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HOLY BIBLE: Job 1

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Job 1

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1 ἄνθρωπός τις ἦνにゅー ἐνにゅー χώρᾳ τたうῇ Αυσίτιδι ᾧ ὄνομα Ιいおたωおめがβべーた κかっぱαあるふぁὶ ἦνにゅー ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐκかっぱεいぷしろんῖνος ἀληθινός ἄμεμπτος δίκαιος θεοσεβής ἀπεχόμενος ἀπぱいὸ παντὸς πονηροῦ πράγματος 2 ἐγένοντο δでるたὲ αあるふぁὐτたうῷ υうぷしろんἱοおみくろんὶ ἑπぱいτたうὰ κかっぱαあるふぁὶ θυγατέρες τたうρろーεいぷしろんῖς 3 κかっぱαあるふぁὶ ἦνにゅー τたうὰ κτήνη αあるふぁὐτたうοおみくろんῦ πρόβατα ἑπτακισχίλια κάμηλοι τρισχίλιαι ζεύγη βべーたοおみくろんῶνにゅー πεντακόσια ὄνにゅーοおみくろんιいおた θήλειαι νομάδες πεντακόσιαι κかっぱαあるふぁὶ ὑπηρεσία πぱいοおみくろんλらむだλらむだὴ σφόδρα κかっぱαあるふぁὶ ἔρろーγがんまαあるふぁ μεγάλα ἦνにゅー αあるふぁὐτたうῷ ἐπぱいὶ τたうῆς γがんまῆς κかっぱαあるふぁὶ ἦνにゅー ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐκかっぱεいぷしろんῖνος εいぷしろんὐγがんまεいぷしろんνにゅーὴς τたうῶνにゅー ἀ{F'} ἡλίου ἀνατολῶνにゅー 4 συμπορευόμενοι δでるたὲ οおみくろんἱ υうぷしろんἱοおみくろんὶ αあるふぁὐτたうοおみくろんῦ πぱいρろーὸς ἀλλήλους ἐποιοῦσしぐまαあるふぁνにゅー πότον κかっぱαあるふぁ{Q'} ἑκάστην ἡμέραν συμπαραλαμβάνοντες ἅμみゅーαあるふぁ κかっぱαあるふぁὶ τたうὰς τたうρろーεいぷしろんῖς ἀδελφὰς αあるふぁὐτたうῶνにゅー ἐσθίειν κかっぱαあるふぁὶ πίνειν μみゅーεいぷしろん{T'} αあるふぁὐτたうῶνにゅー 5 κかっぱαあるふぁὶ ὡς ἂνにゅー συνετελέσθησαν αあるふぁἱ ἡμέραι τたうοおみくろんῦ πότου ἀπέστελλεν Ιいおたωおめがβべーた κかっぱαあるふぁὶ ἐκαθάριζεν αあるふぁὐτたうοおみくろんὺς ἀνιστάμενος τたうὸ πρωὶ κかっぱαあるふぁὶ προσέφερεν πぱいεいぷしろんρろーὶ αあるふぁὐτたうῶνにゅー θυσίας κかっぱαあるふぁτたうὰ τたうὸνにゅー ἀριθμὸνにゅー αあるふぁὐτたうῶνにゅー κかっぱαあるふぁὶ μόσχον ἕνにゅーαあるふぁ πぱいεいぷしろんρろーὶ ἁμαρτίας πぱいεいぷしろんρろーὶ τたうῶνにゅー ψぷさいυうぷしろんχかいῶνにゅー αあるふぁὐτたうῶνにゅー ἔλεγεν γがんまὰρろー Ιいおたωおめがβべーた μήποτε οおみくろんἱ υうぷしろんἱοί μみゅーοおみくろんυうぷしろん ἐνにゅー τたうῇ διανοίᾳ αあるふぁὐτたうῶνにゅー κかっぱαあるふぁκかっぱὰ ἐνενόησαν πぱいρろーὸς θεόν οおみくろんὕτως οおみくろんὖνにゅー ἐποίει Ιいおたωおめがβべーた πάσας τたうὰς ἡμέρας

1 There was a man dwelling in the land of Hus once, Job was the name of him, that was true and honest; ever he feared God, and kept far from wrong-doing. 2 Seven sons he had, and three daughters; 3 and for wealth, he had seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred she-asses, and servants a many; in all the East none was Job’s rival. 4 And this custom his sons had in feasting, each invited the rest in turn; at such times they would send for their three sisters to eat and drink beside them. 5 And ever when their week of feasting was over, Job would send for them,[1] and have them rid of all defilement; next morning, it was his first care to offer burnt-sacrifice for each of them. Who knows, thought he, but they may have committed some fault, these children of mine? Who knows but they may have slighted God in their secret thoughts? Never would he let the day pass without burnt-sacrifice.

