Shir ha-Shirim (שיר השירים ) - Cantico dei Cantici 19

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 וַיַּעַן אִיֹּוב וַיֹּאמַר	1 Then Job answered and said:
2 עַד־אָנָה תֹּוגְיוּן נַפְשִׁי וּתְדַכְּאוּנַנִי בְמִלִּים	2 How long will you vex my soul, grind me down with words?
3 זֶה עֶשֶׂר פְּעָמִים תַּכְלִימוּנִי לֹא־תֵבֹשׁוּ תַּהְכְּרוּ־לִי	3 These ten times you have reviled me, have assailed me without shame!
4 וְאַף־אָמְנָם שָׁגִיתִי אִתִּי תָּלִין מְשׁוּגָתִי	4 Be it indeed that I am at fault and that my fault remains with me,
5 אִם־אָמְנָם עָלַי תַּגְדִּילוּ וְתֹוכִיחוּ עָלַי חֶרְפָּתִּי	5 Even so, if you would vaunt yourselves against me and cast up to me any reproach,
6 דְּעוּ־אֵפֹו כִּי־אֱלֹוהַּ עִוְּתָנִי וּמְצוּדֹו עָלַי הִקִּיף	6 Know then that God has dealt unfairly with me, and compassed me round with his net.
7 הֵן אֶצְעַק חָמָס וְלֹא אֵעָנֶה אֲשַׁוַּע וְאֵין מִשְׁפָּט	7 If I cry out "Injustice!" I am not heard. I cry for help, but there is no redress.
8 אָרְחִי גָדַר וְלֹא אֶעֱבֹור וְעַל נְתִיבֹותַי חֹשֶׁךְ יָשִׂים	8 He has barred my way and I cannot pass; he has veiled my path in darkness;
9 כְּבֹודִי מֵעָלַי הִפְשִׁיט וַיָּסַר עֲטֶרֶת רֹאשִׁי	9 He has stripped me of my glory, and taken the diadem from my brow.
10 יִתְּצֵנִי סָבִיב וָאֵלַךְ וַיַּסַּע כָּעֵץ תִּקְוָתִי	10 He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone; my hope he has uprooted like a tree.
11 וַיַּחַר עָלַי אַפֹּו וַיַּחְשְׁבֵנִי לֹו כְצָרָיו	11 His wrath he has kindled against me; he counts me among his enemies.
12 יַחַד ׀ יָבֹאוּ גְדוּדָיו וַיָּסֹלּוּ עָלַי דַּרְכָּם וַיַּחֲנוּ סָבִיב לְאָהֳלִי	12 His troops advance as one man; they build up their road to attack me, and they encamp around my tent.
13 אַחַי מֵעָלַי הִרְחִיק וְיֹדְעַי אַךְ־זָרוּ מִמֶּנִּי	13 My brethren have withdrawn from me, and my friends are wholly estranged.
14 חָדְלוּ קְרֹובָי וּמְיֻדָּעַי שְׁכֵחוּנִי	14 My kinsfolk and companions neglect me, and my guests have forgotten me.
15 גָּרֵי בֵיתִי וְאַמְהֹתַי לְזָר תַּחְשְׁבֻנִי נָכְרִי הָיִיתִי בְעֵינֵיהֶם	15 Even my handmaids treat me as a stranger; I am an alien in their sight.
16 לְעַבְדִּי קָרָאתִי וְלֹא יַעֲנֶה בְּמֹו־פִי אֶתְחַנֶּן־לֹו	16 I call my servant, but he gives no answer, though in my speech I plead with him.
17 רוּחִי זָרָה לְאִשְׁתִּי וְחַנֹּתִי לִבְנֵי בִטְנִי	17 My breath is abhorred by my wife; I am loathsome to the men of my family.
18 גַּם־עֲוִילִים מָאֲסוּ בִי אָקוּמָה וַיְדַבְּרוּ־בִי	18 The young children, too, despise me; when I appear, they speak against me.
19 תִּעֲבוּנִי כָּל־מְתֵי סֹודִי וְזֶה־אָהַבְתִּי נֶהְפְּכוּ־בִי	19 All my intimate friends hold me in horror; those whom I loved have turned against me!
20 בְּעֹורִי וּבִבְשָׂרִי דָּבְקָה עַצְמִי וָאֶתְמַלְּטָה בְּעֹור שִׁנָּי	20 My bones cleave to my skin, and I have escaped with my flesh between my teeth.
21 חָנֻּנִי חָנֻּנִי אַתֶּם רֵעָי כִּי יַד־אֱלֹוהַּ נָגְעָה בִּי	21 Pity me, pity me, O you my friends, for the hand of God has struck me!
22 לָמָּה תִּרְדְּפֻנִי כְמֹו־אֵל וּמִבְּשָׂרִי לֹא תִשְׂבָּעוּ	22 Why do you hound me as though you were divine, and insatiably prey upon me?
23 מִי־יִתֵּן אֵפֹו וְיִכָּתְבוּן מִלָּי מִי־יִתֵּן בַּסֵּפֶר וְיֻחָקוּ	23 Oh, would that my words were written down! Would that they were inscribed in a record:
24 בְּעֵט־בַּרְזֶל וְעֹפָרֶת לָעַד בַּצּוּר יֵחָצְבוּן	24 That with an iron chisel and with lead they were cut in the rock forever!
25 וַאֲנִי יָדַעְתִּי גֹּאֲלִי חָי וְאַחֲרֹון עַל־עָפָר יָקוּם	25 But as for me, I know that my Vindicator lives, and that he will at last stand forth upon the dust;
26 וְאַחַר עֹורִי נִקְּפוּ־זֹאת וּמִבְּשָׂרִי אֶחֱזֶה אֱלֹוהַּ	26 And from my flesh I shall see God; my inmost being is consumed with longing.
27 אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי ׀ אֶחֱזֶה־לִּי וְעֵינַי רָאוּ וְלֹא־זָר כָּלוּ כִלְיֹתַי בְּחֵקִי	27 Whom I myself shall see: my own eyes, not another's, shall behold him,
28 כִּי תֹאמְרוּ מַה־נִּרְדָּף־לֹו וְשֹׁרֶשׁ דָּבָר נִמְצָא־בִי	28 But you who say, "How shall we persecute him, seeing that the root of the matter is found in him?"
29 גּוּרוּ לָכֶם ׀ מִפְּנֵי־חֶרֶב כִּי־חֵמָה עֲוֹנֹות חָרֶב לְמַעַן תֵּדְעוּן [שַׁדִּין כ] (שַׁדּוּן׃ ק) ס	29 Be afraid of the sword for yourselves, for these crimes deserve the sword; that you may know that there is a judgment.