Job 21
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1Respondens autem Job, dixit:
1Then Job answered and said:
2[Audite, quæso, sermones meos, et agite pœnitentiam.
2Hear diligently my speech; and let this be your consolations.
3Sustinete me, et ego loquar: et post mea, si videbitur, verba, ridete.
3Suffer me, that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
4Numquid contra hominem disputatio mea est, ut merito non debeam contristari?
4As for me, is my complaint to man? Or why should I not be impatient?
5Attendite me et obstupescite, et superponite digitum ori vestro.
5Turn unto me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
6Et ego, quando recordatus fuero, pertimesco, et concutit carnem meam tremor.
6Even when I remember I am affrighted, and horror hath taketh hold on my flesh.
7Quare ergo impii vivunt, sublevati sunt, confortatique divitiis?
7Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, wax mighty in power?
8Semen eorum permanet coram eis: propinquorum turba et nepotum in conspectu eorum.
8Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
9Domus eorum securæ sunt et pacatæ, et non est virga Dei super illos.
9Their houses are safe, without fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
10Bos eorum concepit, et non abortivit: vacca peperit, et non est privata fœtu suo.
10Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
11Egrediuntur quasi greges parvuli eorum, et infantes eorum exultant lusibus.
11They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
12Tenent tympanum et citharam, et gaudent ad sonitum organi.
12They sing to the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
13Ducunt in bonis dies suos, et in puncto ad inferna descendunt.
13They spend their days in prosperity, and peacefully they go down to the grave.
14Qui dixerunt Deo: Recede a nobis, et scientiam viarum tuarum nolumus.
14Yet they said unto God: 'Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of Thy ways.
15Quis est Omnipotens, ut serviamus ei? et quid nobis prodest si oraverimus illum?
15What is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto Him?' —
16Verumtamen quia non sunt in manu eorum bona sua, consilium impiorum longe sit a me.
16Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand; the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
17Quoties lucerna impiorum extinguetur, et superveniet eis inundatio, et dolores dividet furoris sui?
17How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? that their calamity cometh upon them? that He distributeth pains in His anger?
18Erunt sicut paleæ ante faciem venti, et sicut favilla quam turbo dispergit.
18That they are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm stealeth away?
19Deus servabit filiis illius dolorem patris, et cum reddiderit, tunc sciet.
19'God layeth up his iniquity for his children!' — let Him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it.
20Videbunt oculi ejus interfectionem suam, et de furore Omnipotentis bibet.
20Let his own eyes see his destruction, and let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
21Quid enim ad eum pertinet de domo sua post se, et si numerus mensium ejus dimidietur?
21For what pleasure hath he in his house after him? seeing the number of his months is determined.
22Numquid Deus docebit quispiam scientiam, qui excelsos judicat?
22Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing it is He that judgeth those that are high.
23Iste moritur robustus et sanus, dives et felix:
23One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet;
24viscera ejus plena sunt adipe, et medullis ossa illius irrigantur:
24His pails are full of milk, and the marrow of his bones is moistened.
25alius vero moritur in amaritudine animæ absque ullis opibus:
25And another dieth in bitterness of soul, and hath never tasted of good.
26et tamen simul in pulvere dormient, et vermes operient eos.
26They lie down alike in the dust, and the worm covereth them.
27Certe novi cogitationes vestras, et sententias contra me iniquas.
27Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
28Dicitis enim: Ubi est domus principis? et ubi tabernacula impiorum?
28For ye say: 'Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt?'
29Interrogate quemlibet de viatoribus, et hæc eadem illum intelligere cognoscetis:
29Have ye not asked them that go by the way; and will ye misdeem their tokens,
30quia in diem perditionis servatur malus, et ad diem furoris ducetur.
30That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, that they are led forth to the day of wrath?
31Quis arguet coram eo viam ejus? et quæ fecit, quis reddet illi?
31But who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall repay him what he hath done?
32Ipse ad sepulchra ducetur, et in congerie mortuorum vigilabit.
32For he is borne to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.
33Dulcis fuit glareis Cocyti, et post se omnem hominem trahet, et ante se innumerabiles.
33The clods of the valley are sweet unto him, and all men draw after him, as there were innumerable before him.
34Quomodo igitur consolamini me frustra, cum responsio vestra repugnare ostensa sit veritati?]
34How then comfort ye me in vain? And as for your answers, there remaineth only faithlessness?
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