Livro de Jó 30

SAGRADA BIBLIA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Agora zombam de mim os mais jovens do que eu, aqueles cujos pais eu desdenharia de colocar com os cães de meu rebanho.	1 But now the younger in time scorn me, whose fathers I would not have set with the dogs of my flock:
2 Que faria eu com o vigor de seus braços? Não atingirão a idade madura.	2 The strength of whose hands was to me as nothing, and they were thought unworthy of life itself.
3 Reduzidos a nada pela miséria e a fome, roem um solo árido e desolado.	3 Barren with want and hunger, who gnawed in the wilderness, disfigured with calamity and misery.
4 Colhem ervas e cascas dos arbustos, por pão têm somente a raiz das giestas.	4 And they ate grass, and barks of trees, and the root of junipers was their food.
5 São postos para fora do povo, gritam com eles como se fossem ladrões,	5 Who snatched up these things out of the valleys, and when they had found any of them, they ran to them with a cry.
6 moram em barrancos medonhos, em buracos de terra e de rochedos.	6 They dwelt in the desert places of torrents, and in caves of earth, or upon the gravel.
7 Ouvem-se seus gritos entre os arbustos, amontoam-se debaixo das urtigas,	7 They pleased themselves among these kind of things, and counted it delightful to be under the briers.
8 filhos de infames e de gente sem nome que são expulsos da terra!	8 The children of foolish and base men, and not appearing at all upon the earth.
9 Agora sou o assunto de suas canções, o tema de seus escárnios;	9 Now I am turned into their song, and am become their byword.
10 afastam-se de mim com horror, não receiam cuspir-me no rosto.	10 They abhor me, and flee far from me, and are not afraid to spit in my face.
11 Desamarraram a corda para humilhar-me, sacudiram de si todo o freio diante de mim.	11 For he hath opened his quiver, and hath afflicted me, and hath put a bridle into my mouth.
12 À minha direita levanta-se a raça deles, tentam atrapalhar meus pés, abrem diante de mim o caminho da sua desgraça.	12 At the right hand of my rising, my calamities forthwith arose: they have overthrown my feet, and have overwhelmed me with their paths as with waves.
13 Cortam minha vereda para me perder, trabalham para minha ruína.	13 They have destroyed my ways, they have lain in wait against me, and they have prevailed, and there was none to help.
14 Penetram como por uma grande brecha, irrompem entre escombros.	14 They have rushed in upon me, as when a wall is broken, and a gate opened, and have rolled themselves down to my miseries.
15 O pavor me invade. Minha esperança é varrida como se fosse pelo vento, minha felicidade passa como uma nuvem.	15 I am brought to nothing: as a wind thou hast taken away my desire: and my prosperity hath passed away like a cloud.
16 Agora minha alma se dissolve, os dias de aflição me dominaram.	16 And now my soul fadeth within myself, and the days of affliction possess me.
17 A noite traspassa meus ossos, consome-os; os males que me roem não dormem.	17 In the night my bone is pierced with sorrows: and they that feed upon me, do not sleep.
18 Com violência segura a minha veste, aperta-me como o colarinho de minha túnica.	18 With the multitude of them my garment is consumed, and they have girded me about, as with the collar of my coat.
19 Deus jogou-me no lodo, tenho o aspecto da poeira e da cinza.	19 I am compared to dirt, and am likened to embers and ashes.
20 Clamo a ti, e não me respondes; ponho-me diante de ti, e não olhas para mim.	20 I cry to thee, and thou hearest me not: I stand up, and thou dost not regard me.
21 Tornaste-te cruel para comigo, atacas-me com toda a força de tua mão.	21 Thou art changed to be cruel toward me, and in the hardness of thy hand thou art against me.
22 Arrebatas-me, fazes-me cavalgar o tufão, aniquilas-me na tempestade.	22 Thou hast lifted me up, and set me as it were upon the wind, and thou hast mightily dashed me.
23 Eu bem sei, levas-me à morte, ao lugar onde se encontram todos os viventes.	23 I know that thou wilt deliver me to death, where a house is appointed for every one that liveth.
24 Mas poderá aquele que cai não estender a mão, poderá não pedir socorro aquele que perece?	24 But yet thou stretchest not forth thy hand to their consumption: and if they shall fall down thou wilt save.
25 Não chorei com os oprimidos? Não teve minha alma piedade dos pobres?	25 I wept heretofore for him that was afflicted, and my soul had compassion on the poor.
26 Esperava a felicidade e veio a desgraça, esperava a luz e vieram as trevas.	26 I expected good things, and evils are come upon me: I waited for light, and darkness broke out.
27 Minhas entranhas abrasam-se sem nenhum descanso, assaltaram-me os dias de aflição.	27 My inner parts have boiled without any rest, the days of affliction have prevented me.
28 Caminho no luto, sem sol; levanto-me numa multidão de gritos,	28 I went mourning without indignation; I rose up, and cried in the crowd.
29 tornei-me irmão dos chacais e companheiro dos avestruzes.	29 I was the brother of dragons, and companion of ostriches.
30 Minha pele enegrece-se e cai, e meus ossos são consumidos pela febre.	30 My skin is become black upon me, and my bones are dried up with heat.
31 Minha cítara só dá acordes lúgubres, e minha flauta sons queixosos.	31 My harp is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of those that weep.