Job 7 #catechesis/bible/job
[!abstract] Job declares the miseries of man’s life: and addresses himself to God.
Book: Job · ← Job 6 · Job 8 →
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GR πότερον οὐχὶ πειρατήριόν ἐστιν ὁ βίος ἀνθρώπου ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς καὶ ὥσπερ μισθίου αὐθημερινοῦ ἡ ζωὴ αὐτοῦ
LA Militia est vita hominis super terram, et sicut dies mercenarii dies ejus.
EN The life of man upon earth is a warfare, and his days are like the days of a hireling.
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GR ἢ ὥσπερ θεράπων δεδοικὼς τὸν κύριον αὐτοῦ καὶ τετευχὼς σκιᾶς ἢ ὥσπερ μισθωτὸς ἀναμένων τὸν μισθὸν αὐτοῦ
LA Sicut servus desiderat umbram, et sicut mercenarius præstolatur finem operis sui,
EN As a servant longs for the shade, as the hireling looks for the end of his work;
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GR οὕτως κἀγὼ ὑπέμεινα μῆνας κενούς νύκτες δὲ ὀδυνῶν δεδομέναι μοί εἰσιν
LA sic et ego habui menses vacuos, et noctes laboriosas enumeravi mihi.
EN so I also have had empty months, and have numbered to myself wearisome nights.
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GR ἐὰν κοιμηθῶ λέγω πότε ἡμέρα ὡς δ’ ἂν ἀναστῶ πάλιν πότε ἑσπέρα πλήρης δὲ γίνομαι ὀδυνῶν ἀπὸ ἑσπέρας ἕως πρωί
LA Si dormiero, dicam: Quando consurgam? et rursum expectabo vesperam, et replebor doloribus usque ad tenebras.
EN If I lie down to sleep, I shall say: When shall I rise? And again, I shall look for the evening, and shall be filled with sorrows even till darkness.
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GR φύρεται δέ μου τὸ σῶμα ἐν σαπρίᾳ σκωλήκων τήκω δὲ βώλακας γῆς ἀπὸ ἰχῶρος ξύων
LA Induta est caro mea putredine, et sordibus pulveris cutis mea aruit et contracta est.
EN My flesh is clothed with rottenness and the filth of dust; my skin is withered and drawn together.
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GR ὁ δὲ βίος μού ἐστιν ἐλαφρότερος λαλιᾶς ἀπόλωλεν δὲ ἐν κενῇ ἐλπίδι
LA Dies mei velocius transierunt quam a texente tela succiditur, et consumpti sunt absque ulla spe.
EN My days have passed more swiftly than the web is cut by the weaver, and are consumed without any hope.
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GR μνήσθητι οὖν ὅτι πνεῦμά μου ἡ ζωὴ καὶ οὐκέτι ἐπανελεύσεται ὁ ὀφθαλμός μου ἰδεῖν ἀγαθόν
LA Memento quia ventus est vita mea, et non revertetur oculus meus ut videat bona.
EN Remember that my life is but wind, and my eye shall not return to see good things.
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GR οὐ περιβλέψεταί με ὀφθαλμὸς ὁρῶντός με οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου ἐν ἐμοί καὶ οὐκέτι εἰμὶ
LA Nec aspiciet me visus hominis; oculi tui in me, et non subsistam.
EN Nor shall the sight of man behold me: your eyes are upon me, and I shall be no more.
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GR ὥσπερ νέφος ἀποκαθαρθὲν ἀπ’ οὐρανοῦ ἐὰν γὰρ ἄνθρωπος καταβῇ εἰς ᾅδην οὐκέτι μὴ ἀναβῇ
LA Sicut consumitur nubes, et pertransit, sic qui descenderit ad inferos, non ascendet.
EN As a cloud is consumed, and passes away: so he that shall go down to hell shall not come up.
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GR οὐδ’ οὐ μὴ ἐπιστρέψῃ ἔτι εἰς τὸν ἴδιον οἶκον οὐδὲ μὴ ἐπιγνῷ αὐτὸν ἔτι ὁ τόπος αὐτοῦ
LA Nec revertetur ultra in domum suam, neque cognoscet eum amplius locus ejus.
