Job 20

Then Sophar the Naamathite answered, and said:

Respondens autem Sophar Naamathites, dixit:

ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Σωφαρ ὁ Μιναῖος λέγει

Therefore various thoughts succeed one another in me, and my mind is hurried away to different things.

Idcirco cogitationes meæ variæ succedunt sibi, et mens in diversa rapitur.

οὐχ οὕτως ὑπελάμβανον ἀντερεῖν σε ταῦτα καὶ οὐχὶ συνίετε μᾶλλον ἢ καὶ ἐγώ

The doctrine with which thou reprovest me, I will hear, and the spirit of my understanding shall answer for me.

Doctrinam qua me arguis audiam, et spiritus intelligentiæ meæ respondebit mihi.

παιδείαν ἐντροπῆς μου ἀκούσομαι καὶ πνεῦμα ἐκ τῆς συνέσεως ἀποκρίνεταί μοι

This I know from the beginning, since man was placed upon the earth,

Hoc scio a principio, ex quo positus est homo super terram,

μὴ ταῦτα ἔγνως ἀπὸ τοῦ ἔτι ἀφ' οὗ ἐτέθη ἄνθρωπος ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς

That the praise of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment.

quod laus impiorum brevis sit, et gaudium hypocritæ ad instar puncti.

εὐφροσύνη γὰρ ἀσεβῶν πτῶμα ἐξαίσιον χαρμονὴ δὲ παρανόμων ἀπώλεια

If his pride mount up even to heaven, and his head touch the clouds:

Si ascenderit usque ad cælum superbia ejus, et caput ejus nubes tetigerit,

ἐὰν ἀναβῇ εἰς οὐρανὸν αὐτοῦ τὰ δῶρα ἡ δὲ θυσία αὐτοῦ νεφῶν ἅψηται

In the end he shall be destroyed like a dunghill, and they that had seen him, shall say: Where is he?

quasi sterquilinium in fine perdetur, et qui eum viderant, dicent : Ubi est?

ὅταν γὰρ δοκῇ ἤδη κατεστηρίχθαι τότε εἰς τέλος ἀπολεῖται οἱ δὲ ἰδόντες αὐτὸν ἐροῦσιν ποῦ ἐστιν

As a dream that fleeth away he shall not be found, he shall pass as a vision of the night:

Velut somnium avolans non invenietur : transiet sicut visio nocturna.

ὥσπερ ἐνύπνιον ἐκπετασθὲν οὐ μὴ εὑρεθῇ ἔπτη δὲ ὥσπερ φάσμα νυκτερινόν

The eyes that had seen him, shall see him no more, neither shall his place any more behold him.

Oculus qui eum viderat non videbit, neque ultra intuebitur eum locus suus.

ὀφθαλμὸς παρέβλεψεν καὶ οὐ προσθήσει καὶ οὐκέτι προσνοήσει αὐτὸν ὁ τόπος αὐτοῦ

His children shall be oppressed with want, and his hands shall render to him his sorrow.

Filii ejus atterentur egestate, et manus illius reddent ei dolorem suum.

τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ ὀλέσαισαν ἥττονες αἱ δὲ χεῖρες αὐτοῦ πυρσεύσαισαν ὀδύνας

His bones shall be filled with the vices of his youth, and they shall sleep with him in the dust.

Ossa ejus implebuntur vitiis adolescentiæ ejus, et cum eo in pulvere dormient.

ὀστᾶ αὐτοῦ ἐνεπλήσθησαν νεότητος αὐτοῦ καὶ μετ' αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ χώματος κοιμηθήσεται

For when evil shall be sweet in his mouth, he will hide it under his tongue.

Cum enim dulce fuerit in ore ejus malum, abscondet illud sub lingua sua.

ἐὰν γλυκανθῇ ἐν στόματι αὐτοῦ κακία κρύψει αὐτὴν ὑπὸ τὴν γλῶσσαν αὐτοῦ

He will spare it, and not leave it, and will hide it in his throat.

Parcet illi, et non derelinquet illud, et celabit in gutture suo.

οὐ φείσεται αὐτῆς καὶ οὐκ ἐγκαταλείψει αὐτὴν καὶ συνέξει αὐτὴν ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ λάρυγγος αὐτοῦ

His bread in his belly shall be turned into the gall of asps within him,

Panis ejus in utero illius vertetur in fel aspidum intrinsecus.

καὶ οὐ μὴ δυνηθῇ βοηθῆσαι ἑαυτῷ χολὴ ἀσπίδος ἐν γαστρὶ αὐτοῦ

The riches which he hath swallowed, he shall vomit up, and God shall draw them out of his belly.

Divitias quas devoravit evomet, et de ventre illius extrahet eas Deus.

πλοῦτος ἀδίκως συναγόμενος ἐξεμεσθήσεται ἐξ οἰκίας αὐτοῦ ἐξελκύσει αὐτὸν ἄγγελος

He shall suck the head of asps, and the viper's tongue shall kill him.

