Jó 3
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| Bibbia Vulgata Clementina | New Jerusalem Bible |
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| 1 Post hæc aperuit Job os suum, et maledixit diei suo, | 1 In the end it was Job who broke the silence and cursed the day of his birth. |
| 2 et locutus est : | 2 This is what he said: |
| 3 Pereat dies in qua natus sum, et nox in qua dictum est : Conceptus est homo. | 3 Perish the day on which I was born and the night that told of a boy conceived. |
| 4 Dies ille vertatur in tenebras : non requirat eum Deus desuper, et non illustretur lumine. | 4 May that day be darkness, may God on high have no thought for it, may no light shine on it. |
| 5 Obscurent eum tenebræ et umbra mortis ; occupet eum caligo, et involvatur amaritudine. | 5 May murk and shadow dark as death claim it for their own, clouds hang over it, eclipse swoop down onit. |
| 6 Noctem illam tenebrosus turbo possideat ; non computetur in diebus anni, nec numeretur in mensibus. | 6 See! Let obscurity seize on it, from the days of the year let it be excluded, into the reckoning of themonths not find its way. |
| 7 Sit nox illa solitaria, nec laude digna. | 7 And may that night be sterile, devoid of any cries of joy! |
| 8 Maledicant ei qui maledicunt diei, qui parati sunt suscitare Leviathan. | 8 Let it be cursed by those who curse certain days and are ready to rouse Leviathan. |
| 9 Obtenebrentur stellæ caligine ejus ; expectet lucem, et non videat, nec ortum surgentis auroræ. | 9 Dark be the stars of its morning, let it wait in vain for light and never see the opening eyes of dawn. |
| 10 Quia non conclusit ostia ventris qui portavit me, nec abstulit mala ab oculis meis. | 10 Since it would not shut the doors of the womb on me to hide sorrow from my eyes. |
| 11 Quare non in vulva mortuus sum ? egressus ex utero non statim perii ? | 11 Why was I not stil -born, or why did I not perish as I left the womb? |
| 12 Quare exceptus genibus ? cur lactatus uberibus ? | 12 Why were there knees to receive me, breasts for me to suck? |
| 13 Nunc enim dormiens silerem, et somno meo requiescerem | 13 Now I should be lying in peace, wrapped in a restful slumber, |
| 14 cum regibus et consulibus terræ, qui ædificant sibi solitudines ; | 14 with the kings and high viziers of earth who have built their dwel ings in desolate places, |
| 15 aut cum principibus qui possident aurum, et replent domos suas argento ; | 15 or with princes who have quantities of gold and silver cramming their tombs; |
| 16 aut sicut abortivum absconditum non subsisterem, vel qui concepti non viderunt lucem. | 16 or, put away like an abortive child, I should not have existed, like little ones that never see the light. |
| 17 Ibi impii cessaverunt a tumultu, et ibi requieverunt fessi robore. | 17 Down there, the wicked bustle no more, there the weary rest. |
| 18 Et quondam vincti pariter sine molestia, non audierunt vocem exactoris. | 18 Prisoners, al left in peace, hear no more the shouts of the oppressor. |
| 19 Parvus et magnus ibi sunt, et servus liber a domino suo. | 19 High and low are there together, and the slave is free of his master. |
| 20 Quare misero data est lux, et vita his qui in amaritudine animæ sunt : | 20 Why give light to a man of grief? Why give life to those bitter of heart, |
| 21 qui expectant mortem, et non venit, quasi effodientes thesaurum ; | 21 who long for a death that never comes, and hunt for it more than for buried treasure? |
| 22 gaudentque vehementer cum invenerint sepulchrum ? | 22 They would be glad to see the grave-mound and shout with joy if they reached the tomb. |
| 23 viro cujus abscondita est via et circumdedit eum Deus tenebris ? | 23 Why give light to one who does not see his way, whom God shuts in al alone? |
| 24 Antequam comedam, suspiro ; et tamquam inundantes aquæ, sic rugitus meus : | 24 My only food is sighs, and my groans pour out like water. |
| 25 quia timor quem timebam evenit mihi, et quod verebar accidit. | 25 Whatever I fear comes true, whatever I dread befal s me. |
| 26 Nonne dissimulavi ? nonne silui ? nonne quievi ? et venit super me indignatio. | 26 For me, there is no calm, no peace; my torments banish rest. |