Liber Job

Respondens autem Dominus Job de turbine, dixit:

Then the Lord answered Job out of a whirlwind, and said:

Respondente autem Domino Iobe de turbine, dic:

Quis est iste involvens sententias sermonibus imperitis?

Who is this that wrappeth up sentences in unskilful words?

Qui es isto involve sententias sermones imperito?

Accinge sicut vir lumbos tuos: interrogabo te, et responde mihi.

Gird up thy loins like a man: I will ask thee, and answer thou me.

Accinge sicut viro lumbos tuo: interroga te, et responde ad me.

Ubi eras quando ponebam fundamenta terræ? indica mihi, si habes intelligentiam.

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? tell me if thou hast understanding.

Ubi es quando pone fundamentos de terra? Indica ad me, si habe intelligentia.

Quis posuit mensuras ejus, si nosti? vel quis tetendit super eam lineam?

Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest or who hath stretched the line upon it?

Qui pone mensuras de illo, si nosce? Vel qui tete super illa linea?

Super quo bases illius solidatæ sunt? aut quis demisit lapidem angularem ejus,

Upon what are its bases grounded? or who laid the corner stone thereof,

Super quo basees de illo solida es? Aut qui demitte lapide angulari de illo,

cum me laudarent simul astra matutina, et jubilarent omnes filii Dei?

When the morning stars praised me together, and all the sons of God made a joyful melody?

Cum me lauda simul astros matutina, et omni filios de Deo iubila?

Quis conclusit ostiis mare, quando erumpebat quasi de vulva procedens;

Who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth as issuing out of the womb:

Qui conclude ostios mari, quando erumpe quasi de vulva procede;

cum ponerem nubem vestimentum ejus, et caligine illud quasi pannis infantiæ obvolverem?

When I made a cloud the garment thereof, and wrapped it in a mist as in swaddling bands?

Cum pone nube vestimento de illo, et caliga illo quasi pannos de infantia obvolve?

Circumdedi illud terminis meis, et posui vectem et ostia,

I set my bounds around it, and made it bars and doors:

Circumda illo terminos meo, et pone vecto et ostios,

et dixi: Usque huc venies, et non procedes amplius, et hic confringes tumentes fluctus tuos.

And I said: Hitherto thou shalt come, and shalt go no further, and here thou shalt break thy swelling waves.

Et dic: usque huc veni, et non procede ample, et hoc confringe tume fluctus tuo.

Numquid post ortum tuum præcepisti diluculo, et ostendisti auroræ locum suum?

Didst thou since thy birth command the morning, and shew the dawning of the day its place?

Numquid post ortu tuo praecipie diluculo, et ostende de aurora loco suo?

Et tenuisti concutiens extrema terræ, et excussisti impios ex ea?

And didst thou hold the extremities of the earth shaking them, and hast thou shaken the ungodly out of it?

Et tene concutie extremo de terra, et excussor impio ex illa?

Restituetur ut lutum signaculum, et stabit sicut vestimentum:

The seal shall be restored as clay, and shall stand as a garment.

Restitue ut luto signaculo, et sta sicut vestimento:

auferetur ab impiis lux sua, et brachium excelsum confringetur.

From the wicked their light shall be taken away, and the high arm shall be broken.

Luce ab impio suo aufer, et brachio excelso confringe.

Numquid ingressus es profunda maris, et in novissimis abyssi deambulasti?

Hast thou entered into the depths of the sea, and walked in the lowest parts of the deep?

Numquid ingredior es profunda de mari, et in novissimo de abysso deambula?

Numquid apertæ sunt tibi portæ mortis, et ostia tenebrosa vidisti?

Have the gates of death been opened to thee, and hast thou seen the darksome doors?

Numquid aperi es ad te portas de morte, et ostios tenebroso vide?

Numquid considerasti latitudinem terræ? indica mihi, si nosti, omnia:

Hast thou considered the breadth of the earth? tell me, if thou knowest all things.

Numquid considera latitudine de terra? Indica ad me, si nosce, omni:

in qua via lux habitet, et tenebrarum quis locus sit:

Where is the way where light dwelleth, and where is the place of darkness?

In quo via luce habita, et de tenebras qui loco es:

ut ducas unumquodque ad terminos suos, et intelligas semitas domus ejus.

That thou mayst bring every thing to its own bounds, and understand the paths of the house thereof.

Ut duc et unumquod ad terminos suo, et intellege semitas de domo de illo.

Sciebas tunc quod nasciturus esses, et numerum dierum tuorum noveras?

Didst thou know then that thou shouldst be born? and didst thou know the number of thy days?

