Job 5
1 voca ergo si est qui tibi respondeat et ad aliquem sanctorum convertere
Call if you want, but who is going to answer you? Which angel are you going to turn to?
2 vere stultum interficit iracundia et parvulum occidit invidia
Surely anger slays the fool and jealousy kills the simple.
3 ego vidi stultum firma radice et maledixi pulchritudini eius statim
I have seen a fool growing strong, but I immediately cursed his house.
4 longe fient filii eius a salute et conterentur in porta et non erit qui eruat
His sons are never safe; they are crushed in court with no one to defend them.
5 cuius messem famelicus comedet et ipsum rapiet armatus et ebibent sitientes divitias eius
The hungry eat everything he has harvested, taking even that protected by a thorn hedge, while others look to steal his wealth.
6 nihil in terra sine causa fit et de humo non orietur dolor
For evil doesn't come from the dust; neither does trouble grow from the earth.
7 homo ad laborem nascitur et avis ad volatum
But human beings are born for trouble just as certainly as sparks from a fire fly upwards.
8 quam ob rem ego deprecabor Dominum et ad Deum ponam eloquium meum
If it were me, I would go to God and put my case before him.
9 qui facit magna et inscrutabilia et mirabilia absque numero
He is the one who does amazing, incredible things; miracles that can't be counted!
10 qui dat pluviam super faciem terrae et inrigat aquis universa
He gives rain to the earth and sends water to the fields.
11 qui ponit humiles in sublimi et maerentes erigit sospitate
He exalts the humble, and rescues those who mourn.
12 qui dissipat cogitationes malignorum ne possint implere manus eorum quod coeperant
He frustrates the plans of the cunning so that they are unsuccessful.
13 qui adprehendit sapientes in astutia eorum et consilium pravorum dissipat
He traps the wise in their own clever thinking, and the schemes of twisted people are cut short.
14 per diem incurrent tenebras et quasi in nocte sic palpabunt in meridie
In the daytime they're in the dark, and they stumble around at noon like it's night.
15 porro salvum faciet a gladio oris eorum et de manu violenti pauperem
But God is the one who saves from their cutting remarks, and the poor from the actions of the powerful.
16 et erit egeno spes iniquitas autem contrahet os suum
As a result those who are helpless have hope, and the wicked have to shut their mouths!
17 beatus homo qui corripitur a Domino increpationem ergo Domini ne reprobes
See how happy is the person God corrects—so don't despise the Almighty's discipline.
18 quia ipse vulnerat et medetur percutit et manus eius sanabunt
For he causes pain but he provides relief; he wounds but his hands heal.
19 in sex tribulationibus liberabit te et in septima non tanget te malum
He will save you from many disasters; a multitude of evils will not affect you.
20 in fame eruet te de morte et in bello de manu gladii
In times of famine he will rescue you from death, and in times of war he will save you from the power of the sword.
21 a flagello linguae absconderis et non timebis calamitatem cum venerit
You will be protected from sharp-tongued slander; and when violence comes you will not be afraid.
22 in vastitate et fame ridebis et bestiam terrae non formidabis
You will laugh at violence and famine; you won't be afraid of wild animals—
23 sed cum lapidibus regionum pactum tuum et bestiae terrae pacificae erunt tibi
for you will be at peace with the stones of the field and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
24 et scies quod pacem habeat tabernaculum tuum et visitans speciem tuam non peccabis
You will be certain that your home is safe, for you will go to where you live and find nothing missing.
25 scies quoque quoniam multiplex erit semen tuum et progenies tua quasi herba terrae
You will also be sure that you will have many children; your descendants will be like the grass of the earth.
26 ingredieris in abundantia sepulchrum sicut infertur acervus in tempore suo
You will live to a ripe old age like a sheaf of grain when it is harvested.
27 ecce hoc ut investigavimus ita est quod auditum mente pertracta
Look, we've examined it, and it's true! Listen to what I'm saying and apply it to yourself!”
