Job 3
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed his day,
1Post hæc aperuit Job os suum, et maledixit diei suo,
2And he said:
2et locutus est:
3Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said: A man child is conceived.
3[Pereat dies in qua natus sum, et nox in qua dictum est: Conceptus est homo.
4Let that day be turned into darkness, let not God regard it from above, and let not the light shine upon it.
4Dies ille vertatur in tenebras: non requirat eum Deus desuper, et non illustretur lumine.
5Let darkness, and the shadow of death cover it, let a mist overspread it, and let it be wrapped up in bitterness.
5Obscurent eum tenebræ et umbra mortis; occupet eum caligo, et involvatur amaritudine.
6Let a darksome whirlwind seize upon that night, let it not be counted in the days of the year, nor numbered in the months.
6Noctem illam tenebrosus turbo possideat; non computetur in diebus anni, nec numeretur in mensibus.
7Let that night be solitary, and not worthy of praise.
7Sit nox illa solitaria, nec laude digna.
8Let them curse it who curse the day. who are ready to raise up a leviathan:
8Maledicant ei qui maledicunt diei, qui parati sunt suscitare Leviathan.
9Let the stars be darkened with the mist thereof: let it expect light and not see it, nor the rising of the dawning of the day:
9Obtenebrentur stellæ caligine ejus; expectet lucem, et non videat, nec ortum surgentis auroræ.
10Because it shut not up the doors of the womb that bore me, nor took away evils from my eyes.
10Quia non conclusit ostia ventris qui portavit me, nec abstulit mala ab oculis meis.
11Why did I not die in the womb, why did I not perish when I came out of the belly?
11Quare non in vulva mortuus sum? egressus ex utero non statim perii?
12Why received upon the knees? why suckled at the breasts?
12Quare exceptus genibus? cur lactatus uberibus?
13For now I should have been asleep and still, and should have rest in my sleep.
13Nunc enim dormiens silerem, et somno meo requiescerem
14With kings and consuls of the earth, who build themselves solitudes:
14cum regibus et consulibus terræ, qui ædificant sibi solitudines;
15Or with princes, that possess gold, and All their houses with silver:
15aut cum principibus qui possident aurum, et replent domos suas argento;
16Or as a hidden untimely birth I should not be, or as they that being conceived have not seen the light.
16aut sicut abortivum absconditum non subsisterem, vel qui concepti non viderunt lucem.
17There the wicked cease from tumult, and there the wearied in strength are at rest.
17Ibi impii cessaverunt a tumultu, et ibi requieverunt fessi robore.
18And they sometime bound together without disquiet, have not heard the voice of the oppressor.
18Et quondam vincti pariter sine molestia, non audierunt vocem exactoris.
19The small and great are there, and the servant is free from his master.
19Parvus et magnus ibi sunt, et servus liber a domino suo.
20Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to them that are in bitterness of soul?
20Quare misero data est lux, et vita his qui in amaritudine animæ sunt:
21That look for death, and it cometh not, as they that dig for a treasure:
21qui expectant mortem, et non venit, quasi effodientes thesaurum;
22And they rejoice exceedingly when they have found the grave.
22gaudentque vehementer cum invenerint sepulchrum?
23To a man whose way is hidden, and God hath surrounded him with darkness?
23viro cujus abscondita est via et circumdedit eum Deus tenebris?
24Before I eat I sigh: and as overflowing waters, so is my roaring:
24Antequam comedam, suspiro; et tamquam inundantes aquæ, sic rugitus meus:
25For the fear which I feared hath come upon me: and that which I was afraid of, hath befallen me.
25quia timor quem timebam evenit mihi, et quod verebar accidit.
26Have I not dissembled? have I not kept silence? have I not been quiet? and indignation is come upon me.
26Nonne dissimulavi? nonne silui? nonne quievi? et venit super me indignatio.]
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