Job 23
1 And Job answereth and saith: —
Respondens autem Iob, ait:
2 Also — to-day [is] my complaint bitter, My hand hath been heavy because of my sighing.
Nunc quoque in amaritudine est sermo meus, et manus plagae meae aggravata est super gemitum meum.
3 O that I had known — and I find Him, I come in unto His seat,
Quis mihi tribuat ut cognoscam et inveniam illum, et veniam usque ad solium eius?
4 I arrange before Him the cause, And my mouth fill [with] arguments.
Ponam coram eo iudicium, et os meum replebo increpationibus.
5 I know the words He doth answer me, And understand what He saith to me.
Ut sciam verba, quae mihi respondeat, et intelligam quid loquatur mihi.
6 In the abundance of power doth He strive with me? No! surely He putteth [it] in me.
Nolo multa fortitudine contendat mecum, nec magnitudinis suae mole me premat.
7 There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.
Proponat aequitatem contra me, et perveniet ad victoriam iudicium meum.
8 Lo, forward I go — and He is not, And backward — and I perceive him not.
Si ad Orientem iero, non apparet: si ad Occidentem, non intelligam eum.
9 [To] the left in His working — and I see not, He is covered [on] the right, and I behold not.
Si ad sinistram, quid agam? non apprehendam eum: si me vertam ad dexteram, non videbo illum.
10 For He hath known the way with me, He hath tried me — as gold I go forth.
Ipse vero scit viam meam, et probavit me quasi aurum, quod per ignem transit:
11 On His step hath my foot laid hold, His way I have kept, and turn not aside,
Vestigia eius secutus est pes meus, viam eius custodivi, et non declinavi ex ea.
12 The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up 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 doth turn Him back? And His soul hath desired — and He doth [it].
Ipse enim solus est, et nemo avertere potest cogitationem eius: et anima eius quodcumque voluit, hoc fecit.
14 For He doth complete my portion, And many such things [are] with Him.
Cum expleverit in me voluntatem suam, et alia multa similia praesto sunt ei.
15 Therefore, from His presence I am troubled, I consider, and am afraid of Him.
Et idcirco a facie eius turbatus sum, et considerans eum, timore solicitor.
16 And God hath made my heart soft, And the Mighty hath 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 imminentes tenebras, nec faciem meam operuit caligo.