1 Vir erat in terra Hus, nomine Job: et erat vir ille simplex, et rectus, ac timens Deum, et recedens a malo. 2 Natique sunt ei septem filii, et tres filiæ. 3 Et fuit possessio ejus septem millia ovium, et tria millia camelorum, quingenta quoque juga boum, et quingentæ asinæ, ac familia multa nimis: eratque vir ille magnus inter omnes orientales. 4 Et ibant filii ejus, et faciebant convivium per domos, unusquisque in die suo. Et mittentes vocabant tres sorores suas, ut comederent et biberent cum eis. 5 Cumque in orbem transissent dies convivii, mittebat ad eos Job, et sanctificabat illos: consurgensque diluculo, offerebat holocausta pro singulis. Dicebat enim: Ne forte peccaverint filii mei, et benedixerint Deo in cordibus suis. Sic faciebat Job cunctis diebus.

6 κかっぱαあるふぁὶ ὡς ἐγένετο ἡ ἡμέρα αあるふぁὕτたうηいーた κかっぱαあるふぁὶ ἰδでるたοおみくろんὺ ἦλθον οおみくろんἱ ἄγγελοι τたうοおみくろんῦ θεοῦ παραστῆνにゅーαあるふぁιいおた ἐνώπιον τたうοおみくろんῦ κυρίου κかっぱαあるふぁὶ ὁ διάβολος ἦλθεν μみゅーεいぷしろん{T'} αあるふぁὐτたうῶνにゅー 7 κかっぱαあるふぁὶ εいぷしろんἶπεν ὁ κύριος τたうῷ διαβόλῳ πόθεν παραγέγονας κかっぱαあるふぁὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ διάβολος τたうῷ κυρίῳ εいぷしろんἶπぱいεいぷしろんνにゅー περιελθὼνにゅー τたうὴνにゅー γがんまῆνにゅー κかっぱαあるふぁὶ ἐμπεριπατήσας τたうὴνにゅー ὑ{P'} οおみくろんὐρανὸνにゅー πάρειμι 8 κかっぱαあるふぁὶ εいぷしろんἶπぱいεいぷしろんνにゅー αあるふぁὐτたうῷ ὁ κύριος προσέσχες τたうῇ διανοίᾳ σしぐまοおみくろんυうぷしろん κかっぱαあるふぁτたうὰ τたうοおみくろんῦ παιδός μみゅーοおみくろんυうぷしろん Ιいおたωおめがβべーた ὅτたうιいおた οおみくろんὐκかっぱ ἔστιν κかっぱαあるふぁ{T'} αあるふぁὐτたうὸνにゅー τたうῶνにゅー ἐπぱいὶ τたうῆς γがんまῆς ἄνθρωπος ἄμεμπτος ἀληθινός θεοσεβής ἀπεχόμενος ἀπぱいὸ παντὸς πονηροῦ πράγματος 9 ἀπεκρίθη δでるたὲ ὁ διάβολος κかっぱαあるふぁὶ εいぷしろんἶπεν ἐναντίον τたうοおみくろんῦ κυρίου μみゅーὴ δωρεὰνにゅー σέβεται Ιいおたωおめがβべーた τたうὸνにゅー θεόν 10 οおみくろんὐ σしぐまὺ περιέφραξας τたうὰ ἔξくしーωおめが αあるふぁὐτたうοおみくろんῦ κかっぱαあるふぁὶ τたうὰ ἔσしぐまωおめが τたうῆς οおみくろんἰκίας αあるふぁὐτたうοおみくろんῦ κかっぱαあるふぁὶ τたうὰ ἔξくしーωおめが πάντων τたうῶνにゅー ὄντων αあるふぁὐτたうῷ κύκλῳ τたうὰ ἔργα τたうῶνにゅー χかいεいぷしろんιいおたρろーῶνにゅー αあるふぁὐτたうοおみくろんῦ εいぷしろんὐλόγησας κかっぱαあるふぁὶ τたうὰ κτήνη αあるふぁὐτたうοおみくろんῦ πολλὰ ἐποίησας ἐπぱいὶ τたうῆς γがんまῆς 11 ἀλらむだλらむだὰ ἀπόστειλον τたうὴνにゅー χかいεいぷしろんῖρά σしぐまοおみくろんυうぷしろん κかっぱαあるふぁὶ ἅψぷさいαあるふぁιいおた πάντων ὧνにゅー ἔχかいεいぷしろんιいおた εいぷしろんἰ μみゅーὴνにゅー εいぷしろんἰς πρόσωπόν σしぐまεいぷしろん εいぷしろんὐλογήσει 12 τότε εいぷしろんἶπεν ὁ κύριος τたうῷ διαβόλῳ ἰδでるたοおみくろんὺ πάντα ὅσしぐまαあるふぁ ἔστιν αあるふぁὐτたうῷ δίδωμι ἐνにゅー τたうῇ χειρί σしぐまοおみくろんυうぷしろん ἀλらむだλらむだὰ αあるふぁὐτたうοおみくろんῦ μみゅーὴ ἅψぷさいῃ κかっぱαあるふぁὶ ἐξくしーῆλθεν ὁ διάβολος πぱいαあるふぁρろーὰ τたうοおみくろんῦ κυρίου

