Job 5
1 voca ergo si est qui tibi respondeat et ad aliquem sanctorum convertere
“Pray, call, is there any to answer you? And to which of the holy ones do you turn?
2 vere stultum interficit iracundia et parvulum occidit invidia
For provocation slays the perverse, And envy puts to death the simple,
3 ego vidi stultum firma radice et maledixi pulchritudini eius statim
I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straight away,
4 longe fient filii eius a salute et conterentur in porta et non erit qui eruat
His sons are far from safety, And they are bruised in the gate, And there is no deliverer.
5 cuius messem famelicus comedet et ipsum rapiet armatus et ebibent sitientes divitias eius
Whose harvest the hungry eat, And even take it from the thorns, And the designing swallowed their wealth.
6 nihil in terra sine causa fit et de humo non orietur dolor
For sorrow does not come forth from the dust, Nor does misery spring up from the ground.
7 homo ad laborem nascitur et avis ad volatum
For man is born to misery, And the sparks go high to fly.
8 quam ob rem ego deprecabor Dominum et ad Deum ponam eloquium meum
Yet I inquire for God, And for God I give my word,
9 qui facit magna et inscrutabilia et mirabilia absque numero
Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, until there is no numbering.
10 qui dat pluviam super faciem terrae et inrigat aquis universa
Who is giving rain on the face of the land, And is sending waters on the out-places.
11 qui ponit humiles in sublimi et maerentes erigit sospitate
To set the low on a high place, And the mourners have been high [in] safety.
12 qui dissipat cogitationes malignorum ne possint implere manus eorum quod coeperant
Making void thoughts of the cunning, And their hands do not execute wisdom.
13 qui adprehendit sapientes in astutia eorum et consilium pravorum dissipat
Capturing the wise in their subtlety, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hurried,
14 per diem incurrent tenebras et quasi in nocte sic palpabunt in meridie
By day they meet darkness, And as night—they grope at noon.
15 porro salvum faciet a gladio oris eorum et de manu violenti pauperem
He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth, And from a strong hand,
16 et erit egeno spes iniquitas autem contrahet os suum
And there is hope for the poor, And perverseness has shut her mouth.
17 beatus homo qui corripitur a Domino increpationem ergo Domini ne reprobes
Behold, the blessedness of mortal man, God reproves him: And do not despise the discipline of the Mighty,
18 quia ipse vulnerat et medetur percutit et manus eius sanabunt
For He pains, and He binds up, He strikes, and His hands heal.
19 in sex tribulationibus liberabit te et in septima non tanget te malum
In six distresses He delivers you, And in seven evil does not strike on you.
20 in fame eruet te de morte et in bello de manu gladii
In famine He has redeemed you from death, And in battle from the hands of the sword.
21 a flagello linguae absconderis et non timebis calamitatem cum venerit
When the tongue scourges you are hid, And you are not afraid of destruction, When it comes.
22 in vastitate et fame ridebis et bestiam terrae non formidabis
At destruction and at hunger you mock, And of the beast of the earth, You are not afraid.
23 sed cum lapidibus regionum pactum tuum et bestiae terrae pacificae erunt tibi
(For with sons of the field [is] your covenant, And the beast of the field Has been at peace with you.)
24 et scies quod pacem habeat tabernaculum tuum et visitans speciem tuam non peccabis
And you have known that your tent [is] peace, And inspected your habitation, and do not err,
25 scies quoque quoniam multiplex erit semen tuum et progenies tua quasi herba terrae
And have known that your seed [is] numerous, And your offspring as the herb of the earth;
26 ingredieris in abundantia sepulchrum sicut infertur acervus in tempore suo
You come in full age to the grave, As the going up of a stalk in its season.
27 ecce hoc ut investigavimus ita est quod auditum mente pertracta
Behold, this—we searched it out—it [is] right, listen; And you, know for yourself!”
