Liber Job

Respondens autem Job, dixit:

Then Job answered, and said:

Respondente autem Iobe, dic:

Usquequo affligitis animam meam, et atteritis me sermonibus?

How long do you afflict my soul, and break me in pieces with words?

Usquequo afflige anima meo, et attere me sermones?

En decies confunditis me, et non erubescitis opprimentes me.

Behold, these ten times you confound me, and are not ashamed to oppress me.

En decie confunde me, et non erubesce opprime me.

Nempe etsi ignoravi, mecum erit ignorantia mea.

For if I have been ignorant, my ignorance shall be with me.

Nempe etsi ignora, mecum es ignorantia meo.

At vos contra me erigimini, et arguitis me opprobriis meis.

But you set yourselves up against me, and reprove me with my reproaches.

Sed vos contra me erige, et argue me opprobrios meo.

Saltem nunc intelligite quia Deus non æquo judicio afflixerit me, et flagellis suis me cinxerit.

At least now understand, that God hath not afflicted me with an equal judgment, and compassed me with his scourges.

Saltem nunc intellege quia Deo non aequo iudicio afflige me, et flagellos suo me cinge.

Ecce clamabo, vim patiens, et nemo audiet; vociferabor, et non est qui judicet.

Behold I shall cry suffering violence, and no one will hear: I shall cry aloud, and there is none to judge.

Ecce clama, vi pate, et nemo audi; vocifera, et non qui iudica es.

Semitam meam circumsepsit, et transire non possum: et in calle meo tenebras posuit.

He hath hedged in my path round about, and I cannot pass, and in my way he hath set darkness.

Semita meo circumserta, et transi non pote: et in calle meo tenebras pone.

Spoliavit me gloria mea, et abstulit coronam de capite meo.

He hath stripped me of my glory, and hath taken the crown from my head.

Gloria meo spolia me, et aufer corona de capite meo.

Destruxit me undique, et pereo: et quasi evulsæ arbori abstulit spem meam.

He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am lost, and he hath taken away my hope, as from a tree that is plucked up.

Festruca me undique, et peri: et quasi evulge ad arbore aufer spe meo.

Iratus est contra me furor ejus, et sic me habuit quasi hostem suum.

His wrath is kindled against me, and he hath counted me as his enemy.

Irato es contra me furore de illo, et sic me habe quasi hoste suo.

Simul venerunt latrones ejus, et fecerunt sibi viam per me, et obsederunt in gyro tabernaculum meum.

His troops have come together, and have made themselves a way by me, and have besieged my tabernacle round about.

Simul latros de illo veni, et fac ad se via per me, et obside in gyro tabernaculo meo.

Fratres meos longe fecit a me, et noti mei quasi alieni recesserunt a me.

He hath put my brethren far from me, and my acquaintance like strangers have departed from me.

Fratres meo longe fac ab me, et noto meo quasi aliena recede ab me.

Dereliquerunt me propinqui mei, et qui me noverant obliti sunt mei.

My kinsmen have forsaken me, and they that knew me, have forgotten me.

Propinquos meo derelinque me, et qui nosce me obliviscor es meo.

Inquilini domus meæ et ancillæ meæ sicut alienum habuerunt me, et quasi peregrinus fui in oculis eorum.

They that dwell in my house, and my maidservants have counted me as a stranger, and I have been like an alien in their eyes.

Inquilinios domo meo et ancillas meo sicut aliena habe me, et quasi peregrino es in oculos de illos.

Servum meum vocavi, et non respondit: ore proprio deprecabar illum.

I called my servant, and he gave me no answer, I entreated him with my own mouth.

Servo meo voca, et non responde: ore propria depreca illo.

Halitum meum exhorruit uxor mea, et orabam filios uteri mei.

My wife hath abhorred my breath, and I entreated the children of my womb.

Uxore meo exhorresce halitu meo, et ora filios de utro meo.

Stulti quoque despiciebant me: et cum ab eis recessissem, detrahebant mihi.

Even fools despised me, and when I was gone from them, they spoke against me.

Stulto etiam despice me: et cum ab illos recede, detrahe ad me.

Abominati sunt me quondam consiliarii mei, et quem maxime diligebam, aversatus est me.

They that were sometime my counsellors, have abhorred me: and he whom I loved most is turned against me.

Abominor es me quondam consiliarios meo, et quem maximo dilige, aversor es me.

Pelli meæ, consumptis carnibus, adhæsit os meum, et derelicta sunt tantummodo labia circa dentes meos.

The flesh being consumed, my bone hath cleaved to my skin, and nothing but lips are left about my teeth.

Pelle meo, consume carnes, adhaere ore meo, et derelingua es tantummodo labias circa dentes meo.

Miseremini mei, miseremini mei saltem vos, amici mei, quia manus Domini tetigit me.

Have pity on me, have pity on me, at least you my friends, because the hand of the Lord hath touched me.

Misereor meo, misereor meo salte vos, amicos meo, quia manus de Domino tange me.

Quare persequimini me sicut Deus, et carnibus meis saturamini?

Why do you persecute me as God, and glut yourselves with my flesh?

Quare perseque me sicut Deo, et carnes meo satura?

Quis mihi tribuat ut scribantur sermones mei? quis mihi det ut exarentur in libro

Who will grant me that my words may be written? who will grant me that they may be marked down in a book?

Qui ad me tribue ut sermones meo scribe? Qui ad me que da ut ex(s)ura in libro

stylo ferreo et plumbi lamina, vel celte sculpantur in silice?

With an iron pen and in a plate of lead, or else be graven with an instrument in flint stone?

Stylo ferrea et de plumbo lamina, vel celte sculpe in silice?

Scio enim quod redemptor meus vivit, et in novissimo die de terra surrecturus sum:

For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and in the last day I shall rise out of the earth.

Sci nam quod redemptore meo vive, et in novissimo die de terra surge es:

et rursum circumdabor pelle mea, et in carne mea videbo Deum meum:

And I shall be clothed again with my skin, and in my flesh I shall see my God.

Et iterum circumda pelle meo, et in carne meo vide Deo meo:

quem visurus sum ego ipse, et oculi mei conspecturi sunt, et non alius: reposita est hæc spes mea in sinu meo.

Whom I myself shall see, and my eyes shall behold, and not another: this my hope is laid up in my bosom.

Quem vide es me ipso, et oculos meo conspice es, et non alio: repone es hoc spe meo in sinu meo.

Quare ergo nunc dicitis: Persequamur eum, et radicem verbi inveniamus contra eum?

Why then do you say now: Let us persecute him, and let us find occasion of word against him?

Quare ergo nunc dic: perseque illo, et radice de verbo inveni contra illo?

Fugite ergo a facie gladii, quoniam ultor iniquitatum gladius est: et scitote esse judicium.

Flee then from the face of the sword, for the sword is the revenger of iniquities: and know ye that there is a judgment.

Fuge ergo ab facie de gladio, quia ultoris de iniquitates gladio es: et sci es iudicio.