Job 19
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1Respondens autem Job, dixit:
1Then Job answered and said:
2[Usquequo affligitis animam meam, et atteritis me sermonibus?
2How long will ye vex my soul, and crush me with words?
3En decies confunditis me, et non erubescitis opprimentes me.
3These ten times have ye reproached me; ye are not ashamed that ye deal harshly with me.
4Nempe etsi ignoravi, mecum erit ignorantia mea.
4And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
5At vos contra me erigimini, et arguitis me opprobriis meis.
5If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach;
6Saltem nunc intelligite quia Deus non æquo judicio afflixerit me, et flagellis suis me cinxerit.
6Know now that God hath subverted my cause, and hath compassed me with His net.
7Ecce clamabo, vim patiens, et nemo audiet; vociferabor, et non est qui judicet.
7Behold, I cry out: 'Violence!' but I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no justice.
8Semitam meam circumsepsit, et transire non possum: et in calle meo tenebras posuit.
8He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and hath set darkness in my paths.
9Spoliavit me gloria mea, et abstulit coronam de capite meo.
9He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
10Destruxit me undique, et pereo: et quasi evulsæ arbori abstulit spem meam.
10He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone; and my hope hath He plucked up like a tree.
11Iratus est contra me furor ejus, et sic me habuit quasi hostem suum.
11He hath also kindled His wrath against me, and He counteth me unto Him as one of His adversaries.
12Simul venerunt latrones ejus, et fecerunt sibi viam per me, et obsederunt in gyro tabernaculum meum.
12His troops come on together, and cast up their way against me, and encamp round about my tent.
13Fratres meos longe fecit a me, et noti mei quasi alieni recesserunt a me.
13He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.
14Dereliquerunt me propinqui mei, et qui me noverant obliti sunt mei.
14My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
15Inquilini domus meæ et ancillæ meæ sicut alienum habuerunt me, et quasi peregrinus fui in oculis eorum.
15They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger; I am become an alien in their sight.
16Servum meum vocavi, et non respondit: ore proprio deprecabar illum.
16I call unto my servant, and he giveth me no answer, though I entreat him with my mouth.
17Halitum meum exhorruit uxor mea, et orabam filios uteri mei.
17My breath is abhorred of my wife, and I am loathsome to the children of my tribe.
18Stulti quoque despiciebant me: et cum ab eis recessissem, detrahebant mihi.
18Even urchins despised me; if I arise, they speak against me.
19Abominati sunt me quondam consiliarii mei, et quem maxime diligebam, aversatus est me.
19All my intimate friends abhor me; and they whom I loved are turned against me.
20Pelli meæ, consumptis carnibus, adhæsit os meum, et derelicta sunt tantummodo labia circa dentes meos.
20My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
21Miseremini mei, miseremini mei saltem vos, amici mei, quia manus Domini tetigit me.
21Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
22Quare persequimini me sicut Deus, et carnibus meis saturamini?
22Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
23Quis mihi tribuat ut scribantur sermones mei? quis mihi det ut exarentur in libro
23Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
24stylo ferreo et plumbi lamina, vel celte sculpantur in silice?
24That with an iron pen and lead they were graven in the rock for ever!
25Scio enim quod redemptor meus vivit, et in novissimo die de terra surrecturus sum:
25But as for me, I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that He will witness at the last upon the dust;
26et rursum circumdabor pelle mea, et in carne mea videbo Deum meum:
26And when after my skin this is destroyed, then without my flesh shall I see God;
27quem visurus sum ego ipse, et oculi mei conspecturi sunt, et non alius: reposita est hæc spes mea in sinu meo.
27Whom I, even I, shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another's. My reins are consumed within me.
28Quare ergo nunc dicitis: Persequamur eum, et radicem verbi inveniamus contra eum?
28If ye say: 'How we will persecute him!' seeing that the root of the matter is found in me;
29Fugite ergo a facie gladii, quoniam ultor iniquitatum gladius est: et scitote esse judicium.]
29Be ye afraid of the sword; for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
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