6 One day, when the heavenly powers stood waiting upon the Lord’s presence, and among them, man’s Enemy, 7 the Lord asked him, where he had been? Roaming about the earth, said he, to and fro about the earth. 8 Why then, the Lord said, thou hast seen a servant of mine called Job. Here is a true man, an honest man, none like him on earth; ever he fears his God, and keeps far from wrong-doing. 9 Job fears his God, the Enemy answered, and loses nothing by it. 10 Sheltered his life by thy protection, sheltered his home, his property; thy blessing on all he undertakes; worldly goods that still go on increasing; he loses nothing. 11 One little touch of thy hand, assailing all that wealth of his! Then see how he will turn and blaspheme thee. 12 Be it so, the Lord answered; with all his possessions do what thou wilt, so thou leave himself unharmed. And with that, the Enemy left the Lord’s presence, and withdrew.

6 Quadam autem die, cum venissent filii Dei ut assisterent coram Domino, affuit inter eos etiam Satan. 7 Cui dixit Dominus: Unde venis? Qui respondens, ait: Circuivi terram, et perambulavi eam. 8 Dixitque Dominus ad eum: Numquid considerasti servum meum Job, quod non sit ei similis in terra, homo simplex et rectus, ac timens Deum, et recedens a malo? 9 Cui respondens Satan, ait: Numquid Job frustra timet Deum? 10 nonne tu vallasti eum, ac domum ejus, universamque substantiam per circuitum; operibus manuum ejus benedixisti, et possessio ejus crevit in terra? 11 sed extende paululum manum tuam et tange cuncta quæ possidet, nisi in faciem benedixerit tibi. 12 Dixit ergo Dominus ad Satan: Ecce universa quæ habet in manu tua sunt: tantum in eum ne extendas manum tuam. Egressusque est Satan a facie Domini.

