Job 23 #catechesis/bible/job
[!abstract] Job wishes to be tried at God’s tribunal.
Book: Job · ← Job 22 · Job 24 →
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GR ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ιωβ λέγει
LA Respondens autem Job, ait:
EN Then Job answered, and said:
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GR καὶ δὴ οἶδα ὅτι ἐκ χειρός μου ἡ ἔλεγξίς ἐστιν καὶ ἡ χεὶρ αὐτοῦ βαρεῖα γέγονεν ἐπ’ ἐμῷ στεναγμῷ
LA Nunc quoque in amaritudine est sermo meus, et manus plagæ meæ aggravata est super gemitum meum.
EN Now also my words are in bitterness, and the hand of my scourge is more grievous than my mourning.
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GR τίς δ’ ἄρα γνοίη ὅτι εὕροιμι αὐτὸν καὶ ἔλθοιμι εἰς τέλος
LA Quis mihi tribuat ut cognoscam et inveniam illum, et veniam usque ad solium ejus?
EN Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and come even to his throne?
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GR εἴποιμι δὲ ἐμαυτοῦ κρίμα τὸ δὲ στόμα μου ἐμπλήσαιμι ἐλέγχων
LA Ponam coram eo judicium, et os meum replebo increpationibus:
EN I would set judgment before him, and would fill my mouth with complaints.
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GR γνῴην δὲ ῥήματα ἅ μοι ἐρεῖ αἰσθοίμην δὲ τίνα μοι ἀπαγγελεῖ
LA ut sciam verba quæ mihi respondeat, et intelligam quid loquatur mihi.
EN That I might know the words that he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.
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GR καὶ εἰ ἐν πολλῇ ἰσχύι ἐπελεύσεταί μοι εἶτα ἐν ἀπειλῇ μοι οὐ χρήσεται
LA Nolo multa fortitudine contendat mecum, nec magnitudinis suæ mole me premat.
EN I would not that he should contend with me with much strength, nor overwhelm me with the weight of his greatness.
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GR ἀλήθεια γὰρ καὶ ἔλεγχος παρ’ αὐτοῦ ἐξαγάγοι δὲ εἰς τέλος τὸ κρίμα μου
LA Proponat æquitatem contra me, et perveniat ad victoriam judicium meum.
EN Let him propose equity against me, and let my judgment come to victory.
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GR εἰς γὰρ πρῶτα πορεύσομαι καὶ οὐκέτι εἰμί τὰ δὲ ἐπ’ ἐσχάτοις τί οἶδα
LA Si ad orientem iero, non apparet; si ad occidentem, non intelligam eum.
EN But if I go to the east, he appears not; if to the west, I shall not understand him.
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GR ἀριστερὰ ποιήσαντος αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐ κατέσχον περιβαλεῖ δεξιά καὶ οὐκ ὄψομαι
LA Si ad sinistram, quid agam? non apprehendam eum; si me vertam ad dexteram, non videbo illum.
EN If to the left hand, what shall I do? I shall not take hold on him: if I turn myself to the right hand, I shall not see him.
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GR οἶδεν γὰρ ἤδη ὁδόν μου διέκρινεν δέ με ὥσπερ τὸ χρυσίον
LA Ipse vero scit viam meam, et probavit me quasi aurum quod per ignem transit.
EN But he knows my way, and has tried me as gold that passes through the fire:
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GR ἐξελεύσομαι δὲ ἐν ἐντάλμασιν αὐτοῦ ὁδοὺς γὰρ αὐτοῦ ἐφύλαξα καὶ οὐ μὴ ἐκκλίνω
LA Vestigia ejus secutus est pes meus: viam ejus custodivi, et non declinavi ex ea.
EN My foot has followed his steps, I have kept his way, and have not declined from it.
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GR ἀπὸ ἐνταλμάτων αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐ μὴ παρέλθω ἐν δὲ κόλπῳ μου ἔκρυψα ῥήματα αὐτοῦ
LA A mandatis labiorum ejus non recessi, et in sinu meo abscondi verba oris ejus.
EN I have not departed from the commandments of his lips, and the words of his mouth I have hid in my bosom.
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GR εἰ δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς ἔκρινεν οὕτως τίς ἐστιν ὁ ἀντειπὼν αὐτῷ ὃ γὰρ αὐτὸς ἠθέλησεν καὶ ἐποίησεν
LA Ipse enim solus est, et nemo avertere potest cogitationem ejus: et anima ejus quodcumque voluit, hoc fecit.
EN For he is alone, and no man can turn away his thought: and whatsoever his soul has desired, that has he done.
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GR διὰ τοῦτο ἐπ’ αὐτῷ ἐσπούδακα νουθετούμενος δὲ ἐφρόντισα αὐτοῦ
LA Cum expleverit in me voluntatem suam, et alia multa similia præsto sunt ei.
EN And when he shall have fulfilled his will in me, many other like things are also at hand with him.
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GR ἐπὶ τούτῳ ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ κατασπουδασθῶ κατανοήσω καὶ πτοηθήσομαι ἐξ αὐτοῦ
LA Et idcirco a facie ejus turbatus sum, et considerans eum, timore sollicitor.
EN And therefore I am troubled at his presence, and when I consider him I am made pensive with fear.
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GR κύριος δὲ ἐμαλάκυνεν τὴν καρδίαν μου ὁ δὲ παντοκράτωρ ἐσπούδασέν με
LA Deus mollivit cor meum, et Omnipotens conturbavit me.
EN God has softened my heart, and the Almighty has troubled me.
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GR οὐ γὰρ ᾔδειν ὅτι ἐπελεύσεταί μοι σκότος πρὸ προσώπου δέ μου ἐκάλυψεν γνόφος
LA Non enim perii propter imminentes tenebras, nec faciem meam operuit caligo.
EN For I have not perished because of the darkness that hangs over me, neither has the mist covered my face.
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