Shir ha-Shirim (שיר השירים ) - Cantico dei Cantici 15

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	NEW JERUSALEM
1 וַיַּעַן אֱלִיפַז הַתֵּימָנִי וַיֹּאמַר	1 Eliphaz of Teman spoke next. He said:
2 הֶחָכָם יַעֲנֶה דַעַת־רוּחַ וִימַלֵּא קָדִים בִּטְנֹו	2 Does anyone wise respond with windy arguments, or feed on an east wind?
3 הֹוכֵחַ בְּדָבָר לֹא יִסְכֹּון וּמִלִּים לֹא־יֹועִיל בָּם	3 Or make a defence with ineffectual words and speeches good for nothing?
4 אַף־אַתָּה תָּפֵר יִרְאָה וְתִגְרַע יחָה לִפְנֵי־אֵל	4 You do worse: you suppress reverence, you discredit discussion before God.
5 כִּי יְאַלֵּף עֲוֹנְךָ פִיךָ וְתִבְחַר לְשֹׁון עֲרוּמִים	5 Your very fault incites you to speak like this, hence you adopt this language of cunning.
6 יַרְשִׁיעֲךָ פִיךָ וְלֹא־אָנִי וּשְׂפָתֶיךָ יַעֲנוּ־בָךְ	6 Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; your own lips bear witness against you.
7 הֲרִאישֹׁון אָדָם תִּוָּלֵד וְלִפְנֵי גְבָעֹות חֹולָלְתָּ	7 Are you the first-born of the human race, brought into the world before the hills?
8 הַבְסֹוד אֱלֹוהַ תִּשְׁמָע וְתִגְרַע אֵלֶיךָ חָכְמָה	8 Have you been a listener at God's council, or established a monopoly of wisdom?
9 מַה־יָּדַעְתָּ וְלֹא נֵדָע תָּבִין וְלֹא־עִמָּנוּ הוּא	9 What knowledge do you have that we have not, what understanding that is not ours too?
10 גַּם־שָׂב גַּם־יָשִׁישׁ בָּנוּ כַּבִּיר מֵאָבִיךָ יָמִים	10 One of us is an old, grey-headed man loaded with more years than your father!
11 הַמְעַט מִמְּךָ תַּנְחֻמֹות אֵל וְדָבָר לָאַט עִמָּךְ	11 Can you ignore these divine consolations and the moderate tone of our words?
12 מַה־יִּקָּחֲךָ לִבֶּךָ וּמַה־יִּרְזְמוּן עֵינֶיךָ	12 How passion carries you away! And how you rol your eyes,
13 כִּי־תָשִׁיב אֶל־אֵל רוּחֶךָ וְהֹצֵאתָ מִפִּיךָ מִלִּין	13 when you vent your anger on God and speeches come tripping off your tongue!
14 מָה־אֱנֹושׁ כִּי־יִזְכֶּה וְכִי־יִצְדַּק יְלוּד אִשָּׁה	14 How can anyone be pure, anyone born of woman be upright?
15 הֵן [בִּקְדֹשֹׁו כ] (בִּקְדֹשָׁיו ק) לֹא יַאֲמִין וְשָׁמַיִם לֹא־זַכּוּ בְעֵינָיו	15 God cannot rely even on his holy ones, to him, even the heavens seem impure.
16 אַף כִּי־נִתְעָב וְנֶאֱלָח אִישׁ־שֹׁתֶה כַמַּיִם עַוְלָה	16 How much more, this hateful, corrupt thing, humanity, which soaks up wickedness like water!
17 אֲחַוְךָ שְׁמַע־לִי וְזֶה־חָזִיתִי וַאֲסַפֵּרָה	17 Listen to me, I have a lesson for you: I am going to impart my own experience
18 אֲשֶׁר־חֲכָמִים יַגִּידוּ וְלֹא כִחֲדוּ מֵאֲבֹותָם	18 and the tradition of the sages who have remained faithful to their ancestors,
19 לָהֶם לְבַדָּם נִתְּנָה הָאָרֶץ וְלֹא־עָבַר זָר בְּתֹוכָם	19 to whom alone the land was given -- no foreigner included among them.
