Liber Job

Respondens autem Eliphaz Themanites, dixit:

Then Eliphaz the Themanite answered, and said:

Respondente autem Eliphaz Themanites, dic:

Numquid Deo potest comparari homo, etiam cum perfectæ fuerit scientiæ?

Can man be compared with God, even though he were of perfect knowledge?

Numquid ad Deo homine compara pote, etiam cum perfice es de scientia?

Quid prodest Deo, si justus fueris? aut quid ei confers, si immaculata fuerit via tua?

What doth it profit God if thou be just? or what dost thou give him if thy way be unspotted?

Quid prosum ad Deo, si iusto es? Aut quid ad illo confer, si immacula es via tuo?

Numquid timens arguet te, et veniet tecum in judicium,

Shall he reprove thee for fear, and come with thee into judgment:

Numquid timente argue te, et tecum veni in iudicio,

et non propter malitiam tuam plurimam, et infinitas iniquitates tuas?

And not for thy manifold wickedness and thy infinite iniquities?

Et non propter malitia tuo multo, et infinitate iniquitates tuo?

Abstulisti enim pignus fratrum tuorum sine causa, et nudos spoliasti vestibus.

For thou hast taken away the pledge of thy brethren without cause, and stripped them naked of their clothing.

Fffera nam pignore de fratres tuo sine causa, et nuda spolia vestes.

Aquam lasso non dedisti, et esurienti subtraxisti panem.

Thou hast not given water to the weary, thou hast withdrawn bread from the hungry.

Aqua lassa non da, et esuri subtrahe pane.

In fortitudine brachii tui possidebas terram, et potentissimus obtinebas eam.

In the strength of thy arm thou didst possess the land, and being the most mighty thou holdest it.

In fortitudine de brachio tuo posside terra, et potente obtine illa.

Viduas dimisisti vacuas, et lacertos pupillorum comminuisti.

Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless thou hast broken in pieces.

Viduas dimitte vacuo, et lacertos de pupillos comminue.

Propterea circumdatus es laqueis, et conturbat te formido subita.

Therefore art thou surrounded with snares, and sudden fear troubleth thee.

Propter hoc circumda es laqueas, et formido conturba te subito.

Et putabas te tenebras non visurum, et impetu aquarum inundantium non oppressum iri?

And didst thou think that thou shouldst not see darkness, and that thou shouldst not be covered with the violence of overflowing waters?

Et puta te tenebras non vide, et impetu de aquas inunda non opprime i?

an non cogitas quod Deus excelsior cælo sit, et super stellarum verticem sublimetur?

Dost not thou think that God is higher than heaven, and is elevated above the height of the stars?

An non cogita quod Deo excelso caelo es, et super stellas vertice sublima?

Et dicis: Quid enim novit Deus? et quasi per caliginem judicat.

And thou sayst: What doth God know? and he judgeth as it were through a mist.

Et dic: Deo nam nosce quid? Et quasi per caliga iudica.

Nubes latibulum ejus, nec nostra considerat, et circa cardines cæli perambulat.

The clouds are his covert, and he doth not consider our things, and he walketh about the poles of heaven.

Nube latibulo de illo, nec nostro considera, et circa cardes de caelo perambula.

Numquid semitam sæculorum custodire cupis, quam calcaverunt viri iniqui,

Dost thou desire to keep the path of ages, which wicked men have spurned?

Numquid semita de saeculos custodi cupa, viros iniquo calca quam,

qui sublati sunt ante tempus suum, et fluvius subvertit fundamentum eorum?

Who were taken away before their time, and a flood hath overthrown their foundation.

Qui tolle es ante tempore suo, et fluvio subverte fundamento de illos?

Qui dicebant Deo: Recede a nobis: et quasi nihil posset facere Omnipotens, æstimabant eum,

Who said to God: Depart from us: and looked upon the Almighty as if he could do nothing:

Qui dic ad Deo: recede ab nos: et quasi nihil Omnipotente facere pote, aestima illo,

cum ille implesset domos eorum bonis: quorum sententia procul sit a me.

Whereas he had filled their houses with good things: whose way of thinking be far from me.

Cum illo imple domos de illos bono: de que sententia procul es ab me.

Videbunt justi, et lætabuntur, et innocens subsannabit eos:

The just shall see, and shall rejoice, and the innocent shall laugh them to scorn.

Iusto vide, et laetor, et innocente subsanna illos:

nonne succisa est erectio eorum? et reliquias eorum devoravit ignis?

Is not their exaltation cut down, and hath not fire devoured the remnants of them?

Nonne succide es erectione de illos? Et reliquias de illos devora igni?

Acquiesce igitur ei, et habeto pacem, et per hæc habebis fructus optimos.

Submit thyself then to him, and be at peace: and thereby thou shalt have the best fruits.

Acquiesce ergo ad illo, et habe pace, et per hoc habe fructus bono.

Suscipe ex ore illius legem, et pone sermones ejus in corde tuo.

Receive the law of his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.

Suscipe ex ore de illo lege, et pone sermones de illo in corde tuo.

Si reversus fueris ad Omnipotentem, ædificaberis, et longe facies iniquitatem a tabernaculo tuo.

If thou wilt return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, and shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacle.

Si reverte es ad Omnipotente, aedifica, et longe fac iniquitate ab tabernaculo tuo.

Dabit pro terra silicem, et pro silice torrentes aureos.

He shall give for earth flint, and for flint torrents of gold.

I da pro terra silice, et pro silice torrentes aurea.

Eritque Omnipotens contra hostes tuos, et argentum coacervabitur tibi.

And the Almighty shall be against thy enemies, and silver shall be heaped together for thee.

Et Omnipotente es contra hostes tuo, et argento coacerva ad te.

Tunc super Omnipotentem deliciis afflues, et elevabis ad Deum faciem tuam.

Then shalt thou abound in delights in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face to God.

Tunc super Omnipotente delicias afflue, et eleva ad Deo facie tuo.

Rogabis eum, et exaudiet te, et vota tua reddes.

Thou shalt pray to him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt pay vows.

Roga illo, et exaudi te, et votos tuo redde.

Decernes rem, et veniet tibi, et in viis tuis splendebit lumen.

Thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall come to thee, and light shall shine in thy ways.

Decerne re, et veni ad te, et in vias tuo splende lumine.

Qui enim humiliatus fuerit, erit in gloria, et qui inclinaverit oculos, ipse salvabitur.

For he that hath been humbled, shall be in glory: and he that shall bow down his eyes, he shall be saved.

Qui nam humilia es, es in gloria, et qui inclina oculos, ipso salva.

Salvabitur innocens: salvabitur autem in munditia manuum suarum.

The innocent shall be saved, and he shall be saved by the cleanness of his hands.

Innocente salva: salva autem in munditia de manus suo.