31 — Job

1I made a covenant with my eyes, that I would not so much as think upon a virgin.Feci patto cogli occhi miei di non pensar neppure a una vergine.I HA•• made a couenant with mine eyes, that I would 〈…〉 as thinke of a virgin.Pepigi fœdus cum oculis meis, / ut ne cogitarem quidem de virgine. 2For what part should God from above have in me, and what inheritance the Almighty from on high?Perocché qual comunicazione avrebbe con me di lassù Iddio, e come avrebbe possesso di me l'Onnipotente dall'alto?For what part should G•• 〈…〉 haue in me, & inheritance the Omnipotent from on higheQuam enim partem haberet in me Deus desuper, / et hæreditatem Omnipotens de excelsis ? 3Is not destruction to the wicked, and aversion to them that work iniquity?Non è ella stabilita pe' malvagi la perdizione, e la diseredazione per quelli, che commettono l'iniquità?Is there not perdition to the wicked man, and alienation to them that worke iniustice?Numquid non perditio est iniquo, / et alienatio operantibus injustitiam ? 4Doth not he consider my ways, and number all my steps?Non istà egli attento a tutti i miei andamenti, e non conta egli tutti i miei passi?Doth not he consider my waies, and number al my steppes?Nonne ipse considerat vias meas, / et cunctos gressus meos dinumerat ? 5If I have walked in vanity, and my foot hath made haste to deceit:Se io amai la menzogna, e se i miei piedi corsero a tessere degli inganni.If I haue walked in vanitie, and my foote hath hastened in guile:Si ambulavi in vanitate, / et festinavit in dolo pes meus, 6Let him weigh me in a just balance, and let God know my simplicity.Mi pesi Dio sulla sua giusta bilancia, e conosca la mia schiettezza.Let him wey me in a iust balance, and let God know my simplicitie.appendat me in statera justa, / et sciat Deus simplicitatem meam. 7If my step hath turned out of the way, and if my heart hath followed my eyes, and if a spot hath cleaved to my hands:Se torsero dalla retta via i miei passi, e se dietro a' miei occhi se n'andò il mio cuore, e macchia si attaccò alle mie mani,If my steppe haue declined out of the way, and if mine eie hath folowed my hart, and if sporte hath cleaued to my handes:Si declinavit gressus meus de via, / et si secutum est oculos meos cor meum, / et si manibus meis adhæsit macula, 8Then let me sow and let another reap: and let my offspring be rooted out.Semini io, e un altro si mangi il frutto, e sia sradicata la mia progenie.Let me sawe, and let an other eate it: and let my progenie be plucked vp by the rootes.seram, et alius comedat, / et progenies mea eradicetur. 9If my heart hath been deceived upon a woman, and if I have laid wait at my friend’s door:Se fu sedotto il mio cuore per amore di donna, e se insidiai alla porta del mio amico,If my hart hath bene deceiued vpon a woman, and if I haue lyene in waite at my freinds doore:Si deceptum est cor meum super muliere, / et si ad ostium amici mei insidiatus sum,

10Let my wife be the harlot of another, and let other men lie with her.Sia svituperata da un altro la mia consorte, e serva alla libidine altrui.Let my wife be the harlot of an other man, and let other men lye with her.scortum alterius sit uxor mea, / et super illam incurventur alii. 11For this is a heinous crime, and a most grievous iniquity.Perocché questa è scelleraggine orrenda, e grandissima iniquità.For this is a hainous thing, and most great iniquitie.Hoc enim nefas est, / et iniquitas maxima. 12It is a fire that devoureth even to destruction, and rooteth up all things that spring.Ella è fuoco che brugerà sino all'esterminio, e che tutti estirpa i rampolli.It is a fire deuoring euen to perdition, and rooting vp al thinges that spring.Ignis est usque ad perditionem devorans, / et omnia eradicans genimina. 13If I have despised to abide judgment with my manservant, or my maidservant, when they had any controversy against me:Se io sdegnai di venire a discussione col mio servo, e colla mia serva, quando si querelavan di me;If I hane contemned to abide iudgement with my man seruant, and my mayd seruant, when they had anie controuersie against me.Si contempsi subire judicium cum servo meo et ancilla mea, / cum disceptarent adversum me: 14For what shall I do when God shall rise to judge? and when he shall examine, what shall I answer him?Perocché come farei io allorché il Signore si alzerà a far giudizio? e quando mi interrogherà, che potrò io rispondergli?For what shal I doe when God shal rise to iudge? and when he shal aske, what shal I answer him?quid enim faciam cum surrexerit ad judicandum Deus ? / et cum quæsierit, quid respondebo illi ? 15Did not he that made me in the womb make him also: and did not one and the same form me in the womb?Non fece egli me chi fece anche lui; e forse quell'uno non ci formò nel sen della madre?Did not he make me in the wombe that made him also: and did not one forme me in the matrice?Numquid non in utero fecit me, qui et illum operatus est, / et formavit me in vulva unus ? 16If I have denied to the poor what they desired, and have made the eyes of the widow wait:Se negai a' poveri quello che domandavano, e se delusi l'espettazione della vedova.If I haue denied to the poore, that which they would, and haue made the eyes of the widow to expect:Si negavi quod volebant pauperibus, / et oculos viduæ expectare feci; 17If I have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof:Se il mio pane mangiai da me solo, e non ne feci parte al pupillo:If I haue eaten my morsel alone, and the pulpil hath not eaten therof with me. (si comedi buccellam meam solus, / et non comedit pupillus ex ea

