Shir ha-Shirim (שיר השירים ) - Cantico dei Cantici 34

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 וַיַּעַן אֱלִיהוּא וַיֹּאמַר	1 After proclaiming these things, Eliu now had this to say:
2 שִׁמְעוּ חֲכָמִים מִלָּי וְיֹדְעִים הַאֲזִינוּ לִי	2 May the wise hear my words, and may the educated listen to me.
3 כִּי־אֹזֶן מִלִּין תִּבְחָן וְחֵךְ יִטְעַם לֶאֱכֹל	3 For the ear examines words, and the mouth discerns foods by the taste.
4 מִשְׁפָּט נִבְחֲרָה־לָּנוּ נֵדְעָה בֵינֵינוּ מַה־טֹּוב	4 Let us choose judgment for ourselves, and let us consider among ourselves what is best.
5 כִּי־אָמַר אִיֹּוב צָדַקְתִּי וְאֵל הֵסִיר מִשְׁפָּטִי	5 For Job has said: “I am just, yet God has subverted my judgment.
6 עַל־מִשְׁפָּטִי אֲכַזֵּב אָנוּשׁ חִצִּי בְלִי־פָשַׁע	6 For, within my judgment, there is a lie: my vehement barbs are without any sin.”
7 מִי־גֶבֶר כְּאִיֹּוב יִשְׁתֶּה־לַּעַג כַּמָּיִם	7 What man is there that is like Job, who drinks up derision as if it were water,
8 וְאָרַח לְחֶבְרָה עִם־פֹּעֲלֵי אָוֶן וְלָלֶכֶת עִם־אַנְשֵׁי־רֶשַׁע	8 who accompanies those who work iniquity, and who walks with impious men?
9 כִּי־אָמַר לֹא יִסְכָּן־גָּבֶר בִּרְצֹתֹו עִם־אֱלֹהִים	9 For he has said, “Man will not please God, even if he should travel with him.”
10 לָכֵן ׀ אַנֲשֵׁי לֵבָב שִׁמְעוּ לִי חָלִלָה לָאֵל מֵרֶשַׁע וְשַׁדַּי מֵעָוֶל	10 Therefore, prudent men, hear me: impiety is far from God, and iniquity is far from the Almighty.
11 כִּי פֹעַל אָדָם יְשַׁלֶּם־לֹו וּכְאֹרַח אִישׁ יַמְצִאֶנּוּ	11 For he will restore to man his works, and according to the ways of each, he will repay them.
12 אַף־אָמְנָם אֵל לֹא־יַרְשִׁיעַ וְשַׁדַּי לֹא־יְעַוֵּת מִשְׁפָּט	12 For truly, God will not condemn in vain, nor will the Almighty repudiate judgment.
13 מִי־פָקַד עָלָיו אָרְצָה וּמִי ם תֵּבֵל כֻּלָּהּ	13 What other is established over the earth? Or whom has he placed over the world, which he made?
14 אִם־יָשִׂים אֵלָיו לִבֹּו רוּחֹו וְנִשְׁמָתֹו אֵלָיו יֶאֱסֹף	14 But, if he directs his heart towards him, he will draw his spirit and breath to himself.
15 יִגְוַע כָּל־בָּשָׂר יָחַד וְאָדָם עַל־עָפָר יָשׁוּב	15 All flesh will fail together, and man will return to ashes.
16 וְאִם־בִּינָה שִׁמְעָה־זֹּאת הַאֲזִינָה לְקֹול מִלָּי	16 Therefore, if you have understanding, hear what is said, and heed the sound of my eloquence.
17 הַאַף שֹׂונֵא מִשְׁפָּט יַחֲבֹושׁ וְאִם־צַדִּיק כַּבִּיר תַּרְשִׁיעַ	17 Is he that does not love judgment able to be corrected? And how can you so greatly condemn him who is just?
18 הַאֲמֹר לְמֶלֶךְ בְּלִיָּעַל רָשָׁע אֶל־נְדִיבִים	18 He says to the king, “You are an apostate.” He calls commanders impious.
19 אֲשֶׁר לֹא־נָשָׂא ׀ פְּנֵי שָׂרִים וְלֹא נִכַּר־שֹׁועַ לִפְנֵי־דָל כִּי־מַעֲשֵׂה יָדָיו כֻּלָּם	19 He does not accept the reputation of leaders; nor does he recognize the tyrant as he contends against the poor. For all are the work of his hands.
