Job 21 #catechesis/bible/job
[!abstract] Job shows that the wicked often prosper in this world, even to the end of their life: but that their judgment is in another world.
Book: Job · ← Job 20 · Job 22 →
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GR ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ιωβ λέγει
LA Respondens autem Job, dixit:
EN Then Job answered, and said:
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GR ἀκούσατε ἀκούσατέ μου τῶν λόγων ἵνα μὴ ᾖ μοι παρ’ ὑμῶν αὕτη ἡ παράκλησις
LA Audite, quæso, sermones meos, et agite pœnitentiam.
EN Hear, I beseech you, my words, and do penance.
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GR ἄρατέ με ἐγὼ δὲ λαλήσω εἶτ’ οὐ καταγελάσετέ μου
LA Sustinete me, et ego loquar: et post mea, si videbitur, verba, ridete.
EN Suffer me, and I will speak, and after, if you please, laugh at my words.
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GR τί γάρ μὴ ἀνθρώπου μου ἡ ἔλεγξις ἢ διὰ τί οὐ θυμωθήσομαι
LA Numquid contra hominem disputatio mea est, ut merito non debeam contristari?
EN Is my debate against man, that I should not have just reason to be troubled?
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GR εἰσβλέψαντες εἰς ἐμὲ θαυμάσατε χεῖρα θέντες ἐπὶ σιαγόνι
LA Attendite me et obstupescite, et superponite digitum ori vestro.
EN Hearken to me and be astonished, and lay your finger on your mouth.
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GR ἐάν τε γὰρ μνησθῶ ἐσπούδακα ἔχουσιν δέ μου τὰς σάρκας ὀδύναι
LA Et ego, quando recordatus fuero, pertimesco, et concutit carnem meam tremor.
EN As for me, when I remember, I am afraid, and trembling takes hold on my flesh.
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GR διὰ τί ἀσεβεῖς ζῶσιν πεπαλαίωνται δὲ καὶ ἐν πλούτῳ
LA Quare ergo impii vivunt, sublevati sunt, confortatique divitiis?
EN Why then do the wicked live, are they advanced, and strengthened with riches?
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GR ὁ σπόρος αὐτῶν κατὰ ψυχήν τὰ δὲ τέκνα αὐτῶν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς
LA Semen eorum permanet coram eis: propinquorum turba et nepotum in conspectu eorum.
EN Their seed continues before them, a multitude of kinsmen, and of children’s children in their sight.
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GR οἱ οἶκοι αὐτῶν εὐθηνοῦσιν φόβος δὲ οὐδαμοῦ μάστιξ δὲ παρὰ κυρίου οὐκ ἔστιν ἐπ’ αὐτοῖς
LA Domus eorum securæ sunt et pacatæ, et non est virga Dei super illos.
EN Their houses are secure and peaceable, and the rod of God is not upon them.
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GR ἡ βοῦς αὐτῶν οὐκ ὠμοτόκησεν διεσώθη δὲ αὐτῶν ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχουσα καὶ οὐκ ἔσφαλεν
LA Bos eorum concepit, et non abortivit: vacca peperit, et non est privata fœtu suo.
EN Their cattle have conceived, and failed not: their cow has calved, and is not deprived of her fruit.
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GR μένουσιν δὲ ὡς πρόβατα αἰώνια τὰ δὲ παιδία αὐτῶν προσπαίζουσιν
LA Egrediuntur quasi greges parvuli eorum, et infantes eorum exultant lusibus.
EN Their little ones go out like a flock, and their children dance and play.
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GR ἀναλαβόντες ψαλτήριον καὶ κιθάραν καὶ εὐφραίνονται φωνῇ ψαλμοῦ
LA Tenent tympanum et citharam, et gaudent ad sonitum organi.
EN They take the timbrel, and the harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
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GR συνετέλεσαν δὲ ἐν ἀγαθοῖς τὸν βίον αὐτῶν ἐν δὲ ἀναπαύσει ᾅδου ἐκοιμήθησαν
LA Ducunt in bonis dies suos, et in puncto ad inferna descendunt.
EN They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment they go down to hell.
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GR λέγει δὲ κυρίῳ ἀπόστα ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ ὁδούς σου εἰδέναι οὐ βούλομαι
LA Qui dixerunt Deo: Recede a nobis, et scientiam viarum tuarum nolumus.
EN Who have said to God: Depart from us, we desire not the knowledge of your ways.
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GR τί ἱκανός ὅτι δουλεύσομεν αὐτῷ καὶ τίς ὠφέλεια ὅτι ἀπαντήσομεν αὐτῷ
LA Quis est Omnipotens, ut serviamus ei? et quid nobis prodest si oraverimus illum?
EN Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what does it profit us if we pray to him?
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GR ἐν χερσὶν γὰρ ἦν αὐτῶν τὰ ἀγαθά ἔργα δὲ ἀσεβῶν οὐκ ἐφορᾷ
LA Verumtamen quia non sunt in manu eorum bona sua, consilium impiorum longe sit a me.
EN Yet because their good things are not in their hand, may the counsel of the wicked be far from me.
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GR οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀσεβῶν λύχνος σβεσθήσεται ἐπελεύσεται δὲ αὐτοῖς ἡ καταστροφή ὠδῖνες δὲ αὐτοὺς ἕξουσιν ἀπὸ ὀργῆς
LA Quoties lucerna impiorum extinguetur, et superveniet eis inundatio, et dolores dividet furoris sui?
EN How often shall the lamp of the wicked be put out, and a deluge come upon them, and he shall distribute the sorrows of his wrath?
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GR ἔσονται δὲ ὥσπερ ἄχυρα πρὸ ἀνέμου ἢ ὥσπερ κονιορτός ὃν ὑφείλατο λαῖλαψ
LA Erunt sicut paleæ ante faciem venti, et sicut favilla quam turbo dispergit.
