Shir ha-Shirim (שיר השירים ) - Cantico dei Cantici 9

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 וַיַּעַן אִיֹּוב וַיֹּאמַר	1 And Job answered, and said:
2 אָמְנָם יָדַעְתִּי כִי־כֵן וּמַה־יִּצְדַּק אֱנֹושׁ עִם־אֵל	2 Indeed I know it is so, and that man cannot be justified compared with
3 אִם־יַחְפֹּץ לָרִיב עִמֹּו לֹא־יַעֲנֶנּוּ אַחַת מִנִּי־אָלֶף	3 If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one for a thousand.
4 חֲכַם לֵבָב וְאַמִּיץ כֹּחַ מִי־הִקְשָׁה אֵלָיו וַיִּשְׁלָם	4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath resisted him, and hath had peace ?
5 הַמַּעְתִּיק הָרִים וְלֹא יָדָעוּ אֲשֶׁר הֲפָכָם בְּאַפֹּו	5 Who hath removed mountains, and they whom he overthrew in his wrath, knew it not.
6 הַמַּרְגִּיז אֶרֶץ מִמְּקֹומָהּ וְעַמּוּדֶיהָ יִתְפַלָּצוּן	6 Who shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
7 הָאֹמֵר לַחֶרֶס וְלֹא יִזְרָח וּבְעַד כֹּוכָבִים יַחְתֹּם	7 Who commandeth tile sun and it riseth not: and shutteth up the stars as it were under a seal:
8 נֹטֶה שָׁמַיִם לְבַדֹּו וְדֹורֵךְ עַל־בָּמֳתֵי יָם	8 Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and walketh upon the waves of the sea.
9 עֹשֶׂה־עָשׁ כְּסִיל וְכִימָה וְחַדְרֵי תֵמָן	9 Who maketh Arcturus, and Orion, and Hyades, and the inner parts of the south.
10 עֹשֶׂה גְדֹלֹות עַד־אֵין חֵקֶר וְנִפְלָאֹות עַד־אֵין מִסְפָּר	10 Who doth things great and incomprehensible, and wonderful, of which there is no number.
11 הֵן יַעֲבֹר עָלַי וְלֹא אֶרְאֶה וְיַחֲלֹף וְלֹא־אָבִין לֹו	11 If he come to me, I shall not see him: if he depart I shall not understand.
12 הֵן יַחְתֹּף מִי יְשִׁיבֶנּוּ מִי־יֹאמַר אֵלָיו מַה־תַּעֲשֶׂה	12 If he examine on a sudden, who shall answer him? or who can say: Why dost thou so?
13 אֱלֹוהַּ לֹא־יָשִׁיב אַפֹּו [תַּחַתֹו כ] (תַּחְתָּיו ק) חֲחוּ עֹזְרֵי רָהַב	13 God, whose wrath no mall can resist, and under whom they stoop that bear up the world.
14 אַף כִּי־אָנֹכִי אֶעֱנֶנּוּ אֶבְחֲרָה דְבָרַי עִמֹּו	14 What am I then, that I should answer him, and have words with him?
15 אֲשֶׁר אִם־צָדַקְתִּי לֹא אֶעֱנֶה לִמְשֹׁפְטִי אֶתְחַנָּן	15 I, who although I should have any just thing, would not answer, but would make supplication to my judge.
16 אִם־קָרָאתִי וַיַּעֲנֵנִי לֹא־אַאֲמִין כִּי־יַאֲזִין קֹולִי	16 And if he should hear me when I call, I should not believe that he had heard my voice.
17 אֲשֶׁר־בִּשְׂעָרָה יְשׁוּפֵנִי וְהִרְבָּה פְצָעַי חִנָּם	17 For he shall crush me in a whirlwind, and multiply my wounds even without cause.
18 לֹא־יִתְּנֵנִי הָשֵׁב רוּחִי כִּי יַשְׂבִּעַנִי מַמְּרֹרִים	18 He alloweth not my spirit to rest, and he filleth me with bitterness.
