Liber Iob, 37
1. Super hoc expavit cor meum et emotum est de loco suo.
1. "At this also my heart trembles, and leaps out of its place.
2. Audite fremitum vocis eius et murmur de ore illius procedens.
2. Hearken to the thunder of his voice and the rumbling that comes from his mouth.
3. Subter omnes caelos ipsum revolvit, et lumen illius super terminos terrae.
3. Under the whole heaven he lets it go, and his lightning to the corners of the earth.
4. Post eum rugiet sonitus, tonabit voce magnitudinis suae; et non retardabit, cum audita fuerit vox eius.
4. After it his voice roars; he thunders with his majestic voice and he does not restrain the lightnings when his voice is heard.
5. Tonabit Deus in voce sua mirabiliter, qui facit magna et inscrutabilia.
5. God thunders wondrously with his voice; he does great things which we cannot comprehend.
6. Qui praecipit nivi, ut descendat in terram, et hiemis pluviis et imbri, ut roborentur.
6. For to the snow he says, `Fall on the earth'; and to the shower and the rain, `Be strong.'
7. Qui in manu omnium hominum signat, ut noverint singuli opera sua.
7. He seals up the hand of every man, that all men may know his work.
8. Ingredietur bestia latibulum et in antro suo morabitur.
8. Then the beasts go into their lairs, and remain in their dens.
9. Ab interioribus egredietur tempestas, et ab Arcturo frigus.
9. From its chamber comes the whirlwind, and cold from the scattering winds.
10. Flante Deo, datur gelu, et expansio aquarum solidatur.
10. By the breath of God ice is given, and the broad waters are frozen fast.
11. Fulgur proicitur a nube, et nubes spargunt lumen suum;
11. He loads the thick cloud with moisture; the clouds scatter his lightning.
12. quae lustrant per circuitum, quocumque eas voluntas gubernantis duxerit, ad omne, quod praeceperit illis super faciem orbis terrarum,
12. They turn round and round by his guidance, to accomplish all that he commands them on the face of the habitable world.
13. sive in castigatione terrae suae, sive in misericordia eas iusserit inveniri.
13. Whether for correction, or for his land, or for love, he causes it to happen.
14. Ausculta haec, Iob; sta et considera mirabilia Dei.
14. "Hear this, O Job; stop and consider the wondrous works of God.
15. Numquid scis quando praeceperit Deus, ut ostenderent lucem nubes eius?
15. Do you know how God lays his command upon them, and causes the lightning of his cloud to shine?
16. Numquid nosti semitas nubium magnas et mirabilia perfecti scientia?
16. Do you know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge,
17. Nonne vestimenta tua calida sunt, cum quieverit terra austro?
17. you whose garments are hot when the earth is still because of the south wind?
18. Tu forsitan cum eo expandisti caelos, qui solidissimi, quasi aere, fusi sunt?
18. Can you, like him, spread out the skies, hard as a molten mirror?
19. Ostende nobis quid dicamus illi; nos disponere verba nescimus propter tenebras.
19. Teach us what we shall say to him; we cannot draw up our case because of darkness.
20. Quis narrabit ei, quae loquor? Et, si locutus fuerit, homo deglutietur.
20. Shall it be told him that I would speak? Did a man ever wish that he would be swallowed up?
21. At nunc non vident lucem: aer offuscatus est nubibus, sed ventus transiens fugabit eas.
21. "And now men cannot look on the light when it is bright in the skies, when the wind has passed and cleared them.
22. Ab aquilone splendor auri venit; et circa Deum terribilis maiestas.
22. Out of the north comes golden splendor; God is clothed with terrible majesty.
23. Omnipotentem attingere non possumus: magnus fortitudine; et iudicium et multam iustitiam deprimere non potest.
23. The Almighty -- we cannot find him; he is great in power and justice, and abundant righteousness he will not violate.
24. Ideo timebunt eum homines, non contemplabitur omnes, qui sibi videntur corde sapientes”.
24. Therefore men fear him; he does not regard any who are wise in their own conceit."