EN They shall be as chaff before the face of the wind, and as ashes which the whirlwind scatters.
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GR ἐκλίποι υἱοὺς τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτοῦ ἀνταποδώσει πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ γνώσεται
LA Deus servabit filiis illius dolorem patris, et cum reddiderit, tunc sciet.
EN God shall lay up the sorrow of the father for his children: and when he shall repay, then shall he know.
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GR ἴδοισαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ σφαγήν ἀπὸ δὲ κυρίου μὴ διασωθείη
LA Videbunt oculi ejus interfectionem suam, et de furore Omnipotentis bibet.
EN His eyes shall see his own destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
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GR ὅτι τί θέλημα αὐτοῦ ἐν οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ μετ’ αὐτόν καὶ ἀριθμοὶ μηνῶν αὐτοῦ διῃρέθησαν
LA Quid enim ad eum pertinet de domo sua post se, et si numerus mensium ejus dimidietur?
EN For what is it to him what befalls his house after him: and if the number of his months be diminished by one half?
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GR πότερον οὐχὶ ὁ κύριός ἐστιν ὁ διδάσκων σύνεσιν καὶ ἐπιστήμην αὐτὸς δὲ φόνους διακρινεῖ
LA Numquid Deus docebit quispiam scientiam, qui excelsos judicat?
EN Shall any one teach God knowledge, who judges those that are high?
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GR οὗτος ἀποθανεῖται ἐν κράτει ἁπλοσύνης αὐτοῦ ὅλος δὲ εὐπαθῶν καὶ εὐθηνῶν
LA Iste moritur robustus et sanus, dives et felix:
EN One man dies strong, and hale, rich and happy.
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GR τὰ δὲ ἔγκατα αὐτοῦ πλήρη στέατος μυελὸς δὲ αὐτοῦ διαχεῖται
LA viscera ejus plena sunt adipe, et medullis ossa illius irrigantur:
EN His bowels are full of fat, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
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GR ὁ δὲ τελευτᾷ ὑπὸ πικρίας ψυχῆς οὐ φαγὼν οὐδὲν ἀγαθόν
LA alius vero moritur in amaritudine animæ absque ullis opibus:
EN But another dies in bitterness of soul without any riches:
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GR ὁμοθυμαδὸν δὲ ἐπὶ γῆς κοιμῶνται σαπρία δὲ αὐτοὺς ἐκάλυψεν
LA et tamen simul in pulvere dormient, et vermes operient eos.
EN And yet they shall sleep together in the dust, and worms shall cover them.
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GR ὥστε οἶδα ὑμᾶς ὅτι τόλμῃ ἐπίκεισθέ μοι
LA Certe novi cogitationes vestras, et sententias contra me iniquas.
EN Surely I know your thoughts, and your unjust judgments against me.
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GR ὅτι ἐρεῖτε ποῦ ἐστιν οἶκος ἄρχοντος καὶ ποῦ ἐστιν ἡ σκέπη τῶν σκηνωμάτων τῶν ἀσεβῶν
LA Dicitis enim: Ubi est domus principis? et ubi tabernacula impiorum?
EN For you say: Where is the house of the prince? And where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
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GR ἐρωτήσατε παραπορευομένους ὁδόν καὶ τὰ σημεῖα αὐτῶν οὐκ ἀπαλλοτριώσετε
LA Interrogate quemlibet de viatoribus, et hæc eadem illum intelligere cognoscetis:
EN Ask any one of them that go by the way, and you shall perceive that he knows these same things.
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GR ὅτι εἰς ἡμέραν ἀπωλείας κουφίζεται ὁ πονηρός εἰς ἡμέραν ὀργῆς αὐτοῦ ἀπαχθήσονται
LA quia in diem perditionis servatur malus, et ad diem furoris ducetur.
EN Because the wicked man is reserved to the day of destruction, and he shall be brought to the day of wrath.
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GR τίς ἀπαγγελεῖ ἐπὶ προσώπου αὐτοῦ τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ αὐτὸς ἐποίησεν τίς ἀνταποδώσει αὐτῷ
LA Quis arguet coram eo viam ejus? et quæ fecit, quis reddet illi?
EN Who shall reprove his way to his face? And who shall repay him what he has done?
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GR καὶ αὐτὸς εἰς τάφους ἀπηνέχθη καὶ ἐπὶ σορῷ ἠγρύπνησεν
LA Ipse ad sepulchra ducetur, et in congerie mortuorum vigilabit.
EN He shall be brought to the graves, and shall watch in the heap of the dead.
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GR ἐγλυκάνθησαν αὐτῷ χάλικες χειμάρρου καὶ ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ πᾶς ἄνθρωπος ἀπελεύσεται καὶ ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ ἀναρίθμητοι
LA Dulcis fuit glareis Cocyti, et post se omnem hominem trahet, et ante se innumerabiles.
EN He has been acceptable to the gravel of Cocytus, and he shall draw every man after him, and there are innumerable before him.
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[!note]- Acceptable to the gravel of Cocytus…
The Hebrew word, which St. Jerome has here rendered by the name Cocytus, (which the poets represent as a river in hell), signifies a valley or a torrent: and in this place, is taken for the low region of death and hell: which willingly, as it were, receives the wicked at their death: who are ushered in by innumerable others that have gone before them; and are followed by multitudes above number. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR πῶς δὲ παρακαλεῖτέ με κενά τὸ δὲ ἐμὲ καταπαύσασθαι ἀφ’ ὑμῶν οὐδέν
LA Quomodo igitur consolamini me frustra, cum responsio vestra repugnare ostensa sit veritati?
EN How then do you comfort me in vain, whereas your answer is shown to be repugnant to truth?
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