Job 19

Then Job answered, and said:

Respondens autem Job, dixit:

ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ιωβ λέγει

How long do you afflict my soul, and break me in pieces with words?

Usquequo affligitis animam meam, et atteritis me sermonibus?

ἕως τίνος ἔγκοπον ποιήσετε ψυχήν μου καὶ καθαιρεῖτε με λόγοις

Behold, these ten times you confound me, and are not ashamed to oppress me.

En decies confunditis me, et non erubescitis opprimentes me.

γνῶτε μόνον ὅτι ὁ κύριος ἐποίησέ με οὕτως καταλαλεῖτέ μου οὐκ αἰσχυνόμενοί με ἐπίκεισθέ μοι

For if I have been ignorant, my ignorance shall be with me.

Nempe etsi ignoravi, mecum erit ignorantia mea.

ναὶ δὴ ἐπ' ἀληθείας ἐγὼ ἐπλανήθην παρ' ἐμοὶ δὲ αὐλίζεται πλάνος λαλῆσαι ῥῆμα ὃ οὐκ ἔδει τὰ δὲ ῥήματά μου πλανᾶται καὶ οὐκ ἐπὶ καιροῦ

But you set yourselves up against me, and reprove me with my reproaches.

At vos contra me erigimini, et arguitis me opprobriis meis.

ἔα δὲ ὅτι ἐπ' ἐμοὶ μεγαλύνεσθε ἐνάλλεσθε δέ μοι ὀνείδει

At least now understand, that God hath not afflicted me with an equal judgment, and compassed me with his scourges.

Saltem nunc intelligite quia Deus non æquo judicio afflixerit me, et flagellis suis me cinxerit.

γνῶτε οὖν ὅτι ὁ κύριός ἐστιν ὁ ταράξας ὀχύρωμα δὲ αὐτοῦ ἐπ' ἐμὲ ὕψωσεν

Behold I shall cry suffering violence, and no one will hear: I shall cry aloud, and there is none to judge.

Ecce clamabo, vim patiens, et nemo audiet; vociferabor, et non est qui judicet.

ἰδοὺ γελῶ ὀνείδει καὶ οὐ λαλήσω κεκράξομαι καὶ οὐδαμοῦ κρίμα

He hath hedged in my path round about, and I cannot pass, and in my way he hath set darkness.

Semitam meam circumsepsit, et transire non possum : et in calle meo tenebras posuit.

κύκλῳ περιῳκοδόμημαι καὶ οὐ μὴ διαβῶ ἐπὶ πρόσωπόν μου σκότος ἔθετο

He hath stripped me of my glory, and hath taken the crown from my head.

Spoliavit me gloria mea, et abstulit coronam de capite meo.

τὴν δὲ δόξαν ἀπ' ἐμοῦ ἐξέδυσεν ἀφεῖλεν δὲ στέφανον ἀπὸ κεφαλῆς μου

He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am lost, and he hath taken away my hope, as from a tree that is plucked up.

Destruxit me undique, et pereo : et quasi evulsæ arbori abstulit spem meam.

διέσπασέν με κύκλῳ καὶ ᾠχόμην ἐξέκοψεν δὲ ὥσπερ δένδρον τὴν ἐλπίδα μου

His wrath is kindled against me, and he hath counted me as his enemy.

Iratus est contra me furor ejus, et sic me habuit quasi hostem suum.

δεινῶς δέ μοι ὀργῇ ἐχρήσατο ἡγήσατο δέ με ὥσπερ ἐχθρόν

His troops have come together, and have made themselves a way by me, and have besieged my tabernacle round about.

Simul venerunt latrones ejus, et fecerunt sibi viam per me, et obsederunt in gyro tabernaculum meum.

ὁμοθυμαδὸν δὲ ἦλθον τὰ πειρατήρια αὐτοῦ ἐπ' ἐμοὶ ταῖς ὁδοῖς μου ἐκύκλωσάν με ἐγκάθετοι

He hath put my brethren far from me, and my acquaintance like strangers have departed from me.

Fratres meos longe fecit a me, et noti mei quasi alieni recesserunt a me.

ἀπ' ἐμοῦ δὲ ἀδελφοί μου ἀπέστησαν ἔγνωσαν ἀλλοτρίους ἢ ἐμέ φίλοι δέ μου ἀνελεήμονες γεγόνασιν

My kinsmen have forsaken me, and they that knew me, have forgotten me.

Dereliquerunt me propinqui mei, et qui me noverant obliti sunt mei.

οὐ προσεποιήσαντό με οἱ ἐγγύτατοί μου καὶ οἱ εἰδότες μου τὸ ὄνομα ἐπελάθοντό μου

They that dwell in my house, and my maidservants have counted me as a stranger, and I have been like an alien in their eyes.

Inquilini domus meæ et ancillæ meæ sicut alienum habuerunt me, et quasi peregrinus fui in oculis eorum.

