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

MODERN HEBREW BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 ויען אליפז התמני ויאמר	1 Then Eliphaz the Themanite responded by saying:
2 הלאל יסכן גבר כי יסכן עלימו משכיל	2 Can man be compared with God, even if he were perfect in knowledge?
3 החפץ לשדי כי תצדק ואם בצע כי תתם דרכיך	3 What advantage is it to God, if you were just? Or what do you provide for him, if your way should be immaculate?
4 המיראתך יכיחך יבוא עמך במשפט	4 Will he reprove you and take you to judgment for being afraid,
5 הלא רעתך רבה ואין קץ לעונתיך	5 and not because of your many evil deeds and your infinite unfairness?
6 כי תחבל אחיך חנם ובגדי ערומים תפשיט	6 For you have taken away the collateral of your brothers without cause, and stripped them naked of their clothing.
7 לא מים עיף תשקה ומרעב תמנע לחם	7 You have not given water to the weary; you have taken bread away from the hungry.
8 ואיש זרוע לו הארץ ונשוא פנים ישב בה	8 By the strength of your arm, you took possession of the land, and you retain it by being the strongest.
9 אלמנות שלחת ריקם וזרעות יתמים ידכא	9 You have sent widows away empty, and you have crushed the shoulders of orphans.
10 על כן סביבותיך פחים ויבהלך פחד פתאם	10 Because of this, you are surrounded by traps, and unexpected fears will disturb you.
11 או חשך לא תראה ושפעת מים תכסך	11 And did you think that you would not see darkness and that you were not to be overwhelmed by the on-rush of overflowing waters?
12 הלא אלוה גבה שמים וראה ראש כוכבים כי רמו	12 Have you not considered that God is higher than the heavens and is lifted above the height of the stars?
13 ואמרת מה ידע אל הבעד ערפל ישפוט	13 And you say: “Well, what does God know?” and, “He judges, as if through a fog,”
14 עבים סתר לו ולא יראה וחוג שמים יתהלך	14 and, “The clouds are his hiding-place,” and, “He does not examine us closely,” and, “He makes his rounds at the limits of the heavens.”
15 הארח עולם תשמר אשר דרכו מתי און	15 Do you not want to tend the path of the ages, which wicked men have spurned?
16 אשר קמטו ולא עת נהר יוצק יסודם	16 These were taken away before their time, and a flood overthrew their foundation.
17 האמרים לאל סור ממנו ומה יפעל שדי למו	17 They said to God, “Withdraw from us,” and they treated the Almighty as if he could do nothing,
18 והוא מלא בתיהם טוב ועצת רשעים רחקה מני	18 though he had filled their houses with good things. May their way of thinking be far from me.
19 יראו צדיקים וישמחו ונקי ילעג למו	19 The just will see and will rejoice, and the innocent will mock them.
20 אם לא נכחד קימנו ויתרם אכלה אש	20 Has not their haughtiness been cut down, and has not fire devoured the remnants of them?
21 הסכן נא עמו ושלם בהם תבואתך טובה	21 So, repose yourself with him and be at peace, and, in this way, you will have the best fruits.
22 קח נא מפיו תורה ושים אמריו בלבבך	22 Accept the law from his mouth, and place his words in your heart.
23 אם תשוב עד שדי תבנה תרחיק עולה מאהלך	23 If you will return to the Almighty, you will be rebuilt, and you will put sinfulness far from your tabernacle.
24 ושית על עפר בצר ובצור נחלים אופיר	24 He will give you stone in place of dirt, and torrents of gold in place of stone.
25 והיה שדי בצריך וכסף תועפות לך	25 And the Almighty will be against your enemies, and silver will be gathered together for you.
26 כי אז על שדי תתענג ותשא אל אלוה פניך	26 Then will you flock together in delight over the Almighty, and you will lift up your face to God.
27 תעתיר אליו וישמעך ונדריך תשלם	27 You will plead with him, and he will listen to you, and you will pay your vows.
28 ותגזר אומר ויקם לך ועל דרכיך נגה אור	28 You will decide on something, and it will come to you, and the light will shine in your ways.
29 כי השפילו ותאמר גוה ושח עינים יושע	29 For he who had been humbled, will be in glory; and he who will lower his eyes, will be the one saved.
30 ימלט אי נקי ונמלט בבר כפיך	30 The innocent will be saved, and he will be saved with purity in his hands.