Liber Job

Spiritus meus attenuabitur; dies mei breviabuntur: et solum mihi superest sepulchrum.

My spirit shall be wasted, my days shall be shortened and only the grave remaineth for me.

Spiritu meo attenua; dies meo brevia: et solo ad me sepulchro supersum.

Non peccavi, et in amaritudinibus moratur oculus meus.

I have not sinned, and my eye abideth in bitterness.

Non pecca, et in amaritudines oculo meo moror.

Libera me, Domine, et pone me juxta te, et cujusvis manus pugnet contra me.

Deliver me, O Lord, and set me beside thee, and let any man's hand fight against me.

Libro me, Domino, et pone me juxta te, et quive manus pugna contra me.

Cor eorum longe fecisti a disciplina: propterea non exaltabuntur.

Thou hast set their heart far from understanding, therefore they shall not be exalted.

Corde de illos longe fac ab disciplina: propter hoc non exalta.

Prædam pollicetur sociis, et oculi filiorum ejus deficient.

He promiseth a prey to his companions, and the eyes of his children shall fail.

Praeda polliceor ad socios, et oculos de filios de illo defice.

Posuit me quasi in proverbium vulgi, et exemplum sum coram eis.

He hath made me as it were a byword of the people, and I am an example before them.

Pone me quasi in proverbio de vulgo, et exemplo es coram illos.

Caligavit ab indignatione oculus meus, et membra mea quasi in nihilum redacta sunt.

My eye is dim through indignation, and my limbs are brought as it were to nothing.

Caliga ab indignatione oculo meo, et membros meo quasi in nihilo redige es.

Stupebunt justi super hoc, et innocens contra hypocritam suscitabitur.

The just shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall be raised up against the hypocrite.

Iusto stupe super hoc, et innocente contra hypocrita suscita.

Et tenebit justus viam suam, et mundis manibus addet fortitudinem.

And the just man shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

Et iusto tene via suo, et mundo manus adde fortitudine.

Igitur omnes vos convertimini, et venite, et non inveniam in vobis ullum sapientem.

Wherefore be you all converted, and come, and I shall not find among you any wise man.

Ergo omni vos converte, et veni, et non inveni in vos ullo sapiens.

Dies mei transierunt; cogitationes meæ dissipatæ sunt, torquentes cor meum.

My days have passed away, my thoughts are dissipated, tormenting my heart.

Dies meo transi; cogitationes meo dissipa es, torque corde meo.

Noctem verterunt in diem, et rursum post tenebras spero lucem.

They have turned night into day, and after darkness I hope for light again.

Nocte verte in die, et iterum post tenebras spera luce.

Si sustinuero, infernus domus mea est, et in tenebris stravi lectulum meum.

If I wait hell is my house, and I have made my bed in darkness.

Si inferno, sustine domo meo es, et in tenebras sterne lectulo meo.

Putredini dixi: Pater meus es; Mater mea, et soror mea, vermibus.

I have said to rottenness: Thou art my father; to worms, my mother and my sister.

De putredene dic: patre meo es; matre meo, et sorore meo, vermes.

Ubi est ergo nunc præstolatio mea? et patientiam meam quis considerat?

Where is now then my expectation, and who considereth my patience?

Ubi es ergo nunc praestolatione meo? Qui considera et patientia meo?

In profundissimum infernum descendent omnia mea: putasne saltem ibi erit requies mihi?

All that I have shall go down into the deepest pit: thinkest thou that there at least I shall have rest?

In profundo inferno omni meo descende: puta salte ibi requie es ad me?