Job 24 #catechesis/bible/job
[!abstract] God’s providence often allows the wicked to go on a long time in their sins: but punishes them in another life.
Book: Job · ← Job 23 · Job 25 →
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GR διὰ τί δὲ κύριον ἔλαθον ὧραι
LA Ab Omnipotente non sunt abscondita tempora: qui autem noverunt eum, ignorant dies illius.
EN Times are not hid from the Almighty: but they that know him, know not his days.
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GR ἀσεβεῖς δὲ ὅριον ὑπερέβησαν ποίμνιον σὺν ποιμένι ἁρπάσαντες
LA Alii terminos transtulerunt; diripuerunt greges, et paverunt eos.
EN Some have removed landmarks, have taken away flocks by force, and fed them.
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GR ὑποζύγιον ὀρφανῶν ἀπήγαγον καὶ βοῦν χήρας ἠνεχύρασαν
LA Asinum pupillorum abegerunt, et abstulerunt pro pignore bovem viduæ.
EN They have driven away the ass of the fatherless, and have taken away the widow’s ox for a pledge.
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GR ἐξέκλιναν ἀδυνάτους ἐξ ὁδοῦ δικαίας ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἐκρύβησαν πραεῖς γῆς
LA Subverterunt pauperum viam, et oppresserunt pariter mansuetos terræ.
EN They have overturned the way of the poor, and have oppressed together the meek of the earth.
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GR ἀπέβησαν δὲ ὥσπερ ὄνοι ἐν ἀγρῷ ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ ἐξελθόντες τὴν ἑαυτῶν πρᾶξιν ἡδύνθη αὐτῷ ἄρτος εἰς νεωτέρους
LA Alii quasi onagri in deserto egrediuntur ad opus suum: vigilantes ad prædam, præparant panem liberis.
EN Others like wild asses in the desert go forth to their work: by watching for a prey they get bread for their children.
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GR ἀγρὸν πρὸ ὥρας οὐκ αὐτῶν ὄντα ἐθέρισαν ἀδύνατοι δὲ ἀμπελῶνας ἀσεβῶν ἀμισθὶ καὶ ἀσιτὶ ἠργάσαντο
LA Agrum non suum demetunt, et vineam ejus, quem vi oppresserint, vindemiant.
EN They reap the field that is not their own, and gather the vintage of his vineyard whom by violence they have oppressed.
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GR γυμνοὺς πολλοὺς ἐκοίμισαν ἄνευ ἱματίων ἀμφίασιν δὲ ψυχῆς αὐτῶν ἀφείλαντο
LA Nudos dimittunt homines, indumenta tollentes, quibus non est operimentum in frigore:
EN They send men away naked, taking away their clothes who have no covering in the cold:
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GR ἀπὸ ψεκάδων ὀρέων ὑγραίνονται παρὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν αὐτοὺς σκέπην πέτραν περιεβάλοντο
LA quos imbres montium rigant, et non habentes velamen, amplexantur lapides.
EN Who are wet, with the showers of the mountains, and having no covering embrace the stones.
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GR ἥρπασαν ὀρφανὸν ἀπὸ μαστοῦ ἐκπεπτωκότα δὲ ἐταπείνωσαν
LA Vim fecerunt deprædantes pupillos, et vulgum pauperem spoliaverunt.
EN They have violently robbed the fatherless, and stripped the poor common people.
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GR γυμνοὺς δὲ ἐκοίμισαν ἀδίκως πεινώντων δὲ τὸν ψωμὸν ἀφείλαντο
LA Nudis et incedentibus absque vestitu, et esurientibus tulerunt spicas.
EN From the naked and them that go without clothing, and from the hungry they have taken away the ears of corn.
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GR ἐν στενοῖς ἀδίκως ἐνήδρευσαν ὁδὸν δὲ δικαίαν οὐκ ᾔδεισαν
LA Inter acervos eorum meridiati sunt, qui calcatis torcularibus sitiunt.
EN They have taken their rest at noon among the stores of them, who after having trodden the winepresses suffer thirst.
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GR οἳ ἐκ πόλεως καὶ οἴκων ἰδίων ἐξεβάλλοντο ψυχὴ δὲ νηπίων ἐστέναξεν μέγα αὐτὸς δὲ διὰ τί τούτων ἐπισκοπὴν οὐ πεποίηται
LA De civitatibus fecerunt viros gemere, et anima vulneratorum clamavit: et Deus inultum abire non patitur.
EN Out of the cities they have made men to groan, and the soul of the wounded has cried out, and God does not suffer it to pass unrevenged.
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GR ἐπὶ γῆς ὄντων αὐτῶν καὶ οὐκ ἐπέγνωσαν ὁδὸν δὲ δικαιοσύνης οὐκ ᾔδεισαν οὐδὲ ἀτραποὺς αὐτῆς ἐπορεύθησαν
LA Ipsi fuerunt rebelles lumini: nescierunt vias ejus, nec reversi sunt per semitas ejus.
EN They have been rebellious to the light, they have not known his ways, neither have they returned by his paths.
