Shir ha-Shirim (שיר השירים ) - Cantico dei Cantici 31

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 בְּרִית כָּרַתִּי לְעֵינָי וּמָה אֶתְבֹּונֵן עַל־בְּתוּלָה	1 I made a covenant with my eyes, that I would not so much as think upon a virgin.
2 וּמֶה ׀ חֵלֶק אֱלֹוהַּ מִמָּעַל וְנַחֲלַת דַּי מִמְּרֹמִים	2 For what part should God from above have in me, and what inheritance the Almighty from on high?
3 הֲלֹא־אֵיד לְעַוָּל וְנֵכֶר לְפֹעֲלֵי אָוֶן	3 Is not destruction to the wicked, and aversion to them that work iniquity?
4 הֲלֹא־הוּא יִרְאֶה דְרָכָי וְכָל־צְעָדַי יִסְפֹּור	4 Doth not he consider my ways, and number all my steps?
5 אִם־הָלַכְתִּי עִם־שָׁוְא וַתַּחַשׁ עַל־מִרְמָה רַגְלִי	5 If I have walked in vanity, and my foot hath made haste to deceit:
6 יִשְׁקְלֵנִי בְמֹאזְנֵי־צֶדֶק וְיֵדַע אֱלֹוהַּ תֻּמָּתִי	6 Let him weigh me in a just balance, and let God know my simplicity.
7 אִם תִּטֶּה אַשֻּׁרִי מִנִּי הַדָּרֶךְ וְאַחַר עֵינַי הָלַךְ לִבִּי וּבְכַפַּי דָּבַק מֻאוּם ׃ פ	7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and if my heart hath followed my eyes, and if a spot hath cleaved to my hands:
8 אֶזְרְעָה וְאַחֵר יֹאכֵל וְצֶאֱצָאַי יְשֹׁרָשׁוּ	8 Then let me sow and let another eat: and let my offspring be rooted out.
9 אִם־נִפְתָּה לִבִּי עַל־אִשָּׁה וְעַל־פֶּתַח רֵעִי אָרָבְתִּי	9 If my heart hath been deceived upon a woman, and if I have laid wait at my friend's door:
10 תִּטְחַן לְאַחֵר אִשְׁתִּי וְעָלֶיהָ יִכְרְעוּן אֲחֵרִין	10 Let my wife be the harlot of another, and let other men lie with her.
11 כִּי־ [הוּא כ] (הִיא ק) זִמָּה [וְהִיא כ] (וְהוּא ק) עָוֹן פְּלִילִים	11 For this is a heinous crime, and a most grievous iniquity.
12 כִּי אֵשׁ הִיא עַד־אֲבַדֹּון תֹּאכֵל וּבְכָל־תְּבוּאָתִי תְשָׁרֵשׁ	12 It is a fire that devoureth even to destruction, and rooteth up all things that spring.
13 אִם־אֶמְאַס מִשְׁפַּט עַבְדִּי וַאֲמָתִי בְּרִבָם עִמָּדִי	13 If I have despised to abide judgment with my manservant, or my maidservant, when they had any controversy against me:
14 וּמָה אֶעֱשֶׂה כִּי־יָקוּם אֵל וְכִי־יִפְקֹד מָה אֲשִׁיבֶנּוּ	14 For what shall I do when God shall rise to judge? and when he shall examine, what shall I answer him?
15 הֲ‍לֹא־בַבֶּטֶן עֹשֵׂנִי עָשָׂהוּ וַיְכֻנֶנּוּ בָּרֶחֶם אֶחָד	15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him also: and did not one and the same form me in the womb?
16 אִם־אֶמְנַע מֵחֵפֶץ דַּלִּים וְעֵינֵי אַלְמָנָה אֲכַלֶּה	16 If I have denied to the poor what they desired, and have made the eyes of the widow wait:
17 וְאֹכַל פִּתִּי לְבַדִּי וְלֹא־אָכַל יָתֹום מִמֶּנָּה	17 If I have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof:
18 כִּי מִנְּעוּרַי גְּדֵלַנִי כְאָב וּמִבֶּטֶן אִמִּי אַנְחֶנָּה	18 (For from my infancy mercy grew up with me: and it came out with me from my mother's womb :)
19 אִם־אֶרְאֶה אֹובֵד מִבְּלִי לְבוּשׁ וְאֵין כְּסוּת לָאֶבְיֹון	19 If I have despised him that was perishing for want of clothing, and the poor man that had no covering:
20 אִם־לֹא בֵרֲכוּנִי [חֲלָצֹו כ] (חֲלָצָיו ק) וּמִגֵּז כְּבָשַׂי יִתְחַמָּם	20 If his sides have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep:
21 אִם־הֲנִיפֹותִי עַל־יָתֹום יָדִי כִּי־אֶרְאֶה בַשַּׁעַר עֶזְרָתִי	21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, even when I saw myself superior in the gate:
22 כְּתֵפִי מִשִּׁכְמָה תִפֹּול וְאֶזְרֹעִי מִקָּנָה תִשָּׁבֵר	22 Let my shoulder fall from its joint, and let my arm with its bones be broken.
