Shir ha-Shirim (שיר השירים ) - Cantico dei Cantici 33

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 וְאוּלָם שְׁמַע־נָא אִיֹּוב מִלָּי וְכָל־דְּבָרַי הַאֲזִינָה	1 Therefore, O Job, hear my discourse, and hearken to all my words.
2 הִנֵּה־נָא פָּתַחְתִּי פִי דִּבְּרָה לְשֹׁונִי בְחִכִּי	2 Behold, now I open my mouth; my tongue and my voice form words.
3 יֹשֶׁר־לִבִּי אֲמָרָי וְדַעַת פָתַי בָּרוּר מִלֵּלוּ	3 I will state directly what is in my mind, my lips shall utter knowledge sincerely;
4 רוּחַ־אֵל עָשָׂתְנִי וְנִשְׁמַת שַׁדַּי תְּחַיֵּנִי	4 For the spirit of God has made me, the breath of the Almighty keeps me alive.
5 אִם־תּוּכַל הֲשִׁיבֵנִי עֶרְכָה לְפָנַי הִתְיַצָּבָה	5 If you are able, refute me; draw up your arguments and stand forth.
6 הֵן־אֲנִי כְפִיךָ לָאֵל מֵחֹמֶר קֹרַצְתִּי גַם־אָנִי	6 Behold I, like yourself, have been taken from the same clay by God.
7 הִנֵּה אֵמָתִי לֹא תְבַעֲתֶךָּ וְאַכְפִּי עָלֶיךָ לֹא־יִכְבָּד	7 Therefore no fear of me should dismay you, nor should my presence weigh heavily upon you.
8 אַךְ אָמַרְתָּ בְאָזְנָי וְקֹול מִלִּין אֶשְׁמָע	8 But you have said in my hearing, as I listened to the sound of your words:
9 זַךְ אֲנִי בְּלִי פָשַׁע חַף אָנֹכִי וְלֹא עָוֹן לִי	9 "I am clean and without transgression; I am innocent; there is no guilt in me.
10 הֵן תְּנוּאֹות עָלַי יִמְצָא יַחְשְׁבֵנִי לְאֹויֵב לֹו	10 Yet he invents pretexts against me and reckons me as his enemy.
11 יָשֵׂם בַּסַּד רַגְלָי יִשְׁמֹר כָּל־אָרְחֹתָי	11 He puts my feet in the stocks; he watches all my ways!"
12 הֶן־זֹאת לֹא־צָדַקְתָּ אֶעֱנֶךָּ כִּי־יִרְבֶּה אֱלֹוהַ מֵאֱנֹושׁ	12 In this you are not just, let me tell you; for God is greater than man.
13 מַדּוּעַ אֵלָיו רִיבֹותָ כִּי כָל־דְּבָרָיו לֹא־יַעֲנֶה	13 Why, then, do you make complaint against him that he gives no account of his doings?
14 כִּי־בְאַחַת יְדַבֶּר־אֵל וּבִשְׁתַּיִם לֹא יְשׁוּרֶנָּה	14 For God does speak, perhaps once, or even twice, though one perceive it not.
15 בַּחֲלֹום ׀ חֶזְיֹון לַיְלָה בִּנְפֹל תַּרְדֵּמָה עַל־אֲנָשִׁים בִּתְנוּמֹות עֲלֵי מִשְׁכָּב	15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, (when deep sleep falls upon men) as they slumber in their beds,
16 אָז יִגְלֶה אֹזֶן אֲנָשִׁים וּבְמֹסָרָם יַחְתֹּם	16 It is then he opens the ears of men and as a warning to them, terrifies them;
17 לְהָסִיר אָדָם מַעֲשֶׂה וְגֵוָה מִגֶּבֶר יְכַסֶּה	17 By turning man from evil and keeping pride away from him,
18 יַחְשֹׂךְ נַפְשֹׁו מִנִּי־שָׁחַת וְחַיָּתֹו מֵעֲבֹר בַּשָּׁלַח	18 He withholds his soul from the pit and his life from passing to the grave.
