Job 11
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1Respondens autem Sophar Naamathites, dixit:
1Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said:
2[Numquid qui multa loquitur, non et audiet? aut vir verbosus justificabitur?
2Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be accounted right?
3Tibi soli tacebunt homines? et cum ceteros irriseris, a nullo confutaberis?
3Thy boastings have made men hold their peace, and thou hast mocked, with none to make thee ashamed;
4Dixisti enim: Purus est sermo meus, et mundus sum in conspectu tuo.
4And thou hast said: 'My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in Thine eyes.'
5Atque utinam Deus loqueretur tecum, et aperiret labia sua tibi,
5But oh that God would speak, and open His lips against thee;
6ut ostenderet tibi secreta sapientiæ, et quod multiplex esset lex ejus: et intelligeres quod multo minora exigaris ab eo quam meretur iniquitas tua !
6And that He would tell thee the secrets of wisdom, that sound wisdom is manifold! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
7Forsitan vestigia Dei comprehendes, et usque ad perfectum Omnipotentem reperies?
7Canst thou find out the deep things of God? Canst thou attain unto the purpose of the Almighty?
8Excelsior cælo est, et quid facies? profundior inferno, et unde cognosces?
8It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than the nether-world; what canst thou know?
9Longior terra mensura ejus, et latior mari.
9The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
10Si subverterit omnia, vel in unum coarctaverit, quis contradicet ei?
10If He pass by, and shut up, or gather in, then who can hinder Him?
11Ipse enim novit hominum vanitatem; et videns iniquitatem, nonne considerat?
11For He knoweth base men; and when He seeth iniquity, will He not then consider it?
12Vir vanus in superbiam erigitur, et tamquam pullum onagri se liberum natum putat.
12But an empty man will get understanding, when a wild ass's colt is born a man.
13Tu autem firmasti cor tuum, et expandisti ad eum manus tuas.
13If thou set thy heart aright, and stretch out thy hands toward Him —
14Si iniquitatem quæ est in manu tua abstuleris a te, et non manserit in tabernaculo tuo injustitia,
14If iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away, and let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents —
15tunc levare poteris faciem tuam absque macula; et eris stabilis, et non timebis.
15Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear;
16Miseriæ quoque oblivisceris, et quasi aquarum quæ præterierunt recordaberis.
16For thou shalt forget thy misery; thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away;
17Et quasi meridianus fulgor consurget tibi ad vesperam; et cum te consumptum putaveris, orieris ut lucifer.
17And thy life shall be clearer than the noonday; though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.
18Et habebis fiduciam, proposita tibi spe: et defossus securus dormies.
18And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt look about thee, and shalt take thy rest in safety.
19Requiesces, et non erit qui te exterreat; et deprecabuntur faciem tuam plurimi.
19Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
20Oculi autem impiorum deficient, et effugium peribit ab eis: et spes illorum abominatio animæ.]
20But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall have no way to flee, and their hope shall be the drooping of the soul.
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