Job 14

Man born of a woman, living for a short time, is filled with many miseries.

Homo natus de muliere, brevi vivens tempore, repletur multis miseriis.

βροτὸς γὰρ γεννητὸς γυναικὸς ὀλιγόβιος καὶ πλήρης ὀργῆς

Who cometh forth like a flower, and is destroyed, and fleeth as a shadow, and never continueth in the same state.

Qui quasi flos egreditur et conteritur, et fugit velut umbra, et numquam in eodem statu permanet.

ἢ ὥσπερ ἄνθος ἀνθῆσαν ἐξέπεσεν ἀπέδρα δὲ ὥσπερ σκιὰ καὶ οὐ μὴ στῇ

And dost thou think it meet to open thy eyes upon such an one, and to bring him into judgment with thee?

Et dignum ducis super hujuscemodi aperire oculos tuos, et adducere eum tecum in judicium?

οὐχὶ καὶ τούτου λόγον ἐποιήσω καὶ τοῦτον ἐποίησας εἰσελθεῖν ἐν κρίματι ἐνώπιόν σου

Who can make him clean that is conceived of unclean seed? is it not thou who only art?

Quis potest facere mundum de immundo conceptum semine? nonne tu qui solus es?

τίς γὰρ καθαρὸς ἔσται ἀπὸ ῥύπου ἀλλ' οὐθείς

The days of man are short, and the number of his months is with thee: thou hast appointed his bounds which cannot be passed.

Breves dies hominis sunt : numerus mensium ejus apud te est : constituisti terminos ejus, qui præteriri non poterunt.

ἐὰν καὶ μία ἡμέρα ὁ βίος αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἀριθμητοὶ δὲ μῆνες αὐτοῦ παρὰ σοί εἰς χρόνον ἔθου καὶ οὐ μὴ ὑπερβῇ

Depart a little from him, that he may rest until his wished for day come, as that of the hireling.

Recede paululum ab eo, ut quiescat, donec optata veniat, sicut mercenarii, dies ejus.

ἀπόστα ἀπ' αὐτοῦ ἵνα ἡσυχάσῃ καὶ εὐδοκήσῃ τὸν βίον ὥσπερ ὁ μισθωτός

A tree hath hope: if it be cut, it growth green again, and the boughs thereof sprout.

Lignum habet spem : si præcisum fuerit, rursum virescit, et rami ejus pullulant.

ἔστιν γὰρ δένδρῳ ἐλπίς ἐὰν γὰρ ἐκκοπῇ ἔτι ἐπανθήσει καὶ ὁ ῥάδαμνος αὐτοῦ οὐ μὴ ἐκλίπῃ

If its roots be old in the earth, and its stock be dead in the dust:

Si senuerit in terra radix ejus, et in pulvere emortuus fuerit truncus illius,

ἐὰν γὰρ γηράσῃ ἐν γῇ ἡ ῥίζα αὐτοῦ ἐν δὲ πέτρᾳ τελευτήσῃ τὸ στέλεχος αὐτοῦ

At the scent of water, it shall spring, and bring forth leaves, as when it was first planted.

ad odorem aquæ germinabit, et faciet comam, quasi cum primum plantatum est.

ἀπὸ ὀσμῆς ὕδατος ἀνθήσει ποιήσει δὲ θερισμὸν ὥσπερ νεόφυτον

But man when he shall be dead, and stripped and consumed, I pray you where is he?

Homo vero cum mortuus fuerit, et nudatus, atque consumptus, ubi, quæso, est?

ἀνὴρ δὲ τελευτήσας ᾤχετο πεσὼν δὲ βροτὸς οὐκέτι ἔστιν

As if the waters should depart out of the sea, and an emptied river should be dried up;

Quomodo si recedant aquæ de mari, et fluvius vacuefactus arescat :

χρόνῳ γὰρ σπανίζεται θάλασσα ποταμὸς δὲ ἐρημωθεὶς ἐξηράνθη

So man when he is fallen asleep shall not rise again; till the heavens be broken, he shall not awake, nor rise up out of his sleep.

sic homo, cum dormierit, non resurget : donec atteratur cælum, non evigilabit, nec consurget de somno suo.