19 וְהוּכַח בְּמַכְאֹוב עַל־מִשְׁכָּבֹו [וְרִיב כ] (וְרֹוב ק) עֲצָמָיו אֵתָן	19 Or a man is chastened on his bed by pain and unceasing suffering within his frame,
20 וְזִהֲמַתּוּ חַיָּתֹו לָחֶם וְנַפְשֹׁו מַאֲכַל תַּאֲוָה	20 So that to his appetite food becomes repulsive, and his senses reject the choicest nourishment.
21 יִכֶל בְּשָׂרֹו מֵרֹאִי [וּשְׁפִי כ] (וְשֻׁפּוּ ק) עַצְמֹותָיו לֹא רֻאּוּ	21 His flesh is wasted so that it cannot be seen, and his bones, once invisible, appear;
22 וַתִּקְרַב לַשַּׁחַת נַפְשֹׁו וְחַיָּתֹו לַמְמִתִים	22 His soul draws near to the pit, his life to the place of the dead.
23 אִם־יֵשׁ עָלָיו ׀ מַלְאָךְ מֵלִיץ אֶחָד מִנִּי־אָלֶף לְהַגִּיד לְאָדָם יָשְׁרֹו	23 If then there be for him an angel, one out of a thousand, a mediator, To show him what is right for him and bring the man back to justice,
24 וַיְחֻנֶּנּוּ וַיֹּאמֶר פְּדָעֵהוּ מֵרֶדֶת שָׁחַת מָצָאתִי כֹפֶר	24 He will take pity on him and say, "Deliver him from going down to the pit; I have found him a ransom."
25 רֻטֲפַשׁ בְּשָׂרֹו מִנֹּעַר יָשׁוּב לִימֵי עֲלוּמָיו	25 Then his flesh shall become soft as a boy's; he shall be again as in the days of his youth.
26 יֶעְתַּר אֶל־אֱלֹוהַּ ׀ וַיִּרְצֵהוּ וַיַּרְא פָּנָיו בִּתְרוּעָה וַיָּשֶׁב לֶאֱנֹושׁ צִדְקָתֹו	26 He shall pray and God will favor him; he shall see God's face with rejoicing.
27 יָשֹׁר ׀ עַל־אֲנָשִׁים וַיֹּאמֶר חָטָאתִי וְיָשָׁר הֶעֱוֵיתִי וְלֹא־שָׁוָה לִי	27 He shall sing before men and say, "I sinned and did wrong, yet he has not punished me accordingly.
28 פָּדָה [נַפְשִׁי כ] (נַפְשֹׁו ק) מֵעֲבֹר בַּשָּׁחַת [וְחַיָּתִי כ] (וְחַיָּתֹו ק) בָּאֹור תִּרְאֶה	28 He delivered my soul from passing to the pit, and I behold the light of life."
29 הֶן־כָּל־אֵלֶּה יִפְעַל־אֵל פַּעֲמַיִם שָׁלֹושׁ עִם־גָּבֶר	29 Lo, all these things God does, twice, or thrice, for a man,
30 לְהָשִׁיב נַפְשֹׁו מִנִּי־שָׁחַת לֵאֹור בְּאֹור הַחַיִּים	30 Bringing back his soul from the pit to the light, in the land of the living.
31 הַקְשֵׁב אִיֹּוב שְׁמַע־לִי הַחֲרֵשׁ וְאָנֹכִי אֲדַבֵּר	31 Be attentive, O Job; listen to me! Be silent and I will speak.
32 אִם־יֵשׁ־מִלִּין הֲשִׁיבֵנִי דַּבֵּר כִּי־חָפַצְתִּי צַדְּקֶךָּ	32 If you have aught to say, then answer me. Speak out! I should like to see you justified.
33 אִם־אַיִן אַתָּה שְׁמַע־לִי הַחֲרֵשׁ וַאֲאַלֶּפְךָ חָכְמָה׃ ס	33 If not, then do you listen to me; be silent while I teach you wisdom.