Giobbe 21
1 E GIOBBE rispose, e disse:
Then Job replied,
2 Date udienza al mio ragionamento, E ciò [mi] sarà [in vece delle] vostre consolazioni.
“Listen to what I say, all [three] of you; that is the only thing that you can do that will comfort me.
3 Comportatemi che io parli; E poichè avrò parlato, beffatevi pure.
Be patient with me, and allow me to speak. Then, after I am finished speaking, you can continue to make fun of me.
4 Quant'è a me, il mio lamento [si addirizza] egli ad un uomo? E perchè non sarebbe distretto lo spirito mio?
“It is certainly not [RHQ] people against whom I am complaining, [but God] And it is certainly [RHQ] right for me to be impatient!
5 Riguardate a me, e stupite, E mettetevi la mano in su la bocca.
Look at me! Does what you see not cause you to be appalled and to put your hands over your mouths [and say no more]?
6 Io stesso, [quando] me ne ricordo, sono tutto attonito, E la carne mia ne prende orrore.
When I think about [what has happened to me], I am frightened and my entire body shakes.
7 Perchè vivono gli empi? [Perchè] invecchiano, ed anche son forti e vigorosi?
“[But let me ask this: ] ‘Why do wicked people continue to live, and become prosperous, and not die until they are very old?’
8 La lor progenie [è] stabilita nel lor cospetto, insieme con loro; E i lor discendenti [son] davanti agli occhi loro.
They have their children around them, and they watch them while they [grow up and] start to live in their own houses, and they enjoy their grandchildren.
9 Le case loro [non sono se non] pace, senza spavento; E la verga di Dio non [è] sopra loro.
Wicked people live in their own houses without being afraid, and God does not punish [MTY] them.
10 I lor tori ammontano, e non fallano; Le lor vacche figliano, e non isperdono.
Their bulls always mate with the cows successfully, and the cows give birth to calves and never miscarry.
11 Essi mandano fuori i lor fanciulletti come pecore; E i lor figliuoli van saltellando.
Wicked people send their young children outside [to play], and the children play [happily] like [SIM] lambs [in a pasture].
12 Essi alzano [la voce] col tamburo e con la cetera; E si rallegrano al suon dell'organo.
Some children dance and sing, while others shake tambourines and play lyres, and they are happy when they hear people playing flutes.
Wicked people enjoy having good things all the time that they are alive, and they die quietly/peacefully and go down to the place of the dead. (Sheol h7585)
14 Quantunque abbiano detto a Dio: Dipartiti da noi; Perciocchè noi non prendiam piacere nella conoscenza delle tue vie.
While they are alive, they say to God, ‘Do not bother us; we do not want to know how you want us to conduct our lives!
15 Che [è] l'Onnipotente, che noi gli serviamo? E che profitto faremo se lo preghiamo?
Why do you, Almighty God, think that we should serve you? (What advantage do we get if we pray to you?/It is useless for us to pray to you.) [RHQ]’
16 Ecco, il ben loro non [è] egli nelle lor mani? ([Sia] il consiglio degli empi lungi da me.)
Think about it: Wicked people think that it is because of what they have done that they have become prosperous, but I do not understand why they think like that.
17 Quante volte [avviene egli che] la lampana degli empi sia spenta, E che la lor ruina venga loro addosso, [E che Iddio] dià [loro] tormenti nella sua ira per lor parte?
(“How often does it happen that wicked people die [MET] before they are old?/Very seldom do wicked people die [MET] before they are old.) [RHQ] (Do they ever experience disasters?/They seldom experience disasters.) [RHQ] (Does God ever punish them because of being very angry with them?/God never punishes them because of being very angry with them.) [RHQ]
18 [E che] sieno come paglia al vento, E come pula che il turbo invola?
[He does not blow] them away like wind blows away straw; they are never carried off by a whirlwind.
19 [E che] Iddio riserbi a' lor figliuoli la violenza da loro usata; O che egli la renda a loro stessi, e ch'essi lo sentano?
You say, ‘When people have committed sins, God waits and punishes their children because of those sins;’ but [I say that] God should punish those who sin, [not their children, ] in order that the sinners will know [that it is because of their own sins that they are being punished].
20 [E che] gli occhi loro veggano la lor ruina, E ch'essi bevano dell'ira dell'Onnipotente?
I hope/wish that wicked people will experience themselves being destroyed, that they will experience being punished by an angry Almighty God.
21 Perciocchè [del rimanente], quale affezione avranno essi alle lor case, Da che il numero de' lor mesi sarà stato troncato?
After wicked people are dead, they are not at all concerned [RHQ] about what happens to their families [MTY].
22 Potrebbesi insegnar scienza a Dio? Conciossiachè egli sia quel che giudica gli eccelsi.
“Since God judges [everyone, ] even those that are in heaven, (who can teach God anything?/certainly no one can teach God anything.) [RHQ]
23 Colui muore nel colmo della felicità, In compiuta pace e tranquillità.
Some people die while they are very healthy, while they are peaceful, when they are not afraid of anything.
24 Le sue secchie son piene di latte, E le sue ossa sono abbeverate di midolla.
Their bodies are fat; their bones are strong.
25 E costui muore, [essendo] in amaritudine d'animo, E non avendo [giammai] mangiato con diletto.
Other people die being very miserable; they have never experienced good things happening to them.
26 Amendue giacciono nella polvere, E i vermini li coprono.
But both rich and poor people die and are buried, and maggots eat their bodies. [Everyone dies, so it is clear that dying is not always the punishment for being wicked].
27 Ecco, io conosco i vostri pensamenti, E i malvagi discorsi che voi fate contro a me a torto.
“Listen, I know what you [three] are thinking. I know the evil things that you plan to do to me.
28 Perciocchè voi direte: Ove [è] la casa del magnifico? Ed ove [sono] i padiglioni ove abitavano gli empi?
You say, ‘What happened to the tents in which wicked people were living? The houses of evil rulers have been destroyed!’
29 Non vi siete voi giammai informati da coloro che fanno viaggi? Voi non disdirete già i segnali ch'essi [ne] dànno;
But have you never inquired of people who travel much? Do you not believe their reports about what they have seen,
30 Che il malvagio [è] riparato al giorno della ruina, Quando le ire sono sparse.
that wicked people usually do not suffer at the time when there are great disasters; that wicked people are the ones who are rescued when God is angry [and punishes people] [MTY]?
31 Chi gli rappresenterà la sua via in faccia? E chi gli farà la retribuzione di ciò ch'egli ha fatto?
There is no one [RHQ] who accuses wicked people, and there is no one who (pays them back/gives them the punishment that they deserve) for all the evil things that they have done.
32 Poi appresso egli è portato ne' sepolcri, E non attende più ad altro che all'avello.
The corpses of wicked people are carried to their graves, and people are put there to guard those graves.
33 I cespi della valle gli son dolci; Ed egli si tira dietro tutti gli uomini, Siccome davanti a lui [ne son iti] innumerabili.
A huge number [HYP] of people go to the grave site. Some go in front of the procession and some come behind. And the clods of dirt thrown on the graves of those wicked people who have died are like a nice blanket.
34 Come dunque mi consolate voi vanamente? Conciossiachè nelle vostre repliche vi sia sempre della prevaricazione.
“So how can you console me by talking nonsense? Every reply that you make is full of lies!”
