Liber Iob, 12
1. Respondens autem Iob dixit:
1. Then Job answered:
2. “Ergo vos estis soli homines, et vobiscum morietur sapientia.
2. "No doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
3. Et mihi est cor sicut et vobis, nec inferior vestri sum; quis enim haec, quae nostis, ignorat?
3. But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?
4. Qui deridetur ab amico suo sicut ego, invocabit Deum, et exaudiet eum; deridetur enim iusti integritas.
4. I am a laughingstock to my friends; I, who called upon God and he answered me, a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock.
5. Lampas contempta apud cogitationes eorum, qui securi sunt, parata iis, qui vacillant pede.
5. In the thought of one who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; it is ready for those whose feet slip.
6. Tranquilla sunt tabernacula praedonum et secura iis, qui provocant Deum, iis, qui Deum tenent manu sua.
6. The tents of robbers are at peace, and those who provoke God are secure, who bring their god in their hand.
7. Nimirum interroga iumenta, et docebunt te, et volatilia caeli, et indicabunt tibi.
7. "But ask the beasts, and they will teach you; the birds of the air, and they will tell you;
8. Loquere terrae, et docebit te; et narrabunt pisces maris.
8. or the plants of the earth, and they will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare to you.
9. Quis ignorat in omnibus his quod manus Domini hoc fecerit?
9. Who among all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?
10. In cuius manu anima omnis viventis et spiritus universae carnis hominis.
10. In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind.
11. Nonne auris verba diiudicat, et palatum cibum sibi gustat?
11. Does not the ear try words as the palate tastes food?
12. In senibus est sapientia, et in longaevis prudentia.
12. Wisdom is with the aged, and understanding in length of days.
13. Apud ipsum est sapientia et fortitudo; ipse habet consilium et intellegentiam.
13. "With God are wisdom and might; he has counsel and understanding.
14. Si destruxerit, nemo est, qui aedificet; si incluserit hominem, nullus est, qui aperiat.
14. If he tears down, none can rebuild; if he shuts a man in, none can open.
15. Si continuerit aquas, arescent; et, si emiserit eas, subvertent terram.
15. If he withholds the waters, they dry up; if he sends them out, they overwhelm the land.
16. Apud ipsum est fortitudo et sapientia; ipse novit et decipientem et eum qui decipitur.
16. With him are strength and wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are his.
17. Inducit consiliarios spoliatos et iudices in stuporem.
17. He leads counselors away stripped, and judges he makes fools.
18. Balteum regum dissolvit et praecingit fune renes eorum.
18. He looses the bonds of kings, and binds a waistcloth on their loins.
19. Inducit sacerdotes spoliatos et optimates supplantat,
19. He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the mighty.
20. commutans labium veracium et doctrinam senum auferens.
20. He deprives of speech those who are trusted, and takes away the discernment of the elders.
21. Effundit despectionem super principes et cingulum fortium relaxat.
21. He pours contempt on princes, and looses the belt of the strong.
22. Qui revelat profunda de tenebris et producit in lucem umbram mortis.
22. He uncovers the deeps out of darkness, and brings deep darkness to light.
23. Qui multiplicat gentes et perdit eas et subversas in integrum restituit.
23. He makes nations great, and he destroys them: he enlarges nations, and leads them away.
24. Qui immutat cor principum populi terrae et decipit eos et errare eos faciet per invium desertum.
24. He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, and makes them wander in a pathless waste.
25. Palpabunt quasi in tenebris et non in luce, et errare eos faciet quasi ebrios.
25. They grope in the dark without light; and he makes them stagger like a drunken man.
