Shir ha-Shirim (שיר השירים ) - Cantico dei Cantici 13

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 הֶן־כֹּל רָאֲתָה עֵינִי שָׁמְעָה אָזְנִי וַתָּבֶן לָהּ	1 Lo, all this my eye has seen; my ear has heard and perceived it.
2 כְּדַעְתְּכֶם יָדַעְתִּי גַם־אָנִי לֹא־נֹפֵל אָנֹכִי מִכֶּם	2 What you know, I also know; I fall not short of you.
3 אוּלָם אֲנִי אֶל־שַׁדַּי אֲדַבֵּר וְהֹוכֵחַ אֶל־אֵל אֶחְפָּץ	3 But I would speak with the Almighty; I wish to reason with God.
4 וְאוּלָם אַתֶּם טֹפְלֵי־שָׁקֶר רֹפְאֵי אֱלִל כֻּלְּכֶם	4 You are glossing over falsehoods and offering vain remedies, every one of you!
5 מִי־יִתֵּן הַחֲרֵשׁ תַּחֲרִישׁוּן וּתְהִי לָכֶם לְחָכְמָה	5 Oh, that you would be altogether silent! This for you would be wisdom.
6 שִׁמְעוּ־נָא תֹוכַחְתִּי וְרִבֹות שְׂפָתַי הַקְשִׁיבוּ	6 Hear now the rebuke I shall utter and listen to the reproof from my lips.
7 הַלְאֵל תְּדַבְּרוּ עַוְלָה וְלֹו תְּדַבְּרוּ רְמִיָּה	7 Is it for God that you speak falsehood? Is it for him that you utter deceit?
8 הֲפָנָיו תִּשָּׂאוּן אִם־לָאֵל תְּרִיבוּן	8 Is it for him that you show partiality? Do you play advocate on behalf of God?
9 הֲטֹוב כִּי־יַחְקֹר אֶתְכֶם אִם־כְּהָתֵל בֶּאֱנֹושׁ תְּהָתֵלּוּ בֹו	9 Will it be well when he shall search you out? Would you impose on him as one does on men?
10 הֹוכֵחַ יֹוכִיחַ אֶתְכֶם אִם־בַּסֵּתֶר פָּנִים תִּשָּׂאוּן	10 He will openly rebuke you if even in secret you show partiality.
11 הֲלֹא אֵתֹו תְּבַעֵת אֶתְכֶם וּפַחְדֹּו יִפֹּל עֲלֵיכֶם	11 Surely will his majesty affright you and the dread of him fall upon you.
12 זִכְרֹנֵיכֶם מִשְׁלֵי־אֵפֶר לְגַבֵּי־חֹמֶר גַּבֵּיכֶם	12 Your reminders are ashy maxims, your fabrications are mounds of clay.
13 הַחֲרִישׁוּ מִמֶּנִּי וַאֲדַבְּרָה־אָנִי וְיַעֲבֹר עָלַי מָה	13 Be silent, let me alone! that I may speak and give vent to my feelings.
14 עַל־מָה ׀ אֶשָּׂא בְשָׂרִי בְשִׁנָּי וְנַפְשִׁי אָשִׂים בְּכַפִּי	14 I will carry my flesh between my teeth, and take my life in my hand.
15 הֵן יִקְטְלֵנִי [לֹא כ] (לֹו ק) אֲיַחֵל אַךְ־דְּרָכַי אֶל־פָּנָיו אֹוכִיחַ	15 Slay me though he might, I will wait for him; I will defend my conduct before him.
16 גַּם־הוּא־לִי לִישׁוּעָה כִּי־לֹא לְפָנָיו חָנֵף יָבֹוא	16 And this shall be my salvation, that no impious man can come into his presence.
17 שִׁמְעוּ מֹועַ מִלָּתִי וְאַחֲוָתִי בְּאָזְנֵיכֶם	17 Pay careful heed to my speech, and give my statement a hearing.
18 הִנֵּה־נָא עָרַכְתִּי מִשְׁפָּט יָדַעְתִּי כִּי־אֲנִי אֶצְדָּק	18 Behold, I have prepared my case, I know that I am in the right.
19 מִי־הוּא יָרִיב עִמָּדִי כִּי־עַתָּה אַחֲרִישׁ וְאֶגְוָע	19 If anyone can make a case against me, then I shall be silent and die.
20 אַךשְְׁ־תַּיִם אַל־תַּעַשׂ עִמָּדִי אָז מִפָּנֶיךָ לֹא אֶסָּתֵר	20 These things only do not use against me, then from your presence I need not hide:
21 כַּפְּךָ מֵעָלַי הַרְחַק וְאֵמָתְךָ אַל־תְּבַעֲתַנִּי	21 Withdraw your hand far from me, and let not the terror of you frighten me.
22 וּקְרָא וְאָנֹכִי אֶעֱנֶה אֹו־אֲדַבֵּר וַהֲשִׁיבֵנִי	22 Then call me, and I will respond; or let me speak first, and answer me.
23 כַּמָּה לִי עֲוֹנֹות וְחַטָּאֹות פִּשְׁעִי וְחַטָּאתִי הֹדִיעֵנִי	23 What are my faults and my sins? My misdeeds and my sins make known to me!
24 לָמָּה־פָנֶיךָ תַסְתִּיר וְתַחְשְׁבֵנִי לְאֹויֵב לָךְ	24 Why do you hide your face and consider me your enemy?
25 הֶעָלֶה נִדָּף תַּעֲרֹוץ וְאֶת־קַשׁ יָבֵשׁ תִּרְדֹּף	25 Will you harass a wind-driven leaf, or pursue a withered straw?
26 כִּי־תִכְתֹּב עָלַי מְרֹרֹות וְתֹורִישֵׁנִי עֲוֹנֹות נְעוּרָי	26 For you draw up bitter indictments against me, and punish in me the faults of my youth.
27 וְתָשֵׂם בַּסַּד ׀ רַגְלַי וְתִשְׁמֹור כָּל־אָרְחֹותָי עַל־שָׁרְשֵׁי רַגְלַי תִּתְחַקֶּה	27 You put my feet in the stocks; you watch all my paths and trace out all my footsteps.
28 וְהוּא כְּרָקָב יִבְלֶה כְּבֶגֶד אֲכָלֹו עָשׁ	28 Though he wears out like a leather bottle, like a garment that the moth has consumed?