20 רֶגַע ׀ יָמֻתוּ וַחֲצֹות לָיְלָה יְגֹעֲשׁוּ עָם וְיַעֲבֹרוּ וְיָסִירוּ אַבִּיר לֹא בְיָד	20 They will die suddenly, and the people will be troubled in the middle of the night, but they will pass through it, and the violent will be taken away without a hand.
21 כִּי־עֵינָיו עַל־דַּרְכֵי־אִישׁ וְכָל־צְעָדָיו יִרְאֶה	21 For his eyes are upon the ways of men, and he examines all of their steps.
22 אֵין־חֹשֶׁךְ וְאֵין צַלְמָוֶת לְהִסָּתֶר ם פֹּעֲלֵי אָוֶן	22 There is no darkness and no shadow of death, where those who work iniquity may be hidden.
23 כִּי לֹא עַל־אִישׁ יָשִׂים עֹוד לַהֲלֹךְ אֶל־אֵל בַּמִּשְׁפָּט	23 For it is no longer within the power of man to enter into judgment with God.
24 יָרֹעַ כַּבִּירִים לֹא־חֵקֶר וַיַּעֲמֵד אֲחֵרִים תַּחְתָּם	24 He will break into many innumerable pieces, and he will cause others to stand up in their place.
25 לָכֵן יַכִּיר מַעְבָּדֵיהֶם וְהָפַךְ לַיְלָה וְיִדַּכָּאוּ	25 For he knows their works, and, as a result, he will bring the night, and they will be crushed.
26 תַּחַת־רְשָׁעִים סְפָקָם בִּמְקֹום רֹאִים	26 Just as the impious do, he has struck them in a place where they can be seen.
27 אֲשֶׁר עַל־כֵּן סָרוּ מֵאַחֲרָיו וְכָל־דְּרָכָיו לֹא הִשְׂכִּילוּ	27 They, as if with great diligence, have withdrawn from him, and they refused to understand all his ways,
28 לְהָבִיא עָלָיו צַעֲקַת־דָּל וְצַעֲקַת עֲנִיִּים יִשְׁמָע	28 so that they caused the outcry of the needy to reach him, and he heard the voice of the poor.
29 וְהוּא יַשְׁקִט ׀ וּמִי יַרְשִׁעַ וְיַסְתֵּר פָּנִים וּמִי יְשׁוּרֶנּוּ וְעַל־גֹּוי וְעַל־אָדָם יָחַד	29 For, when he grants peace, who is there that can condemn? When he hides his face, who is there that can contemplate him, either among the nations, or among all men?
30 מִמְּלֹךְ אָדָם חָנֵף מִמֹּקְשֵׁי עָם	30 He causes a hypocritical man to reign because of the sins of the people.
31 כִּי־אֶל־אֵל הֶאָמַר נָשָׂאתִי לֹא אֶחְבֹּל	31 Therefore, since I have been speaking about God, I will not prevent you from doing the same.
32 בִּלְעֲדֵי אֶחֱזֶה אַתָּה הֹרֵנִי אִם־עָוֶל פָּעַלְתִּי לֹא אֹסִיף	32 If I have erred, you may teach me; if I have spoken unfairly, I will add no more.
33 הַמֵעִמְּךָ יְשַׁלְמֶנָּה כִּי־מָאַסְתָּ כִּי־אַתָּה תִבְחַר וְלֹא־אָנִי וּמַה־יָדַעְתָּ דַבֵּר	33 Does God require this of you because it is displeasing to you? For you were the first to speak, and not I. But if you know something better, speak.
34 אַנְשֵׁי לֵבָב יֹאמְרוּ לִי וְגֶבֶר חָכָם שֹׁמֵעַ לִי	34 Let men of understanding speak to me, and let a wise man listen to me.
35 אִיֹּוב לֹא־בְדַעַת יְדַבֵּר וּדְבָרָיו לֹא בְהַשְׂכֵּיל	35 But Job has been speaking foolishly, and his words contain unsound teaching.
36 אָבִי יִבָּחֵן אִיֹּוב עַד־נֶצַח עַל־תְּשֻׁבֹת בְּאַנְשֵׁי־אָוֶן	36 My father, let Job be tested even to the end; may you not retreat from a man of iniquity.
37 כִּי יֹסִיף עַל־חַטָּאתֹו פֶשַׁע בֵּינֵינוּ יִסְפֹּוק וְיֶרֶב אֲמָרָיו לָאֵל׃ ס	37 For he adds blasphemy on top of his sins; nevertheless, let him be constrained to be among us, and then let him provoke God to judgment with his speeches.