10 — Giobbe

1My soul is weary of my life, I will let go my speech against myself, I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.Noioso è divenuto all'anima mia il vivere: lascerò libero il corso alle mie parole contro di me: parlerò nell'amarezza dell'anima mia.MY soule is wearie of my life, I wil let my speach passe agaynst my self. I wil speake in the bitternes of my soule.Tædet animam meam vitæ meæ; / dimittam adversum me eloquium meum: / loquar in amaritudine animæ meæ. 2I will say to God: Do not condemn me: tell me why thou judgest me so?Dirò a Dio: Non voler tu condannarmi: fammi sapere il perché in tal guisa mi giudichi.I wil say to God: Condemne me not: tel me why thou iudgest me so.Dicam Deo: Noli me condemnare; / indica mihi cur me ita judices. 3Doth it seem good to thee that thou shouldst calumniate me, and oppress me, the work of thy own hands, and help the counsel of the wicked?Parrà egli forse a te ben fatto il calunniarmi, e l'opprimer me opera delle tue mani, e favorire i consigli degli empj?Doth it seeme good to thee, if thou calumniate me, and oppresse me the worke of thy handes, and helpe the counsel of the impious?Numquid bonum tibi videtur, si calumnieris me, / et opprimas me opus manuum tuarum, / et consilium impiorum adjuves ? 4Hast thou eyes of flesh: or, shalt thou see as man seeth?Son eglino forse gli occhi tuoi occhi di carne? E la tua vista sarà ella simile a quella dell'uomo?Hast thou eies of flesh: or as a man seeth, shalt thou also see?Numquid oculi carnei tibi sunt ? / aut sicut videt homo, et tu videbis ? 5Are thy days as the days of man, and are thy years as the times of men:Son eglino forse i giorni tuoi come i giorni dell'uomo, e gli anni tuoi simili agli anni dell'uomo?Are thy daies as the daies of man, and are thy yeares as the times of men:Numquid sicut dies hominis dies tui, / et anni tui sicut humana sunt tempora, 6That thou shouldst inquire after my iniquity, and search after my sin?Onde tu abbi da ire indagando le mie iniquità, e investigando i miei peccati,That thou sekest my iniquitie, and searchest my sinne?ut quæras iniquitatem meam, / et peccatum meum scruteris, 7And shouldst know that I have done no wicked thing, whereas there is no man that can deliver out of thy hand?Per sapere che nulla ho fatto di empio, e non v'ha chi possa sottrarmi alla tua mano.And thou mayst knowe that I haue done no impious thing, whereas there is no man that can deliuer out of thy hand.et scias quia nihil impium fecerim, / cum sit nemo qui de manu tua possit eruere ? 8Thy hands have made me, and fashioned me wholly round about, and dost thou thus cast me down headlong on a sudden?Le mani tue mi lavorarono, e tutto parte a parte mi impastarono, e sì di repente mi atterri?Thy handes haue made me, and framed me wholly round about, and dost thou so sodenlie cast me downe headlong?Manus tuæ fecerunt me, / et plasmaverunt me totum in circuitu: / et sic repente præcipitas me ?

9Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay, and thou wilt bring me into dust.Di grazia ricorditi, che qual vaso di fango tu mi facesti, e nella polvere mi tornerai.Remember I besech thee that as clay thou madest me, and into dust thou wilt bring me agayne.Memento, quæso, quod sicut lutum feceris me, / et in pulverem reduces me. 10Hast thou not milked me as milk, and curdled me like cheese?Non fosti tu forse, che mi spremesti qual latte, e mi rappigliasti come latte acquagliato?Hast thou not as milke milked me, and curded me as cheese?Nonne sicut lac mulsisti me, / et sicut caseum me coagulasti ? 11Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh: thou hast put me together with bones and sinews:Di pelle, e di carne tu mi vestisti, mi tessesti di ossa, e di nervi:With skinne and flesh thou hast clothed me: with bones & sinowesPelle et carnibus vestisti me; / ossibus et nervis compegisti me. 12Thou hast granted me life and mercy, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.Mi donasti vita, e misericordia, il tuo favore custodì il mio spirito.thou hast compacted me. Life and mercie thou hast geuen to me, and thy visitation hath kept my spirit.Vitam et misericordiam tribuisti mihi, / et visitatio tua custodivit spiritum meum. 13Although thou conceal these things in thy heart, yet I know that thou rememberest all things.Abbenchè tu queste cose nasconda in cuor tuo, io però so che di tutte hai memoria.Although thou conceale these thinges in thy hart, yet I know that thou remembrest al thinges.Licet hæc celes in corde tuo, / tamen scio quia universorum memineris. 14If I have sinned, and thou hast spared me for an hour: why dost thou not suffer me to be clean from my iniquity?Se io peccai, e per un tempo mi perdonasti: perché non permetti, che io sia mondo dalla mia iniquità?If I haue sinned and thou hast spared me for an houre: why doest thou not suffer me to be cleane from mine iniquttie?Si peccavi, et ad horam pepercisti mihi, / cur ab iniquitate mea mundum me esse non pateris ? 15And if I be wicked, woe unto me: and if just, I shall not lift up my head, being filled with affliction and misery.E guai a me se io fossi empio; e se giusto fossi, non alzerei la testa satollo di afflizione, e di miseria.And if I shal be impious, woe is to me: and if iust, I shal not lift vp my head, filled with affliction and miserie.Et si impius fuero, væ mihi est; / et si justus, non levabo caput, / saturatus afflictione et miseria. 16And for pride thou wilt take me as a lioness, and returning, thou tormentest me wonderfully.E per la superbia mi prenderai qual lionessa, e in maniera portentosa tornerai a tormentarmi.And for pride as a lionesse thou wilt take me, and returning thou doest meruelously torment me.Et propter superbiam quasi leænam capies me, / reversusque mirabiliter me crucias.

17Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and multipliest thy wrath upon me, and pains war against me.Tu novi testimoni produci contro di me, e contro di me raddoppi il tuo sdegno, e un esercito di travaglj fa a me guerra.Thou renewest thy witnesses agaynst me, and multipliest thy wrath toward me, and paynes doe warre vpon me.Instauras testes tuos contra me, / et multiplicas iram tuam adversum me, / et pœnæ militant in me. 18Why didst thou bring me forth out of the womb? O that I had been consumed, that eye might not see me!Perché fuor mi traesti dal sen materno? Foss'io stato consunto, senza che occhio umano m'avesse veduto.Why didst thou bring me forth out of the matrice? Who would God, I had beene consumed that eye might not see me.Quare de vulva eduxisti me ? / qui utinam consumptus essem, ne oculus me videret. 19I should have been as if I had not been, carried from the womb to the grave.Foss'io stato (come se non avessi avuta esistenza) trasportato dal sen materno al sepolcro.I had beene as if I were not, caried from the wombe to the graue.Fuissem quasi non essem, / de utero translatus ad tumulum. 20Shall not the fewness of my days be ended shortly? Suffer me, therefore, that I may lament my sorrow a little:Non finirà egli ben presto il numero de' miei giorni? lascia adunque ch'io pianga alcun poco il mio dolore:Shal not the fewnes of my daies be ended shortly? suffer me therfore, that I may a litle lament my sorow:Numquid non paucitas dierum meorum finietur brevi ? / dimitte ergo me, ut plangam paululum dolorem meum, 21Before I go and return no more, to a land that is dark and covered with the mist of death:Prima ch'io men vada colà donde non tornerò, a quella tenebrosa terra ingombrata da caligine di morte:Before I goe, and returne not, vnto the darke land, that is couered with the mist of death:antequam vadam, et non revertar, / ad terram tenebrosam, et opertam mortis caligine: 22A land of misery and darkness, where the shadow of death, and no order, but everlasting horror dwelleth.Terra di miseria, e di scurità, dove l'ombra di morte, e non verun ordine, ma sempiterno orrore ha sua stanza.A land of miserie and darkenesse, where is the shadow of death, and no order, but euerlasting horrour inhabiteth.terram miseriæ et tenebrarum, / ubi umbra mortis et nullus ordo, / sed sempiternus horror inhabitat.