Job 21

NEW JERUSALEM	VULGATA
1 Job spoke next. He said:	1 Respondens autem Job, dixit :
2 Listen careful y to my words; let this be the consolation you allow me.	2 Audite, quæso, sermones meos, et agite pœnitentiam.
3 Permit me to speak in my turn; you may jeer when I have spoken.	3 Sustinete me, et ego loquar : et post mea, si videbitur, verba, ridete.
4 Is my complaint just about a fellow-mortal? I have good grounds to be perturbed!	4 Numquid contra hominem disputatio mea est, ut merito non debeam contristari ?
5 Give your attention to me; you wil be dumbfounded and wil place your hand over your mouth.	5 Attendite me et obstupescite, et superponite digitum ori vestro.
6 I myself am appalled at the very thought, and my flesh creeps.	6 Et ego, quando recordatus fuero, pertimesco, et concutit carnem meam tremor.
7 Why do the wicked stil live on, their power increasing with their age?	7 Quare ergo impii vivunt, sublevati sunt, confortatique divitiis ?
8 They see their posterity assured, and their offspring secure before their eyes.	8 Semen eorum permanet coram eis : propinquorum turba et nepotum in conspectu eorum.
9 The peace of their houses has nothing to fear, the rod that God wields is not for them.	9 Domus eorum securæ sunt et pacatæ, et non est virga Dei super illos.
10 No mishap with their bull at breeding-time, nor miscarriage with their cow at calving.	10 Bos eorum concepit, et non abortivit : vacca peperit, et non est privata fœtu suo.
11 They let their infants frisk like lambs, their children dance like deer.	11 Egrediuntur quasi greges parvuli eorum, et infantes eorum exultant lusibus.
12 They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice to the sound of the pipe.	12 Tenent tympanum et citharam, et gaudent ad sonitum organi.
13 They end their lives in happiness and go down in peace to Sheol.	13 Ducunt in bonis dies suos, et in puncto ad inferna descendunt.
14 Yet these are the ones who say to God, 'Go away! We do not want to learn your ways.	14 Qui dixerunt Deo : Recede a nobis, et scientiam viarum tuarum nolumus.
15 What is the point of our serving Shaddai? What should we gain from praying to him?'	15 Quis est Omnipotens, ut serviamus ei ? et quid nobis prodest si oraverimus illum ?
16 Surely they have won their own prosperity, since God is kept so far from their plans?	16 Verumtamen quia non sunt in manu eorum bona sua, consilium impiorum longe sit a me.
17 Do we often see the light of the wicked put out, or disaster overtake him, or the retribution of Goddestroy his possessions,	17 Quoties lucerna impiorum extinguetur, et superveniet eis inundatio, et dolores dividet furoris sui ?
18 or the wind blow him away like a straw, or a whirlwind carry him off like chaff?	18 Erunt sicut paleæ ante faciem venti, et sicut favilla quam turbo dispergit.
19 So God is storing up punishment for his children? But the wicked himself should be punished, andshould know it!	19 Deus servabit filiis illius dolorem patris, et cum reddiderit, tunc sciet.
20 He himself should witness his own ruin, and himself drink the anger of Shaddai.	20 Videbunt oculi ejus interfectionem suam, et de furore Omnipotentis bibet.
21 Once he is gone, what joy can he gain from his family, once the number of his months has been cutoff?	21 Quid enim ad eum pertinet de domo sua post se, et si numerus mensium ejus dimidietur ?
22 But who can teach wisdom to God, to him who is judge of those on high?	22 Numquid Deus docebit quispiam scientiam, qui excelsos judicat ?
23 And again: one person dies in the ful ness of strength, in all possible happiness and ease,	23 Iste moritur robustus et sanus, dives et felix :
24 thighs padded with fat and the marrow in the bones good and moist.	24 viscera ejus plena sunt adipe, et medullis ossa illius irrigantur :
25 Another dies in bitterness of heart, never having tasted happiness.	25 alius vero moritur in amaritudine animæ absque ullis opibus :
26 They lie together down in the dust and the worms soon cover them both.	26 et tamen simul in pulvere dormient, et vermes operient eos.
27 Oh, I know what is in your minds, what you so spiteful y think about me!	27 Certe novi cogitationes vestras, et sententias contra me iniquas.
28 'What has become of the great lord's house,' you say, 'where is the tent where the wicked used tolive?'	28 Dicitis enim : Ubi est domus principis ? et ubi tabernacula impiorum ?
29 Have you never questioned people who travel, do you not understand the testimony they give:	29 Interrogate quemlibet de viatoribus, et hæc eadem illum intelligere cognoscetis :
30 on the day of disaster, the wicked is spared, on the day of retribution, he is kept safe?	30 quia in diem perditionis servatur malus, et ad diem furoris ducetur.
31 And who is there then to reproach him for his deeds and to pay him back for the things he has done?	31 Quis arguet coram eo viam ejus ? et quæ fecit, quis reddet illi ?
32 He is carried away to the cemetery, and a watch is kept at his tomb.	32 Ipse ad sepulchra ducetur, et in congerie mortuorum vigilabit.
33 The clods of the ravine lie easy on him, and the whole population walk behind.	33 Dulcis fuit glareis Cocyti, et post se omnem hominem trahet, et ante se innumerabiles.
34 So what sense is there in your empty consolation? your answers are the left-overs of infidelity!	34 Quomodo igitur consolamini me frustra, cum responsio vestra repugnare ostensa sit veritati ?