Jó 23

VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Respondens autem Job, ait :	1 Then Job answered by saying:
2 Nunc quoque in amaritudine est sermo meus, et manus plagæ meæ aggravata est super gemitum meum.	2 Now again my conversation is in bitterness, and the force of my scourging weighs more heavily on me because of my mourning.
3 Quis mihi tribuat ut cognoscam et inveniam illum, et veniam usque ad solium ejus ?	3 Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and that I may approach even to his throne?
4 Ponam coram eo judicium, et os meum replebo increpationibus :	4 I would place judgment before his eye, and my mouth would fill with criticism,
5 ut sciam verba quæ mihi respondeat, et intelligam quid loquatur mihi.	5 so that I may know the words that he will answer me and understand what he will say to me.
6 Nolo multa fortitudine contendat mecum, nec magnitudinis suæ mole me premat.	6 I do not want him to contend with me with much strength, nor to overwhelm me with the bulk of his greatness.
7 Proponat æquitatem contra me, et perveniat ad victoriam judicium meum.	7 Let him show fairness in response to me, and let my judgment reach to victory.
8 Si ad orientem iero, non apparet ; si ad occidentem, non intelligam eum.	8 If I go to the east, he does not appear; if I go to the west, I will not understand him.
9 Si ad sinistram, quid agam ? non apprehendam eum ; si me vertam ad dexteram, non videbo illum.	9 If I turn to the left, what can I do? I will not take hold of him. If I turn myself to the right, I will not see him.
10 Ipse vero scit viam meam, et probavit me quasi aurum quod per ignem transit.	10 Truly, he knows my way and has tested me like gold that passes through fire.
11 Vestigia ejus secutus est pes meus : viam ejus custodivi, et non declinavi ex ea.	11 My feet have been following his footsteps; I have kept to his way and have not strayed from it.
12 A mandatis labiorum ejus non recessi, et in sinu meo abscondi verba oris ejus.	12 I have not withdrawn from the commands of his lips, and the words of his mouth I have hidden in my sinews.
13 Ipse enim solus est, et nemo avertere potest cogitationem ejus : et anima ejus quodcumque voluit, hoc fecit.	13 For he is alone, and no one is able to disturb his intention; and whatever his spirit wills, that he accomplishes.
14 Cum expleverit in me voluntatem suam, et alia multa similia præsto sunt ei.	14 And when he fulfills his will in me, many other similar ones will also be present with him.
15 Et idcirco a facie ejus turbatus sum, et considerans eum, timore sollicitor.	15 And, for this reason, I have been troubled at his presence, and, when I consider him, I am approached by fear.
16 Deus mollivit cor meum, et Omnipotens conturbavit me.	16 God has weakened my heart, and the Almighty has confused me.
17 Non enim perii propter imminentes tenebras, nec faciem meam operuit caligo.	17 Yet I have not perished because of the threatening darkness, nor has gloom covered my face.