24 — Job

1Times are not hid from the Almighty: but they that know him, know not his days.All'Onnipotente i tempi non sono ascosi; ma quelli, che lo conoscono i giorni di lui non conoscono:TIMES are not hid from the Omnipotent: but they that know him, know not his daies.Ab Omnipotente non sunt abscondita tempora: / qui autem noverunt eum, / ignorant dies illius. 2Some have removed landmarks, have taken away flocks by force, and fed them.Altri trasportarono i termini, predarono i greggi, e li conducono a pascolare.Some haue transferred boundes, spoiled flockes, & fed them.Alii terminos transtulerunt; / diripuerunt greges, et paverunt eos. 3They have driven away the ass of the fatherless, and have taken away the widow’s ox for a pledge.Menaron via l'asino dei pupilli, per pegno si presero il bue della vedova.They haue driuen away theasse of pupilles, & haue taken away the widowes oxe for a pledge.Asinum pupillorum abegerunt, / et abstulerunt pro pignore bovem viduæ. 4They have overturned the way of the poor, and have oppressed together the meek of the earth.Gettaron per terra i disegni de' poverelli, e oppressero tutti i mansueti della terra.They haue subuerted the way of the poore, and haue oppressed together the meeke of the earth.Subverterunt pauperum viam, / et oppresserunt pariter mansuetos terræ. 5Others like wild asses in the desert go forth to their work: by watching for a prey they get bread for their children.Altri quasi asini salvatici del deserto se ne vanno al loro lavoro; vigilanti a rubare approntano il pane pe' lor figliuoli.Others as wilde asses in the deserte goe forth to their worke: watching to the praye, doe prepare bread for their children.Alii quasi onagri in deserto egrediuntur ad opus suum: / vigilantes ad prædam, præparant panem liberis. 6They reap the field that is not their own, and gather the vintage of his vineyard whom by violence they have oppressed.Mietono il campo altrui, e vendemmian la vigna di quelli, che furon da loro oppressi con violenza.They reape the filde that is not theirs, and gather the grapes of his vineyard, whom by violence they haue oppressed.Agrum non suum demetunt, / et vineam ejus, quem vi oppresserint, vindemiant. 7They send men away naked, taking away their clothes who have no covering in the cold:Lasciano ignudi gli uomini, togliendo le vesti a quelli, che non hanno altro per ripararsi dal freddo,They send men away naked, taking away their clothes, which haue no couering in the cold.Nudos dimittunt homines, indumenta tollentes, / quibus non est operimentum in frigore:

8Who are wet, with the showers of the mountains, and having no covering embrace the stones.I quali restan bagnati dalle piogge dei monti, e non avendo onde coprirsi si rintanano nei massi.Whom the showers of the mountaynes doe wash, and not hauing a couert, they embrace stones.quos imbres montium rigant, / et non habentes velamen, amplexantur lapides. 9They have violently robbed the fatherless, and stripped the poor common people.Depredarono violentemente i pupilli, e spogliarono la turba de' poveri.They did violence spoyling the pupilles, and the common poore people they spoyled.Vim fecerunt deprædantes pupillos, / et vulgum pauperem spoliaverunt. 10From the naked and them that go without clothing, and from the hungry they have taken away the ears of corn.Rubarono delle spighe a gente ignuda, e che sen va senza vestito, e soffre la fame.From the naked and them that goe without clothing, and the hungrie they haue taken away the eares of corne.Nudis et incedentibus absque vestitu, / et esurientibus tulerunt spicas. 11They have taken their rest at noon among the stores of them, who after having trodden the winepresses suffer thirst.Passano il meriggio tralle ammassate robbe di quelli, i quali pigiando le loro uve soffron la sete.They haue rested the noonetide among their heapes, which hauing troden the wine presses are a thirst.Inter acervos eorum meridiati sunt, / qui calcatis torcularibus sitiunt. 12Out of the cities they have made men to groan, and the soul of the wounded hath cried out, and God doth not suffer it to pass unrevenged.Fecero sospirare gli uomini nelle città, e il sangue degli uccisi gettò le strida; e Dio non lascia tali cose impunite.Out of the cities they haue made men to mourne, and the soule of the wounded hath cryed, and God doth not suffer it to passe vnreuenged:De civitatibus fecerunt viros gemere, / et anima vulneratorum clamavit: / et Deus inultum abire non patitur. 13They have been rebellious to the light, they have not known his ways, neither have they returned by his paths.Essi furono ribelli alla luce, non conobbero le vie di Dio, né rientrarono nelle sue strade.They haue bene rebellious to the light, they haue not knowen his wayes, neither did they returne by his pathes.Ipsi fuerunt rebelles lumini: / nescierunt vias ejus, / nec reversi sunt per semitas ejus. 14The murderer riseth at the very break of day, he killeth the needy, and the poor man: but in the night he will be as a thief.Di gran mattino si alza l'omicida, uccide il meschino, e il povero; e di notte la fa da ladrone.At the verie breake of day the murderer ryseth, he killeth the needie, and the poore man: but by night he wil be as a theefe.Mane primo consurgit homicida; / interficit egenum et pauperem: / per noctem vero erit quasi fur.

