Job 3 #catechesis/bible/job
[!abstract] Job expresses his sense of the miseries of man’s life, by cursing the day of his birth.
Book: Job · ← Job 2 · Job 4 →
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GR μετὰ τοῦτο ἤνοιξεν Ιωβ τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ
LA Post hæc aperuit Job os suum, et maledixit diei suo,
EN After this, Job opened his mouth, and cursed his day,
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GR καὶ κατηράσατο τὴν ἡμέραν αὐτοῦ λέγων
LA et locutus est:
EN and he said:
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GR ἀπόλοιτο ἡ ἡμέρα ἐν ᾗ ἐγεννήθην καὶ ἡ νύξ ἐν ᾗ εἶπαν ἰδοὺ ἄρσεν
LA Pereat dies in qua natus sum, et nox in qua dictum est: Conceptus est homo.
EN Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said: A man child is conceived.
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GR ἡ ἡμέρα ἐκείνη εἴη σκότος καὶ μὴ ἀναζητήσαι αὐτὴν ὁ κύριος ἄνωθεν μηδὲ ἔλθοι εἰς αὐτὴν φέγγος
LA Dies ille vertatur in tenebras: non requirat eum Deus desuper, et non illustretur lumine.
EN Let that day be turned into darkness, let not God regard it from above, and let not the light shine upon it.
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GR ἐκλάβοι δὲ αὐτὴν σκότος καὶ σκιὰ θανάτου ἐπέλθοι ἐπ’ αὐτὴν γνόφος
LA Obscurent eum tenebræ et umbra mortis; occupet eum caligo, et involvatur amaritudine.
EN Let darkness, and the shadow of death, cover it, let a mist overspread it, and let it be wrapped up in bitterness.
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GR καταραθείη ἡ ἡμέρα καὶ ἡ νὺξ ἐκείνη ἀπενέγκαιτο αὐτὴν σκότος μὴ εἴη εἰς ἡμέρας ἐνιαυτοῦ μηδὲ ἀριθμηθείη εἰς ἡμέρας μηνῶν
LA Noctem illam tenebrosus turbo possideat; non computetur in diebus anni, nec numeretur in mensibus.
EN Let a darksome whirlwind seize upon that night, let it not be counted in the days of the year, nor numbered in the months.
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GR ἀλλὰ ἡ νὺξ ἐκείνη εἴη ὀδύνη καὶ μὴ ἔλθοι ἐπ’ αὐτὴν εὐφροσύνη μηδὲ χαρμονή
LA Sit nox illa solitaria, nec laude digna.
EN Let that night be solitary, and not worthy of praise.
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GR ἀλλὰ καταράσαιτο αὐτὴν ὁ καταρώμενος τὴν ἡμέραν ἐκείνην ὁ μέλλων τὸ μέγα κῆτος χειρώσασθαι
LA Maledicant ei qui maledicunt diei, qui parati sunt suscitare Leviathan.
EN Let them curse it who curse the day, who are ready to raise up a leviathan:
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GR σκοτωθείη τὰ ἄστρα τῆς νυκτὸς ἐκείνης ὑπομείναι καὶ εἰς φωτισμὸν μὴ ἔλθοι καὶ μὴ ἴδοι ἑωσφόρον ἀνατέλλοντα
LA Obtenebrentur stellæ caligine ejus; expectet lucem, et non videat, nec ortum surgentis auroræ.
EN Let the stars be darkened with the mist thereof: let it expect light, and not see it, nor the rising of the dawning of the day:
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GR ὅτι οὐ συνέκλεισεν πύλας γαστρὸς μητρός μου ἀπήλλαξεν γὰρ ἂν πόνον ἀπὸ ὀφθαλμῶν μου
LA Quia non conclusit ostia ventris qui portavit me, nec abstulit mala ab oculis meis.
EN Because it shut not up the doors of the womb that bore me, nor took away evils from my eyes.
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GR διὰ τί γὰρ ἐν κοιλίᾳ οὐκ ἐτελεύτησα ἐκ γαστρὸς δὲ ἐξῆλθον καὶ οὐκ εὐθὺς ἀπωλόμην
LA Quare non in vulva mortuus sum? egressus ex utero non statim perii?
EN Why did I not die in the womb? Why did I not perish when I came out of the belly?
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GR ἵνα τί δὲ συνήντησάν μοι γόνατα ἵνα τί δὲ μαστοὺς ἐθήλασα
LA Quare exceptus genibus? cur lactatus uberibus?
EN Why received upon the knees? Why suckled at the breasts?
