Job 31

I made a covenant with my eyes, that I would not so much as think upon a virgin.

Pepigi fœdus cum oculis meis, ut ne cogitarem quidem de virgine.

διαθήκην ἐθέμην τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς μου καὶ οὐ συνήσω ἐπὶ παρθένον

For what part should God from above have in me, and what inheritance the Almighty from on high?

Quam enim partem haberet in me Deus desuper, et hæreditatem Omnipotens de excelsis?

καὶ τί ἐμέρισεν ὁ θεὸς ἀπάνωθεν καὶ κληρονομία ἱκανοῦ ἐξ ὑψίστων

Is not destruction to the wicked, and aversion to them that work iniquity?

Numquid non perditio est iniquo, et alienatio operantibus injustitiam?

οὐχὶ ἀπώλεια τῷ ἀδίκῳ καὶ ἀπαλλοτρίωσις τοῖς ποιοῦσιν ἀνομίαν

Doth not he consider my ways, and number all my steps?

Nonne ipse considerat vias meas, et cunctos gressus meos dinumerat?

οὐχὶ αὐτὸς ὄψεται ὁδόν μου καὶ πάντα τὰ διαβήματά μου ἐξαριθμήσεται

If I have walked in vanity, and my foot hath made haste to deceit:

Si ambulavi in vanitate, et festinavit in dolo pes meus,

εἰ δὲ ἤμην πεπορευμένος μετὰ γελοιαστῶν εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐσπούδασεν ὁ πούς μου εἰς δόλον

Let him weigh me in a just balance, and let God know my simplicity.

appendat me in statera justa, et sciat Deus simplicitatem meam.

ἱσταίη με ἄρα ἐν ζυγῷ δικαίῳ οἶδεν δὲ ὁ κύριος τὴν ἀκακίαν μου

If my step hath turned out of the way, and if my heart hath followed my eyes, and if a spot hath cleaved to my hands:

Si declinavit gressus meus de via, et si secutum est oculos meos cor meum, et si manibus meis adhæsit macula,

εἰ ἐξέκλινεν ὁ πούς μου ἐκ τῆς ὁδοῦ εἰ δὲ καὶ τῷ ὀφθαλμῷ ἐπηκολούθησεν ἡ καρδία μου εἰ δὲ καὶ ταῖς χερσίν μου ἡψάμην δώρων

Then let me sow and let another reap: and let my offspring be rooted out.

seram, et alius comedat, et progenies mea eradicetur.

σπείραιμι ἄρα καὶ ἄλλοι φάγοισαν ἄρριζος δὲ γενοίμην ἐπὶ γῆς

If my heart hath been deceived upon a woman, and if I have laid wait at my friend’s door:

Si deceptum est cor meum super muliere, et si ad ostium amici mei insidiatus sum,

εἰ ἐξηκολούθησεν ἡ καρδία μου γυναικὶ ἀνδρὸς ἑτέρου εἰ καὶ ἐγκάθετος ἐγενόμην ἐπὶ θύραις αὐτῆς

Let my wife be the harlot of another, and let other men lie with her.

scortum alterius sit uxor mea, et super illam incurventur alii.

ἀρέσαι ἄρα καὶ ἡ γυνή μου ἑτέρῳ τὰ δὲ νήπιά μου ταπεινωθείη

For this is a heinous crime, and a most grievous iniquity.

Hoc enim nefas est, et iniquitas maxima.

θυμὸς γὰρ ὀργῆς ἀκατάσχετος τὸ μιᾶναι ἀνδρὸς γυναῖκα

It is a fire that devoureth even to destruction, and rooteth up all things that spring.

Ignis est usque ad perditionem devorans, et omnia eradicans genimina.

πῦρ γάρ ἐστιν καιόμενον ἐπὶ πάντων τῶν μερῶν οὗ δ' ἂν ἐπέλθῃ ἐκ ῥιζῶν ἀπώλεσεν

If I have despised to abide judgment with my manservant, or my maidservant, when they had any controversy against me:

Si contempsi subire judicium cum servo meo et ancilla mea, cum disceptarent adversum me :

εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐφαύλισα κρίμα θεράποντός μου ἢ θεραπαίνης κρινομένων αὐτῶν πρός με

For what shall I do when God shall rise to judge? and when he shall examine, what shall I answer him?

quid enim faciam cum surrexerit ad judicandum Deus? et cum quæsierit, quid respondebo illi?

