13 — Job

1Behold my eye hath seen all these things, and my ear hath heard them, and I have understood them all.Tutte queste cose l'occhio mio già le vide, e l'orecchio le ascoltò, e ad una ad una io le compresi.BEHOLD mine eie hath seene al these thinges, and mine eare hath heard, & I haue vnderstood euerie thing.Ecce omnia hæc vidit oculus meus, / et audivit auris mea, et intellexi singula. 2According to your knowledge I also know: neither am I inferior to you.Quel che sapete voi io pur lo so, ne sono inferiore a voi.According to your knowledge I also do know: neither am I inferiour to you.Secundum scientiam vestram et ego novi: / nec inferior vestri sum. 3But yet I will speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.Con tutto questo io parlerò all'Onnipotente, e con Dio bramo discorrerla:But yet I wil speake to the Omnipotent, and I couet to dispute with God.Sed tamen ad Omnipotentem loquar, / et disputare cum Deo cupio: 4Having first shewn that you are forgers of lies, and maintainers of perverse opinions.Facendo prima vedere come voi fabbri siete di menzogne, e sostenitori di false dottrine.First shewing you to be forgers of lying, and mainteyners of peruerse opinions.prius vos ostendens fabricatores mendacii, / et cultores perversorum dogmatum. 5And I wish you would hold your peace, that you might be thought to be wise men.E piacesse a Dio, che steste in silenzio per farvi creder sapienti.And would God ye would hold your peace, that you might be thought to be wise men.Atque utinam taceretis, / ut putaremini esse sapientes. 6Hear ye therefore my reproof, and attend to the judgment of my lips.Udite adunque la mia correzione, e ponete mente alla sentenza, che uscirà dalle mie labbra.Heare ye therfore my correptions, and attend the iudgement of my lippes.Audite ergo correptionem meam, / et judicium labiorum meorum attendite. 7Hath God any need of your lie, that you should speak deceitfully for him?Ha egli forse bisogno Iddio di vostre menzogne, onde per lui parliate con fraude?Hath God neede of your lye, that for him you speake guiles.Numquid Deus indiget vestro mendacio, / ut pro illo loquamini dolos ? 8Do you accept this person, and do you endeavour to judge for God?Forse volete prestargli favore? ovver tentate di patrocinar la causa di Dio?Doe you take his person, and doe you endeuour to iudge for God?numquid faciem ejus accipitis, / et pro Deo judicare nitimini ? 9Or shall it please him, from whom nothing can be concealed? or shall he be deceived as a man, with your deceitful dealings?Sarà egli ciò grato a lui, cui nulla può essere ascoso? o sarà egli deluso, come il sarebbe un uomo, da' vostri inganni?Or shal it please him from whom nothing can be concealed, or shal he be deceiued as a man, with your fraudulent dealings?aut placebit ei quem celare nihil potest ? / aut decipietur, ut homo, vestris fraudulentiis ?

10He shall reprove you, because in secret you accept his person.Egli stesso vi condannerà, perché occultamente cercate il suo favore.He shal reproue you, because in secrete you take his person.Ipse vos arguet, / quoniam in abscondito faciem ejus accipitis. 11As soon as he shall move himself, he shall trouble you: and his dread shall fall upon you.Tosto che egli si moverà vi porrà in iscompiglio, e co' suoi terrori vi scuoterà.Forth with as he shal moue himself, he shal truble you: and his terrour shal come violently vpon you.Statim ut se commoverit, turbabit vos, / et terror ejus irruet super vos. 12Your remembrance shall be compared to ashes, and your necks shall be brought to clay.La vostra memoria sarà come cenere, si ridurranno in fango le vostre cervici.Your memorie shal be compared to ashes, and your neckes shal be brought into clay.Memoria vestra comparabitur cineri, / et redigentur in lutum cervices vestræ. 13Hold your peace a little while, that I may speak whatsoever my mind shall suggest to me.Tacete un tantino, affinchè io dica tutto quello, che la mente mi suggerisca.Hold your peace a litle while, that I may speake, what soeuer my minde shal prompt me.Tacete paulisper, ut loquar / quodcumque mihi mens suggesserit. 14Why do I tear my flesh with my teeth, and carry my soul in my hands?Per qual motivo mi straccio co' miei denti le carni, e l'anima mia porto nelle mie mani?Why doe I teare my flesh with my teeth, & carie my soule in my handes?Quare lacero carnes meas dentibus meis, / et animam meam porto in manibus meis ? 15Although he should kill me, I will trust in him: but yet I will reprove my ways in his sight.Quand'anche egli mi desse morte, in lui spererò; ma accuserò le opere mie dinanzi a lui.Although he shal kil me, I wil trust in him: but yet I wil reproue my waies in his sight.Etiam si occiderit me, in ipso sperabo: / verumtamen vias meas in conspectu ejus arguam. 16And he shall be my saviour: for no hypocrite shall come before his presence.Ed egli sarà mio Salvatore; perocché non comparirà dinanzi a lui verun degli ipocriti.And he shal be my sauiour: for no hypocrite shal come in his sight.Et ipse erit salvator meus: / non enim veniet in conspectu ejus omnis hypocrita. 17Hear ye my speech, and receive with your ears hidden truths.Ponete mente alle mie parole, e le orecchie porgete a' miei enimmi.Heare ye my word, and receiue the obscure sayings with your eares.Audite sermonem meum, / et ænigmata percipite auribus vestris. 18If I shall be judged, I know that I shall be found just.Se sarò giudicato, io so, che sarò riconosciuto per giusto.If I shal be iudged, I know that I shal be found iust.Si fuero judicatus, / scio quod justus inveniar.

