¹Audi igitur,Therefore,Job,hear my speeches,eloquia mea,Job,et omnes sermones meos ausculta.and listen to all my words.

¹Audi igitur,Therefore,Job,hear my speeches,eloquia mea,Job,et omnes sermones meos ausculta.and listen to all my words.

²Ecce aperui os meum:Behold, I have opened my mouth;loquatur lingua mea in faucibus meis.let my tongue speak along with my throat.

²Ecce aperui os meum:Behold, I have opened my mouth;loquatur lingua mea in faucibus meis.let my tongue speak along with my throat.

³Simplici corde meo sermones mei,My words are from my simple heart,et sententiam puram labia mea loquentur.and my lips will speak a pure judgment.

³Simplici corde meo sermones mei,My words are from my simple heart,et sententiam puram labia mea loquentur.and my lips will speak a pure judgment.

⁴Spiritus Dei fecit me,The Spirit of God made me,et spiraculum Omnipotentis vivificavit me.and the breath of the Almighty gave me life.

⁴Spiritus Dei fecit me,The Spirit of God made me,et spiraculum Omnipotentis vivificavit me.and the breath of the Almighty gave me life.

⁵Si potes,If you can,responde mihi,answer me,et adversus faciem meam consiste.and oppose me to my face.

⁵Si potes,If you can,responde mihi,answer me,et adversus faciem meam consiste.and oppose me to my face.

⁶Ecce,Behold,et me sicut et te fecit Deus,God has made me, just as he also has made you,et de eodem luto ego quoque formatus sum.and I, likewise, have been formed of the same clay.

⁶Ecce,Behold,et me sicut et te fecit Deus,God has made me, just as he also has made you,et de eodem luto ego quoque formatus sum.and I, likewise, have been formed of the same clay.

⁷Verumtamen miraculum meum non te terreat,So, truly, do not let my wonders terrify you,et eloquentia mea non sit tibi gravis.and do not let my eloquence be burdensome to you.

⁷Verumtamen miraculum meum non te terreat,So, truly, do not let my wonders terrify you,et eloquentia mea non sit tibi gravis.and do not let my eloquence be burdensome to you.

⁸Dixisti ergo in auribus meis,For you have spoken in my hearing,et vocem verborum tuorum audivi:and I have heard the voice of your words, saying:

⁸Dixisti ergo in auribus meis,For you have spoken in my hearing,et vocem verborum tuorum audivi:and I have heard the voice of your words, saying:

⁹Mundus sum ego,“I am cleanet absque delicto:and without sin;immaculatus,I am immaculate,et non est iniquitas in me.and there is no iniquity in me.

⁹Mundus sum ego,“I am cleanet absque delicto:and without sin;immaculatus,I am immaculate,et non est iniquitas in me.and there is no iniquity in me.

¹⁰Quia querelas in me reperit,Yet he has discovered blame in me,ideo arbitratus est me inimicum sibi.and so he has treated me like his enemy.

¹⁰Quia querelas in me reperit,Yet he has discovered blame in me,ideo arbitratus est me inimicum sibi.and so he has treated me like his enemy.

¹¹Posuit in nervo pedes meos;He has put my feet in fetters;custodivit omnes semitas meas.he has kept watch over all my ways.”

¹¹Posuit in nervo pedes meos;He has put my feet in fetters;custodivit omnes semitas meas.he has kept watch over all my ways.”

¹²Hoc est ergo in quo non es justificatus:Therefore,respondebo tibi,it is for this reason that you have not been justified.quia major sit Deus homine.For I tell you that God is greater than man.

¹²Hoc est ergo in quo non es justificatus:Therefore,respondebo tibi,it is for this reason that you have not been justified.quia major sit Deus homine.For I tell you that God is greater than man.

¹³Adversus eum contendis, quod non ad omnia verba responderit tibi?Do you contend against him because he has not responded to all of your words?

¹³Adversus eum contendis, quod non ad omnia verba responderit tibi?Do you contend against him because he has not responded to all of your words?

¹⁴Semel loquitur Deus,God speaks once,et secundo idipsum non repetit.and he does not repeat the same thing a second time.

¹⁴Semel loquitur Deus,God speaks once,et secundo idipsum non repetit.and he does not repeat the same thing a second time.

¹⁵Per somnium, in visione nocturna,Through a dream in a vision of the night,quando irruit sopor super homines, et dormiunt in lectulo,when a deep sleep falls over men, and they are sleeping in their beds,

¹⁵Per somnium, in visione nocturna,Through a dream in a vision of the night,quando irruit sopor super homines, et dormiunt in lectulo,when a deep sleep falls over men, and they are sleeping in their beds,

¹⁶tunc aperit aures virorum,then, he opens the ears of men,et erudiens eos instruit disciplina,and, educating them, he teaches discipline,

¹⁶tunc aperit aures virorum,then, he opens the ears of men,et erudiens eos instruit disciplina,and, educating them, he teaches discipline,

¹⁷ut avertat hominem ab his quæ facit,so that he may divert a man from the things that he is doing,et liberet eum de superbia,and may free him from pride,

¹⁷ut avertat hominem ab his quæ facit,so that he may divert a man from the things that he is doing,et liberet eum de superbia,and may free him from pride,

¹⁸eruens animam ejus a corruptione,rescuing his soul from corruptionet vitam illius ut non transeat in gladium.and his life from passing away by the sword.

