Job 34
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1Moreover Elihu answered and said:
1Pronuntians itaque Eliu, etiam hæc locutus est:
2Hear my words, ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
2[Audite, sapientes, verba mea: et eruditi, auscultate me.
3For the ear trieth words, as the palate tasteth food.
3Auris enim verba probat, et guttur escas gustu dijudicat.
4Let us choose for us that which is right; let us know among ourselves what is good.
4Judicium eligamus nobis, et inter nos videamus quid sit melius.
5For Job hath said: 'I am righteous, and God hath taken away my right;
5Quia dixit Job: Justus sum, et Deus subvertit judicium meum.
6Notwithstanding my right I am accounted a liar; my wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.'
6In judicando enim me mendacium est: violenta sagitta mea absque ullo peccato.
7What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?
7Quis est vir ut est Job, qui bibit subsannationem quasi aquam:
8Who goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
8qui graditur cum operantibus iniquitatem, et ambulat cum viris impiis?
9For he hath said: 'It profiteth a man nothing that he should be in accord with God.'
9Dixit enim: Non placebit vir Deo, etiam si cucurrerit cum eo.
10Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: Far be it from God, that He should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that He should commit iniquity.
10Ideo, viri cordati, audite me: absit a Deo impietas, et ab Omnipotente iniquitas.
11For the work of a man will He requite unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
11Opus enim hominis reddet ei, et juxta vias singulorum restituet eis.
12Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert justice.
12Vere enim Deus non condemnabit frustra, nec Omnipotens subvertet judicium.
13Who gave Him a charge over the earth? Or who hath disposed the whole world?
13Quem constituit alium super terram? aut quem posuit super orbem quem fabricatus est?
14If He set His heart upon man, if He gather unto Himself his spirit and his breath;
14Si direxerit ad eum cor suum, spiritum illius et flatum ad se trahet.
15All flesh shall perish together, and man shall return unto dust.
15Deficiet omnis caro simul, et homo in cinerem revertetur.
16If now thou hast understanding, hear this; hearken to the voice of my words.
16Si habes ergo intellectum, audi quod dicitur, et ausculta vocem eloquii mei:
17Shall even one that hateth right govern? And wilt thou condemn Him that is just and mighty —
17numquid qui non amat judicium sanari potest? et quomodo tu eum qui justus est in tantum condemnas?
18Is it fit to say to a king: 'Thou art base'? Or to nobles: 'Ye are wicked'? —
18Qui dicit regi: Apostata; qui vocat duces impios;
19That respecteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? For they all are the work of His hands.
19qui non accipit personas principum, nec cognovit tyrannum cum disceptaret contra pauperem: opus enim manuum ejus sunt universi.
20In a moment they die, even at midnight; the people are shaken and pass away, and the mighty are taken away without hand.
20Subito morientur, et in media nocte turbabuntur populi: et pertransibunt, et auferent violentum absque manu.
21For His eyes are upon the ways of a man, and He seeth all his goings.
21Oculi enim ejus super vias hominum, et omnes gressus eorum considerat.
22There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
22Non sunt tenebræ, et non est umbra mortis, ut abscondantur ibi qui operantur iniquitatem,
23For He doth not appoint a time unto any man, when he should go before God in judgment.
23neque enim ultra in hominis potestate est, ut veniat ad Deum in judicium.
24He breaketh in pieces mighty men without inquisition, and setteth others in their stead.
24Conteret multos, et innumerabiles, et stare faciet alios pro eis.
25Therefore He taketh knowledge of their works; and He overturneth them in the night, so that they are crushed.
25Novit enim opera eorum, et idcirco inducet noctem, et conterentur.
26He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
26Quasi impios percussit eos in loco videntium:
27Because they turned aside from following Him, and would not have regard to any of His ways;
27qui quasi de industria recesserunt ab eo, et omnes vias ejus intelligere noluerunt:
28So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto Him, and He heareth the cry of the afflicted.
28ut pervenire facerent ad eum clamorem egeni, et audiret vocem pauperum.
29When He giveth quietness, who then can condemn? And when He hideth His face, who then can behold Him? whether it be done unto a nation, or unto a man, alike;
29Ipso enim concedente pacem, quis est qui condemnet? ex quo absconderit vultum, quis est qui contempletur eum, et super gentes, et super omnes homines?
30That the godless man reign not, that there be none to ensnare the people.
30Qui regnare facit hominem hypocritam propter peccata populi.
31For hath any said unto God: 'I have borne chastisement, though I offend not;
31Quia ergo ego locutus sum ad Deum, te quoque non prohibebo.
32That which I see not teach Thou me; if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more'?
32Si erravi, tu doce me; si iniquitatem locutus sum, ultra non addam.
33Shall His recompense be as thou wilt? For thou loathest it, so that thou must choose, and not I; therefore speak what thou knowest.
33Numquid a te Deus expetit eam, quia displicuit tibi? tu enim cœpisti loqui, et non ego: quod si quid nosti melius, loquere.
34Men of understanding will say unto me, yea, every wise man that heareth me:
34Viri intelligentes loquantur mihi, et vir sapiens audiat me.
35'Job speaketh without knowledge, and his words are without discernment.'
35Job autem stulte locutus est, et verba illius non sonant disciplinam.
36Would that Job were tried unto the end, because of his answering like wicked men.
36Pater mi, probetur Job usque ad finem: ne desinas ab homine iniquitatis:
37For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.
37quia addit super peccata sua blasphemiam, inter nos interim constringatur: et tunc ad judicium provocet sermonibus suis Deum.]
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