Mosaico decorativo

1. Respondens autem Iob ait:

1. Then Job answered:

2. “Nunc quoque in amaritu tudine est querela mea, et manus eius aggravata est super gemitum meum.

2. "Today also my complaint is bitter, his hand is heavy in spite of my groaning.

3. Quis mihi tribuat, ut cognoscam et inveniam illum et veniam usque ad solium eius?

3. Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat!

4. Ponam coram eo iudicium et os meum replebo increpationibus,

4. I would lay my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.

5. ut sciam verba, quae mihi respondeat, et intellegam quid loquatur mihi.

5. I would learn what he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.

6. Num multa fortitudine contendet mecum? Non! Ipse tantum audiat!

6. Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No; he would give heed to me.

7. Tunc iustus disceptabit cum illo, et ego evaderem in perpetuo a iudice meo.

7. There an upright man could reason with him, and I should be acquitted for ever by my judge.

8. Si ad orientem iero, non apparet; si ad occidentem, non intellegam eum.

8. "Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him;

9. Si ad sinistram pergam, non apprehendam eum; si me vertam ad dexteram, non videbo illum.

9. on the left hand I seek him, but I cannot behold him; I turn to the right hand, but I cannot see him.

10. Ipse vero scit viam meam, et, si probaverit me, quasi aurum egrediar.

10. But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

11. Vestigia eius secutus est pes meus, viam eius custodivi et non declinavi ex ea.

11. My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept his way and have not turned aside.

12. A mandatis labiorum eius non recessi et in sinu meo abscondi verba oris eius.

12. I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured in my bosom the words of his mouth.

13. Ipse enim solus est, et quis repellet eum? Et anima eius, quodcumque voluit, hoc fecit.

13. But he is unchangeable and who can turn him? What he desires, that he does.

14. Cum expleverit in me voluntatem suam, et alia multa similia praesto sunt ei;

14. For he will complete what he appoints for me; and many such things are in his mind.

15. et idcirco a facie eius turbatus sum et considerans eum timore sollicitor.

15. Therefore I am terrified at his presence; when I consider, I am in dread of him.

16. Deus mollivit cor meum, et Omnipotens conturbavit me.

16. God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me;

17. Non enim perii propter imminentes tenebras, nec faciem meam operuit caligo.

17. for I am hemmed in by darkness, and thick darkness covers my face.



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