Liber Job

Respondens autem Eliphaz Themanites, dixit:

Then Eliphaz, the Themanite, answered, and said:

Respondente autem Eliphaz Themanites, dic:

Si cœperimus loqui tibi, forsitan moleste accipies; sed conceptum sermonem tenere quis poterit?

If we begin to speak to thee, perhaps thou wilt take it ill; but who can withhold the words he hath conceived?

Si incipe loque ad te, forsan moleste accipe; sed concipe sermone tene qui pote?

Ecce docuisti multos, et manus lassas roborasti;

Behold thou hast taught many, and thou hast strengthened the weary hands:

Ecce doce multo, et manus lasda robora;

vacillantes confirmaverunt sermones tui, et genua trementia confortasti.

Thy words have confirmed them that were staggering, and thou hast strengthened the trembling knees:

Vacillor confirma sermones tuo, et genus treme conforta.

Nunc autem venit super te plaga, et defecisti; tetigit te, et conturbatus es.

But now the scourge is come upon thee, and thou faintest: It hath touched thee, and thou art troubled.

Nunc autem plaga super te veni, et defice; tange te, et conturba es.

Ubi est timor tuus, fortitudo tua, patientia tua, et perfectio viarum tuarum?

Where is thy fear, thy fortitude, thy patience, and the perfection of thy ways?

Ubi es timore tuo, fortitudine tuo, patientia tuo, et perfectione de vias tuo?

Recordare, obsecro te, quis umquam innocens periit? aut quando recti deleti sunt?

Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished being innocent? or when were the just destroyed?

Recordare, obsecra te, qui umquam innocente peri? Aut quando rectus dele es?

Quin potius vidi eos qui operantur iniquitatem, et seminant dolores, et metunt eos,

On the contrary, I have seen those who work iniquity, and sow sorrows, and reap them,

Quin potius vide illos qui operor iniquitate, et semina dolores, et mete illos,

flante Deo perisse, et spiritu iræ ejus esse consumptos.

Perishing by the blast of God, and consumed by the spirit of his wrath.

Fla Deo peri, et spiritu de ira de illo es consume.

Rugitus leonis, et vox leænæ, et dentes catulorum leonum contriti sunt.

The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the teeth of the whelps of lions, are broken:

Rugito de leone, et voce leaeno, et dentes de catulos de leones contrita es.

Tigris periit, eo quod non haberet prædam, et catuli leonis dissipati sunt.

The tiger hath perished for want of prey, and the young lions are scattered abroad.

Tigro peri, eo quod non habe praeda, et catulos de leone dissipa es.

Porro ad me dictum est verbum absconditum, et quasi furtive suscepit auris mea venas susurri ejus.

Now there was a word spoken to me in private, and my ears by stealth, as it were, received the veins of its whisper.

Porro ad me dicto es verbo absconditus, et quasi furtive suscipe aures meo venos de susurro de illo.

In horrore visionis nocturnæ, quando solet sopor occupare homines,

In the horror of a vision by night, when deep sleep is wont to hold men,

In horrore de visione nocturno, quando sopore sole occupa homines,

pavor tenuit me, et tremor, et omnia ossa mea perterrita sunt;

Fear seized upon me, and trembling, and all my bones were affrighted:

Pavore tene me, et tremore, et omni ores meo perterre es;

et cum spiritus, me præsente, transiret, inhorruerunt pili carnis meæ.

And when a spirit passed before me, the hair of my flesh stood up.

Et cum spiritu, me praesenti, transi, pilos de carne meo inhorre.

Stetit quidam, cujus non agnoscebam vultum, imago coram oculis meis, et vocem quasi auræ lenis audivi.

There stood one whose countenance I knew not, an image before my eyes, and I heard the voice, as it were, of a gentle wind.

Sta uno, de que non agnosce vultu, imagine coram oculos meo, et voce quasi de aura lene audi.

Numquid homo, Dei comparatione, justificabitur? aut factore suo purior erit vir?

Shall man be justified in comparison of God, or shall a man be more pure than his maker?

Numquid homine, de Deo comparatione, iustifica? Aut factore suo purvore es viro?

Ecce qui serviunt ei, non sunt stabiles, et in angelis suis reperit pravitatem;

Behold, they that serve him are not steadfast, and in his angels he found wickedness:

Ecce qui servi ad illo, non es stabile, et in angelos suo reperi pravitate;

quanto magis hi qui habitant domos luteas, qui terrenum habent fundamentum, consumentur velut a tinea?

How much more shall they that dwell in houses of clay, who have an earthly foundation, be consumed as with the moth?

Quanto magis hoc qui habita domos lutea, qui terreno habe fundamento, consume sicut ab tinea?

De mane usque ad vesperam succidentur; et quia nullus intelligit, in æternum peribunt.

From morning till evening they shall be cut down: and because no one understandeth, they shall perish for ever.

De mane usque ad vespera succide; et quia nullo intellege, in aeterno peri.

Qui autem reliqui fuerint, auferentur ex eis; morientur, et non in sapientia.

And they that shall be left, shall be taken away from them: they shall die, and not in wisdom.

Qui autem reliqua es, aufer ex illos; more, et non in sapientia.