Old Testament
Job
Ecce omnia hæc vidit oculus meus, et audivit auris mea, et intellexi singula.
Behold my eye hath seen all these things, and my ear hath heard them, and I have understood them all.
Ecce oculo meo vide omni hoc, et audi aures meo, et intellege singulo.
Secundum scientiam vestram et ego novi: nec inferior vestri sum.
According to your knowledge I also know: neither am I inferior to you.
Secundo scientia vestro et me nosce: nec inferiori vestro es.
Sed tamen ad Omnipotentem loquar, et disputare cum Deo cupio:
But yet I will speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
Sed tamen ad Omnipotente loque, et disputa cum Deo cupie:
prius vos ostendens fabricatores mendacii, et cultores perversorum dogmatum.
Having first shewn that you are forgers of lies, and maintainers of perverse opinions.
Ante vos ostende fabricatores de mendacio, et cultores de perversores de dogmatos.
Atque utinam taceretis, ut putaremini esse sapientes.
And I wish you would hold your peace, that you might be thought to be wise men.
Et utinam tace, ut puta es sape.
Audite ergo correptionem meam, et judicium labiorum meorum attendite.
Hear ye therefore my reproof, and attend to the judgment of my lips.
Audi ergo correptione meo, et iudicio de labios meo attende.
Numquid Deus indiget vestro mendacio, ut pro illo loquamini dolos?
Hath God any need of your lie, that you should speak deceitfully for him?
Numquid Deo indige vestro mendacio, ut pro illo loque dolos?
numquid faciem ejus accipitis, et pro Deo judicare nitimini?
Do you accept this person, and do you endeavour to judge for God?
Numquid facie de illo accipe, et pro Deo iudica nitor?
aut placebit ei quem celare nihil potest? aut decipietur, ut homo, vestris fraudulentiis?
Or shall it please him, from whom nothing can be concealed? or shall he be deceived as a man, with your deceitful dealings?
Aut place ad illo quem cela nihil pote? Aut decipie, ut homine, vestro fraudulentias?
Ipse vos arguet, quoniam in abscondito faciem ejus accipitis.
He shall reprove you, because in secret you accept his person.
Ipso argue vos, quia in absconditus facie de illo accipe.
Statim ut se commoverit, turbabit vos, et terror ejus irruet super vos.
As soon as he shall move himself, he shall trouble you: and his dread shall fall upon you.
Statim ut se commove, turba vos, et terrore de illo irrue super vos.
Memoria vestra comparabitur cineri, et redigentur in lutum cervices vestræ.
Your remembrance shall be compared to ashes, and your necks shall be brought to clay.
Memoria vestro compara ad cinere, et cervices in luto vestro redige.
Tacete paulisper, ut loquar quodcumque mihi mens suggesserit.
Hold your peace a little while, that I may speak whatsoever my mind shall suggest to me.
Tace paul(l)isper, ut loque mente ad me suggeda omni.
Quare lacero carnes meas dentibus meis, et animam meam porto in manibus meis?
Why do I tear my flesh with my teeth, and carry my soul in my hands?
Quare lacera carnes meo dentes meo, et anima meo porta in manus meo?
Etiam si occiderit me, in ipso sperabo: verumtamen vias meas in conspectu ejus arguam.
Although he should kill me, I will trust in him: but yet I will reprove my ways in his sight.
Etiam si occide me, in ipso spera: verumtamen vias meo in conspectu de illo argue.
Et ipse erit salvator meus: non enim veniet in conspectu ejus omnis hypocrita.
And he shall be my saviour: for no hypocrite shall come before his presence.
Et ipso es salvatore meo: non nam omni in conspectu de illo hypocrita veni.
Audite sermonem meum, et ænigmata percipite auribus vestris.
Hear ye my speech, and receive with your ears hidden truths.
Audi sermone meo, et aenigmates percipe ad aures vestro.
Si fuero judicatus, scio quod justus inveniar.
If I shall be judged, I know that I shall be found just.
Si es iudica, sci quod iusto inveni.
Quis est qui judicetur mecum? veniat: quare tacens consumor?
Who is he that will plead against me? let him come: why am I consumed holding my peace?
Qui es qui iudica mecum? Que veni: quare tace consumor?
Duo tantum ne facias mihi, et tunc a facie tua non abscondar:
Two things only do not to me, and then from thy face I shall not be hid:
Duo tanto ne fac ad me, et tunc ab facie tuo non absconde:
manum tuam longe fac a me, et formido tua non me terreat.
Withdraw thy hand far from me, and let not thy dread terrify me.
Manu tuo longe fac ab me, et formido tuo non terre me.
Voca me, et ego respondebo tibi: aut certe loquar, et tu responde mihi.
Call me, and I will answer thee: or else I will speak, and do thou answer me.
Voca me, et me responde ad te: aut certe loque, et te responde ad me.
Quantas habeo iniquitates et peccata? scelera mea et delicta ostende mihi.
How many are my iniquities and sins? make me know my crimes and offenses.
Iniquitates et peccatos habe quanto? Sceleres meo et delictos ostende ad me.
Cur faciem tuam abscondis, et arbitraris me inimicum tuum?
Why hidest thou thy face, and thinkest me thy enemy?
Quare facie tuo absconde, et arbitra me inimico tuo?
Contra folium, quod vento rapitur, ostendis potentiam tuam, et stipulam siccam persequeris:
Against a leaf, that is carried away with the wind, thou shewest thy power, and thou pursuest a dry straw.
Contra folio, quod vento rape, ostende potentia tuo, et stipula sicco perseque:
scribis enim contra me amaritudines, et consumere me vis peccatis adolescentiæ meæ.
For thou writest bitter things against me, and wilt consume me for the sins of my youth.
Scribe nam contra me amaritudines, et consume me vol peccatos de adolescentia meo.
Posuisti in nervo pedem meum, et observasti omnes semitas meas, et vestigia pedum meorum considerasti:
Thou hast put my feet in the stocks, and hast observed all my paths, and hast considered the steps of my feet:
Pone in nervo pede meo, et observa omni semitas meo, et vestigios de pedes meo considera:
qui quasi putredo consumendus sum, et quasi vestimentum quod comeditur a tinea.
Who am to be consumed as rottenness, and as a garment that is motheaten.
Qui quasi putreso consume es, et quasi vestimento quod comede ab tinea.
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