23 — Job

1Then Job answered, and said:Giobbe rispose, e disse:BVT Iob answering, sayd:Respondens autem Job, ait: 2Now also my words are in bitterness, and the hand of my scourge is more grievous than my mourning.Anche adesso le mie parole sono parole di amarezza, e la mano, che mi ha piagato è più forte de' miei sospiri.Now also my talke is in bitternesse, and the hand of my plague is aggrauated vpon m• mourning.Nunc quoque in amaritudine est sermo meus, / et manus plagæ meæ aggravata est super gemitum meum. 3Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and come even to his throne?Chi mi darà di saper ritrovarlo, e di giungere fino al suo trono?Who wil grant me that I may know and find him, and come euen to his throne?Quis mihi tribuat ut cognoscam et inveniam illum, / et veniam usque ad solium ejus ? 4I would set judgment before him, and would fill my mouth with complaints.Porterei dinanzi a lui la mia causa, e la bocca piena avrei di querele.I wil set iudgement before him, and wil fil my mouth with accusations.Ponam coram eo judicium, / et os meum replebo increpationibus: 5That I might know the words that he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.Affin di sapere quel, ch'ei mi rispondesse, e di intendere quel, ch'ei mi dicesse.That I may know the wordes, that he wil answer me, and vnderstand what he wil speake to me.ut sciam verba quæ mihi respondeat, / et intelligam quid loquatur mihi. 6I would not that he should contend with me with much strength, nor overwhelm me with the weight of his greatness.Non vorrei, che egli meco contendesse colla sua molta fortezza, né che mi sopraffacesse colla mole di sua grandezza.I wil not that he contend with me with much strength, nor that he oppresse me with the weight of his greatnes.Nolo multa fortitudine contendat mecum, / nec magnitudinis suæ mole me premat. 7Let him propose equity against me, and let my judgment come to victory.Proponga contro di me l'equità, e vincitore uscirei dal mio giudizio.Let him propose equitie against me, and my iudgement shal come to victorie.Proponat æquitatem contra me, / et perveniat ad victoriam judicium meum. 8But if I go to the east, he appeareth not; if to the west, I shall not understand him.Ma se io vo verso Oriente, ei non comparisce; se verso Occidente, non saprò rinvenirlo.If I shal goe to the East, he appeareth not: if to the West, I shal not vnderstand him.Si ad orientem iero, non apparet; / si ad occidentem, non intelligam eum. 9If to the left hand, what shall I do? I shall not take hold on him: if I turn myself to the right hand, I shall not see him.Se mi volgo a sinistra che farò io? non posso raggiungerlo; e se a destra, io nol vedrò.If to the left hand, what shal I doe? I shal not apprehend him: if I turne my self to the right hand, I shal not see him.Si ad sinistram, quid agam ? non apprehendam eum; / si me vertam ad dexteram, non videbo illum.

10But he knoweth my way, and has tried me as gold that passeth through the fire:A lui però noti sono i miei andamenti, ed egli ha fatto saggio di me, come si fa dell'oro, che passa pel fuoco.But he knoweth my way, & hath proued me as gold that passeth through the fyre:Ipse vero scit viam meam, / et probavit me quasi aurum quod per ignem transit. 11My foot hath followed his steps, I have kept his way, and have not declined from it.Il mio piede ha seguitato le sue vestigia, ho battute le sue vie, né ho declinato da queste.My foote hath folowed his steppes, I haue kept his way, & haue not declined out if it.Vestigia ejus secutus est pes meus: / viam ejus custodivi, et non declinavi ex ea. 12I have not departed from the commandments of his lips, and the words of his mouth I have hid in my bosom.Non mi son dilungato dai precetti delle sue labbra, e nel mio seno ho riposte le parole della sua bocca.From the commandementes of his lippes I haue not departed, and I haue hid the wordes of his mouth in my bosome.A mandatis labiorum ejus non recessi, / et in sinu meo abscondi verba oris ejus. 13For he is alone, and no man can turn away his thought: and whatsoever his soul hath desired, that hath he done.Ma egli solo è, e nissuno può frastornare i suoi disegni, e quello che alla volontà di lui è piaciuto egli lo ha fatto.For he is alone, and no man can turne away his cogitation: and whatsoeuer his soule would, that hath he done.Ipse enim solus est, et nemo avertere potest cogitationem ejus: / et anima ejus quodcumque voluit, hoc fecit. 14And when he shall have fulfilled his will in me, many other like things are also at hand with him.Quand'egli avrà fatto di me quello, che ha voluto, molte altre simili cose ha in pronto tutt'ora.And when he shal haue fulfilled his wil in me, manie other things also are at hand wit him.Cum expleverit in me voluntatem suam, / et alia multa similia præsto sunt ei. 15And therefore I am troubled at his presence, and when I consider him I am made pensive with fear.Per questo alla sua presenza io mi conturbo, e quand'io lo considero, mi scuote il timore.And therfore I am trubled at his face, and considering, him I am made pensife withfeare.Et idcirco a facie ejus turbatus sum, / et considerans eum, timore sollicitor. 16God hath softened my heart, and the Almighty hath troubled me.Dio ha ammollito il mio cuore, e l'Onnipotente mi ha conturbato.God hath mollified my hart, and the Omnipotent hath trubled me.Deus mollivit cor meum, / et Omnipotens conturbavit me. 17For I have not perished because of the darkness that hangs over me, neither hath the mist covered my face.Perocché io vengo meno non per le tenebre, che mi stan sopra; né questa caligine mi ha velata la faccia.For I haue not perished because of the imminent darkenesse, neither hath the mist couered my face.Non enim perii propter imminentes tenebras, / nec faciem meam operuit caligo.