Job 9
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Et respondens Job, ait:
1And Job answered, and said:
2[Vere scio quod ita sit, et quod non justificetur homo compositus Deo.
2Indeed I know it is so, and that man cannot be justified compared with God.
3Si voluerit contendere cum eo, non poterit ei respondere unum pro mille.
3If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one for a thousand.
4Sapiens corde est, et fortis robore: quis restitit ei, et pacem habuit?
4He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath resisted him, and hath had peace?
5Qui transtulit montes, et nescierunt hi quos subvertit in furore suo.
5Who hath removed mountains, and they whom he overthrew in his wrath, knew it not.
6Qui commovet terram de loco suo, et columnæ ejus concutiuntur.
6Who shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
7Qui præcipit soli, et non oritur, et stellas claudit quasi sub signaculo.
7Who commandeth tile sun and it riseth not: and shutteth up the stars as it were under a seal:
8Qui extendit cælos solus, et graditur super fluctus maris.
8Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and walketh upon the waves of the sea.
9Qui facit Arcturum et Oriona, et Hyadas et interiora austri.
9Who maketh Arcturus, and Orion, and Hyades, and the inner parts of the south.
10Qui facit magna, et incomprehensibilia, et mirabilia, quorum non est numerus.
10Who doth things great and incomprehensible, and wonderful, of which there is no number.
11Si venerit ad me, non videbo eum; si abierit, non intelligam.
11If he come to me, I shall not see him: if he depart I shall not understand.
12Si repente interroget, quis respondebit ei? vel quis dicere potest: Cur ita facis?
12If he examine on a sudden, who shall answer him? or who can say: Why dost thou so?
13Deus, cujus iræ nemo resistere potest, et sub quo curvantur qui portant orbem.
13God, whose wrath no mall can resist, and under whom they stoop that bear up the world.
14Quantus ergo sum ego, ut respondeam ei, et loquar verbis meis cum eo?
14What am I then, that I should answer him, and have words with him?
15qui etiam si habuero quippiam justum, non respondebo: sed meum judicem deprecabor.
15I, who although I should have any just thing, would not answer, but would make supplication to my judge.
16Et cum invocantem exaudierit me, non credo quod audierit vocem meam.
16And if he should hear me when I call, I should not believe that he had heard my voice.
17In turbine enim conteret me, et multiplicabit vulnera mea, etiam sine causa.
17For he shall crush me in a whirlwind, and multiply my wounds even without cause.
18Non concedit requiescere spiritum meum, et implet me amaritudinibus.
18He alloweth not my spirit to rest, and he filleth me with bitterness.
19Si fortitudo quæritur, robustissimus est; si æquitas judicii, nemo audet pro me testimonium dicere.
19If strength be demanded, he is most strong: if equity of judgment, no man dare bear witness for me.
20Si justificare me voluero, os meum condemnabit me; si innocentem ostendero, pravum me comprobabit.
20If I would justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me: if I would shew myself innocent, he shall prove me wicked.
21Etiam si simplex fuero, hoc ipsum ignorabit anima mea, et tædebit me vitæ meæ.
21Although I should be simple, even this my soul shall be ignorant of, and I shall be weary of my life.
22Unum est quod locutus sum: et innocentem et impium ipse consumit.
22One thing there is that I have spoken, both the innocent and the wicked he consumeth.
23Si flagellat, occidat semel, et non de pœnis innocentum rideat.
23If he scourge, let him kill at once, and not laugh at the pains of the innocent.
24Terra data est in manus impii; vultum judicum ejus operit. Quod si non ille est, quis ergo est?
24The earth is given into the hand of the wicked, he covereth the face of the judges thereof: and if it be not he, who is it then?
25Dies mei velociores fuerunt cursore; fugerunt, et non viderunt bonum.
25My days have been swifter than a post: they have fled away and have not seen good.
26Pertransierunt quasi naves poma portantes; sicut aquila volans ad escam.
26They have passed by as ships carrying fruits, as an eagle flying to the prey.
27Cum dixero: Nequaquam ita loquar: commuto faciem meam, et dolore torqueor.
27If I say: I will not speak so: I change my face, and am tormented with sorrow.
28Verebar omnia opera mea, sciens quod non parceres delinquenti.
28I feared all my works, knowing that thou didst not spare the offender.
29Si autem et sic impius sum, quare frustra laboravi?
29But if so also I am wicked, why have I laboured in vain?
30Si lotus fuero quasi aquis nivis, et fulserint velut mundissimæ manus meæ,
30If I be washed as it were with snow waters, and my hands shall shine ever so clean:
31tamen sordibus intinges me, et abominabuntur me vestimenta mea.
31Yet thou shalt plunge me in filth, and my garments shall abhor me,
32Neque enim viro qui similis mei est, respondebo; nec qui mecum in judicio ex æquo possit audiri.
32For I shall not answer a man that is like myself: nor one that may be heard with me equally in judgment.
33Non est qui utrumque valeat arguere, et ponere manum suam in ambobus.
33There is none that may be able to reprove both, and to put his hand between both.
34Auferat a me virgam suam, et pavor ejus non me terreat.
34Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me.
35Loquar, et non timebo eum; neque enim possum metuens respondere.]
35I will speak, and will not fear him: for I cannot answer while I am in fear.
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