Job 3
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.
1Post hæc aperuit Job os suum, et maledixit diei suo,
2And this is what he said:
2et locutus est:
3“May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said, ‘A boy is conceived.’
3[Pereat dies in qua natus sum, et nox in qua dictum est: Conceptus est homo.
4If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above disregard it; may no light shine upon it.
4Dies ille vertatur in tenebras: non requirat eum Deus desuper, et non illustretur lumine.
5May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.
5Obscurent eum tenebræ et umbra mortis; occupet eum caligo, et involvatur amaritudine.
6If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year; may it never be entered in any of the months.
6Noctem illam tenebrosus turbo possideat; non computetur in diebus anni, nec numeretur in mensibus.
7Behold, may that night be barren; may no joyful voice come into it.
7Sit nox illa solitaria, nec laude digna.
8May it be cursed by those who curse the day — those prepared to rouse Leviathan.
8Maledicant ei qui maledicunt diei, qui parati sunt suscitare Leviathan.
9May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.
9Obtenebrentur stellæ caligine ejus; expectet lucem, et non videat, nec ortum surgentis auroræ.
10For that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.
10Quia non conclusit ostia ventris qui portavit me, nec abstulit mala ab oculis meis.
11Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?
11Quare non in vulva mortuus sum? egressus ex utero non statim perii?
12Why were there knees to receive me, and breasts that I should be nursed?
12Quare exceptus genibus? cur lactatus uberibus?
13For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest
13Nunc enim dormiens silerem, et somno meo requiescerem
14with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves cities now in ruins,
14cum regibus et consulibus terræ, qui ædificant sibi solitudines;
15or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.
15aut cum principibus qui possident aurum, et replent domos suas argento;
16Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight?
16aut sicut abortivum absconditum non subsisterem, vel qui concepti non viderunt lucem.
17There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.
17Ibi impii cessaverunt a tumultu, et ibi requieverunt fessi robore.
18The captives enjoy their ease; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.
18Et quondam vincti pariter sine molestia, non audierunt vocem exactoris.
19Both small and great are there, and the slave is freed from his master.
19Parvus et magnus ibi sunt, et servus liber a domino suo.
20Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,
20Quare misero data est lux, et vita his qui in amaritudine animæ sunt:
21who long for death that does not come, and search for it like hidden treasure,
21qui expectant mortem, et non venit, quasi effodientes thesaurum;
22who rejoice and greatly exult when they can find the grave?
22gaudentque vehementer cum invenerint sepulchrum?
23Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
23viro cujus abscondita est via et circumdedit eum Deus tenebris?
24I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.
24Antequam comedam, suspiro; et tamquam inundantes aquæ, sic rugitus meus:
25For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.
25quia timor quem timebam evenit mihi, et quod verebar accidit.
26I am not at ease or quiet; I have no rest, for trouble has come.”
26Nonne dissimulavi? nonne silui? nonne quievi? et venit super me indignatio.]
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