19 אִם־לְכֹחַ אַמִּיץ הִנֵּה וְאִם־לְמִשְׁפָּט מִי יֹועִידֵנִי	19 If strength be demanded, he is most strong: if equity of judgment, no man dare bear witness for me.
20 אִם־אֶצְדָּק פִּי יַרְשִׁיעֵנִי תָּם־אָנִי וַיַּעְקְשֵׁנִי	20 If I would justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me: if I would shew myself innocent, he shall prove me wicked.
21 תָּם־אָנִי לֹא־אֵדַע נַפְשִׁי אֶמְאַס חַיָּי	21 Although I should be simple, even this my soul shall be ignorant of, and I shall be weary of my life.
22 אַחַת הִיא עַל־כֵּן אָמַרְתִּי תָּם וְרָשָׁע הוּא מְכַלֶּה	22 One thing there is that I have spoken, both the innocent and the wicked he consumeth.
23 אִםשֹׁ־וט יָמִית פִּתְאֹם לְמַסַּת נְקִיִּם יִלְעָג	23 If he scourge, let him kill at once, and not laugh at the pains of the innocent.
24 אֶרֶץ ׀ נִתְּנָה בְיַד־רָשָׁע פְּנֵי־שֹׁפְטֶיהָ יְכַסֶּה אִם־לֹא אֵפֹוא מִי־הוּא	24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked, he covereth the face of the judges thereof: and if it be not he, who is it then?
25 וְיָמַי קַלּוּ מִנִּי־רָץ בָּרְחוּ לֹא־רָאוּ טֹובָה	25 My days have been swifter than a post: they have fled away and have not seen good.
26 חָלְפוּ עִם־אֳנִיֹּות אֵבֶה כְּנֶשֶׁר יָטוּשׂ עֲלֵי־אֹכֶל	26 They have passed by as ships carrying fruits, as an eagle flying to the prey.
27 אִם־אָמְרִי אֶשְׁכְּחָה שִׂיחִי אֶעֶזְבָה פָנַי וְאַבְלִיגָה	27 If I say: I will not speak so: I change my face, and am tormented with sorrow.
28 יָגֹרְתִּי כָל־עַצְּבֹתָי יָדַעְתִּי כִּי־לֹא תְנַקֵּנִי	28 I feared all my works, knowing that thou didst not spare the offender.
29 אָנֹכִי אֶרְשָׁע לָמָּה־זֶּה הֶבֶל אִיגָע	29 But if so also I am wicked, why have I laboured in vain?
30 אִם־הִתְרָחַצְתִּי [בְמֹו כ] (בְמֵי־שָׁלֶג ק) וַהֲזִכֹּותִי בְּבֹר כַּפָּי	30 If I be washed as it were with snow waters, and my hands shall shine ever so clean :
31 אָז בַּשַּׁחַת תִּטְבְּלֵנִי וְתִעֲבוּנִי שַׂלְמֹותָי	31 Yet thou shalt plunge me in filth, and my garments shall abhor me,
32 כִּי־לֹא־אִישׁ כָּמֹנִי אֶעֱנֶנּוּ נָבֹוא יַחְדָּו בַּמִּשְׁפָּט	32 For I shall not answer a man that is like myself: nor one that may be heard with me equally in judgment.
33 לֹא יֵשׁ־בֵּינֵינוּ מֹוכִיחַ יָשֵׁת יָדֹו עַל־שְׁנֵינוּ	33 There is none that may be able to reprove both, and to put his hand between both.
34 יָסֵר מֵעָלַי שִׁבְטֹו וְאֵמָתֹו אַל־תְּבַעֲתַנִּי	34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me.
35 אַדַבְּרָה וְלֹא אִירָאֶנּוּ כִּי לֹא־כֵן אָנֹכִי עִמָּדִי	35 I will speak, and will not fear him: for I cannot answer while I am in fear.