4 — Job

1Then Eliphaz, the Themanite, answered, and said:Ma Eliphaz di Theman rispose, e disse:BVT Eliphaz the Themanite answering, sayd:Respondens autem Eliphaz Themanites, dixit: 2If we begin to speak to thee, perhaps thou wilt take it ill; but who can withhold the words he hath conceived?Se noi imprenderemo a parlarti, forse lo prenderai in mala parte; ma chi può rattener la parola, che gli viene alla bocca?If we shal begin to speake to thee, perhaps thou wilt take it greuously, but the word conceiued who can hold?Si cœperimus loqui tibi, forsitan moleste accipies; / sed conceptum sermonem tenere quis poterit ? 3Behold thou hast taught many, and thou hast strengthened the weary hands:Tu fosti già il maestro di molti, e alle braccia stanche rendesti vigore:Behold thou hast taught manie, & wearie handes thou hast strengthned:Ecce docuisti multos, / et manus lassas roborasti; 4Thy words have confirmed them that were staggering, and thou hast strengthened the trembling knees:Le tue parole furon sostegno ai vacillanti, ed alle tremanti ginocchia desti conforto:Them that wauered thy wordes haue confirmed, and trembling knees thou hast strengthened:vacillantes confirmaverunt sermones tui, / et genua trementia confortasti. 5But now the scourge is come upon thee, and thou faintest: It hath touched thee, and thou art troubled.Ma ora, che il flagello è venuto sopra di te, tu se' abbattuto; ti ha toccato, e ti sbigottisci.But now a plague is come vpon thee, and thou hast faynred: hath touched thee, and art trubled.Nunc autem venit super te plaga, et defecisti; / tetigit te, et conturbatus es. 6Where is thy fear, thy fortitude, thy patience, and the perfection of thy ways?Dov' è la tua pietà, la tua fortezza, la tua pazienza, e la perfezione del tuo operare?Where is thy feare, thy strength, thy patience, and the perfection of thy wayes?Ubi est timor tuus, fortitudo tua, / patientia tua, et perfectio viarum tuarum ? 7Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished being innocent? or when were the just destroyed?Rammentati di grazia, qual mai innocente perì? e quando mai furono schiantati i giusti?Remember I besech thee, who euer being innocent hath perished? or when haue the iust bene destroyed?Recordare, obsecro te, quis umquam innocens periit ? / aut quando recti deleti sunt ? 8On the contrary, I have seen those who work iniquity, and sow sorrows, and reap them,Io vidi anzi coloro, che coltivaron l'iniquità, e seminavano all'anni, e affanni mietevano,Yea rather I haue sene them, that worke iniquitie, and sow sorrowes, & reape them,Quin potius vidi eos qui operantur iniquitatem, / et seminant dolores, et metunt eos, 9Perishing by the blast of God, and consumed by the spirit of his wrath.Perire a un soffio di Dio, ed essere consunti da un alito dell'ira di lui:to haue perished by the blast of God, and with the spirit of his wrath to haue bene consumed.flante Deo perisse, / et spiritu iræ ejus esse consumptos.

10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the teeth of the whelps of lions, are broken:Perì il lion che ruggiva, e la lionessa che urlava, e i denti de' lioncelli furono spezzati.The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the lionesse, & the teeth of the whelpes of lions are bruised:Rugitus leonis, et vox leænæ, / et dentes catulorum leonum contriti sunt. 11The tiger hath perished for want of prey, and the young lions are scattered abroad.La tigre rimase estinta per mancanza di preda, e i lioncini furono spersi.The tigre hath perished, because he had no praye, and the lions whelpes are destroyed:Tigris periit, eo quod non haberet prædam, / et catuli leonis dissipati sunt. 12Now there was a word spoken to me in private, and my ears by stealth, as it were, received the veins of its whisper.Or un'arcana parola fa detta a me, e quasi di fuga il mio orecchio ne intese il debil suono.Moreouer to me there was spoken a secret word, and as it were by stealth hath mine eare receiued the vaines of the whispering therof.Porro ad me dictum est verbum absconditum, / et quasi furtive suscepit auris mea venas susurri ejus. 13In the horror of a vision by night, when deep sleep is wont to hold men,Nell'orrore di una visione notturna, quando il sonno suole impossessarsi degli uomini,In the horrour of a vision by night, when deepe sleepe is wont to hold men,In horrore visionis nocturnæ, / quando solet sopor occupare homines, 14Fear seized upon me, and trembling, and all my bones were affrighted:Fui preso da timore, e da tremito, e tutte le mie ossa furon commosse:feare held me, and trembling, and al my bones were made sore afrayd:pavor tenuit me, et tremor, / et omnia ossa mea perterrita sunt; 15And when a spirit passed before me, the hair of my flesh stood up.E passando davanti a me uno spirito, si arricciarono i peli della mia carne.And when the spirit passed in my presence, the heares of my flesh stood vpright.et cum spiritus, me præsente, transiret, / inhorruerunt pili carnis meæ. 16There stood one whose countenance I knew not, an image before my eyes, and I heard the voice, as it were, of a gentle wind.Mi apparve uno, il volto del quale non era a me noto, un simulacro dinanzi agli occhi miei, e udii un suono come di aura leggera.There stood one, whose countenance I knew not, an image before mine eies, and I heard the voyce as it were of a gentle winde.Stetit quidam, cujus non agnoscebam vultum, / imago coram oculis meis, / et vocem quasi auræ lenis audivi. 17Shall man be justified in comparison of God, or shall a man be more pure than his maker?Forse un uomo messo al paragone con Dio sarà dichiarato giusto, o sarà egli più puro del suo faccitore?What, shal man be iustified in comparison of God, or shal a man be more pure then his maker?Numquid homo, Dei comparatione, justificabitur ? / aut factore suo purior erit vir ?

18Behold, they that serve him are not steadfast, and in his angels he found wickedness:Ecco che quelli che a lui servono non hanno stabilità, e negli Angeli suoi trova egli difetto.Behold they that serue him, are not stable, and in his Angels he found wickednes:Ecce qui serviunt ei, non sunt stabiles, / et in angelis suis reperit pravitatem; 19How much more shall they that dwell in houses of clay, who have an earthly foundation, be consumed as with the moth?Quanto più quelli, che abitano case di fango, i quali hanno per fondamento la polvere, saran consunti come da verme?How much more they that inhabite houses of clay, which haue an earthly foundation, shal be consumed as it were of the moth?quanto magis hi qui habitant domos luteas, / qui terrenum habent fundamentum, / consumentur velut a tinea ? 20From morning till evening they shall be cut down: and because no one understandeth, they shall perish for ever.Dal mattino alla sera saranno troncati, e perché nissun ha intelligenza, periranno in eterno.From morning vntil euening they shal be cut downe: and because none vnderstandeth, they shal perish foreuer.De mane usque ad vesperam succidentur; / et quia nullus intelligit, in æternum peribunt. 21And they that shall be left, shall be taken away from them: they shall die, and not in wisdom.E quei, che tra loro primeggiano, saran tolti dal mondo: morranno, e non da sapienti.And they that shal be leaft, shal be taken away from them: they shal die, and not in wisedom.Qui autem reliqui fuerint, auferentur ex eis; / morientur, et non in sapientia.