Liber Iob, 17
1. Spiritus meus attenuatus est, dies mei exstincti, et solum mihi superest sepulcrum.
1. My spirit is broken, my days are extinct, the grave is ready for me.
2. Nonne irrisiones circumdant me, et in amaritudinibus moratur oculus meus?
2. Surely there are mockers about me, and my eye dwells on their provocation.
3. Pone pignus pro me iuxta te; et quis umquam spondens percutiet manum meam?
3. "Lay down a pledge for me with thyself; who is there that will give surety for me?
4. Cor eorum longe fecisti a disciplina; propterea non exaltabuntur.
4. Since thou hast closed their minds to understanding, therefore thou wilt not let them triumph.
5. Praedam pollicetur sociis, sed oculi filiorum eius deficient.
5. He who informs against his friends to get a share of their property, the eyes of his children will fail.
6. Posuit me quasi in proverbium vulgi et conspuendum in faciem.
6. "He has made me a byword of the peoples, and I am one before whom men spit.
7. Caligavit ab indignatione oculus meus, et membra mea quasi in umbram redacta sunt.
7. My eye has grown dim from grief, and all my members are like a shadow.
8. Stupebunt iusti super hoc, et innocens contra impium excitabitur.
8. Upright men are appalled at this, and the innocent stirs himself up against the godless.
9. Et tenebit iustus viam suam, et mundus manibus addet fortitudinem.
9. Yet the righteous holds to his way, and he that has clean hands grows stronger and stronger.
10. Igitur omnes vos convertimini et venite, et non inveniam in vobis ullum sapientem.
10. But you, come on again, all of you, and I shall not find a wise man among you.
11. Dies mei transierunt, cogitationes meae dissipatae sunt et desideria cordis mei.
11. My days are past, my plans are broken off, the desires of my heart.
12. Noctem verterunt in diem; et rursum post tenebras properat lux.
12. They make night into day; `The light,' they say, `is near to the darkness.'
13. Si sustinuero, infernus domus mea est; et in tenebris stravi lectulum meum.
13. If I look for Sheol as my house, if I spread my couch in darkness,
14. Putredini dixi: Pater meus es!; Mater mea et soror mea! vermibus.
14. if I say to the pit, `You are my father,' and to the worm, `My mother,' or `My sister,'
15. Ubi est ergo nunc praestolatio mea, et patientiam meam quis considerat?
15. where then is my hope? Who will see my hope?
16. In profundissimum infernum descendent omnia mea; simul in pulvere erit requies mihi?”.
16. Will it go down to the bars of Sheol? Shall we descend together into the dust?"