¹⁸eruens animam ejus a corruptione,rescuing his soul from corruptionet vitam illius ut non transeat in gladium.and his life from passing away by the sword.

¹⁹Increpat quoque per dolorem in lectulo,Likewise, he rebukes by sorrow in bed,et omnia ossa ejus marcescere facit.and he causes all of his bones to become weak.

¹⁹Increpat quoque per dolorem in lectulo,Likewise, he rebukes by sorrow in bed,et omnia ossa ejus marcescere facit.and he causes all of his bones to become weak.

²⁰Abominabilis ei fit in vita sua panis,Bread becomes abominable to him in his life,et animæ illius cibus ante desiderabilis.and, to his soul, the meat which before he desired.

²⁰Abominabilis ei fit in vita sua panis,Bread becomes abominable to him in his life,et animæ illius cibus ante desiderabilis.and, to his soul, the meat which before he desired.

²¹Tabescet caro ejus,His body will waste away,et ossa,and his bones,quæ tecta fuerant,which had been covered,nudabuntur.will be revealed.

²¹Tabescet caro ejus,His body will waste away,et ossa,and his bones,quæ tecta fuerant,which had been covered,nudabuntur.will be revealed.

²²Appropinquavit corruptioni anima ejus,His soul has approached corruption,et vita illius mortiferis.and his life has drawn near to what is deadly.

²²Appropinquavit corruptioni anima ejus,His soul has approached corruption,et vita illius mortiferis.and his life has drawn near to what is deadly.

²³Si fuerit pro eo angelus loquens,If there were an angel speaking for him,unus de millibus,one among thousands,ut annuntiet hominis æquitatem,to declare the fairness of the man,

²³Si fuerit pro eo angelus loquens,If there were an angel speaking for him,unus de millibus,one among thousands,ut annuntiet hominis æquitatem,to declare the fairness of the man,

²⁴miserebitur ejus,he will have mercy on him,et dicet:and he will say,Libera eum,“Free him,ut non descendat in corruptionem:so that he will not descend to destruction.inveni in quo ei propitier.I have found a reason to be favorable to him.

²⁴miserebitur ejus,he will have mercy on him,et dicet:and he will say,Libera eum,“Free him,ut non descendat in corruptionem:so that he will not descend to destruction.inveni in quo ei propitier.I have found a reason to be favorable to him.

²⁵Consumpta est caro ejus a suppliciis:His body is consumed by suffering.revertatur ad dies adolescentiæ suæ.Let him return to the days of his youth.”

²⁵Consumpta est caro ejus a suppliciis:His body is consumed by suffering.revertatur ad dies adolescentiæ suæ.Let him return to the days of his youth.”

²⁶Deprecabitur Deum,He will beg pardon from God,et placabilis ei erit:and he will be soothing to him;et videbit faciem ejus in jubilo,and he will look upon his face in jubilation,et reddet homini justitiam suam.and he will restore his justice to man.

²⁶Deprecabitur Deum,He will beg pardon from God,et placabilis ei erit:and he will be soothing to him;et videbit faciem ejus in jubilo,and he will look upon his face in jubilation,et reddet homini justitiam suam.and he will restore his justice to man.

²⁷Respiciet homines,He will consider mankind,et dicet:and he will say:Peccavi, et vere deliqui,“I have sinned and truly I have offended,et ut eram dignus, non recepi.yet I was not treated as I deserved.”

²⁷Respiciet homines,He will consider mankind,et dicet:and he will say:Peccavi, et vere deliqui,“I have sinned and truly I have offended,et ut eram dignus, non recepi.yet I was not treated as I deserved.”

²⁸Liberavit animam suam, ne pergeret in interitum,He has freed his soul from continuing into destruction, so that,sed vivens lucem videret.in living, it may see the light.

²⁸Liberavit animam suam, ne pergeret in interitum,He has freed his soul from continuing into destruction, so that,sed vivens lucem videret.in living, it may see the light.

²⁹Ecce hæc omnia operatur Deus tribus vicibus per singulos,Behold, all these things God works three times within each one,

²⁹Ecce hæc omnia operatur Deus tribus vicibus per singulos,Behold, all these things God works three times within each one,

³⁰ut revocet animas eorum a corruptione,so that he may revive their souls from corruptionet illuminet luce viventium.and enlighten them with the light of life.

³⁰ut revocet animas eorum a corruptione,so that he may revive their souls from corruptionet illuminet luce viventium.and enlighten them with the light of life.

³¹Attende, Job,Pay attention Job,et audi me:and listen to me;et tace, dum ego loquor.and remain silent, while I speak.

³¹Attende, Job,Pay attention Job,et audi me:and listen to me;et tace, dum ego loquor.and remain silent, while I speak.

³²Si autem habes quod loquaris,Yet,responde mihi:if you have anything to say,loquere,answer me and speak,volo enim te apparere justum.for I want you to be treated justly.

³²Si autem habes quod loquaris,Yet,responde mihi:if you have anything to say,loquere,answer me and speak,volo enim te apparere justum.for I want you to be treated justly.

³³Quod si non habes,But if you do not have anything to say,audi me:then listen to me.tace,Be quietet docebo te sapientiam.and I will teach you wisdom.

³³Quod si non habes,But if you do not have anything to say,audi me:then listen to me.tace,Be quietet docebo te sapientiam.and I will teach you wisdom.