Job 16 #catechesis/bible/job
[!abstract] Job expostulates with his friends: and appeals to the judgment of God.
Book: Job · ← Job 15 · Job 17 →
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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 ἀκήκοα τοιαῦτα πολλά παρακλήτορες κακῶν πάντες
LA Audivi frequenter talia: consolatores onerosi omnes vos estis.
EN I have often heard such things as these: you are all troublesome comforters.
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GR τί γάρ μὴ τάξις ἐστὶν ῥήμασιν πνεύματος ἢ τί παρενοχλήσει σοι ὅτι ἀποκρίνῃ
LA Numquid habebunt finem verba ventosa? aut aliquid tibi molestum est, si loquaris?
EN Shall windy words have no end? Or is it any trouble to you to speak?
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GR κἀγὼ καθ’ ὑμᾶς λαλήσω εἰ ὑπέκειτό γε ἡ ψυχὴ ὑμῶν ἀντὶ τῆς ἐμῆς εἶτ’ ἐναλοῦμαι ὑμῖν ῥήμασιν κινήσω δὲ καθ’ ὑμῶν κεφαλήν
LA Poteram et ego similia vestri loqui, atque utinam esset anima vestra pro anima mea:
EN I also could speak like you: and would God your soul were for my soul.
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GR εἴη δὲ ἰσχὺς ἐν τῷ στόματί μου κίνησιν δὲ χειλέων οὐ φείσομαι
LA consolarer et ego vos sermonibus, et moverem caput meum super vos;
EN I would comfort you also with words, and would wag my head over you.
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GR ἐὰν γὰρ λαλήσω οὐκ ἀλγήσω τὸ τραῦμα ἐὰν δὲ καὶ σιωπήσω τί ἔλαττον τρωθήσομαι
LA roborarem vos ore meo, et moverem labia mea, quasi parcens vobis.
EN I would strengthen you with my mouth, and would move my lips, as sparing you.
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LA Sed quid agam? Si locutus fuero, non quiescet dolor meus, et si tacuero, non recedet a me.
EN But what shall I do? If I speak, my pain will not rest: and if I hold my peace, it will not depart from me.
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GR νῦν δὲ κατάκοπόν με πεποίηκεν μωρόν σεσηπότα
LA Nunc autem oppressit me dolor meus, et in nihilum redacti sunt omnes artus mei.
EN But now my sorrow has oppressed me, and all my limbs are brought to nothing.
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GR καὶ ἐπελάβου μου εἰς μαρτύριον ἐγενήθη καὶ ἀνέστη ἐν ἐμοὶ τὸ ψεῦδός μου κατὰ πρόσωπόν μου ἀνταπεκρίθη
LA Rugæ meæ testimonium dicunt contra me, et suscitatur falsiloquus adversus faciem meam, contradicens mihi.
EN My wrinkles bear witness against me, and a false speaker rises up against my face, contradicting me.
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GR ὀργῇ χρησάμενος κατέβαλέν με ἔβρυξεν ἐπ’ ἐμὲ τοὺς ὀδόντας βέλη πειρατῶν αὐτοῦ ἐπ’ ἐμοὶ ἔπεσεν
LA Collegit furorem suum in me, et comminans mihi, infremuit contra me dentibus suis: hostis meus terribilibus oculis me intuitus est.
EN He has gathered together his fury against me, and threatening me he has gnashed with his teeth upon me: my enemy has beheld me with terrible eyes.
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GR ἀκίσιν ὀφθαλμῶν ἐνήλατο ὀξεῖ ἔπαισέν με εἰς σιαγόνα ὁμοθυμαδὸν δὲ κατέδραμον ἐπ’ ἐμοί
LA Aperuerunt super me ora sua, et exprobrantes percusserunt maxillam meam: satiati sunt pœnis meis.
EN They have opened their mouths upon me, and reproaching me they have struck me on the cheek, they are filled with my pains.