20 כָּל־יְמֵי רָשָׁע הוּא מִתְחֹולֵל וּמִסְפַּר נִים נִצְפְּנוּ לֶעָרִיץ	20 The life of the wicked is unceasing torment, the years al otted to the tyrant are numbered.
21 קֹול־פְּחָדִים בְּאָזְנָיו בַּשָּׁלֹום שֹׁודֵד יְבֹואֶנּוּ	21 A cry of panic echoes in his ear; when al is peace, his destroyer swoops down on him.
22 לֹא־יַאֲמִין וּב מִנִּי־חֹשֶׁךְ [וְצָפוּ כ] (וְצָפוּי ק) הוּא אֱלֵי־חָרֶב	22 No more can he count on escaping from the dark, but knows that he is destined for the sword,
23 נֹדֵד הוּא לַלֶּחֶם אַיֵּה יָדַע ׀ כִּי־נָכֹון בְּיָדֹו יֹום־חֹשֶׁךְ	23 marked down as meat for the vulture. He knows that his ruin is at hand.
24 יְבַעֲתֻהוּ צַר וּמְצוּקָה תִּתְקְפֵהוּ כְּמֶלֶךְ ׀ עָתִיד לַכִּידֹור	24 The hour of darkness terrifies him, distress and anguish assail him as when a king is poised for theassault.
25 כִּי־נָטָה אֶל־אֵל יָדֹו וְאֶלשַׁ־דַּי יִתְגַּבָּר	25 He raised his hand against God, boldly he defied Shaddai!
26 יָרוּץ אֵלָיו בְּצַוָּאר בַּעֲבִי גַּבֵּי מָגִנָּיו	26 Head lowered, he charged him, with his massively bossed shield.
27 כִּי־כִסָּה פָנָיו בְּחֶלְבֹּו וַיַּעַשׂ פִּימָה עֲלֵי־כָסֶל	27 His face had grown ful and fat, and his thighs too heavy with flesh.
28 וַיִּשְׁכֹּון ׀ עָרִים נִכְחָדֹות בָּתִּים לֹא־יֵשְׁבוּ לָמֹו אֲשֶׁר הִתְעַתְּדוּ לְגַלִּים	28 He had occupied the towns he had destroyed, with their uninhabited houses about to fal into ruins;
29 לֹא־יֶעְשַׁר וְלֹא־יָקוּם חֵילֹו וְלֹא־יִטֶּה לָאָרֶץ מִנְלָם	29 but no great profit to him, his luck will not hold, he wil cast his shadow over the country no longer,
30 לֹא־יָסוּר ׀ מִנִּי־חֹשֶׁךְ יֹנַקְתֹּו תְּיַבֵּשׁ שַׁלְהָבֶת וְיָסוּר בְּרוּחַ פִּיו	30 (he wil not escape the dark). A flame wil scorch his young shoots, the wind will carry off his blossom.
31 אַל־יַאֲמֵן [בַּשֹּׁו כ] (בַּשָּׁיו ק) נִתְעָה כִּישָׁ־וְא תִּהְיֶה תְמוּרָתֹו	31 Let him not trust in his great height or delusion will be his.
32 בְּלֹא־יֹומֹו תִּמָּלֵא וְכִפָּתֹו לֹא רַעֲנָנָה	32 His palm trees wil wither before their time and his branches never again be green.
33 יַחְמֹס כַּגֶּפֶן בִּסְרֹו וְיַשְׁלֵךְ כַּזַּיִת נִצָּתֹו	33 Like the vine, he wil shake off his unripe fruit, like the olive tree, shed his blossom.
34 כִּי־עֲדַת חָנֵף גַּלְמוּד וְאֵשׁ אָכְלָה אָהֳלֵי־שֹׁחַד	34 Yes, sterile is the spawn of the sinner, and fire consumes the tents of the venal.
35 הָרֹה עָמָל וְיָלֹד אָוֶן וּבִטְנָם תָּכִין מִרְמָה׃ ס	35 Whoever conceives malice, breeds disaster, bears as offspring only a false hope.