γείτονες οἰκίας θεράπαιναί τέ μου ἀλλογενὴς ἤμην ἐναντίον αὐτῶν

I called my servant, and he gave me no answer, I entreated him with my own mouth.

Servum meum vocavi, et non respondit : ore proprio deprecabar illum.

θεράποντά μου ἐκάλεσα καὶ οὐχ ὑπήκουσεν στόμα δέ μου ἐδέετο

My wife hath abhorred my breath, and I entreated the children of my womb.

Halitum meum exhorruit uxor mea, et orabam filios uteri mei.

καὶ ἱκέτευον τὴν γυναῖκά μου προσεκαλούμην δὲ κολακεύων υἱοὺς παλλακίδων μου

Even fools despised me, and when I was gone from them, they spoke against me.

Stulti quoque despiciebant me : et cum ab eis recessissem, detrahebant mihi.

οἱ δὲ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνά με ἀπεποιήσαντο ὅταν ἀναστῶ κατ' ἐμοῦ λαλοῦσιν

They that were sometime my counsellors, have abhorred me: and he whom I loved most is turned against me.

Abominati sunt me quondam consiliarii mei, et quem maxime diligebam, aversatus est me.

ἐβδελύξαντο δέ με οἱ εἰδότες με οὓς δὴ ἠγαπήκειν ἐπανέστησάν μοι

The flesh being consumed, my bone hath cleaved to my skin, and nothing but lips are left about my teeth.

Pelli meæ, consumptis carnibus, adhæsit os meum, et derelicta sunt tantummodo labia circa dentes meos.

ἐν δέρματί μου ἐσάπησαν αἱ σάρκες μου τὰ δὲ ὀστᾶ μου ἐν ὀδοῦσιν ἔχεται

Have pity on me, have pity on me, at least you my friends, because the hand of the Lord hath touched me.

Miseremini mei, miseremini mei saltem vos, amici mei, quia manus Domini tetigit me.

ἐλεήσατέ με ἐλεήσατέ με ὦ φίλοι χεὶρ γὰρ κυρίου ἡ ἁψαμένη μού ἐστιν

Why do you persecute me as God, and glut yourselves with my flesh?

Quare persequimini me sicut Deus, et carnibus meis saturamini?

διὰ τί δέ με διώκετε ὥσπερ καὶ ὁ κύριος ἀπὸ δὲ σαρκῶν μου οὐκ ἐμπίπλασθε

Who will grant me that my words may be written? who will grant me that they may be marked down in a book?

Quis mihi tribuat ut scribantur sermones mei? quis mihi det ut exarentur in libro

τίς γὰρ ἂν δῴη γραφῆναι τὰ ῥήματά μου τεθῆναι δὲ αὐτὰ ἐν βιβλίῳ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα

With an iron pen and in a plate of lead, or else be graven with an instrument in flint stone?

stylo ferreo et plumbi lamina, vel celte sculpantur in silice?

ἐν γραφείῳ σιδηρῷ καὶ μολίβῳ ἢ ἐν πέτραις ἐγγλυφῆναι

For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and in the last day I shall rise out of the earth.

Scio enim quod redemptor meus vivit, et in novissimo die de terra surrecturus sum :

οἶδα γὰρ ὅτι ἀέναός ἐστιν ὁ ἐκλύειν με μέλλων ἐπὶ γῆς

And I shall be clothed again with my skin, and in my flesh I shall see my God.

et rursum circumdabor pelle mea, et in carne mea videbo Deum meum :

ἀναστήσαι τὸ δέρμα μου τὸ ἀνατλῶν ταῦτα παρὰ γὰρ κυρίου ταῦτά μοι συνετελέσθη

Whom I myself shall see, and my eyes shall behold, and not another: this my hope is laid up in my bosom.

quem visurus sum ego ipse, et oculi mei conspecturi sunt, et non alius : reposita est hæc spes mea in sinu meo.

ἃ ἐγὼ ἐμαυτῷ συνεπίσταμαι ἃ ὁ ὀφθαλμός μου ἑόρακεν καὶ οὐκ ἄλλος πάντα δέ μοι συντετέλεσται ἐν κόλπῳ

Why then do you say now: Let us persecute him, and let us find occasion of word against him?

Quare ergo nunc dicitis : Persequamur eum, et radicem verbi inveniamus contra eum?

εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐρεῖτε τί ἐροῦμεν ἔναντι αὐτοῦ καὶ ῥίζαν λόγου εὑρήσομεν ἐν αὐτῷ

Flee then from the face of the sword, for the sword is the revenger of iniquities: and know ye that there is a judgment.

Fugite ergo a facie gladii, quoniam ultor iniquitatum gladius est : et scitote esse judicium.

εὐλαβήθητε δὴ καὶ ὑμεῖς ἀπὸ ἐπικαλύμματος θυμὸς γὰρ ἐπ' ἀνόμους ἐπελεύσεται καὶ τότε γνώσονται ποῦ ἐστιν αὐτῶν ἡ ὕλη