19Who is he that will plead against me? let him come: why am I consumed holding my peace?Chi è che voglia venir con me in giudizio? venga pure. Perché mi consumo tacendo?What is he that wil be iudged with me? let him come: why am I consumed holding my peace?Quis est qui judicetur mecum ? / veniat: quare tacens consumor ? 20Two things only do not to me, and then from thy face I shall not be hid:Sol due cose non fare a me (o Signore); e allora non mi nasconderò dalla tua faccia:Two things only do not to me, and then shal I not be hid from thy face:Duo tantum ne facias mihi, / et tunc a facie tua non abscondar: 21Withdraw thy hand far from me, and let not thy dread terrify me.Ritira da me la tua mano, e non mi sbigottire co' tuoi terrori.Make thy hand far from me, and let not thy feare terrifie me.manum tuam longe fac a me, / et formido tua non me terreat. 22Call me, and I will answer thee: or else I will speak, and do thou answer me.Interrogami, ed io risponderò; o permetti ch'io parli, e tu rispondimi.Cal me, and I wil answer thee: or els I wil speake, and doe thou answer me.Voca me, et ego respondebo tibi: / aut certe loquar, et tu responde mihi. 23How many are my iniquities and sins? make me know my crimes and offenses.Quante ho io iniquitadi, e peccati? fammi conoscere le mie scelleraggini, e i miei delitti.How great iniquites and sinnes I haue, my wicked deedes and my offences shewe thou me.Quantas habeo iniquitates et peccata ? / scelera mea et delicta ostende mihi. 24Why hidest thou thy face, and thinkest me thy enemy?Perché nascondi il tuo volto, e mi consideri per tuo nimico?Why hidest thou thy face, and thinkest me thine enemy?Cur faciem tuam abscondis, / et arbitraris me inimicum tuum ? 25Against a leaf, that is carried away with the wind, thou shewest thy power, and thou pursuest a dry straw.Contro una foglia, che il vento disperde dimostri la tua possanza, e ad una secca paglia fai guerra:Against the leafe, that is violently taken with the wind, thou shewest thy might, and persecutest drie stuble.Contra folium, quod vento rapitur, ostendis potentiam tuam, / et stipulam siccam persequeris: 26For thou writest bitter things against me, and wilt consume me for the sins of my youth.Perocché amare cose tu scrivi contro di me, e consunto mi vuoi pei peccati di mia adolescenza.For thou writest bitternes against me, and wilt consume me with the sinnes of my youth.scribis enim contra me amaritudines, / et consumere me vis peccatis adolescentiæ meæ. 27Thou hast put my feet in the stocks, and hast observed all my paths, and hast considered the steps of my feet:Mi hai inceppati i piedi, hai notati tutti i miei andamenti, e hai posto mente a tutte le orme de' passi miei:Thou hast put my feete in the stockes, and hast obserued al my pathes, and hast considered the steppes of my feete.Posuisti in nervo pedem meum, / et observasti omnes semitas meas, / et vestigia pedum meorum considerasti:

28Who am to be consumed as rottenness, and as a garment that is motheaten.Di me che debbo ridurmi in putredine, ed essere come una veste rosa dalle tignuole.Who as rottenes am to be consumed, and as a garment, that is eaten of the moth.qui quasi putredo consumendus sum, / et quasi vestimentum quod comeditur a tinea.