Liber Iob, 22
1. respondens autem Eliphaz Themanites dixit
1. Then Eliphaz the Themanite answered, and said:
2. numquid Deo conparari potest homo etiam cum perfectæ fuerit scientiæ
2. Can man be compared with God, even though he were of perfect knowledge?
3. quid prodest Deo si justus fueris aut quid ei confers si inmaculata fuerit via tua
3. What doth it profit God if thou be just? or what dost thou give him if thy way be unspotted?
4. numquid timens arguet te et veniet tecum in judicium
4. Shall he reprove thee for fear, and come with thee into judgment:
5. et non propter malitiam tuam plurimam et infinitas iniquitates tuas
5. And not for thy manifold wickedness, and thy infinite iniquities?
6. abstulisti enim pignus fratrum tuorum sine causa et nudos spoliasti vestibus
6. For thou hast taken away the pledge of thy brethren without cause, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
7. aquam lasso non dedisti et esurienti subtraxisti panem
7. Thou hast not given water to the weary, thou hast withdrawn bread from the hungry.
8. in fortitudine brachii tui possidebas terram et potentissimus obtinebas eam
8. In the strength of thy arm thou didst possess the land, and being the most mighty thou holdest it.
9. viduas dimisisti vacuas et lacertos pupillorum comminuisti
9. Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless thou hast broken in pieces.
10. propterea circumdatus es laqueis et conturbat te formido subita
10. Therefore art thou surrounded with snares, and sudden fear troubleth thee.
11. et putabas te tenebras non visurum et impetu aquarum inundantium non oppressurum
11. And didst thou think that thou shouldst not see darkness, and that thou shouldst not be covered with the violence of overflowing waters?
12. an cogitas quod Deus excelsior cælo et super stellarum vertices sublimetur
12. Dost not thou think that God is higher than heaven, and is elevated above the height of the stars?
13. et dicis quid enim novit Deus et quasi per caliginem judicat
13. And thou sayst: What doth God know? and he judgeth as it were through a mist.
14. nubes latibulum ejus nec nostra considerat et circa cardines cæli perambulat
14. The clouds are his covert, and he doth not consider our things, and he walketh about the poles of heaven.
15. numquid semitam sæculorum custodire cupis quam calcaverunt viri iniqui
15. Dost thou desire to keep the path of ages, which wicked men have trodden?
16. qui sublati sunt ante tempus suum et fluvius subvertit fundamentum eorum
16. Who were taken away before their time, and a flood hath overthrown their foundation.
17. qui dicebant Deo recede a nobis et quasi nihil possit facere Omnipotens æstimabant eum
17. Who said to God: Depart from us: and looked upon the Almighty as if he could do nothing:
18. cum ille implesset domos eorum bonis quorum sententia procul sit a me
18. Whereas he had filled their houses with good things: whose way of thinking be far from me.
19. videbunt justi et lætabuntur et innocens subsannabit eos
19. The just shall see, and shall rejoice, and the innocent shall laugh them to scorn.
20. nonne succisa est erectio eorum et reliquias eorum devoravit ignis
20. Is not their exaltation cut down, and hath not fire devoured the remnants of them?
21. adquiesce igitur ei et habeto pacem et per hæc habebis fructus optimos
21. Submit thyself then to him, and be at peace: and thereby thou shalt have the best fruits.
22. suscipe ex ore illius legem et pone sermones ejus in corde tuo
22. Receive the law of his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.
23. si reversus fueris ad Omnipotentem ædificaberis et longe facies iniquitatem a tabernaculo tuo
23. If thou wilt return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, and shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacle.
24. dabit pro terra silicem et pro silice torrentes aureos
24. He shall give for earth flint, and for flint torrents of gold.
25. eritque Omnipotens contra hostes tuos et argentum coacervabitur tibi
25. And the Almighty shall be against thy enemies, and silver shall be heaped together for thee.
26. tunc super Omnipotentem deliciis afflues et elevabis ad Deum faciem tuam
26. Then shalt thou abound in delights in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face to God.
27. rogabis eum et exaudiet te et vota tua reddes
27. Thou shalt pray to him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt pay vows.
28. decernes rem et veniet tibi et in viis tuis splendebit lumen
28. Thou shalt decree a thing, and it I shall come to thee, and light shall shine in thy ways.
29. qui enim humiliatus fuerit erit in gloria et qui inclinaverit oculos suos ipse salvabitur
29. For he that hath been humbled, shall be in glory: and he that shall bow down his eyes, he shall be saved.
30. salvabitur innocens salvabitur autem munditia manuum suarum
30. The innocent shall be saved, and he shall be saved by the cleanness of his hands.