23 כִּי פַחַד אֵלַי אֵיד אֵל וּמִשְּׂאֵתֹו לֹא אוּכָל	23 For I have always feared God as waves swelling over me, and his weight I was not able to bear.
24 אִם־שַׂמְתִּי זָהָב כִּסְלִי וְלַכֶּתֶם אָמַרְתִּי מִבְטַחִי	24 If I have thought gold my strength, and have said to fine gold: My confidence:
25 אִם־אֶשְׂמַח כִּי־רַב חֵילִי וְכִי־כַבִּיר מָצְאָה יָדִי	25 If I have rejoiced over my great riches, and because my hand had gotten much.
26 אִם־אֶרְאֶה אֹור כִּי יָהֵל וְיָרֵחַ יָקָר הֹלֵךְ	26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, and the moon going in brightness:
27 וַיִּפְתְּ בַּסֵּתֶר לִבִּי וַתִּשַּׁק יָדִי לְפִי	27 And my heart in secret hath rejoiced, and I have kissed my hand with my mouth:
28 גַּם־הוּא עָוֹן פְּלִילִי כִּי־כִחַשְׁתִּי לָאֵל מִמָּעַל	28 Which is a very great iniquity, and a denial against the most high God.
29 אִם־אֶשְׂמַח בְּפִיד מְשַׂנְאִי וְהִתְעֹרַרְתִּי כִּי־מְצָאֹו רָע	29 If I have been glad at the downfall of him that hated me, and have rejoiced that evil had found him.
30 וְלֹא־נָתַתִּי לַחֲטֹא חִכִּי לִשְׁאֹל בְּאָלָה נַפְשֹׁו	30 For I have not given my mouth to sin, by wishing a curse to his soul.
31 אִם־לֹא אָמְרוּ מְתֵי אָהֳלִי מִי־יִתֵּן מִבְּשָׂרֹו לֹא נִשְׂבָּע	31 If the men of my tabernacle have not said: Who will give us of his flesh that we may be filled?
32 בַּחוּץ לֹא־יָלִין גֵּר דְּלָתַי לָאֹרַח אֶפְתָּח	32 The stranger did not stay without, my door was open to the traveller.
33 אִם־כִּסִּיתִי כְאָדָם פְּשָׁעָי לִטְמֹון בְּחֻבִּי עֲוֹנִי	33 If as a man I have hid my sin, and have concealed my iniquity in my bosom.
34 כִּי אֶעֱרֹוץ ׀ הָמֹון רַבָּה וּבוּז־מִשְׁפָּחֹות יְחִתֵּנִי וָאֶדֹּם לֹא־אֵצֵא פָתַח	34 If I have been afraid at a very great multitude, and the contempt of kinsmen hath terrified me: and I have not rather held my peace, and not gone out of the door.
35 מִי יִתֶּן־לִי ׀ שֹׁמֵעַ לִי הֶן־תָּוִי שַׁדַּי יַעֲנֵנִי וְסֵפֶר כָּתַב אִישׁ רִיבִי	35 Who would grant me a hearer, that the Almighty may hear my desire; and that he himself that judgeth would write a book,
36 אִם־לֹא עַלשִׁ־כְמִי אֶשָּׂאֶנּוּ אֶעֶנְדֶנּוּ עֲטָרֹות לִי	36 That I may carry it on my shoulder, and put it about me as a crown?
37 מִסְפַּר צְעָדַי אַגִּידֶנּוּ כְּמֹו־נָגִיד אֲקָרֲבֶנּוּ	37 At every step of mine I would pronounce it, and offer it as to a prince.
38 אִם־עָלַי אַדְמָתִי תִזְעָק וְיַחַד תְּלָמֶיהָ יִבְכָּיוּן	38 If my land cry against me, and with it the furrows thereof mourn:
39 אִם־כֹּחָהּ אָכַלְתִּי בְלִי־כָסֶף וְנֶפֶשׁ בְּעָלֶיהָ הִפָּחְתִּי	39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, and have afflicted the soul of the tillers thereof:
40 תַּחַת חִטָּה ׀ יֵצֵא חֹוחַ וְתַחַת־שְׂעֹרָה בָאְשָׁה תַּמּוּ דִּבְרֵי אִיֹּוב׃ פ	40 Let thistles grow up to me instead of wheat, and thorns instead of barley.