Liber Iob, 39
1. Numquid nosti tempus partus ibicum in petris vel parturientes cervas observasti?
1. "Do you know when the mountain goats bring forth? Do you observe the calving of the hinds?
2. Dinumerasti menses conceptus earum et scisti tempus partus earum?
2. Can you number the months that they fulfil, and do you know the time when they bring forth,
3. Incurvantur ad fetum et pariunt et fetus suos emittunt.
3. when they crouch, bring forth their offspring, and are delivered of their young?
4. Impinguantur filii earum et adolescunt in campo, egrediuntur et non revertuntur ad eas.
4. Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open; they go forth, and do not return to them.
5. Quis dimisit onagrum liberum, et vincula ipsius quis solvit?
5. "Who has let the wild ass go free? Who has loosed the bonds of the swift ass,
6. Cui dedi in solitudine domum et tabernacula eius in terra salsuginis.
6. to whom I have given the steppe for his home, and the salt land for his dwelling place?
7. Contemnit multitudinem civitatis, clamorem exactoris non audit.
7. He scorns the tumult of the city; he hears not the shouts of the driver.
8. Explorat montes pascuae suae et virentia quaeque perquirit.
8. He ranges the mountains as his pasture, and he searches after every green thing.
9. Numquid volet taurus ferus servire tibi aut morabitur ad praesepe tuum?
9. "Is the wild ox willing to serve you? Will he spend the night at your crib?
10. Numquid alligabis taurum ferum ad arandum loro tuo, aut confringet glebas vallium post te?
10. Can you bind him in the furrow with ropes, or will he harrow the valleys after you?
11. Numquid fiduciam habebis in magna fortitudine eius et derelinques ei labores tuos?
11. Will you depend on him because his strength is great, and will you leave to him your labor?
12. Numquid credes illi quod revertatur et sementem in aream tuam congreget?
12. Do you have faith in him that he will return, and bring your grain to your threshing floor?
13. Ala struthionis laeta est, penna vero ciconiae et avolat.
13. "The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; but are they the pinions and plumage of love?
14. Quando derelinquit ova sua in terra, in pulvere calefiunt.
14. For she leaves her eggs to the earth, and lets them be warmed on the ground,
15. Obliviscitur quod pes conculcet ea, aut bestia agri conterat.
15. forgetting that a foot may crush them, and that the wild beast may trample them.
16. Duratur ad filios suos quasi non sint sui; frustra laborans nullo timore anxiatur.
16. She deals cruelly with her young, as if they were not hers; though her labor be in vain, yet she has no fear;
17. Privavit enim eam Deus sapientia nec dedit illi intellegentiam.
17. because God has made her forget wisdom, and given her no share in understanding.
18. Cum tempus fuerit, in altum alas erigit, deridet equum et ascensorem eius.
18. When she rouses herself to flee, she laughs at the horse and his rider.
19. Numquid praebebis equo fortitudinem aut circumdabis collo eius iubam?
19. "Do you give the horse his might? Do you clothe his neck with strength?
20. Numquid suscitabis eum quasi locustas? Gloria hinnitus eius terror;
20. Do you make him leap like the locust? His majestic snorting is terrible.
21. vallem ungula fodit, exsultat audacter, in occursum pergit armatis.
21. He paws in the valley, and exults in his strength; he goes out to meet the weapons.
22. Contemnit pavorem nec territur neque cedit gladio.
22. He laughs at fear, and is not dismayed; he does not turn back from the sword.
23. Super ipsum sonabit pharetra, micat hasta et acinaces.
23. Upon him rattle the quiver, the flashing spear and the javelin.
24. Fervens et fremens sorbet terram nec consistet, cum tubae sonaverit clangor.
24. With fierceness and rage he swallows the ground; he cannot stand still at the sound of the trumpet.
25. Ubi audierit bucinam, dicit: “Uah!”. Procul odoratur bellum, exhortationem ducum et ululatum exercitus.
25. When the trumpet sounds, he says `Aha!' He smells the battle from afar, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
26. Numquid per sapientiam tuam plumescit accipiter, expandens alas suas ad austrum?
26. "Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, and spreads his wings toward the south?
27. Numquid ad praeceptum tuum elevabitur aquila et in arduis ponet nidum suum?
27. Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up and makes his nest on high?
28. In petris manet et in praeruptis silicibus commoratur atque in culmine et arce.
28. On the rock he dwells and makes his home in the fastness of the rocky crag.
29. Inde contemplatur escam, et de longe oculi eius prospiciunt.
29. Thence he spies out the prey; his eyes behold it afar off.
30. Pulli eius lambent sanguinem; et, ubicumque cadaver fuerit, statim adest”.
30. His young ones suck up blood; and where the slain are, there is he."