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GR νῦν ἂν κοιμηθεὶς ἡσύχασα ὑπνώσας δὲ ἀνεπαυσάμην
LA Nunc enim dormiens silerem, et somno meo requiescerem
EN For now I should have been asleep and still, and should have rest in my sleep:
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GR μετὰ βασιλέων βουλευτῶν γῆς οἳ ἠγαυριῶντο ἐπὶ ξίφεσιν
LA cum regibus et consulibus terræ, qui ædificant sibi solitudines;
EN With kings and consuls of the earth, who build themselves solitudes:
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GR ἢ μετὰ ἀρχόντων ὧν πολὺς ὁ χρυσός οἳ ἔπλησαν τοὺς οἴκους αὐτῶν ἀργυρίου
LA aut cum principibus qui possident aurum, et replent domos suas argento;
EN Or with princes, that possess gold, and fill their houses with silver:
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GR ἢ ὥσπερ ἔκτρωμα ἐκπορευόμενον ἐκ μήτρας μητρὸς ἢ ὥσπερ νήπιοι οἳ οὐκ εἶδον φῶς
LA aut sicut abortivum absconditum non subsisterem, vel qui concepti non viderunt lucem.
EN Or as a hidden untimely birth, I should not be; or as they that, being conceived, have not seen the light.
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GR ἐκεῖ ἀσεβεῖς ἐξέκαυσαν θυμὸν ὀργῆς ἐκεῖ ἀνεπαύσαντο κατάκοποι τῷ σώματι
LA Ibi impii cessaverunt a tumultu, et ibi requieverunt fessi robore.
EN There the wicked cease from tumult, and there the wearied in strength are at rest.
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GR ὁμοθυμαδὸν δὲ οἱ αἰώνιοι οὐκ ἤκουσαν φωνὴν φορολόγου
LA Et quondam vincti pariter sine molestia, non audierunt vocem exactoris.
EN And they sometime bound together without disquiet, have not heard the voice of the oppressor.
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GR μικρὸς καὶ μέγας ἐκεῖ ἐστιν καὶ θεράπων οὐ δεδοικὼς τὸν κύριον αὐτοῦ
LA Parvus et magnus ibi sunt, et servus liber a domino suo.
EN The small and great are there, and the servant is free from his master.
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GR ἵνα τί γὰρ δέδοται τοῖς ἐν πικρίᾳ φῶς ζωὴ δὲ ταῖς ἐν ὀδύναις ψυχαῖς
LA Quare misero data est lux, et vita his qui in amaritudine animæ sunt:
EN Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to them that are in bitterness of soul?
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GR οἳ ὁμείρονται τοῦ θανάτου καὶ οὐ τυγχάνουσιν ἀνορύσσοντες ὥσπερ θησαυρούς
LA qui expectant mortem, et non venit, quasi effodientes thesaurum;
EN That look for death, and it comes not, as they that dig for a treasure:
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GR περιχαρεῖς δὲ ἐγένοντο ἐὰν κατατύχωσιν
LA gaudentque vehementer cum invenerint sepulchrum?
EN And they rejoice exceedingly when they have found the grave?
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GR θάνατος ἀνδρὶ ἀνάπαυμα συνέκλεισεν γὰρ ὁ θεὸς κατ’ αὐτοῦ
LA viro cujus abscondita est via et circumdedit eum Deus tenebris?
EN To a man whose way is hidden, and God has surrounded him with darkness?
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GR πρὸ γὰρ τῶν σίτων μου στεναγμός μοι ἥκει δακρύω δὲ ἐγὼ συνεχόμενος φόβῳ
LA Antequam comedam, suspiro; et tamquam inundantes aquæ, sic rugitus meus:
EN Before I eat I sigh: and as overflowing waters, so is my roaring:
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GR φόβος γάρ ὃν ἐφρόντισα ἦλθέν μοι καὶ ὃν ἐδεδοίκειν συνήντησέν μοι
LA quia timor quem timebam evenit mihi, et quod verebar accidit.
EN For the fear which I feared, has come upon me: and that which I was afraid of, has befallen me.
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GR οὔτε εἰρήνευσα οὔτε ἡσύχασα οὔτε ἀνεπαυσάμην ἦλθεν δέ μοι ὀργή
LA Nonne dissimulavi? nonne silui? nonne quievi? et venit super me indignatio.
EN Have I not dissembled? Have I not kept silence? Have I not been quiet? And indignation has come upon me.
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[!note]- Cursed his day…
Job cursed the day of his birth, not by way of wishing evil to any thing of God’s creation; but only to express in a stronger manner his sense of human miseries in general, and of his own calamities in particular. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
