20 — Giobbe

1Then Sophar the Naamathite answered, and said:Sophar di Naamath rispose, e disse:BVT Sophar the Naamathite answering, sayd:Respondens autem Sophar Naamathites, dixit: 2Therefore various thoughts succeed one another in me, and my mind is hurried away to different things.Per questo varj pensieri mi nascono l'un dopo l'altro, e la mia mente è portata or in questa, or in quella parte.Therfore my diuerse cogitations succede one an other, and my minde is rapt into sundrie things.Idcirco cogitationes meæ variæ succedunt sibi, / et mens in diversa rapitur. 3The doctrine with which thou reprovest me, I will hear, and the spirit of my understanding shall answer for me.Ascolterò gli insegnamenti, co' quali tu mi correggi, e lo spirito di intelligenza, che ho, risponderà per me.The doctrine, wherwith thou reprouest me, I wil heare, and the spirit of my vnderstanding shal answer me.Doctrinam qua me arguis audiam, / et spiritus intelligentiæ meæ respondebit mihi. 4This I know from the beginning, since man was placed upon the earth,Questo io so, che fin da principio dacché l'uomo fu posto sopra la terra,This I know from the beginning, since man was placed vpon the earth,Hoc scio a principio, / ex quo positus est homo super terram, 5That the praise of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment.Breve fu la gloria degli empj, e il gaudio dell'ipocrita fu come di un istante.That the praise of the impions is short, and the ioy of the hypocrite as it were for a moment:quod laus impiorum brevis sit, / et gaudium hypocritæ ad instar puncti. 6If his pride mount up even to heaven, and his head touch the clouds:Se fino al ciclo si alzerà la sua superbia, e la testa di lui toccherà le nubi,If his pride rise vp euen to the heauen, and his head touch the cloudes:Si ascenderit usque ad cælum superbia ejus, / et caput ejus nubes tetigerit, 7In the end he shall be destroyed like a dunghill, and they that had seen him, shall say: Where is he?Sarà egli alla fine gettato via come sterco, e quelli che l'aveano veduto diranno: Colui dov'è?As a dunghil in the end he shal be destroyed, and they that had sene him, shal say: Where is he?quasi sterquilinium in fine perdetur, / et qui eum viderant, dicent: Ubi est ? 8As a dream that fleeth away he shall not be found, he shall pass as a vision of the night:Qual sogno che se ne vola noi troveranno; sparirà come notturno fantasma.As a dreame thar fleeth away he shal not qe found, he shal passe as a vision by night:Velut somnium avolans non invenietur: / transiet sicut visio nocturna.

9The eyes that had seen him, shall see him no more, neither shall his place any more behold him.Gli occhi che l'aveano veduto più noi vedranno, né più lo vedrà in luogo che fu sua stanza.The eie that had sene him, shal not see him, neither shal his place behold him anie more.Oculus qui eum viderat non videbit, / neque ultra intuebitur eum locus suus. 10His children shall be oppressed with want, and his hands shall render to him his sorrow.I suoi figliuoli saran consunti dalla miseria, e le sue mani renderanno a lui il dolor meritato.His children shal come to naught with pouertie, and his handes shal render him his sorow.Filii ejus atterentur egestate, / et manus illius reddent ei dolorem suum. 11His bones shall be filled with the vices of his youth, and they shall sleep with him in the dust.Le ossa di lui saranno imbevute de' vizj di sua giovinezza, i quali giaceran con lui nella polvere.His bones shal be filled with the vices of his youth, and they shal sleepe with him in the dust.Ossa ejus implebuntur vitiis adolescentiæ ejus, / et cum eo in pulvere dormient. 12For when evil shall be sweet in his mouth, he will hide it under his tongue.Perocché quando il male al palato di lui sarà riuscito dolce, egli la nasconderà sotto della sua lingua,For when euil shal be sweete in his mouth, he wil hide it vnder his tongue.Cum enim dulce fuerit in ore ejus malum, / abscondet illud sub lingua sua. 13He will spare it, and not leave it, and will hide it in his throat.E lo terrà caro, e noi lascerà, e lo riterrà nelle sue fauci.He wil spare it, and not leaue it, and wil hide it in his throte.Parcet illi, et non derelinquet illud, / et celabit in gutture suo. 14His bread in his belly shall be turned into the gall of asps within him,Questo suo pane interiormente nel sen di lui si cangerà in fiele di aspidi.His bread in his belly shal be turned into the gaule of aspes within him.Panis ejus in utero illius / vertetur in fel aspidum intrinsecus. 15The riches which he hath swallowed, he shall vomit up, and God shall draw them out of his belly.Ei vomiterà le ricchezze che divorò, e Dio le estrarrà dal suo ventre.The riches, which he hath deuoured, he shal vomite out, and God shal draw them forth out of his belly.Divitias quas devoravit evomet, / et de ventre illius extrahet eas Deus. 16He shall suck the head of asps, and the viper’s tongue shall kill him.Ei succhierà il capo degli aspidi, e la lingua della vipera l'ucciderà.He shal sucke the head of aspes, and the vipers tongue shal kil him. (Caput aspidum suget, / et occidet eum lingua viperæ.

