Job 8

NEW JERUSALEM	NOVA VULGATA
1 Bildad of Shuah spoke next. He said:	1 Respondens autem Baldad Suhites dixit:
2 How much longer are you going to talk like this and go blustering on in this way?	2 “ Usquequo loqueris talia, et spiritus vehemens sermones oris tui?
3 Can God deflect the course of right or Shaddai falsify justice?	3 Numquid Deus supplantat iudicium, aut Omnipotens subvertit, quod iustum est?
4 If your sons sinned against him, he has punished them for their wrong-doing.	4 Et si filii tui peccaverunt ei, et dimisit eos in manu iniquitatis suae,
5 You for your part, if you are pure and honest, must now seek God, plead with Shaddai.	5 tu tamen, si diluculo consurrexeris ad Deum et Omnipotentem fueris deprecatus,
6 Forthwith his light wil shine on you and he wil restore an upright man's house to prosperity.	6 si mundus et rectus incesseris, statim evigilabit ad te et pacatum reddet habitaculum iustitiae tuae;
7 Your former state wil seem as nothing to you, so great wil your future be.	7 in tantum ut, si priora tua fuerint parva, et novissima tua multiplicentur nimis.
8 Question the generation that has passed, meditate on the experience of its ancestors-	8 Interroga enim generationem pristinam et diligenter investiga patrum memoriam.
9 for we children of yesterday, we know nothing, our life on earth passes like a shadow-	9 Hesterni quippe sumus et ignoramus, quoniam sicut umbra dies nostri sunt super terram.
10 but they wil teach you, they will tel you, and their thought is expressed in these sayings,	10 Nonne ipsi docebunt te, loquentur tibi et de corde suo proferent eloquia?
11 'Can papyrus flourish except in marshes? Without water can the rushes grow?	11 Numquid virere potest scirpus absque umore, aut crescere carectum sine aqua?
12 Even when green and before being cut, fastest of al plants they wither.	12 Cum adhuc sit in flore, nec carpatur manu, ante omnes herbas arescit.
13 Such is the fate of al who forget God; so perishes the hope of the godless.	13 Sic viae omnium, qui obliviscuntur Deum, et spes impii peribit.
14 His hope is nothing but gossamer, his confidence a spider's web.	14 Cuius spes filum tenue, et sicut tela aranearum fiducia eius.
15 Let him lean on his house, it wil not stand firm; cling to it, it wil not hold.	15 Innitetur super domum suam et nonstabit; fulciet eam et non consurget.
16 Like some lush plant in the sunlight, he sent his young shoots sprouting over the garden;	16 Umectus videtur, antequam veniat sol, et in horto suo germen eius egredietur.
17 but his roots were twined in a heap of stones, he drew his life among the rocks.	17 Super acervum petrarum radices eius densabuntur, et inter lapides commorabitur.
18 Snatch him from his bed, and it denies it ever saw him.	18 Si absorbuerit eum de loco suo, negabit eum et dicet: “Non novi te”.
19 Now he rots on the roadside, and others are springing up in the soil.	19 Haec est enim laetitia viae eius, ut rursum de terra alii germinentur.
20 Believe me, God neither spurns anyone of integrity, nor lends his aid to the evil.	20 Deus non proiciet simplicem nec porriget manum malignis,
21 Once again laughter may fil your mouth and cries of joy break from your lips.	21 donec impleatur risu os tuum, et labia tua iubilo.
22 Your enemies will be covered with shame and the tent of the wicked wil vanish!'	22 Qui oderunt te, induentur confusione, et tabernaculum impiorum non subsistet ”.