Job 31
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
World English Bible
1[Pepigi fœdus cum oculis meis, ut ne cogitarem quidem de virgine.
1“I made a covenant with my eyes; how then should I look lustfully at a young woman?
2Quam enim partem haberet in me Deus desuper, et hæreditatem Omnipotens de excelsis?
2For what is the portion from God above, and the heritage from the Almighty 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?
4Doesn’t he see my ways, and count all my steps?
5Si ambulavi in vanitate, et festinavit in dolo pes meus,
5“If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hurried to deceit
6appendat me in statera justa, et sciat Deus simplicitatem meam.
6(let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity);
7Si declinavit gressus meus de via, et si secutum est oculos meos cor meum, et si manibus meis adhæsit macula,
7if my step has turned out of the way, if my heart walked after my eyes, if any defilement has stuck to my hands,
8seram, et alius comedat, et progenies mea eradicetur.
8then let me sow, and let another eat. Yes, let the produce of my field be rooted out.
9Si deceptum est cor meum super muliere, et si ad ostium amici mei insidiatus sum,
9“If my heart has been enticed to a woman, and I have laid wait at my neighbor’s door,
10scortum alterius sit uxor mea, et super illam incurventur alii.
10then let my wife grind for another, and let others sleep with her.
11Hoc enim nefas est, et iniquitas maxima.
11For that would be a heinous crime. Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges,
12Ignis est usque ad perditionem devorans, et omnia eradicans genimina.
12for it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.
13Si contempsi subire judicium cum servo meo et ancilla mea, cum disceptarent adversum me:
13“If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me,
14quid enim faciam cum surrexerit ad judicandum Deus? et cum quæsierit, quid respondebo illi?
14what then will I do when God rises up? When he visits, what will I answer him?
15Numquid non in utero fecit me, qui et illum operatus est, et formavit me in vulva unus?
15Didn’t he who made me in the womb make him? Didn’t one fashion us in the womb?
16Si negavi quod volebant pauperibus, et oculos viduæ expectare feci;
16“If I have withheld the poor from their desire, 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 alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it
18(quia ab infantia mea crevit mecum miseratio, et de utero matris meæ egressa est mecum);
18(no, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, I have guided her from my mother’s womb);
19si despexi pereuntem, eo quod non habuerit indumentum, et absque operimento pauperem;
19if I have seen any perish for 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 heart hasn’t blessed me, if he hasn’t been warmed with my sheep’s fleece;
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 my 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 is a terror to me. Because of his majesty, I can do nothing.
24Si putavi aurum robur meum, et obrizo dixi: Fiducia mea;
24“If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, ‘You are my confidence;’
25si lætatus sum super multis divitiis meis, et quia plurima reperit manus mea;
25If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;
26si vidi solem cum fulgeret, et lunam incedentem clare,
26if I have seen the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in splendor,
27et lætatum est in abscondito cor meum, et osculatus sum manum meam ore meo:
27and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth;
28quæ est iniquitas maxima, et negatio contra Deum altissimum.
28this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I would have denied the God who is above.
29Si gavisus sum ad ruinam ejus qui me oderat, et exsultavi quod invenisset eum malum:
29“If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him
30non enim dedi ad peccandum guttur meum, ut expeterem maledicens animam ejus.
30(I have certainly not allowed 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 have not said, ‘Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?’
32foris non mansit peregrinus: ostium meum viatori patuit.
32(the foreigner has not camped in the street, but I have opened my doors to the traveler);
33Si abscondi quasi homo peccatum meum, et celavi in sinu meo iniquitatem meam;
33if like Adam I have covered my transgressions, by hiding my iniquity in my heart,
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 contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and didn’t go 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! Behold, here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me! Let the accuser write my indictment!
36ut in humero meo portem illum, et circumdem illum quasi coronam mihi?
36Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, and I would bind it to me as a crown.
37Per singulos gradus meos pronuntiabo illum, et quasi principi offeram eum.
37I would declare to him the number of my steps. I would go near to him like a prince.
38Si adversum me terra mea clamat, et cum ipsa sulci ejus deflent:
38If my land cries out against me, and its furrows weep together;
39si fructus ejus comedi absque pecunia, et animam agricolarum ejus afflixi:
39if I have eaten its fruits without money, or have caused its owners to lose their life,
40pro frumento oriatur mihi tribulus, et pro hordeo spina.] Finita sunt verba Job.
40let briers grow instead of wheat, and stinkweed instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended.
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