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GR γνοὺς δὲ αὐτῶν τὰ ἔργα παρέδωκεν αὐτοὺς εἰς σκότος καὶ νυκτὸς ἔσται ὡς κλέπτης
LA Mane primo consurgit homicida; interficit egenum et pauperem: per noctem vero erit quasi fur.
EN The murderer rises at the very break of day, he kills the needy, and the poor man: but in the night he will be as a thief.
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GR καὶ ὀφθαλμὸς μοιχοῦ ἐφύλαξεν σκότος λέγων οὐ προσνοήσει με ὀφθαλμός καὶ ἀποκρυβὴν προσώπου ἔθετο
LA Oculus adulteri observat caliginem, dicens: Non me videbit oculus: et operiet vultum suum.
EN The eye of the adulterer observes darkness, saying: No eye shall see me: and he will cover his face.
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GR διώρυξεν ἐν σκότει οἰκίας ἡμέρας ἐσφράγισαν ἑαυτούς οὐκ ἐπέγνωσαν φῶς
LA Perfodit in tenebris domos, sicut in die condixerant sibi, et ignoraverunt lucem.
EN He digs through houses in the dark, as in the day they had appointed for themselves, and they have not known the light.
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GR ὅτι ὁμοθυμαδὸν τὸ πρωὶ αὐτοῖς σκιὰ θανάτου ὅτι ἐπιγνώσεται ταραχὰς σκιᾶς θανάτου
LA Si subito apparuerit aurora, arbitrantur umbram mortis: et sic in tenebris quasi in luce ambulant.
EN If the morning suddenly appear, it is to them the shadow of death: and they walk in darkness as if it were in light.
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GR ἐλαφρός ἐστιν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον ὕδατος καταραθείη ἡ μερὶς αὐτῶν ἐπὶ γῆς
LA Levis est super faciem aquæ: maledicta sit pars ejus in terra, nec ambulet per viam vinearum.
EN He is light upon the face of the water: cursed be his portion on the earth, let him not walk by the way of the vineyards.
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GR ἀναφανείη δὲ τὰ φυτὰ αὐτῶν ἐπὶ γῆς ξηρά ἀγκαλίδα γὰρ ὀρφανῶν ἥρπασαν
LA Ad nimium calorem transeat ab aquis nivium, et usque ad inferos peccatum illius.
EN Let him pass from the snow waters to excessive heat, and his sin even to hell.
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GR εἶτ’ ἀνεμνήσθη αὐτοῦ ἡ ἁμαρτία ὥσπερ δὲ ὁμίχλη δρόσου ἀφανὴς ἐγένετο ἀποδοθείη δὲ αὐτῷ ἃ ἔπραξεν συντριβείη δὲ πᾶς ἄδικος ἴσα ξύλῳ ἀνιάτῳ
LA Obliviscatur ejus misericordia; dulcedo illius vermes: non sit in recordatione, sed conteratur quasi lignum infructuosum.
EN Let mercy forget him: may worms be his sweetness: let him be remembered no more, but be broken in pieces as an unfruitful tree.
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GR στεῖραν γὰρ οὐκ εὖ ἐποίησεν καὶ γύναιον οὐκ ἠλέησεν
LA Pavit enim sterilem quæ non parit, et viduæ bene non fecit.
EN For he has fed the barren that bears not, and to the widow he has done no good.
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GR θυμῷ δὲ κατέστρεψεν ἀδυνάτους ἀναστὰς τοιγαροῦν οὐ μὴ πιστεύσῃ κατὰ τῆς ἑαυτοῦ ζωῆς
LA Detraxit fortes in fortitudine sua, et cum steterit, non credet vitæ suæ.
EN He has pulled down the strong by his might: and when he stands up, he shall not trust to his life.
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GR μαλακισθεὶς μὴ ἐλπιζέτω ὑγιασθῆναι ἀλλὰ πεσεῖται νόσῳ
LA Dedit ei Deus locum pœnitentiæ, et ille abutitur eo in superbiam: oculi autem ejus sunt in viis illius.
EN God has given him place for penance, and he abuses it unto pride: but his eyes are upon his ways.
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GR πολλοὺς γὰρ ἐκάκωσεν τὸ ὕψωμα αὐτοῦ ἐμαράνθη δὲ ὥσπερ μολόχη ἐν καύματι ἢ ὥσπερ στάχυς ἀπὸ καλάμης αὐτόματος ἀποπεσών
LA Elevati sunt ad modicum, et non subsistent: et humiliabuntur sicut omnia, et auferentur, et sicut summitates spicarum conterentur.
EN They are lifted up for a little while and shall not stand, and shall be brought down as all things, and shall be taken away, and as the tops of the ears of corn they shall be broken.
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GR εἰ δὲ μή τίς ἐστιν ὁ φάμενος ψευδῆ με λέγειν καὶ θήσει εἰς οὐδὲν τὰ ῥήματά μου
LA Quod si non est ita, quis me potest arguere esse mentitum, et ponere ante Deum verba mea?
EN And if it be not so, who can convince me that I have lied, and set my words before God?
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