Shir ha-Shirim (שיר השירים ) - Cantico dei Cantici 27

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 וַיֹּסֶף אִיֹּוב שְׂאֵת מְשָׁלֹו וַיֹּאמַר
2 חַי־אֵל הֵסִיר מִשְׁפָּטִי וְשַׁדַּי הֵמַר נַפְשִׁי	2 As God lives, who withholds my deserts, the Almighty, who has made bitter my soul,
3 כִּי־כָל־עֹוד נִשְׁמָתִי בִי וְרוּחַ אֱלֹוהַּ בְּאַפִּי	3 So long as I still have life in me and the breath of God is in my nostrils,
4 אִם־תְּדַבֵּרְנָה שְׂפָתַי עַוְלָה וּלְשֹׁונִי אִם־יֶהְגֶּה רְמִיָּה	4 My lips shall not speak falsehood, nor my tongue utter deceit!
5 חָלִילָה לִּי אִם־אַצְדִּיק אֶתְכֶם עַד־אֶגְוָע לֹא־אָסִיר תֻּמָּתִי מִמֶּנִּי	5 Far be it from me to account you right; till I die I will not renounce my innocence.
6 בְּצִדְקָתִי הֶחֱזַקְתִּי וְלֹא אַרְפֶּהָ לֹא־יֶחֱרַף לְבָבִי מִיָּמָי	6 My justice I maintain and I will not relinquish it; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days.
7 יְהִי כְרָשָׁע אֹיְבִי וּמִתְקֹומְמִי כְעַוָּל	7 Let my enemy be as the wicked and my adversary as the unjust!
8 כִּי מַה־תִּקְוַת חָנֵף כִּי יִבְצָע כִּי יֵשֶׁל אֱלֹוהַּ נַפְשֹׁו	8 For what can the impious man expect when he is cut off, when God requires his life?
9 הַצַעֲקָתֹו יִשְׁמַע ׀ אֵל כִּי־תָבֹוא עָלָיו צָרָה	9 Will God then attend to his cry when calamity comes upon him?
10 אִם־עַל־שַׁדַּי יִתְעַנָּג יִקְרָא אֱלֹוהַּ בְּכָל־עֵת	10 Will he then delight in the Almighty and call upon him constantly?
11 אֹורֶה אֶתְכֶם בְּיַד־אֵל אֲשֶׁר עִםשַׁ־דַּי לֹא אֲכַחֵד	11 I will teach you the manner of God's dealings, and the way of the Almighty I will not conceal.
12 הֵן־אַתֶּם כֻּלְּכֶם חֲזִיתֶם וְלָמָּה־זֶּה הֶבֶל תֶּהְבָּלוּ	12 Behold, you yourselves have all seen it; why then do you spend yourselves in idle words!
13 זֶה ׀ חֵלֶק־אָדָם רָשָׁע ׀ עִם־אֵל וְנַחֲלַת עָרִיצִים מִשַּׁדַּי יִקָּחוּ	13 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the inheritance an oppressor receives from the Almighty:
14 אִם־יִרְבּוּ בָנָיו לְמֹו־חָרֶב וְצֶאֱצָאָיו לֹא יִשְׂבְּעוּ־לָחֶם	14 Though his children be many, the sword is their destiny. His offspring shall not be filled with bread.
15 [שְׂרִידֹו כ] (רִידָיו ק) בַּמָּוֶת יִקָּבֵרוּ וְאַלְמְנֹתָיו לֹא תִבְכֶּינָה	15 His survivors, when they die, shall have no burial, and their widows shall not be mourned.
16 אִם־יִצְבֹּר כֶּעָפָר כָּסֶף וְכַחֹמֶר יָכִין מַלְבּוּשׁ	16 Though he heap up silver like dust and store away mounds of clothing,
17 יָכִין וְצַדִּיק יִלְבָּשׁ וְכֶסֶף נָקִי יַחֲלֹק	17 What he has stored the just man shall wear, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
18 בָּנָה כָעָשׁ בֵּיתֹו וּכְסֻכָּה עָשָׂה נֹצֵר	18 He builds his house as of cobwebs, or like a booth put up by the vine-keeper.
19 עָשִׁיר יִשְׁכַּב וְלֹא יֵאָסֵף עֵינָיו פָּקַח וְאֵינֶנּוּ	19 He lies down a rich man, one last time; he opens his eyes and nothing remains to him.
20 תַּשִּׂיגֵהוּ כַמַּיִם בַּלָּהֹות לַיְלָה גְּנָבַתּוּ סוּפָה	20 Terrors rush upon him by day; at night the tempest carries him off.
21 יִשָּׂאֵהוּ קָדִים וְיֵלַךְ וִישָׂעֲרֵהוּ מִמְּקֹמֹו	21 The storm wind seizes him and he disappears; it sweeps him out of his place.
22 וְיַשְׁלֵךְ עָלָיו וְלֹא יַחְמֹל מִיָּדֹו בָּרֹוחַ יִבְרָח
23 יִשְׂפֹּק עָלֵימֹו כַפֵּימֹו וְיִשְׁרֹק עָלָיו מִמְּקֹמֹו