Shir ha-Shirim (שיר השירים ) - Cantico dei Cantici 8

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 וַיַּעַן בִּלְדַּד הַשּׁוּחִי וַיֹאמַר	1 But Baldad the Suhite, responding, said:
2 עַד־אָן תְּמַלֶּל־אֵלֶּה וְרוּחַ כַּבִּיר אִמְרֵי־פִיךָ	2 How long will you speak this way, so that the words of your mouth are like a changeable wind?
3 הַאֵל יְעַוֵּת מִשְׁפָּט וְאִםשַׁ־דַּי יְעַוֵּת־צֶדֶק	3 Does God supplant judgment, or does the Almighty subvert that which is just?
4 אִם־בָּנֶיךָ חָטְאוּ־לֹו וַיְשַׁלְּחֵם בְּיַד־פִּשְׁעָם	4 And if now your children have sinned against him, and he has dismissed them into the power of their iniquity,
5 אִם־אַתָּה תְּשַׁחֵר אֶל־אֵל וְאֶלשַׁ־דַּי תִּתְחַנָּן	5 even so, you should arise early to God, so as to beseech the Almighty.
6 אִם־זַךְ וְיָשָׁר אָתָּה כִּי־עַתָּה יָעִיר עָלֶיךָ וְשִׁלַּם נְוַת צִדְקֶךָ	6 If you approach with purity and honesty, he will quickly be attentive to you, and a peaceful life will repay your righteousness,
7 וְהָיָה רֵאשִׁיתְךָ מִצְעָר וְאַחֲרִיתְךָ יִשְׂגֶּה מְאֹד	7 so much so that, if your former things were small, your latter things would be multiplied greatly.
8 כִּי־שְׁאַל־נָא לְדֹר רִישֹׁון וְכֹונֵן לְחֵקֶר אֲבֹותָם	8 For inquire of the earliest generation, and investigate diligently the history of the fathers,
9 כִּי־תְמֹול אֲנַחְנוּ וְלֹא נֵדָע כִּי צֵל יָמֵינוּ עֲלֵי־אָרֶץ	9 (of course, we are but of yesterday and are ignorant that our days on earth are like a shadow,)
10 הֲלֹא־הֵם יֹורוּךָ יֹאמְרוּ לָךְ וּמִלִּבָּם יֹוצִאוּ מִלִּים	10 and they will teach you; they will speak with you and will offer you the eloquence of their hearts.
11 הֲיִגְאֶה־גֹּמֶא בְּלֹא בִצָּה יִשְׂגֶּה־אָחוּ בְלִי־מָיִם	11 Can the marsh plant live without moisture? Or can sedges grow without water?
12 עֹדֶנּוּ בְאִבֹּו לֹא יִקָּטֵף וְלִפְנֵי כָל־חָצִיר יִיבָשׁ	12 When it is still in flower, and has not been pulled up by hand, it withers before all other plants.
13 כֵּן אָרְחֹות כָּל־שֹׁכְחֵי אֵל וְתִקְוַת חָנֵף תֹּאבֵד	13 Just so are the ways of all who forget God, and the hope of the hypocrite will perish.
14 אֲשֶׁר־יָקֹוט כִּסְלֹו וּבֵית עַכָּבִישׁ מִבְטַחֹו	14 His frenzy will not please him, and his faith will be like a spider’s web.
15 יִשָּׁעֵן עַל־בֵּיתֹו וְלֹא יַעֲמֹד יַחֲזִיק בֹּו וְלֹא יָקוּם	15 He will lean on his house, and it will not stand; he will prop it up, but it will not rise.
16 רָטֹב הוּא לִפְנֵי־שָׁמֶשׁ וְעַל גַּנָּתֹו יֹנַקְתֹּו תֵצֵא	16 He seems to have moisture before the sun arrives; and at sunrise, his sprout shoots forth.
17 עַל־גַּל שָׁרָשָׁיו יְסֻבָּכוּ בֵּית אֲבָנִים יֶחֱזֶה	17 His roots will crowd together over a heap of stones, and among the stones he will remain.
18 אִם־יְבַלְּעֶנּוּ מִמְּקֹומֹו וְכִחֶשׁ בֹּו לֹא רְאִיתִיךָ	18 If someone is devoured right beside him, he will deny him and will say: “I do not know you.”
19 הֶן־הוּא מְשֹׂושׂ דַּרְכֹּו וּמֵעָפָר אַחֵר יִצְמָחוּ	19 For this is the benefit of his way, that others in turn may spring up from the earth.
20 הֶן־אֵל לֹא יִמְאַס־תָּם וְלֹא־יַחֲזִיק בְּיַד־מְרֵעִים	20 God will not discard the simple, nor will he extend his hand to the spiteful,
21 עַד־יְמַלֵּה שְׂחֹוק פִּיךָ וּשְׂפָתֶיךָ תְרוּעָה	21 even until your mouth is filled with laughter and your lips with rejoicing.
22 שֹׂנְאֶיךָ יִלְבְּשׁוּ־בֹשֶׁת וְאֹהֶל רְשָׁעִים אֵינֶנּוּ׃ פ	22 Those who hate you, will be clothed with confusion, and the tabernacle of the impious will not continue.