1 And now, O Job, give ear to my words, and take note of all I say.2 See, now my mouth is open, my tongue gives out words.3 My heart is overflowing with knowledge, my lips say what is true.4 The spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Ruler of all gives me life.5 If you are able, give me an answer; put your cause in order, and come forward.6 See, I am the same as you are in the eyes of God; I was cut off from the same bit of wet earth.7 Fear of me will not overcome you, and my hand will not be hard on you.8 But you said in my hearing, and your voice came to my ears:9 I am clean, without sin; I am washed, and there is no evil in me:10 See, he is looking for something against me; in his eyes I am as one of his haters;11 He puts chains on my feet; he is watching all my ways.12 Truly, in saying this you are wrong; for God is greater than man.13 Why do you put forward your cause against him, saying, He gives no answer to any of my words?14 For God gives his word in one way, even in two, and man is not conscious of it:15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep comes on men, while they take their rest on their beds;16 Then he makes his secrets clear to men, so that they are full of fear at what they see;17 In order that man may be turned from his evil works, and that pride may be taken away from him;18 To keep back his soul from the underworld, and his life from destruction.19 Pain is sent on him as a punishment, while he is on his bed; there is no end to the trouble in his bones;20 He has no desire for food, and his soul is turned away from delicate meat;21 His flesh is so wasted away, that it may not be seen, and his bones. ...22 And his soul comes near to the underworld, and his life to the angels of death.23 If now there may be an angel sent to him, one of the thousands which there are to be between him and God, and to make clear to man what is right for him;24 And if he has mercy on him, and says, Let him not go down to the underworld, I have given the price for his life:25 Then his flesh becomes young again, and he comes back to the days of his early strength;26 He makes his prayer to God, and he has mercy on him; he sees God's face with cries of joy; he gives news of his righteousness to men;27 He makes a song, saying, I did wrong, turning from the straight way, but he did not give me the reward of my sin.28 He kept my soul from the underworld, and my life sees the light in full measure.29 Truly, God does all these things to man, twice and three times,30 Keeping back his soul from the underworld, so that he may see the light of life.31 Take note O Job, give ear to me; keep quiet, while I say what is in my mind.32 If you have anything to say, give me an answer; for it is my desire that you may be judged free from sin.33 If not, give attention to me, and keep quiet, and I will give you wisdom.

1 [Audi igitur, Job, eloquia mea,et omnes sermones meos ausculta.2 Ecce aperui os meum :loquatur lingua mea in faucibus meis.3 Simplici corde meo sermones mei,et sententiam puram labia mea loquentur.4 Spiritus Dei fecit me,et spiraculum Omnipotentis vivificavit me.5 Si potes, responde mihi,et adversus faciem meam consiste.6 Ecce, et me sicut et te fecit Deus,et de eodem luto ego quoque formatus sum.7 Verumtamen miraculum meum non te terreat,et eloquentia mea non sit tibi gravis.8 Dixisti ergo in auribus meis,et vocem verborum tuorum audivi :9 Mundus sum ego, et absque delicto :immaculatus, et non est iniquitas in me.10 Quia querelas in me reperit,ideo arbitratus est me inimicum sibi.11 Posuit in nervo pedes meos ;custodivit omnes semitas meas.12 Hoc est ergo in quo non es justificatus :respondebo tibi, quia major sit Deus homine.13 Adversus eum contendis,quod non ad omnia verba responderit tibi ?14 Semel loquitur Deus,et secundo idipsum non repetit.15 Per somnium, in visione nocturna,quando irruit sopor super homines,et dormiunt in lectulo,16 tunc aperit aures virorum,et erudiens eos instruit disciplina,17 ut avertat hominem ab his qu facit,et liberet eum de superbia,18 eruens animam ejus a corruptione,et vitam illius ut non transeat in gladium.19 Increpat quoque per dolorem in lectulo,et omnia ossa ejus marcescere facit.20 Abominabilis ei fit in vita sua panis,et anim illius cibus ante desiderabilis.21 Tabescet caro ejus,et ossa, qu tecta fuerant, nudabuntur.22 Appropinquavit corruptioni anima ejus,et vita illius mortiferis.23 Si fuerit pro eo angelus loquens,unus de millibus, ut annuntiet hominis quitatem,24 miserebitur ejus, et dicet :Libera eum, ut non descendat in corruptionem :inveni in quo ei propitier.25 Consumpta est caro ejus a suppliciis :revertatur ad dies adolescenti su.26 Deprecabitur Deum, et placabilis ei erit :et videbit faciem ejus in jubilo,et reddet homini justitiam suam.27 Respiciet homines, et dicet : Peccavi,et vere deliqui, et ut eram dignus, non recepi.28 Liberavit animam suam, ne pergeret in interitum,sed vivens lucem videret.29 Ecce hc omnia operatur Deustribus vicibus per singulos,30 ut revocet animas eorum a corruptione,et illuminet luce viventium.31 Attende, Job, et audi me :et tace, dum ego loquor.32 Si autem habes quod loquaris, responde mihi :loquere, volo enim te apparere justum.33 Quod si non habes, audi me :tace, et docebo te sapientiam.]