Liber Iob, 26
1. Respondens autem Iob dixit:
1. Then Job answered:
2. “Quomodo adiuvisti imbecillem? Et sustentas brachium eius, qui non est fortis?
2. "How you have helped him who has no power! How you have saved the arm that has no strength!
3. Quod dedisti illi consilium, qui non habet sapientiam? Et prudentiam tuam ostendisti plurimam!
3. How you have counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
4. Quem docere voluisti? Et cuius est spiritus, qui egreditur ex te?
4. With whose help have you uttered words, and whose spirit has come forth from you?
5. Ecce umbrae gemunt sub aquis, et qui habitant cum eis.
5. The shades below tremble, the waters and their inhabitants.
6. Nudus est infernus coram illo, et nullum est operimentum Perditioni.
6. Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
7. Qui extendit aquilonem super vacuum et appendit terram super nihilum.
7. He stretches out the north over the void, and hangs the earth upon nothing.
8. Qui ligat aquas in nubibus suis, ut non erumpant pariter deorsum.
8. He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent under them.
9. Qui operit faciem solii sui expandens super illud nebulam suam.
9. He covers the face of the moon, and spreads over it his cloud.
10. Terminum circumdedit aquis, usque dum finiantur lux et tenebrae.
10. He has described a circle upon the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
11. Columnae caeli contremiscunt et pavent ab increpatione eius.
11. The pillars of heaven tremble, and are astounded at his rebuke.
12. In fortitudine sua terruit mare et prudentia sua percussit Rahab.
12. By his power he stilled the sea; by his understanding he smote Rahab.
13. Spiritus eius serenavit caelos, et manus eius confodit colubrum fugientem.
13. By his wind the heavens were made fair; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
14. Ecce haec sunt termini viarum eius; et, cum vix parvam stillam sermonis eius audierimus, quis poterit tonitruum magnitudinis illius intueri?”.
14. Lo, these are but the outskirts of his ways; and how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?"
