¹Respondens autem Sophar Naamathites, dixit:Then Zophar the Naamathite answered by saying:

¹Respondens autem Sophar Naamathites, dixit:Then Zophar the Naamathite answered by saying:

²Idcirco cogitationes meæ variæ succedunt sibi,In response, various thoughts succeed one another in me,et mens in diversa rapitur.and my mind moves quickly through different ideas.

²Idcirco cogitationes meæ variæ succedunt sibi,In response, various thoughts succeed one another in me,et mens in diversa rapitur.and my mind moves quickly through different ideas.

³Doctrinam qua me arguis audiam,The teaching you use to admonish me,et spiritus intelligentiæ meæ respondebit mihi.I will hear, and the spirit of my understanding will respond for me.

³Doctrinam qua me arguis audiam,The teaching you use to admonish me,et spiritus intelligentiæ meæ respondebit mihi.I will hear, and the spirit of my understanding will respond for me.

⁴Hoc scio a principio,This, I know, is from the beginning,ex quo positus est homo super terram,from the time that man was set over the earth:

⁴Hoc scio a principio,This, I know, is from the beginning,ex quo positus est homo super terram,from the time that man was set over the earth:

⁵quod laus impiorum brevis sit,that the praise of the impious shall be short,et gaudium hypocritæ ad instar puncti.and the joy of the hypocrite lasts only a moment.

⁵quod laus impiorum brevis sit,that the praise of the impious shall be short,et gaudium hypocritæ ad instar puncti.and the joy of the hypocrite lasts only a moment.

⁶Si ascenderit usque ad cælum superbia ejus,If his pride ascends even towards the heavens,et caput ejus nubes tetigerit,and his head touches the clouds,

⁶Si ascenderit usque ad cælum superbia ejus,If his pride ascends even towards the heavens,et caput ejus nubes tetigerit,and his head touches the clouds,

⁷quasi sterquilinium in fine perdetur,in the end,et qui eum viderant,he will be destroyed like a trash heap,dicent:and those who had seen him will say:Ubi est?“Where is he?”

⁷quasi sterquilinium in fine perdetur,in the end,et qui eum viderant,he will be destroyed like a trash heap,dicent:and those who had seen him will say:Ubi est?“Where is he?”

⁸Velut somnium avolans non invenietur:Like a dream that flies away, he will not be found;transiet sicut visio nocturna.he will pass away like a nightmare.

⁸Velut somnium avolans non invenietur:Like a dream that flies away, he will not be found;transiet sicut visio nocturna.he will pass away like a nightmare.

⁹Oculus qui eum viderat non videbit,The eyes that had seen him, will not see him;neque ultra intuebitur eum locus suus.no longer will his own place admire him.

⁹Oculus qui eum viderat non videbit,The eyes that had seen him, will not see him;neque ultra intuebitur eum locus suus.no longer will his own place admire him.

¹⁰Filii ejus atterentur egestate,His sons will be worn away by poverty,et manus illius reddent ei dolorem suum.and his own hands will deliver his grief to him.

¹⁰Filii ejus atterentur egestate,His sons will be worn away by poverty,et manus illius reddent ei dolorem suum.and his own hands will deliver his grief to him.

¹¹Ossa ejus implebuntur vitiis adolescentiæ ejus,His bones will be filled with the vices of his youth,et cum eo in pulvere dormient.and they will sleep with him in the dust.

¹¹Ossa ejus implebuntur vitiis adolescentiæ ejus,His bones will be filled with the vices of his youth,et cum eo in pulvere dormient.and they will sleep with him in the dust.

¹²Cum enim dulce fuerit in ore ejus malum,For, when evil will be sweet in his mouth,abscondet illud sub lingua sua.he will hide it under his tongue.

¹²Cum enim dulce fuerit in ore ejus malum,For, when evil will be sweet in his mouth,abscondet illud sub lingua sua.he will hide it under his tongue.

¹³Parcet illi,He will permit it,et non derelinquet illud,and not abandon it,et celabit in gutture suo.and he will conceal it in his throat.

¹³Parcet illi,He will permit it,et non derelinquet illud,and not abandon it,et celabit in gutture suo.and he will conceal it in his throat.

¹⁴Panis ejus in utero illius vertetur in fel aspidum intrinsecus.His bread in his belly will be turned into the venom of snakes within him.

¹⁴Panis ejus in utero illius vertetur in fel aspidum intrinsecus.His bread in his belly will be turned into the venom of snakes within him.

¹⁵Divitias quas devoravit evomet,The riches that he devours, he will vomit up,et de ventre illius extrahet eas Deus.and from his stomach God will draw them out.

¹⁵Divitias quas devoravit evomet,The riches that he devours, he will vomit up,et de ventre illius extrahet eas Deus.and from his stomach God will draw them out.

¹⁶Caput aspidum suget,He will suck the head of snakes,et occidet eum lingua viperæ.and the tongue of the viper will kill him.

