Job 31
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1[Pepigi fœdus cum oculis meis, ut ne cogitarem quidem de virgine.
1I made a covenant with my eyes, that I would not so much as think upon a virgin.
2Quam enim partem haberet in me Deus desuper, et hæreditatem Omnipotens de excelsis?
2For what part should God from above have in me, and what inheritance the Almighty from on high?
3Numquid non perditio est iniquo, et alienatio operantibus injustitiam?
3Is not destruction to the wicked, and aversion to them that work iniquity?
4Nonne ipse considerat vias meas, et cunctos gressus meos dinumerat?
4Doth not he consider my ways, and number all my steps?
5Si ambulavi in vanitate, et festinavit in dolo pes meus,
5If I have walked in vanity, and my foot hath made haste to deceit:
6appendat me in statera justa, et sciat Deus simplicitatem meam.
6Let him weigh me in a just balance, and let God know my simplicity.
7Si declinavit gressus meus de via, et si secutum est oculos meos cor meum, et si manibus meis adhæsit macula,
7If my step hath turned out of the way, and if my heart hath followed my eyes, and if a spot hath cleaved to my hands:
8seram, et alius comedat, et progenies mea eradicetur.
8Then let me sow and let another eat: and let my offspring be rooted out.
9Si deceptum est cor meum super muliere, et si ad ostium amici mei insidiatus sum,
9If my heart hath been deceived upon a woman, and if I have laid wait at my friend’s door:
10scortum alterius sit uxor mea, et super illam incurventur alii.
10Let my wife be the harlot of another, and let other men lie with her.
11Hoc enim nefas est, et iniquitas maxima.
11For this is a heinous crime, and a most grievous iniquity.
12Ignis est usque ad perditionem devorans, et omnia eradicans genimina.
12It is a fire that devoureth even to destruction, and rooteth up all things that spring.
13Si contempsi subire judicium cum servo meo et ancilla mea, cum disceptarent adversum me:
13If I have despised to abide judgment with my manservant, or my maidservant, when they had any controversy against me:
14quid enim faciam cum surrexerit ad judicandum Deus? et cum quæsierit, quid respondebo illi?
14For what shall I do when God shall rise to judge? and when he shall examine, what shall I answer him?
15Numquid non in utero fecit me, qui et illum operatus est, et formavit me in vulva unus?
15Did not he that made me in the womb make him also: and did not one and the same form me in the womb?
16Si negavi quod volebant pauperibus, et oculos viduæ expectare feci;
16If I have denied to the poor what they desired, and have made the eyes of the widow wait:
17si comedi buccellam meam solus, et non comedit pupillus ex ea
17If I have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof:
18(quia ab infantia mea crevit mecum miseratio, et de utero matris meæ egressa est mecum);
18(For from my infancy mercy grew up with me: and it came out with me from my mother’s womb:)
19si despexi pereuntem, eo quod non habuerit indumentum, et absque operimento pauperem;
19If I have despised him that was perishing for want of clothing, and the poor man that had no covering:
20si non benedixerunt mihi latera ejus, et de velleribus ovium mearum calefactus est;
20If his sides have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep:
21si levavi super pupillum manum meam, etiam cum viderem me in porta superiorem:
21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, even when I saw myself superior in the gate:
22humerus meus a junctura sua cadat, et brachium meum cum suis ossibus confringatur.
22Let my shoulder fall from its joint, and let my arm with its bones be broken.
23Semper enim quasi tumentes super me fluctus timui Deum, et pondus ejus ferre non potui.
23For I have always feared God as waves swelling over me, and his weight I was not able to bear.
24Si putavi aurum robur meum, et obrizo dixi: Fiducia mea;
24If I have thought gold my strength, and have said to fine gold: My confidence:
25si lætatus sum super multis divitiis meis, et quia plurima reperit manus mea;
25If I have rejoiced over my great riches, and because my hand had gotten much.
26si vidi solem cum fulgeret, et lunam incedentem clare,
26If I beheld the sun when it shined, and the moon going in brightness:
27et lætatum est in abscondito cor meum, et osculatus sum manum meam ore meo:
27And my heart in secret hath rejoiced, and I have kissed my hand with my mouth:
28quæ est iniquitas maxima, et negatio contra Deum altissimum.
28Which is a very great iniquity, and a denial against the most high God.
29Si gavisus sum ad ruinam ejus qui me oderat, et exsultavi quod invenisset eum malum:
29If I have been glad at the downfall of him that hated me, and have rejoiced that evil had found him.
30non enim dedi ad peccandum guttur meum, ut expeterem maledicens animam ejus.
30For I have not given my mouth to sin, by wishing a curse to his soul.
31Si non dixerunt viri tabernaculi mei: Quis det de carnibus ejus, ut saturemur?
31If the men of my tabernacle have not said: Who will give us of his flesh that we may be filled?
32foris non mansit peregrinus: ostium meum viatori patuit.
32The stranger did not stay without, my door was open to the traveller.
33Si abscondi quasi homo peccatum meum, et celavi in sinu meo iniquitatem meam;
33If as a man I have hid my sin, and have concealed my iniquity in my bosom.
34si expavi ad multitudinem nimiam, et despectio propinquorum terruit me: et non magis tacui, nec egressus sum ostium.
34If I have been afraid at a very great multitude, and the contempt of kinsmen hath terrified me: and I have not rather held my peace, and not gone out of the door.
35Quis mihi tribuat auditorem, ut desiderium meum audiat Omnipotens, et librum scribat ipse qui judicat,
35Who would grant me a hearer, that the Almighty may hear my desire; and that he himself that judgeth would write a book,
36ut in humero meo portem illum, et circumdem illum quasi coronam mihi?
36That I may carry it on my shoulder, and put it about me as a crown?
37Per singulos gradus meos pronuntiabo illum, et quasi principi offeram eum.
37At every step of mine I would pronounce it, and offer it as to a prince.
38Si adversum me terra mea clamat, et cum ipsa sulci ejus deflent:
38If my land cry against me, and with it the furrows thereof mourn:
39si fructus ejus comedi absque pecunia, et animam agricolarum ejus afflixi:
39If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, and have afflicted the soul of the tillers thereof:
40pro frumento oriatur mihi tribulus, et pro hordeo spina.] Finita sunt verba Job.
40Let thistles grow up to me instead of wheat, and thorns instead of barley.
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