अय्यूब 29

1Job also added, taking up his parable, and said:

2Who will grant me, that I might be according to the months past, according to the days in which God kept me?

3When his lamp shined over my head, and I walked by his light in darkness?

4As I was in the days of my youth, when God was secretly in my tabernacle?

5When the Almighty was with me: and my servants round about me?

6When I washed my feet with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil?

7When I went out to the gate of the city, and in the street they prepared me a chair?

8The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the old men rose up and stood.

9The princes ceased to speak, and laid the finger on their mouth.

10The rulers held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to their throat.

11The ear that heard me blessed me, and the eye that saw me gave witness to me:

12Because I had delivered the poor man that cried out; and the fatherless that had no helper.

13The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me, and I comforted the heart of the widow.

14I was clad with justice: and I clothed myself with my judgment, as with a robe and a diadem.

15I was an eye to the blind, and a foot to the lame.

16I was the father of the poor: and the cause which I knew not, I searched out most diligently.

17I broke the jaws of the wicked man, and out of his teeth I took away the prey.

18And I said: I shall die in my nest, and as a palm tree shall multiply my days.

19My root is opened beside the waters, and dew shall continue in my harvest.

20My glory shall always be renewed, and my bow in my hand shall be repaired.

21They that heard me, waited for my sentence, and being attentive held their peace at my counsel.

22To my words they durst add nothing, and my speech dropped upon them.

23They waited for me as for rain, and they opened their mouth as for a latter shower.

24If at any time I laughed on them, they believed not, and the light of my countenance fell not on earth.

25If I had a mind to go to them, I sat first, and when I sat as a king, with his army standing about him, yet I was a comforter of them that mourned.

1Addidit quoque Job, assumens parabolam suam, et dixit:

2[Quis mihi tribuat ut sim juxta menses pristinos, secundum dies quibus Deus custodiebat me?

3Quando splendebat lucerna ejus super caput meum, et ad lumen ejus ambulabam in tenebris:

4sicut fui in diebus adolescentiæ meæ, quando secreto Deus erat in tabernaculo meo:

5quando erat Omnipotens mecum, et in circuitu meo pueri mei:

6quando lavabam pedes meos butyro, et petra fundebat mihi rivos olei:

7quando procedebam ad portam civitatis, et in platea parabant cathedram mihi.

8Videbant me juvenes, et abscondebantur: et senes assurgentes stabant.

9Principes cessabant loqui, et digitum superponebant ori suo.

10Vocem suam cohibebant duces, et lingua eorum gutturi suo adhærebat.

11Auris audiens beatificabat me, et oculus videns testimonium reddebat mihi:

12eo quod liberassem pauperem vociferantem, et pupillum cui non esset adjutor.

13Benedictio perituri super me veniebat, et cor viduæ consolatus sum.

14Justitia indutus sum, et vestivi me, sicut vestimento et diademate, judicio meo.

15Oculus fui cæco, et pes claudo.

16Pater eram pauperum, et causam quam nesciebam diligentissime investigabam.

17Conterebam molas iniqui, et de dentibus illius auferebam prædam.

18Dicebamque: In nidulo meo moriar, et sicut palma multiplicabo dies.

19Radix mea aperta est secus aquas, et ros morabitur in messione mea.

20Gloria mea semper innovabitur, et arcus meus in manu mea instaurabitur.

21Qui me audiebant, expectabant sententiam, et intenti tacebant ad consilium meum.

22Verbis meis addere nihil audebant, et super illos stillabat eloquium meum.

23Expectabant me sicut pluviam, et os suum aperiebant quasi ad imbrem serotinum.

24Siquando ridebam ad eos, non credebant: et lux vultus mei non cadebat in terram.

25Si voluissem ire ad eos, sedebam primus: cumque sederem quasi rex, circumstante exercitu, eram tamen mœrentium consolator.]

1Job also added to this, using figures of speech, and he said:

2Who will grant to me that I might be as I was in former months, according to the days when God kept watch over me?

3At that time, his lamp shined over my head, and by his light, I walked through the darkness.

4I was then just as in the days of my youth, when God was privately in my tabernacle.

5At that time, the Almighty was with me and my children surrounded me.

6Then, I washed my feet with butter, and a boulder poured out rivers of oil for me.

7When I went to the gate of the city, or to the main street, they prepared a chair for me.

8The youths saw me and hid themselves, and the elders, rising up, remained standing.

9The leaders stopped talking, and they placed a finder over their mouth.

10The commanders subdued their voice, and their tongue adhered to their throat.

11The ear that heard me, blessed me, and the eye that saw me, gave testimony for me.

12This was because I had freed the poor, who cried out, and the orphan, who had no helper.

13The blessing of him who would have been destroyed came upon me, and I consoled the heart of the widow.

14I put on justice, and I clothed myself with my judgment, like a robe and a diadem.

15I was an eye for the blind and a foot for the lame.

16I was the father of the poor; and if I lacked knowledge about any case, I investigated very diligently.

17I crushed the jaws of the impious, and I took away prey from his teeth.

18And I said, “I will die in my little nest, and like a palm tree, I will multiply my days.

19My root has been spread beside the waters, and the dew will remain with my harvest.

20My glory will always be restored, and my bow will be restored to my hand.”

21Those who heard me, expected vindication, and they listened closely in silence to my counsel.

22To my words, they dared to add nothing, and my eloquence poured over them.

23They waited for me as for rain, and they opened their mouth as for belated rains.

24If I had ever laughed at them, they would not have believed it, and the light of my face was not cast down towards the ground.

25If I wished to go to them, I sat down first, and, though I sat like a king surrounded by an army, yet I was a comforter to those who mourned.