Job 23
1 And Job answereth and saith: —
respondens autem Iob dixit
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 adgravata 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 intellegam 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 perveniat 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 intellegam 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 agat non adprehendam eum si me vertam ad dextram 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 voluerit hoc facit
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 sollicitor
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 inminentes tenebras nec faciem meam operuit caligo