EN Nor shall he return any more into his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
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GR ἀτὰρ οὖν οὐδὲ ἐγὼ φείσομαι τῷ στόματί μου λαλήσω ἐν ἀνάγκῃ ὤν ἀνοίξω πικρίαν ψυχῆς μου συνεχόμενος
LA Quapropter et ego non parcam ori meo: loquar in tribulatione spiritus mei; confabulabor cum amaritudine animæ meæ.
EN Wherefore, I will not spare my month, I will speak in the affliction of my spirit: I will talk with the bitterness of my soul.
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GR πότερον θάλασσά εἰμι ἢ δράκων ὅτι κατέταξας ἐπ’ ἐμὲ φυλακήν
LA Numquid mare ego sum, aut cetus, quia circumdedisti me carcere?
EN Am I a sea, or a whale, that you have inclosed me in a prison?
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GR εἶπα ὅτι παρακαλέσει με ἡ κλίνη μου ἀνοίσω δὲ πρὸς ἐμαυτὸν ἰδίᾳ λόγον τῇ κοίτῃ μου
LA Si dixero: Consolabitur me lectulus meus, et relevabor loquens mecum in strato meo:
EN If I say: My bed shall comfort me, and I shall be relieved, speaking with myself on my couch:
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GR ἐκφοβεῖς με ἐνυπνίοις καὶ ἐν ὁράμασίν με καταπλήσσεις
LA terrebis me per somnia, et per visiones horrore concuties.
EN You will frighten me with dreams, and terrify me with visions.
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GR ἀπαλλάξεις ἀπὸ πνεύματός μου τὴν ψυχήν μου ἀπὸ δὲ θανάτου τὰ ὀστᾶ μου
LA Quam ob rem elegit suspendium anima mea, et mortem ossa mea.
EN So that my soul rather chooses hanging, and my bones death.
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GR οὐ γὰρ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ζήσομαι ἵνα μακροθυμήσω ἀπόστα ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ κενὸς γάρ μου ὁ βίος
LA Desperavi: nequaquam ultra jam vivam: parce mihi, nihil enim sunt dies mei.
EN I have done with hope, I shall now live no longer: spare me, for my days are nothing.
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GR τί γάρ ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος ὅτι ἐμεγάλυνας αὐτὸν ἢ ὅτι προσέχεις τὸν νοῦν εἰς αὐτὸν
LA Quid est homo, quia magnificas eum? aut quid apponis erga eum cor tuum?
EN What is a man, that you should magnify him or why do you set your heart upon him?
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GR ἢ ἐπισκοπὴν αὐτοῦ ποιήσῃ ἕως τὸ πρωὶ καὶ εἰς ἀνάπαυσιν αὐτὸν κρινεῖς
LA Visitas eum diluculo, et subito probas illum.
EN You visit him early in the morning, and you prove him suddenly.
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GR ἕως τίνος οὐκ ἐᾷς με οὐδὲ προΐῃ με ἕως ἂν καταπίω τὸν πτύελόν μου ἐν ὀδύνῃ
LA Usquequo non parcis mihi, nec dimittis me ut glutiam salivam meam?
EN How long will you not spare me, nor suffer me to swallow down my spittle?
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GR εἰ ἐγὼ ἥμαρτον τί δύναμαί σοι πρᾶξαι ὁ ἐπιστάμενος τὸν νοῦν τῶν ἀνθρώπων διὰ τί ἔθου με κατεντευκτήν σου εἰμὶ δὲ ἐπὶ σοὶ φορτίον
LA Peccavi; quid faciam tibi, o custos hominum? quare posuisti me contrarium tibi, et factus sum mihimetipsi gravis?
EN I have sinned: what shall I do to you, O keeper of men? Why have you set me opposite to you and am I become burdensome to myself?
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GR καὶ διὰ τί οὐκ ἐποιήσω τῆς ἀνομίας μου λήθην καὶ καθαρισμὸν τῆς ἁμαρτίας μου νυνὶ δὲ εἰς γῆν ἀπελεύσομαι ὀρθρίζων δὲ οὐκέτι εἰμί
LA Cur non tollis peccatum meum, et quare non aufers iniquitatem meam? ecce nunc in pulvere dormiam, et si mane me quæsieris, non subsistam.
EN Why do you not remove my sin, and why do you not take away my iniquity? Behold now I shall sleep in the dust: and if you seek me in the morning, I shall not be.
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