Job 6
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1Respondens autem Job, dixit:
1Then Job answered and said:
2[Utinam appenderentur peccata mea quibus iram merui, et calamitas quam patior, in statera !
2Oh that my vexation were but weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances altogether!
3Quasi arena maris hæc gravior appareret; unde et verba mea dolore sunt plena:
3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore are my words broken.
4quia sagittæ Domini in me sunt, quarum indignatio ebibit spiritum meum; et terrores Domini militant contra me.
4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof my spirit drinketh up; the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
5Numquid rugiet onager cum habuerit herbam? aut mugiet bos cum ante præsepe plenum steterit?
5Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
6aut poterit comedi insulsum, quod non est sale conditum? aut potest aliquis gustare quod gustatum affert mortem?
6Can that which hath no savour be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the juice of mallows?
7Quæ prius nolebat tangere anima mea, nunc, præ angustia, cibi mei sunt.
7My soul refuseth to touch them; they are as the sickness of my flesh.
8Quis det ut veniat petitio mea, et quod expecto tribuat mihi Deus?
8Oh that I might have my request, and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
9et qui cœpit, ipse me conterat; solvat manum suam, et succidat me?
9Even that it would please God to crush me; that He would let loose His hand, and cut me off!
10Et hæc mihi sit consolatio, ut affligens me dolore, non parcat, nec contradicam sermonibus Sancti.
10Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would exult in pain, though He spare not; for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
11Quæ est enim fortitudo mea, ut sustineam? aut quis finis meus, ut patienter agam?
11What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is mine end, that I should be patient?
12Nec fortitudo lapidum fortitudo mea, nec caro mea ænea est.
12Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
13Ecce non est auxilium mihi in me, et necessarii quoque mei recesserunt a me.
13Is it that I have no help in me, and that sound wisdom is driven quite from me?
14Qui tollit ab amico suo misericordiam, timorem Domini derelinquit.
14To him that is ready to faint kindness is due from his friend, even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
15Fratres mei præterierunt me, sicut torrens qui raptim transit in convallibus.
15My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that overflow,
16Qui timent pruinam, irruet super eos nix.
16Which are black by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow hideth itself;
17Tempore quo fuerint dissipati, peribunt; et ut incaluerit, solventur de loco suo.
17What time they wax warm, they vanish, when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
18Involutæ sunt semitæ gressuum eorum; ambulabunt in vacuum, et peribunt.
18The paths of their way do wind, they go up into the waste, and are lost.
19Considerate semitas Thema, itinera Saba, et expectate paulisper.
19The caravans of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them —
20Confusi sunt, quia speravi: venerunt quoque usque ad me, et pudore cooperti sunt.
20They were ashamed because they had hoped; they came thither, and were confounded.
21Nunc venistis; et modo videntes plagam meam, timetis.
21For now ye are become His; ye see a terror, and are afraid.
22Numquid dixi: Afferte mihi, et de substantia vestra donate mihi?
22Did I say: 'Give unto me'? or: 'Offer a present for me of your substance'?
23vel: Liberate me de manu hostis, et de manu robustorum eruite me?
23or: 'Deliver me from the adversary's hand'? or: 'Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors'?
24Docete me, et ego tacebo: et si quid forte ignoravi, instruite me.
24Teach me, and I will hold my peace; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
25Quare detraxistis sermonibus veritatis, cum e vobis nullus sit qui possit arguere me?
25How forcible are words of uprightness! But what doth your arguing argue?
26Ad increpandum tantum eloquia concinnatis, et in ventum verba profertis.
26Do ye hold words to be an argument, but the speeches of one that is desperate to be wind?
27Super pupillum irruitis, et subvertere nitimini amicum vestrum.
27Yea, ye would cast lots upon the fatherless, and dig a pit for your friend.
28Verumtamen quod cœpistis explete: præbete aurem, et videte an mentiar.
28Now therefore be pleased to look upon me; for surely I shall not lie to your face.
29Respondete, obsecro, absque contentione; et loquentes id quod justum est, judicate.
29Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice; yea, return again, my cause is righteous.
30Et non invenietis in lingua mea iniquitatem, nec in faucibus meis stultitia personabit.]
30Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern crafty devices?
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