¹⁶Caput aspidum suget,He will suck the head of snakes,et occidet eum lingua viperæ.and the tongue of the viper will kill him.

¹⁷(Non videat rivulos fluminis,(May he never see the streams of the river,torrentes mellis et butyri.)the torrents of honey and butter.)

¹⁷(Non videat rivulos fluminis,(May he never see the streams of the river,torrentes mellis et butyri.)the torrents of honey and butter.)

¹⁸Luet quæ fecit omnia,He will be repaid for all he has done,nec tamen consumetur:yet he will not be consumed;juxta multitudinem adinventionum suarum,according to the multitude of his schemes,sic et sustinebit.so also will he suffer.

¹⁸Luet quæ fecit omnia,He will be repaid for all he has done,nec tamen consumetur:yet he will not be consumed;juxta multitudinem adinventionum suarum,according to the multitude of his schemes,sic et sustinebit.so also will he suffer.

¹⁹Quoniam confringens nudavit pauperes:For, having broken in, he stripped the poor.domum rapuit, et non ædificavit eam.He has quickly stolen away a house he did not build.

¹⁹Quoniam confringens nudavit pauperes:For, having broken in, he stripped the poor.domum rapuit, et non ædificavit eam.He has quickly stolen away a house he did not build.

²⁰Nec est satiatus venter ejus:And yet his stomach will not be satisfied,et cum habuerit quæ concupierat,and when he has the things he desires,possidere non poterit.he will not be able to possess them.

²⁰Nec est satiatus venter ejus:And yet his stomach will not be satisfied,et cum habuerit quæ concupierat,and when he has the things he desires,possidere non poterit.he will not be able to possess them.

²¹Non remansit de cibo ejus,Nothing remained of his portion,et propterea nihil permanebit de bonis ejus.and, because of this, nothing will continue of his kind.

²¹Non remansit de cibo ejus,Nothing remained of his portion,et propterea nihil permanebit de bonis ejus.and, because of this, nothing will continue of his kind.

²²Cum satiatus fuerit,When he will be satisfied,arctabitur:he will be constrained;æstuabit,he will seethe,et omnis dolor irruet super eum.and all anguish will fall upon him.

²²Cum satiatus fuerit,When he will be satisfied,arctabitur:he will be constrained;æstuabit,he will seethe,et omnis dolor irruet super eum.and all anguish will fall upon him.

²³Utinam impleatur venter ejus,May his stomach be filled,ut emittat in eum iram furoris sui,so that God may send forth the fury of his wrath to himet pluat super illum bellum suum.and may rain down his battle upon him.

²³Utinam impleatur venter ejus,May his stomach be filled,ut emittat in eum iram furoris sui,so that God may send forth the fury of his wrath to himet pluat super illum bellum suum.and may rain down his battle upon him.

²⁴Fugiet arma ferrea,He will flee from weapons of iron,et irruet in arcum æreum.and he will fall in an arc of brass,

²⁴Fugiet arma ferrea,He will flee from weapons of iron,et irruet in arcum æreum.and he will fall in an arc of brass,

²⁵Eductus, et egrediens de vagina sua,which had been drawn and had issued forth from its sheath,et fulgurans in amaritudine sua:glittering in its bitterness:vadent et venient super eum horribiles.the horrible ones will go forth and approach over him.

²⁵Eductus, et egrediens de vagina sua,which had been drawn and had issued forth from its sheath,et fulgurans in amaritudine sua:glittering in its bitterness:vadent et venient super eum horribiles.the horrible ones will go forth and approach over him.

²⁶Omnes tenebræ absconditæ sunt in occultis ejus;All darkness has been hidden in his secrecy.devorabit eum ignis qui non succenditur:A fire that has not been set will devour him;affligetur relictus in tabernaculo suo.he will be thrown down and forsaken in his tabernacle.

²⁶Omnes tenebræ absconditæ sunt in occultis ejus;All darkness has been hidden in his secrecy.devorabit eum ignis qui non succenditur:A fire that has not been set will devour him;affligetur relictus in tabernaculo suo.he will be thrown down and forsaken in his tabernacle.

²⁷Revelabunt cæli iniquitatem ejus,The heavens will reveal his sinfulness,et terra consurget adversus eum.and the earth will rise up against him.

²⁷Revelabunt cæli iniquitatem ejus,The heavens will reveal his sinfulness,et terra consurget adversus eum.and the earth will rise up against him.

²⁸Apertum erit germen domus illius:The offspring of his house will be exposed;detrahetur in die furoris Dei.he will be pulled down in the day of God’s wrath.

²⁸Apertum erit germen domus illius:The offspring of his house will be exposed;detrahetur in die furoris Dei.he will be pulled down in the day of God’s wrath.

²⁹Hæc est pars hominis impii a Deo,This is the portion of a wicked man from God,et hæreditas verborum ejus a Domino.and the inheritance of his words from the Lord.

²⁹Hæc est pars hominis impii a Deo,This is the portion of a wicked man from God,et hæreditas verborum ejus a Domino.and the inheritance of his words from the Lord.