33 — Giobbe

1Hear therefore, O Job, my speeches, and hearken to all my words.Ascolta adunque, o Giobbe, il mio ragionare, e pon mente a tutte le mie parole.HEERE therfore Iob my sayings, and harken to al my wordes.Audi igitur, Job, eloquia mea, / et omnes sermones meos ausculta. 2Behold now I have opened my mouth, let my tongue speak within my jaws.Apro adesso la mia bocca, la mia lingua articola le voci sotto del mio palato.Behold I haue opened my mouth, let my tongue speake within my iawes.Ecce aperui os meum: / loquatur lingua mea in faucibus meis. 3My words are from my upright heart, and my lips shall speak a pure sentence.I miei parlari verranno da cuore schietto, e le mie labbra proferiranno sentimenti di verità.My wordes are of my simple hart, and my lippes shal speake a pure sentence.Simplici corde meo sermones mei, / et sententiam puram labia mea loquentur. 4The spirit of God made me, and the breath of the Almighty gave me life.Lo spirito di Dio mi creò, e il soffio dell'Onnipotente mi diede la vita.The Spirit of God made me, and the breath of the Omnipotent gaue me life.Spiritus Dei fecit me, / et spiraculum Omnipotentis vivificavit me. 5If thou canst, answer me, and stand up against my face.Rispondimi se potrai, e contraddicimi in faccia.If thou canst, answer me, and stand against my face.Si potes, responde mihi, / et adversus faciem meam consiste. 6Behold God hath made me as well as thee, and of the same clay I also was formed.Tu vedi, che me come te fece Dio, e che io pure fui formato del medesimo fango.Behold God hath made me also euen as thee, and of the same clay I also was formed.Ecce, et me sicut et te fecit Deus, / et de eodem luto ego quoque formatus sum. 7But yet let not my wonder terrify thee, and let not my eloquence be burdensome to thee.Ma i miei prodigj non ti recheranno terrore, né ti sbalordirà la mia eloquenza.But yet let not my miracle terrifie thee, and let not my eloquence be burdenous to thee.Verumtamen miraculum meum non te terreat, / et eloquentia mea non sit tibi gravis. 8Now thou hast said in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words:Tu adunque di mia sentita dicesti, e il suono di queste parole fu udito da me:Thou therfore hast sayd in my eares, and I haue heard the voice of thy wordes;Dixisti ergo in auribus meis, / et vocem verborum tuorum audivi: 9I am clean, and without sin: I am unspotted, and there is no iniquity in me.Mondo son io, e senza reato; immacolato, e scevro di iniquità.I am cleane, and without sinne: vnspotted, and there is no iniquitie in me.Mundus sum ego, et absque delicto: / immaculatus, et non est iniquitas in me.

10Because he hath found complaints against me, therefore he hath counted me for his enemy.Perché ha trovate querele contro di me, per questo mi ha riguardata come suo nimico.Because he hath found quarrels in me, therfore hath he thought me his enemyQuia querelas in me reperit, / ideo arbitratus est me inimicum sibi. 11He hath put my feet in the stocks, he hath observed all my paths.Ha posti ne' ceppi i miei piedi ha osservati tutti i miei andamenti.He hath put my feete in the stockes, he hath obserued al my waies. This therfore is it,Posuit in nervo pedes meos; / custodivit omnes semitas meas. 12Now this is the thing in which thou art not justified: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.In questo adunque tu non se' stato giusto: io ti risponderò, che Dio è più grande dell'uomo.wherein thou art not iustified: I wil answer thee, that God is greater then man.Hoc est ergo in quo non es justificatus: / respondebo tibi, quia major sit Deus homine. 13Dost thou strive against him, because he hath not answered thee to all words?Con lui tu vieni a contesa, perché egli non ha risposto a tutte le tue parole?Doest thou contend against him because he hath not answered thee to al wordes?Adversus eum contendis, / quod non ad omnia verba responderit tibi ? 14God speaketh once, and repeateth not the selfsame thing the second time.Dio parla una volta, e la stessa cosa non ripete due volte.God speaketh once, & repeateth not the self same the second time.Semel loquitur Deus, / et secundo idipsum non repetit. 15By a dream in a vision by night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, and they are sleeping in their beds:In sogno, con notturne visioni, quando gli uomini vinti dal sonno riposano ne' loro letti,By a dreame in a vision by night, when heauie sleepe falleth vpon men, and they sleepe in their bed.Per somnium, in visione nocturna, / quando irruit sopor super homines, / et dormiunt in lectulo, 16Then he openeth the ears of men, and teaching instructeth them in what they are to learn.Allora egli apre agli uomini le orecchie, e gli istruisce, e li corregge,Thē doth he open the eares of men, & teaching instructeth them with discipline,tunc aperit aures virorum, / et erudiens eos instruit disciplina, 17That he may withdraw a man from the things he is doing, and may deliver him from pride.Per ritrar l'uomo da quel ch'ei fa, e liberarlo dalla superbia:That he may turne a man from these things, which he doth, & may deliuer him from pride:ut avertat hominem ab his quæ facit, / et liberet eum de superbia,

