Liber Job

Respondens autem Job, ait:

Then Job answered, and said:

Respondente autem Iobe, dic:

Nunc quoque in amaritudine est sermo meus, et manus plagæ meæ aggravata est super gemitum meum.

Now also my words are in bitterness, and the hand of my scourge is more grievous than my mourning.

Nunc etiam in amaritudine es sermone meo, et manus de plaga meo aggrava es super gemitu meo.

Quis mihi tribuat ut cognoscam et inveniam illum, et veniam usque ad solium ejus?

Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and come even to his throne?

Qui ad me tribue ut cognosce et inveni illo, et veni usque ad solio de illo?

Ponam coram eo judicium, et os meum replebo increpationibus:

I would set judgment before him, and would fill my mouth with complaints.

Pone coram eo iudicio, et ore meo reple ad increpationes:

ut sciam verba quæ mihi respondeat, et intelligam quid loquatur mihi.

That I might know the words that he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.

Ut sci verbos que ad me responde, et intellege quid loque ad me.

Nolo multa fortitudine contendat mecum, nec magnitudinis suæ mole me premat.

I would not that he should contend with me with much strength, nor overwhelm me with the weight of his greatness.

Ne vol multo fortitudine contende mecum, nec de magnitudine suo mole me preme.

Proponat æquitatem contra me, et perveniat ad victoriam judicium meum.

Let him propose equity against me, and let my judgment come to victory.

Propone aequitate contra me, et perveni ad victoria iudicio meo.

Si ad orientem iero, non apparet; si ad occidentem, non intelligam eum.

But if I go to the east, he appeareth not; if to the west, I shall not understand him.

Si ad ori i, non appare; si ad occidente, non intellege illo.

Si ad sinistram, quid agam? non apprehendam eum; si me vertam ad dexteram, non videbo illum.

If to the left hand, what shall I do? I shall not take hold on him: if I turn myself to the right hand, I shall not see him.

Si ad sinistra, quid age? Non apprehende illo; si me verte ad dextera, non vide illo.

Ipse vero scit viam meam, et probavit me quasi aurum quod per ignem transit.

But he knoweth my way, and has tried me as gold that passeth through the fire:

Ipso vero sci via meo, et proba me quasi auro quod per igni transi.

Vestigia ejus secutus est pes meus: viam ejus custodivi, et non declinavi ex ea.

My foot hath followed his steps, I have kept his way, and have not declined from it.

Vestigios de illo secuto es pede meo: via de illo custodi, et non declina ex illa.

A mandatis labiorum ejus non recessi, et in sinu meo abscondi verba oris ejus.

I have not departed from the commandments of his lips, and the words of his mouth I have hid in my bosom.

Ab mandatos de labios de illo non recede, et in sinu meo absconde verbos de ore de illo.

Ipse enim solus est, et nemo avertere potest cogitationem ejus: et anima ejus quodcumque voluit, hoc fecit.

For he is alone, and no man can turn away his thought: and whatsoever his soul hath desired, that hath he done.

Ipso nam solo es, et nemo averte pote cogitatione de illo: et anima de illo omni vol, hoc fac.

Cum expleverit in me voluntatem suam, et alia multa similia præsto sunt ei.

And when he shall have fulfilled his will in me, many other like things are also at hand with him.

Cum exple in me voluntate suo, et alio multo simili praesta es ad illo.

Et idcirco a facie ejus turbatus sum, et considerans eum, timore sollicitor.

And therefore I am troubled at his presence, and when I consider him, I am made pensive with fear.

Et ergo ab facie de illo turba es, et considera illo, timore sollicitor.

Deus mollivit cor meum, et Omnipotens conturbavit me.

God hath softened my heart, and the Almighty hath troubled me.

Deo molior corde meo, et Omnipotente conturba me.

Non enim perii propter imminentes tenebras, nec faciem meam operuit caligo.

For I have not perished because of the darkness that hangs over me, neither hath the mist covered my face.

Non nam peri propter immine tenebras, nec caliga operi facie meo.