Job 21

Then Job answered, and said:

Respondens autem Job, dixit:

ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ιωβ λέγει

Hear, I beseech you, my words, and do penance.

Audite, quæso, sermones meos, et agite pœnitentiam.

ἀκούσατε ἀκούσατέ μου τῶν λόγων ἵνα μὴ ᾖ μοι παρ' ὑμῶν αὕτη ἡ παράκλησις

Suffer me, and I will speak, and after, if you please, laugh at my words.

Sustinete me, et ego loquar : et post mea, si videbitur, verba, ridete.

ἄρατέ με ἐγὼ δὲ λαλήσω εἶτ' οὐ καταγελάσετέ μου

Is my debate against man, that I should not have just reason to be troubled?

Numquid contra hominem disputatio mea est, ut merito non debeam contristari?

τί γάρ μὴ ἀνθρώπου μου ἡ ἔλεγξις ἢ διὰ τί οὐ θυμωθήσομαι

Hearken to me and be astonished, and lay your finger on your mouth.

Attendite me et obstupescite, et superponite digitum ori vestro.

εἰσβλέψαντες εἰς ἐμὲ θαυμάσατε χεῖρα θέντες ἐπὶ σιαγόνι

As for me, when I remember, I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.

Et ego, quando recordatus fuero, pertimesco, et concutit carnem meam tremor.

ἐάν τε γὰρ μνησθῶ ἐσπούδακα ἔχουσιν δέ μου τὰς σάρκας ὀδύναι

Why then do the wicked live, are they advanced, and strengthened with riches?

Quare ergo impii vivunt, sublevati sunt, confortatique divitiis?

διὰ τί ἀσεβεῖς ζῶσιν πεπαλαίωνται δὲ καὶ ἐν πλούτῳ

Their seed continueth before them, a multitude of kinsmen, and of children's children in their sight.

Semen eorum permanet coram eis : propinquorum turba et nepotum in conspectu eorum.

ὁ σπόρος αὐτῶν κατὰ ψυχήν τὰ δὲ τέκνα αὐτῶν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς

Their houses are secure and peaceable, and the rod of God is not upon them.

Domus eorum securæ sunt et pacatæ, et non est virga Dei super illos.

οἱ οἶκοι αὐτῶν εὐθηνοῦσιν φόβος δὲ οὐδαμοῦ μάστιξ δὲ παρὰ κυρίου οὐκ ἔστιν ἐπ' αὐτοῖς

Their cattle have conceived, and failed not: their cow has calved, and is not deprived of her fruit.

Bos eorum concepit, et non abortivit : vacca peperit, et non est privata fœtu suo.

ἡ βοῦς αὐτῶν οὐκ ὠμοτόκησεν διεσώθη δὲ αὐτῶν ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχουσα καὶ οὐκ ἔσφαλεν

Their little ones go out like a flock, and their children dance and play.

Egrediuntur quasi greges parvuli eorum, et infantes eorum exultant lusibus.

μένουσιν δὲ ὡς πρόβατα αἰώνια τὰ δὲ παιδία αὐτῶν προσπαίζουσιν

They take the timbrel, and the harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

Tenent tympanum et citharam, et gaudent ad sonitum organi.

ἀναλαβόντες ψαλτήριον καὶ κιθάραν καὶ εὐφραίνονται φωνῇ ψαλμοῦ

They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment they go down to hell.

Ducunt in bonis dies suos, et in puncto ad inferna descendunt.

συνετέλεσαν δὲ ἐν ἀγαθοῖς τὸν βίον αὐτῶν ἐν δὲ ἀναπαύσει ᾅδου ἐκοιμήθησαν

Who have said to God: Depart from us, we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

Qui dixerunt Deo : Recede a nobis, et scientiam viarum tuarum nolumus.

λέγει δὲ κυρίῳ ἀπόστα ἀπ' ἐμοῦ ὁδούς σου εἰδέναι οὐ βούλομαι

Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what doth it profit us if we pray to him?

Quis est Omnipotens, ut serviamus ei? et quid nobis prodest si oraverimus illum?

τί ἱκανός ὅτι δουλεύσομεν αὐτῷ καὶ τίς ὠφέλεια ὅτι ἀπαντήσομεν αὐτῷ

Yet because their good things are not in their hand, may the counsel of the wicked be far from me.

Verumtamen quia non sunt in manu eorum bona sua, consilium impiorum longe sit a me.

ἐν χερσὶν γὰρ ἦν αὐτῶν τὰ ἀγαθά ἔργα δὲ ἀσεβῶν οὐκ ἐφορᾷ

How often shall the lamp of the wicked be put out, and a deluge come upon them, and he shall distribute the sorrows of his wrath?

Quoties lucerna impiorum extinguetur, et superveniet eis inundatio, et dolores dividet furoris sui?

οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀσεβῶν λύχνος σβεσθήσεται ἐπελεύσεται δὲ αὐτοῖς ἡ καταστροφή ὠδῖνες δὲ αὐτοὺς ἕξουσιν ἀπὸ ὀργῆς

They shall be as chaff before the face of the wind, and as ashes which the whirlwind scattereth.