Sci tunc quod nasce es, et numero de dies tuo nosce?

Numquid ingressus es thesauros nivis, aut thesauros grandinis aspexisti,

Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow, or hast thou beheld the treasures of the hail:

Numquid ingredior es thesauros de nives, aut thesauros de grandine aspiga,

quæ præparavi in tempus hostis, in diem pugnæ et belli?

Which I have prepared for the time of the enemy, against the day of battle and war?

De hoste praepara in tempore que, in die de pugna et de bello?

Per quam viam spargitur lux, dividitur æstus super terram?

By what way is the light spread, and heat divided upon the earth?

Per quam via luce sparge, aestu divide super terra?

Quis dedit vehementissimo imbri cursum, et viam sonantis tonitrui,

Who gave a course to violent showers, or a way for noisy thunder:

Qui da vehementi ad imbre cursu, et via sona de tonitruo,

ut plueret super terram absque homine in deserto, ubi nullus mortalium commoratur;

That it should rain on the earth without man in the wilderness, where no mortal dwelleth:

Ut plue super terra absque homine in deserto, ubi nullo de mortali commoror;

ut impleret inviam et desolatam, et produceret herbas virentes?

That it should fill the desert and desolate land, and should bring forth green grass?

Ut imple invia et desola, et produce herbas virentes?

Quis est pluviæ pater? vel quis genuit stillas roris?

Who is the father of rain? or who begot the drops of dew?

Qui es de pluvia patre? Vel qui gene stillas de roro?

De cujus utero egressa est glacies? et gelu de cælo quis genuit?

Out of whose womb came the ice? and the frost from heaven who hath gendered it?

De que utero egredior es glacie? Et gelu de caelo qui gene?

In similitudinem lapidis aquæ durantur, et superficies abyssi constringitur.

The waters are hardened like a stone, and the surface of the deep is congealed.

In similitudine de lapide de aqua dura, et superficie de abysso constringe.

Numquid conjungere valebis micantes stellas Pleiadas, aut gyrum Arcturi poteris dissipare?

Shalt thou be able to join together the shining stars the Pleiades, or canst thou stop the turning about of Arcturus?

Numquid coniunge vale micor stellas Pleiadas, aut gyro de Arctura pote dissipa?

Numquid producis luciferum in tempore suo, et vesperum super filios terræ consurgere facis?

Canst thou bring forth the day star in its time, and make the evening star to rise upon the children of the earth?

Numquid produce lucifero in tempore suo, et vespere super filios de terra consurge fac?

Numquid nosti ordinem cæli, et pones rationem ejus in terra?

Dost thou know the order of heaven, and canst thou set down the reason thereof on the earth?

Numquid nosce ordine de caelo, et pone ratione de illo in terra?

Numquid elevabis in nebula vocem tuam, et impetus aquarum operiet te?

Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that an abundance of waters may cover thee?

Numquid eleva in nebula voce tuo, et impetus de aquas operi te?

Numquid mittes fulgura, et ibunt, et revertentia dicent tibi: Adsumus?

Canst thou send lightnings, and will they go, and will they return and say to thee: Here we are?

Numquid mitte fulguras, et i, et reverte dic ad te: assume?

Quis posuit in visceribus hominis sapientiam? vel quis dedit gallo intelligentiam?

Who hath put wisdom in the heart of man? or who gave the cock understanding?

Qui pone in visceras de homine sapientia? Vel qui da ad gallo intelligentia?

Quis enarrabit cælorum rationem? et concentum cæli quis dormire faciet?

Who can declare the order of the heavens, or who can make the harmony of heaven to sleep?

Qui enarra de caelos ratione? Qui i fac et concento dormi de caelo?

Quando fundebatur pulvis in terra, et glebæ compingebantur?

When was the dust poured on the earth, and the clods fastened together?

Quando pulvo funde in terra, et glaebas compinge?

Numquid capies leænæ prædam, et animam catulorum ejus implebis,

Wilt thou take the prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite of her whelps,

Numquid cape de leaena praeda, et anima de catulos de illo imple,

quando cubant in antris, et in specubus insidiantur?

When they couch in the dens and lie in wait in holes?

Quando cuba in antras, et in specus insidior?

Quis præparat corvo escam suam, quando pulli ejus clamant ad Deum, vagantes, eo quod non habeant cibos?

Who provideth food for the raven, when her young ones cry to God, wandering about, because they have no meat?

Qui praepara ad corvo esca suo, quando pullos de illo clama ad Deo, vagor, eo quod non habe cibos?