Shir ha-Shirim (שיר השירים ) - Cantico dei Cantici 21

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	NEW JERUSALEM
1 וַיַּעַן אִיֹּוב וַיֹּאמַר	1 Job spoke next. He said:
2 שִׁמְעוּ מֹועַ מִלָּתִי וּתְהִי־זֹאת תַּנְחוּמֹתֵיכֶם	2 Listen careful y to my words; let this be the consolation you allow me.
3 אוּנִי וְאָנֹכִי אֲדַבֵּר וְאַחַר דַּבְּרִי תַלְעִיג	3 Permit me to speak in my turn; you may jeer when I have spoken.
4 הֶאָנֹכִי לְאָדָם שִׂיחִי וְאִם־מַדּוּעַ לֹא־תִקְצַר רוּחִי	4 Is my complaint just about a fellow-mortal? I have good grounds to be perturbed!
5 פְּנוּ־אֵלַי וְהָשַׁמּוּ וְשִׂימוּ יָד עַל־פֶּה	5 Give your attention to me; you wil be dumbfounded and wil place your hand over your mouth.
6 וְאִם־זָכַרְתִּי וְנִבְהָלְתִּי וְאָחַז בְּשָׂרִי פַּלָּצוּת	6 I myself am appalled at the very thought, and my flesh creeps.
7 מַדּוּעַ רְשָׁעִים יִחְיוּ עָתְקוּ גַּם־גָּבְרוּ חָיִל	7 Why do the wicked stil live on, their power increasing with their age?
8 זַרְעָם נָכֹון לִפְנֵיהֶם עִמָּם וְצֶאֱצָאֵיהֶם לְעֵינֵיהֶם	8 They see their posterity assured, and their offspring secure before their eyes.
9 בָּתֵּיהֶם שָׁלֹום מִפָּחַד וְלֹא שֵׁבֶט אֱלֹוהַּ עֲלֵיהֶם	9 The peace of their houses has nothing to fear, the rod that God wields is not for them.
10 שֹׁורֹו עִבַּר וְלֹא יַגְעִל תְּפַלֵּט פָּרָתֹו וְלֹא תְשַׁכֵּל	10 No mishap with their bull at breeding-time, nor miscarriage with their cow at calving.
11 יְשַׁלְּחוּ כַצֹּאן עֲוִילֵיהֶם וְיַלְדֵיהֶם יְרַקֵּדוּן	11 They let their infants frisk like lambs, their children dance like deer.
12 יִשְׂאוּ כְּתֹף וְכִנֹּור וְיִשְׂמְחוּ לְקֹול עוּגָב	12 They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice to the sound of the pipe.
13 [יְבַלּוּ כ] (יְכַלּוּ ק) בַטֹּוב יְמֵיהֶם וּבְרֶגַע שְׁאֹול יֵחָתּוּ	13 They end their lives in happiness and go down in peace to Sheol.
14 וַיֹּאמְרוּ לָאֵל סוּר מִמֶּנּוּ וְדַעַת דְּרָכֶיךָ לֹא חָפָצְנוּ	14 Yet these are the ones who say to God, 'Go away! We do not want to learn your ways.
15 מַה־שַׁדַּי כִּי־נַעַבְדֶנּוּ וּמַה־נֹּועִיל כִּי נִפְגַּע־בֹּו	15 What is the point of our serving Shaddai? What should we gain from praying to him?'
16 הֵן לֹא בְיָדָם טוּבָם עֲצַת רְשָׁעִים רָחֲקָה מֶנִּי	16 Surely they have won their own prosperity, since God is kept so far from their plans?
17 כַּמָּה ׀ נֵר־רְשָׁעִים יִדְעָךְ וְיָבֹא עָלֵימֹו אֵידָם חֲבָלִים יְחַלֵּק בְּאַפֹּו	17 Do we often see the light of the wicked put out, or disaster overtake him, or the retribution of Goddestroy his possessions,
18 יִהְיוּ כְּתֶבֶן לִפְנֵי־רוּחַ וּכְמֹץ גְּנָבַתּוּ סוּפָה	18 or the wind blow him away like a straw, or a whirlwind carry him off like chaff?
