30 — Giobbe

1But now the younger in time scorn me, whose fathers I would not have set with the dogs of my flock:Ma adesso mi scherniscono i più giovani di me, ai padri de' quali non mi sarei degnato di dar la cura de' cani della mia greggia:BVT now they of yonger time scorne me, whose fathers I vouchsafed not to put with the dogs of my flocke:Nunc autem derident me juniores tempore, / quorum non dignabar patres ponere cum canibus gregis mei: 2The strength of whose hands was to me as nothing, and they were thought unworthy of life itself.De' quali io nulla stimava la forza delle braccia, ed egli eran creduti indegni anche di vivere.The force of whose handes was to me as nothing, and they were thought vnworthie of life it self.quorum virtus manuum mihi erat pro nihilo, / et vita ipsa putabantur indigni: 3Barren with want and hunger, who gnawed in the wilderness, disfigured with calamity and misery.Secchi per la povertà, e per la fame, che cercavan da rodere pel deserto, squalidi nella calamità, e miseria.Barren with pouertie and famine, who gnawed in the wildernes, il fauoured by calamitie and miserie.egestate et fame steriles, qui rodebant in solitudine, / squallentes calamitate et miseria. 4And they ate grass, and barks of trees, and the root of junipers was their food.E l'erba mangiavano, e la corteccia degli alberi, e loro cibo era la radice del ginepro.And they did eate grasse, and the barkes of trees, and the roote of iunipers was their meat.Et mandebant herbas, et arborum cortices, / et radix juniperorum erat cibus eorum: 5Who snatched up these things out of the valleys, and when they had found any of them, they ran to them with a cry.E di simili cose andavano in cerca per le valli, e trovate che ne avessero correvano a prenderle con grande schiamazzo.Who taking these thinges violently out of the valles, when they had found euerie thing, they ranne to them with a crie.qui de convallibus ista rapientes, / cum singula reperissent, ad ea cum clamore currebant. 6They dwelt in the desert places of torrents, and in caves of earth, or upon the gravel.Abitavano nelle buche dei torrenti, e nelle caverne della terra, o sopra de' massi.They dwelt in the deserts of torrentes, and in caues of the earth, or vpon grauel.In desertis habitabant torrentium, / et in cavernis terræ, vel super glaream: 7They pleased themselves among these kind of things, and counted it delightful to be under the briers.E in tale stato erano allegri, e per delizia contavano lo star sotto i pruni.Who reioysed among these kind of thinges, and counted it delicacies to be vnder the briars.qui inter hujuscemodi lætabantur, / et esse sub sentibus delicias computabant:

8The children of foolish and base men, and not appearing at all upon the earth.Figliuoli di gente stolta, e ignobile, i quali nemmen compariscono sopra la terra.The children of foolish and base men, and in the earth not appearing at al.filii stultorum et ignobilium, / et in terra penitus non parentes. 9Now I am turned into their song, and am become their byword.Or io sua divenuto argomento delle loro canzoni, e oggetto de' loro schemi.Now am I turned into their song, and become a prouerb with them.Nunc in eorum canticum versus sum, / et factus sum eis in proverbium. 10They abhor me, and flee far from me, and are not afraid to spit in my face.Mi hanno in abominazione, e fuggon lungi da me, e non han ribrezzo di sputarmi in faccia.They abhorre me, and flee far from me, and are not a frayd to spit in my face.Abominantur me, et longe fugiunt a me, / et faciem meam conspuere non verentur. 11For he hath opened his quiver, and hath afflicted me, and hath put a bridle into my mouth.Perocché egli apri il suo turcasso, e mi trafisse, e il morso pose alla mia bocca.For he hath opened his quiuer, and hath afflicted me, and hath put a bridle into my mouth.Pharetram enim suam aperuit, et afflixit me, / et frenum posuit in os meum. 12At the right hand of my rising, my calamities forthwith arose: they have overthrown my feet, and have overwhelmed me with their paths as with waves.Nel mio fiorire spuntarono subitamente accanto a me le mie sciagure, mi hanno rovesciato per terra, e venendomi sopra come una piena mi hanno oppresso.At the right hand of me rising, my calamities forthwith arose: they haue ouerthrowen my feete, and as with waues haue oppressed with their pathes.Ad dexteram orientis calamitates meæ illico surrexerunt: / pedes meos subverterunt, / et oppresserunt quasi fluctibus semitis suis. 13They have destroyed my ways, they have lain in wait against me, and they have prevailed, and there was none to help.Mi hanno rotte le strade; coloro mi teser de' lacci, e la vinsero, perché non v'ebbe chi m'aiutasse.They haue dissipated my waies, they haue lyen in wayte against me, and they haue preuailed, and there was not that would helpe.Dissipaverunt itinera mea; / insidiati sunt mihi, et prævaluerunt: / et non fuit qui ferret auxilium. 14They have rushed in upon me, as when a wall is broken, and a gate opened, and have rolled themselves down to my miseries.Quasi rotto il muro, e sforzata la porta si scagliaron sopra di me, e incrudelirono sopra la mia miseria.As when a wal is broken, and the gate opened, they haue broken violently vpon me, and are come trambling downe to my miseries.Quasi rupto muro, et aperta janua, irruerunt super me, / et ad meas miserias devoluti sunt.

