Liber Job

Voca ergo, si est qui tibi respondeat, et ad aliquem sanctorum convertere.

Call now, if there be any that will answer thee, and turn to some of the saints.

Voca ergo, si es qui ad te responde, et ad aliquo sancto converte.

Vere stultum interficit iracundia, et parvulum occidit invidia.

Anger indeed killeth the foolish, and envy slayeth the little one.

Vere stulto interfice iracundia, et parvulo occide invidia.

Ego vidi stultum firma radice, et maledixi pulchritudini ejus statim.

I have seen a fool with a strong root, and I cursed his beauty immediately.

Me vide stulto firmissimo radice, et maledice ad pulchritudine de illo statim.

Longe fient filii ejus a salute, et conterentur in porta, et non erit qui eruat.

His children shall be far from safety, and shall be destroyed in the gate, and there shall be none to deliver them.

Longe filios de illo fi ab salute, et contere in porta, et non qui erue es.

Cujus messem famelicus comedet, et ipsum rapiet armatus, et bibent sitientes divitias ejus.

Whose harvest the hungry shall eat, and the armed man shall take him by violence, and the thirsty shall drink up his riches.

Famelico comede de que messe, et ipso rape arma, et bibe sitie divitias de illo.

Nihil in terra sine causa fit, et de humo non oritur dolor.

Nothing upon earth is done without a cause, and sorrow doth not spring out of the ground.

Nihil in terra sine causa fi, et de humo non dolore ori.

Homo nascitur ad laborem, et avis ad volatum.

Man is born to labour, and the bird to fly.

Homine nasce ad labore, et ave ad volatu.

Quam ob rem ego deprecabor Dominum, et ad Deum ponam eloquium meum:

Wherefore I will pray to the Lord, and address my speech to God:

Quam ob rem me depreca Domino, et ad Deo pone eloquio meo:

qui facit magna et inscrutabilia, et mirabilia absque numero;

Who doth great things, and unsearchable and wonderful things without number:

Qui fac magna et inscrutabile, et mirabili absque numero;

qui dat pluviam super faciem terræ, et irrigat aquis universa;

Who giveth rain upon the face of the earth, and watereth all things with waters:

Qui da pluvia super facie de terra, et irriga ad aquas universa;

qui ponit humiles in sublime, et mœrentes erigit sospitate;

Who setteth up the humble on high, and comforteth with health those that mourn.

Qui pone humili in sublime, et moere erige sospitate;

qui dissipat cogitationes malignorum, ne possint implere manus eorum quod cœperant;

Who bringeth to nought the designs of the malignant, so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had begun:

Qui dissipa cogitationes maligno, ne pote imple manus de illos quod incipe;

qui apprehendit sapientes in astutia eorum, et consilium pravorum dissipat.

Who catcheth the wise in their craftiness, and disappointeth the counsel of the wicked:

Qui apprehende sape in astutia de illos, et dissipa consilio de pravores.

Per diem incurrent tenebras, et quasi in nocte, sic palpabunt in meridie.

They shall meet with darkness in the day, and grope at noonday as in the night.

Per die incurre tenebras, et quasi in nocte, sic palpa in meridie.

Porro salvum faciet egenum a gladio oris eorum, et de manu violenti pauperem.

But he shall save the needy from the sword of their mouth, and the poor from the hand of the violent.

Porro salva i fac egeno ab gladio de ore de illos, et de manu violento paupere.

Et erit egeno spes; iniquitas autem contrahet os suum.

And to the needy there shall be hope, but iniquity shall draw in her mouth.

Et egeno spe es; iniquitate autem contrahe ore suo.

Beatus homo qui corripitur a Deo: increpationem ergo Domini ne reprobes:

Blessed is the man whom God correcteth: refuse not, therefore, the chastising of the Lord.

Beato homine qui corripie ab Deo: increpatione ergo de Domino ne reproba:

quia ipse vulnerat, et medetur; percutit, et manus ejus sanabunt.

For he woundeth, and cureth: he striketh, and his hands shall heal.

Quia ipso vulne, et mede; percute, et manus de illo sana.

In sex tribulationibus liberabit te, et in septima non tanget te malum.

In six troubles he shall deliver thee, and in the seventh, evil shall not touch thee.

In sexu tribulatione libera te, et in septimo non malo tange te.

In fame eruet te de morte, et in bello de manu gladii.

In famine he shall deliver thee from death; and in battle, from the hand of the sword.

In fame erue te de morte, et in bello de manu de gladio.

A flagello linguæ absconderis, et non timebis calamitatem cum venerit.

Thou shalt be hidden from the scourge of the tongue: and thou shalt not fear calamity when it cometh.

Ab flagello de lingua absconde, et non time calamitate cum veni.

In vastitate et fame ridebis, et bestias terræ non formidabis.

In destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: and thou shalt not be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

In vastitate et fame ride, et bestias de terra non formido.

Sed cum lapidibus regionum pactum tuum, et bestiæ terræ pacificæ erunt tibi.

But thou shalt have a covenant with the stones of the lands, and the beasts of the earth shall be at peace with thee.

Sed cum lapides de regiones paciscor tuo, et bestias de terra pacifica es ad te.

Et scies quod pacem habeat tabernaculum tuum; et visitans speciem tuam, non peccabis.

And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle is in peace, and visiting thy beauty, thou shalt not sin.

Et sci quod pace que habe tabernaculo tuo; et visita specie tuo, non pecca.

Scies quoque quoniam multiplex erit semen tuum, et progenies tua quasi herba terræ.

Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be multiplied, and thy offspring like the grass of the earth.

Sci etiam quia multiplice es semine tuo, et progenie tuo quasi herba de terra.

Ingredieris in abundantia sepulchrum, sicut infertur acervus tritici in tempore suo.

Thou shalt enter into the grave in abundance, as a heap of wheat is brought in its season.

Ingredior in abundantia sepulchro, sicut acervo de tritico infer in tempore suo.

Ecce hoc, ut investigavimus, ita est: quod auditum, mente pertracta.

Behold, this is even so, as we have searched out: which thou having heard, consider it thoroughly in thy mind.

Ecce hoc, ut investiga, ita es: quod audi, mente pertrahe.