τί γὰρ ποιήσω ἐὰν ἔτασίν μου ποιήσηται ὁ κύριος ἐὰν δὲ καὶ ἐπισκοπήν τίνα ἀπόκρισιν ποιήσομαι

Did not he that made me in the womb make him also: and did not one and the same form me in the womb?

Numquid non in utero fecit me, qui et illum operatus est, et formavit me in vulva unus?

πότερον οὐχ ὡς καὶ ἐγὼ ἐγενόμην ἐν γαστρί καὶ ἐκεῖνοι γεγόνασιν γεγόναμεν δὲ ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ κοιλίᾳ

If I have denied to the poor what they desired, and have made the eyes of the widow wait:

Si negavi quod volebant pauperibus, et oculos viduæ expectare feci;

ἀδύνατοι δὲ χρείαν ἥν ποτ' εἶχον οὐκ ἀπέτυχον χήρας δὲ τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν οὐκ ἐξέτηξα

If I have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof:

si comedi buccellam meam solus, et non comedit pupillus ex ea

εἰ δὲ καὶ τὸν ψωμόν μου ἔφαγον μόνος καὶ οὐχὶ ὀρφανῷ μετέδωκα

(For from my infancy mercy grew up with me: and it came out with me from my mother's womb:)

(quia ab infantia mea crevit mecum miseratio, et de utero matris meæ egressa est mecum);

ὅτι ἐκ νεότητός μου ἐξέτρεφον ὡς πατὴρ καὶ ἐκ γαστρὸς μητρός μου ὡδήγησα

If I have despised him that was perishing for want of clothing, and the poor man that had no covering:

si despexi pereuntem, eo quod non habuerit indumentum, et absque operimento pauperem;

εἰ δὲ καὶ ὑπερεῖδον γυμνὸν ἀπολλύμενον καὶ οὐκ ἠμφίασα

If his sides have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep:

si non benedixerunt mihi latera ejus, et de velleribus ovium mearum calefactus est;

ἀδύνατοι δὲ εἰ μὴ εὐλόγησάν με ἀπὸ δὲ κουρᾶς ἀμνῶν μου ἐθερμάνθησαν οἱ ὦμοι αὐτῶν

If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, even when I saw myself superior in the gate:

si levavi super pupillum manum meam, etiam cum viderem me in porta superiorem :

εἰ ἐπῆρα ὀρφανῷ χεῖρα πεποιθὼς ὅτι πολλή μοι βοήθεια περίεστιν

Let my shoulder fall from its joint, and let my arm with its bones be broken.

humerus meus a junctura sua cadat, et brachium meum cum suis ossibus confringatur.

ἀποσταίη ἄρα ὁ ὦμός μου ἀπὸ τῆς κλειδός ὁ δὲ βραχίων μου ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀγκῶνός μου συντριβείη

For I have always feared God as waves swelling over me, and his weight I was unable to bear.

Semper enim quasi tumentes super me fluctus timui Deum, et pondus ejus ferre non potui.

φόβος γὰρ κυρίου συνέσχεν με καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ λήμματος αὐτοῦ οὐχ ὑποίσω

If I have thought gold my strength, and have said to fine gold: My confidence:

Si putavi aurum robur meum, et obrizo dixi : Fiducia mea;

εἰ ἔταξα χρυσίον ἰσχύν μου εἰ δὲ καὶ λίθῳ πολυτελεῖ ἐπεποίθησα

If I have rejoiced over my great riches, and because my hand had gotten much.

si lætatus sum super multis divitiis meis, et quia plurima reperit manus mea;

εἰ δὲ καὶ εὐφράνθην πολλοῦ πλούτου μοι γενομένου εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐπ' ἀναριθμήτοις ἐθέμην χεῖρά μου

If I beheld the sun when it shined and the moon going in brightness:

si vidi solem cum fulgeret, et lunam incedentem clare,

ἦ οὐχ ὁρῶ μὲν ἥλιον τὸν ἐπιφαύσκοντα ἐκλείποντα σελήνην δὲ φθίνουσαν οὐ γὰρ ἐπ' αὐτοῖς ἐστιν

And my heart in secret hath rejoiced, and I have kissed my hand with, my mouth:

et lætatum est in abscondito cor meum, et osculatus sum manum meam ore meo :

καὶ εἰ ἠπατήθη λάθρᾳ ἡ καρδία μου εἰ δὲ καὶ χεῖρά μου ἐπιθεὶς ἐπὶ στόματί μου ἐφίλησα

Which is a very great iniquity, and a denial against the most high God.

quæ est iniquitas maxima, et negatio contra Deum altissimum.

