Shir ha-Shirim (שיר השירים ) - Cantico dei Cantici 20

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	NEW JERUSALEM
1 וַיַּעַן צֹפַר הַנַּעֲמָתִי וַיֹּאמַר	1 Zophar of Naamath spoke next. He said:
2 לָכֵן שְׂעִפַּי יְשִׁיבוּנִי וּבַעֲבוּר חוּשִׁי בִי	2 My thoughts urge me to reply to this, and hence the impatience that grips me.
3 מוּסַר כְּלִמָּתִי אֶשְׁמָע וְרוּחַ מִבִּינָתִי יַעֲנֵנִי	3 I have put up with prating that outrages me and now my mind inspires me with an answer.
4 הֲזֹאת יָדַעְתָּ מִנִּי־עַד מִנִּי שִׂים אָדָם עֲלֵי־אָרֶץ	4 Do you not know, that since time began and human beings were set on the earth,
5 כִּי רִנְנַת רְשָׁעִים מִקָּרֹוב וְשִׂמְחַת חָנֵף עֲדֵי־רָגַע	5 the triumph of the wicked has always been brief, and the sinner's gladness has never lasted long?
6 אִם־יַעֲלֶה לַשָּׁמַיִם שִׂיאֹו וְרֹאשֹׁו לָעָב יַגִּיעַ	6 Towering to the sky he may have been, his head touching the clouds;
7 כְּגֶלֲלֹו לָנֶצַח יֹאבֵד רֹאָיו יֹאמְרוּ אַיֹּו	7 but he vanishes, like a phantom, once for al , while those who used to see him, ask, 'Where is he?'
8 כַּחֲלֹום יָעוּף וְלֹא יִמְצָאוּהוּ וְיֻדַּד כְּחֶזְיֹון לָיְלָה	8 Like a dream that leaves no trace he takes his flight, like a vision in the night he flies away.
9 עַיִן זָפַתּוּ וְלֹא תֹוסִיף וְלֹא־עֹוד תְּשׁוּרֶנּוּ מְקֹומֹו	9 The eye accustomed to see him sees him no more, his home wil never set eyes on him again.
10 בָּנָיו יְרַצּוּ דַלִּים וְיָדָיו תָּשֵׁבְנָה אֹונֹו	10 His sons will have to reimburse the poor and his children pay back his riches.
11 עַצְמֹותָיו מָלְאוּ [עֲלוּמֹו כ] (עֲלוּמָיו ק) וְעִמֹּו עַל־עָפָר תִּשְׁכָּב	11 His bones used to be ful of youthful vigour: and there it lies, in the dust with him, now!
12 אִם־תַּמְתִּיק בְּפִיו רָעָה יַכְחִידֶנָּה תַּחַת לְשֹׁונֹו	12 Evil was sweet to his mouth, he would shelter it under his tongue;
13 יַחְמֹל עָלֶיהָ וְלֹא יַעַזְבֶנָּה וְיִמְנָעֶנָּה בְּתֹוךְ חִכֹּו	13 cultivating it careful y, he would let it linger on his palate.
14 לַחְמֹו בְּמֵעָיו נֶהְפָּךְ מְרֹורַת פְּתָנִים בְּקִרְבֹּו	14 Such food goes bad in his bel y, working inside him like the poison of a viper.
15 חַיִל בָּלַע וַיְקִאֶנּוּ מִבִּטְנֹו יֹורִשֶׁנּוּ אֵל	15 Now he has to vomit up the wealth that he has swal owed, God makes him disgorge it.
16 רֹאשׁ־פְּתָנִים יִינָק תַּהַרְגֵהוּ לְשֹׁון אֶפְעֶה	16 He used to suck vipers' venom, and the tongue of the adder kills him.
17 אַל־יֵרֶא בִפְלַגֹּות נַהֲרֵי נַחֲלֵי דְּבַשׁ וְחֶמְאָה	17 No more will he know the streams of oil or the torrents of honey and cream.
18 מֵשִׁיב יָגָע וְלֹא יִבְלָע כְּחֵיל תְּמוּרָתֹו וְלֹא יַעֲלֹס	18 When he gives back his winnings, his cheerfulness wil fade, and the satisfied air he had whenbusiness was thriving.
19 כִּי־רִצַּץ עָזַב דַּלִּים בַּיִת גָּזַל וְלֹא יִבֶנֵהוּ	19 Since he once destroyed the huts of the poor, plundering houses instead of building them up,
20 כִּי ׀ לֹא־יָדַע שָׁלֵו בְּבִטְנֹו בַּחֲמוּדֹו לֹא יְמַלֵּט	20 since his avarice could never be satisfied, now al his hoarding will not save him;
21 אֵין־שָׂרִיד לְאָכְלֹו עַל־כֵּן לֹא־יָחִיל טוּבֹו	21 since nothing could escape his greed, his prosperity wil not last.
22 בִּמְלֹאות פְקֹו יֵצֶר לֹו כָּל־יַד עָמֵל תְּבֹואֶנּוּ	22 When he has everything he needs, want wil seize him, and misery wil light on him with all its force.
23 יְהִי ׀ לְמַלֵּא בִטְנֹו יְשַׁלַּח־בֹּו חֲרֹון אַפֹּו וְיַמְטֵר עָלֵימֹו בִּלְחוּמֹו	23 On him God looses al his burning wrath, hurling against his flesh a hail of arrows.
24 יִבְרַח מִנֵּשֶׁק בַּרְזֶל תַּחְלְפֵהוּ קֶשֶׁת נְחוּשָׁה	24 If he escapes the weapons of iron, the bow of bronze wil transfix him.
25 שָׁלַף וַיֵּצֵא מִגֵּוָה וּבָרָק מִמְּרֹרָתֹו יַהֲלֹךְ עָלָיו אֵמִים	25 Out of his back sticks an arrow, from his gal a shining point. The terrors advance on him,
26 כָּל־חֹשֶׁךְ טָמוּן לִצְפּוּנָיו תְּאָכְלֵהוּ אֵשׁ לֹא־נֻפָּח יֵרַע שָׂרִיד בְּאָהֳלֹו	26 all the hidden darknesses are waiting to carry him off. A fire unlit by human hand devours him, andconsumes what is left in his tent.
27 יְגַלּוּ שָׁמַיִם עֲוֹנֹו וְאֶרֶץ מִתְקֹומָמָה לֹו	27 The heavens lay bare his iniquity, and the earth rises up against him.
28 יִגֶל יְבוּל בֵּיתֹו נִגָּרֹות בְּיֹום אַפֹּו	28 The income of his house pours away, like the torrents, on the day of retribution.
29 זֶה ׀ חֵלֶק־אָדָם רָשָׁע מֵאֱלֹהִים וְנַחֲלַת אִמְרֹו מֵאֵל׃ פ	29 Such is the fate God reserves for the wicked, the inheritance he assigns to the accursed!