< Job 21 >
1 respondens autem Iob dixit
And he answered Job and he said.
2 audite quaeso sermones meos et agetis paenitentiam
Listen completely [to] speech my and let it be this consolations your.
3 sustinete me ut et ego loquar et post mea si videbitur verba ridete
Bear with me and I I will speak and after have spoken I you will mock.
4 numquid contra hominem disputatio mea est ut merito non debeam contristari
¿ I to humankind [is] complaint my and if why? not will it be short spirit my.
5 adtendite me et obstupescite et superponite digitum ori vestro
Turn to me and be appalled and put a hand over a mouth.
6 et ego quando recordatus fuero pertimesco et concutit carnem meam tremor
And if I remember [this] and I am disturbed and it takes hold of flesh my shuddering.
7 quare ergo impii vivunt sublevati sunt confortatique divitiis
Why? wicked [people] do they live they grow old also do they become strong? strength.
8 semen eorum permanet coram eis propinquorum turba et nepotum in conspectu eorum
Offspring their [is] established before them with them and descendants their to eyes their.
9 domus eorum securae sunt et pacatae et non est virga Dei super illos
Houses their [are] safety from fear and not [the] rod of God [is] on them.
10 bos eorum concepit et non abortit vacca peperit et non est privata fetu suo
Bull his it impregnates and not it fails it calves cow his and not it miscarries.
11 egrediuntur quasi greges parvuli eorum et infantes eorum exultant lusibus
They send forth like flock young boys their and children their they leap about!
12 tenent tympanum et citharam et gaudent ad sonitum organi
They lift according to tambourine and harp so they may rejoice to [the] sound of a flute.
13 ducunt in bonis dies suos et in puncto ad inferna descendunt (Sheol )
(They complete *Q(K)*) in the good days their and in a moment Sheol they descend. (Sheol )
14 qui dixerunt Deo recede a nobis et scientiam viarum tuarum nolumus
And they have said to God depart from us and knowledge of ways your not we desire.
15 quid est Omnipotens ut serviamus ei et quid nobis prodest si oraverimus illum
What? [is the] Almighty that we will serve him and what? will we gain that we will entreat him.
16 verumtamen quia non sunt in manu eorum bona sua consilium impiorum longe sit a me
There! not [is] in own hand their prosperity their [the] counsel of wicked [people] it is far from me.
17 quotiens lucerna impiorum extinguetur et superveniet eis inundatio et dolores dividet furoris sui
How often? - [the] lamp of wicked [people] is it extinguished and it may come? on them calamity their pain does he apportion? in anger his.
18 erunt sicut paleae ante faciem venti et sicut favilla quam turbo dispergit
Are they? like straw before a wind and like chaff [which] it has stolen it a storm-wind.
19 Deus servabit filiis illius dolorem patris et cum reddiderit tunc sciet
God he stores up for children his wickedness his let him repay to him so he may know.
20 videbunt oculi eius interfectionem suam et de furore Omnipotentis bibet
Let them see (own eyes his *Q(K)*) destruction his and from [the] rage of [the] Almighty let him drink.
21 quid enim ad eum pertinet de domo sua post se et si numerus mensuum eius dimidietur
For what? [is] pleasure his in household his after him and [the] number of months his they have been cut off.
22 numquid Deum quispiam docebit scientiam qui excelsos iudicat
¿ To God will anyone teach knowledge and he exalted [ones] he judges.
23 iste moritur robustus et sanus dives et felix
This [one] he will die with limb[s] of completeness his all of him [is] at ease and at ease.
24 viscera eius plena sunt adipe et medullis ossa illius inrigantur
Pails his they are full milk and [the] marrow of bones his it is watered.
25 alius vero moritur in amaritudine animae absque ullis opibus
And this [one] he will die with a soul bitter and not he has eaten in the good.
26 et tamen simul in pulverem dormient et vermes operient eos
Together on dust they will lie and a maggot it will cover over them.
27 certe novi cogitationes vestras et sententias contra me iniquas
Here! I know thoughts your and [the] schemes on me you do violence.
28 dicitis enim ubi est domus principis et ubi tabernacula impiorum
For you say where? [is the] house of a noble [person] and where? [is the] tent of - [the] dwelling places of wicked [people].
29 interrogate quemlibet de viatoribus et haec eadem eum intellegere cognoscetis
¿ Not have you asked [those who] pass by of [the] road and signs their not do you recognize?
30 quia in diem perditionis servabitur malus et ad diem furoris ducitur
That to a day of calamity he is spared an evil [person] to a day of furi they are brought forth.
31 quis arguet coram eo viam eius et quae fecit quis reddet illi
Who? will he tell on face his way his and [that which] he he has done who? will he repay to him.
32 ipse ad sepulchra ducetur et in congerie mortuorum vigilabit
And he to [the] grave he will be borne and over a tomb someone will keep watch.
33 dulcis fuit glareis Cocyti et post se omnem hominem trahet et ante se innumerabiles
They will be sweet to him [the] clods of [the] wadi and after him every person he will follow and before him there not [is] number.
34 quomodo igitur consolamini me frustra cum responsio vestra repugnare ostensa sit veritati
And how? will you comfort me vanity and answers your it remains unfaithfulness.