Erunt sicut paleæ ante faciem venti, et sicut favilla quam turbo dispergit.

ἔσονται δὲ ὥσπερ ἄχυρα πρὸ ἀνέμου ἢ ὥσπερ κονιορτός ὃν ὑφείλατο λαῖλαψ

God shall lay up the sorrow of the father for his children: and when he shall repay, then shall he know.

Deus servabit filiis illius dolorem patris, et cum reddiderit, tunc sciet.

ἐκλίποι υἱοὺς τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτοῦ ἀνταποδώσει πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ γνώσεται

His eyes shall see his own destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

Videbunt oculi ejus interfectionem suam, et de furore Omnipotentis bibet.

ἴδοισαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ σφαγήν ἀπὸ δὲ κυρίου μὴ διασωθείη

For what is it to him what befalleth his house after him: and if the number of his months be diminished by one half?

Quid enim ad eum pertinet de domo sua post se, et si numerus mensium ejus dimidietur?

ὅτι τί θέλημα αὐτοῦ ἐν οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ μετ' αὐτόν καὶ ἀριθμοὶ μηνῶν αὐτοῦ διῃρέθησαν

Shall any one teach God knowledge, who judgeth those that are high?

Numquid Deus docebit quispiam scientiam, qui excelsos judicat?

πότερον οὐχὶ ὁ κύριός ἐστιν ὁ διδάσκων σύνεσιν καὶ ἐπιστήμην αὐτὸς δὲ φόνους διακρινεῖ

One man dieth strong, and hale, rich and happy.

Iste moritur robustus et sanus, dives et felix :

οὗτος ἀποθανεῖται ἐν κράτει ἁπλοσύνης αὐτοῦ ὅλος δὲ εὐπαθῶν καὶ εὐθηνῶν

His bowels are full of fat, and his bones are moistened with marrow.

viscera ejus plena sunt adipe, et medullis ossa illius irrigantur :

τὰ δὲ ἔγκατα αὐτοῦ πλήρη στέατος μυελὸς δὲ αὐτοῦ διαχεῖται

But another dieth in bitterness of soul without any riches:

alius vero moritur in amaritudine animæ absque ullis opibus :

ὁ δὲ τελευτᾷ ὑπὸ πικρίας ψυχῆς οὐ φαγὼν οὐδὲν ἀγαθόν

And yet they shall sleep together in the dust, and worms shall cover them.

et tamen simul in pulvere dormient, et vermes operient eos.

ὁμοθυμαδὸν δὲ ἐπὶ γῆς κοιμῶνται σαπρία δὲ αὐτοὺς ἐκάλυψεν

Surely I know your thoughts, and your unjust judgments against me.

Certe novi cogitationes vestras, et sententias contra me iniquas.

ὥστε οἶδα ὑμᾶς ὅτι τόλμῃ ἐπίκεισθέ μοι

For you say: Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?

Dicitis enim : Ubi est domus principis? et ubi tabernacula impiorum?

ὅτι ἐρεῖτε ποῦ ἐστιν οἶκος ἄρχοντος καὶ ποῦ ἐστιν ἡ σκέπη τῶν σκηνωμάτων τῶν ἀσεβῶν

Ask any one of them that go by the way, and you shall perceive that he knoweth these same things.

Interrogate quemlibet de viatoribus, et hæc eadem illum intelligere cognoscetis :

ἐρωτήσατε παραπορευομένους ὁδόν καὶ τὰ σημεῖα αὐτῶν οὐκ ἀπαλλοτριώσετε

Because the wicked man is reserved to the day of destruction, and he shall be brought to the day of wrath.

quia in diem perditionis servatur malus, et ad diem furoris ducetur.

ὅτι εἰς ἡμέραν ἀπωλείας κουφίζεται ὁ πονηρός εἰς ἡμέραν ὀργῆς αὐτοῦ ἀπαχθήσονται

Who shall reprove his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?

Quis arguet coram eo viam ejus? et quæ fecit, quis reddet illi?

τίς ἀπαγγελεῖ ἐπὶ προσώπου αὐτοῦ τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ αὐτὸς ἐποίησεν τίς ἀνταποδώσει αὐτῷ

He shall be brought to the graves, and shall watch in the heap of the dead.

Ipse ad sepulchra ducetur, et in congerie mortuorum vigilabit.

καὶ αὐτὸς εἰς τάφους ἀπηνέχθη καὶ ἐπὶ σορῷ ἠγρύπνησεν

He hath been acceptable to the gravel of Cocytus, and he shall draw every man after him, and there are innumerable before him.

Dulcis fuit glareis Cocyti, et post se omnem hominem trahet, et ante se innumerabiles.

ἐγλυκάνθησαν αὐτῷ χάλικες χειμάρρου καὶ ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ πᾶς ἄνθρωπος ἀπελεύσεται καὶ ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ ἀναρίθμητοι

How then do ye comfort me in vain, whereas your answer is shown to be repugnant to truth?

Quomodo igitur consolamini me frustra, cum responsio vestra repugnare ostensa sit veritati?

πῶς δὲ παρακαλεῖτέ με κενά τὸ δὲ ἐμὲ καταπαύσασθαι ἀφ' ὑμῶν οὐδέν