15The eye of the adulterer observeth darkness, saying: No eye shall see me: and he will cover his face.L'occhio dell'adultero sta attento al crepuscolo, e dice: Occhio non mi vedrà; e imbacucca il suo capo.The eie of the aduouterer obserueth darkenesse, saying Eie shal not see me: and he wil couer his face.Oculus adulteri observat caliginem, / dicens: Non me videbit oculus: / et operiet vultum suum. 16He diggeth through houses in the dark, as in the day they had appointed for themselves, and they have not known the light.Sforzano al buio le case, come il giorno eran rimasi d'accordo, e odiano, la luce.He diggeth through houses in the darke, as in the day they had oppoynted with them selues, and they haue not knowen the light.Perfodit in tenebris domos, / sicut in die condixerant sibi, / et ignoraverunt lucem. 17If the morning suddenly appear, it is to them the shadow of death: and they walk in darkness as if it were in light.Se repentinamente spunta l'aurora, la credono un'ombra di morte, e così vanno di notte, come di giorno.If sodenly the morning shal appeare, they thinke it the shadow of death: and they walke so in darkenesse as it were in light.Si subito apparuerit aurora, arbitrantur umbram mortis: / et sic in tenebris quasi in luce ambulant. 18He is light upon the face of the water: cursed be his portion on the earth, let him not walk by the way of the vineyards.Egli è più mobile, che la superficie dell'acqua; maledetta sia sopra la terra la sua eredità, ed ei non passeggi per le sue vigne.He is light aboue the face of the water: cursed be his portion in the earth, neither walke he by the way of the vineyardes.Levis est super faciem aquæ: / maledicta sit pars ejus in terra, / nec ambulet per viam vinearum. 19Let him pass from the snow waters to excessive heat, and his sin even to hell.Dalle acque di neve passi agli eccessivi calori, e il peccato di lui va sino, all'inferno.Let him passe from snowe waters to exceding heate, and his sinne euen vnto hel.Ad nimium calorem transeat ab aquis nivium, / et usque ad inferos peccatum illius. 20Let mercy forget him: may worms be his sweetness: let him be remembered no more, but be broken in pieces as an unfruitful tree.Si scordi di lui la misericordia: sua delizia siano i vermi; non se ne faccia memoria, ma egli sia fatto in pezzi, come pianta, che non da frutto.Let mercie forget him: wormes his sweetnes: be he not in remembrance, but be he broken in peeces as an vnfruitful tree.Obliviscatur ejus misericordia; dulcedo illius vermes: / non sit in recordatione, / sed conteratur quasi lignum infructuosum.

21For he hath fed the barren that beareth not, and to the widow he hath done no good.Perocché egli ha divorata la sterile, che non fa figliuoli, e non fece del bene alla vedova.For he hath fedd the barren, and her that bareth not, and to the widow he hath not done good.Pavit enim sterilem quæ non parit, / et viduæ bene non fecit. 22He hath pulled down the strong by his might: and when he standeth up, he shall not trust to his life.Ha gettati per terra i forti colla sua possanza; ma quando starà meglio in piedi, non si terrà sicuro della sua vita.He hath pulled downe the strong in his strength, and when he shal stand, he wil not credit his life.Detraxit fortes in fortitudine sua, / et cum steterit, non credet vitæ suæ. 23God hath given him place for penance, and he abuseth it unto pride: but his eyes are upon his ways.Diegli Dio tempo di penitenza, ed ei ne abusa a divenir più superbo: ma egli tien fissi gli occhi su' suoi andamenti.God hath geuen him place for penance, and he abuseth it vnto pride: but his eies be vpon his waies.Dedit ei Deus locum pœnitentiæ, / et ille abutitur eo in superbiam: / oculi autem ejus sunt in viis illius. 24They are lifted up for a little while and shall not stand, and shall be brought down as all things, and shall be taken away, and as the tops of the ears of corn they shall be broken.Si sono alzati in alto per poco tempo, e non dureranno, e saranno umiliati come tutti gli altri, saran tolti via, e recisi, come i capi delle spighe.They are eleuated for a litle, and shal not stand, and shal be humbled as al thinges, and shal be taken away, and as the toppes of the eares of corne they shal be broken.Elevati sunt ad modicum, et non subsistent: / et humiliabuntur sicut omnia, et auferentur, / et sicut summitates spicarum conterentur. 25And if it be not so, who can convince me that I have lied, and set my words before God?Che se la bisogna non va così, chi potrà convincermi di menzogna, e accusare le mie parole dinanzi a Dio?And if it be not so, who can reproue me that I haue lied, and set my wordes before God?Quod si non est ita, quis me potest arguere esse mentitum, / et ponere ante Deum verba mea ?