Job 22
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1Respondens autem Eliphaz Themanites, dixit:
1Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:
2[Numquid Deo potest comparari homo, etiam cum perfectæ fuerit scientiæ?
2Can a man be profitable unto God? Or can he that is wise be profitable unto Him?
3Quid prodest Deo, si justus fueris? aut quid ei confers, si immaculata fuerit via tua?
3Is it any advantage to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? Or is it gain to Him, that thou makest thy ways blameless?
4Numquid timens arguet te, et veniet tecum in judicium,
4Is it for thy fear of Him that He reproveth thee, that He entereth with thee into judgment?
5et non propter malitiam tuam plurimam, et infinitas iniquitates tuas?
5Is not thy wickedness great? And are not thine iniquities without end?
6Abstulisti enim pignus fratrum tuorum sine causa, et nudos spoliasti vestibus.
6For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
7Aquam lasso non dedisti, et esurienti subtraxisti panem.
7Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
8In fortitudine brachii tui possidebas terram, et potentissimus obtinebas eam.
8And as a mighty man, who hath the earth, and as a man of rank, who dwelleth in it,
9Viduas dimisisti vacuas, et lacertos pupillorum comminuisti.
9Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
10Propterea circumdatus es laqueis, et conturbat te formido subita.
10Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden dread affrighted thee,
11Et putabas te tenebras non visurum, et impetu aquarum inundantium non oppressum iri?
11Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and abundance of waters cover thee.
12an non cogitas quod Deus excelsior cælo sit, et super stellarum verticem sublimetur?
12Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the topmost of the stars, how high they are!
13Et dicis: Quid enim novit Deus? et quasi per caliginem judicat.
13And thou sayest: 'What doth God know? Can He judge through the dark cloud?
14Nubes latibulum ejus, nec nostra considerat, et circa cardines cæli perambulat.
14Thick clouds are a covering to Him, that He seeth not; and He walketh in the circuit of heaven.'
15Numquid semitam sæculorum custodire cupis, quam calcaverunt viri iniqui,
15Wilt thou keep the old way which wicked men have trodden?
16qui sublati sunt ante tempus suum, et fluvius subvertit fundamentum eorum?
16Who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream;
17Qui dicebant Deo: Recede a nobis: et quasi nihil posset facere Omnipotens, æstimabant eum,
17Who said unto God: 'Depart from us'; and what could the Almighty do unto them?
18cum ille implesset domos eorum bonis: quorum sententia procul sit a me.
18Yet He filled their houses with good things — but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
19Videbunt justi, et lætabuntur, et innocens subsannabit eos:
19The righteous saw it, and were glad, and the innocent laugh them to scorn:
20nonne succisa est erectio eorum? et reliquias eorum devoravit ignis?
20'Surely their substance is cut off, and their abundance the fire hath consumed.'
21Acquiesce igitur ei, et habeto pacem, et per hæc habebis fructus optimos.
21Acquaint now thyself with Him, and be at peace; thereby shall thine increase be good.
22Suscipe ex ore illius legem, et pone sermones ejus in corde tuo.
22Receive, I pray thee, instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in thy heart.
23Si reversus fueris ad Omnipotentem, ædificaberis, et longe facies iniquitatem a tabernaculo tuo.
23If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up — if thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents,
24Dabit pro terra silicem, et pro silice torrentes aureos.
24And lay thy treasure in the dust, and the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks;
25Eritque Omnipotens contra hostes tuos, et argentum coacervabitur tibi.
25And the Almighty be thy treasure, and precious silver unto thee;
26Tunc super Omnipotentem deliciis afflues, et elevabis ad Deum faciem tuam.
26Then surely shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
27Rogabis eum, et exaudiet te, et vota tua reddes.
27Thou shalt make thy prayer unto Him, and He will hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows;
28Decernes rem, et veniet tibi, et in viis tuis splendebit lumen.
28Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee, and light shall shine upon thy ways.
29Qui enim humiliatus fuerit, erit in gloria, et qui inclinaverit oculos, ipse salvabitur.
29When they cast thee down, thou shalt say: 'There is lifting up'; for the humble person He saveth.
30Salvabitur innocens: salvabitur autem in munditia manuum suarum.]
30He delivereth him that is innocent, yea, thou shalt be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands.
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