Job 34
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
World English Bible
1Pronuntians itaque Eliu, etiam hæc locutus est:
1Moreover Elihu answered,
2[Audite, sapientes, verba mea: et eruditi, auscultate me.
2“Hear my words, you wise men. Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.
3Auris enim verba probat, et guttur escas gustu dijudicat.
3For the ear tries words, as the palate tastes food.
4Judicium eligamus nobis, et inter nos videamus quid sit melius.
4Let us choose for us that which is right. Let us know among ourselves what is good.
5Quia dixit Job: Justus sum, et Deus subvertit judicium meum.
5For Job has said, ‘I am righteous, God has taken away my right.
6In judicando enim me mendacium est: violenta sagitta mea absque ullo peccato.
6Notwithstanding my right I am considered a liar. My wound is incurable, though I am without disobedience.’
7Quis est vir ut est Job, qui bibit subsannationem quasi aquam:
7What man is like Job, who drinks scorn like water,
8qui graditur cum operantibus iniquitatem, et ambulat cum viris impiis?
8who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, and walks with wicked men?
9Dixit enim: Non placebit vir Deo, etiam si cucurrerit cum eo.
9For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.’
10Ideo, viri cordati, audite me: absit a Deo impietas, et ab Omnipotente iniquitas.
10“Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness, from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
11Opus enim hominis reddet ei, et juxta vias singulorum restituet eis.
11For the work of a man he will give to him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
12Vere enim Deus non condemnabit frustra, nec Omnipotens subvertet judicium.
12Yes surely, God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert justice.
13Quem constituit alium super terram? aut quem posuit super orbem quem fabricatus est?
13Who put him in charge of the earth? Or who has appointed him over the whole world?
14Si direxerit ad eum cor suum, spiritum illius et flatum ad se trahet.
14If he set his heart on himself, if he gathered to himself his spirit and his breath,
15Deficiet omnis caro simul, et homo in cinerem revertetur.
15all flesh would perish together, and man would turn again to dust.
16Si habes ergo intellectum, audi quod dicitur, et ausculta vocem eloquii mei:
16“If now you have understanding, hear this. Listen to the voice of my words.
17numquid qui non amat judicium sanari potest? et quomodo tu eum qui justus est in tantum condemnas?
17Should even one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty,
18Qui dicit regi: Apostata; qui vocat duces impios;
18who says to a king, ‘Vile!’ or to nobles, ‘Wicked!’?
19qui non accipit personas principum, nec cognovit tyrannum cum disceptaret contra pauperem: opus enim manuum ejus sunt universi.
19He doesn’t respect the persons of princes, nor respect the rich more than the poor, for they all are the work of his hands.
20Subito morientur, et in media nocte turbabuntur populi: et pertransibunt, et auferent violentum absque manu.
20In a moment they die, even at midnight. The people are shaken and pass away. The mighty are taken away without a hand.
21Oculi enim ejus super vias hominum, et omnes gressus eorum considerat.
21“For his eyes are on the ways of a man. He sees all his goings.
22Non sunt tenebræ, et non est umbra mortis, ut abscondantur ibi qui operantur iniquitatem,
22There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
23neque enim ultra in hominis potestate est, ut veniat ad Deum in judicium.
23For he doesn’t need to consider a man further, that he should go before God in judgment.
24Conteret multos, et innumerabiles, et stare faciet alios pro eis.
24He breaks mighty men in pieces in ways past finding out, and sets others in their place.
25Novit enim opera eorum, et idcirco inducet noctem, et conterentur.
25Therefore he takes knowledge of their works. He overturns them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
26Quasi impios percussit eos in loco videntium:
26He strikes them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
27qui quasi de industria recesserunt ab eo, et omnes vias ejus intelligere noluerunt:
27because they turned away from following him, and wouldn’t pay attention to any of his ways,
28ut pervenire facerent ad eum clamorem egeni, et audiret vocem pauperum.
28so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him. He heard the cry of the afflicted.
29Ipso enim concedente pacem, quis est qui condemnet? ex quo absconderit vultum, quis est qui contempletur eum, et super gentes, et super omnes homines?
29When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? When he hides his face, who then can see him? He is over a nation or a man alike,
30Qui regnare facit hominem hypocritam propter peccata populi.
30that the godless man may not reign, that there be no one to ensnare the people.
31Quia ergo ego locutus sum ad Deum, te quoque non prohibebo.
31“For has any said to God, ‘I am guilty, but I will not offend any more.
32Si erravi, tu doce me; si iniquitatem locutus sum, ultra non addam.
32Teach me that which I don’t see. If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more’?
33Numquid a te Deus expetit eam, quia displicuit tibi? tu enim cœpisti loqui, et non ego: quod si quid nosti melius, loquere.
33Shall his recompense be as you desire, that you refuse it? For you must choose, and not I. Therefore speak what you know.
34Viri intelligentes loquantur mihi, et vir sapiens audiat me.
34Men of understanding will tell me, yes, every wise man who hears me:
35Job autem stulte locutus est, et verba illius non sonant disciplinam.
35‘Job speaks without knowledge. His words are without wisdom.’
36Pater mi, probetur Job usque ad finem: ne desinas ab homine iniquitatis:
36I wish that Job were tried to the end, because of his answering like wicked men.
37quia addit super peccata sua blasphemiam, inter nos interim constringatur: et tunc ad judicium provocet sermonibus suis Deum.]
37For he adds rebellion to his sin. He claps his hands among us, and multiplies his words against God.”
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