Job 30
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1[Nunc autem derident me juniores tempore, quorum non dignabar patres ponere cum canibus gregis mei:
1But now the younger in time scorn me, whose fathers I would not have set with the dogs of my flock:
2quorum virtus manuum mihi erat pro nihilo, et vita ipsa putabantur indigni:
2The strength of whose hands was to me as nothing, and they were thought unworthy of life itself.
3egestate et fame steriles, qui rodebant in solitudine, squallentes calamitate et miseria.
3Barren with want and hunger, who gnawed in the wilderness, disfigured with calamity and misery.
4Et mandebant herbas, et arborum cortices, et radix juniperorum erat cibus eorum:
4And they ate grass, and barks of trees, and the root of junipers was their food.
5qui de convallibus ista rapientes, cum singula reperissent, ad ea cum clamore currebant.
5Who snatched up these things out of the valleys, and when they had found any of them, they ran to them with a cry.
6In desertis habitabant torrentium, et in cavernis terræ, vel super glaream:
6They dwelt in the desert places of torrents, and in caves of earth, or upon the gravel.
7qui inter hujuscemodi lætabantur, et esse sub sentibus delicias computabant:
7They pleased themselves among these kind of things, and counted it delightful to be under the briers.
8filii stultorum et ignobilium, et in terra penitus non parentes.
8The children of foolish and base men, and not appearing at all upon the earth.
9Nunc in eorum canticum versus sum, et factus sum eis in proverbium.
9Now I am turned into their song, and am become their byword.
10Abominantur me, et longe fugiunt a me, et faciem meam conspuere non verentur.
10They abhor me, and flee far from me, and are not afraid to spit in my face.
11Pharetram enim suam aperuit, et afflixit me, et frenum posuit in os meum.
11For he hath opened his quiver, and hath afflicted me, and hath put a bridle into my mouth.
12Ad dexteram orientis calamitates meæ illico surrexerunt: pedes meos subverterunt, et oppresserunt quasi fluctibus semitis suis.
12At the right hand of my rising, my calamities forthwith arose: they have overthrown my feet, and have overwhelmed me with their paths as with waves.
13Dissipaverunt itinera mea; insidiati sunt mihi, et prævaluerunt: et non fuit qui ferret auxilium.
13They have destroyed my ways, they have lain in wait against me, and they have prevailed, and there was none to help.
14Quasi rupto muro, et aperta janua, irruerunt super me, et ad meas miserias devoluti sunt.
14They have rushed in upon me, as when a wall is broken, and a gate opened, and have rolled themselves down to my miseries.
15Redactus sum in nihilum: abstulisti quasi ventus desiderium meum, et velut nubes pertransiit salus mea.
15I am brought to nothing: as a wind thou hast taken away my desire: and my prosperity hath passed away like a cloud.
16Nunc autem in memetipso marcescit anima mea, et possident me dies afflictionis.
16And now my soul fadeth within myself, and the days of affliction possess me.
17Nocte os meum perforatur doloribus, et qui me comedunt, non dormiunt.
17In the night my bone is pierced with sorrows: and they that feed upon me, do not sleep.
18In multitudine eorum consumitur vestimentum meum, et quasi capito tunicæ succinxerunt me.
18With the multitude of them my garment is consumed, and they have girded me about, as with the collar of my coat.
19Comparatus sum luto, et assimilatus sum favillæ et cineri.
19I am compared to dirt, and am likened to embers and ashes.
20Clamo ad te, et non exaudis me: sto, et non respicis me.
20I cry to thee, and thou hearest me not: I stand up, and thou dost not regard me.
21Mutatus es mihi in crudelem, et in duritia manus tuæ adversaris mihi.
21Thou art changed to be cruel toward me, and in the hardness of thy hand thou art against me.
22Elevasti me, et quasi super ventum ponens; elisisti me valide.
22Thou hast lifted me up, and set me as it were upon the wind, and thou hast mightily dashed me.
23Scio quia morti trades me, ubi constituta est domus omni viventi.
23I know that thou wilt deliver me to death, where a house is appointed for every one that liveth.
24Verumtamen non ad consumptionem eorum emittis manum tuam: et si corruerint, ipse salvabis.
24But yet thou stretchest not forth thy hand to their consumption: and if they shall fall down thou wilt save.
25Flebam quondam super eo qui afflictus erat, et compatiebatur anima mea pauperi.
25I wept heretofore for him that was afflicted, and my soul had compassion on the poor.
26Expectabam bona, et venerunt mihi mala: præstolabar lucem, et eruperunt tenebræ.
26I expected good things, and evils are come upon me: I waited for light, and darkness broke out.
27Interiora mea efferbuerunt absque ulla requie: prævenerunt me dies afflictionis.
27My inner parts have boiled without any rest, the days of affliction have prevented me.
28Mœrens incedebam sine furore; consurgens, in turba clamabam.
28I went mourning without indignation; I rose up, and cried in the crowd.
29Frater fui draconum, et socius struthionum.
29I was the brother of dragons, and companion of ostriches.
30Cutis mea denigrata est super me, et ossa mea aruerunt præ caumate.
30My skin is become black upon me, and my bones are dried up with heat.
31Versa est in luctum cithara mea, et organum meum in vocem flentium.]
31My harp is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of those that weep.
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