29 — Giobbe

1Job also added, taking up his parable, and said:Soggiunse indi Giobbe, ripigliando la sua parabola, e disse:IOB also added, taking his parable, and sayd:Addidit quoque Job, assumens parabolam suam, et dixit: 2Who will grant me, that I might be according to the months past, according to the days in which God kept me?Chi mi darà, ch'io ritorni qual era nei mesi trascorsi, come ne' giorni, in cui Dio avea la custodia di me?Who wil grant me, that I may be according to the former monethes, according to the daies in which God kept me?Quis mihi tribuat ut sim juxta menses pristinos, / secundum dies quibus Deus custodiebat me ? 3When his lamp shined over my head, and I walked by his light in darkness?Allorché il suo lume risplendeva sulla mia testa, e tralle tenebre io camminava guidato dalla sua luce.When his lampe shined ouer my head, & I walked by his light in darknes?Quando splendebat lucerna ejus super caput meum, / et ad lumen ejus ambulabam in tenebris: 4As I was in the days of my youth, when God was secretly in my tabernacle?Qual era ne' giorni di mia giovinezza allorché Dio segretamente si stava nella mia tenda.As I was in the daies of my youth, when God was secretly in my tabernacle?sicut fui in diebus adolescentiæ meæ, / quando secreto Deus erat in tabernaculo meo: 5When the Almighty was with me: and my servants round about me?Quando meco si stava l'Onnipotente, e attorno a me tutti i miei figliWhen the Omnipotent was with me: and my seruantes round about me?quando erat Omnipotens mecum, / et in circuitu meo pueri mei: 6When I washed my feet with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil?Quand'io col burro ungeva i miei piedi, e da' massi sgorgavano rividi olio per me.When I washed my feete with butter, and the rocke powred me riuets of oile?quando lavabam pedes meos butyro, / et petra fundebat mihi rivos olei: 7When I went out to the gate of the city, and in the street they prepared me a chair?Quand'io me n'andava alla porta della città, e nella piazza mi preparavano la residenza.When I went forth to the gatte of the citie, and in the streate they prepared me a chaire?quando procedebam ad portam civitatis, / et in platea parabant cathedram mihi. 8The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the old men rose up and stood.In reggendomi i giovani si ritiravano, e i vecchi si alzavano, e stavano in piedi.Yong men sawe me, and hid them selues: and old men rising vp stoode.Videbant me juvenes, et abscondebantur: / et senes assurgentes stabant. 9The princes ceased to speak, and laid the finger on their mouth.I principi più non fiatavano, e mettevano il dito sulle lor labbra.The princes ceased to speake, and did put the finger vpon their mouth.Principes cessabant loqui, / et digitum superponebant ori suo.

10The rulers held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to their throat.I grandi rattenevan la loro voce, e la loro lingua era attaccata al palato.Dukes held in their voice, and their tongue cleaued to their throte.Vocem suam cohibebant duces, / et lingua eorum gutturi suo adhærebat. 11The ear that heard me blessed me, and the eye that saw me gave witness to me:Beato, diceami, chi ascoltava le mie parole, e chi mi vedea, dicea bene di me;The eare hearing counted me blessed, and the eie seing gaue testimonie to me:Auris audiens beatificabat me, / et oculus videns testimonium reddebat mihi: 12Because I had delivered the poor man that cried out; and the fatherless, that had no helper.Perch'io liberava il povero che strideva, e il pupillo privo di difensore.For that I had deliuered the poore man crying out, and the pupil, that had no helper.eo quod liberassem pauperem vociferantem, / et pupillum cui non esset adjutor. 13The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me, and I comforted the heart of the widow.Benedizioni mandava a me colui, che stava in pericolo di perire, e al cuor della vedova io porgeva conforto.The blessing of him that was readie to perish came vpon me, and I conforted the hart of the widow.Benedictio perituri super me veniebat, / et cor viduæ consolatus sum. 14I was clad with justice: and I clothed myself with my judgment, as with a robe and a diadem.Mi rivestii di giustizia, e della mia equità mi adornai come di manto, e di diadema.I was clothed with iustice: and I reuested me with my iudgement, as with a garment and crowne.Justitia indutus sum, / et vestivi me, sicut vestimento et diademate, judicio meo. 15I was an eye to the blind, and a foot to the lame.Io fui occhio al cieco, e piede allo zoppo.I was an eie to the blind, and a foote to the lame.Oculus fui cæco, et pes claudo. 16I was the father of the poor: and the cause which I knew not, I searched out most diligently.Io era il padre de' poveri, e delle cause a me ignote faceva diligentissima inquisizione.I was the father of the poore: and the cause which I knew not, I searched most diligently.Pater eram pauperum, / et causam quam nesciebam diligentissime investigabam. 17I broke the jaws of the wicked man, and out of his teeth I took away the prey.Io spezzava le mascelle a' malvagj, e strappava lor di tra i denti la preda.I brake the iawes of the wicked man, and out of his teeth I tooke away the praye.Conterebam molas iniqui, / et de dentibus illius auferebam prædam.

