Job 1
1 Vir erat in Terra Hus, nomine Iob, et erat vir ille simplex, et rectus, ac timens Deum, et recedens a malo:
There was a man in the lande of Vz called Iob, and this man was an vpright and iust man, one that feared God, and eschewed euill.
2 Natique sunt ei septem filii, et tres filiæ.
And he had seue sonnes, and three daughters.
3 Et fuit possessio eius septem millia ovium, et tria millia camelorum, quingenta quoque iuga boum, et quingentæ asinæ, ac familia multa nimis: eratque vir ille magnus inter omnes Orientales.
His substance also was seuen thousande sheepe, and three thousand camels, and fiue hundreth yoke of oxen, and fiue hundreth shee asses, and his family was very great, so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the East.
4 Et ibant filii eius, et faciebant convivium per domos, unusquisque in die suo. Et mittentes vocabant tres sorores suas, ut comederent et biberent cum eis.
And his sonnes went and banketted in their houses, euery one his day, and sent, and called their three sisters to eate and to drinke with them.
5 Cumque in orbem transissent dies convivii, mittebat ad eos Iob, et sanctificabat illos, consurgensque diluculo offerebat holocausta pro singulis. Dicebat enim: Ne forte peccaverint filii mei, et benedixerint Deo in cordibus suis. Sic faciebat Iob cunctis diebus.
And when the dayes of their banketting were gone about, Iob sent, and sanctified them, and rose vp early in the morning, and offred burnt offrings according to the nomber of them all. For Iob thought, It may be that my sonnes haue sinned, and blasphemed God in their hearts: thus did Iob euery day.
6 Quadam autem die cum venissent filii Dei ut assisterent coram Domino, affuit inter eos etiam Satan.
Nowe on a day when the children of God came and stoode before the Lord, Satan came also among them.
7 Cui dixit Dominus: Unde venis? Qui respondens, ait: Circuivi terram, et perambulavi eam.
Then the Lord sayde vnto Satan, Whence commest thou? And Satan answered the Lord, saying, From compassing the earth to and from, and from walking in it.
8 Dixitque Dominus ad eum: Numquid considerasti servum meum Iob, quod non sit ei similis in terra, homo simplex, et rectus ac timens Deum, et recedens a malo?
And the Lord saide vnto Satan, Hast thou not considered my seruant Iob, how none is like him in the earth? an vpright and iust man, one that feareth God, and escheweth euill?
9 Cui respondens Satan, ait: Numquid Iob frustra timet Deum?
Then Satan answered the Lord, and sayde, Doeth Iob feare God for nought?
10 nonne tu vallasti eum, ac domum eius, universamque substantiam per circuitum, operibus manuum eius benedixisti, et possessio eius crevit in terra?
Hast thou not made an hedge about him and about his house, and about all that he hath on euery side? thou hast blessed the worke of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
11 Sed extende paululum manum tuam, et tange cuncta quæ possidet nisi in faciem benedixerit tibi.
But stretch out now thine hand and touch all that he hath, to see if he will not blaspheme thee to thy face.
12 Dixit ergo Dominus ad Satan: Ecce, universa quæ habet, in manu tua sunt: tantum in eum ne extendas manum tuam. Egressusque est Satan a facie Domini.
Then the Lord sayde vnto Satan, Lo, all that he hath is in thine hand: onely vpon himselfe shalt thou not stretch out thine hand. So Satan departed from the presence of the Lord.
13 Cum autem quadam die filii et filiæ eius comederent et biberent vinum in domo fratris sui primogeniti,
And on a day, when his sonnes and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brothers house,
14 nuncius venit ad Iob, qui diceret: Boves arabant, et asinæ pascebantur iuxta eos,
There came a messenger vnto Iob, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding in their places,
15 et irruerunt Sabæi, tuleruntque omnia, et pueros percusserunt gladio, et evasi ego solus ut nunciarem tibi.
And the Shabeans came violently, and tooke them: yea, they haue slayne the seruants with the edge of the sworde: but I onely am escaped alone to tell thee.
16 Cumque adhuc ille loqueretur, venit alter, et dixit: Ignis Dei cecidit e cælo, et tactas oves puerosque consumpsit, et effugi ego solus ut nunciarem tibi.
And whiles he was yet speaking, another came, and sayde, The fire of God is fallen from the heauen, and hath burnt vp the sheepe and the seruants, and deuoured them: but I onely am escaped alone to tell thee.
17 Sed et illo adhuc loquente, venit alius, et dixit: Chaldæi fecerunt tres turmas, et invaserunt camelos, et tulerunt eos, necnon et pueros percusserunt gladio, et ego fugi solus ut nunciarem tibi.
And whiles he was yet speaking, another came, and sayd, The Caldeans set on three bands, and fell vpon the camels, and haue taken them, and haue slayne the seruantes with the edge of the sworde: but I onely am escaped alone to tell thee.
18 Adhuc loquebatur ille, et ecce alius intravit, et dixit: Filiis tuis et filiabus vescentibus et bibentibus vinum in domo fratris sui primogeniti,
And whiles he was yet speaking, came an other, and sayd, Thy sonnes, and thy daughters were eating, and drinking wine in their eldest brothers house,
19 repente ventus vehemens irruit a regione deserti, et concussit quattuor angulos domus, quæ corruens oppressit liberos tuos et mortui sunt, et effugi ego solus ut nunciarem tibi.
And behold, there came a great wind from beyonde the wildernesse, and smote the foure corners of the house, which fel vpon the children, and they are dead, and I onely am escaped alone to tell thee.
20 Tunc surrexit Iob, et scidit vestimenta sua, et tonso capite corruens in terram, adoravit,
Then Iob arose, and rent his garment, and shaued his head, and fel downe vpon the ground, and worshipped,
21 et dixit: Nudus egressus sum de utero matris meæ, et nudus revertar illuc: Dominus dedit, Dominus abstulit: sicut Domino placuit, ita factum est: sit nomen Domini benedictum.
And sayd, Naked came I out of my mothers wombe, and naked shall I returne thither: the Lord hath giuen, and the Lord hath taken it: blessed be the Name of the Lord.
22 In omnibus his non peccavit Iob labiis suis, neque stultum quid contra Deum locutus est.
In all this did not Iob sinne, nor charge God foolishly.
