16 — Job

1Then Job answered, and said:Ma Giobbe rispose, e disse:BVT Iob answering sayd:Respondens autem Job, dixit: 2I have often heard such things as these: you are all troublesome comforters.Ho udite sovente tali cose: voi siete tutti consolatoli molesti:I haue heard often times such things, heauie conforters you are al.Audivi frequenter talia: / consolatores onerosi omnes vos estis. 3Shall windy words have no end? or is it any trouble to thee to speak?Non avrann'eglino fine i discorsi ampollosi? che costa a te il parlare?Shal wordes ful of winde haue an end? or is anie thing trublesome to thee, if thou speake?Numquid habebunt finem verba ventosa ? / aut aliquid tibi molestum est, si loquaris ? 4I also could speak like you: and would God your soul were for my soul.Potrei anch'io parlar come voi: e foste pur voi ne' miei piedi:I also could speake thinges like to you: and would God your soule were for my soule.Poteram et ego similia vestri loqui, / atque utinam esset anima vestra pro anima mea: 5I would comfort you also with words, and would wag my head over you.Vi consolerei anch'io a parole, e piegherei la mia testa sopra di voi:I also would confort you with wordes, and would wag my head vpon you.consolarer et ego vos sermonibus, / et moverem caput meum super vos; 6I would strengthen you with my mouth, and would move my lips, as sparing you.Vi farei cuore co' miei discorsi, e regolerei le mie labbra colla compassione verso di voi.I would strengthen you with my mouth, and would moue my lippes, as sparing you.roborarem vos ore meo, / et moverem labia mea, quasi parcens vobis. 7But what shall I do? If I speak, my pain will not rest: and if I hold my peace, it will not depart from me.Ma or che farò? Se io parlerò non si accheterà il mio dolore, e se starò in silenzio egli non andrà lungi da me.But what shal I doe? If I speake, my paine wil not rest: and if I hold my peace, it wil not depart from me.Sed quid agam ? Si locutus fuero, non quiescet dolor meus, / et si tacuero, non recedet a me. 8But now my sorrow hath oppressed me, and all my limbs are brought to nothing.Ma adesso il dolor mio m'ha oppresso, e tutti i miei membri sono scompaginati.But now my sorow hath oppressed me, and al my limmes are brought to nothing.Nunc autem oppressit me dolor meus, / et in nihilum redacti sunt omnes artus mei. 9My wrinkles bear witness against me, and a false speaker riseth up against my face, contradicting me.Le grinze della mia pelle rendono testimonianza contro di me; e un mendace ragionatore sorge contro di me per contradirmi in faccia.My wrinkles giue testimonie against me, and a false speaker is raysed vp against my face contradicting me.Rugæ meæ testimonium dicunt contra me, / et suscitatur falsiloquus adversus faciem meam, contradicens mihi.