19 אֱלֹוהַּ יִצְפֹּן־לְבָנָיו אֹונֹו יְשַׁלֵּם אֵלָיו וְיֵדָע	19 So God is storing up punishment for his children? But the wicked himself should be punished, andshould know it!
20 יִרְאוּ [עֵינֹו כ] (עֵינָיו ק) כִּידֹו וּמֵחֲמַת שַׁדַּי יִשְׁתֶּה	20 He himself should witness his own ruin, and himself drink the anger of Shaddai.
21 כִּי מַה־חֶפְצֹו בְּבֵיתֹו אַחֲרָיו וּמִסְפַּר חֳדָשָׁיו חֻצָּצוּ	21 Once he is gone, what joy can he gain from his family, once the number of his months has been cutoff?
22 הַלְאֵל יְלַמֶּד־דָּעַת וְהוּא רָמִים יִשְׁפֹּוט	22 But who can teach wisdom to God, to him who is judge of those on high?
23 זֶה יָמוּת בְּעֶצֶם תֻּמֹּו כֻּלֹּו שַׁלְאֲנַן וְשָׁלֵיו	23 And again: one person dies in the ful ness of strength, in all possible happiness and ease,
24 עֲטִינָיו מָלְאוּ חָלָב וּמֹחַ עַצְמֹותָיו יְשֻׁקֶּה	24 thighs padded with fat and the marrow in the bones good and moist.
25 וְזֶה יָמוּת בְּנֶפֶשׁ מָרָה וְלֹא־אָכַל בַּטֹּובָה	25 Another dies in bitterness of heart, never having tasted happiness.
26 יַחַד עַל־עָפָר יִשְׁכָּבוּ וְרִמָּה תְּכַסֶּה עֲלֵיהֶם	26 They lie together down in the dust and the worms soon cover them both.
27 הֵן יָדַעְתִּי מַחְשְׁבֹותֵיכֶם וּמְזִמֹּות עָלַי תַּחְמֹסוּ	27 Oh, I know what is in your minds, what you so spiteful y think about me!
28 כִּי תֹאמְרוּ אַיֵּה בֵית־נָדִיב וְאַיֵּה אֹהֶל ׀ מִשְׁכְּנֹות רְשָׁעִים	28 'What has become of the great lord's house,' you say, 'where is the tent where the wicked used tolive?'
29 הֲלֹא אֶלְתֶּם עֹובְרֵי דָרֶךְ וְאֹתֹתָם לֹא תְנַכֵּרוּ	29 Have you never questioned people who travel, do you not understand the testimony they give:
30 כִּי לְיֹום אֵיד יֵחָשֶׂךְ רָע לְיֹום עֲבָרֹות יוּבָלוּ	30 on the day of disaster, the wicked is spared, on the day of retribution, he is kept safe?
31 מִי־יַגִּיד עַל־פָּנָיו דַּרְכֹּו וְהוּא־עָשָׂה מִי יְשַׁלֶּם־לֹו	31 And who is there then to reproach him for his deeds and to pay him back for the things he has done?
32 וְהוּא לִקְבָרֹות יוּבָל וְעַל־גָּדִישׁ יִשְׁקֹוד	32 He is carried away to the cemetery, and a watch is kept at his tomb.
33 מָתְקוּ־לֹו רִגְבֵי נָחַל וְאַחֲרָיו כָּל־אָדָם יִמְשֹׁוךְ וּלְפָנָיו אֵין מִסְפָּר	33 The clods of the ravine lie easy on him, and the whole population walk behind.
34 וְאֵיךְ תְּנַחֲמוּנִי הָבֶל וּתְשׁוּבֹתֵיכֶם נִשְׁאַר־מָעַל׃ ס	34 So what sense is there in your empty consolation? your answers are the left-overs of infidelity!