17Let him not see the streams of the river, the brooks of honey and of butter.Non vegga egli mai le correnti di un fiume, nè i torrenti di miele, e di latte.Let him not see the streames of the riuer, the to•••n•es of home, & of butter.)(Non videat rivulos fluminis, / torrentes mellis et butyri.) 18He shall be punished for all that he did, and yet shall not be consumed: according to the multitude of his devices so also shall he suffer.Pagherà il fio di tutto quello, che ha fatto, né però sarà egli consunto: proporzionate alla moltitudine de' suoi delitti saran le sue pene.He shal be punished for al thinges that he did, & yet not be cōsumed: according to the multitude of his inuentions so also shal he suffer.Luet quæ fecit omnia, nec tamen consumetur: / juxta multitudinem adinventionum suarum, sic et sustinebit. 19Because he broke in and stripped the poor: he hath violently taken away a house which he did not build.Perocché egli oppresse, e spogliò i poveri, saccheggiò la casa ch'ei non aveva edificata.Because breaking in he hath made the poore naked: he hath violently taken house, & built it not.Quoniam confringens nudavit pauperes: / domum rapuit, et non ædificavit eam. 20And yet his belly was not filled: and when he hath the things he coveted, he shall not be able to possess them.E il ventre di lui fu insaziabile, e quando avrà tutta quello, ch'ei bramava non potrà ritenerne il possesso.Neither is his bellie filled: and when he shal haue the thinges he coueted, he can not possesse them.Nec est satiatus venter ejus: / et cum habuerit quæ concupierat, possidere non poterit. 21There was nothing left of his meat, and therefore nothing shall continue of his goods:Nulla è rimaso a lui da mangiare, e nulla resterà de' suoi beni.There remayned not of his meate, & therfore nothing shal continewe of his goodes:Non remansit de cibo ejus, / et propterea nihil permanebit de bonis ejus. 22When he shall be filled, he shall be straitened, he shall burn, and every sorrow shall fall upon him.Quand'egli sarà, satollo si troverà in istrettezze; proverà grandi ardori, e ogni sorta di dolore sopra di lui piomberà.When he shal be filled, he shal be straytened, he shal burne, and al sorow shal fal vpon him.Cum satiatus fuerit, arctabitur: / æstuabit, et omnis dolor irruet super eum. 23May his belly be filled, that God may send forth the wrath of his indignation upon him, and rain down his war upon him.Finisca di empiersi il ventre di lui, affinchè Dio scagli contro di lui l'ira sua furibonda, e piova sopra di lui le sue vendette.Would God his belly were filled, that he may send forth the wrath of his furie vpon him, and rayne his battel vpon him,Utinam impleatur venter ejus, / ut emittat in eum iram furoris sui, / et pluat super illum bellum suum.

24He shall flee from weapons of iron, and shall fall upon a bow of brass.Fuggirà la spada di ferro, e intopperà nell'arco di bronzo.He shal flee wepons of yron, and shal fal vpon a bowe of brasse.Fugiet arma ferrea, / et irruet in arcum æreum. 25The sword is drawn out, and cometh forth from its scabbard, and glittereth in his bitterness: the terrible ones shall go and come upon him.La spada sguainata, e cavata dal fodero è vibrata a recar amarezza; le aure anderanno, e verranno sopra di lui.The sword plucked out, and coming forth of his scabbard, and glistering in his bitternesse: the horrible shal goe and come vpon him.Eductus, et egrediens de vagina sua, / et fulgurans in amaritudine sua: / vadent et venient super eum horribiles. 26All darkness is hid in his secret places: a fire that is not kindled shall devour him, he shall be afflicted when left in his tabernacle.Tutto è tenebroso colà dov' ei si nasconde, lo divorerà un fuoco che non alluma: s'ei resterà ancora nella sua tenda, sarà in miseria.Al darkenesse is hid in his secretes: fyre that is not kindled shal deuoure him, he shal be afflicted leaft in his tabernacle.Omnes tenebræ absconditæ sunt in occultis ejus; / devorabit eum ignis qui non succenditur: / affligetur relictus in tabernaculo suo. 27The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.I cieli riveleranno la sua iniquità, e la terra porterà testimonianza contro di lui.The heauens shal reuele his iniquitie, and the earth shal rise against him.Revelabunt cæli iniquitatem ejus, / et terra consurget adversus eum. 28The offspring of his house shall be exposed, he shall be pulled down in the day of God’s wrath.Saranno spersi i rampolli di sua famiglia, saranno gettati a terra nel giorno dell'ira di Dio.The blossome of his house shal be opened, •e shal be plucked downe in the day of Gods furie.Apertum erit germen domus illius: / detrahetur in die furoris Dei. 29This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the inheritance of his doings from the Lord.Tale è la sorte serbata all'empio da Dio, e tale è la mercede che renderà il Signore all'opere di lui.This the portion of an impions man from God, & the inheritance of his wordes from our Lord.Hæc est pars hominis impii a Deo, / et hæreditas verborum ejus a Domino.