10He hath gathered together his fury against me, and threatening me he hath gnashed with his teeth upon me: my enemy hath beheld me with terrible eyes.Aduna il suo furore contro di me, e minacciandomi digrigna i denti contro di me: con occhi terribili mi guarda il mio nemico.He hath gathered his furie vpon me, and threatening me hath gnashed against me with his teeth, mine enemy hath beheld me with terrible eies.Collegit furorem suum in me, / et comminans mihi, infremuit contra me dentibus suis: / hostis meus terribilibus oculis me intuitus est. 11They have opened their mouths upon me, and reproaching me they have struck me on the cheek, they are filled with my pains.Hanno aperte le loro bocche contro di me, e mi han percosso obbrobriosamente nella guancia; si son satollati delle mie pene.They haue opened their mouthes vpon me, and exprobating haue strooken my cheke, they are filled with my paines.Aperuerunt super me ora sua, / et exprobrantes percusserunt maxillam meam: / satiati sunt pœnis meis. 12God hath shut me up with the unjust man, and hath delivered me into the hands of the wicked.Il Signore mi ha rinchiuso in balia dell'iniquo, e mi ha dato nelle mani degli empj.God hath shut me vp with the wicked man, and hath deliuered me to the hands of the impious.Conclusit me Deus apud iniquum, / et manibus impiorum me tradidit. 13I that was formerly so wealthy, am all on a sudden broken to pieces: he hath taken me by my neck, he hath broken me, and hath set me up to be his mark.Quell'io si beato una volta fai di repente ridotto in polvere; mi afferrò per la testa, m'infranse, e fecemi come suo bersaglio.I sometime that welthie one sodenly am broken: he hath held my necke, broken me, and set me to himself as it were a marke.Ego ille quondam opulentus, repente contritus sum: / tenuit cervicem meam, confregit me, / et posuit me sibi quasi in signum. 14He hath compassed me round about with his lances, he hath wounded my loins, he hath not spared, and hath poured out my bowels on the earth,Mi ha cinto colle sue lance, ha impiagati tutti i miei fianchi, e senza pietà averne, le mie viscere ha sparse per terra.He hath compassed me with his speares, he hath wounded my loynes, he hath not spared, and hath powred out on the earth my bowels.Circumdedit me lanceis suis; / convulneravit lumbos meos: / non pepercit, et effudit in terra viscera mea. 15He hath torn me with wound upon wound, he hath rushed in upon me like a giant.Mi ha lacerato con ferite sopra ferite: qual gigante si è gettato sopra di me.He hath cut me with wound vpon wound, he hath come violently vpon me as it were a giant.Concidit me vulnere super vulnus: / irruit in me quasi gigas.

16I have sowed sackcloth upon my skin, and have covered my flesh with ashes.Porto cucito alla mia pelle il cilizio, e la mia carne ho ricoperta di cenere.I haue sowed sackcloth vpon my skinne, and haue couered my flesh with ashes.Saccum consui super cutem meam, / et operui cinere carnem meam. 17My face is swollen with weeping, and my eyelids are dim.La mia faccia è gonfia dal pianto, e la caligine ingombra le mie pupille.My face is swollen with weeping, and my eyeliddes are dimme.Facies mea intumuit a fletu, / et palpebræ meæ caligaverunt. 18These things have I suffered without the iniquity of my hand, when I offered pure prayers to God.Queste cose ho sofferte, benché inique non fossero le opere mie, e pure offerissi a Dio le preghiere.These thinges haue I suffred without the iniquitie of my hand, wheras I had cleane prayers to God.Hæc passus sum absque iniquitate manus meæ, / cum haberem mundas ad Deum preces. 19O earth, cover not thou my blood, neither let my cry find a hiding place in thee.Terra, non ricoprire il mio sangue, non restino nascose in te le mie strida.Earth couer not my bloud, neither let my crie find place in thee to be hid.Terra, ne operias sanguinem meum, / neque inveniat in te locum latendi clamor meus: 20For behold my witness is in heaven, and he that knoweth my conscience is on high.Perocché lassù in cielo è il mio testimone, e nell'alto si sta colui, che mi conosce intimamente.For behold my witnesse is in heauen, and he that knoweth my conscience on high.ecce enim in cælo testis meus, / et conscius meus in excelsis. 21My friends are full of words: my eye poureth out tears to God.I miei amici sono verbosi; a Dio spandono lagrime gli occhi miei.My freindes ful of wordes: mine eie distilleth vnto God.Verbosi amici mei: / ad Deum stillat oculus meus: 22And O that a man might so be judged with God, as the son of man is judged with his companion!E fosse egli pure il giudizio tra Dio, e l'uomo come il giudizio di un figliuolo dell'uomo col suo compagno.And would God a man might so be iudged with God, as the sonne of man is iudged with his companion.atque utinam sic judicaretur vir cum Deo, / quomodo judicatur filius hominis cum collega suo. 23For behold short years pass away, and I am walking in a path by which I shall not return.Perocché già passano i corti anni, ed io batto una strada, per cui non ritornerò.For behold the short yeares passe away, and I walke the path, by the which I shal not returne.Ecce enim breves anni transeunt, / et semitam per quam non revertar ambulo.