18And I said: I shall die in my nest, and as a palm tree shall multiply my days.E diceva: Io morrò nel mio nido, e come la palma moltiplicherò i miei giorni.And I said: I wil die in my litle nest, & as a palmetree wil multiplie daies.Dicebamque: In nidulo meo moriar, / et sicut palma multiplicabo dies. 19My root is opened beside the waters, and dew shall continue in my harvest.La mia radice diffondesi lungo le acque, e la rugiada si poserà su' miei rami.My roote is opened beside the waters, and dewe shal continue in my haruest.Radix mea aperta est secus aquas, / et ros morabitur in messione mea. 20My glory shall always be renewed, and my bow in my hand shall be repaired.Sempre nuova sarà la mia gloria, e il mio arco sarà sempre più forte nella mia mano.My glorie shal alwaies be renewed, and my bow in my hand shal be repayred.Gloria mea semper innovabitur, / et arcus meus in manu mea instaurabitur. 21They that heard me, waited for my sentence, and being attentive held their peace at my counsel.Quelli che mi ascoltavano aspettavano il mio parere, e in silenzio stavano attenti al mio consiglio.They that heard me, expected sentence, and attent held their peace at my counsel.Qui me audiebant, expectabant sententiam, / et intenti tacebant ad consilium meum. 22To my words they durst add nothing, and my speech dropped upon them.Non ardivano di aggiunger cosa alle mie parole, e i miei discorsi cadevano a stille sopra di loro.To my wordes they durst adde nothing, and my speach distilled vpon them.Verbis meis addere nihil audebant, / et super illos stillabat eloquium meum. 23They waited for me as for rain, and they opened their mouth as for a latter shower.Ma essi aspettavano come la pioggia, e aprivano la loro bocca, come alla piova della tarda stagione.They expected me as rayne, and they opened their mouth as it were to a lateward shower.Expectabant me sicut pluviam, / et os suum aperiebant quasi ad imbrem serotinum. 24If at any time I laughed on them, they believed not, and the light of my countenance fell not on earth.Se qualche volta io scherzava con essi, non sei credevano, e la ilarità del mio volto non era senza il suo frutto.If at anie time I laughed on them, they beleued not, and the light of my countenance fel not on the earth.Siquando ridebam ad eos, non credebant: / et lux vultus mei non cadebat in terram. 25If I had a mind to go to them, I sat first, and when I sat as a king, with his army standing about him, yet I was a comforter of them that mourned.Se io voleva andare tra loro, stava assiso nel primo posto, e sedendo qual re circondato di armati, era con tutto ciò il consolator degli afflitti.If I would haue gone to them, I sate first, and when I sate as a king, with his armie standing about him, yet was I a conforter of them that mourned.Si voluissem ire ad eos, sedebam primus: / cumque sederem quasi rex, circumstante exercitu, / eram tamen mœrentium consolator.