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:

Quis mihi tribuat ut sim juxta menses pristinos, secundum dies quibus Deus custodiebat me?

Who will grant me, that I might be according to the months past, according to the days in which God kept me?

Qui ad me tribue ut es juxta menses pristino, secundo dies ad que Deo custodi me?

Quando splendebat lucerna ejus super caput meum, et ad lumen ejus ambulabam in tenebris:

When his lamp shined over my head, and I walked by his light in darkness?

Quando lucerna de illo splende super capite meo, et ad lumine de illo ambula in tenebras:

sicut fui in diebus adolescentiæ meæ, quando secreto Deus erat in tabernaculo meo:

As I was in the days of my youth, when God was secretly in my tabernacle?

Sicut es in dies de adolescentia meo, quando secreto Deo es in tabernaculo meo:

quando erat Omnipotens mecum, et in circuitu meo pueri mei:

When the Almighty was with me: and my servants round about me?

Quando es Omnipotente mecum, et in circuitu meo pueros meo:

quando lavabam pedes meos butyro, et petra fundebat mihi rivos olei:

When I washed my feet with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil?

Quando lava pedes meo butyro, et petra funde ad me rivos de oleo:

quando procedebam ad portam civitatis, et in platea parabant cathedram mihi.

When I went out to the gate of the city, and in the street they prepared me a chair?

Quando procede ad porta de civitate, et in platea para cathedra ad me.

Videbant me juvenes, et abscondebantur: et senes assurgentes stabant.

The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the old men rose up and stood.

Iuvene vide me, et absconde: et senes assurge sta.

Principes cessabant loqui, et digitum superponebant ori suo.

The princes ceased to speak, and laid the finger on their mouth.

Principes cessa loque, et digito superpone ad ore suo.

Vocem suam cohibebant duces, et lingua eorum gutturi suo adhærebat.

The rulers held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to their throat.

Duces cohibe voce suo, et lingua de illos ad gutturo suo adhaere.

Auris audiens beatificabat me, et oculus videns testimonium reddebat mihi:

The ear that heard me blessed me, and the eye that saw me gave witness to me:

Auro audiente beatificor me, et oculo vidente testimonio redde ad me:

eo quod liberassem pauperem vociferantem, et pupillum cui non esset adjutor.

Because I had delivered the poor man that cried out; and the fatherless, that had no helper.

Eo quod libera paupere vocifera, et pupillo ad que non es adiutore.

Benedictio perituri super me veniebat, et cor viduæ consolatus sum.

The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me, and I comforted the heart of the widow.

Benedictione perde super me veni, et corde de vidua consola es.

Justitia indutus sum, et vestivi me, sicut vestimento et diademate, judicio meo.

I was clad with justice: and I clothed myself with my judgment, as with a robe and a diadem.

Iustitia indusa es, et vestie me, sicut vestimento et diademate, iudicio meo.

Oculus fui cæco, et pes claudo.

I was an eye to the blind, and a foot to the lame.

Oculo es caeco, et pede claude.

Pater eram pauperum, et causam quam nesciebam diligentissime investigabam.

I was the father of the poor: and the cause which I knew not, I searched out most diligently.

Patre es de paupere, et causa quam ne sci diligenter investiga.

Conterebam molas iniqui, et de dentibus illius auferebam prædam.

I broke the jaws of the wicked man, and out of his teeth I took away the prey.

Contere molas iniquo, et de dentes de illo aufer praeda.

Dicebamque: In nidulo meo moriar, et sicut palma multiplicabo dies.

And I said: I shall die in my nest, and as a palm tree shall multiply my days.

Et dic: in nidulo meo more, et sicut palma multiplica dies.

Radix mea aperta est secus aquas, et ros morabitur in messione mea.

My root is opened beside the waters, and dew shall continue in my harvest.

Radice meo aperi es secus aquas, et rore moror in messione meo.

Gloria mea semper innovabitur, et arcus meus in manu mea instaurabitur.

My glory shall always be renewed, and my bow in my hand shall be repaired.

Gloria meo semper innova, et arcu meo in manu meo instaura.

Qui me audiebant, expectabant sententiam, et intenti tacebant ad consilium meum.

They that heard me, waited for my sentence, and being attentive held their peace at my counsel.

Qui audi me, expecta sententia, et intenga tace ad consilio meo.

Verbis meis addere nihil audebant, et super illos stillabat eloquium meum.

To my words they durst add nothing, and my speech dropped upon them.

Verbis meo adde nihil aude, et super illos stilla eloquio meo.

Expectabant me sicut pluviam, et os suum aperiebant quasi ad imbrem serotinum.

They waited for me as for rain, and they opened their mouth as for a latter shower.

Expecta me sicut pluvia, et ore suo aperi quasi ad imbre serotino.

Siquando ridebam ad eos, non credebant: et lux vultus mei non cadebat in terram.

If at any time I laughed on them, they believed not, and the light of my countenance fell not on earth.

Siqua ride ad illos, non crede: et luce de vultu meo non cade in terra.

Si voluissem ire ad eos, sedebam primus: cumque sederem quasi rex, circumstante exercitu, eram tamen mœrentium consolator.

If I had a mind to go to them, I sat first, and when I sat as a king, with his army standing about him, yet I was a comforter of them that mourned.

Si vol i ad illos, sede primo: cumque sede quasi rege, circumsta exercitu, es tamen moeriga consolatore.