Shir ha-Shirim (שיר השירים ) - Cantico dei Cantici 8

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	NEW JERUSALEM
1 וַיַּעַן בִּלְדַּד הַשּׁוּחִי וַיֹאמַר	1 Bildad of Shuah spoke next. He said:
2 עַד־אָן תְּמַלֶּל־אֵלֶּה וְרוּחַ כַּבִּיר אִמְרֵי־פִיךָ	2 How much longer are you going to talk like this and go blustering on in this way?
3 הַאֵל יְעַוֵּת מִשְׁפָּט וְאִםשַׁ־דַּי יְעַוֵּת־צֶדֶק	3 Can God deflect the course of right or Shaddai falsify justice?
4 אִם־בָּנֶיךָ חָטְאוּ־לֹו וַיְשַׁלְּחֵם בְּיַד־פִּשְׁעָם	4 If your sons sinned against him, he has punished them for their wrong-doing.
5 אִם־אַתָּה תְּשַׁחֵר אֶל־אֵל וְאֶלשַׁ־דַּי תִּתְחַנָּן	5 You for your part, if you are pure and honest, must now seek God, plead with Shaddai.
6 אִם־זַךְ וְיָשָׁר אָתָּה כִּי־עַתָּה יָעִיר עָלֶיךָ וְשִׁלַּם נְוַת צִדְקֶךָ	6 Forthwith his light wil shine on you and he wil restore an upright man's house to prosperity.
7 וְהָיָה רֵאשִׁיתְךָ מִצְעָר וְאַחֲרִיתְךָ יִשְׂגֶּה מְאֹד	7 Your former state wil seem as nothing to you, so great wil your future be.
8 כִּי־שְׁאַל־נָא לְדֹר רִישֹׁון וְכֹונֵן לְחֵקֶר אֲבֹותָם	8 Question the generation that has passed, meditate on the experience of its ancestors-
9 כִּי־תְמֹול אֲנַחְנוּ וְלֹא נֵדָע כִּי צֵל יָמֵינוּ עֲלֵי־אָרֶץ	9 for we children of yesterday, we know nothing, our life on earth passes like a shadow-
10 הֲלֹא־הֵם יֹורוּךָ יֹאמְרוּ לָךְ וּמִלִּבָּם יֹוצִאוּ מִלִּים	10 but they wil teach you, they will tel you, and their thought is expressed in these sayings,
11 הֲיִגְאֶה־גֹּמֶא בְּלֹא בִצָּה יִשְׂגֶּה־אָחוּ בְלִי־מָיִם	11 'Can papyrus flourish except in marshes? Without water can the rushes grow?
12 עֹדֶנּוּ בְאִבֹּו לֹא יִקָּטֵף וְלִפְנֵי כָל־חָצִיר יִיבָשׁ	12 Even when green and before being cut, fastest of al plants they wither.
13 כֵּן אָרְחֹות כָּל־שֹׁכְחֵי אֵל וְתִקְוַת חָנֵף תֹּאבֵד	13 Such is the fate of al who forget God; so perishes the hope of the godless.
14 אֲשֶׁר־יָקֹוט כִּסְלֹו וּבֵית עַכָּבִישׁ מִבְטַחֹו	14 His hope is nothing but gossamer, his confidence a spider's web.
15 יִשָּׁעֵן עַל־בֵּיתֹו וְלֹא יַעֲמֹד יַחֲזִיק בֹּו וְלֹא יָקוּם	15 Let him lean on his house, it wil not stand firm; cling to it, it wil not hold.
16 רָטֹב הוּא לִפְנֵי־שָׁמֶשׁ וְעַל גַּנָּתֹו יֹנַקְתֹּו תֵצֵא	16 Like some lush plant in the sunlight, he sent his young shoots sprouting over the garden;
17 עַל־גַּל שָׁרָשָׁיו יְסֻבָּכוּ בֵּית אֲבָנִים יֶחֱזֶה	17 but his roots were twined in a heap of stones, he drew his life among the rocks.
18 אִם־יְבַלְּעֶנּוּ מִמְּקֹומֹו וְכִחֶשׁ בֹּו לֹא רְאִיתִיךָ	18 Snatch him from his bed, and it denies it ever saw him.
19 הֶן־הוּא מְשֹׂושׂ דַּרְכֹּו וּמֵעָפָר אַחֵר יִצְמָחוּ	19 Now he rots on the roadside, and others are springing up in the soil.
20 הֶן־אֵל לֹא יִמְאַס־תָּם וְלֹא־יַחֲזִיק בְּיַד־מְרֵעִים	20 Believe me, God neither spurns anyone of integrity, nor lends his aid to the evil.
21 עַד־יְמַלֵּה שְׂחֹוק פִּיךָ וּשְׂפָתֶיךָ תְרוּעָה	21 Once again laughter may fil your mouth and cries of joy break from your lips.
22 שֹׂנְאֶיךָ יִלְבְּשׁוּ־בֹשֶׁת וְאֹהֶל רְשָׁעִים אֵינֶנּוּ׃ פ	22 Your enemies will be covered with shame and the tent of the wicked wil vanish!'