Job 27
1 Job also added to this, using figures of speech, and he said:
Addidit quoque Iob, assumens parabolam suam, et dixit:
2 As God lives, who has taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who has led my soul to bitterness,
Vivit Deus, qui abstulit iudicium meum, et Omnipotens, qui ad amaritudinem adduxit animam meam.
3 as long as my breath remains in me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,
Quia donec superest halitus in me, et spiritus Dei in naribus meis,
4 my lips will not speak iniquity, nor will my tongue devise lies.
Non loquentur labia mea iniquitatem, nec lingua mea meditabitur mendacium.
5 Far be it from me that I should judge you to be right, for, until I expire, I will not withdraw from my innocence.
Absit a me ut iustos vos esse iudicem: donec deficiam, non recedam ab innocentia mea.
6 I will not forsake my justification, which I have just begun to grasp, for my heart does not find blame for me in my whole life.
Iustificationem meam, quam coepi tenere, non deseram: neque enim reprehendit me cor meum in omni vita mea.
7 Let the impious be as my enemy, and the sinful, as my adversary.
Sit ut impius, inimicus meus: et adversarius meus, quasi iniquus.
8 For what hope is there for the hypocrite, if he greedily plunders and God does not free his soul?
Quae est enim spes hypocritae si avare rapiat, et non liberet Deus animam eius?
9 Will God pay attention to his cry, when anguish overcomes him?
Numquid Deus audiet clamorem eius cum venerit super eum angustia?
10 Or will he take delight in the Almighty and call upon God at all times?
Aut poterit in Omnipotente delectari, et invocare Deum omni tempore?
11 I will teach you through the hand of God, what the Almighty holds, and I will not conceal it.
Docebo vos per manum Dei quae Omnipotens habeat, nec abscondam.
12 Behold, you know all this, and so why do you speak vain things without a reason?
Ecce, vos omnes nostis, et quid sine causa vana loquimini?
13 This is the portion of the impious man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they will receive from the Almighty.
Haec est pars hominis impii apud Deum, et hereditas violentorum, quam ob Omnipotente suscipient.
14 If his sons should happen to increase, they will be for the sword, and his grandsons will not be satisfied with bread.
Si multiplicati fuerint filii eius, in gladio erunt, et nepotes eius non saturabuntur pane.
15 Whatever will remain of him will be buried in the ruins, and his widows will not weep.
Qui reliqui fuerint ex eo, sepelientur in interitu, et viduae illius non plorabunt.
16 If he will amass silver as if it were dirt and fabricate garments as if they were clay,
Si comportaverit quasi terram argentum, et sicut lutum praeparaverit vestimenta:
17 then yes, he will gather, but the just will be clothed with it and the innocent will divide the silver.
Praeparabit quidem, sed iustus vestietur illis: et argentum innocens dividet.
18 He has built his house like a moth, and he has made a makeshift shelter like a sentry.
Aedificavit sicut tinea domum suam, et sicut custos fecit umbraculum.
19 When he falls asleep, the rich man will leave him with nothing; he will open his eyes and find nothing.
Dives cum dormierit, nihil secum auferet: aperiet oculos suos, et nihil inveniet.
20 Destitution will surround him like water; a storm will overwhelm him in the night.
Apprehendet eum quasi aqua inopia, nocte opprimet eum tempestas.
21 A burning wind will pick him up and carry him away, and, like a whirlwind, it will rush him from his place.
Tollet eum ventus urens, et auferet, et velut turbo rapiet eum de loco suo.
22 And it will hurl over him and will not spare him; fleeing from its power, he will go into exile.
Et mittet super eum, et non parcet: de manu eius fugiens fugiet.
23 He will clasp his hands over himself, and he will hiss at himself, while considering his situation.
Stringet super eum manus suas, et sibilabit super illum, intuens locum eius.
