Job 27
1 Job again took up his parable, and said,
Addidit quoque Iob, assumens parabolam suam, et dixit:
2 “As God lives, who has taken away my right, the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter
Vivit Deus, qui abstulit iudicium meum, et Omnipotens, qui ad amaritudinem adduxit animam meam.
3 (for the length of my life is still in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils);
Quia donec superest halitus in me, et spiritus Dei in naribus meis,
4 surely my lips will not speak unrighteousness, neither will my tongue utter deceit.
Non loquentur labia mea iniquitatem, nec lingua mea meditabitur mendacium.
5 Far be it from me that I should justify you. Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
Absit a me ut iustos vos esse iudicem: donec deficiam, non recedam ab innocentia mea.
6 I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart will not reproach me so long as I live.
Iustificationem meam, quam cœpi tenere, non deseram: neque enim reprehendit me cor meum in omni vita mea.
7 “Let my enemy be as the wicked. Let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.
Sit ut impius, inimicus meus: et adversarius meus, quasi iniquus.
8 For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
Quæ est enim spes hypocritæ si avare rapiat, et non liberet Deus animam eius?
9 Will God hear his cry when trouble comes on him?
Numquid Deus audiet clamorem eius cum venerit super eum angustia?
10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty, and call on God at all times?
Aut poterit in Omnipotente delectari, et invocare Deum omni tempore?
11 I will teach you about the hand of God. I will not conceal that which is with the Almighty.
Docebo vos per manum Dei quæ Omnipotens habeat, nec abscondam.
12 Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain?
Ecce, vos omnes nostis, et quid sine causa vana loquimini?
13 “This is the portion of a wicked man with God, the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.
Hæc est pars hominis impii apud Deum, et hæreditas violentorum, quam ob Omnipotente suscipient.
14 If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword. His offspring will not be satisfied with bread.
Si multiplicati fuerint filii eius, in gladio erunt, et nepotes eius non saturabuntur pane.
15 Those who remain of him will be buried in death. His widows will make no lamentation.
Qui reliqui fuerint ex eo, sepelientur in interitu, et viduæ illius non plorabunt.
16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;
Si comportaverit quasi terram argentum, et sicut lutum præparaverit vestimenta:
17 he may prepare it, but the just will put it on, and the innocent will divide the silver.
Præparabit quidem, sed iustus vestietur illis: et argentum innocens dividet.
18 He builds his house as the moth, as a booth which the watchman makes.
Ædificavit sicut tinea domum suam, et sicut custos fecit umbraculum.
19 He lies down rich, but he will not do so again. He opens his eyes, and he is not.
Dives cum dormierit, nihil secum auferet: aperiet oculos suos, et nihil inveniet.
20 Terrors overtake him like waters. A storm steals him away in the night.
Apprehendet eum quasi aqua inopia, nocte opprimet eum tempestas.
21 The east wind carries him away, and he departs. It sweeps him out of his place.
Tollet eum ventus urens, et auferet, et velut turbo rapiet eum de loco suo.
22 For it hurls at him, and does not spare, as he flees away from his hand.
Et mittet super eum, et non parcet: de manu eius fugiens fugiet.
23 Men will clap their hands at him, and will hiss him out of his place.
Stringet super eum manus suas, et sibilabit super illum, intuens locum eius.
