Job 19
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Respondens autem Job, dixit:
1Then Job answered, and said:
2[Usquequo affligitis animam meam, et atteritis me sermonibus?
2How long do you afflict my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
3En decies confunditis me, et non erubescitis opprimentes me.
3Behold, these ten times you confound me, and are not ashamed to oppress me.
4Nempe etsi ignoravi, mecum erit ignorantia mea.
4For if I have been ignorant, my ignorance shall be with me.
5At vos contra me erigimini, et arguitis me opprobriis meis.
5But you have set yourselves up against me, and reprove me with my reproaches.
6Saltem nunc intelligite quia Deus non æquo judicio afflixerit me, et flagellis suis me cinxerit.
6At least now understand, that God hath not afflicted me with an equal judgment, and compassed me with his scourges.
7Ecce clamabo, vim patiens, et nemo audiet; vociferabor, et non est qui judicet.
7Behold I cry suffering violence, and no one will hear: I shall cry aloud, and there is none to judge.
8Semitam meam circumsepsit, et transire non possum: et in calle meo tenebras posuit.
8He hath hedged in my path round about, and I cannot pass, and in my way he hath set darkness.
9Spoliavit me gloria mea, et abstulit coronam de capite meo.
9He hath stripped me of my glory, and hath taken the crown from my head.
10Destruxit me undique, et pereo: et quasi evulsæ arbori abstulit spem meam.
10He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am lost, and he hath taken away my hope, as from a tree that is plucked up.
11Iratus est contra me furor ejus, et sic me habuit quasi hostem suum.
11His wrath is kindled against me, and he hath counted me as his enemy.
12Simul venerunt latrones ejus, et fecerunt sibi viam per me, et obsederunt in gyro tabernaculum meum.
12His troops have come together, and have made themselves a way by me, and have besieged my tabernacle round about.
13Fratres meos longe fecit a me, et noti mei quasi alieni recesserunt a me.
13He hath put my brethren far from me, and my acquaintance like strangers have departed from me.
14Dereliquerunt me propinqui mei, et qui me noverant obliti sunt mei.
14My kinsmen have forsaken me, and they that knew me, have forgotten me.
15Inquilini domus meæ et ancillæ meæ sicut alienum habuerunt me, et quasi peregrinus fui in oculis eorum.
15They that dwelt in my house, and my maidservants have counted me a stranger, and I have been like an alien in their eyes.
16Servum meum vocavi, et non respondit: ore proprio deprecabar illum.
16I called my servant, and he gave me no answer, I entreated him with my own mouth.
17Halitum meum exhorruit uxor mea, et orabam filios uteri mei.
17My wife hath abhorred my breath, and I entreated the children of my womb.
18Stulti quoque despiciebant me: et cum ab eis recessissem, detrahebant mihi.
18Even fools despise me; and when I gone from them, they spoke against me.
19Abominati sunt me quondam consiliarii mei, et quem maxime diligebam, aversatus est me.
19They that were sometime my counsellors, have abhorred me: and he whom I love most is turned against me.
20Pelli meæ, consumptis carnibus, adhæsit os meum, et derelicta sunt tantummodo labia circa dentes meos.
20The flesh being consumed. My bone hath cleaved to my skin, and nothing but lips are left about my teeth.
21Miseremini mei, miseremini mei saltem vos, amici mei, quia manus Domini tetigit me.
21Have pity on me, have pity on me, at least you my friends, because the hand of the Lord hath touched me.
22Quare persequimini me sicut Deus, et carnibus meis saturamini?
22Why do you persecute me as God, and glut yourselves with my flesh?
23Quis mihi tribuat ut scribantur sermones mei? quis mihi det ut exarentur in libro
23Who will grant me that my words may be written? Who will grant me that they may be marked down in a book?
24stylo ferreo et plumbi lamina, vel celte sculpantur in silice?
24With an iron pen and in a plate of lead, or else be graven with an instrument in flint stone.
25Scio enim quod redemptor meus vivit, et in novissimo die de terra surrecturus sum:
25For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and in the last day I shall rise out of the earth.
26et rursum circumdabor pelle mea, et in carne mea videbo Deum meum:
26And I shall be clothed again with my skin, and in my flesh I will see my God.
27quem visurus sum ego ipse, et oculi mei conspecturi sunt, et non alius: reposita est hæc spes mea in sinu meo.
27Whom I myself shall see, and my eyes shall behold, and not another: this my hope is laid up in my bosom.
28Quare ergo nunc dicitis: Persequamur eum, et radicem verbi inveniamus contra eum?
28Why then do you say now: Let us persecute him, and let us find occasion of word against him?
29Fugite ergo a facie gladii, quoniam ultor iniquitatum gladius est: et scitote esse judicium.]
29Flee then from the face of the sword, for the sword is the revenger of iniquities: and know ye that there is judgment.
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