18(For from my infancy mercy grew up with me: and it came out with me from my mother’s womb:)Perocché dall'infanzia meco crebbe la misericordia, e meco uscì dal sen, di mia madre.Because from mine infancie mercy hath growen with me: and from my mothers wombe it came forth with me.)(quia ab infantia mea crevit mecum miseratio, / et de utero matris meæ egressa est mecum); 19If I have despised him that was perishing for want of clothing, and the poor man that had no covering:Se disprezzai colui, che periva, perché non avea da coprirsi, e il povero, ch'era ignudo.If I haue dispised him that perisheth, for that he had not clothing, and the poore man without wherwithal to couer him:si despexi pereuntem, eo quod non habuerit indumentum, / et absque operimento pauperem; 20If his sides have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep:Se non mi han date benedizioni i suoi fianchi, e se egli non fu riscaldato dalla lana delle mie pecore:If his sides haue not blessed me, & he was not warmed with the flises of my sheepe:si non benedixerunt mihi latera ejus, / et de velleribus ovium mearum calefactus est; 21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, even when I saw myself superior in the gate:Se la mano alzai contro il pupillo, anche quando mi vedea superiore alla porta;If I haue lifted vp my hand ouer the pupil, yea when I saw my self in the gate the superior:si levavi super pupillum manum meam, / etiam cum viderem me in porta superiorem: 22Let my shoulder fall from its joint, and let my arm with its bones be broken.Si stacchi il mio omero dalla sua giuntura, e il mio braccio si spezzi colle sue ossa.Let my shoulder fal from his iuncture, and let my arme with his bones be broken.humerus meus a junctura sua cadat, / et brachium meum cum suis ossibus confringatur. 23For I have always feared God as waves swelling over me, and his weight I was unable to bear.Perocché temei sempre Dio, come una piena di acque sospesa sopra di me, e la maestà di lui non poteva io sostenere.For I haue alwaies feared God as waues swelling vpon me, and his weight I could not beare.Semper enim quasi tumentes super me fluctus timui Deum, / et pondus ejus ferre non potui. 24If I have thought gold my strength, and have said to fine gold: My confidence:Se il poter mio credetti che consistesse nell'oro, e se all'oro fino io dissi: Confido in te.If I haue thought gold my strength, and haue said to fine gold: My confidence.Si putavi aurum robur meum, / et obrizo dixi: Fiducia mea; 25If I have rejoiced over my great riches, and because my hand had gotten much.Se mia consolazione riposi nelle mie molte ricchezze, e ne' molti acquisti fatti colle mie mani.If I haue reioysed vpon my great riches, and because my hand found manie thinges.si lætatus sum super multis divitiis meis, / et quia plurima reperit manus mea;