15I am brought to nothing: as a wind thou hast taken away my desire: and my prosperity hath passed away like a cloud.Fui ridotto nel nulla; tu mi rapisti qual vento, i miei desiderj, ed ogni mio bene se n'andò come nebbia.I brought to nothing as a wind he hath taken away my desire mand my prosperitie hath passed away as a clowde.Redactus sum in nihilum: / abstulisti quasi ventus desiderium meum, / et velut nubes pertransiit salus mea. 16And now my soul fadeth within myself, and the days of affliction possess me.Ed ora dentro di me si strugge l'anima mia, e i giorni di afflizione si sono impossessati di me.And now my soule withereth in my self, and the daies of affliction possesse me.Nunc autem in memetipso marcescit anima mea, / et possident me dies afflictionis. 17In the night my bone is pierced with sorrows: and they that feed upon me, do not sleep.La notte i dolori fiedono le mie ossa, e non assomma quelli che mi divorano.In the night my bone is pearsed with sorrowes: and they that eate me, sleepe not.Nocte os meum perforatur doloribus, / et qui me comedunt, non dormiunt. 18With the multitude of them my garment is consumed, and they have girded me about, as with the collar of my coat.Il grande lor numero consuma il mio vestimento, ed ei mi cingono come tonaca, che serra il collo.In the multitude of them my garment is consumed, and they haue girded me about, as it were with the coler of a wate.In multitudine eorum consumitur vestimentum meum, / et quasi capito tunicæ succinxerunt me. 19I am compared to dirt, and am likened to embers and ashes.Sono considerato come fango, e son fatto simile alla polvere, ed alla cenere.I am compared to durt, and am resembled to imbers and ashes.Comparatus sum luto, / et assimilatus sum favillæ et cineri. 20I cry to thee, and thou hearest me not: I stand up, and thou dost not regard me.Alzo a te le mie grida, e tu non mi ascolti, e non volgi a me uno sguardo.I crie to thee, and thou hearest me not: I stand, and thou doest not respect me.Clamo ad te, et non exaudis me: / sto, et non respicis me. 21Thou art changed to be cruel toward me, and in the hardness of thy hand thou art against me.Ti se' cambiato in crudele per me, e colla dura tua mano mi tratti come nemico.Thou art changed to be cruel toward me, and in the hardenesse of thy hand thou art against me.Mutatus es mihi in crudelem, / et in duritia manus tuæ adversaris mihi. 22Thou hast lifted me up, and set me as it were upon the wind, and thou hast mightily dashed me.Mi innalzasti, e quasi ponendo mi sopra del vento mi desti orribil tracollo.Thou didst lift me vp, and setting me as it were vpon the wind thou hast mightely dashed me.Elevasti me, et quasi super ventum ponens; / elisisti me valide.

23I know that thou wilt deliver me to death, where a house is appointed for every one that liveth.Io so, che in balìa di morte tu mi darai là dove è assegnata abitazione ad ogni vivente.I know that thou wilt deliuer me to death, where a house is appointed for euery one that liueth.Scio quia morti trades me, / ubi constituta est domus omni viventi. 24But yet thou stretchest not forth thy hand to their consumption: and if they shall fall down thou wilt save.Tu però la tua man non adopri a consumarli del tutto, e quando saranno abbattuti, tu li salverai.But yet not to my consumption doest thou send forth thy hand: and if they shal fal, thou wilt saue.Verumtamen non ad consumptionem eorum emittis manum tuam: / et si corruerint, ipse salvabis. 25I wept heretofore for him that was afflicted, and my soul had compassion on the poor.Io piangeva una volta le altrui afflizioni, ed era pietosa col povero l'anima mia.I wept sometime vpon him that was afflicted, and my soul had compassion on the poore.Flebam quondam super eo qui afflictus erat, / et compatiebatur anima mea pauperi. 26I expected good things, and evils are come upon me: I waited for light, and darkness broke out.Mi aspettai felicità, e mi venner sciagure, sperai luce, e sopraggiunser le tenebre:I expect good thinges, and euils are come vpon me: I taried for light, and darknesse brake forth.Expectabam bona, et venerunt mihi mala: / præstolabar lucem, et eruperunt tenebræ. 27My inner parts have boiled without any rest, the days of affliction have prevented me.Sono infuocate le mie viscere, e non mi dan posa: mi han sorpreso i giorni di afflizione.My inner partes haue boyled without anie rest, the dayes of affliction haue preuented me.Interiora mea efferbuerunt absque ulla requie: / prævenerunt me dies afflictionis. 28I went mourning without indignation; I rose up, and cried in the crowd.Io me ne vo malinconico, ma senza trasporti d'ira; mi alzo, e grido in mezzo alla gente.I went mourning without furie, rising vp, I cried in the multitude.Mœrens incedebam sine furore; / consurgens, in turba clamabam. 29I was the brother of dragons, and companion of ostriches.Divenni fratello dei dragoni, e compagno degli struzzoli.I was the brother of dragons, and felow of Ostriches.Frater fui draconum, / et socius struthionum. 30My skin is become black upon me, and my bones are dried up with heat.Mi si è annerita addosso la pelle, le mie ossa sono inaridite pel grande ardore.My skinne is made blacke vpon me, and my bones are dried with heate.Cutis mea denigrata est super me, / et ossa mea aruerunt præ caumate.

31My harp is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of those that weep.Rivolta in pianto è la mia cetra, e in voce di dolor la mia lira.My harpe is turned into mourning, and my instrument into the voice of weepers.Versa est in luctum cithara mea, / et organum meum in vocem flentium.