ἄνθρωπος δὲ κοιμηθεὶς οὐ μὴ ἀναστῇ ἕως ἂν ὁ οὐρανὸς οὐ μὴ συρραφῇ καὶ οὐκ ἐξυπνισθήσονται ἐξ ὕπνου αὐτῶν

Who will grant me this, that thou mayst protect me in hell, and hide me till thy wrath pass, and appoint me a time when thou wilt remember me?

Quis mihi hoc tribuat, ut in inferno protegas me, et abscondas me donec pertranseat furor tuus, et constituas mihi tempus in quo recorderis mei?

εἰ γὰρ ὄφελον ἐν ᾅδῃ με ἐφύλαξας ἔκρυψας δέ με ἕως ἂν παύσηταί σου ἡ ὀργὴ καὶ τάξῃ μοι χρόνον ἐν ᾧ μνείαν μου ποιήσῃ

Shall man that is dead, thinkest thou, live again? all the days in which I am now in warfare, I expect until my change come.

Putasne mortuus homo rursum vivat? cunctis diebus quibus nunc milito, expecto donec veniat immutatio mea.

ἐὰν γὰρ ἀποθάνῃ ἄνθρωπος ζήσεται συντελέσας ἡμέρας τοῦ βίου αὐτοῦ ὑπομενῶ ἕως ἂν πάλιν γένωμαι

Thou shalt call me, and I will answer thee: to the work of thy hands thou shalt reach out thy right hand.

Vocabis me, et ego respondebo tibi : operi manuum tuarum porriges dexteram.

εἶτα καλέσεις ἐγὼ δέ σοι ὑπακούσομαι τὰ δὲ ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν σου μὴ ἀποποιοῦ

Thou indeed hast numbered my steps, but spare my sins.

Tu quidem gressus meos dinumerasti : sed parce peccatis meis.

ἠρίθμησας δέ μου τὰ ἐπιτηδεύματα καὶ οὐ μὴ παρέλθῃ σε οὐδὲν τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν μου

Thou hast sealed up my offences as it were in a bag, but hast cured my iniquity.

Signasti quasi in sacculo delicta mea, sed curasti iniquitatem meam.

ἐσφράγισας δέ μου τὰς ἀνομίας ἐν βαλλαντίῳ ἐπεσημήνω δέ εἴ τι ἄκων παρέβην

A mountain falling cometh to nought, and a rock is removed out of its place.

Mons cadens defluit, et saxum transfertur de loco suo :

καὶ πλὴν ὄρος πῖπτον διαπεσεῖται καὶ πέτρα παλαιωθήσεται ἐκ τοῦ τόπου αὐτῆς

Waters wear away the stones, and with inundation the ground by little and little is washed away: so in like manner thou shalt destroy man.

lapides excavant aquæ, et alluvione paulatim terra consumitur : et hominem ergo similiter perdes.

λίθους ἐλέαναν ὕδατα καὶ κατέκλυσεν ὕδατα ὕπτια τοῦ χώματος τῆς γῆς καὶ ὑπομονὴν ἀνθρώπου ἀπώλεσας

Thou hast strengthened him for a little while, that he may pass away for ever: thou shalt change his face, and shalt send him away.

Roborasti eum paululum, ut in perpetuum transiret : immutabis faciem ejus, et emittes eum.

ὦσας αὐτὸν εἰς τέλος καὶ ᾤχετο ἐπέστησας αὐτῷ τὸ πρόσωπον καὶ ἐξαπέστειλας

Whether his children come to honour or dishonour, he shall not understand.

Sive nobiles fuerint filii ejus, sive ignobiles, non intelliget.

πολλῶν δὲ γενομένων τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ οὐκ οἶδεν ἐὰν δὲ ὀλίγοι γένωνται οὐκ ἐπίσταται

But yet his flesh, while he shall live, shall have pain, and his soul shall mourn over him.

Attamen caro ejus, dum vivet, dolebit, et anima illius super semetipso lugebit.

ἀλλ' ἢ αἱ σάρκες αὐτοῦ ἤλγησαν ἡ δὲ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ ἐπένθησεν