13 κかっぱαあるふぁὶ ἦνにゅー ὡς ἡ ἡμέρα αあるふぁὕτたうηいーた οおみくろんἱ υうぷしろんἱοおみくろんὶ Ιいおたωおめがβべーた κかっぱαあるふぁὶ αあるふぁἱ θυγατέρες αあるふぁὐτたうοおみくろんῦ ἔπινον οおみくろんἶνにゅーοおみくろんνにゅー ἐνにゅー τたうῇ οおみくろんἰκίᾳ τたうοおみくろんῦ ἀδελφοῦ αあるふぁὐτたうῶνにゅー τたうοおみくろんῦ πρεσβυτέρου 14 κかっぱαあるふぁὶ ἰδでるたοおみくろんὺ ἄγγελος ἦλθεν πぱいρろーὸς Ιいおたωおめがβべーた κかっぱαあるふぁὶ εいぷしろんἶπぱいεいぷしろんνにゅー αあるふぁὐτたうῷ τたうὰ ζεύγη τたうῶνにゅー βべーたοおみくろんῶνにゅー ἠροτρία κかっぱαあるふぁὶ αあるふぁἱ θήλειαι ὄνにゅーοおみくろんιいおた ἐβόσκοντο ἐχόμεναι αあるふぁὐτたうῶνにゅー 15 κかっぱαあるふぁὶ ἐλθόντες οおみくろんἱ αあるふぁἰχμαλωτεύοντες ᾐχμαλώτευσαν αあるふぁὐτたうὰς κかっぱαあるふぁὶ τたうοおみくろんὺς πぱいαあるふぁῖδας ἀπέκτειναν ἐνにゅー μαχαίραις σしぐまωおめがθしーたεいぷしろんὶς δでるたὲ ἐγがんまὼ μόνος ἦλθον τたうοおみくろんῦ ἀπαγγεῖλαί σしぐまοおみくろんιいおた 16 ἔτたうιいおた τούτου λらむだαあるふぁλらむだοおみくろんῦντος ἦλθεν ἕτερος ἄγγελος κかっぱαあるふぁὶ εいぷしろんἶπぱいεいぷしろんνにゅー πぱいρろーὸς Ιいおたωおめがβべーた πぱいῦρろー ἔπεσεν ἐκかっぱ τたうοおみくろんῦ οおみくろんὐρανοῦ κかっぱαあるふぁὶ κατέκαυσεν τたうὰ πρόβατα κかっぱαあるふぁὶ τたうοおみくろんὺς ποιμένας κατέφαγεν ὁμοίως κかっぱαあるふぁὶ σωθεὶς ἐγがんまὼ μόνος ἦλθον τたうοおみくろんῦ ἀπαγγεῖλαί σしぐまοおみくろんιいおた 17 ἔτたうιいおた τούτου λらむだαあるふぁλらむだοおみくろんῦντος ἦλθεν ἕτερος ἄγγελος κかっぱαあるふぁὶ εいぷしろんἶπぱいεいぷしろんνにゅー πぱいρろーὸς Ιいおたωおめがβべーた οおみくろんἱ ἱππεῖς ἐποίησαν ἡμみゅーῖνにゅー κεφαλὰς τたうρろーεいぷしろんῖς κかっぱαあるふぁὶ ἐκύκλωσαν τたうὰς καμήλους κかっぱαあるふぁὶ ᾐχμαλώτευσαν αあるふぁὐτたうὰς κかっぱαあるふぁὶ τたうοおみくろんὺς πぱいαあるふぁῖδας ἀπέκτειναν ἐνにゅー μαχαίραις ἐσώθην δでるたὲ ἐγがんまὼ μόνος κかっぱαあるふぁὶ ἦλθον τたうοおみくろんῦ ἀπαγγεῖλαί σしぐまοおみくろんιいおた 18 ἔτたうιいおた τούτου λらむだαあるふぁλらむだοおみくろんῦντος ἄλλος ἄγγελος ἔρχεται λέγων τたうῷ Ιいおたωおめがβべーた τたうῶνにゅー υうぷしろんἱῶνにゅー σしぐまοおみくろんυうぷしろん κかっぱαあるふぁὶ τたうῶνにゅー θυγατέρων σしぐまοおみくろんυうぷしろん ἐσθιόντων κかっぱαあるふぁὶ πινόντων πぱいαあるふぁρろーὰ τたうῷ ἀδελφῷ αあるふぁὐτたうῶνにゅー τたうῷ πρεσβυτέρῳ 19 ἐξαίφνης πぱいνにゅーεいぷしろんῦμみゅーαあるふぁ μέγα ἐπぱいῆλθεν ἐκかっぱ τたうῆς ἐρήμου κかっぱαあるふぁὶ ἥψατο τたうῶνにゅー τεσσάρων γがんまωおめがνにゅーιいおたῶνにゅー τたうῆς οおみくろんἰκίας κかっぱαあるふぁὶ ἔπεσεν ἡ οおみくろんἰκία ἐπぱいὶ τたうὰ παιδία σしぐまοおみくろんυうぷしろん κかっぱαあるふぁὶ ἐτελεύτησαν ἐσώθην δでるたὲ ἐγがんまὼ μόνος κかっぱαあるふぁὶ ἦλθον τたうοおみくろんῦ ἀπαγγεῖλαί σしぐまοおみくろんιいおた

13 And now it was the turn of Job’s children to sit over their feasting and their wine at the house of the eldest brother. 14 That day, a messenger brought Job news of his oxen and asses. The oxen were a-ploughing, said he, and the asses grazing near them, 15 when on a sudden a band of Sabæans swept down on them, and carried all away. As for thy men, the Sabæans put them to the sword, and none lives to tell the tale but I. 16 Even as he spoke, another messenger came in with news of the sheep, how God’s lightning had fallen, devouring sheep and shepherd, so that none was left to tell the tale but he. 17 And upon the heels of that, in came a third to say that robbers from Chaldæa, in three several bands, had closed in upon the camels and driven them away, killing the men who tended them, so that none was left to tell the tale but he. 18 And before this one had finished his story, a fourth messenger came in. I come, said he, from thy eldest son’s house, where but now thy sons and daughters sat at their feasting and their wine. 19 All on a sudden, came a tempestuous wind from across the desert, and beat so on every corner of the house that it fell in, crushing thy children to death amid the ruins of it; none lives to tell the tale but I.

