Job 29
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
World English Bible
1Addidit quoque Job, assumens parabolam suam, et dixit:
1Job again took up his parable, and said,
2[Quis mihi tribuat ut sim juxta menses pristinos, secundum dies quibus Deus custodiebat me?
2“Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;
3Quando splendebat lucerna ejus super caput meum, et ad lumen ejus ambulabam in tenebris:
3when his lamp shone on my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,
4sicut fui in diebus adolescentiæ meæ, quando secreto Deus erat in tabernaculo meo:
4as I was in my prime, when the friendship of God was in my tent,
5quando erat Omnipotens mecum, et in circuitu meo pueri mei:
5when the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were around me,
6quando lavabam pedes meos butyro, et petra fundebat mihi rivos olei:
6when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out streams of oil for me,
7quando procedebam ad portam civitatis, et in platea parabant cathedram mihi.
7when I went out to the city gate, when I prepared my seat in the street.
8Videbant me juvenes, et abscondebantur: et senes assurgentes stabant.
8The young men saw me and hid themselves. The aged rose up and stood.
9Principes cessabant loqui, et digitum superponebant ori suo.
9The princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
10Vocem suam cohibebant duces, et lingua eorum gutturi suo adhærebat.
10The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
11Auris audiens beatificabat me, et oculus videns testimonium reddebat mihi:
11For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it commended me,
12eo quod liberassem pauperem vociferantem, et pupillum cui non esset adjutor.
12because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had no one to help him,
13Benedictio perituri super me veniebat, et cor viduæ consolatus sum.
13the blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
14Justitia indutus sum, et vestivi me, sicut vestimento et diademate, judicio meo.
14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.
15Oculus fui cæco, et pes claudo.
15I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame.
16Pater eram pauperum, et causam quam nesciebam diligentissime investigabam.
16I was a father to the needy. I researched the cause of him whom I didn’t know.
17Conterebam molas iniqui, et de dentibus illius auferebam prædam.
17I broke the jaws of the unrighteous and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
18Dicebamque: In nidulo meo moriar, et sicut palma multiplicabo dies.
18Then I said, ‘I will die in my own house, I will count my days as the sand.
19Radix mea aperta est secus aquas, et ros morabitur in messione mea.
19My root is spread out to the waters. The dew lies all night on my branch.
20Gloria mea semper innovabitur, et arcus meus in manu mea instaurabitur.
20My glory is fresh in me. My bow is renewed in my hand.’
21Qui me audiebant, expectabant sententiam, et intenti tacebant ad consilium meum.
21“Men listened to me, waited, and kept silence for my counsel.
22Verbis meis addere nihil audebant, et super illos stillabat eloquium meum.
22After my words they didn’t speak again. My speech fell on them.
23Expectabant me sicut pluviam, et os suum aperiebant quasi ad imbrem serotinum.
23They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.
24Siquando ridebam ad eos, non credebant: et lux vultus mei non cadebat in terram.
24I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They didn’t reject the light of my face.
25Si voluissem ire ad eos, sedebam primus: cumque sederem quasi rex, circumstante exercitu, eram tamen mœrentium consolator.]
25I chose out their way, and sat as chief. I lived as a king in the army, as one who comforts the mourners.
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