Liber Iob, 13
1. Ecce, omnia haec vidit oculus meus, et audivit auris mea, et intellexi singula.
1. "Lo, my eye has seen all this, my ear has heard and understood it.
2. Secundum scientiam vestram, et ego novi; nec inferior vestri sum.
2. What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.
3. Sed tamen ad Omnipotentem loquar et disputare cum Deo cupio;
3. But I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God.
4. vos autem ostendam fabricatores mendacii, medicos vanos vos omnes.
4. As for you, you whitewash with lies; worthless physicians are you all.
5. Atque utinam taceretis, ut sit vobis in sapientiam!
5. Oh that you would keep silent, and it would be your wisdom!
6. Audite ergo correptionem meam et contentiones labiorum meorum attendite.
6. Hear now my reasoning, and listen to the pleadings of my lips.
7. Numquid pro Deo profertis mendacium et pro illo loquimini dolos?
7. Will you speak falsely for God, and speak deceitfully for him?
8. Numquid faciem eius accipitis et pro Deo in iudicio contendere nitimini?
8. Will you show partiality toward him, will you plead the case for God?
9. Aut bonum est quod vos excutiat? Aut, ut illuditur homini, illudetis ei?
9. Will it be well with you when he searches you out? Or can you deceive him, as one deceives a man?
10. Ipse vos arguet, cum in abscondito faciem accipitis.
10. He will surely rebuke you if in secret you show partiality.
11. Nonne maiestas eius turbabit vos, et terror eius irruet super vos?
11. Will not his majesty terrify you, and the dread of him fall upon you?
12. Sententiae vestrae sunt proverbia cineris; thoraces lutei thoraces vestri.
12. Your maxims are proverbs of ashes, your defenses are defenses of clay.
13. Tacete paulisper, ut loquar ipse, et transeat super me quodcumque.
13. "Let me have silence, and I will speak, and let come on me what may.
14. Quare sumam carnes meas dentibus meis et animam meam ponam in manibus meis?
14. I will take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand.
15. Etiamsi occiderit me, in ipso sperabo; verumtamen vias meas in conspectu eius arguam.
15. Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope; yet I will defend my ways to his face.
16. Et hoc erit salus mea: non enim veniet in conspectu eius omnis impius.
16. This will be my salvation, that a godless man shall not come before him.
17. Audite sermonem meum et explicationem meam percipite auribus vestris.
17. Listen carefully to my words, and let my declaration be in your ears.
18. Ecce iudicium paravi; scio quod iustus inveniar.
18. Behold, I have prepared my case; I know that I shall be vindicated.
19. Quis est qui contendat mecum? Tunc enim tacebo et consummabor.
19. Who is there that will contend with me? For then I would be silent and die.
20. Duo tantum ne facias mihi, et tunc a facie tua non abscondar:
20. Only grant two things to me, then I will not hide myself from thy face:
21. Manum tuam longe fac a me, et formido tua non me terreat.
21. withdraw thy hand far from me, and let not dread of thee terrify me.
22. Voca me, et ego respondebo tibi; aut ipse loquar, et tu respondebis mihi.
22. Then call, and I will answer; or let me speak, and do thou reply to me.
23. Quantas habeo iniquitates et peccata? Scelera mea et delicta ostende mihi.
23. How many are my iniquities and my sins? Make me know my transgression and my sin.
24. Cur faciem tuam abscondis et arbitraris me inimicum tuum?
24. Why dost thou hide thy face, and count me as thy enemy?
25. Contra folium, quod vento rapitur, dure agis et stipulam siccam persequeris.
25. Wilt thou frighten a driven leaf and pursue dry chaff?
26. Scribis enim contra me amaritudines et occupatum me vis peccatis adulescentiae meae.
26. For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me inherit the iniquities of my youth.
27. Posuisti in nervo pedem meum et observasti omnes semitas meas et vestigia pedum meorum considerasti.
27. Thou puttest my feet in the stocks, and watchest all my paths; thou settest a bound to the soles of my feet.
28. Qui quasi uter consumendus sum, et quasi vestimentum, quod comeditur a tinea.
28. Man wastes away like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