18Rescuing his soul from corruption: and his life from passing to the sword.Salvando l'anima di lui dalla corruzione, e la sua vita dal taglio della spada.Deliuering his soule from corruption: and his life, that it passe not vnto the sword.eruens animam ejus a corruptione, / et vitam illius ut non transeat in gladium. 19He rebuketh also by sorrow in the bed, and he maketh all his bones to wither.Egli parimente lo corregge nel letto co' dolori, e fa marcir le sue ossa.He rebuketh also by sorow in the bed, and he maketh al his bones to wither.Increpat quoque per dolorem in lectulo, / et omnia ossa ejus marcescere facit. 20Bread becometh abominable to him in his life, and to his soul the meat which before he desired.In questo suo stato egli ha in orrore il pane, e il cibo una volta si grato al suo appetito.Bread is become abominable to him in his life, and to his soule the meate before desired.Abominabilis ei fit in vita sua panis, / et animæ illius cibus ante desiderabilis. 21His flesh shall be consumed away, and his bones that were covered shall be made bare.La carne di lui si va consumando, e le ossa prima ascose rimangono scoperte.His flesh shal consume, and the bones that had beene couered, shal be made naked.Tabescet caro ejus, / et ossa, quæ tecta fuerant, nudabuntur. 22His soul hath drawn near to corruption, and his life to the destroyers.Egli si avvicina alla corruzione, e la sua vita da tutti i segni di morte.His soule hath approched to corruption, and his life to things causing death.Appropinquavit corruptioni anima ejus, / et vita illius mortiferis. 23If there shall be an angel speaking for him, one among thousands, to declare man’s uprightness,Se uno delle migliaia di Angeli per lui parlerà, e lo istruirà de' doveri dell'uomo,If there shal be an Angel speaking for him, one of thousandes, to declare mans equirie.Si fuerit pro eo angelus loquens, / unus de millibus, ut annuntiet hominis æquitatem, 24He shall have mercy on him, and shall say: Deliver him, that he may not go down to corruption: I have found wherein I may be merciful to him.Egli avrà compassione di lui, e dirà: Salvalo dal cadere nella corruzione: ho trovato motivo onde averne pietà.He shal haue mercie on him, and shal say: deliuer him, that he descend not into corruption: I haue found wherein I may be propitious to him.miserebitur ejus, et dicet: / Libera eum, ut non descendat in corruptionem: / inveni in quo ei propitier. 25His flesh is consumed with punishments, let him return to the days of his youth.La sua carne è stata consunta dai malori: ch'ei ritorni come ne' giorni di sua giovinezza.His flesh is consumed with punishments, let it returne to the daies of his youth.Consumpta est caro ejus a suppliciis: / revertatur ad dies adolescentiæ suæ.

26He shall pray to God, and he will be gracious to him: and he shall see his face with joy, and he will render to man his justice.Egli porgerà a Dio sue preghiere; e questi con lui si placherà, è con lieta faccia lo mirerà, e renderà all'uomo la sua giustizia.He shal beseche God, and he wil be pacified towards him: and he shal see his face in iubilation, and he wil render to a man his iustice.Deprecabitur Deum, et placabilis ei erit: / et videbit faciem ejus in jubilo, / et reddet homini justitiam suam. 27He shall look upon men, and shall say: I have sinned, and indeed I have offended, and I have not received what I have deserved.E rivolto agli uomini dirà egli: Io peccai, e prevaricai veramente, e non fui punito com'io meritava.He shal behold men, and shal say: I haue sinned, and in deede I haue oftended, and, as I was worthie, I haue not receiued.Respiciet homines, et dicet: Peccavi, / et vere deliqui, et ut eram dignus, non recepi. 28He hath delivered his soul from going into destruction, that it may live and see the light.Egli ha liberata l'anima sua dal cader nella morte, e viverà, e goderà della luce:He hath deliuered his soule that it should not goe into death, but liuing should see the light.Liberavit animam suam, ne pergeret in interitum, / sed vivens lucem videret. 29Behold, all these things God worketh three times within every one.Così Dio tutte queste cose fa per tre volte con ciascheduno:Behold, al these things doth God worke three times in euerie one.Ecce hæc omnia operatur Deus / tribus vicibus per singulos, 30That he may withdraw their souls from corruption, and enlighten them with the light of the living.Per richiamare le anime loro dalla corruzione, e rischiararle colla luce de' viventi.That he may reclame their soules from corruption, and illuminate them with the light of the liuing.ut revocet animas eorum a corruptione, / et illuminet luce viventium. 31Attend, Job, and hearken to me, and hold thy peace, whilst I speak.Pon mente, o Giobbe, e ascoltami, e taci mentre io parlo.Attend Iob, and heare me: and hold thy peace, whiles I speake.Attende, Job, et audi me: / et tace, dum ego loquor. 32But if thou hast any thing to say, answer me, speak: for I would have thee to appear just.Che se qualche cosa hai da dire rispondimi, e parla; perocché io desidero, che tu comparisca giusto.But if thou hast what to speake, answer me, speake: for I would thee to appeare iustSi autem habes quod loquaris, responde mihi: / loquere, volo enim te apparere justum.

33And if thou have not, hear me: hold thy peace, and I will teach thee wisdom.Ma se non hai nulla, ascoltami: taci, e ti insegnerò la saggezza.And if thou haue not, heare me: hold thy peace, and I wil teach thee wisedom.Quod si non habes, audi me: / tace, et docebo te sapientiam.