Job 23
1 And Job answers and says:
respondens autem Iob dixit
2 “Also—today my complaint [is] bitter, My hand has been heavy because of my sighing.
nunc quoque in amaritudine est sermo meus et manus plagae meae adgravata est super gemitum meum
3 O that I had known—and I find Him, I come to His seat,
quis mihi tribuat ut cognoscam et inveniam illum et veniam usque ad solium eius
4 I arrange the cause before Him, And fill my mouth [with] arguments.
ponam coram eo iudicium et os meum replebo increpationibus
5 I know the words He answers me, And understand what He says to me.
ut sciam verba quae mihi respondeat et intellegam quid loquatur mihi
6 Does He strive with me in the abundance of power? No! Surely He puts [it] in me.
nolo multa fortitudine contendat mecum nec magnitudinis suae mole me premat
7 There the upright reason with Him, And I escape from mine who is judging—forever.
proponat aequitatem contra me et perveniat ad victoriam iudicium meum
8 Behold, I go forward—and He is not, And backward—and I do not perceive Him.
si ad orientem iero non apparet si ad occidentem non intellegam eum
9 [To] the left in His working—and I do not see, He is covered [on] the right, and I do not behold.
si ad sinistram quid agat non adprehendam eum si me vertam ad dextram non videbo illum
10 For He has known the way with me, He has tried me—I go forth as gold.
ipse vero scit viam meam et probavit me quasi aurum quod per ignem transit
11 My foot has laid hold on His step, I have kept His way, and do not turn aside,
vestigia eius secutus est pes meus viam eius custodivi et non declinavi ex ea
12 The command of His lips, and I do not depart. I have laid up above my allotted portion The sayings of His mouth.
a mandatis labiorum eius non recessi et in sinu meo abscondi verba oris eius
13 And He [is] in one [mind], And who turns Him back? And His soul has desired—and He does [it].
ipse enim solus est et nemo avertere potest cogitationem eius et anima eius quodcumque voluerit hoc facit
14 For He completes my portion, And many such things [are] with Him.
cum expleverit in me voluntatem suam et alia multa similia praesto sunt ei
15 Therefore, I am troubled at His presence, I consider, and am afraid of Him.
et idcirco a facie eius turbatus sum et considerans eum timore sollicitor
16 And God has made my heart soft, And the Mighty has troubled me.
Deus mollivit cor meum et Omnipotens conturbavit me
17 For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.”
non enim perii propter inminentes tenebras nec faciem meam operuit caligo
