Job 31
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1[Pepigi fœdus cum oculis meis, ut ne cogitarem quidem de virgine.
1I made a covenant with mine eyes; how then should I look upon a maid?
2Quam enim partem haberet in me Deus desuper, et hæreditatem Omnipotens de excelsis?
2For what would be the portion of God from above, and the heritage of the Almighty from on high?
3Numquid non perditio est iniquo, et alienatio operantibus injustitiam?
3Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity?
4Nonne ipse considerat vias meas, et cunctos gressus meos dinumerat?
4Doth not He see my ways, and count all my steps?
5Si ambulavi in vanitate, et festinavit in dolo pes meus,
5If I have walked with vanity, and my foot hath hasted to deceit —
6appendat me in statera justa, et sciat Deus simplicitatem meam.
6Let me be weighed in a just balance, that God may know mine integrity —
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 my heart walked after mine eyes, and if any spot hath cleaved to my hands;
8seram, et alius comedat, et progenies mea eradicetur.
8Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out.
9Si deceptum est cor meum super muliere, et si ad ostium amici mei insidiatus sum,
9If my heart have been enticed unto a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbour's door;
10scortum alterius sit uxor mea, et super illam incurventur alii.
10Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
11Hoc enim nefas est, et iniquitas maxima.
11For that were a heinous crime; yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
12Ignis est usque ad perditionem devorans, et omnia eradicans genimina.
12For it is a fire that consumeth unto destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
13Si contempsi subire judicium cum servo meo et ancilla mea, cum disceptarent adversum me:
13If I did despise the cause of my man-servant, or of my maid-servant, when they contended with me —
14quid enim faciam cum surrexerit ad judicandum Deus? et cum quæsierit, quid respondebo illi?
14What then shall I do when God riseth up? And when He remembereth, 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? And did not One fashion us in the womb?
16Si negavi quod volebant pauperibus, et oculos viduæ expectare feci;
16If I have withheld aught that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
17si comedi buccellam meam solus, et non comedit pupillus ex ea
17Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof —
18(quia ab infantia mea crevit mecum miseratio, et de utero matris meæ egressa est mecum);
18Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and I have been her guide from my mother's womb.
19si despexi pereuntem, eo quod non habuerit indumentum, et absque operimento pauperem;
19If I have seen any wanderer in want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;
20si non benedixerunt mihi latera ejus, et de velleribus ovium mearum calefactus est;
20If his loins 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, because I saw my help in the gate;
22humerus meus a junctura sua cadat, et brachium meum cum suis ossibus confringatur.
22Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
23Semper enim quasi tumentes super me fluctus timui Deum, et pondus ejus ferre non potui.
23For calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of His majesty I could do nothing.
24Si putavi aurum robur meum, et obrizo dixi: Fiducia mea;
24If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold: 'Thou art my confidence';
25si lætatus sum super multis divitiis meis, et quia plurima reperit manus mea;
25If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;
26si vidi solem cum fulgeret, et lunam incedentem clare,
26If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
27et lætatum est in abscondito cor meum, et osculatus sum manum meam ore meo:
27And my heart hath been secretly enticed, and my mouth hath kissed my hand;
28quæ est iniquitas maxima, et negatio contra Deum altissimum.
28This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; for I should have lied to God that is above.
29Si gavisus sum ad ruinam ejus qui me oderat, et exsultavi quod invenisset eum malum:
29If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or exulted when evil found him —
30non enim dedi ad peccandum guttur meum, ut expeterem maledicens animam ejus.
30Yea, I suffered not my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse.
31Si non dixerunt viri tabernaculi mei: Quis det de carnibus ejus, ut saturemur?
31If the men of my tent said not: 'Who can find one that hath not been satisfied with his meat?'
32foris non mansit peregrinus: ostium meum viatori patuit.
32The stranger did not lodge in the street; my doors I opened to the roadside.
33Si abscondi quasi homo peccatum meum, et celavi in sinu meo iniquitatem meam;
33If after the manner of men I covered my transgressions, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom —
34si expavi ad multitudinem nimiam, et despectio propinquorum terruit me: et non magis tacui, nec egressus sum ostium.
34Because I feared the great multitude, and the most contemptible among families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and went not out of the door.
35Quis mihi tribuat auditorem, ut desiderium meum audiat Omnipotens, et librum scribat ipse qui judicat,
35Oh that I had one to hear me! — Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me — and that I had the indictment which mine adversary hath written!
36ut in humero meo portem illum, et circumdem illum quasi coronam mihi?
36Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown.
37Per singulos gradus meos pronuntiabo illum, et quasi principi offeram eum.
37I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
38Si adversum me terra mea clamat, et cum ipsa sulci ejus deflent:
38If my land cry out against me, and the furrows thereof weep together;
39si fructus ejus comedi absque pecunia, et animam agricolarum ejus afflixi:
39If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the tillers thereof to be disappointed —
40pro frumento oriatur mihi tribulus, et pro hordeo spina.] Finita sunt verba Job.
40Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and noisome weeds instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
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