Caput aspidum suget, et occidet eum lingua viperæ.

θυμὸν δὲ δρακόντων θηλάσειεν ἀνέλοι δὲ αὐτὸν γλῶσσα ὄφεως

Let him not see the streams of the river, the brooks of honey and of butter.

(Non videat rivulos fluminis, torrentes mellis et butyri.)

μὴ ἴδοι ἄμελξιν νομάδων μηδὲ νομὰς μέλιτος καὶ βουτύρου

He shall be punished for all that he did, and yet shall not be consumed: according to the multitude of his devices so also shall he suffer.

Luet quæ fecit omnia, nec tamen consumetur : juxta multitudinem adinventionum suarum, sic et sustinebit.

εἰς κενὰ καὶ μάταια ἐκοπίασεν πλοῦτον ἐξ οὗ οὐ γεύσεται ὥσπερ στρίφνος ἀμάσητος ἀκατάποτος

Because he broke in and stripped the poor: he hath violently taken away a house which he did not build.

Quoniam confringens nudavit pauperes : domum rapuit, et non ædificavit eam.

πολλῶν γὰρ ἀδυνάτων οἴκους ἔθλασεν δίαιταν δὲ ἥρπασεν καὶ οὐκ ἔστησεν

And yet his belly was not filled: and when he hath the things he coveted, he shall not be able to possess them.

Nec est satiatus venter ejus : et cum habuerit quæ concupierat, possidere non poterit.

οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτοῦ σωτηρία τοῖς ὑπάρχουσιν ἐν ἐπιθυμίᾳ αὐτοῦ οὐ σωθήσεται

There was nothing left of his meat, and therefore nothing shall continue of his goods:

Non remansit de cibo ejus, et propterea nihil permanebit de bonis ejus.

οὐκ ἔστιν ὑπόλειμμα τοῖς βρώμασιν αὐτοῦ διὰ τοῦτο οὐκ ἀνθήσει αὐτοῦ τὰ ἀγαθά

When he shall be filled, he shall be straitened, he shall burn, and every sorrow shall fall upon him.

Cum satiatus fuerit, arctabitur : æstuabit, et omnis dolor irruet super eum.

ὅταν δὲ δοκῇ ἤδη πεπληρῶσθαι θλιβήσεται πᾶσα δὲ ἀνάγκη ἐπ' αὐτὸν ἐπελεύσεται

May his belly be filled, that God may send forth the wrath of his indignation upon him, and rain down his war upon him.

Utinam impleatur venter ejus, ut emittat in eum iram furoris sui, et pluat super illum bellum suum.

εἴ πως πληρώσαι γαστέρα αὐτοῦ ἐπαποστείλαι ἐπ' αὐτὸν θυμὸν ὀργῆς νίψαι ἐπ' αὐτὸν ὀδύνας

He shall flee from weapons of iron, and shall fall upon a bow of brass.

Fugiet arma ferrea, et irruet in arcum æreum.

καὶ οὐ μὴ σωθῇ ἐκ χειρὸς σιδήρου τρώσαι αὐτὸν τόξον χάλκειον

The sword is drawn out, and cometh forth from its scabbard, and glittereth in his bitterness: the terrible ones shall go and come upon him.

Eductus, et egrediens de vagina sua, et fulgurans in amaritudine sua : vadent et venient super eum horribiles.

διεξέλθοι δὲ διὰ σώματος αὐτοῦ βέλος ἀστραπαὶ δὲ ἐν διαίταις αὐτοῦ περιπατήσαισαν ἐπ' αὐτῷ φόβοι

All darkness is hid in his secret places: a fire that is not kindled shall devour him, he shall be afflicted when left in his tabernacle.

Omnes tenebræ absconditæ sunt in occultis ejus; devorabit eum ignis qui non succenditur : affligetur relictus in tabernaculo suo.

πᾶν δὲ σκότος αὐτῷ ὑπομείναι κατέδεται αὐτὸν πῦρ ἄκαυστον κακώσαι δὲ αὐτοῦ ἐπήλυτος τὸν οἶκον

The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.

Revelabunt cæli iniquitatem ejus, et terra consurget adversus eum.

ἀνακαλύψαι δὲ αὐτοῦ ὁ οὐρανὸς τὰς ἀνομίας γῆ δὲ ἐπανασταίη αὐτῷ

The offspring of his house shall be exposed, he shall be pulled down in the day of God’s wrath.

Apertum erit germen domus illius : detrahetur in die furoris Dei.

ἑλκύσαι τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ ἀπώλεια εἰς τέλος ἡμέρα ὀργῆς ἐπέλθοι αὐτῷ

This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the inheritance of his doings from the Lord.

Hæc est pars hominis impii a Deo, et hæreditas verborum ejus a Domino.

αὕτη ἡ μερὶς ἀνθρώπου ἀσεβοῦς παρὰ κυρίου καὶ κτῆμα ὑπαρχόντων αὐτῷ παρὰ τοῦ ἐπισκόπου