Shir ha-Shirim (שיר השירים ) - Cantico dei Cantici 22

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	NEW JERUSALEM
1 וַיַּעַן אֱלִיפַז הַתֵּמָנִי וַיֹּאמַר	1 Eliphaz of Teman spoke next. He said:
2 הַלְאֵל יִסְכָּן־גָּבֶר כִּי־יִסְכֹּן עָלֵימֹו מַשְׂכִּיל	2 Can a human being contribute anything to God, when even someone intel igent can benefit onlyhimself?
3 הַחֵפֶץ לְשַׁדַּי כִּי תִצְדָּק וְאִם־בֶּצַע כִּי־תַתֵּם דְּרָכֶיךָ	3 Does Shaddai derive any benefit from your uprightness, or profit from your blameless conduct?
4 הֲמִיִּרְאָתְךָ יֹכִיחֶךָ יָבֹוא עִמְּךָ בַּמִּשְׁפָּט	4 Do you think he is punishing you for your piety and bringing you to justice for that?
5 הֲלֹא רָעָתְךָ רַבָּה וְאֵין־קֵץ לַעֲוֹנֹתֶיךָ	5 No, for your great wickedness, more likely, for your unlimited sins!
6 כִּי־תַחְבֹּל אַחֶיךָ חִנָּם וּבִגְדֵי עֲרוּמִּים תַּפְשִׁיט	6 You have exacted unearned pledges from your brothers, stripped people naked of their clothes,
7 לֹא־מַיִם עָיֵף תַּשְׁקֶה וּמֵרָעֵב תִּמְנַע־לָחֶם	7 failed to give water to the thirsty and refused bread to the hungry;
8 וְאִישׁ זְרֹועַ לֹו הָאָרֶץ וּנְשׂוּא פָנִים יֵשֶׁב בָּהּ	8 handed the land over to a strong man, for some favoured person to move in,
9 אַלְמָנֹות שִׁלַּחְתָּ רֵיקָם וּזְרֹעֹות יְתֹמִים יְדֻכָּא	9 sent widows away empty-handed and crushed the arms of orphans.
10 עַל־כֵּן סְבִיבֹותֶיךָ פַחִים וִיבַהֶלְךָ פַּחַד פִּתְאֹם	10 No wonder, then, if snares are al around you, and sudden terrors make you afraid;
11 אֹו־חֹשֶׁךְ לֹא־תִרְאֶה וְשִׁפְעַת־מַיִם תְּכַסֶּךָּ	11 if light has turned to darkness, so that you cannot see, and you have been submerged in the flood.
12 הֲ‍לֹא־אֱלֹוהַּ גֹּבַהּ שָׁמָיִם וּרְאֵה רֹאשׁ כֹּוכָבִים כִּי־רָמּוּ	12 Does not God live high in the heavens, does he not see the zenith of the stars?
13 וְאָמַרְתָּ מַה־יָּדַע אֵל הַבְעַד עֲרָפֶל יִשְׁפֹּוט	13 And because he is up there, you have said, 'What does God know? Can he judge through the darkcloud?
14 עָבִים סֵתֶר־לֹו וְלֹא יִרְאֶה וְחוּג מַיִם יִתְהַלָּךְ	14 The clouds, to him, are an impenetrable veil, as he goes his way on the rim of the heavens.'
15 הַאֹרַח עֹולָם תִּשְׁמֹר אֲשֶׁר דָּרְכוּ מְתֵי־אָוֶן	15 And wil you stil fol ow the ancient trail trodden by the wicked,
16 אֲשֶׁר־קֻמְּטוּ וְלֹא־עֵת נָהָר יוּצַק יְסֹודָם	16 those who were borne off before their time, whose foundations were swamped by a flood,
17 הָאֹמְרִים לָאֵל סוּר מִמֶּנּוּ וּמַה־יִּפְעַל שַׁדַּי לָמֹו	17 for having said to God, 'Go away! What can Shaddai do to us?'
18 וְהוּא מִלֵּא בָתֵּיהֶם טֹוב וַעֲצַת רְשָׁעִים רָחֲקָה מֶנִּי	18 Yet he himself had filled their houses with good things, although excluded from the plans of thewicked!
19 יִרְאוּ צַדִּיקִים וְיִשְׂמָחוּ וְנָקִי יִלְעַג־לָמֹו	19 At such a spectacle, the upright rejoice, and the innocent deride them:
20 אִם־לֹא נִכְחַד קִימָנוּ וְיִתְרָם אָכְלָה אֵשׁ	20 'See how our enemies have been destroyed! See how their wealth has perished in the flames!'
21 הַסְכֶּן־נָא עִמֹּו וּשְׁלם בָּהֶם תְּבֹואַתְךָ טֹובָה	21 Wel then! Make peace with him, be reconciled, and al your happiness will be restored to you.
22 קַח־נָא מִפִּיו תֹּורָה וְשִׂים אֲמָרָיו בִּלְבָבֶךָ	22 Welcome the teaching from his lips, and keep his words close to your heart.
23 אִם־תָּשׁוּב עַדשַׁ־דַּי תִּבָּנֶה תַּרְחִיק עַוְלָה מֵאָהֳלֶךָ	23 If you return, humbled, to Shaddai and drive wickedness far from your tent,
24 וְשִׁית־עַל־עָפָר בָּצֶר וּבְצוּר נְחָלִים אֹופִיר	24 if you lay your gold down on the dust, Ophir down among the pebbles of the torrent,
25 וְהָיָה שַׁדַּי בְּצָרֶיךָ וְכֶסֶף תֹּועָפֹות לָךְ	25 Shaddai wil be bars of gold to you and silver piled in heaps.
26 כִּי־אָז עַל־שַׁדַּי תִּתְעַנָּג וְתִשָּׂא אֶל־אֱלֹוהַּ פָּנֶיךָ	26 Then Shaddai will be al your delight, and you wil lift your face to God.
27 תַּעְתִּיר אֵלָיו וְיִשְׁמָעֶךָּ וּנְדָרֶיךָ תְשַׁלֵּם	27 You wil pray, and he wil hear; and you wil be able to fulfil your vows.
28 וְתִגְזַר־אֹומֶר וְיָקָם לָךְ וְעַל־דְּרָכֶיךָ נָגַהּ אֹור	28 Whatever you undertake wil go wel , and light will shine on your path;
29 כִּי־הִשְׁפִּילוּ וַתֹּאמֶר גֵּוָה וְשַׁח עֵינַיִם יֹושִׁעַ	29 for he casts down the pride of the arrogant, but he saves those of downcast eyes.
30 יְמַלֵּט אִי־נָקִי וְנִמְלַט בְּבֹר כַּפֶּיךָ׃ פ	30 He rescues anyone who is innocent; have your hands clean, and you wil be saved.