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GR παρέδωκεν γάρ με ὁ κύριος εἰς χεῖρας ἀδίκου ἐπὶ δὲ ἀσεβέσιν ἔρριψέν με
LA Conclusit me Deus apud iniquum, et manibus impiorum me tradidit.
EN God has shut me up with the unjust man, and has delivered me into the hands of the wicked.
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GR εἰρηνεύοντα διεσκέδασέν με λαβών με τῆς κόμης διέτιλεν κατέστησέν με ὥσπερ σκοπόν
LA Ego ille quondam opulentus, repente contritus sum: tenuit cervicem meam, confregit me, et posuit me sibi quasi in signum.
EN I that was formerly so wealthy, am all on a sudden broken to pieces: he has taken me by my neck, he has broken me, and has set me up to be his mark.
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GR ἐκύκλωσάν με λόγχαις βάλλοντες εἰς νεφρούς μου οὐ φειδόμενοι ἐξέχεαν εἰς τὴν γῆν τὴν χολήν μου
LA Circumdedit me lanceis suis; convulneravit lumbos meos: non pepercit, et effudit in terra viscera mea.
EN He has compassed me round about with his lances, he has wounded my loins, he has not spared, and has poured out my bowels on the earth,
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GR κατέβαλόν με πτῶμα ἐπὶ πτώματι ἔδραμον πρός με δυνάμενοι
LA Concidit me vulnere super vulnus: irruit in me quasi gigas.
EN he has torn me with wound upon wound, he has rushed in upon me like a giant.
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GR σάκκον ἔρραψα ἐπὶ βύρσης μου τὸ δὲ σθένος μου ἐν γῇ ἐσβέσθη
LA Saccum consui super cutem meam, et operui cinere carnem meam.
EN I have sowed sackcloth upon my skin, and have covered my flesh with ashes.
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GR ἡ γαστήρ μου συγκέκαυται ἀπὸ κλαυθμοῦ ἐπὶ δὲ βλεφάροις μου σκιά
LA Facies mea intumuit a fletu, et palpebræ meæ caligaverunt.
EN My face is swollen with weeping, and my eyelids are dim.
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GR ἄδικον δὲ οὐδὲν ἦν ἐν χερσίν μου εὐχὴ δέ μου καθαρά
LA Hæc passus sum absque iniquitate manus meæ, cum haberem mundas ad Deum preces.
EN These things have I suffered without the iniquity of my hand, when I offered pure prayers to God.
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GR γῆ μὴ ἐπικαλύψῃς ἐφ’ αἵματι τῆς σαρκός μου μηδὲ εἴη τόπος τῇ κραυγῇ μου
LA Terra, ne operias sanguinem meum, neque inveniat in te locum latendi clamor meus:
EN O earth, cover not my blood, neither let my cry find a hiding place in you.
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GR καὶ νῦν ἰδοὺ ἐν οὐρανοῖς ὁ μάρτυς μου ὁ δὲ συνίστωρ μου ἐν ὑψίστοις
LA ecce enim in cælo testis meus, et conscius meus in excelsis.
EN For behold my witness is in heaven, and he that knows my conscience is on high.
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GR ἀφίκοιτό μου ἡ δέησις πρὸς κύριον ἔναντι δὲ αὐτοῦ στάζοι μου ὁ ὀφθαλμός
LA Verbosi amici mei: ad Deum stillat oculus meus:
EN My friends are full of words: my eye pours out tears to God.
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GR εἴη δὲ ἔλεγχος ἀνδρὶ ἔναντι κυρίου καὶ υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου τῷ πλησίον αὐτοῦ
LA atque utinam sic judicaretur vir cum Deo, quomodo judicatur filius hominis cum collega suo.
EN And O that a man might so be judged with God, as the son of man is judged with his companion!
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GR ἔτη δὲ ἀριθμητὰ ἥκασιν ὁδῷ δέ ᾗ οὐκ ἐπαναστραφήσομαι πορεύσομαι
LA Ecce enim breves anni transeunt, et semitam per quam non revertar ambulo.
EN For behold short years pass away, and I am walking in a path by which I shall not return.
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