Liber Job

Addidit quoque Job, assumens parabolam suam, et dixit:

Job also added, taking up his parable, and said:

Iobe etiam adde, assume parabola suo, et dic:

Vivit Deus, qui abstulit judicium meum, et Omnipotens, qui ad amaritudinem adduxit animam meam.

As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who hath brought my soul to bitterness,

Vive Deo, qui aufer iudicio meo, et Omnipotente, qui ad amaritudine adduce anima meo.

Quia donec superest halitus in me, et spiritus Dei in naribus meis,

As long as breath remaineth in me, and the spirit of God in my nostrils,

Quia usque que halitu supersum in me, et spiritu de Deo in nares meo,

non loquentur labia mea iniquitatem, nec lingua mea meditabitur mendacium.

My lips shall not speak iniquity, neither shall my tongue contrive lying.

Non labia meo loque iniquitate, nec lingua meo meditor mendacio.

Absit a me ut justos vos esse judicem: donec deficiam, non recedam ab innocentia mea.

God forbid that I should judge you to be just: till I die I will not depart from my innocence.

Abes ab me ut iusto vos es iudice: usque que defice, non recede ab innocentia meo.

Justificationem meam, quam cœpi tenere, non deseram: neque enim reprehendit me cor meum in omni vita mea.

My justification, which I have begun to hold, I will not forsake: for my heart doth not reprehend me in all my life.

Iustificatione meo, quam incipe tene, non desere: neque nam corde meo reprehende me in omni vita meo.

Sit ut impius, inimicus meus, et adversarius meus quasi iniquus.

Let my enemy be as the ungodly, and my adversary as the wicked one.

Es ut impio, inimico meo, et adversario meo quasi iniquo.

Quæ est enim spes hypocritæ, si avare rapiat, et non liberet Deus animam ejus?

For what is the hope of the hypocrite if through covetousness he take by violence, and God deliver not his soul?

Que es nam spe de hypocrita, si avare rape, et non Deo libera anima de illo?

Numquid Deus audiet clamorem ejus, cum venerit super eum angustia?

Will God hear his cry, when distress shall come upon him?

Numquid Deo audi clamore de illo, cum angustia super illo veni?

aut poterit in Omnipotente delectari, et invocare Deum omni tempore?

Or can he delight himself in the Almighty, and call upon God at all times?

Aut pote in Omnipotente delecta, et invoca Deo omni tempore?

Docebo vos per manum Dei quæ Omnipotens habeat, nec abscondam.

I will teach you by the hand of God, what the Almighty hath, and I will not conceal it.

Doce vos per manu de Deo que Omnipotente que habe, nec absconde.

Ecce vos omnes nostis: et quid sine causa vana loquimini?

Behold you all know it, and why do you speak vain things without cause?

Ecce vos omni nosce: et quid sine causa vana loque?

Hæc est pars hominis impii apud Deum, et hæreditas violentorum, quam ob Omnipotente suscipient.

This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they shall receive of the Almighty.

Hoc es parte de homine impio apud Deo, et haereditate de violentos, quam ob Omnipotente suscipe.

Si multiplicati fuerint filii ejus, in gladio erunt, et nepotes ejus non saturabuntur pane:

If his sons be multiplied, they shall be for the sword, and his grandsons shall not be filled with bread.

Si multiplica es filios de illo, in gladio es, et nepotes de illo non satura pane:

qui reliqui fuerint ex eo sepelientur in interitu, et viduæ illius non plorabunt.

They that shall remain of him, shall be buried in death, and his widows shall not weep.

Qui reliqua es ex eo sepeli in interitu, et viduas de illo non plora.

Si comportaverit quasi terram argentum, et sicut lutum præparaverit vestimenta:

If he shall heap together silver as earth, and prepare raiment as clay,

Si comporta quasi terra argento, et sicut luto praepara vestimentos:

præparabit quidem, sed justus vestietur illis, et argentum innocens dividet.

He shall prepare indeed, but the just man shall be clothed with it: and the innocent shall divide the silver.

Praepara quidem, sed iusto vestie ad illos, et argento innocente divide.

Ædificavit sicut tinea domum suam, et sicut custos fecit umbraculum.

He hath built his house as a moth, and as a keeper he hath made a booth.

Dedifica sicut tinea domo suo, et sicut custode fac umbraculo.

Dives, cum dormierit, nihil secum auferet: aperiet oculos suos, et nihil inveniet.

The rich man when he shall sleep shall take away nothing with him: he shall open his eyes and find nothing.

Divite, cum dormi, nihil aufer se: aperi oculos suo, et nihil inveni.

Apprehendet eum quasi aqua inopia: nocte opprimet eum tempestas.

Poverty like water shall take hold on him, a tempest shall oppress him in the night:

Apprehende illo quasi aqua inopia: nocte tempestate opprime illo.

Tollet eum ventus urens, et auferet, et velut turbo rapiet eum de loco suo.

A burning wind shall take him up, and carry him away, and as a whirlwind shall snatch him from his place.

Vento ure tolle illo, et aufer, et sicut turbo rape illo de loco suo.

Et mittet super eum, et non parcet: de manu ejus fugiens fugiet.

And he shall cast upon him, and shall not spare: out of his hand he would willingly flee.

Et mitte super illo, et non parce: de manu de illo fuge fuge.

Stringet super eum manus suas, et sibilabit super illum, intuens locum ejus.

He shall clasp his hands upon him, and shall hiss at him, beholding his place.

Stringe super illo manus suo, et sibila super illo, intueor loco de illo.