי ׀ רַבָּיו יְפַלַּח כִּלְיֹותַי וְלֹא יַחְמֹול יִשְׁפֹּךְ לָאָרֶץ מְרֵרָתִי	13 he shoots his arrows at me from all sides, pitilessly pierces my loins, and pours my gal out on theground.
14 יִפְרְצֵנִי פֶרֶץ עַל־פְּנֵי־פָרֶץ יָרֻץ עָלַי כְּגִבֹּור	14 Breach after breach he drives through me, charging on me like a warrior.
15 שַׂק תָּפַרְתִּי עֲלֵי גִלְדִּי וְעֹלַלְתִּי בֶעָפָר קַרְנִי	15 I have sewn sackcloth over my skin, thrown my forehead in the dust.
16 פָּנַי [חֳמַרְמְרָה כ] (חֳמַרְמְרוּ ק) מִנִּי־בֶכִי וְעַל עַפְעַפַּי צַלְמָוֶת	16 My face is red with tears, and shadow dark as death covers my eyelids.
17 עַל לֹא־חָמָס בְּכַפָּי וּתְפִלָּתִי זַכָּה	17 Nonetheless, my hands are free of violence, and my prayer is pure.
18 אֶרֶץ אַל־תְּכַסִּי דָמִי וְאַל־יְהִי מָקֹום לְזַעֲקָתִי	18 Cover not my blood, O earth, and let my cry mount without cease!
19 גַּם־עַתָּה הִנֵּה־בַשָּׁמַיִם עֵדִי וְשָׂהֲדִי בַּמְּרֹומִים	19 Henceforth I have a witness in heaven, my defender is there on high.
20 מְלִיצַי רֵעָי אֶל־אֱלֹוהַ דָּלְפָה עֵינִי	20 Interpreter of my thoughts there with God, before whom flow my tears,
21 וְיֹוכַח לְגֶבֶר עִם־אֱלֹוהַּ וּבֶן־אָדָם לְרֵעֵהוּ	21 let my anguish plead the cause of a man at grips with God, just as a man might defend his fel ow.
22 כִּי־שְׁנֹות מִסְפָּר יֶאֱתָיוּ וְאֹרַח לֹא־אָשׁוּב אֶהֱלֹךְ	22 For the years of my life are numbered, and I am leaving by the road of no return.