Job 20

NEW JERUSALEM	NOVA VULGATA
1 Zophar of Naamath spoke next. He said:	1 Respondens autem Sophar Naamathites dixit:
2 My thoughts urge me to reply to this, and hence the impatience that grips me.	2 “ Idcirco cogitationes meae reducunt me, eo quod intellectus effulsit in me.
3 I have put up with prating that outrages me and now my mind inspires me with an answer.	3 Doctrinam, qua me arguis, audiam, at spiritus intellegentiae meae respondebit mihi.
4 Do you not know, that since time began and human beings were set on the earth,	4 Scisne hoc a principio, ex quo positus est homo super terram,
5 the triumph of the wicked has always been brief, and the sinner's gladness has never lasted long?	5 quod exsultatio iniquorum brevis sit, et gaudium impiorum ad instar puncti?
6 Towering to the sky he may have been, his head touching the clouds;	6 si ascenderit usque ad caelum superbia eius, et caput eius nubes tetigerit,
7 but he vanishes, like a phantom, once for al , while those who used to see him, ask, 'Where is he?'	7 quasi sterquilinium in finem perdetur, et, qui eum viderant, dicent: “Ubi est?”.
8 Like a dream that leaves no trace he takes his flight, like a vision in the night he flies away.	8 Velut somnium avolans non invenietur, transiet sicut visio nocturna.
9 The eye accustomed to see him sees him no more, his home wil never set eyes on him again.	9 Oculus, qui eum viderat, non videbit, neque ultra intuebitur eum locus suus.
10 His sons will have to reimburse the poor and his children pay back his riches.	10 Filii eius satagent complacere pauperibus, et manus illius reddent ei possessionem suam.
11 His bones used to be ful of youthful vigour: and there it lies, in the dust with him, now!	11 Ossa eius, quae implebantur adulescentia, cum eo in pulvere dormient.
12 Evil was sweet to his mouth, he would shelter it under his tongue;	12 Cum enim dulce fuerit in ore eius malum, abscondet illud sub lingua sua.
13 cultivating it careful y, he would let it linger on his palate.	13 Parcet illi et non derelinquet illud et celabit in gutture suo.
14 Such food goes bad in his bel y, working inside him like the poison of a viper.	14 Panis eius in visceribus illius vertetur in fel aspidum intrinsecus.
15 Now he has to vomit up the wealth that he has swal owed, God makes him disgorge it.	15 Divitias, quas devoravit, evomet, et de ventre illius extrahet eas Deus.
16 He used to suck vipers' venom, and the tongue of the adder kills him.	16 Venenum aspidum sugebat, et occidet eum lingua viperae.
17 No more will he know the streams of oil or the torrents of honey and cream.	17 Non videat rivulos olei, torrentes mellis et butyri.
18 When he gives back his winnings, his cheerfulness wil fade, and the satisfied air he had whenbusiness was thriving.	18 Restituet quaestum suum nec deglutiet, de opibus venditionum non laetabitur.
19 Since he once destroyed the huts of the poor, plundering houses instead of building them up,	19 Quoniam confringens deseruit pauperes, domum rapuit et non aedificavit eam.
20 since his avarice could never be satisfied, now al his hoarding will not save him;	20 Nec est satiatus venter eius; et cum desideriis suis evadere non potuit.
21 since nothing could escape his greed, his prosperity wil not last.	21 Non fuerunt reliquiae de cibo eius, et propterea nihil permanebit de bonis eius.
22 When he has everything he needs, want wil seize him, and misery wil light on him with all its force.	22 Cum satiatus fuerit, arctabitur; et omnis dolor irruet super eum.
23 On him God looses al his burning wrath, hurling against his flesh a hail of arrows.	23 Impleat ventrem suum: emittet Deus in eum iram furoris sui et pluet super illum bellum suum.
24 If he escapes the weapons of iron, the bow of bronze wil transfix him.	24 Fugiet arma ferrea et irruet in arcum aereum.
25 Out of his back sticks an arrow, from his gal a shining point. The terrors advance on him,	25 Sagitta transverberabit corpus eius, et fulgur iecur eius; vadent et venient super eum horribilia.
26 all the hidden darknesses are waiting to carry him off. A fire unlit by human hand devours him, andconsumes what is left in his tent.	26 Omnes tenebrae absconditae sunt in occultis eius, devorabit eum ignis, qui non succenditur; affligetur relictus in tabernaculo suo.
27 The heavens lay bare his iniquity, and the earth rises up against him.	27 Revelabunt caeli iniquitatem eius, et terra consurget adversus eum.
28 The income of his house pours away, like the torrents, on the day of retribution.	28 Auferetur germen domus illius, detrahetur in die furoris Dei.
29 Such is the fate God reserves for the wicked, the inheritance he assigns to the accursed!	29 Haec est pars hominis impii a Deo, et hereditas verborum eius a Domino ”.