Shir ha-Shirim (שיר השירים ) - Cantico dei Cantici 18

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	NEW JERUSALEM
1 וַיַּעַן בִּלְדַּד הַשֻּׁחִי וַיֹּאמַר	1 Bildad of Shuah spoke next. He said:
2 עַד־אָנָה ׀ תְּשִׂימוּן קִנְצֵי לְמִלִּין תָּבִינוּ וְאַחַר נְדַבֵּר	2 What prevents you others from saying something? Think -- for it is our turn to speak!
3 מַדּוּעַ נֶחְשַׁבְנוּ כַבְּהֵמָה נִטְמִינוּ בְּעֵינֵיכֶם	3 Why do you regard us as animals, considering us no more than brutes?
4 טֹרֵף נַפְשֹׁו בְּאַפֹּו הַלְמַעַנְךָ תֵּעָזַב אָרֶץ וְיֶעְתַּק־צוּר מִמְּקֹמֹו	4 Tear yourself to pieces if you will, but the world, for al your rage, wil not turn to desert, the rocks wilnot shift from their places.
5 גַּם אֹור רְשָׁעִים יִדְעָךְ וְלֹא־יִגַּהּ שְׁבִיב אִשֹּׁו	5 The light of the wicked must certainly be put out, the lamp that gives him light cease to shine.
6 אֹור חָשַׁךְ בְּאָהֳלֹו וְנֵרֹו עָלָיו יִדְעָךְ	6 In his tent the light is dimmed, the lamp that shone on him is snuffed.
7 יֵצְרוּ צַעֲדֵי אֹונֹו וְתַשְׁלִיכֵהוּ עֲצָתֹו	7 His vigorous stride loses its power, his own designs falter.
8 כִּי־שֻׁלַּח בְּרֶשֶׁת בְּרַגְלָיו וְעַלשְׂ־בָכָה יִתְהַלָּךְ	8 For into the net his own feet carry him, he walks into the snares.
9 יֹאחֵז בְּעָקֵב פָּח יַחֲזֵק עָלָיו צַמִּים	9 A spring grips him by the heel, a trap snaps shut, and he is caught.
10 טָמוּן בָּאָרֶץ חַבְלֹו וּמַלְכֻּדְתֹּו עֲלֵי נָתִיב	10 Hidden in the ground is a snare to catch him, pitfal s lie across his path.
11 סָבִיב בִּעֲתֻהוּ בַלָּהֹות וֶהֱפִיצֻהוּ לְרַגְלָיו	11 Terrors threaten him from al sides following him step by step.
12 יְהִי־רָעֵב אֹנֹו וְאֵיד נָכֹון לְצַלְעֹו	12 Hunger becomes his companion, by his side Disaster stands.
13 יֹאכַל בַּדֵּי עֹורֹו יֹאכַל בַּדָּיו בְּכֹור מָוֶת	13 Disease devours his skin, Death's First-Born gnaws his limbs.
14 יִנָּתֵק מֵאָהֳלֹו מִבְטַחֹו וְתַצְעִדֵהוּ לְמֶלֶךְ בַּלָּהֹות	14 He wil be torn from the shelter of his tent, and you wil drag him to the King of Terrors.
15 תִּשְׁכֹּון בְּאָהֳלֹו מִבְּלִי־לֹו יְזֹרֶה עַל־נָוֵהוּ גָפְרִית	15 You can live in the tent, since it is no longer his, and brimstone wil be scattered on his sheepfold.
16 מִתַּחַת שָׁרָשָׁיו יִבָשׁוּ וּמִמַּעַל יִמַּל קְצִירֹו	16 Below, his roots dry out and his branches are blasted above.
17 זִכְרֹו־אָבַד מִנִּי־אָרֶץ וְלֹא־שֵׁם לֹו עַל־פְּנֵי־חוּץ	17 His memory fades from the land, his name is forgotten in the countryside.
18 יֶהְדְּפֻהוּ מֵאֹור אֶל־חֹשֶׁךְ וּמִתֵּבֵל יְנִדֻּהוּ	18 Driven from the light into the darkness, he is banished from the world,
19 לֹא נִין לֹו וְלֹא־נֶכֶד בְּעַמֹּו וְאֵין רִיד בִּמְגוּרָיו	19 without issue or posterity among his own people or a single survivor where he used to live.
20 עַל־יֹומֹו נָשַׁמּוּ אַחֲרֹנִים וְקַדְמֹנִים אָחֲזוּ שָׂעַר	20 His end appals the west and fills the east with terror.
21 אַךְ־אֵלֶּה מִשְׁכְּנֹות עַוָּל וְזֶה מְקֹום לֹא־יָדַע־אֵל׃ ס	21 Such indeed is the fate of the places where wickedness dwel s -- the home of everyone who knowsnot God.