Job 9
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1Et respondens Job, ait:
1Then Job answered and said:
2[Vere scio quod ita sit, et quod non justificetur homo compositus Deo.
2Of a truth I know that it is so; and how can man be just with God?
3Si voluerit contendere cum eo, non poterit ei respondere unum pro mille.
3If one should desire to contend with Him, he could not answer Him one of 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 hardened himself against Him, and prospered?
5Qui transtulit montes, et nescierunt hi quos subvertit in furore suo.
5Who removeth the mountains, and they know it not, when He overturneth them in His anger.
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 the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
8Qui extendit cælos solus, et graditur super fluctus maris.
8Who alone stretcheth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
9Qui facit Arcturum et Oriona, et Hyadas et interiora austri.
9Who maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
10Qui facit magna, et incomprehensibilia, et mirabilia, quorum non est numerus.
10Who doeth great things past finding out; yea, marvellous things without number.
11Si venerit ad me, non videbo eum; si abierit, non intelligam.
11Lo, He goeth by me, and I see Him not. He passeth on also, but I perceive Him not.
12Si repente interroget, quis respondebit ei? vel quis dicere potest: Cur ita facis?
12Behold, He snatcheth away, who can hinder Him? Who will say unto Him: 'What doest Thou?'
13Deus, cujus iræ nemo resistere potest, et sub quo curvantur qui portant orbem.
13God will not withdraw His anger; the helpers of Rahab did stoop under Him.
14Quantus ergo sum ego, ut respondeam ei, et loquar verbis meis cum eo?
14How much less shall I answer Him, and choose out my arguments with Him?
15qui etiam si habuero quippiam justum, non respondebo: sed meum judicem deprecabor.
15Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to Him that contendeth with me.
16Et cum invocantem exaudierit me, non credo quod audierit vocem meam.
16If I had called, and He had answered me; yet would I not believe that He would hearken unto my voice —
17In turbine enim conteret me, et multiplicabit vulnera mea, etiam sine causa.
17He that would break me with a tempest, and multiply my wounds without cause;
18Non concedit requiescere spiritum meum, et implet me amaritudinibus.
18That would not suffer me to take my breath, but fill me with bitterness.
19Si fortitudo quæritur, robustissimus est; si æquitas judicii, nemo audet pro me testimonium dicere.
19If it be a matter of strength, lo, He is mighty! and if of justice, who will appoint me a time?
20Si justificare me voluero, os meum condemnabit me; si innocentem ostendero, pravum me comprobabit.
20Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me; though I be innocent, He shall prove me perverse.
21Etiam si simplex fuero, hoc ipsum ignorabit anima mea, et tædebit me vitæ meæ.
21I am innocent — I regard not myself, I despise my life.
22Unum est quod locutus sum: et innocentem et impium ipse consumit.
22It is all one — therefore I say: He destroyeth the innocent and the wicked.
23Si flagellat, occidat semel, et non de pœnis innocentum rideat.
23If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the calamity of the guiltless.
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 faces of the judges thereof; if it be not He, who then is it?
25Dies mei velociores fuerunt cursore; fugerunt, et non viderunt bonum.
25Now my days are swifter than a runner; they flee away, they see no good.
26Pertransierunt quasi naves poma portantes; sicut aquila volans ad escam.
26They are passed away as the swift ships; as the vulture that swoopeth on the prey.
27Cum dixero: Nequaquam ita loquar: commuto faciem meam, et dolore torqueor.
27If I say: 'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer',
28Verebar omnia opera mea, sciens quod non parceres delinquenti.
28I am afraid of all my pains, I know that Thou wilt not hold me guiltless.
29Si autem et sic impius sum, quare frustra laboravi?
29I shall be condemned; why then do I labour in vain?
30Si lotus fuero quasi aquis nivis, et fulserint velut mundissimæ manus meæ,
30If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
31tamen sordibus intinges me, et abominabuntur me vestimenta mea.
31Yet wilt Thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
32Neque enim viro qui similis mei est, respondebo; nec qui mecum in judicio ex æquo possit audiri.
32For He is not a man, as I am, that I should answer Him, that we should come together in judgment.
33Non est qui utrumque valeat arguere, et ponere manum suam in ambobus.
33There is no arbiter betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
34Auferat a me virgam suam, et pavor ejus non me terreat.
34Let Him take His rod away from me, and let not His terror make me afraid;
35Loquar, et non timebo eum; neque enim possum metuens respondere.]
35Then would I speak, and not fear Him; for I am not so with myself.
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