13 Cum autem quadam die filii et filiæ ejus comederent et biberent vinum in domo fratris sui primogeniti, 14 nuntius venit ad Job, qui diceret: Boves arabant, et asinæ pascebantur juxta eos: 15 et irruerunt Sabæi, tuleruntque omnia, et pueros percusserunt gladio: et evasi ego solus, ut nuntiarem tibi. 16 Cumque adhuc ille loqueretur, venit alter, et dixit: Ignis Dei cecidit e cælo, et tactas oves puerosque consumpsit: et effugi ego solus, ut nuntiarem tibi. 17 Sed et illo adhuc loquente, venit alius, et dixit: Chaldæi fecerunt tres turmas, et invaserunt camelos, et tulerunt eos, necnon et pueros percusserunt gladio: et ego fugi solus, ut nuntiarem tibi. 18 Adhuc loquebatur ille, et ecce alius intravit, et dixit: Filiis tuis et filiabus vescentibus et bibentibus vinum in domo fratris sui primogeniti, 19 repente ventus vehemens irruit a regione deserti, et concussit quatuor angulos domus: quæ corruens oppressit liberos tuos, et mortui sunt: et effugi ego solus, ut nuntiarem tibi.

20 οおみくろんὕτως ἀναστὰς Ιいおたωおめがβべーた διέρρηξεν τたうὰ ἱμάτια αあるふぁὐτたうοおみくろんῦ κかっぱαあるふぁὶ ἐκείρατο τたうὴνにゅー κόμην τたうῆς κかっぱεいぷしろんφふぁいαあるふぁλらむだῆς αあるふぁὐτたうοおみくろんῦ κかっぱαあるふぁὶ πεσὼνにゅー χかいαあるふぁμみゅーαあるふぁὶ προσεκύνησεν κかっぱαあるふぁὶ εいぷしろんἶπぱいεいぷしろんνにゅー 21 αあるふぁὐτたうὸς γがんまυうぷしろんμみゅーνにゅーὸς ἐξくしーῆλθον ἐκかっぱ κοιλίας μητρός μみゅーοおみくろんυうぷしろん γがんまυうぷしろんμみゅーνにゅーὸς κかっぱαあるふぁὶ ἀπελεύσομαι ἐκかっぱεいぷしろんῖ ὁ κύριος ἔδωκεν ὁ κύριος ἀφείλατο ὡς τたうῷ κυρίῳ ἔδοξεν οおみくろんὕτως κかっぱαあるふぁὶ ἐγένετο εいぷしろんἴηいーた τたうὸ ὄνομα κυρίου εいぷしろんὐλογημένον 22 ἐνにゅー τούτοις πぱいᾶσしぐまιいおたνにゅー τたうοおみくろんῖς συμβεβηκόσιν αあるふぁὐτたうῷ οおみくろんὐδでるたὲνにゅー ἥμαρτεν Ιいおたωおめがβべーた ἐναντίον τたうοおみくろんῦ κυρίου κかっぱαあるふぁὶ οおみくろんὐκかっぱ ἔδωκεν ἀφροσύνην τたうῷ θしーたεいぷしろんῷ

20 Then rose up Job, and rent his garments about him; and he shaved his head bare, and fell down to earth to do reverence. 21 Naked I came, said he, when I left my mother’s womb, and whence I came, naked I must go. The Lord gave, the Lord has taken away; nothing is here befallen but what was the Lord’s will; blessed be the name of the Lord.[2] 22 In all this, Job guarded his lips well, nor challenged with human folly God’s wisdom.[3]

20 Tunc surrexit Job, et scidit vestimenta sua: et tonso capite corruens in terram, adoravit, 21 et dixit: Nudus egressus sum de utero matris meæ, et nudus revertar illuc. Dominus dedit, Dominus abstulit; sicut Domino placuit, ita factum est. Sit nomen Domini benedictum. 22 In omnibus his non peccavit Job labiis suis, neque stultum quid contra Deum locutus est.

[1] Or possibly, ‘Job would send them a message’.

[2] The words ‘Nothing is here befallen but what was the Lord’s will’ are found in the Septuagint Greek and in the Latin, but not in the Hebrew text.

[3] Literally, in the Latin, ‘nor said anything foolish against God’. The sense of the Hebrew text seems to be, ‘nor charged God with senseless procedure’.

Knox Translation Copyright © 2013 Westminster Diocese
Nihil Obstat. Father Anton Cowan, Censor.
Imprimatur. +Most Rev. Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster. 8th January 2012.
Re-typeset and published in 2012 by Baronius Press Ltd