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| [1]Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, |
[1]Addidit quoque Job, assumens parabolam suam, et dixit: |
| [2]Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; |
[2]Quis mihi tribuat ut sim juxta menses pristinos, secundum dies quibus Deus custodiebat me? |
| [3]When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness; |
[3]quando splendebat lucerna ejus super caput meum, et ad lumen ejus ambulabam in tenebris: |
| [4]As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle; |
[4]sicut fui in diebus adolescentiæ meæ, quando secreto Deus erat in tabernaculo meo: |
| [5]When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me; |
[5]quando erat Omnipotens mecum, et in circuitu meo pueri mei: |
| [6]When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; |
[6]quando lavabam pedes meos butyro, et petra fundebat mihi rivos olei: |
| [7]When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street! |
[7]quando procedebam ad portam civitatis, et in platea parabant cathedram mihi. |
| [8]The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up. |
[8]Videbant me juvenes, et abscondebantur: et senes assurgentes stabant. |
| [9]The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth. |
[9]Principes cessabant loqui, et digitum superponebant ori suo. |
| [10]The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. |
[10]Vocem suam cohibebant duces, et lingua eorum gutturi suo adhærebat. |
| [11]When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: |
[11]Auris audiens beatificabat me, et oculus videns testimonium, reddebat mihi: |
| [12]Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. |
[12]eo quod liberassem pauperem vociferantem, et pupillum cui non esset adjutor. |
| [13]The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. |
[13]Benedictio perituri super me veniebat, et cor viduæ consolatus sum. |
| [14]I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. |
[14]Justitia indutus sum, et vestivi me, sicut vestimento et diademate, judicio meo. |
| [15]I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. |
[15]Oculus fui cæco, et pes claudo. |
| [16]I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out. |
[16]Pater eram pauperum, et causam quam nesciebam diligentissime investigabam. |
| [17]And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. |
[17]Conterebam molas iniqui, et de dentibus illius auferebam prædam. |
| [18]Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand. |
[18]Dicebamque: In nidulo meo moriar, et sicut palma multiplicabo dies. |
| [19]My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch. |
[19]Radix mea aperta est secus aquas, et ros morabitur in messione mea. |
| [20]My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand. |
[20]Gloria mea semper innovabitur, et arcus meus in manu mea instaurabitur. |
| [21]Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel. |
[21]Qui me audiebant, expectabant sententiam, et intenti tacebant ad consilium meum. |
| [22]After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them. |
[22]Verbis meis addere nihil audebant, et super illos stillabat eloquium meum. |
| [23]And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain. |
[23]Expectabant me sicut pluviam, et os suum aperiebant quasi ad imbrem serotinum. |
| [24]If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down. |
[24]Siquando ridebam ad eos, non credebant, et lux vultus mei non cadebat in terram. |
| [25]I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners. |
[25]Si voluissem ire ad eos, sedebam primus: cumque sederem quasi rex, circumstante exercitu, eram tamen mœrentium consolator. |