26If I beheld the sun when it shined and the moon going in brightness:Se al sole alzai gli occhi quando vibrava splendori, e alla luna quand'era più chiara:If I saw the sunne when it shined, and the moone going cleerly:si vidi solem cum fulgeret, / et lunam incedentem clare, 27And my heart in secret hath rejoiced, and I have kissed my hand with, my mouth:E si rallegrò segretamente il cuor mio, e la mia mano portai alla bocca per baciarla:And my hart in secret reioysed, and I kissed my hand with my mouth.et lætatum est in abscondito cor meum, / et osculatus sum manum meam ore meo: 28Which is a very great iniquity, and a denial against the most high God.Lo che è delitto grandissimo, ed è un rinnegare l'altissimo Iddio.Which is most great iniquitie, and a denial against God the most high?quæ est iniquitas maxima, / et negatio contra Deum altissimum. 29If I have been glad at the downfall of him that hated me, and have rejoiced that evil had found him.Se mi rallegrai della rovina di chi mi odiava, e festeggiai pel male, in cui era caduto.If I haue beene glad of his fal, that hated me, & haue reioysed that euil had found him.Si gavisus sum ad ruinam ejus qui me oderat, / et exsultavi quod invenisset eum malum: 30For I have not given my mouth to sin, by wishing a curse to his soul.Perocché non permisi che la mia lingua peccasse col mandare imprecazioni contro la vita di lui.For I haue not geuen my throte to sinne, that cursing I wished his soule.non enim dedi ad peccandum guttur meum, / ut expeterem maledicens animam ejus. 31If the men of my tabernacle have not said: Who will give us of his flesh that we may be filled?Se la gente della mia casa non dicevano: Chi ci darà, a mangiare dello sue carni?If the men of my tabernacle haue not sayd: Who wil giue of his flesh that we may be filled?Si non dixerunt viri tabernaculi mei: / Quis det de carnibus ejus, ut saturemur ? 32The stranger did not stay without, my door was open to the traveller.Non istette il pellegrino allo scoperto; la mia porta fu aperta al passaggero.The stranger taried not without, my doore was open to the wayfaring manforis non mansit peregrinus: / ostium meum viatori patuit. 33If as a man I have hid my sin, and have concealed my iniquity in my bosom.Se, qual suole l'uomo; io ascosi il mio peccato, e celai nel mio seno l'iniquità:If as man I haue hid my sinne, and haue concealed my iniquitie in my bosome.Si abscondi quasi homo peccatum meum, / et celavi in sinu meo iniquitatem meam; 34If I have been afraid at a very great multitude, and the contempt of kinsmen hath terrified me: and have not rather held my peace, and not gone out of the door.Se la gran turba m'intimidì, e se mi spaventò il disprezzo dei parenti, e se non piuttosto mi tacqui, e non uscii di mia casa.If I haue bene afrayd at a verie great multitude, & the contempt of kinsmen hath terrified me: and I haue not rather held my peace, & not gone out of the doore.si expavi ad multitudinem nimiam, / et despectio propinquorum terruit me: / et non magis tacui, nec egressus sum ostium.

35Who would grant me a hearing, that the Almighty may hear my desire: and that he himself that judgeth would write a book,Chi mi darà uno che mi ascolti, e che i miei desiderj esaudisca l'Onnipotente, e colui che giudica scriva egli il libello;Who wil grant me an hearer, that the Omnipotent would heare my desire: and that himself that iudgeth would write a booke.Quis mihi tribuat auditorem, / ut desiderium meum audiat Omnipotens, / et librum scribat ipse qui judicat, 36That I may carry it on my shoulder, and put it about me as a crown?Affinchè sull'omero mio io lo porti, e me l'avvolga alla testa qual diadema?That I may carie it on my shoulder, and put it about me as a crowne?ut in humero meo portem illum, / et circumdem illum quasi coronam mihi ? 37At every step of mine I would pronounce it, and offer it as to a prince.Lo reciterei a parte a parte, e lo presenterei a lui, come a mio principe.At euerie steppe of mine I wil pronounce it, and as to the prince I wil offer it.Per singulos gradus meos pronuntiabo illum, / et quasi principi offeram eum. 38If my land cry against me, and with it the furrows thereof mourn:Se la mia terra grida contro di me, e se con lei piangono i solchi:If my Land cry against me, and with it the furrowes therof lament:Si adversum me terra mea clamat, / et cum ipsa sulci ejus deflent: 39If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, and have afflicted the soul of the tillers thereof:Se senza pagarne il prezzo ho io mangiati i suoi frutti, e afflissi l'anima di quelli, che la coltivano:If I haue eaten the fruites therof without money, and haue afflicted the soule of the tillers therof.si fructus ejus comedi absque pecunia, / et animam agricolarum ejus afflixi: 40Let thistles grow up to me instead of wheat, and thorns instead of barley.Nascano per me triboli in vece di grano, e spine in cambio di orzo.For wheate let the bryar grow to me, and for batlie the thorne. The wordes of Iob are ended.pro frumento oriatur mihi tribulus, / et pro hordeo spina. Finita sunt verba Job.