Job 33
1 “However, Job, please hear my speech, and listen to all my words.
Audi igitur Iob eloquia mea, et omnes sermones meos ausculta.
2 See now, I have opened my mouth. My tongue has spoken in my mouth.
Ecce aperui os meum, loquatur lingua mea in faucibus meis.
3 My words will utter the uprightness of my heart. That which my lips know they will speak sincerely.
Simplici corde meo sermones mei, et sententiam puram labia mea loquentur.
4 The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
Spiritus Dei fecit me, et spiraculum Omnipotentis vivificavit me.
5 If you can, answer me. Set your words in order before me, and stand up.
Si potes, responde mihi, et adversus faciem meam consiste.
6 Behold, I am towards God even as you are. I am also formed out of the clay.
Ecce, et me sicut et te fecit Deus, et de eodem luto ego quoque formatus sum.
7 Behold, my terror will not make you afraid, neither will my pressure be heavy on you.
Verumtamen miraculum meum non te terreat, et eloquentia mea non sit tibi gravis.
8 “Surely you have spoken in my hearing, I have heard the voice of your words, saying,
Dixisti ergo in auribus meis, et vocem verborum tuorum audivi:
9 ‘I am clean, without disobedience. I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me.
Mundus sum ego, et absque delicto: immaculatus, et non est iniquitas in me.
10 Behold, he finds occasions against me. He counts me for his enemy.
Quia querelas in me reperit, ideo arbitratus est me inimicum sibi.
11 He puts my feet in the stocks. He marks all my paths.’
Posuit in nervo pedes meos, custodivit omnes semitas meas.
12 “Behold, I will answer you. In this you are not just, for God is greater than man.
Hoc est ergo, in quo non es iustificatus: respondebo tibi, quia maior sit Deus homine.
13 Why do you strive against him, because he doesn’t give account of any of his matters?
Adversus eum contendis quod non ad omnia verba responderit tibi?
14 For God speaks once, yes twice, though man pays no attention.
Semel loquitur Deus, et secundo idipsum non repetit.
15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, in slumbering on the bed,
Per somnium in visione nocturna, quando irruit sopor super homines, et dormiunt in lectulo:
16 then he opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction,
Tunc aperit aures virorum, et erudiens eos instruit disciplina,
17 that he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
Ut avertat hominem ab his, quæ facit, et liberet eum de superbia:
18 He keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
Eruens animam eius a corruptione: et vitam illius, ut non transeat in gladium.
19 “He is chastened also with pain on his bed, with continual strife in his bones,
Increpat quoque per dolorem in lectulo, et omnia ossa eius marcescere facit.
20 so that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food.
Abominabilis ei fit in vita sua panis, et animæ illius cibus ante desiderabilis.
21 His flesh is so consumed away that it can’t be seen. His bones that were not seen stick out.
Tabescet caro eius, et ossa, quæ tecta fuerant, nudabuntur.
22 Yes, his soul draws near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.
Appropinquavit corruptioni anima eius, et vita illius mortiferis.
23 “If there is beside him an angel, an interpreter, one amongst a thousand, to show to man what is right for him,
Si fuerit pro eo Angelus loquens, unus de millibus, ut annunciet hominis æquitatem:
24 then God is gracious to him, and says, ‘Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.’
Miserebitur eius, et dicet: Libera eum, ut non descendat in corruptionem: inveni in quo ei propitier.
25 His flesh will be fresher than a child’s. He returns to the days of his youth.
Consumpta est caro eius a suppliciis, revertatur ad dies adolescentiæ suæ.
26 He prays to God, and he is favourable to him, so that he sees his face with joy. He restores to man his righteousness.
Deprecabitur Deum, et placabilis ei erit: et videbit faciem eius in iubilo, et reddet homini iustitiam suam.
27 He sings before men, and says, ‘I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it didn’t profit me.
Respiciet homines, et dicet: Peccavi, et vere deliqui, et, ut eram dignus, non recepi.
28 He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit. My life will see the light.’
Liberavit animam suam ne pergeret in interitum, sed vivens lucem videret.
29 “Behold, God does all these things, twice, yes three times, with a man,
Ecce, hæc omnia operatur Deus tribus vicibus per singulos.
30 to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
Ut revocet animas eorum a corruptione, et illuminet luce viventium.
31 Mark well, Job, and listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will speak.
Attende Iob, et audi me: et tace, dum loquor.
32 If you have anything to say, answer me. Speak, for I desire to justify you.
Si autem habes quod loquaris, responde mihi, loquere: volo enim, te apparere iustum.
33 If not, listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom.”
Quod si non habes, audi me: tace, et docebo te sapientiam.