καὶ τοῦτό μοι ἄρα ἀνομία ἡ μεγίστη λογισθείη ὅτι ἐψευσάμην ἐναντίον κυρίου τοῦ ὑψίστου

If I have been glad at the downfall of him that hated me, and have rejoiced that evil had found him.

Si gavisus sum ad ruinam ejus qui me oderat, et exsultavi quod invenisset eum malum :

εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐπιχαρὴς ἐγενόμην πτώματι ἐχθρῶν μου καὶ εἶπεν ἡ καρδία μου εὖγε

For I have not given my mouth to sin, by wishing a curse to his soul.

non enim dedi ad peccandum guttur meum, ut expeterem maledicens animam ejus.

ἀκούσαι ἄρα τὸ οὖς μου τὴν κατάραν μου θρυληθείην δὲ ἄρα ὑπὸ λαοῦ μου κακούμενος

If the men of my tabernacle have not said: Who will give us of his flesh that we may be filled?

Si non dixerunt viri tabernaculi mei : Quis det de carnibus ejus, ut saturemur?

εἰ δὲ καὶ πολλάκις εἶπον αἱ θεράπαιναί μου τίς ἂν δῴη ἡμῖν τῶν σαρκῶν αὐτοῦ πλησθῆναι λίαν μου χρηστοῦ ὄντος

The stranger did not stay without, my door was open to the traveller.

foris non mansit peregrinus : ostium meum viatori patuit.

ἔξω δὲ οὐκ ηὐλίζετο ξένος ἡ δὲ θύρα μου παντὶ ἐλθόντι ἀνέῳκτο

If as a man I have hid my sin, and have concealed my iniquity in my bosom.

Si abscondi quasi homo peccatum meum, et celavi in sinu meo iniquitatem meam;

εἰ δὲ καὶ ἁμαρτὼν ἀκουσίως ἔκρυψα τὴν ἁμαρτίαν μου

If I have been afraid at a very great multitude, and the contempt of kinsmen hath terrified me: and have not rather held my peace, and not gone out of the door.

si expavi ad multitudinem nimiam, et despectio propinquorum terruit me : et non magis tacui, nec egressus sum ostium.

οὐ γὰρ διετράπην πολυοχλίαν πλήθους τοῦ μὴ ἐξαγορεῦσαι ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν εἰ δὲ καὶ εἴασα ἀδύνατον ἐξελθεῖν θύραν μου κόλπῳ κενῷ

Who would grant me a hearing, that the Almighty may hear my desire: and that he himself that judgeth would write a book,

Quis mihi tribuat auditorem, ut desiderium meum audiat Omnipotens, et librum scribat ipse qui judicat,

τίς δῴη ἀκούοντά μου χεῖρα δὲ κυρίου εἰ μὴ ἐδεδοίκειν συγγραφὴν δέ ἣν εἶχον κατά τινος

That I may carry it on my shoulder, and put it about me as a crown?

ut in humero meo portem illum, et circumdem illum quasi coronam mihi?

ἐπ' ὤμοις ἂν περιθέμενος στέφανον ἀνεγίνωσκον

At every step of mine I would pronounce it, and offer it as to a prince.

Per singulos gradus meos pronuntiabo illum, et quasi principi offeram eum.

καὶ εἰ μὴ ῥήξας αὐτὴν ἀπέδωκα οὐθὲν λαβὼν παρὰ χρεοφειλέτου

If my land cry against me, and with it the furrows thereof mourn:

Si adversum me terra mea clamat, et cum ipsa sulci ejus deflent :

εἰ ἐπ' ἐμοί ποτε ἡ γῆ ἐστέναξεν εἰ δὲ καὶ οἱ αὔλακες αὐτῆς ἔκλαυσαν ὁμοθυμαδόν

If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, and have afflicted the son of the tillers thereof:

si fructus ejus comedi absque pecunia, et animam agricolarum ejus afflixi :

εἰ δὲ καὶ τὴν ἰσχὺν αὐτῆς ἔφαγον μόνος ἄνευ τιμῆς εἰ δὲ καὶ ψυχὴν κυρίου τῆς γῆς ἐκβαλὼν ἐλύπησα

Let thistles grow up to me instead of wheat, and thorns instead of barley.

The words of Job are ended.

pro frumento oriatur mihi tribulus, et pro hordeo spina.

ἀντὶ πυροῦ ἄρα ἐξέλθοι μοι κνίδη ἀντὶ δὲ κριθῆς βάτος